The old scientist took up walking as a regular form of exercise, which, of course, is of great        to his heath.

A．benefit	B．favor
C．sense	D．relationship

In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E.  小题1:   At that time, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter.  小题2:  .
As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest.  小题3:
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.
This young girl could easily have lied，and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong.  小题4:
This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.小题5: 

A．So she won the contest.

B．As a result, she lost the contest.

C．The judges wanted to give her another chance.

D．It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”

E. It’s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.
F. They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.
G. But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

What is life's greatest gift?   小题1:  Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transform us from dumb animals into artist. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻) our life. The tool doesn’t come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility.  小题2:   The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow.   小题3:  We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust(再调整) myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
 小题4: And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example. you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our life are far mote important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game.  小题5:  

A．It is free will or choice.

B．You have to make choices every day.

C．Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.

D．But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.

E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get.
G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to.

Opportunities don’t come often. They come every once in a while. Very often, they come quietly and go by without  小题1:(notice). Therefore, it is advisable  小题2: you should value and treat them with care. When an opportunity comes, it brings a promise but never realizes it小题3:  its own. If you want to achieve something  小题4:  intend to fulfill one of your ambitions, you must work hard, make efforts and get prepared.   小题5:, you will take no advantage of opportunities when they come to visit you. The difference between a man who succeeds and   小题6:
who does not lies only in the way each treats opportunities. The successful person always makes adequate preparations to meet opportunities as they duly arrive. The   小题7: (success) person, on小题8:  other hand, works little and just waits to see them pass by. 1n my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in our society, but only those who are prepared adequately and qualified   小题9: (high) can make use of them to achieve   小题10:  purposes.

At minus 130℃, a living cell can be _________ for a thousand year.

A．spared	B．protected
C．preserved	D．developed

It was _________ to everybody that he was angry.

A．regular	B．special
C．generous	D．apparent

You can easily _______ this question if you study British history.

A．clarify	B．classify
C．clear	D．circulate

Strong winds _______ the rain.

A．accomplish	B．account
C．accommodate	D．accompany

Friends play an important part in our lives, and although we may take the fact of friendship for granted, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people,      小题1:   .
Moreover, a great many relationships come under the general term “friendship”. In all cases, two people like one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of closeness between them and the reasons for their interest in each other change greatly.
At the beginning, much depends on how people meet, and on good first impressions. As we get to know people,    小题2:   . Although these factors are not of the greatest importance, it is more difficult to have a good relationship with people when there is a big difference in age and background.
Then,   小题3:  . Friends will stand closer together and will spend more time looking at each other than ordinary friends. Smiles and soft voices also express friendliness, and it is because they may give the wrong signals that shy people often have difficulty making friends. A friendly look with a wrong facial expression can turn into an unfriendly stare, and nervousness may be wrongly understood as unfriendliness.
Some relationships are a result of argument and discussion, but it is usual for close friends to have the same ideas and beliefs, the same opinion and interests. The more closely involved people become, the more they depend on each other. And    小题4:   . Equally, friends have to learn to make allowances for each other, to put up with annoying habits, and to accept differences in opinion.
In contrast with marriage,   小题5:   . But the support and understanding that results from shared experiences and affections does seem to create a close and lasting relationship.

A．we are usually friends with only a few

B．many factors can affect friendship and relationship

C．people want to do friends favors and hate to let them down

D．argument and discussion can improve personal relationships

E. we consider things like age, race, looks, economic and social status, etc
F. we pay attention to actual behavior, facial expression, and the way a person speaks
G. there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the relationship between two people

Every child is ________ in the eyes of his parents.

A．cheerful	B．ordinary
C．narrow	D．unique