When I was younger, I was addicted to the stories in magic books, and I thirstily ___them. And like most of the ___of these stories I secretly wished for magical power for myself. I wanted to be able to ___make my pain disappear, to make my ___go away, and to have power over this world that so often has ___over us.
__I got older, however, I realized that there was no such thing as magic and the ___reality of life set in. I struggled through a long period of ___. I had daily pain from a back injury that never healed right. I felt sadness and ___when both of my sons were diagnosed ____Autism. I still sometimes daydreamed about magic but in time even that ____.
Then one day I began to ____that a different kind of magic called LOVE grew stronger in my heart, soul and ____day by day. This magic connected me to my own best self and to all of ____souls in this world. It didn’t make me ____my poverty but it made every day of my life ____. It didn’t make my back pain go away but it helped me ____it so much better. It didn’t cure my ____Autism but it helped me see their beautiful, ____, eternal, and joyful souls.
There is such a thing as magic in each one of us in this world. This magic is called LOVE. May you choose it, share it, and ____in it every single day of your life.
1.A. obtained B. found C. read D. acquired
2.A. parents B. readers C. authors D. children
3.A. magically B. carefully C. doubtfully D. actually
4.A. changes B. problems C. efforts D. attempts
5.A. chance B. interest C. power D. responsibility
6.A. As B. While C. Since D. If
7.A. peaceful B. imaginable C. unrealized D. competitive
8.A. poverty B. happiness C. safety D. hesitation
9.A. sorrow B. joy C. determination D. impatience
10.A. by B. with C. to D. on
11.A. got away B. put away C. gave away D. faded away
12.A. predict B. discover C. observe D. suspect
13.A. mind B. blood C. spirit D. belief
14.A. the others B. the rest C. the other D. any other
15.A. take charge of B. get rid of C. make use of D. have command of
16.A. busier B. poorer C. happier D. luckier
17.A. lay out B. make up C. take off D. deal with
18.A. parents’ B. sons’ C. daughters’ D. students’
19.A. painful B. useful C. loving D. wonderful
20.A. take B. exist C. live D. give
People have always wanted to know what the future will look like. Then, how can we know what the future will look like?1.The world has changed a lot in the past 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago, such as food, sleep, the feeling of being appreciated and loved.
2.No. In addition, generally speaking, the inventions for the last 150 years have been a human effort for freedom and communication, to be able to get in control of the time and world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.
But why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of future we’d like for ourselves and to pass on the next generation.3.
How about the virtual worlds? It might be possible in the future to experience the sand between your toes, and hear the waves, just lying in your bed at home.4.So, even if a great invention is there for an affordable price, it'll never take the place of the common experience if it's not real.
5.What we'll see in the next 50 years is the transition from an oil-dependent society to a new society. Here there'll be new medicine, continued exploration of space, challenges in the climate change, and new inventions that make life a little easier.
A. So what will the future look like then?
B. Will this change in the next 150 years?
C. Predicting the future can help us in many ways.
D. However, you'll never get the feeling of being there.
E. Well, to understand the future, you must know the past.
F. However, no matter how real the experience will feel, it doesn't happen for real.
G. Then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.
We are enrolled in the full-time school called “life”. Every day in this school, we have opportunities to learn new lessons. No matter whether we like these lessons or not, we have to take them, because they are our lessons.
Why are we here in this world? What is the purpose of life? Humans have tried to discover the meaning of life for thousands of years, but failed to get the answer, because the meaning of life is different from person to person.
Each one of us has his or her special purpose and path, unique and different. As we travel on our life path, we will learn many great lessons in order to fulfill that purpose. Learning our lessons well is the key to discovering the real meaning of our own life.
As we travel through our lifetime, we may be taught hard lessons that others don't have to face, while others spend years struggling with problems we don’t need to deal with. We may never know why we love English, not physics, which indicates that our path is different. While traveling on our own path, sometimes alone, we should, first of all, take a basic lesson in openness.
Openness means being receptive. Life will present us with so many lessons, none of which are useful to us unless we can recognize them and are open to their values. These lessons arc not easy to learn, but we should regard them as gifts. But how can we recognize these lessons? It is a matter of what “glasses” we are wearing at the time. It is not difficult to spot them if we take them as opportunities. So when we are not open to learning our lessons, failing a weekly English test might be like a disaster rather than an opportunity to us. Of course, the hard lessons may not be fun, but they can actually be the biggest gifts we receive from life.
1.The author may be in favor of the viewpoint that all men are born .
A. equal B. different
C. to learn lessons D. ready for challenge
2.The example of “we love English, not physics" is mentioned to show that we .
A. choose our own path in life
B. need to face some hard lessons
C. discover the meaning of our own life
D. realize the necessity of openness
3.Whether we can see life lessons as gifts depends upon our .
A. angles of view
B. common value system
C. experiences from life
D. willingness to face challenge
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Life and lesson B. Life as School
C. Life School and Students D. Gifts from Life
Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship(学徒期)as a union painter and dry waller(筑墙工). On Friday morning, she was thanking God she had it.
On Thursday night, while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter, nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment, she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4-year-old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying, “We’re going to die, ”she knew she had to act.Pina,39, first sealed the door, and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911, she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said, ‘OK, we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game,’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited, and a few minutes later, Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina, Ilean,8yearold Gabriel Parga,5-year-old Aubreyana Parga and 4-year-old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story. Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children, one-by-one, into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid，”Pina said.“I was deathly afraid inside，but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window, firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke, but nobody was seriously injured.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. A big fire without serious injury
B. A babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire
C. A brave babysitter
D. How to save children in a fire
2.What did Lisa Pina do before she called 911, in order to prevent the fire?
A. He sealed the door
B. She opened the window of the second floor
C. She had children start singing
D. She let children get on the floor
3.What do we know according to the passage?
A. The fire didn’t cause any injury
B. Lisa Pina was not the last one to be rescued
C. The children were sent to hospital after the fire
D. During the fire Lisa Pina pretended not to be afraid at all
—Andrew won the first place in the physics competition.
—________ ? I don’t like science, anyway.
A. Why not B. So what
C. What if D. How come
—Look, here comes your dream girl. Invite h er to dance.
—I don’t know.______ she refuses me?
A. So what B. What if
C. How if D. How when
