Our thoughts, words, and actions often cause harm to others and to us． Without reconciliation

（和解）, we cannot deepen our understanding and only cause more suffering． "Beginning Anew" is

a（n）   36   of reconciliation． It involves three steps ---- sharing appreciation, expressing  37 , and expressing hurt and difficulties．

In the first step, we share appreciation． We acknowledge the  38  qualities of the other person． The second step -- expressing regret, is to   39      with the other person our regrets for the things we have done or said that might have caused him or her  40 ． This requires humility （谦逊）, and the   41  to let go of our own pride． In the third step, we    42  our own hurt with mindful and loving  43   without blaming or criticizing． We speak in such a way that the other person can listen and  44  our words． If we  45  the other person, his heart will  46  and he will not be able to hear us． We ask the other person to help us to understand  47  he has spoken and acted as he has , causing us so much pain． Perhaps, later, he can share his feelings  48  we can understand him more deeply． If a strong  49   arises in us while we are expressing our suffering,  we should simply  50  and come back to our breathing until the emotion becomes   51 ． The other person can  52  us by following his breathing until we are ready to continue． We can enjoy practicing "Beginning Anew" with our partner, our family, or our friends  53 ． By doing this, we will    54   misunderstandings from accumulating． Rather, we will take care of them as they arise,   55  we take care of our children．

1.A． method            B． practice       C． example          D． experience

2.A． concern           B． belief         C． regret           D． sympathy

3.A． positive          B． poor            C． confident       D． selfish

4.A． chat              B． compare         C． debate          D． share

5.A． pain              B． anxiety          C． confusion       D． loss

6.A． willingness       B． kindness         C． happiness      D． weakness

7.A． charge            B． argue           C． express         D． combine

8.A． speech            B． letter      C． story  D． question

9.A． choose            B． accept           C, spread                        D． change

10.A． trust            B． praise           C． envy            D． blame

11.A． open             B． close            C． beat          D． melt

12.A． when             B． how             C． what            D． why

13.A． so that          B． even though      C． as though       D． in case

14.A． emotion          B． responsibility   C． value          D． interest

15.A． continue         B． stop            C． leave          D． repeat

16.A． quieter          B． warmer          C． deeper  D． stronger

17.A． forget           B． support          C． hate           D． remember

18.A． quickly          B． carefully        C． regularly      D． willingly

19.A． prevent          B． protect          C． separate                     D． forbid

20.A． for         B． so  C． like                D． if

Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't   1   it to be blue - the name has nothing to   2   the color of our closest celestial（天体） neighbor.

A full moon   3   on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.

"If you're in Times Square, you'll see the   4   moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant," said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.

The New Year's Eve blue moon will be   5   in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up  6   New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.

However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse（月蚀） on New Year's Eve when  7   of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The   8   will not be visible in the Americas.

A full moon occurs   9   29.5 days, and most years have 12.  10  , an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The   11   time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't   12    again until 2028.

Blue moons have no astronomical   13   , said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

"`Blue moon' is just a   14   in the same sense as a `hunter's moon' or a `harvest moon,'" Laughlin said in an e-mail.

The popular definition of blue moon   15   after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misunderstood the Maine Farmer's Calendar and marked a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the calendar   16   a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, not the usual three.

Though Sky & Telescope corrected the  17   decades later, the definition caught on. For purists（语言纯正癖者）, however, this New Year's Eve full moon doesn't even qualify as a   18   moon. It's just the first full moon of the winter season.

In a tongue-in-cheek essay   19   on the magazine's Web site this week, senior contributing editor Kelly Beatty wrote: "If skies are clear when I'm    20  celebrating, I'll take a peek（眯着眼睛看） at that brilliant orb（天体） as it rises over the Boston skyline to see if it's an icy shade of blue. Or maybe I'll just howl."

(   ) 1. A. wish                  B. wait                        C. hope                D. expect

(   ) 2. A. deal with            B. do with                   C. develop with     D. form into

(   ) 3. A. occurred            B. came                       C. ran                   D. went

(   ) 4. A. full                   B. half                         C. bright               D. part

(   ) 5. A. out of sight               B. visible                     C. big                   D. clear

(   ) 6. A. until                  B. when                       C. before              D. since

(   ) 7. A. part                   B. all                           C. any                  D. none

(   ) 8. A. moon                 B. eclipse                     C. sun                  D. shadow

(   ) 9. A. each                  B. every                             C. either                      D. all

(   ) 10. A. On the whole    B. Generally speaking   C. On average       D. In addition

(   ) 11. A. last                  B. next                        C. other                D. another

(   ) 12. A. go                   B. see                          C. come                D. look

(   ) 13. A. point                B. evident                    C. theory              D. significance

(   ) 14. A. name                      B. object                      C. phenomenon     D. tradition

(   ) 15. A. created             B. came about              C. made                D. copied

(   ) 16. A. named              B. called                      C. introduced               D. defined

(   ) 17. A. error                B. name                       C. reality              D. number

(   ) 18. A. blue                 B. red                          C. yellow              D. grey

(   ) 19. A. published         B. posted                     C. printed             D. written

(   ) 20. A. in                    B. out                          C. away                D. on

根据以下各句所给的首字母或汉语提示，用单词的正确形式填空，并将其写在答题卷上。
【小题1】It was quite terrible. It took me some time to c___________ down myself.
【小题2】Parents are always c_____________ much about their children.
【小题3】I'm terribly sorry. I didn't do it on p__________.
【小题4】It took her a long while to r___________ from her heart operation.
【小题5】The children played ____________ (在户外)until it started to rain.
【小题6】After the war, a new g_______________ was set up for that country.
【小题7】The people p__________ at the meeting were all for the suggestion.
【小题8】The ball went in the d_______________ of the man sitting in a boat on the river.
【小题9】At the party a foreign teacher was r______________(要求) to sing some folk songs.
【小题10】He was a young sailor on his first sea v______________.
【小题11】The mother i_________ that he finish his homework first, which made his son very angry.
【小题12】Whether you will succeed or not in doing the work depends on your a________ to it.
【小题13】This song sounds f_____________ to me. I must have heard it sung somewhere before.
【小题14】She ________________ (毕业)from Peking University last year.
【小题15】The speech contest was o______________ well.
【小题16】When she heard the news that her husband was killed in the accident, she b_______ into tears.
【小题17】After the earthquake, the whole city was in r_________.
【小题18】J_______ from his accent, we know he comes from the west.
【小题19】Prices have _____________ (上涨) quickly.
【小题20】The building was completely ______________(摧毁) by fire.

Whenever anyone measures educational success, East Asian countries are always top scorers. But in a recent league table, a European country, Finland, was top of the class. South Korea was still in second place, though. Britain was at number 6.
In Korea the school day is long—typically 7 or 8 hours, followed by hours of private tutoring in the evenings. All this hothousing leaves Korean students so tired, they sometimes fall asleep in class next day. Worries about the effects of late night cramming(填鸭式) led the government to force cramming schools to close by 10 pm. Finnish children spend the least time in class in the developed world, often finishing just after lunch, with about one hour of homework a day. Private tuition is uncommon. The British and American school day is quite long in comparison, around 6 hours, and secondary school pupils do 2 or 3 hours of self-study a night.
The Korean education system, like many in Asia, is intensely competitive, with students even competing to get into the best cramming schools, to help them get ahead. Finnish education is far less cut-throat. Classes are all mixed ability, and there are no league tables. British schools again occupy the middle ground, with quite high levels of competition for places at university, and schools and universities battling to come top of league tables for everything from exam results to student satisfaction. Korea and Finland both do well, yet their education systems are so different.
However, there are some similarities in Korea and Finland. In those countries, teachers have high status in society, and education is very highly valued. Those attitudes can't change quickly. But it can be done. They might be the star pupils now, but until the l970s, Finland's educational system was poor. Their thoroughly different approach to schooling has taken them to the top in just a generation.
【小题1】The students spend the least time in school in         .