It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my bachelor’s degree, graduating with honors despite working two jobs and being a wife and mother. My parents and five - year - old son were in the audience when I walked onto the stage at Ashland University to get my diploma. I was so excited and proud to be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my family’s well - being.

But when I got home that evening, there was a note from my husband written on the back of an envelope. It basically said he’d come to get his clothes and wouldn't be back. We’d been having trouble, but the finality of that note still came as a shock. He had emptied our bank account. We were horribly in debt. I had quit my previous jobs in expectation of interviewing for a teaching position. I was embarrassed, scared, and angry and felt I had failed.

But I had my son, and I was about to bring a new life into the world, so despite my deep sadness, I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, fixed breakfast, and basically did everything I always did. I used my routine to keep me moving. One small step after one small step was the way I bounced back.

And in the seven years since, I've continued moving forward. I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master' s degree in education. I certainly would never have chosen to put them through this, but I'm glad it happened to me when looking back. It helped me find my voice and myself a lot sooner. It helped me grow independent, confident, and strong―things I' m hopefully developing gradually now in my child.

56．It was one of the author's happiest times because ____.

A．she became a good wife and got two jobs

B．she had just received her bachelor's degree

C．she had been a teacher at Ashland University

D．she was proud to be loved by her family

57．From the second paragraph we can learn the author ____.

A．had run out of her money and was in debt

B．had interviewed for a teaching position

C．had a bad relationship with her husband

D．had got a paper of ending her marriage

58．The author did everything as usual because ____.

A．she wanted to use her routine to move forward

B．she wanted to get a good job as a teacher

C．she felt she had failed and was very sad

D．she had to support her mother and child

59．What does the author think of the failure she faced?

A．It was possible to live without failing at something.

B．It made her become embarrassed, scared, and angry .

C．It made her give up hope and didn't bounce back.

60．The passage mainly wants to teach us ____.

A．how to learn from failure                             B．how to become a good woman

C．how to earn a master' s degree                     D．how to bring up our children

An old man lay in a hospital bed, heavily sedated（给……服镇静剂）to ease the pain  from his heart attack.. The nurse arrived and said, "Your   36   is here," repeating the  words several times before the   37   conscious man opened his eyes. His son was a   38   who had come back from service to    39    to his beloved father.

The elderly man 40  out to touch his son's hand and held it gently.  All through  the   41   ,the young soldier sat in the ward（病房）offering words of   42    to his dying dad, who said   43   but kept a weak grip of his child.   44    of the noise of the oxygen tank and the moans（呻吟声）of the other patients, the soldier remained   45    by  the old man-s side.

Several times in the course of that long night, the nurse returned and suggested that  the soldier leave to   4 6   for a while, But each time he would   4 7    As dawn approached the elderly man   48   His loving son rested the old man's  lifeless hand on the bed and left to find the   49   .  The young man waited while the  nurse carried his father's body away and when she returned, offering words of   50     the soldier interrupted her.

"Who was the man?"-he asked.

 51   ,the nurse replied, "He was your father."

“No, he wasn't," the young man said, 6'I've never seen him before in my life.”

"Then  52  didn't you say something'?"

“When I arrived at the ward,I knew right away there had been a(n)  53 ,”the young man explained. "But I also knew that man needed his son, and he wasn't here.I could tell he was too一54 to know who sat beside him but he needed someone there, soI just decided t0  55  him. 

1.                A．wife           B．son            C．brother   D．cousin

2.                A．barely          B．simply          C．actually   D．totally

3.                A．director        B．manager        C．waiter    D．soldier

4.                A．talk            B．listen           C．attend    D．adjust

5.A.looked       B reached      C.moved            D. picked

6.                A．morning        B．noon           C．afternoon D．night

7.                A．sadness        B．truth           C．excitement    D．encoursgement

8.                A．something      B．anything        C．nothing   D．everything

9.                A．Free           B．Unaware        C．Afraid    D．Tired

10.               A．loyally         B．seriously        C．impatiently D．carelessly

11.               A．walk           B．chat           C．rest  D．exercise

12.               A．refuse         B．agree          C．hesitate   D．weep

13.               A．awoke         B．died           C．recovered D．screamed

14.               A．friend          B．relative         C．ambulance D．nurse

15.               A．love           B．anger          C．sympathy  D．admiration

16.               A．Shocked        B．Worried        C．Frightened D．Annoyed

17.A. how        B where        C. why             D. when

18.               A．mistake        B．hope          C．accident   D．event

19.               A．anxious        B．sick            C．disappointed   D．careless

20.               A．leave          B．support        C．respect   D．accompany

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling  36  , but I always knew he was  37   . He never criticized us, but used  38    to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die. ” I  39   as a child I said something   40   about somebody, and my father said, “   41   time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you. ” He explained that if I looked for the best  42   people, I would get the best  43  . From then on I’ve always tried to  44    the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very  45  . At 15, I started a magazine. It was  46  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a  47 : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to prevent me from my decision,  48   any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad  49  me to go into law. And I’ve  50   regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,   51  I didn’t pursue my  52  . You know what you want. Go fulfill it. ”

As  53   turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national  54   for young people in the U. K. .My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad  55  me.