1、 Every day on the way to work I drive down a street lined with pine trees. One tree in particular __41__ my attention. It must have suffered some __42__ . Part of its trunk grew nearly parallel to the ground, and then in an effort to __43__ its own course of life, the trunk took a 90 degree turn __44__ to stand tall and stretch toward the sun.
This tree became a __45__ for me. Each day as I drove by, I saw this bent but determined tree and I would be __46__. It was a reminder to me that __47__ I may not have had the best start in life, I could change __48__ in the parts of my life at any time.
I was planning to stop one day to get a perfect __49__ of my kindred-spirit (志趣相同的) tree. But that week I was __50__. After that busy week, I still didn’t take any action. Every time I drove by the tree I would __51__ myself, “Tomorrow, I’ll stop tomorrow to take one.” Then one day, as I __52__ by “my” tree, I glanced over, and much to my __53__ found a sawed-off stump(树桩)where that symbolic tree had stood. Gone. I had __54__ my plan until “tomorrow” and tomorrow proved to be too __55__.
A picture of a tree is not of great __56__. But my lesson rang through clearly __57__ I found out one of my colleagues had been __58__ with stage-four cancer. He may no longer have many __59__.
What have you been putting off? What would you do if you knew you would __60__ have the opportunity to do it again? Why not do those things in time that you have been putting off until tomorrow?
41. A. paid |
B. caught |
C. fixed |
D. escaped |
42. A. damage |
B. influence |
C. experience |
D. defeat |
43. A follow |
B. design |
C. change |
D. imagine |
44. A. applying |
B. attempting |
C. happening |
D. learning |
45. A. shelter |
B. signal |
C. sign |
D. symbol |
46. A. interested |
B. satisfied |
C. encouraged |
D. educated |
47. A. even though |
B. as if |
C. in case |
D. if only |
48. A. purpose |
B. plan |
C. habit |
D. direction |
49. A. glance |
B. view |
C. picture |
D. knowledge |
50. A. busy |
B. free |
C. worried |
D. bored |
51. A. tell |
B. help |
C. call |
D. see |
52. A. wandered |
B. drove C. rode |
D. ran |
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53. A. surprise |
B. pleasure |
C. regret |
D. happiness |
54. A. put on |
B. cut off |
C. put off |
D. called on |
55. A. cold |
B. far |
C. sunny |
D. late |
56. A. value |
B. achievement |
C. fun |
D. disappointment |
57. A. when |
B. before |
C. because |
D. unless |
58. A. linked |
B. combined |
C. provided |
D. diagnosed |
59. A. lives |
B. tomorrows |
C. lessons |
D. opportunities |
60. A. surely |
B. almost |
C. ever |
D. never |