The boy is often found _____in reading books.

A. absorbs            B. is absorbed              C. absorbing     D. absorbed

It’s none of your business. Don’t be so ______ about what you shouldn’t know.

A. curious                    B. particular      C. careful               D. anxious

—I think languages subjects are more interesting than science ones.

—________. I prefer science subjects.

A. It's up to you             B. That’s all right

C. I can't agree more        D. I don’t think so

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. However, he did not teach me acceptance(接受) when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was   1   and ill.

   My father was once a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness   2   all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is   3   One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my   4  . I said that we must very often give things up as we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends—but it always   5   that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father   6   up. He said, “But, Peter. I gave up   7  ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say.  8   , he answered his own question.

“I   9   the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also   10   by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(激动的) at someone, I would remember his words and become   11   . He could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be   12   to give up my small irritations. In this   13   , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I   14   what other things I cold learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful（感谢的）for this    15  .

A. tired              B. weak          C. poor                 D. slow

A. took              B. threw          C. sent                 D. put

A. impossible       B. difficult        C. helpless               D. hopeless

A. decisions           B. experience      C. dreams               D. beliefs

A. suggests            B. promises       C. seems                D. requires

A. spoke              B. turned         C. got                  D. opened

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

A, Surprisingly        B. Immediately    C. Naturally             D. Certainly

A. had                B. accepted       C. gained                       D. enjoyed

A. touched           B. surprised      C. attracted                D. warned

A. quiet              B. calm          C. relaxed               D. happy

A. ready             B. likely         C. free                  D. able

A. case              B. form          C. method                      D. way

A. doubt             B. wonder        C. know                 D. guess

A. award             B. lesson         C. gift                   D. word

－The accident might not have happened had we been more careful．

－But we _____ at that time．

      A．don’t    B．didn’t     C．hadn’t   D．weren’t

After graduation, he       his job as a doctor in the countryside.

A, set out                         B, took over              C, took up         D, set up

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one．

I had seen an agency （中介机构） advertised in a local newspaper．I rushed out of the __41_ in search of it．I was wildly excited, and as _42_ as if I were going on the stage．Finding the ___43__ quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please．”

The simple atmosphere of the office __44__ me．The woman looked carefully at me __45_ through her glasses, and then 46  me in a low voice．I answered softly．All of a sudden I started to feel rather  47   She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  48   I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be  49  to get a job without  50   I wondered whether I ought to leave,   51 the telephone on her desk rang．I heard her say:

“52  , I’ve got someone in the 53   at this very moment who might 54  ．” She wrote down a 55   and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady．She wants a 56  immediately．In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people．”

“Oh yes,” said I ----  57  having cooked for more than four in my life．I  58  her again and again, and rushed out to the  59  telephone box．I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number．I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for．

I spent the next few hours 60  cook books．

A．bed                  B house                          C．agency                   D．office

A．proud                 B．please                    C．nervous                  D．worried

A．family                B．door                      C．place                     D．stage

A．calmed            B．excited                   C．frightened              D．disturbed

A．as usual              B．for a while             C．in a minute             D．once again

A．advised               B．examined               C．informed               D．questioned

A．encouraged         B．dissatisfied             C．hopeless                 D．pleased

A．place                  B．job                        C．advice                    D．help

A．difficult                  B．helpless                  C．possible                 D．unusual

A．ability              B．experience              C．knowledge             D．study

A．after                  B．since                      C．until                       D．when

A．Above all           B．As a matter of fact   

             C．As a result           D．In spite of that

A．family               B．house                     C．office                     D．restaurant

A．hire                   B．accept                    C．suit                         D．offer

A．letter                 B．name                     C．note                    D．number

A．cook                     B．help                       C．teacher             D．secretary

A．almost               B．never                     C．nearly                  D．really

A．answered           B．promised                C．thanked                  D．told

A．outside              B．local                      C．closest              D．nearest

A．borrowing         B．buying                   C．reading                D．writing

It seems that living green is _____ easy and affordable．A small step makes a big difference．

       A．exactly        B．fortunately          C．surprisingly         D．hardly

On February 28^th, ____ 11-day 24th Winter Universiade came to ____ successful conclusion in Harbin.

       A．the; a           B．/; a            C．/; the    D．/;/