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The other day as I talked with a friend I 1 a story that I heard this summer.”A{n} 2 person, seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very 3 loosed the filaments (细丝) to form a(n) 4 . The butterfly was freed, got out of the 5 , and moved its wings about 6 could not fly. What the sympathetic person did not know was that only through the 7 struggle can the wings grow strong enough for flight. Its shortened life was spent 8 ; it never knew freedom, 9 really lived.”
I call it learning to love with an open hand. It is a 10 which has come slowly to me and has been wrought (锤炼) in the fires of pain and in the waters of patience. I am learning that I must 11 the one I love, for if I hold firmly and try to control , I shall lose what I try to control 12 .
As I learn and practice more and more, I can say to the one I love, “I love you, I value you, I respect you and I trust that you have the 13 to become all that it is possible for you to become — if I don’t 14 your way. I love you so much that I can set you free to walk beside me in 15 and in sadness. I will 16 your tears but I will not ask you not to cry. I will care and 17 you, but I will not hold you up when you can walk alone. I will try to listen to your meaning 18 your word, but I shall not always agree. I can not 19 be with you or hear what you say for there are times 20 I must listen to myself and care for myself.”
1. A. created B. recalled C. wrote D. repeated
2. A. sympathetic B. curious C. apologetic D. angry
3. A. kindly B. carefully C. cautiously D. gently
4. A. closing B. opening C. admission D. permission
5. A. filaments B. wings C. cocoon D. shell
6. A. and B. or C. but D. while
7. A. faith B. birth C. death D. worth
8. A. on the ground B. in the air C. in the water D. in the trees
9. A. ever B. always C. constantly D. never
10. A. practicing B. learning C. struggling D. teaching
11. A. free B. praise C. value D. open
12. A. win B. love C. earn D. hold
13. A. confidence B. will C. strength D. courage
14. A. get in B. get out of C. get away from D. get off
15. A. disappointment B. wonder C. fun D. joy
16. A. enjoy B. sympathize C. share D. criticize
17. A. attend B. comfort C. trust D. believe
18. A. as long as B. as far as C. as well as D. as much as
19. A. quickly B. immediately C. always D. simply
20. A. where B. when C. why D. which
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Oh God! I think I was about seven when my sisters and I pulled this stupid stunt（惊险动作）.
I remember we were watching TV when we heard my 36 , Chris, yelling from the backyard. We all 37 out to see what happened. 38____ we finally located him, he was in a tree 39 from the highest tree branch. Crying, he explained he had climbed up the tree and couldn’t get down. One of us should climb up but we couldn’t 40 to get him moving down.
Luckily, my youngest sister, Ka, five then, had seen a(n) 41 situation. She suggested we grab a 42 , hold it under the branch, and tell him to 43____ so we could catch him. My other sister, Yams, one year younger than me, looked at me eagerly to 44 her idea and I said “Yeah, let’s try that.”
Immediately we 45 a sheet and held it beneath the tree. Now mind you, the ages holding this blanket were 46 from seven to five, thus the sheet was probably being held up to our waist and also close to touching the ground. But we were 47 it could work.
Chris, my brother, aged four, looked down at us with hesitation, asking in a 48 voice, “Are you sure I’ll land on the blanket?” But because of a problem at 49 with his tongue being a bit attached to the mouth, it came out like this, “Ah you sho awill lan on da blanked?” “Yup!” I told him, “We’re sure!” and he let go.
How 50 he was to trust us! And no matter how 51 we held, Chris fell right 52 that sheet and landed on his stomach. This tiny seventy-pound boy had made a big 53 right in the sheet!
Because he wasn’t moving, we bent down to 54 if he was still alive. Slowly, he uttered these five words, “Ah stee hi da flow!”, in other words, “I still hit the floor!” Poor little man!
Now Chris is fourteen and he still blames us about it. Any tree he climbs he can get down on his own and, 55 , he wants to be a fireman when he grows up.
36. A. neighbour B. brother C. classmate D. cousin
37. A. headed B. wandered C. waited D. stayed
38. A. After B. Since C. Though D. When
39. A. jumping B. looking C. hanging D. shaking
40. A. try B. manage C. plan D. decide
41. A. serious B. awkward C. similar D. ridiculous
42. A. sheet B. ladder C. quilt D. net
43. A. slide B. drop C. climb D. move
44. A. change B. offer C. prove D. confirm
45. A. bought B. took C. fetched D. snatched
46. A. counting B. lasting C. ranging D. decreasing
47. A. proud B. happy C. grateful D. confident
48. A. soft B. trembling C. frightening D. loud
49. A. birth B. school C. church D. table
50. A. lucky B. bright C. stupid D. careless
51. A. tight B. long C. high D. close
52. A. on B. under C. across D. through
53. A. noise B. swing C. mark D. hole
54. A. check B. sense C. prove D. claim
55. A. frankly B. strangely C. luckily D. obviously
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Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my 1 was more manageable , I 2 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 3 that was years ago and times have changed. 4 I live with mother on a country farm
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 5 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). 6 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my 7 . I decided that I would consider 8 to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was 9 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of 10 to get started. And 11 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 12 use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my 13 ; he gave me a long thoughtful 14 . “This means a lot to you, doesn’ t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me 15 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 16 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 17 and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I 18 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 19 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His 20 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
1. A. loneliness B. sadness C. tiredness D. sickness
2. A. set B. enjoyed C. kept D. shared
3. A. Gladly B. Eventually C. Unfortunately D. Surprisingly
4. A. Now B. Then C. Sometime D. Meanwhile
5. A. add up to B. make up for C. get rid of D. take advantage of
6. A. If B. As C. Though D. Before
7. A. movement B. condition C. choices D. positions
8. A. reaching out B. living up C. getting on D. going back
9. A. recognized B. interviewed C. found D. invited
10. A. money B. time C. energy D. knowledge
11. A. thus B. once C. seldom D. often
12. A. actually B. hardly C. nearly D. formerly
13. A. job B. family C. idea D. offer
14. A. face B. view C. look D. sight
15. A. over B. along C. towards D. through
16. A. unhappily B. lovingly C. pitifully D. gratefully
17. A. pick B. turn C. role D. step
18. A. had to cry B. ought to cry C. should have cried D. could have cried
19. A. more B. the ones C. few D. the rest
20. A. courage B. devotion C. kindness D. trust
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Oh God! I think I was about seven when my sisters and I pulled this stupid stunt（惊险动作）.
I remember we were watching TV when we heard my 36 , Chris, yelling from the backyard. We all 37 out to see what happened. 38____ we finally located him, he was in a tree 39 ____ from the highest tree branch. Crying, he explained he had climbed up the tree and couldn’t get down. One of us should climb up but we couldn’t 40 to get him moving down.
Luckily, my youngest sister, Ka, five then, had seen a(n) 41 situation. She suggested we grab a 42___, hold it under the branch, and tell him to 43____ so we could catch him. My other sister, Yams, one year younger than me, looked at me eagerly to 44 her idea and I said “Yeah, let’s try that.”
Immediately we 45 a sheet and held it beneath the tree. Now mind you, the ages holding this blanket were 46 from seven to five, thus the sheet was probably being held up to our waist and also close to touching the ground. But we were 47 it could work.
Chris, my brother, aged four, looked down at us with hesitation, asking in a 48____ voice, “Are you sure I’ll land on the blanket?” But because of a problem at 49 with his tongue being a bit attached to the mouth, it came out like this, “Ah you sho awill lan on da blanked?” “Yup!” I told him, “We’re sure!” and he let go.
How 50 he was to trust us! And no matter how 51 we held, Chris fell right 52 that sheet and landed on his stomach. This tiny seventy-pound boy had made a big 53 right in the sheet!
Because he wasn’t moving, we bent down to 54 if he was still alive. Slowly, he uttered these five words, “Ah stee hi da flow!”, in other words, “I still hit the floor!” Poor little man!
Now Chris is fourteen and he still blames us about it. Any tree he climbs he can get down on his own and, 55 , he wants to be a fireman when he grows up.
36. A. neighbour B. brother C. classmate D. cousin
37. A. headed B. wandered C. waited D. stayed
38. A. After B. Since C. Though D. When
39. A. jumping B. looking C. hanging D. shaking
40. A. try B. manage C. plan D. decide
41. A. serious B. awkward C. similar D. ridiculous
42. A. sheet B. ladder C. quilt D. net
43. A. slide B. drop C. climb D. move
44. A. change B. offer C. prove D. confirm
45. A. bought B. took C. fetched D. snatched
46. A. counting B. lasting C. ranging D. decreasing
47. A. proud B. happy C. grateful D. confident
48. A. soft B. trembling C. frightening D. loud
49. A. birth B. school C. church D. table
50. A. lucky B. bright C. stupid D. careless
51. A. tight B. long C. high D. close
52. A. on B. under C. across D. through
53. A. noise B. swing C. mark D. hole
54. A. check B. sense C. prove D. claim
55. A. frankly B. strangely C. luckily D. obviously
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The letter was a great disappointment to me. It was from Holy Cross, the only school I really wanted to 1 . I scanned the page, “…. We had a great applicant pool this year. …We can’t offer spaces to 2 … and place you on our waiting list.”
“What does it say, honey?” my dad asked, his voice full of 3 for me.
“I didn’t get in, but I’m on the waiting list.”
“Well, at least it isn’t 4 ,” he said brightly.
“Yeah, but 5 , I don’t want to be on the waiting list; I want to be 6 . No one gets in off the waiting list. It’s a way of saying ‘Thanks for 7 ’.”
“Then let’s go out there and tell them so.”
“That sounds 8 , dad.” I said sadly, “It doesn’t work.”
Upset and annoyed, I 9 myself in my room. However，my father’s advice kept 10 in my head. I thought about it for a few days, finally coming to the 11 that he was right. And the next day I seated myself across from Mr. Luis Soto, my admissions officer.
“What can I do for you, Nacie?” he asked pleasantly.
“Well, sir, I am here to tell you that I love this school and would love a 12 to be here. I just wanted to tell you how much going here would 13 to me—it is my only dream college— and that I would use my time here to the best 14 . I wanted to let you know that if you gave me a chance and reconsidered my application, you wouldn’t 15 it.” The words had poured out 16 I could stop them or check their desperate tone.
Mr. Soto looked me over for a minute before he smiled broadly.
“OK, that is the kind of thing we love to hear. Congratulations, you’re in.”
It was so 17 and I asked, “I’m sorry?”
“We want people in the class who want to be here, who will 18 the best of this education. I’m glad you came to talk 19 to me. I’m happy to offer you a position in the Class of 2009.”
The whole experience taught me a lesson: if you truly want something, never, ever 20 .
1. A. attend B. study C. admit D. visit
2. A. everyone B. anyone C. someone D. no one
3. A. trust B. pity C. anxiety D. curiosity
4. A. admission B. imagination C. restriction D. rejection
5. A. ever B. again C. also D. still
6. A. recognized B. received C. accepted D. permitted
7. A. writing B. trying C. replying D. waiting
8. A. lame B. reasonable C. painful D. practical
9. A. enjoyed B. comforted C. stayed D. buried
10. A. saying B. ringing C. showing D. reminding
11. A. point B. conclusion C. agreement D. arrangement
12. A. chance B. motivation C. degree D. change
13. A. refer B. turn C. mean D. stick
14. A. contribution B. condition C. advantage D. result
15. A. suspect B. disappoint C. refuse D. regret
16. A. as B. when C. until D. before
17. A. unbelievable B. unforgettable C. unbearable D. favorable
18. A. take B. get C. make D. receive
19. A. patiently B. openly C. carefully D. calmly
20. A. get through B. give up C. keep on D. try out
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