Throughout my life,I have been lucky enough to have a very good relationship with my parents. They have supported me,1       me necessary criticism,and taught me a great deal about 2        to live my life. Parents can be very important teachers in our lives;3      ,they are not 4        the best teachers.

Parents may be too 5        to their children emotionally. Sometimes they can only see their children through the 6        of a protector. For example,they may limit a child's freedom in the name of safety. A teacher might 7       a trip to a big city as a valuable new experience. However,it might seem 8        dangerous to a parent.

Another problem is that parents may expect their children's interests to be 9        to their own. They can't seem to 10        from their children in their mind. If they love science,they may try to 11        their child to love science too. But 12       if their child's true love is art,or writing,or car repair?

Parents are usually eager to 13        their value to their children. But should children always believe what their parents do? Maybe different generations need different ways of thinking. When children are young,they 14       that their parents are always right. But when they get older,they realize there are other 15       ,Sometimes parents,especially older ones,can't 16       rapid social or technology changes. A student who has friends of all different races and backgrounds at school may find that her parents don't really 17        or value the digital revolu?tion. Sometimes kids have to find their own ways to 18        they believe in.

The most important thing to realize is that we all have many 19        in our lives. Our par?ents teach us,our teachers teach us,and our peers teach us. Books and newspapers and televi?sion also teach us. All of them are 20       .

(   ) 1. A. given   B. shown   C. taken   D. offer

(   ) 2. A. what   B. when   C. how   D. which

(   ) 3. A. otherwise   B. however   C. nevertheless   D. whatever

(   ) 4. A. often   B. usually   C. sometimes   D. always

(   ) 5. A. near   B. beside   C. close   D. by

(   ) 6. A. eyes   B. ways   C. means   D. methods

(   ) 7. A. guess   B. consider   C. regard   D. see

(   ) 8. A. rather   B. too   C. quite   D. very

(   ) 9. A. similar   B. same   C. only   D. familiar

(   ) 10. A. divide   B. separate   C. untie   D. keep

(   ) 11. A. oblige   B. make   C. force   D. have

(   ) 12. A. as   B. even   C. only   D. what

(   ) 13. A. pass by   B. pass away   C. pass on   D. pass along

(   ) 14. A. believe   B. expect   C. hope   D. predict

(   ) 15. A. things   B. views   C. matters   D. opinion

(   ) 16. A. keep in touch with   B. keep away from

   C. keep up with   D. keep in mind

(   ) 17. A. learn   B. realize   C. know   D. understand

(   ) 18. A. how   B. what   C. that   D. it

(   ) 19. A. friends   B. classmates   C. teachers   D. relatives

(   ) 20. A. valuable   B. worthy   C. value   D. worth

Say you are a 17th century construction worker who's worked long and hard to build a splendid tower for the dead wife of your emperor.

Now say that the emperor orders your fingertips 1        off so you can never build another one. Yes,that is the Taj Mahal,one of the most 2        buildings in the world. And the 3        behind the construction is just as 4        as the building itself.

First,there's the 5        of northern India,Shah Jehan,also called the King of the World. In 1612,Shah Jehan married Mumtaz Mahal. 6       in love,they had 14 children 7        the next 20 years. But then sadness came. 8       Mumtaz was about to 9        birth to child number 14 ,she said she had heard her unborn baby cry out. It was a 10       of death. And as Mumtaz lay 11       ,she asked Jehan to build a 12       memorial to celebrate their love.

When the heartbroken Jehan 13        eight days after his wife's death,his people were 14        to see that his coalblack hair had turned snowwhite.

Putting away his sadness,Jehan ordered his wife's dying wish 15       . More than 20 ,000 workers labored nearly 22 years to 16 the construction. In 1653,Jehan placed Mumtaz's 17       in the center under the building.

And then,son number five,Aurangzeb,murdered his brothers and took over the 18        from his aging father. Jehan lived the rest of his days―eight years,to be exact 19       not far from the Taj Mahal. Jehan was only allowed to climb onto the top of his prison to see the time?less treasure from a distance. But never again would he be allowed to visit it―until he was bur?ied 20       to his wife.

(   ) 1. A. cut   B. threw   C. snatched   D. took

(   ) 2. A. super   B. great   C. famous   D. important

(   ) 3. A. fiction   B. affair   C. tale   D. incident

(   ) 4. A. acceptable   B. impressive   C. unforgettable   D. effective

(   ) 5. A. empress   B. dictator   C. authority   D. emperor

(   ) 6. A. Happily   B. Madly   C. Followed   D. Participated

(   ) 7. A. over   B. along   C. from   D. under

(   ) 8. A. As   B. Since   C. Whereas   D. Because

(   ) 9. A. have   B. give   C. get   D. make

(   ) 10. A. signal   B. saying   C. warning   D. sign

(   ) 11. A. deadly   B. dead   C. dying   D. died

(   ) 12. A. temporary   B. durable   C. continuing   D. lasting

(   ) 13. A. reached   B. showed   C. arrived   D. appeared

(   ) 14. A. delighted   B. shocked   C. puzzled   D. relieved

(   ) 15. A. carried out   B. carried off   C. carried on   D. carried over

(   ) 16. A. maintain   B. create   C. decorate   D. complete

(   ) 17. A. remains   B. clothes   C. jewels   D. portraits

(   ) 18. A. right   B. force   C. power   D. chair

(   ) 19. A. confined   B. captured   C. imprisoned   D. detained

(   ) 20. A. close   B. next   C. near   D. on

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good 1        and always had something 2        to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing,he would reply, "If I were any better,I would be twins!”

He was a 3       manager because he had several waiters who had followed him 4        from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his 5       . He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day,Jerry was there telling the employee how to 6        the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me 7       ,so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him , " I don't 8        it!You can't be a positive person all of the time. 9       do you do it?"

Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and 10        to myself, ' Jerry,you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood 11        you can choose to be in a bad mood.,I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens,I can choose to be a 12       or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining,I can choose to accept their complaining or I can 13        the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

'(Yeah,right,it's not that easy," I    14       .

"Yes,it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you 15        away all the junk (垃圾) ,every situation is a 16      . You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The 17       line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on 18        Jerry said. Soon thereafter,I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost 19       ,but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of 20       to it.

(   ) 1. A. state   B. spirit   C. soul   D. mood

(   ) 2. A. positive   B. negative   C. interrogative   D. active

(   ) 3. A. particular   B. only   C. special   D. unique

(   ) 4. A. around   B. about   C. with   D. together

(   ) 5. A. quality   B. attitude   C. arrangement   D. life

(   ) 6. A. put on   B. look on   C. take on   D. insist on

(   ) 7. A. amazed   B. strange   C. curious   D. crazy

(   ) 8. A. have   B. know   C. get   D. take

(   ) 9. A. When   B. What   C. How   D. Where

(   ) 10. A. say   B. ask   C. reply   D. answer

(   ) 11. A. for   B. and   C. but   D. or

(   ) 12. A. conqueror   B. survivor   C. achiever   D. victim

(   ) 13. A. take out   B. point out   C. speak out   D. come out

(   ) 14. A. prevented   B. protested   C. protected   D. predicated

(   ) 15. A. do   B. take   C. cut   D. put

(   ) 16. A. change   B. chance   C. choice   D. charge

(   ) 17. A. finishing   B. bottom   C. dead   D. main

(   ) 18. A. what   B. that   C. as   D. how

(   ) 19. A. concern   B. relation   C. communication   D. touch

(   ) 20. A. reacting   B. reaching   C. replying   D. responding

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