Some students think they enjoy reading just out of interest, but others argue that a better score is their main ________.
A．recognition B．attraction
C．occupation D．motivation
Currently, many American women are still faced with the ________ of choosing between work and family commitments.
A．desperation B．confusion
C．dilemma D．concern
After ________ careful consideration, they finally decided that each child will be offered ________ university education.
A．the; a B．不填；an
C．a; an D．不填；a
Sometimes it's a bit challenging to reach a ________ between parents' expectations and their kids' desires.
A．commitment B．comprehension
C．cooperation D．compromise
If you're going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.
Mostly he said that after my halfhearted (不尽力的) ____ to weed the vegetable garden. For some reason, he knew that there were white roots still ____ deep in the ground without looking around the garden. So I would be in the ____ again the next day with a spade dig deep and ____ the roots of our garden. As I tried to focus my attention to ____， Dad's words kept echoing in my mind: “Do it right.”
I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was ____. All of us were sad to see them go. They were good friends and ____， and we worried about them. And ____， at such times you always wonder: am I next?
But as we watched them during the week they were given to ____， many of us noticed that they weren't handling this in quite the way we expected them to. ____ none of them found another job, there was also no bitterness or ____ in their departure. I didn't hear a negative word. I didn't see any ____ or unhappy faces—at least, not from them. Instead, I saw grace.
“It's ____，” one of my colleagues whispered. “I went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they ____ comforting me.”
Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their ____. I don't know if my departing friends ____ their ending as a “swan song” or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and ____ us.
Lee, a man who has seen and ____ lots of layoffs during almost 40 upanddown, onagainoffagain years with the company, ____ nicely for all of us.
“Now, that's doing it right，” he said.
Somewhere, I just know Dad was smiling his ____.
1.A.attempts B．judgements
C．expectations D．requests
2.A.planted B．buried
C．grown D．stuck
3.A.house B．school
C．garden D．company
4.A.look forward to B．come up with
C．fit in with D．get down to
5.A.watching B．thinking
C．digging D．working
6.A.turned down B．laid off
C．cut down D．given up
7.A.competitors B．colleagues
C．directors D．consultants
8.A.frankly B．naturally
C．equally D．generally
9.A.hurry up B．turn up
C．pack up D．come up
10.A.Since B．When
C．Unless D．While
11.A.sadness B．puzzle
C．anger D．delight
12.A.tears B．smiles
C．dangers D．fears
13.A.upsetting B．exciting
C．disappointing D．amazing
14.A.objected to B．insisted on
C．ended up D．kept on
15.A.birth B．death
C．arrival D．party
16.A.view B．recognize
C．choose D．describe
17.A.discouraged B．warned
C．inspired D．amused
18.A.celebrated B．witnessed
C．resisted D．survived
19.A.made up B．summed up
C．picked up D．speeded up
20.A.disagreement B．indifference
C．admiration D．approval
Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday ____， but lacked ____ for the things that mattered most.
She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to ___ their lives. “We had to decide what was really ____，” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to ____ with their threeyearold son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.
So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive ____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.
Then Shirley ____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that ____ “At your service, buy ____ a little time” and helped clients (客户) with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and ____ parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a ____，” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the ____ or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are ____.”
Shirley and her husband are ____ alone in wanting to ____ and live a satisfying life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples ____ that they lack time together. ____ does the time go?
For most people, ____ and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming ____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain ____ over life and have time for the pleasures.
1.A.activities B．services
C．demands D．exercises
2.A.time B．strength
C．money D．ability
3.A.lead B．simplify
C．adapt D．consider
4.A.comfortable B．interesting
C．important D．hard
5.A.study B．help
C．meet D．play
6.A.pleasures B．places
C．tasks D．goods
7.A.found B．received
C．took D．quit
8.A.read B．wrote
C．showed D．told
9.A.us B．yourself
C．children D．herself
10.A.attending B．organizing
C．having D．going
11.A.life B．result
C．balance D．difference
12.A.office B．hospital
C．park D．school
13.A.gone B．better
C．strong D．obvious
14.A.a bit B．far from
C．much too D．more than
15.．A.keep pace B．settle down
C．take off D．slow down
16.A.expect B．doubt
C．complain D．imagine
17.A.How B．When
C．Where D．Why
18.A.traveling B．reading
C．shopping D．working
19.A.aware B．afraid
C．proud D．sure
20.A.value B．control
C．success D．experience
