A word or an act of encouragement has the ability to lift our hearts and our spirits． 1  is like a lifeline on days when we feel we are sinking．Learning the Art of Encouraging others builds within us a reservoir（储藏处）of hope，which helps 2  us when we need a  3  in our own heart．The  4  of Encouragement has three main methods．

Giving Support．Look for ways to come alongside（来到某人身边） those in your life and affirm them in   5  they are doing．Become a cheerleader（啦啦队队员） for those you love

  6  they move through life stretching to（try to） meet new opportunities．A phone call or card can say you notice the hard work they are  7  in．Actively look for ways to  8  up the creativity and efforts of those in your circle as they seek to grow．

Showing Honor．Take note of character qualities 9  people．Watch for courage，strength， wisdom，patience，cheerfulness，honesty，compassion，kindness and gentleness．When you find  yourself noticing a（n）  10  quality in another human being 11  the time to acknowledge it．Be  12  ready to polish up these values in those nearest and dearest to you．It will make a  13  in your relationship．

Bringing Hope．The third level in the Art of Encouragement is that of giving hope．When hard times come，and  14  settles over the soul，a word of hope can keep one  15  on．

Hope coupled with faith in God is a 16  power in our lives．Hope in ourselves alone just isn’t enough when the journey of life gets 17  ．Hope in God and in his power and strength to  18  our needs is true encouragement for the soul．Hope in God is the anchor（依靠） that holds us in the storms of  19  ．

In God’s guidebook for life，the Bible，He says，” encourage one another daily”．He knows how much we 20  it．Ask him to help you develop the ART OF ENCOURAGEMENT and in turn be encouraged yourself．

1．A．Support                B．Goal                    C．Encouragement    D．Hope

2．A．hold                      B．last                     C．contribute            D．possess

3．A．raise                     B．lift                      C．rest                     D．help

4．A．Concept                B．Opinion               C．Favour                D．Art

5．A．that                      B．what                   C．which                 D．where

6．A．if                          B．as                       C．while                  D．since

7．A．putting                  B．spending              C．taking                 D．doing

8．A．polish                   B．build                   C．open                   D．clear

9．A．of                         B．from                   C．in                       D．on

10．A．reasonable           B．miserable             C．reliable                D．admirable

11．A．kill                      B．take                    C．spend                  D．have

12．A．specially              B．usually                C．regularly              D．especially

13．A．sense                  B．decision               C．difference            D．conclusion

14．A．dissatisfaction      B．disagreement        C．discouragement    D．disbelief

15．A．passing               B．relying                 C．living                  D．going

16．A．weak                  B．strong                 C．useless                D．small

17．A．easy                    B．complicated         C．simple                 D．hard

18．A．get                      B．gain                    C．meet                   D．separate

19．A．life                      B．work                   C．journey               D．study

20．A．return                 B．answer                C．refuse                 D．need

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

Years ago, when Barbara started looking for her first job, wise advisers urged, "Be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were. Enthusiastic people can   1a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

"Nothing great was ever   2without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.     3is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough. It is the   4voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't!"

    It  5years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't 6on her experiments. Work was  7a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

    As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle(使起皱纹) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe,   8the word itself. “Enthusiasm” comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but a long-lasting sense of   9-- proper love of self and, from that, love of others.

    Enthusiastic people also love what they do,   10money or title or power. Patricia McIlrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, `I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.'" If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time hobby   11the head of state who paints, the nun(修女) who runs marathons, and the executive who handcrafts furniture.

    Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville was 68  12she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had   13her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, " I have to say, Layton is  14a genius." Elizabeth has  15her enthusiasm. _￥

We can't   16to waste tears on "might-have-beens." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment   17with all our senses -- finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the   18picture of a six-year-old, and the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of   19that puts a sparkle(火花) in our eyes, a lift in our steps and   20the wrinkles from our souls.

1.A. put                B. make         C. turn         D. get

2.A. expected       B. adopted      C. predicted        D. achieved

3.A. It             B. That         C. This         D. As

4.A. slight         B. outside      C. inner            D. low

5.A. spent          B. took         C. cost         D. paid

6.A. give off           B. give in          C. give out     D. give up

7.A. such           B. so           C. too          D. rather

8.A. links with     B. refers to        C. lies in          D. leads in

9.A. responsibility B. humor            C. trust            D. love

10.A. in case           B. regardless of    C. for fear of      D. in terms of

11.A. like          B. namely       C. as           D. likewise

12.A. after         B. since            C. before           D. until

13.A. pleased       B. shocked      C. worried      D. annoyed

14.A. nothing but       B. anything but C. everything but   D. something but

15.A. recalled          B. reflected        C. rediscovered D. remembered

16.A. pay           B. afford           C. affect           D. provide

17.A. thoroughly        B. absolutely       C. wholeheartedly   D. warm-heartedly

18.A. colored           B. white            C. green            D. red

19.A. money         B. title            C. power            D. life

20.A. pushes            B. softens      C. smoothes     D. folds

This economy has really got a lot of people moving and not always by a choice they wanted to make. My wife and I now find ourselves among those unfortunates feeling that  1 .
At the end of last year, our customers just  2 .  We had to make the painful decision to 3 our office and put our house up for  4 . We haven’t lived in it for two years yet and expected it would be the  5  one for a long time. How   6 this world economic mess is changing our lives!
As I get older, I find moving less adventurous and more  7  . This time, we’re in the process of moving without knowing where we’ll   8 next. Job searching has been thrown into the quagmire(困境) of an unsettled life. Both my wife and I had been feeling pretty  9  from all this. I’ve been challenged to find the positive in all this down that’s  10  us.
But then it happened while I watched my wife  11  things up. She’s an absolute whiz(能手) when it comes to packing. I took delight in watching her  12  just the right boxes for  13  in front of her and filling in the  14  with pillows and towels. I began feeling something like a wind lift me up and sail me through my own  15 of the packing and loading.
Some friends will be helping us with the  16 . I’ve told them that they’re not  17  friends but gaining some new vacation spots.
I have  18  that we’ll get through this transition finally. We all will always have work to do, by choice or  19 , and we can also consciously make the effort to create a sense of  20  in a new place.