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I was invited to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. That evening I found gratitude had amazing to change our attitude and our life.

The young musician Mr. Patrick was onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the keys as he beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me most was his smile.

Mr. Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the legs, which him lame for life. However, as a child, he was with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first , he discovered the piano. When his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two , he’d get it. By his second birthday, he was playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. His father was .“We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”

When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band! He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his father did it together. His father the night shift(夜班) in order to accompany his daytime band practice. Patrick says, “My dad’s my .”

But even more than his musical talent, it was Patrick’s “attitude of gratitude” that my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about how he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and for over five minutes.

We all face misfortune in our lives. , it’s not the hardship but how we to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During times, do we spend too much time feeling for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?

1.A.knowledge B. quality C. wisdom D. power

2.A.rolled B. held C. allowed D. dragged

3.A.wrote B. provided C. made D. gave

4.A.strange B. magic C. bitter D. friendly

5.A.took B. led C. forced D. left

6.A.fitted B. connected C. associated D. filled

7.A.place B. birthday C. performance D. attempt

8.A.memories B. words C. tries D. notes

9.A.confused B. amused C. interested D. overjoyed

10.A.listed B. found C. attended D. organized

11.A.worked B. found C. refused D. canceled

12.A.dream B. hero C. music D. song

13.A.unbearable B. unreasonable C. unconditional D. unbelievable

14.A.touched B. calmed C. freed D. felt

15.A.satisfied B. concerned C. blessed D. laughed

16.A.cheered B. whispered C. shouted D. laughed

17.A.Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Besides

18.A.see B. react C. agree D. put

19.A.happy B. modern C. usual D. tough

20.A.great B.sorry C.hopeful D.proud

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My nephew's 10?-year-?old son came for a visit one hot, July weekend. I persuaded him to______ inside and joined him in a game. After______ for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I______ my favourite recliner (躺椅) to let my neck muscles relax. He had slipped out of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable ______ of peace and quiet.

“Look, Alice,” he said enthusiastically as he______over to the chair where I was sitting. “I found a kite. Could we go outside and______it?”

Glancing out of a nearby window, I noticed it was ______ outside. “I'm sorry. Tripper,” I said, sad to see his______eyes. “The wind is not______today. The kite won't fly.”

The ______10?-year?-old replied, “I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,” he answered ______ he hurried out to the back door.

Up and down in the yard he ran, ______the kite attached to a small length of string. He ran back and forth, as hard as his ten-?year-?old legs would carry him, looking back ______ at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.

I asked, “How did it ______?”

“Fine,” he said, not wanting to admit______. “I got it to fly some.”

As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, “I guess I'll have to wait for the ______.”

At that moment I heard another voice speak to my ______. “Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way ______ waiting for the wind.”

And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to ______ what we want to do. We wait for the wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted our own ______. We must learn how to rely on him in the first place!

1.A. live B. stay C. study D. lie

2.A. playing B. resting C. challenging D. arguing

3.A. cleaned up B. jumped off C. fell into D. cut down

4.A. moments B. hours C. times D. periods

5.A. sent B. ran C. left D. climbed

6.A. decorate B. drop C. hang D. fly

7.A. hot B. still C. noisy D. fine

8.A. bright B. disappointed C. dull D. satisfied

9.A. staying B. stopping C. going D. blowing

10.A. clever B. talented C. determined D. fearless

11.A. after B. unless C. as D. until

12.A. following B. making C. pulling D. watching

13.A. angrily B. nervously C. doubtfully D. hopefully

14.A. go B. come C. make D. fly

15.A. win B. defeat C. mistake D. luck

16.A. wind B. order C. news D. sunshine

17.A. heart B. memory C. dream D. world

18.A. because of B. instead of C. except for D. as for

19.A. imagine B. decide C. apply D. complete

20.A. courage B. patience C. strength D. knowledge

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My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were ______, and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.

One agent______a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was______our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look______.

We finally did and it was______at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and______of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of______it would be like to live there.

Days later, we made a(n) ______—far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t______us. They renewed their offer______. It was also much more than we could afford, but far______than the original asking price.

The next day, we got a______message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the______directly. We made our final offer, which______was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, ______we had to try.

“Sold!” said the owner. Then he______: He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d______the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a______by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the______in the price “an early wedding present.”

That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are______they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.

1.A. needed B. enough C. limited D. large

2. A. decorated B. recommended C. sold D. rented

3.A. beyond B. below C. within D. between

4.A. at most B. at least C. at times D. at hand

5.A. relief B. love C. concern D. curiosity

6.A. pride B. challenge C. happiness D. desire

7.A. which B. why C. what D. that

8.A. effort B. promise C. profit D. offer

9.A. come across B. look after C. laugh at D. depend on

10.A. aside B. indeed C. instead D. apart

11. A. worse B. less C. better D. higher

12. A. relaxing B. pleasant C. disappointing D. regular

13.A. owners B. buyers C. managers D. agents

14.A. still B. already C. generally D. ever

15.A. so B. but C. for D. or

16.A. apologized B. complained C. explained D. criticized

17.A. check B. analyze C. ignore D. appreciate

18.A. risk B. loss C. chance D. lead

19.A. increase B. interest C. difference D. average

20.A. energetic B. polite C. smart D. kind

Buckingham Palace has a history that dates back over 500 years and has changed hands on numerous occasions, however, much of the building that remains standing today is from the original structure built in the early 1700's.

In the beginning Buckingham Palace was originally known as Buckingham House. However, in 1762 George III liked the house so much that he bought it for 28,000 and renamed it "The Queen's House". The reason for this was down to the fact that he bought the house to give to his wife Charlotte. Shortly after he did this, work soon began in order to remodel the house with the help of Sir William Chambers. This trend then continued with the accession of George IV in 1820 when he decided to reconstruct the house but he still used it for the same purpose that his father did.

One of the biggest physical changes to the house occurred several years later when the king had a change of mind. It was in 1826 that King George IV set about transforming the house into what it is known today, Buckingham Palace. He did this with the help of an architect known as John Nash.

The work that Nash carried out involved doubling the size of the main block through adding a new suite of rooms on the garden side facing the west. He then faced this with mellow Bath stone, which reflected the French neo-classical influence favored by George IV. Many of the rooms that Nash added still remain pretty much unchanged today.

The palace as it stands today acts as not only the London residence of Her Majesty the Queen but also the administrative headquarters of the Royal Household. It is in fact one of the few working royal palaces that remain in the world today. The state rooms are extensively used by the Queen as well as members of the royal family as a way of receiving and entertaining guests on state, ceremonial and official occasions.

1.George IV reconstructed Buckingham House probably to .

A. please his own wife

B. satisfy his son

C. sell at a good price

D. honor his old father

2.One of the biggest changes to Buckingham Palace took place in .

A. 1762 B. 1820 C. 1826 D. 1829

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us

A. how important Buckingham Palace is today

B. what Buckingham Palace is like today

C. some information of royal palaces in the world

D. how Buckingham Palace is used today

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