Be Grateful to Life

Once President Roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt’s friends   1  to him and advised him not to take it to his  2  so much. President Roosevelt wrote back immediately,  3  ,”Dear friend, thank you for your letter to   4   me. I’m all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me   5  ; secondly, the thief has   6  some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most   7  for me, it was the man   8  me who became a thief”

It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from.  9 , President Roosevelt had such three reasons to be so.  10  .This story tells us how we can   11  to be grateful in our life.?? Being grateful is an important philosophy of life and a great wisdom. It is   12   for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time  13  he lives in the world. We should learn how to face   14  or misfortune bravely and generously and to try to   15   it. If so, should we complain about our life and become   16  and disappointed ever since then or should we be grateful for our life,  17   again ourselves after a fall? William Thackeray, a famous British writer, said, “Life is a   18  . When you smile in front of it , it will also smile and so will it   19   you cry to it.” If you are grateful to life, it will bring you shining sunlight. If you always complain about everything, you   20   own nothing in the end.

1．A．wrote                B．spoke                     C．talked                    D．turned

2．A．soul                  B．heart                       C．mind                      D．memory

3．A．telling                B．speaking                 C．saying                    D．writing

4．A．please                B．satisfy                    C．help                        D．comfort

5．A．above all            B．at all                       C．in all                       D．after all

6．A．grabbed             B．snatched                 C．robbed                    D．stolen

7．A．luckily               B．unfortunately           C．unhappily                D．happily

8．A．rather than         B．other than               C．more than               D．less than

9．A．Besides              B．However                 C．Yet                         D．Therefore

10．A．pitiful              B．merciful                  C．helpful                    D．grateful

11．A．appreciate        B．express                   C．show                      D．learn

12．A．possible           B．impossible        C．important                D．vital

13．A．as soon as       B．as long as                C．as far as                 D．as well as

14．A．wisdom           B．failure                     C．success                  D．life

15．A．deal with        B．go with                  C．work with              D．fight with

16．A．delighted          B．brave                      C．frustrated                D．excited

17．A．raise                B．rise                         C．lie                          D．climb

18．A．stage               B．play                        C．mirror                    D．style

19．A．before             B．after                       C．until                       D．when

20．A．may                B．must                       C．shall                       D．will

Once President Roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt’s friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his 　21 so much. President Roosevelt wrote back immediately, saying,” Dear friend, thank you for your letter to 　22 me. I’m all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not 　23 me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things 　24 all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man 　25 me who became a thief…”

It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from…. However, President Roosevelt had such three reasons to be so 　26 . This story tells us how we can learn to be grateful in our life.

Being grateful is an important philosophy of life and a great wisdom…. It is impossible for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time 　 27 he lives in the world. We should learn how to face failure or misfortune bravely and 　 28 and to try to deal with it. If so, should we complain about our life and become 　 29 and disappointed ever since then or should we be grateful for our life, 　30 again ourselves after a fall? William Thackeray, a famous British writer, said, “Life is a mirror. When you smile in front of it, it will also smile and 　31 will it when you cry to it.” If you are grateful to life, it will bring you shining sunlight. If you always complain about everything, you may own 32 in the end. When we are successful, we can 　33 have many reasons for being grateful, but we have only one excuse to show ungratefulness if we fail.

I think we should even be grateful to life 　34 we are unsuccessful or unlucky. Only by doing this can we find our weakness and shortcomings when we fail. We can also get 　35 and warmth when we are unlucky. This can help us find our courage to overcome the difficulties we may face, and receive great impetus (动力) to 　36 . We should treat our frustration and misfortune in our life　　　 37 just as President Roosevelt did. We should be grateful all the time and keep having a healthy　 38 to our life forever, keep having perfect characters and enterprising spirit. Being grateful is not only a kind of comfort, not 　39 from life and nor thinking of winning in spirit like Ah Q. Being grateful is a way to sing for our life which comes just from our love and 40 .

21. A. mind　　　 　　 B. heart　　　 　　　　　 C. head　　 　　 　　D. nerve

22. A. consider　　 　 B. persuade　　　 　　 C. blame　 　　　　　　　 D. comfort

23. A. hurt　　　　 　 B. rob　　　 　　　 　　C. kill　　　 　　　 D. notice

24. A. in spite of　　 B. regardless of　　　 C. instead of　　 　　　 D. in need of

25. A. rather than　　 B. other than　　　 　　 C. no other than　　　 　　　 D. not more than

26. A. comfortable　　 B. happy　　 　　　　　　 C. lucky　 　　　　　　　 D. grateful

27. A. so long as　 　 B. because　 　　　　　　 C. even though　 　　　 D. if only

28. A. successfully　 B. gratefully　　 　　　 C. sincerely　 　　　　　 D. generously

29. A. frustrated 　　B. surprised　　 　　　 C. shocked 　　　　　　　 D. frightened

30. A. arise 　　　　　 B. hold　　　 　 　　　 C. rise　　　　 　　　　 D. understand

31. A. such　 　　 　　　 B. nor　 　　　　　　 　　C. so　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. either

32. A. something　 　　 B. none　 　　　　　　　　 C. nothing　 　　　　　　　 D. anything

33. A. hardly 　　　　　　 B. surely　　　 　　　　 C. impossibly　　 　　　 D. clearly

34. A. however　　　 B. whenever　　 　　　　 C. wherever　　　 　　 D. whether

35. A. relief　　　 　　 B. faith　　　 　　　　　 C. confidence　　　 D. inspiration

36. A. get on 　　　　　　 B. work on　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. take on　 　　　　　　 D. move on

37. A. in no way　　 B. in the other way　 C. in a good way　 　 D. by the way

38. A. attitude 　　 　　　 B. way　 　　　　　　　　　 C. belief　 　　　　　　 D. thought

39. A. an expectation B. an appreciation　　 C. a complaint　　 　　 D. an escape

40. A. experience　　 B. failure　 　　　　　　　　 C. hope　 　　　　　　　　 D. thought