在我们的城市，到处可见绿树和鲜花。（be seen） _______________________________
Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was1. (successful) in career. He didn't like his boss and workmates and often complained that he had been fooled by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with everything that he had to leave the city, so his family moved to 2. (other) city．
It was Saturday evening. When Terry and his wife were busy 3.(put) their things in their new home，the lights suddenly went out and they had to stop working. Terry was sorry4.(forget) to bring along some candles（蜡烛）. Just then he heard light knocks on his door．
“Who is it？” he5. (wonder). Terry knew nobody else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be troubled. He opened the door impatiently. At the door was a little girl, 6.(shy) asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I'm your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry angrily. He shut the door heavily．
After a while the door7.(knock) again. He opened it and found the same little girl outside. But this time she8.(hold) a candle radiating（放光）red light. She said, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you this.”
At that moment Terry suddenly realized what caused his9. (fail) in life. It was his unkindness to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else but 10.(him), for his eyes had been covered by his cold mind.
After medical school, Michael moved to Southern California. He became a ________ at Mission Community Hospital. There Michael was known for his hard work. Many patients were helped by Michael, including a little baby called Chris.
In August 1985, Chris entered the world earlier than expected, weighing only 1.5 kg. A few months later, he was back in the hospital. His temperature rose quickly with all the symptoms of meningitis (脑膜炎症状). Michael didn't ________ this young patient's side. “Anything could have gone wrong at that point, so I stayed there through the night to make sure everything was done ________,” Michael said. What Michael did meant the world to Chris's parents, especially the next day when Michael ________ to them that their baby's fever had gone. Then Chris' parents chose Michael to be their son's doctor for his childhood. When Chris finished primary school, the two lost ________. What Michael could never expected was how Chris would reenter （重返）his life 30 years later.
At around 5 a.m. on March 29, 2015, Michael was driving home when suddenly a truck ________ control and bit his car badly in front of him. “Then I felt heat and looked down and could see fire around my legs!” ________he tried to open the door, he realized it was shut. He was trapped in his car watching fire rise up around his legs. After more than 40 years helping others as a doctor, suddenly he needed help. But he could never have imagined where it would _________
Luckily, less than a mile away, a group of firefighters were coming. Guess who was in this group? It was Chris. They arrived there in time. They helped Michael out of the car and sent him to the hospital. As Chris learned the name of the person he had just saved, he said, “I surely ________ him. But I couldn't believe it.” When Michael realized that the little baby he once saved had just saved him, all he could do was to hold back tears.
“________really makes you think about life,” Michael says, “Everything we do now is so important for others and ourselves.”
1.A.teacher B.driver C.doctor D.worker
2.A.miss B.pass C.leave D.follow
3.A.fast B.right C.warmly D.slowly
4.A.reported B.listened C.showed D.promised
5.A.hope B.touch C.trust D.message
6.A.had B.kept C.lost D.took
7.A.If B.As C.Though D.Unless
8.A.come from B.take up C.make sure D.join in
9.A.record B.interrupt C.encourage D.remember
10.A.You B.They C.He D.It
What can help us when we fail?
◆ Don’t make yourself stop trying.
A baby learns to walk not by walking, but by falling. He doesn’t give up until he learns to walk.1.Sometimes, you may feel sad because you don’t make much progress. But if you give up, your progress will come to an end.
◆ Understand the power of optimism (乐观).
2.. To be optimistic(乐观的) means to believe something good will always happen. Kids don’t ask whether they can do something or not, because they know they can.
◆ 3.
Those who are independent(独立的) can deal with problems and stress more easily than those who aren’t. And you should be more confident to be independent.
◆ Don’t look back.
It takes adults too much of their lives to look back.4. A baby wouldn’t learn to walk if he kept looking behind himself while trying to move forward. Use just 10 percent more of your time to look forward and you’ll find yourself in a better condition.
Failure is a part of life since the earliest moment of life. It’s a normal and natural part of life that is neither bad nor good---it’s just how we learn. So the question isn’t whether you want to fail or not, but how quickly you can accept your failure. Just learn something from it, and try again.
根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。
A.Be more confident than before.
B.There’s nothing back there to see.
C.Learn to depend on yourself first, then others.
D.You can do something new successfully if you keep trying.
E.Optimism can open you up to more possibilities than usual.
You may have been told before not to be afraid of anything. Fear is often associated with weakness. Fear is something to be avoided.
But that’s not true, according to Time For Kids magazine. Fear can be good for us.
Fear tells us about danger. Without fear, we wouldn’t know to run away from a tiger or step back from a cliff.
In a study published in the Justice Quarterly journal in August, researchers from Michigan State University said that a healthy fear of crime keeps teenagers away from potentially（潜在地） dangerous people, places, and activities.
Fear makes us jump, scream and sweat. But interestingly, sometimes we make ourselves feel fear on purpose. Think about scary（恐怖的） books and movies, and also the long lines for a scary roller coaster(过山车）ride.
Margee Kerr, a US sociologist, explained why to Time For Kids.
Fear fills our brain with healthy chemical substances, especially endorphins (内啡肽) and dopamine (多巴胺), and these things create feelings of happiness and excite us, according to Kerr.
In addition, when you’re scared, your body produces a chemical which helps people bond with each other.
“Watch people walking out of a haunted (闹鬼的） house, and you’ll see lots of smiles and high fives （击掌）,” Kerr told Time For Kids. That also explains why schools and companies organize challenging trips and physical activities to build up team spirit.
People experience and deal with fear in different ways. If you happen to be a “coward” who gets scared easily, don’t worry. There is some evidence that being scared can help a person manage stressful situations.
Kerr said that things like giving a report in front of your class or performing in a school play help build a sort of endurance (忍耐力) to fear that makes us more confident.
“You become more comfortable with the physical experience of fear, and so you’re better able to work through it during tense situations,” said Kerr.
So learn to love your fear. It only grows when we forget how helpful our fear is trying to be.
1.Why is a scary roller coaster ride helpful to people according to the passage?
A.It improves people's ability to live in the modern world.
B.It makes people less cowardly and more confident in life.
C.It causes the brain to produce chemicals that make people happy and excited.
D.It teaches people how to keep away from things that could be dangerous.
2.The underlined part “bond with” in Paragraph 8 probably means .
A.get closer to B.fight against
C.pay attention to D.be more careful with
3.What is the right attitude toward fear according to the passage?
A.Avoid being involved (涉及) in scary situations.
B.Experience it as often as possible.
C.Consider it as a sign of weakness.
D.Enjoy healthy fear occasionally (偶尔地).
4.What's the passage mainly about?
A.People's misunderstandings about fear. B.Different ways to deal with fear.
C.The benefits (好处) that fear brings us. D.A new study about fear’s harm.
Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. One day, when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car?” he asked.
Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Paul, I wish...” he hesitated （犹豫）.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul.
The boy said, “I wish that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise. Then he asked, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”
“Yes, I'd love to.”
After a short ride, the boy said, “Paul, would you mind stopping the car in front of my house?”
Paul smiled. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again.
The boy ran into his home.Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back. He was carrying his little crippled （残疾的）brother. He seated him down and pointed to the car.
“There it is, Buddy. His brother gave it to him and it cost him nothing. Some day I’m going to give you one just like it.”
Paul lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The older brother sat beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable ride.
1.From the story, what was the boy's wish?
A.He wished to give his brother a car.
B.He wanted Paul's brother to give him a car.
C.He wished he could have a brother like Paul's.
D.He wished Paul could be a brother like that.
2.Why did the boy ask Paul to stop his car in front of his house?
A.He wanted to show his neighbors the big car.
B.He wanted to show he had a rich friend.
C.He wanted to let his brother ride in the car.
D.He wanted to tell his brother about his wish.
3.What can we infer（推断）from the story?
A.Paul could understand the boy right.
B.The boy had a deep love for his brother.
C.The boy wished to have a rich brother.
D.The boy's wish came true in the end.
4.What's the best name of the story?
A.A Christmas Present B.A Crippled Boy
C.A Brother Like That D.An Unforgettable Ride
