In the doorway of my home,I looked closely at my 23-year-old son,Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to 1     a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的) time in Daniel's life. I wanted to 2      him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips,and this was not the 3      time I had let such moments pass.

  When Daniel was five,I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, " What is it going to be like,Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked 4      the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar 5      played itself out.

I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him 6      and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words 7      me.

  Now,as I stood before him,I thought of those 8      opportunities. How many times have I let such moments 9      ?I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what he has 10      to me or what he might 11      to face in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.

What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? 12      as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet I always 13      never hearing him put his 14      into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so 15      to tell a son something from the heart?

  My mouth turned dry,and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. "Daniel," I said, "If I could have picked, I would have picked you. " That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world 16      ,and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes,and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was 17      of was the stubble(短须) on his chin as his face pressed 18      mine. What I had said to Daniel was 19      . It was nothing. And yet,it was 20     

(   ) 1.A. experience   B. spend   C. enjoy   D. shape

(   ) 2.A. show   B. give   C. make   D. instruct

(   ) 3.A. last   B. first   C. very   D. next

(   ) 4.A. upward   B. into   C. down   D. up

(   ) 5.A. sign   B. scene   C. scenery   D. sight

(   ) 6.A. interest   B. instruction   C. courage   D. direction

(   ) 7.A. failed   B. discouraged   C. struck   D. troubled

(   ) 8.A. future   B. embarrassing   C. obvious   D. lost

(   ) 9.A. last   B. pass   C. fly   D. remain

(   ) 10.A. counted   B. meant   C. valued   D. cared

(   ) 11.A. think   B. want   C. expect   D. wish

(   ) 12.A. But   B. And   C. Instead   D. So

(   ) 13.A. wondered   B. regretted   C. minded   D. tried

(   ) 14.A. views   B. actions   C. feelings   D. attitudes

(   ) 15.A. important   B. essential   C. hard   D. complex

(   ) 16.A. disappeared   B. changed   C. progressed   D. advanced

(   ) 17.A. sensitive   B. convinced   C. aware   D. tired

(   ) 18.A. by   B. against   C. on   D. with

(   ) 19.A. clumsy   B. gentle   C. absurd   D. moving

(   ) 20.A. none   B. all   C. anything   D. everything

 When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an ani?mal shelter,he did not expect much. Yet right from the start,eight years ago,there was an uncommon con?nection between him and the small black cat. He 1        her Inky.

  "I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats 2        playmates ”, Kruger,the seventy-year-old man,says. "My hearing was damaged by the 3        of farm equipment? so I learnt to connect with 4        . They react to what they see and what you do.”

 Inky was a gentle cat,5        the house with five other cats. But on a January night,Inky did 6        that would set her apart from 7        cats forever.

 Kruger had gone down to the basement to 8        the wood stove for the night. When he finished,he 9        to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so,he slipped and 10        his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.

 11        in a pool of blood on the basement floor,Kruger felt 12        going into shock (休克) .He shouted for help,13        his wife,Brenda,was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house.14        Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.

  "Go get Brenda," Kruger said to Inky.

 Inky 15        to the bedroom door and scratched 16        until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the     17        . Brenda found her husband 18        the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospi?tal. "I spent six months 19         there,"says Kruger. "Although I became lame,I was blessed. "Since the accident,Inky has 20        left Kruger's side.

1.A. gave   B. chose

C.  named   D. remembered

2.A. like   B. as

 C.  except   D. among

3.A. sound   B. alarm   C. noise   D. voice

4.A. animals   B. friends

 C.  farmers   D. neighbours

5.A. sharing   B. visiting

 C.  dividing   D. discovering

6.A. anything   B. nothing

 C.  something   D. everything

7.A. familiar   B. lovely

 C.  ordinary   D. outstanding

8.A. shut out   B. shut off   C. shut down   D. shut up

9.A. marched   B. flew

 C.  struggled   D. climbed

10.A. bent   B. hit

 C.  shook   D. pulled

11.A. Falling   B. Lying

 C.  Appearing   D. Thinking

12.A. it   B. itself   C. him   D. himself

13.A. and   B. but   C. or   D. so

14.A. Thus   B. Otherwise   C. Then   D. Rather

15.A. walked   B. ran

 C.  returned   D. withdrew

16.A. rapidly   B. suddenly   C. madly   D. urgently

17.A. bedroom   B. basement   C. yard   D. house

18.A. at the bottom of   B. in the middle of   

  C. at the top of   D. in the front of

19:A. regretting   B. resting

 C. relaxing   D. recovering

20. A. never   B. ever

 C. still   D. already

  Going green seems to be a fad(日寸尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad,we can't really say,but for the two of us,going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.

  On April 22,2011,we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 dif?ferent green things,and it also meant challenging our?selves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy,we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.

  With the idea of going green every single day for a year,Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.

  Over the course of Our Green Year,we complete?ly changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat,choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don't need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice,with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter,enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing some?thing ungreen might be punished.

  Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.

1.What might be the best title for the passage?

   A.Going green

   B.Protecting the planet

   C.Keeping open-minded

   D.Celebrating Our Green Year

2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because .

   A.they were expected to follow the green fad

   B.they didn't know how to educate other people

   C.they were unwilling to reduce their energy

   D.they needed to perform unusual green tasks

3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?

   A.They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.

   B.They ignored others' ungreen behaviour.

   C.They chose better chemical cleaners.

   D.They sold their home-made food.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

   A.The government will give support to the green project.

   B.The couple m^y continue their project in the fu?ture.

   C.Some people disagree with the couple's green ideas.

   D.Our Green Year is becoming a national cam?paign.

 I can remember a period in my life when I was un?employed and money was running short. I needed a job very 1.________A friend of mine approached me one day with an 2.________ "I'm going to have to let this job go and won?dering if you would like to take it over.”

  "That would be 3________”, I replied. I went to the manager and he said I could 4________ on Monday morning.

  On Monday morning I was 5________ to buff(擦) the floors. My friend was there to 6________ me how to oper?ate the buffer.

"It's really 7________ ," he said,running the machine very 8________. He handed it over to me and said, "Here,you give it a try. ” I 9________ the handles. To my sur?prise,the buffer went around in a big circle,running over my friend's new shoes.

  Several times,I tried to run it again and 10________ .

  "What am I going to do?" I thought to myself. "I finally found a job and I can't do it. Am I going to have to tell them I have to 11________the job?"

  After several 12________ days of buffing,I finally decided that I was going to do this. For about a week,I 13________ with the buffer,putting all my weight and 14________ into it. Later,I learnt the trick was not to struggle with it at all,just 15________with the flow of it,and by the second week,I could run it with one hand.

  Months later,I 16________ back and wondered what would have happened 17________ I had given up that first week. I certainly would not have the new-found confi?dence or a pay cheque. Sometime after that 18________ ,I started a new job that still 19________ the use of a buffer.

 20________don't have to stop you.  If you run into them,just figure out how to go through them.

1.A. badly   B. well

C.quickly   D. generally

2.A. apology   B. invitation   C. offer   D. opinion

3.A. great   B. worth   C. difficult   D. funny

4.A. finish   B. leave   C. stay   D. start

5.A. warned   B. told

C. forced   D. discovered

6.A. watch   B. order   C. ask   D. show

7.A. easy   B. difficult   C. interesting   D. boring

8.A. specially   B. carefully   C. slowly   D. smoothly

9.A. grabbed   B. repaired   C. wiped   D. equipped

10.A. remained   B. insisted   C. failed   D. dropped

11.A. give up   B. give out   C. carry on   D. focus on

12.A. simple   B. harmful   C. hard   D. happy

13.A. met   B. struggled   C. lived   D. combined

14.A. body   B. spirit

 C. heart   D. strength

15.A. do   B. go

 C. walk   D. match

16.A. turned   B. came   C. thought   D. threw

17.A. when   B. unless   C. as   D. if

18.A. moment   B. fight   C. experience   D. story

19.A. required   B. introduced   C. reduced   D. rejected

20.A. Achievements   B. Difficulties   C. Disabilities   D. Successes

 One of the greatest runners of the 20th century,Emil Zatopek reigned long-distance running from 1948 until 1954 when he won a remarkable 38 consecutive (连续的) 10,000-metre race. He set 18 world records over various distances including every record from 5K to 30K, and won four Olympic gold medals and one silver.

  Emil Zatopek was born in Koprivnice,Czechoslo?vakiaon September 19, 1922. At age 16 he began working at the Bata shoe factory in Zlin. In 1940 Bata sponsored(赞助) a 1,500m race,and he was persuaded to enter even though he had no training. It turned out that Emil finished second and he began to take a serious interest in sports.

  Emil made his Olympic debut (首次亮相) at the 1948 London Games. Though with little international racing experience,he won the 10,000m and was second in the 5,000m.

  Emil married Dana Ingrova,fellow Czech team member shortly after the Olympics. Dana and Emil shared the same birthday,September 19th,and they married on that day in 1948.

  In 1952 at the Helsinki Olympics Emil achieved the impossible. Despite a doctor's warning that he shouldn't compete because of a serious infection two months before,he won the 5,000m,the 10,000m and the marathon,all within only eight days! He set a new Olympic record in all these events,and he had never,run a marathon before ! On the same day as his 5, 000-metre victory,his wife,Dana,won the Olympic javelin (标枪) contest.

  In 1998 Emil was awarded the Order of the White Lion,a national honour presented to him by Czech President Vaclav Havel.

1. The underlined word " reigned" in the first para- graph means " ________”.

   A.became fond of

   B.began to take part in

   C.received hard training for

   D.had a controlling position in

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that Emil________

   A.loved long-distance racing before he worked

   B.trained hard for the race sponsored by his factory

   C.showed his great sport talent quite by accident

   D. expected the good result of his first race in 1940

3. At the 1952 Olympic Games,Emil__________ .

   A.won four gold medals

   B.won the javelin contest

   C.suffered a serious disease

   D.set three new Olympic records

4.Emil and his wife Dana ________.

   A.were both born on September 19, 1922

   B.were awarded the Order of the White Lion

   C.got married during the 1948 Olympic Games

   D.both made great achievements in sports

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

   A.A great runner Emil and his wife,Dana.

   B.A great runner Emil and his achievements.

   C.A great runner Emil's life.

   D.A great runner Emil in the Olympic Games.

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