Chuck was one of my students in my high school English class．He was a writer of great 　　1　　．So, when he was accepted into the journalism program at the University of Missouri, I wasn't 　　2　　．

　　During his first year at college, Chuck stopped by the school a few times to keep me informed of his 　　3　　．We recalled(回忆)that we had worked together several years before to 　　4　　 money for 23 sick Cambodian babies who were being cared for by a nurse friend of mine in Thailand, a place far away yet close to our 　　5　　．Chuck raised several thousand dollars．It was an activity that 　　6　　 our formal relationship into a friendship．

　　In his second year at college, it was discovered that Chuck had lung cancer and had only a short while to 　　7　　．I went to see him one day．Seeing me, he was filled with 　　8　　 and we talked and laughed for most of the afternoon．

　　About six weeks later, Chuck died．It was a great 　　9　　 for everyone, especially for his family．Chuck was 　　10　　 and full of promise．More importantly, he was a good person, a just person．

　　When I went to his 　　11　　, his father told me that several weeks before, Chuck had asked him to 　　12　　 his possessions with him so that he might select a few things to be buried in the coffin(棺木)with him．Chuck 　　13　　 six items, including an essay he had written．

　　He told me that Chuck liked the 　　14　　 I had written to him at the bottom of the last page．In that little note, I affirmed his talent as a 　　15　　．

　　I was grateful for the 　　16　　 gift Chuck gave me that day．His taking my note with him offered me a great opportunity to 　　17　　 students' lives．I felt a sense of purpose that was greater than ever．Whenever I 　　18　　 my purpose, I think of Chuck, and I am reminded of it once again：　　19　　 have the power to affect hearts and 　　20　　 for a long time．

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　　Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 　　1　　．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 　　2　　．

　　The young apprentice(学徒)glanced at the opening and said,“　　3　　 I can do except replace the upper．”His master looked at them and said to me,“If you 　　4　　 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．”

　　I was 　　5　　 and asked why．

　　He explained,“As if the openings were made 　　6　　 for the sake of special style and reuse．”

　　Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 　　7　　 shoe, but all the openings were patched(打补丁)by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 　　8　　 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 　　9　　 the master's skill．

　　Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife 　　10　　 the blouse carefully, and then said,“Let me take it 　　11　　 and mend it．”

　　Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked：all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 　　12　　 thread and they 　　13　　 a look of ice crystal(冰晶)hanging from a winter's branch．　　14　　, she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 　　15　　 with praise,“It's just as beautiful as a piece of 　　16　　!”

　　“I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 　　17　　, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection,”replied my wife．

　　Her words inspired me even more：Perfection is 　　18　　 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't 　　19　　 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 　　20　　 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．

Organized by the Students' Union, we watched the newly-released

sci-fiction movie－2012 last ________(星期三)evening．In the movie, the

1．________

end of our world falls on Dec．21, 2012．On the day, ________(地震)

2．________

occur and volcanoes erupt, c________ millions of deaths and leaving

3．________

people desperate．Our planet is d________ in an instant．People across

4．________

the world tried to s________ the catastrophe．

5．________

　　Having watched the movie, I was lost in thought．________ is high time

6．________

that human beings should protect the ________(环境)better．If we continue

7．________

to care s________ little about our earth, we human beings will be punished

8．________

for________ we do today．I suggest everybody lead a more eco-friendly life．Do

9．________

remember everybody can ________ a difference．

10．________

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　　For as long as I can remember, I have been very 　　1　　 at arguing with people．As soon as someone disagrees with me, I get angry because I feel 　　2　　, like the other person is out to show that I am 　　3　　．And for some reason, I hate being wrong!So my 　　4　　 reaction is to get very defensive．I 　　5　　 my voice, and I end up saying something I later 　　6　　．Needless to say, the whole thing ends with me blaming 　　7　　, and the other person feeling alienated(疏远)from me．This bothers me especially because my mother does the exact same thing and I hate 　　8　　．

　　I have noticed this tendency in me for a long time now, 　　9　　 I have never been able to stop．I did some 　　10　　 management work with a therapist(治疗专家)a while ago, but because I moved and 　　11　　 an advisor at school who can't see me 　　12　　, I have not been able to continue this important work．They tell you to stop and count to 10, 　　13　　 your breathing, calm yourself down before you 　　14　　．But that's the whole problem．I could never think of 　　15　　 myself until it was too late!The 　　16　　 things had already come out of my mouth, and I was stuck picking up the pieces．

　　Right now the 　　17　　 is urgent because my relationships with a wonderful boy is 　　18　　 because of my being afraid of being wrong．He is closing himself off from me because I have hurt him, and 　　19　　 I am no longer attractive as a woman with no confidence in myself and a bad temper．How do I stop ruining my relationships and hating myself?How do I stop 　　20　　 being wrong?

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　　Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming．Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would join him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it 　　1　　．But Henry proved a 　　2　　．He hated farm work and did everything he could to 　　3　　 it．It was not that he was lazy．　　4　　 from it!Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending the hinges(铰链) of a gate to sharpening tools, and he would set to work eagerly．It was the daily life of the farm, with its repetitive tasks, 　　5　　 frustrated him．

　　Henry was excited by the development in technology that could free farmers like his father from wasteful and boring labor．But these developments, in Henry’s boyhood, had touched farming 　　6　　 at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done．So Henry 　　7　　 his attention elsewhere．When he was twelve, he became almost obsessively interested in clocks and watches．Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom．

　　In 1876, Henry suffered a serious 　　8　　．His mother died in childbirth．There was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he resolved to get away as soon as he could．Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit．　　9　　 this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination．Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen．

　　A chance meeting with an old co-worker led to a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company．　　10　　 he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to dominate(占主要地位) his life．

　　Henry learned 　　11　　 a slow, painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand from scratch．Every piece of every component had to be fashioned individually, checked and rechecked, and tested．　　12　　 the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop．Even so, it was two years before they succeeded in building a working car．Henry called it“Quadricycle．”(四轮驱动脚踏车)

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　　It is morning rush hour on the 8:08 train into New York．People are 　　1　　 in their own worlds, keeping everything out－especially one another－with their CK players and laptops．It’s like we’re all behind invisible walls．We 　　2　　 these last few minutes before jumping into the workday．The last thing anyone wants to hear is the one-sided cellphone conversation of a fellow passenger．

　That’s why I felt 　　3　　 when my cellphone went off．The call was coming from home．What choice did I have?It was Louise, sounding 　　4　　．Another mother, a close friend of mine, had 　　5　　 my daughter of poor sportsmanship against her son．“It was a misunderstanding,”Louise said．“But she didn’t 　　6　　 me．”I’d known this friend forever, 　　7　　 her completely and knew she loved Louise almost as much as I did．I also knew that any mother’s first instinct(本能)is to 　　8　　 her own hurt child．And what a(n)　　9　　 it can be to know what a nine-year-old girl is really thinking．I always found it hard to know about my daughter’s thoughts．I explained all this to Louise in a low voice so as not to 　　10　　 the man sitting next to me．In front of him was an opened New York Times．He was probably 　　11　　 he’d chosen this seat．

　　“We’ll talk more when I get home,”I said．I closed my cellphone quickly and went back into my silence, feeling so alone in the crowded, speeding train, trying to do my mothering(照料)over the phone．

　　“I couldn’t help hearing your 　　12　　,”the man said．“I thought it was very sweet．”Suddenly I felt relaxed．I responded with a smile．

　　The 8:08 pulled into the station．Thanks to those sweet words, the ride became a pleasant one．

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　　Chinese swimmer Xiong Guoming made a record at the 1993 Asian Games in Japan, but was punished for taking banned medicine．His record was 　　1　　 and he was not 　　2　　 to take part in any other competitions for two years．

　　It was a great 　　3　　 and 　　4　　 for Xiong, one of the best-known swimmers in the world．This bad news harmed the fame of the Chinese swimming team, and resulted 　　5　　 in all Chinese records in swimming．However, the so-called banned medicine was, in fact, 　　6　　 traditional Chinese health food．

　　It may have been 　　7　　 to Xiong, as he had no 　　8　　 of some of the banned chemical elements in the health food．The failure was a sudden blow to him．He became very disappointed．　　9　　 only 20 years old, he 　　10　　 the life style of a retired man, passing his time in doing such things as keeping pets and growing flowers．Day after day, he was worried and displeased．

　　Back to the training pool was all the more difficult to him．To other people, it was just a 　　11　　 of getting prepared for a competition, but to him, it was to rebuild self-confidence first．He did not lose heart, after all．　　12　　 advice and help of his coach and leaders of the swimming team, Xiong decided to 　　13　　 swimming again as his career．

　　　　14　　 expected, Xiong took first place again．In the recent Eighth National Games, he took a number of titles, and broke an Asian record．Tears ran down his cheeks as he was receiving the gold medals．In the thundering applauses(鼓掌欢迎)Xiong felt as if he had been given a new birth．“I want to 　　15　　 the world that I am a good swimmer, and that I do not cheat anyone 　　16　　．My 　　17　　 depends upon my sweat,”Xiong said．He also 　　18　　 thankful to those who had helped and cared for him when he was 　　19　　．

　　Xiong, the young swimmer with a brighter future, is well 　　20　　 his way to the coming Olympic Games．

Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D．Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context．

　　If you have a watch, don’t repair it!I know it 　　1　　．Once I had a beautiful watch．And this watch kept perfect time．But one night it happened that I forgot to 　　2　　 it up．Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to 　　3　　 by the exact time．The watchmaker examined my watch and said：“The regulator is to be pushed up as your watch is four minutes 　　4　　．”

　　I tried to stop him, tried to 　　5　　 him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator(校准器)．

　　My beautiful watch began to gain time．It 　　6　　 faster and faster day by day．By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind．

　　What did I have to do?To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated．I expected him to regulate the watch immediately but he asked me to come in a week’s time．When at last I took my watch from him it began to 　　7　　 down．And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners．

　　Now I went to the third watchmaker．While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he could finish this work 　　8　　 three or four days．I could do nothing but 　　9　　．That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped．

　　So I kept 　　10　　 my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time．

　　And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not 　　11　　 the time by my watch．The thing was getting 　　12　　．My watch had cost two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred．At last I decided to buy another watch, which I did．

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　　As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter．He had a wife and two fine sons．One night, his oldest son 　　1　　 a severe stomachache and died suddenly．To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, 　　2　　 him alone with his six-year- old younger son．The hurt and pain of the two situations were 　　3　　 Al could handle, and he 　　4　　 to alcohol．Al began to lose everything he possessed－his home, his land, his art objects, everything．　　5　　 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 　　6　　 left．“What a complete failure!”I thought．“What a totally 　　7　　 life!”

　　As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier 　　8　　 judgement．You see, I knew Al’s now adult son, Ernie．He is one of the kindest, most 　　9　　, most loving men I have ever known．I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free 　　10　　 of the love between them．I knew that kindness and caring had to come 　　11　　 somewhere．

　　I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father．It is so hard to 　　12　　 an alcoholic．One day I get up my 　　13　　 to ask him．“I’m really puzzled by something,”I said．“I know your father was basically the only one to 　　14　　 you．　　15　　 on earth did he do that you became such a special person?”

　　Ernie sat 　　16　　 and thought for a few moments．Then he said, “From my 　　17　　 memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a 　　18　　 and said, I love you, son．”

　　Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to 　　19　　 Al as a failure．He had not left any material possession behind, 　　20　　 he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known．

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　　Lulu is a brave pet in our shelter．As you know, there are a lot of forest fires during the summer season．Many forests are badly 　　1　　 by fire each year．Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire during this hot summer．We were in a heatwave which had been 　　2　　 for three days．

　　Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out a terrible 　　3　　．I no longer had any hope that Lulu would come 　　4　　 to the shelter．In fact, I was waiting for the firemen to announce his 　　5　　 in the forest, when suddenly, a fireman burst into my shelter and 　　6　　 me that my dog Lulu had 　　7　　 to save four kittens who were trapped by the flames．According to the fireman, Lulu seized the kittens, one by one moving them to a 　　8　　 place．I immediately accompanied the fireman to the forest to 　　9　　 the rescued kittens．When we arrived at the 　　10　　 of the incident, we found Lulu was not 　　11　　．Then we heard the 　　12　　 of a dog came from the forest barking furiously．I 　　13　　 it was my dog Lulu．The fireman followed the tracks of the dog until we found him barking 　　14　　 by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground and desperately 　　15　　 rescue．Thanks to Lulu, four kittens and a fireman were saved．

　　That day, I was very 　　16　　 of Lulu for his two heroic 　　17　　 toward the kittens and the fireman．Lulu showed much compassion (同情) for both 　　18　　 like him and for a human being who was trying to 　　19　　 the fire with his colleagues．

　　This true story of genuine(真诚的) love and compassion shows us that pets are loving, 　　20　　 and compassionate．We should love and protect them．One day they could do us a good turn．