4．When my parents were alive，they were not very rich．Yet they helped their two older 21time after time．When Daddy passed away，his notebook showed debts（22）Cfrom several of his children．I was not among them．I（23）Bborrowed money and when I did，I set a repayment plan and（24）Ato it．It was a matter of（25）Cwith me．I couldn't stand owing my parents-or anyone else-mmoney because I watched them （26）Ato help out my older sisters when they were in financial difficulties themselves．
These days，after the death of my parents，I am one of those people who can be（27）Bto for help when they need it．Just as I can't stand（28）Dother people money，I can't stand saying no to whoever needs help．I don't（29）Bhelping others，but I would be more than glad if they would make a（n）（30）Dto handle things themselves，perhaps by doing some（31）Aplanning-like planning not to speend money they don't have!
Being ready to help others is a （32）C，but sometimes the result will be（33）Ato what you expect．I （34）Aremember as a child what my father always said，"If at first you don't succeed，try，try again!"Helping my children too often has（35）Cthem from learning to keep trying．Use your（36）D：who among my children will（37）Dto walk if I supply the money to buy a car？Helped often，my children lost gradually the ability to（38）Aproblems themselves．
In most（39）C，when people find you can（40）Chelp，they will ask you more and more．That's human，you know．
These days，after the death of my parents，I am one of those people who can be（27）Bto for help when they need it．Just as I can't stand（28）Dother people money，I can't stand saying no to whoever needs help．I don't（29）Bhelping others，but I would be more than glad if they would make a（n）（30）Dto handle things themselves，perhaps by doing some（31）Aplanning-like planning not to speend money they don't have!
Being ready to help others is a （32）C，but sometimes the result will be（33）Ato what you expect．I （34）Aremember as a child what my father always said，"If at first you don't succeed，try，try again!"Helping my children too often has（35）Cthem from learning to keep trying．Use your（36）D：who among my children will（37）Dto walk if I supply the money to buy a car？Helped often，my children lost gradually the ability to（38）Aproblems themselves．
In most（39）C，when people find you can（40）Chelp，they will ask you more and more．That's human，you know．
| 21．A．sons | B．daughters | C．brothers | D．sisters |
| 22．A．absent | B．apart | C．due | D．different |
| 23．A．always | B．seldom | C．often | D．never |
| 24．A．stuck | B．attached | C．agreed | D．belonged |
| 25．A．pleasure | B．courage | C．pride | D．sorrow |
| 26．A．struggle | B．happen | C．intend | D．move |
| 27．A．referred | B．turned | C．seen | D．attended |
| 28．A．cheating | B．donating | C．1ending | D．owing |
| 29．A．enjoy | B．mind | C．1ike | D．miss |
| 30．A．comment | B．mess | C．excuse | D．effort |
| 31．A．financial | B．flexible | C．typical | D．particular |
| 32．A．deed | B．deal | C．virtue | D．task |
| 33．A．contrary | B．essential | C．potential | D．necessary |
| 34．A．can | B．may | C．shall | D．must |
| 35．A．banned | B．protected | C．prevented | D．freed |
| 36．A．aHn | B．leg | C．body | D．head |
| 37．A．wait | B．urge | C．threat | D．choose |
| 38．A．solve | B．assess | C．seek | D．analyse |
| 39．A．affairs | B．choices | C．cases | D．events |
| 40．A．obtain | B．attain | C．provide | D．prefer |
3．There are many taxi drivers in our city．They often like to chat with passengers to（11）Btime when the taxis are caught in traffic jams．The other day，I went home by taxi．Knowing I was a student，the driver told me that he was once a student twenty years ago．（12）A，his family could not afford the school fees，so he dropped out of school at an early age．He（13）Dme to work hard and go to a good college．I was moved by his kindness，but what really impressed me next was his （14）C．After arriving home，I soon realized that I had（15）Cmy cell phone in the taxi．Greatly worried，I immediately called my number，（16）Bthe driver would answer．Then came the driver's （17）Dfrom tlle other end．He told me he had been （18）Bmy call and that he would gladly return my phone where he dropped me off earlier that day．Thanks to the driver，I got my phone （19）C．I believe honesty is one of the greatest（20）Ca person should have．Thank you ever so much，Mr．Taxi driver．
| 11．A．have | B．kill | C．spend | D．1ive |
| 12．A．Unfortunately | B．Unusually | C．Absolutely | D．Accurately |
| 13．A．persuaded | B．ordered | C．required | D．encouraged |
| 14．A．modesty | B．ability | C．honesty | D．security |
| 15．A．forgotten | B．placed | C．left | D．dropped |
| 16．A．begging | B．praying | C．thinking | D．saying |
| 17．A．whisper | B．noise | C．sound | D．voice |
| 18．A．making | B．expecting | C．refusing | D．fearing |
| 19．A．over | B．through | C．back | D．across |
| 20．A．advantages | B．achievements | C．qualities | D．images |
20．A 58-year-old man was sharing his memories of his father．He said his father had been a workaholic who was always busy with his（21）B．He（22）Dcame to his son's sports games or activities．（23）A，the son said his dad almost never spoke to him．（24）Cthe time the son was 18 years old，in his last year of school，he'd become a very good football player．When his team qualified for the championship，he（25）A his father to finally come to see him play this one time；so his dad（26）Dhe'd be there．
On the day of the（27）C，the son was on the field warming up just （28）Cthe game when he saw his dad come into the stadium with two other men．Then shortly after the game started，his dad．（29）B with his friends and never returned．It's now been 40 years （30）Athat day，yet this 58-year-old son says the painful（31）B．he felt as a teenager is still very real．When his father recently died at age 83，he stood alone next to his dad's coffin at the funeral home and said："Dad，we could have（32）Bso much love and good times together，（33）BI never knew you．"
A father has great power and（34）Cin the lives of his children．Studies have shown that the No.1（35）C 0f troubled boys and young men is that they had fathers who didn't（36）Dcare．They didn't spend time with their sons so they weren't （37）Ato them．There are millions of invisible（38）C like this．But"No man stands as tall as when he bends down to help his son．"How about you？Do you need to give more time and（39）Cto your children？It's never too late t（40）B．
On the day of the（27）C，the son was on the field warming up just （28）Cthe game when he saw his dad come into the stadium with two other men．Then shortly after the game started，his dad．（29）B with his friends and never returned．It's now been 40 years （30）Athat day，yet this 58-year-old son says the painful（31）B．he felt as a teenager is still very real．When his father recently died at age 83，he stood alone next to his dad's coffin at the funeral home and said："Dad，we could have（32）Bso much love and good times together，（33）BI never knew you．"
A father has great power and（34）Cin the lives of his children．Studies have shown that the No.1（35）C 0f troubled boys and young men is that they had fathers who didn't（36）Dcare．They didn't spend time with their sons so they weren't （37）Ato them．There are millions of invisible（38）C like this．But"No man stands as tall as when he bends down to help his son．"How about you？Do you need to give more time and（39）Cto your children？It's never too late t（40）B．
| 21．A．family | B．work | C．hobby | D．housework |
| 22．A．often | B．ever | C．even | D．never |
| 23．A．In fact | B．As a result | C．Of course | D．Above all |
| 24．A．At | B．In | C．By | D．For |
| 25．A．begged | B．advised | C．permitted | D．ordered |
| 26．A．admitted | B．pretended | C．suspected | D．promised |
| 27．A．ceremony | B．graduation | C．championship | D．concert |
| 28．A．after | B．on | C．before | D．during |
| 29．A．stood | B．left | C．chatted | D．sat |
| 30．A．since | B．until | C．after | D．before |
| 31．A．relief | B．disappointment | C．fear | D．anxiety |
| 32．A．lacked | B．shared | C．received | D．mixed |
| 33．A．and | B．but | C．so | D．then |
| 34．A．trust | B．favor | C．influence | D．courage |
| 35．A．reason | B．case | C．cause | D．concern |
| 36．A．simply | B．only | C．initially | D．really |
| 37．A．close | B．similar | C．polite | D．known |
| 38．A．mothers | B．sons | C．fathers | D．players |
| 39．A．money | B．freedom | C．attention | D．award |
| 40．A．learn | B．change | C．develop | D．adapt |
19．A few weeks ago，l was taking a quiet walk in my backyard（11）DI saw a baby bird lying in the grass．It must have fallen off the nest high in the branches．I was sure it was dead．But as I tried to pick it up，（12）Ait moved．
To put it back，I placed a ladder（13）Bthe tree and tried to get it near the（14）D with the nest．It was then that I saw a neighborhood cat in the leaves．Immediately it came to me that he must have（15）Bthe bird out of the nest when climbing up along the branches and（16）Ahimself up in the tree as well．Climbing up through the branches，I seized him，gave him a（17）C"Hiss!"and dropped him softly to the ground．He ran off as fast as he could．
I gently（18）Bthe baby bird，climbed up the ladder and，stretching my arm out as far as I could，（19）A it in the nest．Then I said a little prayer for it．
In the weeks that followed I looked up at the nest several times，but only saw the mother bird．I may never know whether my efforts have made a（20）C0r not．But trying was enough．Sometimes love has to be its own reward．
To put it back，I placed a ladder（13）Bthe tree and tried to get it near the（14）D with the nest．It was then that I saw a neighborhood cat in the leaves．Immediately it came to me that he must have（15）Bthe bird out of the nest when climbing up along the branches and（16）Ahimself up in the tree as well．Climbing up through the branches，I seized him，gave him a（17）C"Hiss!"and dropped him softly to the ground．He ran off as fast as he could．
I gently（18）Bthe baby bird，climbed up the ladder and，stretching my arm out as far as I could，（19）A it in the nest．Then I said a little prayer for it．
In the weeks that followed I looked up at the nest several times，but only saw the mother bird．I may never know whether my efforts have made a（20）C0r not．But trying was enough．Sometimes love has to be its own reward．
| 11．A．while | B．as | C．after | D．when |
| 12．A．suddenly | B．finally | C．nearly | D．actually |
| 13．A．off | B．against | C．on | D．beside |
| 14．A．tree | B．leaves | C．wall | D．branch |
| 15．A．led | B．shaken | C．tricked | D．blown |
| 16．A．trapped | B．wounded | C．seized | D．stored |
| 17．A．worrying | B．puzzling | C．scolding | D．surprising |
| 18．A．tried on | B．picked up | C．took out | D．turned over |
| 19．A．placed | B．caught | C．fed | D．threw |
| 20．A．choice | B．decision | C．difference | D．conclusion |
18．On the hill ________，there used to be an old temple．（ ）
| A． | near | B． | nearby | C． | nearly | D． | closely |
16．The opening and closing of doors are the most significant actions of man's life．What a（36）Alies in doors!
No man knows what awaits him when he opens a door．（37）Cthe most familiar room，the clock ticks and the hearth glows red at dusk may harbor（38）C．The worker may actually called and（39）Bthe leaking pipe．The cook may have been ill and demanded her passports．
THese are many kinds of doors．Revolving doors for hotels，shops and public buildings．These are（40）D the busy，bustling ways of modern life．Can you （41）A William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens skipping through a （42）D door？There are double doors，sliding doors，stage doors and glass doors．The （43）A and mystery of a door lies in its quality of being hidden．A glass door is not a door at all，but a window．The meaning of a door is to（44）B what lies inside； to keep the heart in suspense．
Also，there are many ways of opening doors．There is the cheery （45）C of elbow with which the waiter opens the kitchen door．There is the sympathetic and awful （46）A of the dentist's maid who opens the door into the operating room and，without speaking，C（47）C that the doctor is ready for you．
The opening of doors has in it some flavor of the （48）D，some sense of moving into a new moment．Even in （49）C，the opening of a door may bring relief．But the closing of doors could be （50）B，A door closed brings （51）D to an end．And there are degrees of sadness in the closing of doors．A door slammed is a confession of weakness．A door（52）C shut may often be the most tragic gesture in life．
The opening and closing of doors is a part of the serious fluency of life．Life will not stay （53）A and let us alone．We are （54）B opening doors with hope，closing them with despair．Life （55）D not much longer than a pipe of tobacco，and destiny knocks us out like the ashes．
No man knows what awaits him when he opens a door．（37）Cthe most familiar room，the clock ticks and the hearth glows red at dusk may harbor（38）C．The worker may actually called and（39）Bthe leaking pipe．The cook may have been ill and demanded her passports．
THese are many kinds of doors．Revolving doors for hotels，shops and public buildings．These are（40）D the busy，bustling ways of modern life．Can you （41）A William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens skipping through a （42）D door？There are double doors，sliding doors，stage doors and glass doors．The （43）A and mystery of a door lies in its quality of being hidden．A glass door is not a door at all，but a window．The meaning of a door is to（44）B what lies inside； to keep the heart in suspense．
Also，there are many ways of opening doors．There is the cheery （45）C of elbow with which the waiter opens the kitchen door．There is the sympathetic and awful （46）A of the dentist's maid who opens the door into the operating room and，without speaking，C（47）C that the doctor is ready for you．
The opening of doors has in it some flavor of the （48）D，some sense of moving into a new moment．Even in （49）C，the opening of a door may bring relief．But the closing of doors could be （50）B，A door closed brings （51）D to an end．And there are degrees of sadness in the closing of doors．A door slammed is a confession of weakness．A door（52）C shut may often be the most tragic gesture in life．
The opening and closing of doors is a part of the serious fluency of life．Life will not stay （53）A and let us alone．We are （54）B opening doors with hope，closing them with despair．Life （55）D not much longer than a pipe of tobacco，and destiny knocks us out like the ashes．
| 36．A．mystery | B．relief | C．scenery | D．pleasure |
| 37．A．So | B．Still | C．Even | D．Also |
| 38．A．wishes | B．puzzles | C．surprises | D．changes |
| 39．A．checked | B．fixed | C．wrapped | D．removed |
| 40．A．essential to | B．different from | C．consistent with | D．typical of |
| 41．A．imagine | B．suggest | C．catch | D．notice |
| 42．A．stage | B．sliding | C．glass | D．revolving |
| 43．A．symbol | B．miracle | C．sign | D．mark |
| 44．A．busy | B．hide | C．discover | D．Exhibit |
| 45．A．knock | B．bump | C．push | D．touch |
| 46．A．silence | B．noise | C．voice | D．peace |
| 47．A．announce | B．admits | C．implies | D．expects |
| 48．A．darkness | B．certainty | C．possibility | D．unknown |
| 49．A．vain | B．hope | C．sadness | D．happiness |
| 50．A．easy | B．terrible | C．dull | D．interesting |
| 51．A．nothing | B．everything | C．anything | D．something |
| 52．A．heavily | B．hurriedly | C．gently | D．firmly |
| 53．A．still | B．calm | C．silent | D．simple |
| 54．A．naturally | B．continually | C．obviously | D．possibly |
| 55．A．measure | B．matches | C．reaches | D．lasts |
15．I think I'm one of the luckiest people in the world because of the time I'm able to spend with young people who are not afraid to show their excitement and zest for life．（21）B，I would prefer a person with passion and enthusiasm to a person with （22）A and talent any day of the week．You can teach and develop skills，（23）C you cannot develop a love of life and an optimistic attitude．These are（24）D of a person and appear at all times during work or play．Furthermore，they are traits that one is born with and they will never （25）C them．
As a （26）D and an Independent Education and Career Planning Advisor，I （27）B too many children and young adults who are on a road to despair unless someone can find a way to change their attitude towards （28）A and indeed life itself!
（29）B，society has turned out too many children and young that are unwilling to put much （30）C or thought into their work．Whenever I come across such people-（31）B or old，I'm reminded of a boy who went with his mother on a blueberry picking hike into the（32）A．The boy filled his（33）C mostly with moss（苔藓） and then covered the moss with a thin layer of blueberries so that it looked（34）D．But the next morning，he found the blueberry pie which his mother（35）B for him was moss．
So （36）C，whether you are in school or （37）D，if you have enthusiasm and if you are （38）A to put in consistent effort along with passion，you will receive the （39）D．If，on the other hand，you are（40）A and prefer to take short-cuts，you should not expect to achieve the same results．
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As a （26）D and an Independent Education and Career Planning Advisor，I （27）B too many children and young adults who are on a road to despair unless someone can find a way to change their attitude towards （28）A and indeed life itself!
（29）B，society has turned out too many children and young that are unwilling to put much （30）C or thought into their work．Whenever I come across such people-（31）B or old，I'm reminded of a boy who went with his mother on a blueberry picking hike into the（32）A．The boy filled his（33）C mostly with moss（苔藓） and then covered the moss with a thin layer of blueberries so that it looked（34）D．But the next morning，he found the blueberry pie which his mother（35）B for him was moss．
So （36）C，whether you are in school or （37）D，if you have enthusiasm and if you are （38）A to put in consistent effort along with passion，you will receive the （39）D．If，on the other hand，you are（40）A and prefer to take short-cuts，you should not expect to achieve the same results．
| 21．A．Obviously | B．Personally | C．Luckily | D．Quickly |
| 22．A．skills | B．ideas | C．kindness | D．courage |
| 23．A．or | B．for | C．but | D．if |
| 24．A．choices | B．requests | C．appearances | D．characters |
| 25．A．use | B．deserve | C．lose | D．cherish |
| 26．A．journalist | B．doctor | C．colleague | D．teacher |
| 27．A．search for | B．come across | C．care about | D．depend on |
| 28．A．learning | B．donating | C．speaking | D．greeting |
| 29．A．Eventually | B．Unfortunately | C．Hopefully | D．Perfectly |
| 30．A．equipment | B．information | C．effort | D．possession |
| 31．A．innocent | B．young | C．poor | D．stupid |
| 32．A．woods | B．corner | C．park | D．market |
| 33．A．mouth | B．pan | C．basketball | D．hand |
| 34．A．delicious | B．beautiful | C．clean | D．full |
| 35．A．collected | B．baked | C．kept | D．bought |
| 36．A．promise | B．guess | C．remember | D．look |
| 37．A．in danger | B．in distance | C．in hospital | D．at work |
| 38．A．willing | B．confident | C．proud | D．careful |
| 39．A．crop | B．trust | C．votes | D．rewards |
| 40．A．lazy | B．busy | C．curious | D．stubborn |