阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。
One morning I sat on a bench in a park and watched a little boy 1. (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance away. The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back2. his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing had happened.
When the kid fell down, he didn't think of the fall as3. failure. Instead, he considered 4. a learning experience. He tried and tried again 5. he succeeded. I6. (touch) by the boy's strong mind and the way he ran. With each attempt, he looked so 7. (confidence) and natural. He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could. He was just being a child—just being himself—being completely in the moment. He never 8._______(give) up. Each time he fell, he got himself back up again, as if he knew that falling down was simply a part of life. He was not looking for others' 9. (smile), or worrying about whether someone was watching or not. He only wanted to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that experience, and have 10.________(success) brought that lesson with me in many parts of my life.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods ________ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and ________ what to do, she began crying. After a while. She ________ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. ________ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and ________ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the ________ . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a ________ .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy ________ that his mistrees(女主人)was in danger. He jumped ________ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ________ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He ________ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking ________ into the air, the dog ________ through the woods until he found the ________ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ________ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ________ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was________ .
When she opened her eyes and ________ her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you ________ me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of________ .That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak
1.A. before B. since C. while D. as
2.A. forgetting B. wondering C. remembering D. regretting
3.A. preferred B. expected C. failed D. decided
4.A. When B. Until C. If D. Because
5.A. carelessly B. hopelessly C. cautiously D. unwillingly
6.A. trees B. bushes C. woods D. grasses
7.A. stream B. rock C. tree D. house
8.A. found B. sensed C. heard D. smelt
9.A. at B. through C. in D. onto
10.A. terrible B. strange C. pleasant D. familiar
11.A. missed B. followed C. discovered D. ignored
12.A. calmly B. merrily C. loudly D. gently
13.A. searched B. wandered C. looked D. traveled
14.A. window ` B. girl C. house D. hero
15.A. satisfaction B. delight C. embarrassment D. disappointment
16.A. jumped B. climbed C. walked D. flew
17.A. awake B. abandoned C. available D. asleep
18.A. spotted B. watched C. observed D. saw
19.A. disturbed B. rescued C. comforted D. scared
20.A. pain B. shock C. sorrow D. relief
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，选项中有两项为多余选项。
There is an old Spanish saying which states, "Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week." How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow? 1. We have to go for them now!
·Tomorrow is not promised.
Nobody likes to talk about death, but everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day or the hour. 2. Don't go to your tomb with unrealized dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.
·3.
One of the biggest dream killers is fear. Many people could have achieved amazing things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you've wanted to do, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't capable, or good enough. Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Choose not to let fear stop you from achieving your dreams.
·Take action to realize your dream.
You can dream about writing a great play but it's never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure. 4.
·Possibilities are waiting on you.
There are so many amazing opportunities and people waiting on you. How do you get to them? Simple! Follow your dream. 5. You'll never see those doors if you sit around waiting on a dream to happen, instead of actually working to make it happen.
A. Don't let fear win.
B. In other words, dreams don't work unless you do.
C. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait.
D. Therefore, today is all we have.
E. You'll be much happier if you go for it.
F. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody can copy.
G. Doors that you couldn't imagine open up when you go after what you want.
Honey(蜂蜜)from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest(巢)and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals unexpected helper一a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax (蜂蜡) in the beehives (蜂)finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.
1.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?
A. It's small in size.
B. It's hidden in trees.
C. It's covered with wax.
D. It's hard to recognize.
2.What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A bee. B. A bird.
C. A honey seeker. D. A beekeeper.
3.The honey guide is special in the way .
A. it gets its food
B. it goes to church
C. it sings in the forest
D. it reaches into bees' nests
4. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Wild Bees
B. Wax and Honey
C. Beekeeping in Africa
D. Honey-Lover's Helper
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older, we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with friendship. When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two choices. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn't worth the trouble and call it quits. Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most cases all that is needed is commitment and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to face it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend, "I got my feelings hurt", rather than "You hurt my feelings", you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are: small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it happens to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, "Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing."
1. The writer believes that challenges ________.
A. are always born with friendship
B. help build friendship
C. are never worth attention
D. help us grow
2.If your friend hurts your feelings, you are advised to ____.
A. point out your friend's mistake
B. calm yourself down
C. start a proper conversation
D. run away from it
3. The whole passage is centered on the relationship（关系） between ___.
A. friendship and challenges
B. commitment and friendship
C. friendship and growth
D. challenges and chances
A mental professor walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired(询问): "How heavy is this glass of water?"
Different answers called out from the audience.
She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb(无知觉的) and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."
She continued, "The stress and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed--incapable of doing anything."
It's important to remember to let go of your stress. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!
Comments
Aye Chan Aung---October 27, 2015 at 11:37 am
Short but valuable! It has clearly taught me how to deal with stress.
Nelson Malicdem--October 28, 2015 at 8:23 pm
Wow! Thanks to the author and to the one who submitted this article. I am experiencing a challenge, as I read this it gives me peace. What exactly is in the article is what I am doing. My burden actually paralyzes me without my knowing it. I should put down the glass of water that I'm holding. Thank you so much!
1.The professor tells a lesson by ________.
A. asking a surprising question
B. giving proper examples
C. imagining a situation
D. making a comparison（比较）
2. From what the professor says, we can know a small problem _________.
A. can result in a complete failure
B. is seldom taken seriously
C. can cause much stress
D. seldom causes real problems
3. From the two comments, we can know that ________.
A. Nelson Malicdem expresses thanks to the professor
B. Nelson Malicdem thinks the story is meaningful
C. Aye Chan Aung is suffering from heavy stress
D.Aye Chan Aung complains the story is too short
4.Where can we most probably read the passage?
A. On a health website.
B. On a high school website.
C. In a magazine for teenagers.
D. In a textbook about mental health.
