Autumn is a colorful season. It’s____with natural beauty. It’s breathtaking to see the reds, oranges and yellows ____ along highways, across mountain ranges, and in backyards. The air is fresh. The sun is brilliant. Many people go on ____ outings—not necessarily to swim, ____ just to be by the ocean in that cool, bright _____.
Autumn is also a transition season, a ____ to the quiet of winter. It is a time of ____, as leaves fall to the ground and ____to the earth.
This week, we’re celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Every year this ____offers us an opportunity to look back on the past and to ____our life in the direction we believe it should go. And every year, we ____the festival in autumn. Rosh Hashanah also feels to me like a powerful____that now is the time to make a fresh____just as the vibrancy(活力) of the year is winding down and to set a positive goal for the days, weeks and months____. For me, it feels profound, and almost courageous, to face the cold winter with fresh____and energy. The more____we are rooted in what matters during the autumn, the more we have to draw on when____winds blow.
That’s a lesson____us every day of the year, isn’t it? Today is the day to ____tomorrow’s happiness, tomorrow’s kindness, tomorrow’s health and tomorrow’s friendship. Whether it’s cold and windy outside, or warm and bright, we have the power to ____ the most of each day, to start fresh and to reorganize our life in the directions we believe we should go.
1.A.rich B.popular C.familiar D.satisfied
2.A.turn out B.go back C.come out D.fade away
3.A.mountain B.beach C.desert D.forest
4.A.and B.until C.when D.but
5.A.light B.water C.color D.wind
6.A.bridge B.barrier C.boundary D.breakthrough
7.A.meetings B.endings C.harvests D.memories
8.A.add B.belong C.adapt D.return
9.A.activity B.circumstance C.festival D.experience
10.A.recognize B.review C.reorganize D.repeat
11.A.establish B.observe C.foresee D.honor
12.A.warning B.guarantee C.statement D.reminder
13.A.start B.stop C.change D.move
14.A.alone B.ahead C.around D.abroad
15.A.guidance B.purpose C.decision D.imagination
16.A.skillfully B.secretly C.deeply D.vividly
17.A.soft B.bitter C.fresh D.seasonal
18.A.inspiring B.surprising C.confusing D.improving
19.A.look for B.allow for C.wait for D.prepare for
20.A.pass B.take C.spend D.make
The more he thought over the idea the more he came to realize that he wasn't able to_______.
A.see the handwriting on the wall B.live from hand to mouth
C.see the forest for the trees D.beat around the bush
More often than not, the enterprise around us are getting even richer, ________ recipe is don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
A.of which B.which
C.whose D.of whom
—What is your impression of your former colleague Nick?
—He’s helpful, and he ________ give us a hand at work.
A.must B.would
C.may D.should
In the final of the World Indoor Championships, Su Bingtian locked a personal best of 6.42 seconds, ________ the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.
A. to break B. breaking C. broken D. having broken
Faced with the dilemma, the company committee ________ a public statement, appointing the capable man to be its new global chief financial officer.
A.pulled out B.put out
C.reached out D.drew out