A woman was in a hurry to go to the airport. She told the cab driver to drive quickly. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts that she was not aware they were going by a different route.
Suddenly, a man got inside the cab. He took her handbag where she had placed her visa, passport, and all her money for the trip.
The driver, who was in cahoots with the robber, left her in the middle of that dark street. She cursed the world for being so mean to her, and thought how unlucky she was in that situation.
That very same night, she heard some shocking news.Tears flowed down her face.Flight 230,which was the plane that she was supposed to have boarded, had crashed.If she had not lost her precious belongings, she could have lost something far more important—her life.
Sometimes bad things really happen.We lose money, fail our exams, or are rejected by others.There are times when nothing seems to go our way.
So what should we do about it? Should we be disappointed? The answer is a resounding “No!" We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the consistent faith that we will get what we deserve.
Don't waste your time and energy on things that can't be changed.Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you'll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.
What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?
There was a man who won the lottery.He thought he was the luckiest person in the world.He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.
One day, he made it to the front page of the newspaper again.But this time, it was a different story.He had been killed because of his riches.
If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it.Hope for protection and guidance.Life is so unpredictable.You never know what will happen next.
Live one day at a time.we sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble.We ask ourselves: "What if I don't get this done in time?" or "What if my family leaves me and I've got no one else to turn to?"
Live for the moment.Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine. Believe me.And believe in yourself.As Captain Planet always says: "The power is yours!"

1. 1.

   The underlined phrase "in cahoots with" in Paragraph 3 probably means "____".

   1. A.
      was forced by
   2. B.
      was fighting bravely with
   3. C.
      had cooperated with
   4. D.
      was trying to beg
2. 2.

   From the passage, we learn that___.

   1. A.
      the woman was lucky to miss her flight
   2. B.
      some people just never run out of good luck
   3. C.
      robbers will get what they deserve
   4. D.
      if you feel yourself lucky, you will continue to be so
3. 3.

   According to the author, which of the following is the right attitude to adopt towards life?

   1. A.
      Don't waste your time and energy because time is limited.
   2. B.
      There's no need to worry or get frustrated.Just believe in yourself.
   3. C.
      Even when everything seems to be going well, we should keep fully alert.
   4. D.
      Worrying about what you don't have means you miss out on opportunities for other things.
4. 4.

   The stories are intended to tell us___.

   1. A.
      fortune only favors the prepared mind
   2. B.
      gains and losses go hand in hand
   3. C.
      misfortune might be a blessing
   4. D.
      we should save up for a rainy day

A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and   1 , “This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting   2 . The friend would   3   the guns for the king. But this time he had   4  done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the   5  the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and   6  imprisoned his friend.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者)   __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and   8  him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they   9  that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So  10  the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was   11  of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the  12  to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he  13  to tell the friend all that had just happened.
“I feel  14  for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”
“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”
“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”
“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15  !”

A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and   1 , “This is good!”

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting   2 . The friend would   3   the guns for the king. But this time he had   4  done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.

Examining the   5  the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and   6  imprisoned his friend.

About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者)   __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and   8  him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they   9  that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So  10  the king, they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was   11  of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the  12  to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he  13  to tell the friend all that had just happened.

“I feel  14  for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”

“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”

“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”

“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15  !”

1.                A．joking          B．remarking       C．announcing    D．whispering

2.                A．expectation     B．experience      C．expedition D．experiment

3.                A．prepare        B．arrange         C．carry D．hold

4.                A．deliberately     B．apparently      C．naturally  D．specially

5.                A．thumb         B．king            C．gun  D．situation

6.                A．angrily         B．calmly          C．regretfully D．joyfully

7.                A．caught         B．warned         C．robbed   D．hunted

8.                A．connected      B．related         C．wrapped  D．fastened

9.                A．observed       B．understood      C．noticed   D．complained

10.               A．untying         B．forgiving        C．overlooking    D．beating

11.               A．recalled        B．accused        C．informed  D．reminded

12.               A．house          B．jail            C．village D．kingdom

13.               A．stopped        B．hesitated       C．continued D．refused

14.               A．fortunate       B．foolish         C．guilty D．painful

15.               A．burnt          B．cooked         C．fired  D．eaten