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Jack described his father, who ________ a brave boy many years ago, as a strong-willed man.

A. might have been

B. would have been

C. should have been

D. must have been

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You had better learn to be grateful. If ________, you naturally open yourself up to receive all kinds of blessings and good things in life. You can receive almost everything you want ________. If you want recovery soon, start by feeling grateful that you are still ________. If it is more money that you want, start being grateful for whatever ________ of money you already have.

You see, showing gratitude(感恩) is the key to developing ________ attitude to life. It is the key to building successful relationships, and it is the key to ________ healthier and happier lives. And this is ________ the importance of being grateful lies. In a word, it makes life better.

One of my favorite ________ is “If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you will find yourself having more to appreciate.” Think about that!

Something as ________ as a “Thank you for being in my life” or “I ________ having you here with me”, can go a long way. It will make the other person feel good, and ________ it also will make you feel better!

So maybe your wife is not very ________ around the house, but she’s great at cooking your favorite ________. Or, maybe your child spilled milk all over your new shirt right ________ you walked out of the door for work, but usually he makes you laugh so much and makes you ________the luckiest parent in the world.

I strongly ________ you to make a promise to yourself for the next week. Decide to ________ every morning and think of at least 5 things that you are ________ for. Then say ________ out loud. You will notice a smile on your face without even trying. In 30 days you will feel completely renewed. This is the ________ of being grateful!

1.A. soB. anyC. possibleD. necessary

2.A. correctlyB. trulyC. whollyD. clearly

3.A. lovelyB. liveC. livelyD. alive

4.A. amountB. plentyC. kindD. number

5.A. terribleB. confusingC. positiveD. negative

6.A. feelingB. lookingC. enjoyingD. taking

7.A. whatB. whereC. whichD. that

8.A. mottosB. wordC. habitsD. rules

9.A. pleasantB. delightedC. simpleD. wonderful

10.A. averageB. avoidC. appreciateD. admit

11.A. for sureB. regardless of

C. instead ofD. by way of

12.A. lazyB. organizedC. carelessD. beautiful

13.A. milkB. drinksC. breadD. dishes

14.A. ifB. afterC. beforeD. unless

15.A. become ofB. look likeC. act asD. feel like

16.A. persuadeB. suggestC. demandD. advise

17.A. dress upB. wake upC. get upD. make up

18.A. gratefulB. upsetC. anxiousD. concerned

19.A. oneB. itC. themD. that

20.A. disadvantageB. consequences

C. awardD. power

Telepathy (心灵感应) is the ability to communicate without the use of the five senses. It's an instinct (本能) which can be woken up in times of emergency or need. When we feel that something is happening or about to happen by instinct，we're using resources within the unconscious (潜意识的) mind. When the resources of two persons' unconscious minds link together into the same frequency (频率)，we call it telepathy.

We can either send or receive telepathy. If you know who is calling before you answer the ringing phone，you are probably a good receiver. If you think of a person and he/she calls you，you are most likely to be better at sending.

You can easily put your ability to the test. Thinking of somebody and wish him or her to contact you. Be patient. The other person may not be a good receiver，but they should contact you much earlier than would normally be expected. Or whenever the phone rings，try ‘feeling’ who is contacting you. Don't guess，but try to feel it with your mind. However，if neither of these works for you，that doesn't mean that you have no ability of telepathy. As mentioned earlier，telepathy is most likely to turn up in case of emergency.

Telepathy dreams often contain telepathic messages. Two people may both dream of the other and find that their dreams have a clear connection. These people are probably linking to each other's unconscious mind.

Telepathy & relationship. The more people spend time together，the more likely they are to be able to link up to the other's mind，especially when separated. There are two reasons for this. One is that they understand the other's mind through time spent together；the other is that there is usually a strong desire to communicate. A mother will often sense that her child is in danger. This is due to the child's eagerly wanting his or her mother，knowing that this is the person who would always want to be there for them，and the mother's deep desire to protect her child from harm.

1. Telepathy happens when one ________.

A．has a similar dream with another person.

B．is good at guessing

C．wants to call his/her best friend

D．doesn't know a stranger

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The more people separate，the more likely that telepathy will occur in their life.

B．Telepathy occurs when people make use of their five senses.

C．Telepathy happens when people live far away and have no chance to see one another again.

D．One is better at sending than receiving telepathy if one receives a friend’s call as one wishes.

3. Which of the following belongs to telepathy?

A．Your action in your dream.

B．People's communication over the telephone.

C．A mother's sense of her child being in danger.

D．A couple's long separation.

4.Which one can be the title of the passage?

A．Receiving Telepathy

B．Dream of telepathy

C．Telepathy: People’s Dream

D．Mind-to-Mind Contact

Outside her cottage, old Mrs. Taylor was hanging out laundry on a wire line, unaware that some children were hiding in a nearby tree watching her every move. They were determined to find out if she really was a witch.

They watched nervously as she took a broomstick to sweep the dirt from her stone steps. But much to their disappointment, she didn’t get on the broomstick and fly off. The old lady only looked up when her hen began to make sounds loudly — signaling that she had laid an egg in the nest on the top of the haystack(干草堆).

The old lady put aside her broomstick and walked to the haystack, followed by Michael, a black cat she had rescued from a fox trap. With only three legs, it was hard for Michael to keep up with his mistress. The cat was proof for the children that only a witch would own a black cat with three legs! Crawling further along the branches, they could clearly see the haystack.

Mrs. Taylor was standing on a wooden box with the new-laid egg in one hand. Placing the egg in her pocket, she readied herself to climb down. Then, without warning, the box broke under her and she crashed to the ground. The children were in horror.

“Should we go and help her?” asked Mia.

“What if it’s a trick?” replied Patrick. “She probably knows we’re here. Witches know things like that!”

After thinking for a while, Julia said “Anyway, we should go and check whether she is all right.”

Approaching prudently, they could see a wound on the old lady’s forehead. She had knocked her head on a stone and was unconscious.

“Go and get Dad,” Mia yelled to her brothers. “Tell him about the accident.”

The boys didn’t need another excuse to leave. They ran as fast as they could for help, hoping that Mrs. Taylor would not regain consciousness and turn the girls into frogs.

Later, in the hospital, the old lady smiled her thanks. “I was so lucky that you lovely children happened to be passing when I fell. I must have yelled quite loudly.”

The children exchanged guilty glances, but were very pleased that she was not a witch after all!

1.Mrs. Taylor stopped sweeping when ________.

A. her doorstep became very clean

B. she heard the hen making sounds loudly

C. she noticed the children in the tree

D. her cat Michael managed to get her attention

2.Why was Patrick not willing to help Mrs. Taylor when she fell?

A. He thought that she could be cheating them.

B. He was afraid of the three-legged black cat.

C. He did not think that she was hurt in the fall.

D. He knew he and the others shouldn’t have been in her tree.

3.Which of the definitions is closest in meaning to the underlined word “prudently”?

A. Slowly.B. Hurriedly.C. Carefully.D. Quietly.

4.Which of these old sayings best summaries the lesson from story?

A. Make hey while the sun shines.

B. Never judge a book by its cover.

C. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

D. People in glasshouses shouldn’t throw stones.

In a diverse society, one would expect ________ multiple interpretations of rights.

A. it beingB. it to beC. there beingD. there to be

Lucy has ________ all the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.

A. acquiredB. finishedC. concludedD. achieved

Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.

Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.

Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims（声称）as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same species (物种) are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.

If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting（筑巢）season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.

Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.

You can see that birds have a language all their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.

1.Some scientists believe that most of the time birds’ singing is actually __________.

A. an expression of happiness B. a way of greeting

C. an expression of anger D. a way of warning

2.What is a bird’s “territory”?

A. A place where families of other species are not accepted.

B. A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.

C. An area which a bird considers to be its own.

D. An area for which birds fight against each other.

3.Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?

A. Because they want to invite more friends.

B. Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.

C. Because they want to find outsiders around.

D. Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.

4.How does the writer explain birds’ singing?

A. By comparing birds with human beings.

B. By reporting experiment results.

C. By describing birds’ daily life.

D. By telling a bird’s story.

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Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say — problem, I don’t want you in my life.

___1.___Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children — the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.

But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.

Talk. It really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help. 2. Talking helps you move on and let go.

Write your problems. 3. When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.

Don’t lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don’t lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family... you should still have faith. 4.

Your problems aren’t the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there’re another one million people whose problems are huger than yours. 5. Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.

Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.

A. But the truth is that when you talk about it, you’re setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.

B. When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it?

C. Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why can’t I?

D. Of course, we’ve been fighting troubles ever since we were born.

E. We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.

F. Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don’t want a real person to talk with.

G. With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.

It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.

He looked up, smiling. “I'm making you a surprise.” I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught up in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.

Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window, I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn — blue, yellow and my favorite pink, with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?

My father's crocuses bloomed (开花） each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.

Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses, so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.

On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dad's birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual — my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.

How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadn't bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.

Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.

1.According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that ________.

A. it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise was

B. the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprise

C. it was not the first time that the author's father had made a surprise

D. the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.

B. The author's father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.

C. The author often thought about her father after he died.

D. The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.

3.The author's father should be best described as ______.

A. a part-time worker who loved flowers

B. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith

C. a full-time gardener with skillful hands

D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Crocuses — My Source of Faith

B. Crocuses— Father's Surprise

C. A Pink Crocus — My Memory

D. Crocuses in Blossom — My Favorite

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