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　　In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel．In a few hours he would be flying to France to 　　1　　 a different life．It was a transitional(过渡的)time in Daniel’s life．I wanted to 　　2　　 him some words of significance．But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 　　3　　 time I had let such moments pass．

　　When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten．He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad?Can I do it?” Then he walked 　　4　　 the steps of the bus and disappeared inside．The bus drove away and I said nothing．A decade later, a similar 　　5　　 played itself out．I drove him to college．As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him 　　6　　 and confidence as he started this new stage of life．Again, words 　　7　　 me．

　　Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those 　　8　　 opportunities．How many times have I let such moments 　　9　　?I don’t find a quiet moment to tell him what they have 　　10　　 to me．Or what he might 　　11　　 to face in the years ahead．Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything．

　　What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?　　12　　 as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter．My father and I loved each other．Yet, I always 　　13　　 never hearing him put his 　　14　　 into words．Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten．Why is it so 　　15　　 to tell a son something from the heart?

　　My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly．“Daniel,” I said, “If I could have picked, I would have picked you．” That’s all I could say．He hugged me．For a moment, the world 　　16　　, and there were just Daniel and me．He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying．All I was 　　17　　 of was the stubble(短须)on his chin as his face pressed 　　18　　 mine．What I had said to Daniel was 　　19　　．It was nothing．And yet, it was 　　20　　．

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　　Most of the time life is pretty good and we all seem to be happy．But let's 　　1　　 it：sometimes we can feel down and be in a 　　2　　 mood．

　　People can feel down for many different 　　3　　．Sometimes we feel down because we had a 　　4　　 with a friend or a family member．Or perhaps we didn't do as well in an exam as we might have 　　5　　．But sometimes we can feel down and we don't 　　6　　 know why．Whatever your reason for feeling down is, there are things we can do to help us feel better．

　　Is there a special activity that you really enjoy?　　7　　 you really like to lay football or ride your bicycle with friends．Or maybe you just like to 　　8　　 time alone and listen to music．Doing something that you-enjoy is a great way to cheer yourself up．　　9　　 I am in a bad mood, I like to talk with a good friend to help me 　　10　　 through why I'm feeling sad or angry．Talking with my 　　11　　 helps me a lot so my anger or sadness doesn't keep 　　12　　 inside me．

　　While doing an activity you enjoy or talking with friends can be really helpful in 　　13　　 you out of a bad mood, those choices don't always 　　14　　 for everyone．Sometimes it just takes 　　15　　 to bring someone out of a low mood．But if you 　　16　　 that you are in a low mood for a long time, you should talk to one of your parents or an adult you 　　17　　．There are lots of people in our lives 　　18　　 are able to help us if we're feeling down．Don't be afraid to ask for help．

　　Everyone is in a bad mood from time to time．Remember that you're not 　　19　　．Our friends and families are always willing to help us 　　20　　 in any way they can．Just remember to think positively and know that you can overcome your bad mood!

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。

　　The old man went slowly into the restaurant．A young waitress named Mary 　　1　　 him go toward a table by the window．

　　Mary ran 　　2　　 to him, and said, “Here, Sir．Let me give you a 　　3　　 with that chair．”

　　She pulled the chair away from the table．Steadying(使平稳)him with one arm, she helped him move 　　4　　 the chair, and get 　　5　　 seated．Then she leaned his 　　6　　 against the table where he could reach it．In a 　　7　　, clear voice he said, “Thank you, Miss．And bless you for your kind 　　8　　．” “You're welcome, Sir．” She replied．“And my name is Mary．I'll be back in a moment, and if you need 　　9　　 , just wave at me!”

　　　　10　　 he had finished a hearty(丰盛的)meal of pancakes, bacon, and hot lemon tea, Mary 　　11　　 him the change．She helped him up from his chair, and out from behind the table．She handed 　　12　　 his walking stick, and 　　13　　 with him to the front door．

　　Holding the door 　　14　　 for him, she said, “Come back and see us, Sir!” He turned with his whole body, smiled, and nodded．“You are very kind．” he said softly．　　15　　 Mary went to clean his table, she was very 　　16　　．Under his plate she found a business card and a note．Under the note was a one-hundred-dollar bill．

　　The note 　　17　　：“Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you 　　18　　 yourself too．It shows by the 　　19　　 you treat others．You have found the secret of happiness．Your kind gestures will shine through 　　20　　 meets you．”

　　The man she had waited on was the owner of the restaurant where she worked．This was the first time that she, or any of his employees had ever seen him in person．

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling lawyer, but I always knew he was 　　1　　．He never criticized(批评)us, but used 　　2　　 to bring out our best．He'd say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish(茂盛)．If you don't give them water, they die．” I 　　3　　 as a child I said something unkind about somebody, and my father said, “　　4　　 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it's a reflection of you．” He explained that if I looked for the best about people, I would get the best 　　5　　．From then on I've always tried to 　　6　　 the principle(原则)in my life and later in running my company．

　　Dad's also always been very 　　7　　．At 15, I started a magazine．It was 　　8　　 a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a 　　9　　：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine．

　　I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway(使动摇)me from my decision, 　　10　　 any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad suggested me to go into law．And I've 　　11　　 regretted it．I wanted to be a biologist, 　　12　　 I didn't pursue(追求)my 　　13　　．You know what you want．Go fulfill(实现)it．”

　　As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 　　14　　 for young people in the U．K．My wife and I have two children, and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad 　　15　　 me．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

　　Jimmy started painting when he was four years old．When he was six, he was already very good at it．He 　　1　　 many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people 　　2　　 a lot of money for them．They said, “This boy's going to be 　　3　　 when he's a little older, and then we're going to 　　4　　 these pictures for a lot more money．Then we will get rich．”

　　Jimmy's pictures were 　　5　　 from other people's because he never painted on the whole piece of 　　6　　．He painted on half of it, and the other half was always 　　7　　．

　　“That's very clever,” everyone said, “　　8　　 else does that!”

　　One day somebody bought one of Jimmy's 　　9　　 and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy．Why do you paint on the 　　10　　 half of your paper, but not on the top half?”

　　“Because I'm small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes don't reach very high．”

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　　A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher parent meeting．To the little boy's 　　1　　, she said she would go．This 　　2　　 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 　　3　　 his mother and he felt 　　4　　 of her appearance．Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that 　　5　　 nearly the entire right side of her face．The boy never wanted to 　　6　　 why or how she got the scar．

　　At the meeting, the people were 　　7　　 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 　　8　　 the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and 　　9　　 himself from everyone．He did, however, 　　10　　 of a conversation between his mother and his teacher．

　　The teacher asked 　　11　　,“How did you get the scar on your face?”

　　The mother replied, “　　12　　 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire．Everyone was 　　13　　 afraid to go in because the fire was 　　14　　, so I went in．As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him．I was knocked 　　15　　 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us．” She 　　16　　 the burned side of her face．“This scar will be 　　17　　, but to this day, I have never 　　18　　 what I did．”

　　At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes．He held her in his arms and felt a great 　　19　　 of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him．He held her hand 　　20　　 for the rest of the day．

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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。

　　In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the “unpardonable．” I gave the class homework!

　　The assignment(任务)was to “go to someone you love 　　1　　 the next week and tell them you love them．It 　　2　　 to be someone you have never 　　3　　 those words to before or at least haven't shared those words with for a long time．” That doesn't 　　4　　 like a very tough assignment, 　　5　　 you stop to realize that most of the men were over 35 and were 　　6　　 in the generation of men that were taught that 　　7　　 emotions is not “macho(男子汉气概的)．” Showing feelings or crying(heaven forbid!)was just not done．So this was a very threatening assignment for some．

　　At the 　　8　　 of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to 　　9　　 what happened when they told someone they loved them．I fully expected one of the 　　10　　 to volunteer, as was usually the 　　11　　, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand．He appeared quite moved and a bit 　　12　　．As he unfolded out of his chair, he began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite 　　13　　 with you last week when you gave us this assignment．I didn't feel that I had 　　14　　 to say those words to, and 　　15　　, who were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my conscience started talking to me．It was telling me that I 　　16　　 exactly who I needed to say I love you to．You see, five years ago, my father and I had a heated 　　17　　 and really never resolved it since that time．We 　　18　　 seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings．But 　　19　　 then, we hardly spoke to each other．So last Tuesday 　　20　　 I got home I had convinced myself．I was going to tell my father I loved him．”

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阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a big grandfather clock．And always the grandfather clock stood like a(n)　　1　　 old family friend, watching over the laughter and gentle kidding that were a part of our lives．

　　As a child, the old clock 　　2　　 me．I often watched and listened to it during meals．Year after year, the clock chimed(鸣响), a part of my memories, a part of my heart．To me the clock was so comforting and 　　3　　

　　Even more wonderful to me was my grandfather's daily ceremony．He 　　4　　 wound(wind上发条)the clock with a special key each day．It 　　5　　 our family's big clock ticking and chiming, a part of every holiday and every tradition, as 　　6　　 as the wood from which it was made．He never let the clock wind down and 　　7　　．When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to open the door to the grandfather clock and let us take a 　　8　　 winding the key．

　　After my beloved grandfather died, it was several days after the funeral 　　9　　 I remembered the clock!

　　“Mama! The clock! We've 　　10　　 it wing down．”

　　The tears flowed freely when I entered the dining room．The clock stood 　　11　　 quiet, as quiet as the funeral parlor(殡仪馆)had been．The clock even seemed smaller．I couldn't 　　12　　 to look at it．No 　　13　　 over the dinner table, no ticking or chiming of the clock-all was 　　14　　．

　　The hands on the clock were 　　15　　 at the precise moment when my grandfather had stopped winding it．I 　　16　　 the key in my shaking hand and opened the clock door 　　17　　．I was a child again, watching my grandfather with his silver-white hair and twinkling blue eyes．He was 　　18　　 , winking at me, at the secret of the clock's magic, at the sky that held so much power．I stood, 　　19　　 in the moment for a long time．Then 　　20　　, I put the key in and wound the clock．Tick-tock, tick-tock-In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather lived again．

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　　Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station．“The railway owes(欠债)me ＄12．” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the 　　1　　．“You sold me a ticket 　　2　　 May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night．So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel．It 　　3　　 me ＄12．”

　　Harry was 　　4　　．He remembered selling the woman a return ticket．“Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely．“I'll just 　　5　　 the Jersey timetable for May 22^nd．” The woman and her little girl followed him 　　6　　．She was 　　7　　 right, as Harry soon discovered, there was no 　　8　　 on May 22^nd．How could he have 　　9　　 such a careless mistake?He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day．Wondering 　　10　　 to do, he smiled at the child．“You look sunburned,” he said to her．“Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?” “Yes,” she answered, shyly．“The beach was 　　11　　．And I can swim too!”　“That's fine,” said Harry．“My little girl can't 　　12　　 a bit yet．Of course, she's only three…” “I'm four,” the child said proudly．“I'll be four and a half．”

　　Harry 　　13　　 the mother．“I remember your 　　14　　, Madam．” he said．“But you didn't get 　　15　　 for your daughter, did you?” “Er, well,” the woman looked at the child．“I mean, she hasn't started school yet．She's only four．”

　　“A four-year-old child 　　16　　 have a ticket, Madam．A child's return ticket to Jersey costs…, let me see…＄13．So 　　17　　 the railway pays your hotel, you will 　　18　　 ＄1．The law is the law, but since the 　　19　　 was mine…”

　　The woman stood up, 　　20　　 the child's hand and left the office．

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通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

　　Life is not easy, so I like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself．”

　　When I was 14, I was too 　　1　　 to talk to anyone．My classmates often laughed at me．I was sad but I could do 　　2　　．Later, something happened．It changed my life．It was an English speech contest．My mother asked me to take part in it．What a terrible idea!It meant I had to speak 　　3　　 all the teachers and students of my school．

　　“Come on, boy．Believe in yourself．You are sure to 　　4　　．” Then Mother and I talked about many different topics．At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself．” I tried my best to 　　5　　 the whole speech and practised it hundreds of times．With my mother's great love, I did well in the contest．I could hardly believe my ears when the news came that I had won the 　　6　　 place．I heard the 　　7　　 from the teachers and students．Those classmates who once looked down on(瞧不起)me, now all said “Congratulations!” to me．My mother hugged(拥抱)me and cried 　　8　　．

　　Since then, everything has 　　9　　．When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be sure of myself．This is 　　10　　 not only for a person but also for a country．