A few weeks ago, I followed a friend into an art supply store．I found him picking out tubes of water-color paint, which __36__ me because he’s not an artist.
"I   37  up for a water-color class, and it starts next week," he said．"I really don’t have  38_ for it, but it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die, so I _39__ it．Every few months I look at the list and decide what to focus on next． 40  I had the list, I complained a lot about what I was  41 _ in my life．Now I just bury myself in doing these things．Write your own list．and you’ll   42  what I mean．"
So that night．I did just that, and he was right．The list revealed （显露出） a whole lot about what was __43__ to me．It also revealed how _44___ behind I am at getting to the things I really want．
I filled up the first twenty __45__ quickly, but then began to think carefully．
Eventually I __46_ items I’ve thought about for years, and __47__ I’ve carried with me since I was young．When I  48  the list later, some entries surprised me．
First, I want to _ 49_ much more, particularly now that my children are   50_ and can go with me to see the world．I would like to take them to bike through Denmark and camp in the Canadian Rockies．
I’m also surprised to _51_ some things on the list that need to be done soon．If I’m going to learn to roller-blade （轮滑）, __52_, I’d better start before I turn 50．
Like my friend, I now have an alternative to __53__．When I’m bored with life, I take out my list．
My friend told me the _54_ was preparing the ground so that life could work in mysterious ways．"If you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock （码头）," he said．
Thanks to my _55__, I’m working on some big docks．

As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his oldest son   36  a severe stomachache and died suddenly. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later,   37  him alone with his six-year- old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were _ 38 _ Al could handle, and he _ 39  to alcohol. Al began to lose everything he possessed---his home, his land, his art objects, everything.   40  he died alone in a San Francisco motel room.
When I heard of Al’s death, I reacted with the same disdain（蔑视）the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing   41 _ left. “What a complete failure!” I thought. “What a totally   42__  life!”
As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier _ 43  judgment. You see, I knew Al’s now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most   44  most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free   45  of the love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come   46  somewhere.
I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. It is so hard to   47  an alcoholic. One day I get up my   48  to ask him. “I’m really puzzled by something,” I said. “I know your father was basically the only one to   49  you.   50  on earth did he do that you became such a special person?
Ernie sat _ 51 _ and thought for a few moments. Then he said, “From my  _52   memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a __53  and said, “I love you, son.”
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to   54  Al as a failure. He had not left any material possession behind,   55  he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.

【小题9】

A．handsome B．rich C．caring D．ordinary

【小题20】

A．so B．and C．but D．or

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Everyone needs water and a diet  36   healthy foods. These foods should    37  some fat, some fiber, a little salt and so on.

   People need energy to live. They eat all kinds of foods   38    change into energy. Our bodies use different   39  of energy. The energy is measured in calories(卡路里). The more  40  we take, the more calories we burn.  Even when you are   41  , you are using energy---about 65 calories an hour. While you are at school, or walking home, your body is  42  up 100 calories an hour. When playing football or basketball, you might be using 400 calories an hour. On  43  Day, during the relay race, you will use most of all, perhaps as   44  as 650 calories an hour.

   The Chinese diet is considered to be the healthiest in the world.  It contains a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is   45  in fiber and low in sugar and fat. The Chinese eat less sugar than many   46  countries in the world. That is   47  lots of people in China have white teeth.

   People in the Western world do not eat   48  healthy foods. They eat too much fat and sugar and don’t take   49  exercise. Because of this, they  50  very easily. In order to   51  with the quick pace(步伐) of their life and work, they eat a lot of fast food. They eat a lot of sweets, soft drinks, potato crisps, chocolate, butter and ice cream and so on,  52  are called  53  food by some epicureans（美食家）. The result is that many of them become fat. In order to avoid    54__ fat and   55  it is advisable(明智的) to eat a balanced diet and not eat too many foods that have a high calorie rating.

1.A. above                           B. of                   C. at                            D. over

2.A. include                   B. hold                        C. contain    D. make up

3.A. which                           B. what                       C. where           D. it

4.A. numbers                B. amounts                C. plenty           D. deal

5.A. exercise                 B. exercises               C. sport             D. game

6.A. sleepy                     B. running                  C. working        D. asleep

7.A. running                  B. adding              C. burning         D. wasting

8.A. Children                 B. Work                      C. Sports           D. Sport

9.A. much                            B. many                      C. few                D. little

10.A. poor                           B. low                          C. rich                D. plenty

11.A. more                          B. other                      C. rest               D. others

12.A. Why                           B. because                 C. because of   D. since

13.A. so                          B. very                        C. much             D. such

14.A. a number of        B. too much               C. masses of    D. enough

15.A. lose weight         B. put on weight    C. die                 D. stay healthy

16.A. keep up                B. carry on                 C. keep on        D. go on

17.A. as                          B. these                      C. which            D. they

18.A. bad                       B. diseased                C. healthy         D. junk

19.A. to get                        B. becoming              C. to become   D. get

20.A. keep thin                  B. keep fit                  C. stay calm     D. fall ill

When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’ll most certainly be right” It made a deep   1 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have  2 in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，  3 I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a 4 ，I know I need to change something．
Remembering that I’ll be   5  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 6 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，  7 only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was  8 with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs  9 order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I  10 with that diagnosis all day．  11 ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  12 with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
 13 wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all  14 ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of   15 ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to   16  for the new．Right now the new is you．But someday not too  17  from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true.
Your time is  18 ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be  19 by dogma (教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner   20 ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

Once there was a very brilliant, creative and educated man. He gained much __1.__ while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a tragic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so __2.__ that he was afraid he would spend his life __3.__ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n) __4.__ way.

One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting __5.__. He realized that he still had partial __6.__ of his right hand and could write with __7.__. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”

He __8.__ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in __9.__. Many of them had hope of regaining their __10.__. Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to __11.__ them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be __12.__. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.

__13.__ with the intention, the man began sending __14.__ messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, __15.__ his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words, __16.__ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.

It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any__17.__. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone __18.__ read his letters. However, this was his __19.__  chance，so he determined to continue.

At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to __20.__!”

We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.

21.               A．wealth         B．faith           C．experience D．confidence

22.               A．depressed      B．embarrassed    C．ashamed  D．thrilled

23.               A．writing         B．suffering        C．weeping   D．wandering

24.               A．abnormal       B．regular         C．comfortable    D．meanin5gful

25.               A．presents        B．e-mails         C．letters D．prizes

26.               A．sense          B．strength        C．shape D．function

27.               A．affection       B．caution         C．difficulty   D．confidence

28.               A．evaluated       B．doubted        C．assumed   D．wondered

29.               A．hospitals        B．churches       C．prisons    D．charities

30.               A．families         B．letters         C．freedom   D．conscience

31.               A．release         B．reach          C．defend    D．know

32.               A．acceptable      B．reasonable      C．prohibited D．considered

33.               A．Faced          B．Filled          C．Satisfied   D．Annoyed

34.               A．holy           B．daily           C．one-way   D．round-way

35.               A．holding         B．making         C．doing D．testing

36.               A．sharing         B．learning        C．gaining    D．enriching

37.               A．success        B．reply          C．help  D．progress

38.               A．curiously       B．patiently        C．carefully   D．actually

39.               A．only           B．better          C．extra D．lost

40.               A．ruin           B．pieces         C．the ground D．the bottom