短文填词
Dear Ralph,
I’m a middle school student. I’m writing to tell you my problem _______ has troubled me for a long time. It is the_______ (关系) between my mother and me. My mother is a university professor, _______ works very hard. She is strict with me, but she is so _______ with her work that she finds little to t_______ to me. I love her and I do well in my studies, but I still feel a little a_______ of her because she loses her temper _______(容易地). I don’t know how to communicate with her. Maybe we should _______(交换) our feelings and t_______ in a right way. I wish we knew more about each other and _______ each other better. What can I do?
Best wishes!
Yours,
Tom

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch   11  the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could   12  it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried   13  to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldn’t budge.  14 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father   15    him. Together they pushed the   16  
aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable   17 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are   18      by resources that can be mobilized (调动) to help us
  19  our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we   20  to ask for help because of   21  or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of   22  to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even   23      
asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
It’s   24  that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes   25  resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.
【小题1】.

A．falling

B．stopping

C．blocking

D．cutting

【小题2】.

A．lift

B．move

C．carry

D．throw

【小题3】.

A．mightily

B．carefully

C．hardly

D．painfully

【小题4】.

A．Excited

B．Surprised

C．Discouraged

D．Unexpected

【小题5】.

A．taught

B．joined

C．pushed

D．praised

【小题6】.

A．stone

B．branch

C．road

D．tree

【小题7】.

A．job

B．way

C．lesson

D．resource

【小题8】.

A．hidden

B．cheated

C．covered

D．surrounded

【小题9】.

A．set

B．change

C．achieve

D．discover

【小题10】.

A．try

B．fail

C．manage

D．stop

【小题11】.

A．pride

B．mood

C．pity

D．strength

【小题12】.

A．politeness

B．slightness

C．kindness

D．weakness

【小题13】.

A．use up

B．refer to

C．think about

D．carry out

【小题14】.

A．important

B．likely

C．possible

D．acceptable

【小题15】.

A．another

B．outer

C．natural

D．further

Our thoughts, words, and actions often cause harm to others and to us. Without reconciliation (和解), we cannot deepen our understanding and only cause more suffering. "Beginning Anew" is a(n)   1  of reconciliation. It involves three steps —— sharing appreciation, expressing   2  , and expressing hurt and difficulties.
In the first step, we share appreciation. We acknowledge the   3  qualities of the other person. The second step——expressing regret, is to  4 with the other person our regrets for the things we have done or said that might have caused him or her  5 . This requires humility (谦逊), and the   6  to let go of our own pride. In the third step, we express our own hurt with mindful and loving   7  without blaming or criticizing. We speak in such a way that the other person can listen and   8 our words. If we blame the other person, his heart will   9   and he will not be able to hear us. We ask the other person to help us to understand why he has spoken and acted as he has, causing us so much pain. Perhaps, later, he can share his feelings so that we can understand him more deeply. If a strong   10  arises in us while we are expressing our suffering, we should simply   11  and come back to our breathing until the emotion becomes   12 . The other person can   13  us by following his breathing until we are ready to continue. We can enjoy practicing "Beginning Anew" with our partner, our family, or our friends   14 . By doing this, we will   15  misunderstandings from accumulating. Rather, we will take care of them as they arise, as we take care of our children.

1.	A.	method	B.	practice	C.	example	D.	experience
2.	A.	concern	B.	belief	C.	regret	D.	sympathy
3.	A.	positive	B.	poor	C.	confident	D.	selfish
4.	A.	chat	B.	compare	C.	debate	D.	share
5.	A.	pain	B.	anxiety	C.	confusion	D.	loss
6.	A.	willingness	B.	kindness	C.	happiness	D.	weakness
7.	A.	speech	B.	letter	C.	story	D.	question
8.	A.	choose	B.	accept	C.	spread	D.	change
9.	A.	open	B.	close	C.	beat	D.	melt
10.	A.	emotion	B.	responsibility	C.	value	D.	interest
11.	A.	continue	B.	stop	C.	leave	D.	repeat
12.	A.	quieter	B.	warmer	C.	deeper	D.	stronger
13.	A.	forget	B.	support	C.	hate	D.	remember
14.	A.	quickly	B.	carefully	C.	regularly	D.	willingly
15.	A.	prevent	B.	protect	C.	separate	D.	forbid

 

阅读下面短文，根据所给语境，按要求完成下列各题。
Failure is what often happens. It is everywhere in our life. Students may fail in exams, scientists may fail in their research work, and players may fail in competitions. (A) Although failure happens to everyone, but different people’s attitudes(态度) towards failure are different.
Some people don’t think that their failure is an important thing at all. So they pay no attention to it. As a result, they will have the (B)      failure later. Some people think they themselves are fools and lose their hearts in everything after they get failure. Then they(C)      
their time and energy on useless things. At last, they may really be fools as they have thought.
（D）Other people are quite different from these two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of being hopeless and lost, they draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced. (E) they, after, will ,hard, in, work, be , the, successful , end. So we should draw a lesson from every failure and become more experienced.
【小题1】 (A)处句中有一处错误，请找出并改正。（可用文字叙述）
                                                                           
【小题2】在( B )、(C )处的横线上分别填上一个单词（B）        （C）           
【小题3】将(D)处句子译成汉语：                                              。
【小题4】 将(E)处的单词连成句子：                                           
                                                                           
【小题5】请从下面的选项中给短文选个标题，将答案标号填在此横线上：             

A．Draw a lesson from every failure	B．The attitudes towards failure
C．Failure is everywhere in our life	D．Failure is very important

D
Over 70 percent of the "double single-child couples" in China need help from their parents in taking care of their own kids, according to a recent survey．
"Women of China" magazine and a consulting company carried out a survey recently on young couples of the "single-child" generation, the Morning Post reports．The couples surveyed were around 29 and have been married for three years on average, with university education and monthly income of 4．000 yuan ($531)．Among them, 43．5 percent have kids．
Results show that 71．9 percent of the young couples have help from their parents in taking care of their kids．
Grown up as the "single-child", the only child in a family since the family planning policy was adopted in 1979, this generation depends much on their parents．
The parents of the "single-child" generation focused more on their children's physical well-being rather than their attitudes and values, according to some psychologists．
The research also found that the "double single-child couples" follow a rather traditional value system．
Survey shows that 27．5 percent of them got married after dating for one to two years, 25．2 percent two to five years, and 20 percent didn't tie the knot until dating for five years．Also, 30 percent of the couples were schoolmates, while 43．8 percent were introduced by someone．
Since their marriage are based on enduring relationships, 65．2 percent of the husbands and 62．9 percent of the wives think that compromise(妥协)and tolerance(宽容)are necessary in their marriage．Meanwhile, 21．7 percent of the husbands and 37．1 percent of the wives support the idea that happiness is the key standard for a marriage．
71．The best title for the passage should be_______．
A．Mom and Dad,Take Care of My Kid Please
B．Bouble Single-child Couples
C．The Problem of the Single Child
D．A Recent Survey By Woman of China"
72．Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?
A．The majority of the "double single-child couples" in China depend much on their parents．
B．The parents of the “single-child”generation more care about their study and education．
C．One-fifth of the couples surveyed didn't get marriied until dating for five years．
D．All the couples surveyed have university education and 30 percent of them were schoolmates
73．Which of the following descriptions about “double single-child couples” is True ?
A．They are single child in either family and independent of their parents
B．They are single child in either family and they are dependent on their parents
C．They have at least two children and can afford to support themselves
D．They, who were introduced by someone, follow a rather traditional value system
74．The traditional value system mentioned in the passage refers that_____．
A．parents are concerned about their children’s physical life as well as the spiritual life
B．most couples were introduced by someone and made dating for a long time
C．once begun, double single-child couples’marriage will last forever
D．the couples think that compromise and tolerance are necessary in their marriage．
75．According to the passage, we can learn that ______ is necessary in marriage．
A．wealth        B．health        C．understanding D．education