His aunt’ s letters ________ him of those beautiful days when they used to live together in his hometown.
A. call upB. call forC. call onD. call at
People who can’t ________ between colors are said to be colorblind.
A. separateB. differC. distinguishD. divide
We have many cases where hard work as well as good communication skills have ________ one’s chances of success in the past years.
A. condemnedB. multipliedC. estimatedD. highlighted
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
You may be surprised to see “making sure children never suffer” as a mistake. The following ________ may help you understand how rescuing children from all suffering ________ weakness.
A little boy felt sorry for a butterfly ________ to emerge from its chrysalis(蛹）. He decided to ________ the butterfly. So he peeled the chrysalis open for the butterfly. The little boy was so ________ to watch the butterfly spread its wings and fly off into the sky. Then he was horrified ________ he watched the butterfly fall to the ground and die because it did not have the muscle and ________ to keep flying. In fact, the butterfly’s struggle to ________ the chrysalis helps the butterfly become stronger.
Like the little boy, ________ too often want to protect their children from struggle in the ________ of love. They don’t realize that their children need to struggle, to experience ________, to deal with disappointment, and to solve their own problems. Only in this way ________ children strengthen their emotional strength, become ________ and develop the skills necessary for the even bigger struggles they will meet throughout their lives. Children experiencing sufferings can ________ the ups and downs of life.
However, it isn’t helpful either in this case when parents ________ lectures(训斥), blame and shame to what the child is experiencing. Mothers ________ to say, “Stop crying and acting like a spoiled boy. You can’t always get what you want.” These ________ words should be avoided. Instead, parents can offer loving support. You can say, “Don’t lose ________. Be brave! You will succeed if you try again.” Then comes the tough part—no ________ and no lectures. Simply allow him to discover that he can ________ his disappointment and figure out what he can do to get what he wants in the future.
1.A. sayingB. storyC. proverbD. experiment
2.A. damagesB. burnsC. experiencesD. creates
3.A. turningB. devotingC. strugglingD. coming
4.A. killB. feedC. helpD. rescue
5.A. movedB. excitedC. puzzledD. depressed
6.A. untilB. sinceC. beforeD. as
7.A. powerB. energyC. strengthD. force
8.A. break away fromB. do away with
C. get along withD. come up with
9.A. teachersB. parentsC. relativesD. friends
10.A. caseB. chargeC. nameD. course
11.A. friendshipsB. scholarships
C. relationshipsD. hardships
12.A. shouldB. doC. canD. are
13.A. warm-heartedB. strong-willed
C. absent-mindD. cold-blooded
14.A. expectB. predictC. surviveD. avoid
15.A. addB. adaptC. devoteD. contribute
16.A. pretendB. happenC. tendD. seem
17.A. inspiringB. discouragingC. interestingD. touching
18.A. heartB. faceC. sightD. weight
19.A. parkingB. smokingC. drinkingD. rescuing
20.A. get throughB. get overC. get acrossD. get away
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
One of the common complaints we hear from the people around us are problems they are facing. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up. How to solve them? The answer is that we must equip ourselves to deal with different kinds of worries by learning the three basic steps of problem analysis. The three steps are:
Get the facts
Why is it so important to get the facts? Unless you have the facts, you can’t possibly attempt to solve your problem intelligently. Without the facts, all you can do is wondering around in confusion. It is not an easy job to get facts. When you are worried, your emotions are riding high. 1.
When trying to get the facts, you can pretend that you are collecting this information not for yourself but for some other person. 2. You can also pretend that you are a lawyer preparing to agree. Try to get all the facts both on your side and the other side of the case. You will generally find the truth lies somewhere in between.
3.
Whenever you are worried, write down the questions that make you worry. And write out all the various steps you could take and then the probable consequences of each step. For example, what am I worrying about? What can I do about it? Here is what I’m going to do about it. After carefully weighing all the facts, you can calmly come to a decision.
Act on that decision.
4. How can you break the worry habit before it breaks you? Crowd worry out of your mind by keeping busy. Plenty of action is one of the best ways to cure worry.
5. If you know a situation is beyond your power, say to yourself: “It is so; it can’t be otherwise.” Don’t permit little things to ruin your happiness. Try to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness.
A. Analyze the facts.
B. Accept what can’t be avoided.
C. Decide how much anxiety a thing may be worth.
D. This will help you to take a cold and fair view of the evidence.
E. There comes a time when you must decide and never look back.
F. But here are two ideas that can help you see the facts in a clear and objective way.
G. Unless you take your action, all your fact-finding and analysis is a sheer waste of energy.
The kindly “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” wearing Han Chinese clothing and holding a fortune bag debuted （亮相） at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after Christmas. The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition against “Santa Claus”, according to a report by Guangming Daily.
Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights, Christmas songs, Christmas trees, and the images of “Santa Claus”in recent days. As a matter of fact, foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people, particularly the youth. “Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings, ”said noted writer Feng Jicai. More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine's Day and Christmas. However, many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines（小糖人）, and have never heard suona music. Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared. Under such circumstances, even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.
However, it is not a bad thing to some extent. It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals. China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays, which brings more paid leaves to the public, and helps to awake the public awareness of traditional festivals.
In modern society, festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people. Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior （次于） in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people. If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals, and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important, the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance （继承） of fine traditional culture will be cut off.
1.The second paragraph implies that ________.
A. traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals
B. all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future
C. western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals
D. the Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals
2.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. an image designed by the Chinese people will be displayed
B. the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture
C. many foreigners know nothing about Chinese festivals
D. the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival
3.Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think ________.
A. traditional festivals are out of fashion now
B. the historical culture is more difficult to understand
C. western festivals contain more cultural meanings
D. the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals
4.What would be the best title of the passage?
A. Gone are Chinese Traditional Festivals
B. True Face of Chinese Traditional Culture
C. Foreign Festivals Popular with Chinese
D. Chinese Fortune Grandpa VS. Santa Claus
