It was my twenty-eighth birthday, and I was seriously upset. I was a newly divorced mom, raising two small children on my own. Feeling _______ myself had become comfortable for me.
The evening before my _______, my six-year-old son Nick said,“Tomorrow's your birthday, Mommy! I can't _______!”Unable to return his enthusiasm, I kissed his cheeks and _______ he could forget it the next day.
The next morning, I _______ noises in our living room and then I heard Nick _______ his baby sister Maya, telling her to“make Mommy smile today.”It suddenly hit me. I'd been so _______ in my sadness that I hadn't realized how it was affecting my children. Sensing my _______, my little boy was doing his best to _______ something about it.
I marched into the living room to hug my children — and was __________ in my tracks. There sat Nick on the floor, Maya on her blanket next to him, and in front of them was a pile of __________.
I looked wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the presents, then back to my son. “Happy Birthday!” he cried. “I __________ you, Mommy, didn't I?” I knelt (跪) down next to him and asked how he'd __________ to get me the presents. He reminded me of our __________ to the Dollar Tree store, and I __________ remembered him telling me he was going to spend the pocket money he'd been saving for ages. I had almost __________ him for spending everything he had so carefully saved. I would never have imagined that he was __________ gifts for me.
__________ the presents, I suddenly saw the beauty in my life. The sadness __________ from my heart. I hugged my son and daughter and told them how __________ I was to have them in my life.
1.A.satisfied with B.sorry for C.afraid of D.amazed by
2.A.graduation B.anniversary C.retirement D.birthday
3.A.lie B.leave C.wait D.play
4.A.hoped B.proved C.promised D.advised
5.A.tested B.made C.heard D.remembered
6.A.singing to B.talking to C.arguing with D.speaking about
7.A.similar B.skilled C.lost D.scared
8.A.unhappiness B.importance C.impatience D.confusion
9.A.explain B.read C.find D.do
10.A.blamed B.stopped C.refused D.chosen
11.A.clothes B.bags C.toys D.presents
12.A.surprised B.trusted C.missed D.frightened
13.A.expected B.managed C.agreed D.pretended
14.A.dream B.plan C.trip D.task
15.A.immediately B.frequently C.recently D.continuously
16.A.forgiven B.thanked C.supported D.scolded
17.A.preparing B.designing C.opening D.ordering
18.A.Depending on B.Running into C.Looking at D.Paying for
19.A.expanded B.rose C.appeared D.removed
20.A.busy B.lucky C.wrong D.greedy
In Poland the ever closer economic relationship with China has aroused people's interest in the country more than 6,600 kilometers away. Many of them often turn to a popular _______ named Chinytolubie, Polish for “China, I like it", which was created by Chodak.
Chodak had never been to China before. Nor had he worked in a China-related field. When he was a little boy, he was interested in martial arts and _______ by Bruce Lee. But he didn't try to_______ a martial arts star himself. His interest_______ to other areas of the Chinese culture.
While gaining more knowledge about China himself, Chodak noticed that more of his fellow Poles were taking interest in China but found it_______ to gather relevant information, and thus decided to help them _______ launching the website.
He started by publishing information carried on the website of the Chinese embassy in Warsaw, and soon extended the range to a variety of _______in different fields such as business, culture, education, travel, technology and China-Poland relations.
Later, Chodak tried to _______ something himself. When there were important political events, he tried to explain them in a/an _______ way. Someone learning Chinese or planning a business trip to China would ________ find some useful information on his website.
In the beginning he had 250 fans. The number seems tiny today________ he cherishes the memory of those days. Chinytolubie is now also present on social media, with over 12 ,000 followers. They are supportive and some are often________that Chodak is not living in China yet.
As the website's scale________ and popularity increases, sometimes publicists come to him with news stories, but Chodak still________on following China-related topics around the clock and writing most of the content himself. For the future, he has an ambitious goal. His________ is to make Chinytolubie a recognizable platform worldwide, where everyone can read about China.
1.A.party B.website C.book D.company
2.A.fascinated B.taught C.discovered D.liked
3.A.fight B.train C.report D.become
4.A.shifted B.stuck C.attempted D.adopted
5.A.strange B.convenient C.difficult D.incredible
6.A.to B.in C.under D.by
7.A.cities B.countries C.chances D.sources
8.A.make up B.write about C.look for D.pick out
9.A.mysterious B.traditional C.understandable D.academic
10.A.definitely B.sincerely C.generally D.secretly
11.A.or B.and C.but D.for
12.A.frightened B.worried C.regretted D.surprised
13.A.disappears B.decreases C.lifts D.expands
14.A.insists B.depends C.moves D.carries
15.A.trial B.dream C.schedule D.duty
One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist at a children's institution in England, an adolescent boy showed up in the waiting room. I went out there where he was _______up and down restlessly.
Tim wore a black raincoat that was_____ all the way up to his neck. His face was pale, and he stared at his feet while wringing（扭）his hands nervously. He had _________his father as a baby, and had lived with his mother and grandfather ever since. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather and mother were killed in a car accident. Now he was fourteen and in family care.
I looked at Tim. He was very ______and depressed. He refused to talk to me. The first two times we _______, Tim only sat hunched up （蜷缩） in the chair without saying a word. As he was about to leave after the second visit. I put my hand on his shoulder. He didn't _______ back, but he didn't look at me either.
“Come back next week, if you like, ”I said. I ____ a bit. Then I said, “I know it hurts. ”
He came, and I _____ we play chess. He nodded. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon in _______and without making any eye contact. It's not easy for me to _______ in chess, but I admit that I made sure Tim won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier, took the chessboard and pieces and set them up before I even got a（n） ______ to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my ______. But why did he ______look at me?
“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his _______with, ”I thought.
One afternoon. Tim took off his raincoat and put it on the back of the chair. While he was setting up the chess pieces, his face seemed more ________and his motions more lively.
Some months later, I sat staring at Tim's head, _____he was bent over the chessboard. I was thinking about how little we knew about the healing process. ______, he looked up at me. “It's your _______ ,” he said.
After that day, Tim started talking.
Maybe I gave Tim something, but I learned a lot from him. He showed me how one without any words can________ another person. All it_______is a hug，a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, a sympathetic nature and an ear that listens.
1.A.walking B.jumping C.sitting D.jogging
2.A.put B.buttoned C.wrapped D.tied
3.A.hated B.found C.missed D.lost
4.A.sad B.mad C.calm D.tough
5.A.talked B.tried C.gathered D.met
6.A.call B.come C.draw D.get
7.A.suspected B.hesitated C.worried D.doubted
8.A.insisted B.demanded C.required D.suggested
9.A.satisfaction B.patience C.silence D.excitement
10.A.cheat B.move C.play D.win
11.A.promise B.invitation C.order D.chance
12.A.attendance B.technique C.company D.instruction
13.A.sometimes B.never C.often D.ever
14.A.pain B.secret C.prejudice D.disagreement
15.A.serious B.anxious C.alive D.pale
16.A.since B.until C.before D.while
17.A.Suddenly B.Nervously C.Strangely D.Fortunately
18.A.time B.turn C.fault D.way
19.A.appeal B.tolerate C.refresh D.possess
20.A.works B.gives C.takes D.makes
My heart beat with that feeling，pumping it like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys．As the piece neared the end，I _____ up to take my final bow．For a second，the room was _____．Yet，even in that one second，I had enough time to _____ whether I had done perfectly．Then，_____，the applause came．
"Thank you…so much．"I said，_____ to the person standing on my other side．Olga，my piano teacher for six years，smiled back at me．"You've been an _____ student all these years．"She said，"I hope that whatever you do，you never stop _____．"
I leaned forward，_____ I would keep playing because I loved piano，and hugged her．
It _____ to be that the promises weren't as meaningful as I'd hoped．
Right after the _____，I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day．_____，it began slipping away from me．The reason I had stopped taking _____ was because of my busy schedule with homework．Not long after，I stopped practicing altogether．It was _____ not to have to stress about piano anymore．
But something was _____ inside of me．I was empty inside．
One day I met Michelle，who had also taken piano lessons from Olga．
"Are you _____ taking lessons from Olga？"she asked．
"Um，no!Actually I just quit a while ago，"I replied．
"That's a _____，"she responded，"You used to be so _____．I remember your performance a year ago； it was breathtaking．"
Two days _____ talking to Michelle，I subconsciously sat down on the bench and started playing．I wasn't even trying to make the notes sound musically correct…I was simply doing what I should have been this entire time：playing，_____ to be playing．
As the music spread，a（n）_____ feeling rose inside me．
1.A.stood B.sat C.showed D.looked
2.A.light B.nervous C.colorful D.quiet
3.A.expect B.remind C.know D.doubt
4.A.immediately B.suddenly C.hopefully D.successfully
5.A.running B.waving C.turning D.pointing
6.A.easy-going B.imaginative C.amazing D.honest
7.A.practicing B.training C.competing D.gaining
8.A.admitting B.telling C.promising D.speaking
9.A.carried on B.turned out C.brought up D.showed off
10.A.play B.final C.presentation D.performance
11.A.Soon B.Besides C.Thus D.Instead
12.A.lessons B.parts C.lectures D.pieces
13.A.disappointing B.puzzling C.inspiring D.pleasing
14.A.beating B.rising C.changing D.shining
15.A.even B.still C.much D.yet
16.A.shame B.relief C.pleasure D.deal
17.A.poor B.good C.nice D.old
18.A.after B.before C.when D.until
19.A.still B.always C.also D.just
20.A.unknown B.familiar C.awful D.empty
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Turning our weaknesses into strengths makes us ________ . A 12-year-old boy, Kim overcame his weakness by unknowingly making it his______ .
Poor Kim _____ his left arm in a terrible accident and was _____. To cheer him up, his father made him join a Judo（柔道）club. As the boy always wanted to learn Judo, his father thought this would make him _____ .
Everyone wondered how a single-armed boy could learn Judo._____ , the master happily accepted him. Kim practiced nothing but a single stroke（击）.He trained for all 8 months in mastering a single stroke. The boy was ____ and sometimes annoyed as his master taught him only one stroke.
Yet, he said nothing. The boy mastered the stroke and grew in confidence as ____ could do that particular stroke better. The boy was _____ by the master to compete in a Judo championship tournament
Everyone _____ Kim and his master. Even the boy was not sure about why his master had chosen him.
To everyone's surprise, Kim easily ____ six competitors with his single stroke. He struggled a bit in the semi-finals but managed to win the match. Then the final match began. The opponent（对手）was very strong and the referee（裁判） ____ with Kim's master about stopping the match as he feared the opponent could ____ Kim. However, his master __ and told Kim to continue the match. With a huge effort, Kim ____ the match.
Kim thought it was __ and asked his master how he had become champion. His master told him “My dear boy, you learned the most ____ stroke in Judo that very few can master to perfection. If your opponent wants to beat you and ____ you from using the stroke, they should hold your left arm. This was the_____ behind your victory!'*
If the boy turned his weakness, the loss of his left arm, into such a great _____ . why can't we?
1.A.brave B.reliable C.powerful D.flexible
2.A.chance B.strength C.interest D.choice
3.A.bent B.raised C.broke D.lost
4.A.heartbroken B.impatient C.embarrassed D.angry
5.A.popular B.normal C.happy D.special
6.A.However B.Besides C.Therefore D.Otherwise
7.A.excited B.nervous C.ambitious D.surprised
8.A.somebody B.nobody C.everybody D.anybody
9.A.taught B.picked C.forced D.paid
10.A.feared B.admired C.knew D.doubted
11.A.shook B.hurt C.beat D.hit
12.A.discussed B.competed C.agreed D.quarreled
13.A.frighten B.blame C.harm D.move
14.A.struggled B.refused C.begged D.regretted
15.A.ignored B.organized C.watched D.won
16.A.unbelievable B.strange C.unacceptable D.satisfying
17.A.suitable B.standard C.terrible D.difficult
18.A.prevent B.protect C.save D.excuse
19.A.effort B.reality C.secret D.meaning
20.A.fun B.success C.challenge D.dream
I’m not a person who loves collecting, but the TV room of my house is full of things. In it are things that there’s no other place to put, and things I can’t decide ______ to throw away, such as a lot of old bottles and boxes, some books and out-of-date magazines and a wood stove (炉子) I ______ use. The TV itself could actually work, but I only turn it ______ every four years to watch the presidential election.
The other night, scratching (抓) sounds from the TV room ______ me up. Quietly, I entered the room, ______ the stove and opened its front door. There it was, a trembling squirrel, ______ me desperately.
I decided to give it a(n) ______ escape way. Therefore, I opened the outside door, stepped back and ______. The squirrel jumped out of the ______, but didn’t head outside. ______, it run through my magazine pile and then struggled among the bottles.
“Why didn’t it ______?” I wondered for a while until I ______ that I probably put _______ into that small squirrel’s heart. So I quickly ______ myself in the kitchen and watched the uninvited guest through the window. In my ______, the squirrel became _______ enough to look around and assess the situation. Suddenly, it ______ merrily.
The animal actually did a great ______: I couldn’t stand my ______ TV room for so long, so after the unexpected guest’s leaving I spent half a day cleaning and throwing. I eventually got a tidy TV room and some _______space.
1.A.whether B.how C.what D.when
2.A.relatively B.hardly C.eagerly D.frequently
3.A.off B.over C.down D.on
4.A.cheered B.rang C.kept D.woke
5.A.filled B.lighted C.approached D.replaced
6.A.staring at B.pointing to C.shouting to D.waving at
7.A.difficult B.easy C.tough D.steady
8.A.screamed B.jumped C.waited D.escaped
9.A.room B.bottles C.magazines D.stove
10.A.Instead B.Therefore C.Besides D.Again
11.A.play B.sleep C.leave D.click
12.A.realized B.spotted C.searched D.requested
13.A.amazement B.fear C.sorrow D.joy
14.A.raised B.behaved C.treated D.hid
15.A.absence B.opinion C.house D.career
16.A.excited B.nervous C.calm D.disappointed
17.A.jumped up B.ran away C.laughed out D.danced around
18.A.performance B.support C.favor D.diagnosis
19.A.dark B.wet C.tidy D.messy
20.A.formal B.extra C.natural D.alternative
