I'm feeling sad．My 19-year-old∞nleft home about a week ago to  36  the Air Force, and my 23-year-old daughter left two days ago to marry in another state．I'm so  37  of my son as he had to really work hard to get into the Air Force, and my daughter moved to be with her fiance（未婚夫）．I'm just simply upset．It  38  feels like someone has ripped my heart from my chest．I’ve tried to talk to their father, friends, and family but it just feels like no one around me   39  what I'm going through．

My children were  40  to me．I put all my energy into   41  both of them and doing all types of activities with them, even sometimes at the  42 of my own best interests．I understand they grow up and need their _43 ,but for some reason I just can't seem to let go．I am go _ 44  that they're establishing their own lives,   45 I get so depressed whenever I have even a simple _46 of them．I've been crying for over a week now．I really don't know what to do to make this  47 go away．I can't even walk by either one's room without bursting into tears．I don't understand why I'm unable to _48 this sense of great loss．I'm  49  that I need to move on with my own life and find  _50 things to devote my attention to, but I _51 being a mom and spending time on my children．I've    52  adopting a child but it's _53  atthe moment for me considering my poor health．

I'm just thankful to have found this website and found there are others who are  54 similar problems．It helps to   55 I'm not crazy or overreacting．Thank you for sharing your problems and showing others like myself this isn’t so abnormal．

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A shopkeeper in England was sent a telegram 1 him of the news 2 his 3 won 100,000 pounds in the Irish Sweepstakes(爱尔兰大马赛). He 4 to be home nursing a heart condition, and his wife opened the message. 5 that the 6 news might 7 a heart failure to her husband, she invited the family 8 to dinner and asked him 9 on the good news with professional tact(策略).After dinner, the doctor 10 his patient to one side.

“How are you 11 on with your business?” the doctor began.

“It could be better. I could use a few hundred pounds,” said the shopkeeper.

“Well,”the doctor said 12 ,“you have a sweepstakes ticket. What would you do if you 13 1,000 pounds?”

“Nobody 14  wins,”the an answered with a sigh(叹息).“But if I win, I will send my family to the seashore, and 15 off our debts.”

“ 16 you win 50,000 pounds…”

“I would buy this house and a villa(别墅) 17 the country.”

“What would you do if you won 100,000 pounds?”

The man looked up.“ Listen, my friend,” he said 18 .“I swear(发誓)I would give you half of it.”

19 this, the doctor gasped(喘粗气), opened his mouth, and dropped 20 .

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When you think of American culture, what first comes to your mind? McDonald’s? Coca Cola? Levi’s? Disneyland? Michael Jordan? Julia Roberts? Many people   1.  American culture is a   2. of popular symbols like these. Actually, these symbols are only one    3.  part of American culture—pop culture.

What is pop culture? Well, pop is   4.   for popular. The origins of pop culture can often be traced to popular movies, television shows, music stars and sports figures. Pop culture is   5.  promoted by business and advertising. The most   6.  examples of American pop culture appear among high school and college students. Trends (趋势)   7.  by famous personalities quickly become part of young people’s    8. .

American pop culture has spread around the world. One major reason for its  9.  is that English is a universal language. English is the language of diplomacy, international business and transportation.   10.  language and culture go together, learning English means becoming   11.  of English-speaking cultures. Besides, America is a world   12.  in movies, music and magazines. The kind of American culture   13.  in those media is pop culture. Finally, pop culture is easy to package and to   14. . For that reason, it is easy to “sell” to the world.

Many people believe that American pop culture is what American is all   15.  . Does pop culture   16.   the true culture of America? Yes and no. Pop culture does 17.  a portion (比例) of American society — especially the   18.  young people that are tuned in to the media. But American pop culture is faddish (流行一时的) and    19.   . If you want to learn about real American culture, you’ll have to go a little    20.    than McDonald’s.

21.               A．wonder        B．imagine        C．wish  D．pretend

22.               A．behavior       B．signal          C．side  D．collection

23.               A．small          B．large           C．main  D．super

24.               A．good          B．eager          C．known    D．short

25.               A．never          B．only           C．also  D．just

26.               A．famous         B．common        C．obvious   D．helpful

27.               A．set            B．pushed         C．ignored   D．caused

28.               A．hobbies        B．taste           C．admiration D．lifestyles

29.               A．tendency       B．popularity       C．influence  D．preference

30.               A．Although       B．Unless         C．How  D．Since

31.               A．aware          B．fond           C．careful    D．tired

32.               A．driver          B．worker         C．leader D．officer

33.               A．written         B．communicated   C．described  D．taught

34.               A．discuss         B．display         C．copy  D．export

35.               A．for            B．about          C．above D．against

36.               A．reflect         B．pay            C．form  D．affect

37.               A．combine        B．follow          C．represent  D．demand

38.               A．urban          B．rural           C．quiet D．diligent

39.               A．difficult        B．simple         C．ever-changing  D．ever-lasting

40.               A．slower         B．farther         C．nearer    D．higher

As a saying goes, when life gives you lemons, then make lemonade. But how is delicious lemonade made from sour lemons?

Singer-actor Yu Haoming knows how. He’s   36__ difficulties by returning to the stage. After a   37___ left him scarred, the 25-year-old man   38___ for the first time on Hunan TV’s New Year Concert on Dec. 31, 2012.

His comeback captured (吸引) audiences’   39___. They went to his Weibo page and left messages such as, “You’ve taught me what toughness means.” and “I’m   40___ of your courage. You moved me to tears by taking off your mask and    41___ onward in confidence. ”

Only Yu himself knew how   42 __it was to stand on his feet again after disaster   43 __When his career as a handsome Super Boy singer and   44   actor took off, Yu got seriously burnt. He was hurt in 2010 when an explosive scene in the TV drama I Have a Date With Spring went wrong   45__ His wounds became worse because of delayed   46___ .

The bums were far more than just wounds and pain for Yu. “You can’t   47___ what kind of sufferings he’s been through and how hard he’s been working to get well，” said his father on the singer’s blog.

His recovery has been long and difficult. Some people might have   48 __during such a process, but Yu has   49  _ not to. He says he still has his dreams.

__ 50   medicine, checkups and therapy (治疗）exercises, he plays the piano a bit every day, reads books about acting and learns English.

The idiom, “  51__ bitten, twice shy”，doesn’t really apply to him. In August he restarted to film his   52__ in the drama，although he admitted that fears still haunted (萦绕) him sometimes.

“Why should I let the experience stop me going after my   53___ ?” he told the Southern Metropolis Entertainment Weekly in early December.

How did Yu make lemonade? “Life gave me the   54___ gift, and I’ve just got to get on with it and turn difficulties into    55   , ’’ he told the magazine.

1.                A．won           B．overcome       C．realized  D．left

2.                A．mistake         B．blow           C．fire  D．scene

3.                A．sang           B．showed         C．practiced D．tried

4.                A．praises         B．thoughts        C．messages D．hearts

5.                A．aware          B．afraid          C．proud    D．short

6.                A．walking         B．marching        C．living D．touring

7.                A．terrible         B．strong          C．harmful   D．hard

8.                A．beat           B．crashed         C．struggled D．struck

9.                A．promising       B．confident       C．simple    D．reliable

10.               A．unexpectedly    B．fiercely         C．completely D．surprisingly

11.               A．protection      B．examination     C．treatment  D．performance

12.               A．feel           B．imagine        C．understand D．believe

13.               A．broken down    B．given away      C．pulled through  D．died away

14.               A．hoped         B．managed       C．intended  D．decided

15.               A．Instead of       B．Except for       C．Apart from D．Regardless of

16.               A．Unless         B．Until           C．While D．Once

17.               A．part           B．appearance     C．play  D．talent

18.               A．happiness       B．careers         C．dreams    D．success

19.               A．meaningful      B．unusual        C．valuable   D．rewarding

20.               A．abilities        B．realities        C．actions    D．opportunities

Hey, Tahlia! How's the model?"

I had just taken a bite of my hot dog __26_ I heard a familiar voice yelling at me from across the crowded school yard. I saw a group of popular girls who were all __27__.

"What kind of __28__ are you going to do? An ad for a Frankenstein movie?" More laughter. My stomach twisted into a tight knot. How could they humiliate (羞辱) me like this, __29__ the entire school? As I walked into the cafeteria, I _30_ the dark scars on my right hand.

At 9 months old, I knocked over a tea pot and dumped boiling water all over my hands and stomach. My parents __31__ me to the hospital, but I had to have skin graft (移植) operation. I was in so much pain! But what __32__ me most were the cruel things people said about how I looked, __33__ that day at lunch.

The girls were being supermean to me because they'd heard I was considering doing some modeling. A close friend had suggested that I shouldn't let my scars limit me and that I might __34__ a good model.

But after that __35__ at school, I was sure I'd made a huge mistake. Upon arriving home, I covered the mirror with a blanket, fell on my bed and sobbed.

The next day, I __36__ myself to go to school. At lunch my best friend Jesse tried to encourage me: "You can't _37__ forever, Tahlia. So what if you have a few scars? Just go outside and show them that you're just as good as they are." Although I knew he was right, I couldn’t _38__ standing up for myself like that.

However, that night as I sat on the bed, my friend's words replayed in my mind. I'm _39_ hiding from myself, I thought. How stupid! Slowly, I stood up, walked over to the __40__, and tossed the blanket aside. There, in the mirror I saw a slim, dark-haired, blue-eyed girl, looking just fine, _41__ with a few scars.

The next day I wore a comfortable T-shirt to school. What's more, I had lunch outside the cafeteria, _42__ beside those mean girls. They were shocked that I should dare to walk into their territory. I felt _43__ too—free and happy.

Sometimes people still look at me strangely. They _44__ and stare, but I don't let it get to me. I have applied to several modeling companies, and at least one company is considering me for jobs. Maybe I'll never __45__ posing on the runway, but I do know one thing: I'm done.