We can choose our friends, but usually we cannot choose our neighbors. However, to get a happy home life, we have to get along with 1. as well as possible.

An important quality in a neighbor is consideration for 2. . People should not do things 3. will disturb their neighbors unnecessarily. For example, television sets need not be played at full volume (音量） 4. loud pop music should not be played very late at night. By avoiding things likely to upset your neighbors, you can enjoy 5. friendly relationship with them.

An equally important quality is tolerance. Neighbors should do all they can to avoid disturbing other people， 6. there are times when some level of disturbance is unavoidable. 7. neighbors want to get along well with each other, they have to show their tolerance. In this way, everyone will live 8. peace.

The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (烫衣板)and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”

Mom clearly explained her     for this lesson. I was going to be    and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good    .

“Learn to iron a shirt,” Mom said, “and you can iron anything.”

But ironing shirts was not     work. It didn’t make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a   operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of   .If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you   ,you might bum down the house.

As for technique, Mom   me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled (有褶皱的）parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would   them.

Over the years, I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of   Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.     ,through ironing I’ve learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “    wrinkles one at a time,” as Mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.”

1.A. reasonsB. rules        C. emotions    D. methods

2.A. helpfulB. confident        C. powerful    D. independent

3.A. conclusionB. suggestion        C. impression    D. observation

4.A. usefulB. easy        C. special        D. suitable

5.A. directB. single        C. smooth        D. strange

6.A. doubtB. pressure        C. surprise        D. danger

7.A. went awayB. fell down        C. jumped off    D. looked up

8.A. taught B. chose        C. forced        D. sent

9.A. touchB. design        C. see        D. admire

10.A. honestyB. freedom        C. justice        D. pride

11.A. InsteadB. Besides        C. Otherwise    D. However

12.A. Make upB. Deal with        C Ask for        D. Rely on

ourselves from the physical and mental tensions，we each need deep thought and inner quietness.

A.Having freed B. FreedC. To freeD. Freeing

Whenever you a present, you should think about it from the receiver’s point of view.

A.boughtB. have bought    C. will buyD. buy

It’s not doing the things we like, but liking the things we have to domakes life  happy.

A.that  B. whichC. what D. who

All we needa small piece of land where we can plant various kinds of fruit trees throughout the growing seasons of the year.

A.areB. wasC. isD. were

I am looking forward to the daymy daughter can read this book and know my feelings for her.

A. asB. whyC. when   D. where

______ what you’re doing today important, because you’re trading a day of your life for it

A. Make    B. To make  C. MakingD. Made

Only when you can find peace in your heart _____good relationships with others.

A. will you keep B. you will keep C. you keptD. did you keep

Since the time humankind started gardening, we _____to make our environment more beautiful.

A. try    B. have been trying

C. are tryingD. will try