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My husband Sid and I were never able to have children. I had always wanted a family and that feeling  36  after his death. He was all I had. When he  37 , I felt like I had lost my entire family. I never  38  I would finally get the family I had always wished for. A few years later I met Tom. When we married, I  39  got four grown children and eight grandchildren.
I was  40  about my first meeting with his children. My worries melted away when I realized that they  41  me and were more than willing to bring me into their family. And when his daughters  42  me if their children could call me “Mimi,” I was excited, Tom was divorced, and  43  I was also concerned about the  44  that the children already had two grandmothers. Would the little ones understand  45  I fit into the family？
At our first extended family gathering, I  46  our six-year-old grandson Jim staring at me with a  47  look. He seemed to be thinking about something serious.  48  sporting a big grin(咧嘴笑)，he jumped and said, “I know who you are! You are our  49  grandma!” At that moment, I know it was time to just relax and enjoy my new  50 .
People say when a door close, God opens a window. Now I know what that  51 . I lost so much joy when Sid died,  52  now I have a new happy life. I am enjoying so many things I  53  got to experience before like reading bedtime stories. My refrigerator is covered with drawings, and my walls are  54  with photos of the kids. I may be an instant “extra” grandma in Jim’s eyes, but I am just as  55  any other “regular” grandma I know.
小题1:
A．disappearedB．deepenedC．improvedD．worsened
小题2:
A．diedB．returnedC．recoveredD．divorced
小题3:
A．dreamedB．foundC．forgotD．regretted
小题4:
A．unwillinglyB．merelyC．naturallyD．surely
小题5:
A．excitedB．crazyC．curiousD．anxious
小题6:
A．doubtedB．praisedC．likedD．changed
小题7:
A．challengedB．askedC．promisedD．tested
小题8:
A．as a resultB．in other wordsC．from then onD．in the end
小题9:
A．troubleB．behavior C．choiceD．fact
小题10:
A．whenB．whereC．whatD．why
小题11:
A．allowedB．noticedC．ignoredD．hated
小题12:
A．frightenedB．sadC．happyD．confused
小题13:
A．GenerallyB．EventuallyC．GraduallyD．Suddenly
小题14:
A．newB．extraC．distantD．great
小题15:
A．causeB．partnerC．roleD．job
小题16:
A．containsB．determinesC．meansD．matters
小题17:
A．andB．butC．orD．so
小题18:
A．everB．stillC．onceD．never
小题19:
A．decoratedB．replacedC．coveredD．filled
小题20:
A．proudB．busyC．carefulD．healthy

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:A
文章讲述的是作者一直梦想有一个完整的家庭，可是后来丈夫去世了。幸运的是，后来遇到了一个愿意接纳她的新的家庭，在新的家庭里找到了幸福。
小题1:句意理解，我一直想要一个完整的家庭，这种想法在丈夫去世以后更加强烈了，deepen意为使强烈，使加深
小题2:上下文，根据前面的after his death可知，他的丈夫死掉了。
小题3:句意理解，在丈夫去世以后，我从来也无法想象还可以得到我一直盼望的家庭
小题4:句意理解，根据下文可知，是tom带来的孩子，所以作者很自然地就算是有了几个孩子和孙子辈。
小题5:上下文，根据下文的My worries可知，作者很担心，焦虑
小题6:上下文，根据后文的 were more than willing可知，他们非常愿意接受我作为家庭的一员，所以他们喜欢我。
小题7:上下文，根据后文的if their children could call me “Mimi,” 可知，他的女儿们在问我这样一个问题
小题8:词组，as a result因此 in other words换句话说from then on从那以后 in the end最终，句意为，他离婚了，因此我担心的是他的孙子已经有了奶奶了，这些小家伙会理解为什么我要来到这个家吗。
小题9:同位语从句，他的孙子已经有了奶奶了这个事实
小题10:同43空。
小题11:句意理解，我注意到我们的小孙子在用一种疑惑的表情看着我
小题12:上下文，根据后面小孙子说的话可知，他终于明白了，所以此处是他很疑惑
小题13:句意理解，突然他笑起来了，跳着说，你是我们的另外一个奶奶。
小题14:上下文，根据最后一段 I may be an instant “extra” grandma in Jim’s eyes可知，extra指的是额外的，另外一个
小题15:句意理解，那时，我知道是我放松，享受我在这个家庭中的新角色的时候了
小题16:句意理解，此时我终于理解了这句话是什么意思。
小题17:前后表示转折，前面是失去的，后面是获得的
小题18:我在享受着从来没有经历过的，比如给孩子读睡前故事
小题19:句意理解，家里的墙上都是用孩子们的照片装饰着
小题20:句意理解，虽然我在jim的眼中是另外一个奶奶，但是我和其他常规奶奶一样感到骄傲。
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小题1:
A．drinkB．fruitC．vegetableD．meat
小题2:
A．movedB．walkedC．ranD．slipped
小题3:
A．rubbed B．rolledC．grew D．existed
小题4:
A．but B．andC．although D．so
小题5:
A．bedroom B．living roomC．kitchenD．storeroom
小题6:
A．getting up B．turning upC．taking upD．using up
小题7:
A．foundB．ateC．left D．planted
小题8:
A．presentsB．cans C．vegetablesD．peas
小题9:
A．man B．childC．womanD．boy
小题10:
A．ofB．forC．with D．in
小题11:
A．wifeB．life C．sonD．friend
小题12:
A．turning toB．leading toC．adjusting to D．adding to
小题13:
A．thank B．love C．help D．loss
小题14:
A．downB．near C．closeD．wide
小题15:
A．get itB．make itC．take itD．leave it
小题16:
A．grewB．boughtC．collectedD．frozen
小题17:
A．eventuallyB．fortunatelyC．properly D．specially
小题18:
A．bothB．allC．eitherD．each
小题19:
A．call onB．put onC．bring on D．move on
小题20:
A．while B．becauseC．sinceD．or
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小题1:
A．blackB．paleC．greyD．brown
小题2:
A．caughtB．climbedC．brakedD．boarded
小题3:
A．FebruaryB．JulyC．OctoberD．December
小题4:
A．shookB．satC．stoodD．nodded
小题5:
A．criedB．breathedC．smiledD．sighed
小题6:
A．in replyB．in vainC．with careD．in return
小题7:
A．watchB．tieC．capD．bag
小题8:
A．actuallyB．surprisinglyC．extremelyD．gradually
小题9:
A．turned aroundB．cast downC．paid offD．kept up
小题10:
A．whistledB．resisted C．ignored D．agreed
小题11:
A．handsB．flowersC．stickD．bag
小题12:
A．normalB．ordinaryC．averageD．regular
小题13:
A．autumnB．winterC．springD．summer
小题14:
A．stationB．stopC．homeD．seat
小题15:
A．hopefullyB．thoughtfullyC．traditionallyD．apparently
小题16:
A．womanB．wifeC．husbandD．gentleman
小题17:
A．suburbB．schoolC．centreD．club
小题18:
A．wonderedB．expectedC．discussedD．refused
小题19:
A．TuesdayB．WednesdayC．MondayD．Friday
小题20:
A．silenceB．laughterC．voiceD．passenger
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Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 . 
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34  . 
We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 
小题1:
A．window B．garage C．door D．yard
小题2:
A．park B．stop C．check D．repair
小题3:
A．knew B．understood C．asked D．wondered
小题4:
A．for B．out of C．without D．from
小题5:
A．business B．national C．personal D．public
小题6:
A．wasteful B．meaningful C．wonderful D．plentiful
小题7:
A．appeared B．intended C．expected D．happened
小题8:
A．later B．more C．ago D．before
小题9:
A．broken B．fine C．shut D．open
小题10:
A．once B．before C．when D．until
小题11:
A．far B．deep C．long D．little
小题12:
A．driver B．engineer C．father D．son
小题13:
A．called B．made C．elected D．turned
小题14:
A．experienceB．earning C．life D．position
小题15:
A．stay up B．wake up C．stay home D．go home
小题16:
A．competitionB．performance C．debate D．party
小题17:
A．family B．company C．team D．whole
小题18:
A．build B．climb C．stand D．lay
小题19:
A．house B．garage C．car D．taxi
小题20:
A．who B．what C．which D．Where
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care．To water his flowers，he used two buckets．One was a shiny and new bucket．The other was a very old and dilapidated one，which had seen many years of service，but was now past its best．
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets．Then he would carry them along the path，one on each side，to the flowerbeds．The new bucket was very proud of itself．It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled(溢出)．The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes：before it reached the flowerbeds，much water had leaked along the path．
Sometimes the new bucket would say，“See how capable I am ! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day ! I don’t know why he still bothers with you．What a waste of space you are !”
And all that the old bucket could say was，“I know I’m not very useful，but I can only do my best．I'm happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me，at least. ”
One day，the gardener heard that kind of conversation．After watering the flowers as usual，he said，“You both have done your work very well．Now I am going to carry you back．I want you to look carefully along the path．”
Then the two buckets did so．All along the path，they noticed，on the side where the new bucket was carried，there was just bare(光秃秃的)earth；on the other side where the old bucket was carried，there was a joyous row of wild flowers，leading all the way to the garden．
小题1:What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean ?
A．dirty．B．dark．C．worn-out．D．plain-looking．
小题2:What was the old bucket ashamed of ?   
A．His past．B．His aging．C．His manner．D．His leaking．
小题3:The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to _______.
A．laugh at the old oneB．take pity on the old one
C．show off its beautiful looksD．praise the gardener’s kindness
小题4:Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A．Because it was used to keep a balance．
B．Because it stayed in its best condition．
C．Because it was taken as a treasure．
D．Because it had its own function．
How many times have you gotten upset because someone wasn’t doing their job, because your child isn’t behaving？How many times have you been annoyed when you’ve planned something carefully and things didn’t go as you’d hoped?
This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us — it’s part of the human experience.
One thing that annoys me is when people talk during a movie. Or cut me off in traffic. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances — don’t we all? And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or annoyed.
Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken.
See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don’t go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you. And so the solution is simple: expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned, expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.
One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong — they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”
And this worked like a charm. When we took the wrong train on a foreign-language subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children’s Castle closed on Mondays … they said, “It’s part of the adventure!” And it was all OK — we didn’t get too bothered.
So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks, someday, you might get upset. But not if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it’ll break someday, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time-traveler, or someone with time-traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won’t be upset or sad — because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.
小题1:The author would probably agree that________.
A．we should control our anger and irritation
B．we must get well prepared for the future
C．optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation
D．anger and irritation is an important part of our life
小题2:The purpose of the author is to ___________.
A．tell us his own experience in life
B．give advice on how to find peace of mind
C．tell us a happy trip took with his children
D．advise us to see things from both sides
小题3:By the underlined part, the author intends us to _____________.
A．get ready for the worst result of things
B．enjoy the process of things
C．expect little from life
D．find the relation between cause and effect
小题4:The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because _____________.
A．everything went smoothly
B．they had a lot of adventures
C．they had expected things to go wrong
D．they could soon get used to the customs there
小题5:We can learn from the passage that the author ____________.
A．often gets angry in his life
B．can adjust his state of mind accordingly
C．always expects others to act in his way
D．has suffered a lot from his anger and irritation
It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, "Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life．" At my inquiry, he answered, "Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave．"
As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn't the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired．I thanked him, but declined his kind offer．
A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class—not about math, but about life—would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away．As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher．
Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication （奉献） and a deeper sense of satisfaction—I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．
小题1:Hearing his colleague's description of graduation for the first time, the author __________．
A．quite agreed with his colleague
B．was very puzzled
C．thought it very funny
D．was very sad
小题2:The computer science student called up the author because he___________．
A．wanted to inform the author of his present job
B．tried to persuade the author to work with him
C．wanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction
D．thought the author wasn't fit to be a teacher
小题3:The underlined part “blue hats and gowns” refers to___________．
A．university colleaguesB．graduates' clothes
C．life memoriesD．decorations in the hall
小题4:The author wrote this passage to __________．
A．express his devotion to being a teacher
B．compare two different graduation ceremonies
C．talk about the meaning of graduation
D．give advice on how to be a good teacher

Talk about happiness
We should not hesitate too much during the first half of our lives, while we should not regret at what we’ve done during the other half. We should seize every opportunity to find a way out in our lives, for it goes off swiftly. We should say something urgent slowly, something serious clearly, something small humorously and something unsure cautiously. We should never say something that did not happen, something that you cannot do, something that does harm to others, and something that is disgusting. We should tell others our happiness on specific occasions and should not tell anyone our unhappiness. Do not easily say something about others. We should follow our own heart and interest, and fulfill what we should do instead of merely paying lip service and looking forward to the future.
Everyone is longing for a happy life, but owning wealth does not necessarily mean owning happiness. To truly reach happiness, we need to know how to get on with others. So we need to understand what happiness is really about and achieve what we desire.
We need to know and understand happiness before we finally get it. A smart man must know to do something good even though it may be small, and not to do something evil even though it may be tiny in the course of socializing. As long as we keep a kind heart and do everything morally and legally, we can live a peaceful life. But if we keep an evil heart and do whatever we want, we are indeed digging a tomb for ourselves. A smart man knows to learn a lesson from his falls, for he knows that every setback is a precious experience leading to happiness in the future. He will not waste his time in criticizing others. Instead, he tends to spend more time seeking his own happiness. He knows to keep a heart of conscience and not to spread others’ mistakes. He also knows to think before he leaps so that he will not feel regretful afterwards. Moreover, he knows to tolerate others, so he can naturally lead a happy life.
Without happiness, one will feel terribly miserable, for he always insists that he has done the right thing all the time and that others often do wrong to him. He blames every mistake on others or the environment instead of reflecting on himself, which keeps him farther and farther away from happiness. A celebrity once said, “Nobody intends to make mistakes. One makes mistakes because of his ignorance.” Therefore, if someone makes mistakes, we need to care about him, forgive him and enlighten him by setting a good example to him instead of losing temper and hating him. Otherwise, we are also ignorant like him, for we also make a stupid mistake that leads us farther from happiness.
In order to possess a happy life, we need to know more about others, about the society, about our culture and history. We should be patriotic(爱国的), obey the law and realize our own responsibility, and then we will definitely have a happy life.
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Wise actions in life
●Do things without小题1:_______and never regret at anything .
●Seize every opportunity to do the things we should.
●Avoid saying or doing what we are not小题2:________ about.
●Don’t comment on others easily.
Things about happiness we should小题3:________ in mind
●Getting on well with others is necessary.
●Doing good things with a kind heart may make us live 小题4:________.
●Knowing future happiness小题5:_______ from precious experiences learned from every setback.
●Thinking twice before action and tolerating others can 小题6:________ to a happy life.
Reasons for lack of happiness
●He blames everything wrong on others or the 小题7:________, not himself.
●His 小题8:________ results in making mistakes, which keeps him farther away from happiness
小题9:________on how to possess happiness
●We should care about the people who make mistakes instead of losing temper and set an example to them.
●We should have a rich 小题10:________  of society, culture, history and others.
●We should obey the law and shoulder our own responsibility.

“There are no real friends or enemies in the business world”. This saying may have been on the minds of bosses at China’s main online video providers, Youku.com Inc and Tudou Holdings Ltd, when the one-time rivals（对手）agreed to merge (合并) on March 12. The deal will create the country’s largest company in the online video industry, Youku Tudou Inc.
Three months ago, the two companies were involved in a copyright dispute. On December 12, Tudou charged Youku.com with illegally airing the entertainment series, Kangxi is coming. Tudou was the only company which had rights to the series. In response, Youku filed a lawsuit（诉讼） against Tudou, claiming the company was broadcasting more than 50 Youku-owned TV series.
According to analysts, the deal came out of the market battle between the two companies. Each spent so much money buying licensed content that they ended up in the red last year. “Funding pressures are the main reason for the deal,” said Shi Jialong, a Hong Kong-based analyst with CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. “After the merger, there might be a fall in copyright purchase prices, which is good for the industry in the short term.”
The new company will face competition from Web portals(门户网站) providing similar services. Youku owned 21.8 percent of Chin’s online video market in the last quarter of last year and Tudou 13.7 percent, but Sohu.com followed close on the heels with 13.3 percent, according to domestic research company Analysys International.
Some analysts do not feel the deal will secure the market for Youku Tudou. Shi Yu, CEO of media company KU6, said the merger was unlikely to have a “one plus one more than two” effect. In his opinion, video-hosting sites need to find new ways of generation profit to succeed in the market.
小题1:The main reason for Youku.com Inc and Tudou Holdings Ltd to merge is that           .
A．the two companies were in great demand of money
B．they were charge with illegally airing the entertainment series
C．the two companies created the country’s largest company
D．they intended to cut down the prices of copyrights
小题2:The underlined words “in the red” in the third paragraph mean “         ”.
A．in a big fightB．in a great trouble C．at a lossD．at a distance
小题3:What do the last two paragraphs imply?
A．Shi Yu doesn’t think it a good idea for the two companies to merge.
B．The merger is really a win-win deal for the companies involved.
C．The merger may not promise a bright future for Youku Tudou.
D．The new company will be more competitive after the merger.
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The merge will benefit the online video industry to some degree.
B．The two companies spent lots of money building video-hosting sites.
C．Youku Tudou Inc currently controls half of the online video market in China.
D．The new company has taken charged of all the entertainment series.

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