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Now,perhaps,more than ever before,people are wondering what life is all about,and what it is for.Seeking material success is beginning to 26 large numbers of people around the world.They feel that the long-hour work culture to make more money to buy more things is 27 up their lives,leaving them very little 28 or energy for family or hobbies.Many are turning to 29 ways of living and downshifting is one of them.
Six percent of the workers in Britain took the decision to 30 last year.One couple who downshifted are Daniel and Liz.They 31 to work in central London.He was a newspaper reporter and she worked for an international bank.They 32 go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, 33 their two children with a nanny.Nearly twice a month Daniel had to 34 New York for meetings.They both earned a large amount of money 35 began to feel that life was passing them by.
Nowadays,they run 36 in the mountains of Wales.“I always wanted to have one here,”says Daniel,“and we took almost a year to 37 to downshift.It’s taken some time getting used to,but it’s been 38 it.We have to think 39 now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any 40 .However,I think it’s made us stronger as a family,and the children are a lot 41 .”
Liz,however,is not quite sure.“I used to enjoy my job, 42 it was hard work and long hours.I’m not really a country girl,but I suppose I’m 43 getting used to looking after the animals.One thing I do 44 ,though,is being able to see more of my children.My advice for other people wanting to do the 45 is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”
26.A.trouble B.attract C.encourage D.frighten
27.A.putting B.looking C.building D.eating
28.A.money B.material C.spirit D.time
29.A.other B.simple C.free D.many
30.A.retire B.downshift C.rest D.travel
31.A.wanted B.liked C.used D.planned
32.A.should B.would C.might D.could
33.A.keeping B.sending C.letting D.leaving
34.A.fly B.walk C.move D.run
35.A.and B.so C.but D.however
36.A.company B.farm C.house D.school
37.A.discuss B.study C.have D.make
38.A.worthy B.worth C.worthless D.worthwhile
39.A.once B.twice C.hardly D.worriedly
40.A.money B.holidays C.friends D.difficulties
41.A.more bored B.more worried C.happier D.cleverer
42.A.even though B.when C.as if D.unless
43.A.directly B.particularly C.especially D.gradually
44.A.doubt B.admire C.like D.admit
45.A.job B.research C.experiment D.same
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One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered.and they all admired his heart for it was 41 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 42 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 43 . It was full of scars, it had places 44 pieces had been removed and other pieces 45 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 46 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 47 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 48 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 49 represents a person 50 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 51 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 52 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 53 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 54 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 55 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 56 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 57 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 58 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 59 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 60 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
A.ugly B.perfect C.beautiful D.hurt
A.mine B.his C.theirs D.ours
A.coat B.appearance C.face D.heart
A.that B.which C.where D.whose
A.cut B.set C.put D.brought
A.smooth B.rough C.broken D.pretty
A.Comparing B.Compared C.Compare D.Compares
A.looks B.seems C.is D.fits
A.one B.heart C.piece D.scar
A.on whom B.in whom C.with whom D.to whom
A.take B.give C.lend D.pass
A.empty B.full C.original D.first
A.had B.gave C.shared D.owned
A.in B.away C.off D.up
A.lot B.sheet C.piece D.pile
A.making B.taking C.keeping D.bringing
A.keep B.cut C.come D.stay
A.carried away B.reached into C.took out D.brought up
A.offered B.took C.passed D.served
A.fit B.hit C.beat D.set
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Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 31 into laughter, love, and belonging. Each time she found a new 32 for a child, she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 33 for her, and the families didn't ever forget it.
One evening, Mary was 34 a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the 35 fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 36 , red paper rose.
“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 37 . I didn't know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.
Then Mary 38 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 39 . They not only loved me 40 . They opened a world of 41 that I didn't know existed. My new parents told me, ‘Reach for your dreams!’
I did, and today I'm 42 to be giving that chance to a child who 43 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you 44 where she got it so long ago.
Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 45 a new spring, a beautiful new 46 for my own little girl. It 47 me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.
Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that 48 our lives together. And thank you for all you've done for me and so many families over the years!”
One brief even can send our spirits soaring or 49 us in quiet to ponder a new beginning. 50 it is also the very small things, like Mary's roses, that tie together the meaningful things.
31.A. poverty B. loneliness C. misery D. suffering
32.A. home B. place C. school D. life
33.A. glory B. favor C. habit D. tradition
34.A. organizing B. planning C. hosting D. attending
35. A. new B. grateful C. kind D. active
36. A. broken B. faded C. treasured D. dried
37.A. tasteless B. powerless C. priceless D. worthless
38.A. directed B. introduced C. brought D. accepted
39.A. loved B. protected C. cared D. cheered
40.A. silently B. continuously C. unintentionally D. unconditionally
41.A. necessities B. possibilities C. beauties D. riches
42.A. eager B. willing C. proud D. lucky
43.A. started out B. came up C. turned out D. grew up
44.A. understand B. guess C. tell D. know
45.A. replaces B. symbolizes C. equals D. creates
46.A. chance B. mystery C. challenge D. beginning
47.A. reminds B. helps C. accompanies D. drives
48.A. fix B. close C. tie D. gather
49.A. cause B. push C. put D. leave
50.A. Yet B. Besides C. Otherwise D. Therefore
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Everyone has experienced trying, but failing to master a difficult book that was begun with the hope of increasing one's understanding. When that happens, it is ? 36 ?to think that it was a mistake to try to read it, but that was not the mistake. The mistake was in ? 37 ? too much from the first reading of a(n) ? 38 ? book. If you read it in the right way, no book written for the ? 39 ?reader, no matter how difficult, need be a cause for despair(令人失望).
What is the right method? The ? 40 ? is an important and helpful rule of reading that is either not ? 41 ? or often forgotten. That rule is simply this: when reading a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever ? 42 ? to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.
Do not be stopped by what you ? 43 ? understand. Read through the difficult ? 44 ?,and you soon come to things that you do understand. Read these ? 45 ?.You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again, but that ? 46 ? you to have read the book through once ? 47 ?.
What you understand by reading the book through to the ? 48 ? will help you when you try later to read the places that you did not ? 49 ? in your first reading. Or if you never re-read the book, understanding half of it is much better than understanding ? 50 ? of it, which will happen ? 51 ? you allow yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.?
Most of us were taught to ? 52 ? the things that we do not understand. We were told to find the ? 53 ? of unfamiliar words, and to try to find an explanation in another ? 54 ? for anything that we did not understand in the book that we were reading. But when these things are done before the proper time, they only ? 55 ? our reading, instead of helping it.
36. A. necessary B. useful C. natural D. effective?
37. A. learning B. wanting C. accepting D. expecting?
38. A. easy B. difficult C. important D. correct?
39. A. ordinary B. young C. serious D. sincere?
40. A. method B. question C. answer D. problem?
41. A. taught B. known C. sure D. perfect?
42. A. starting B. hesitating C. Stopping D. repeating?
43. A. can't B. won't C. mustn't D. wouldn't?
44. A. words B. articles C. parts D. points?
45. A. quickly B. immediately C. clearly D. carefully?
46. A. requires B. causes C. advises D. allows?
47. A. later B. after C. before D. again?
48. A. top B. end C. bottom D. cover?
49. A. see B. turn C. Notice D. understand?
50. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something?
51. A. if B. so that C. whenever D. as though?
52. A. put away B. put down C. think of D. think about?
53. A. uses B. Meanings C. Spellings D. troubles?
54. A. thinking B. reading C. Book D. way?
55. A. harm B. increase C. Improve D. prevent??
查看习题详情和答案>>The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station? A train for Santa FE collide(碰撞)with a(n) 31 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured,” said a(n) 32 voice of a young woman.
“Just a minute, we’ll come 33 . Please stay there and wait,” answered the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 34 . Soon they got to the 35 , but only to 36 everything was fine. No collision, no 37 man.
“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman 38 . “We must find out that mischievous(恶作剧的) 39 and. . . ”
They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 40 they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 41 a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too. 42 it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 43 meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 44 out of the damaged truck, he was 45 hurt just 46 the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 47 in time, he was saved at last.
Later the policemen did 48 they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 49 .
It is 50 that a prophecy(预言)should coincide(巧合)with the fact so exactly.
31. A. ambulance B. truck C. car D. bus
32. A. anxious B. sweet C. gentle D. low
33. A. fast B. ahead C. soon D. later
34. A. went by B. set off C. got there D. came on
35. A. telephone B. street C. station D. crossing
36. A. feel B. find C. have D. tell
37. A. injured B. trapped C. frightened D. killed
38. A. happily B. excitedly C. angrily D. disappointedly
39. A. man B. policeman C. woman D. boy
40. A. until B. since C. while D. when
41. A. at B. of C. by D. for
42. A. When B. Where C. That D. Which
43. A. dozen B. dozens C. dozen of D. dozens of
44. A. raised B. helped C. pushed D. forced
45. A. slightly B. clearly C. hardly D. badly
46. A. as B. so C. before D. for
47. A. police station B. market C. hospital D. sidewalk
48. A. that B. which C. however D. whatever
49. A. delayed B. worked C. stopped D. failed
50. A. surprised B. surprising C. satisfied D. satisfying
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