I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've      that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully      today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never      while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The      is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once      a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend      Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her      son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He      he was racing those cars around a great track, which in      was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable      for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to      , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？”      to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother       . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me;       it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a       hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to     , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past       and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the      ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the       of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I     . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

小题1:	A．discovered　 B．inferred C．preferred D．worried

小题2:	A．spend B．live C．affect D．enjoy

小题3:	A．struggle B．work C．succeed D．concentrate

小题4:	A．story B．fact C．idea D．figure

小题5:	A．wrote B．told C．knew D．heard

小题6:	A．saw B．recognized C．met D．visited

小题7:	A．careful B．small C．lonely D．clever

小题8:	A．pretended B．believed C．insisted D．suggested

小题9:	A．fact B．case C．turn D．need

小题10:

A．cared B．asked C．won D．looked

小题11:

A．act B．leave C．play D．wait

小题12:

A．running B．getting C．pointing D．shouting

小题13:

A．shouted B．noticed C．suffered D．breathed

小题14:

A．selling B．keeping C．earning D．sharing

小题15:

A．special B．comfortable C．expensive D．necessary

小题16:

A．rest B．cheat C．stop D．sit

小题17:

A．difficulties B．events C．failures D．achievements

小题18:

A．time B．future C．body D．brain

小题19:

A．idea B．meaning C．dreams D．thoughts

小题20:

A．obey B．permit C．wish D．agree

There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.
When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(钟爱). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.
But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”
They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然袭击）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.
Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.
“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.
小题1:When did the couple first meet?

A．In 1940.

B．In 1939.

C．In 1941.

D．In 1942

小题2:Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?

A．She is an environmentalist.

B．She can’t afford a new one.

C．She values the card very much.

D．She doesn’t want to waste money.

小题3:What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?

A．It was first given to Doris on a plane.

B．It is usually kept in their cupboard

C．It was made by hand by Mr. Ward.

D．It is sent to Doris by post every year.

小题4:By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means __________.

A．The card records their romance

B．The card will still be used in future

C．They both treasure the very card

D．Their affections are still strong

Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact(接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?
It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry.
Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey （调查）by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.
Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.
Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.
小题1:The writer mainly _________ in this article.

A．tells us how to achieve personal space

B．explains what personal space people need is

C．introduces some knowledge about personal space

D．argues for the importance of keeping personal space

小题2:Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?

A．A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume.

B．A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time.

C．A person who hears strange noises when reading at home.

D．A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him.

小题3:What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?

A．People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before.

B．People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times.

C．There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs.

D．Food service is better provided than seats on the plane.

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses.

B．If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated.

C．People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space.

D．Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space.

Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery game. To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X. If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables is going to be greater. So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money. Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period. This was a tough decision.
Finally, Sam flipped a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000. Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.
Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $110,000. And the insurance company for the little sports car's owner sued Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn't play the state lottery any more. He says it's better to be unlucky.
小题1:When Sam won the second thing that he’d won in his life, he was ______.  

A．25 years old

B．six years old

C．76 years old

D．sixty years old

小题2:To win the game, the contestants had to make ______ guesses.    

A．three

B．two

C．six

D．four

小题3:Sam won the lottery because ______.

A．he was lucky	B．he was good at math
C．he was smart	D．he was tough

小题4:Sam’s experience shows that ______

A．everything has its time and that time must be watched.

B．he who risks nothing, gains nothing.

C．everything comes to him who waits.

D．he who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.

My name is Margaret. I have been a professional      for twenty years. I’m always      how sorrow and pain can bring such wonderful gifts as wisdom, patience and love.   , we often get so caught up in the daily necessities and routines that we      the very things that can bring us    and teach us many valuable lessons.
I was hired to      a very special lady. I was to prepare meals for her, make sure she took her medicine     , do light housekeeping, and provide transportation to and from the market and her doctor’s appointments. All of these      were important and necessary so that she could remain     . Our focus was just that -    her to remain living independently.
It was on a cold rainy night. She turned her little head and smelt her
pillow after she had      got into bed. I observed tears running from her eyes. She said, “It’s been such a long time since I’ve had      sheets; I love the      of fresh clean sheets. I couldn’t      the sheets myself anymore. Thank you so much for changing my sheets. ”
Such a simple      as smelling clean sheets brought such great joy to her life. That was the day I      unconditional care. The next day we sat down and      what was important to her, what she liked, and how she had done things all these years. I never knew how much I would enjoy and learn from her      her life experiences with me. She was the sunshine in my life.
I’m so      for the lessons I have learned - the lessons I almost     because I forgot to slow down to look and see the beauty that was right in front of me.

小题1:	A．teacher B．doctor C．coach D．caregiver

小题2:	A．worried B．confused C．amazed D．interested

小题3:	A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Though

小题4:	A．value B．admire C．acquire D．ignore

小题5:	A．wisdom B．joy C．knowledge D．wealth

小题6:	A．care for B．look for C．call up D．pick up

小题7:	A．constantly B．happily C．properly D．immediately

小题8:	A．lessons B．tasks C．meals D．gifts

小题9:	A．calm B．confident C．comfortable D．independent

小题10:

A．helping B．forcing C．persuading D．advising

小题11:

A．also B．even C．still D．just

小题12:

A．new B．clean C．expensive D．beautiful

小题13:

A．style B．size C．smell D．color

小题14:

A．make B．repair C．change D．buy

小题15:

A．pleasure B．success C．offer D．desire

小题16:

A．needed B．learned C．took D．got

小题17:

A．dealt with B．took up C．carried out D．talked about

小题18:

A．sharing B．comparing C．discussing D．recalling

小题19:

A．famous B．sorry C．anxious D．thankful

小题20:

A．accepted B．missed C．understood D．gained

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was treated as the apple of their eyes.
One morning, when the boy was around two years old, the husband saw a       bottle open. He was       for work, so he       the wife to cap the bottle and put it in the cupboard. The mother,       in the kitchen, totally       the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and       went to it and, fascinated with its color, drank it all. It       to be a poisonous medicine meant       adults in small dosages. When the child fell down, the mother       hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was shocked; she was       . How would she       her husband?
When the       father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. What do you think those four words were? The husband just said, "I       You Darling", which is totally       .
Yet, the father did the very right thing. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no       in finding fault with the mother.       , if only he had taken time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened. No point in attaching       . She had also lost her only child. What she       at that moment was comfort and sympathy from the husband. That is what he       her.
Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who's to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know and miss out on the       in human relationships we could receive by giving each other support.

小题1:	A．medicine B．milk C．juice D．beer

小题2:	A．early B．soon C．late D．punctual

小题3:	A．asked B．demanded C．begged D．forced

小题4:	A．concerned B．enjoyed C．fixed D．occupied

小题5:	A．remembered B．reminded C．forgot D．recalled

小题6:	A．carefully B．playfully C．personally D．physically

小题7:	A．occurred B．happened C．used D．seemed

小题8:	A．to B．for C．by D．with

小题9:	A．finally B．nearly C．possibly D．immediately

小题10:

A．terrified B．encouraged C．embarrassed D．touched

小题11:

A．face B．scold C．call D．inform

小题12:

A．kind-hearted B．broad-minded C．heart-broken D．good-natured

小题13:

A．Miss B．Hate C．Support D．Love

小题14:

A．acceptable B．respectable C．unexpected D．understandable

小题15:

A．point B．wonder C．use D．need

小题16:

A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．Besides

小题17:

A．praise B．sadness C．blame D．insult

小题18:

A．thought B．needed C．required D．learnt

小题19:

A．gave B．owed C．treated D．left

小题20:

A．peace B．warmth C．coldness D．balance

When  I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My        took me by train or by car to a hotel by the       . All day, I seem to remember, I       on the sands with strange       children. We made houses and gardens, and        the tide (潮汐) destroy (破坏, 毁坏) them. When the tide went out, we        over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the        seemed to shine always brightly        the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country,        ruined (毁灭的) houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were       in one's pockets or good places where one could        ice-creams. Each day seemed a life-time. 
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good        is much the same as it was. I       like the sun and warm sand and the sound of _      beating the rocks. I no longer wish to        any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.       , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I        what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am       . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about        who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make        sick on too many ices.

小题1:	A．teacher B．parents C．nurse D．doctor

小题2:	A．sea B．lake C．mountain D．forest

小题3:	A．played B．slept C．sat D．stood

小题4:	A．moved B．excited C．worried D．nervous

小题5:	A．made B．brought C．watched D．heard

小题6:	A．rolled B．jumped C．turned D．climbed

小题7:	A．light B．sun C．moon D．lamp

小题8:	A．and B．yet C．but D．or

小题9:	A．exploring B．examining C．repairing D．measuring

小题10:

A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money

小题11:

A．make B．sell C．buy D．offer

小题12:

A．house B．holiday C．garden D．tide

小题13:

A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps

小题14:

A．waves B．water C．hands D．birds

小题15:

A．destroy B．fix C．use D．build

小题16:

A．But B．However C．Or D．Yet

小题17:

A．wonder B．feel C．understand D．believe

小题18:

A．strong B．weak C．young D．old

小题19:

A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups

小题20:

A．herself B．himself C．itself D．themselves

There was a wonderful old man who loved everything.
One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man      a cocoon（茧）. He        to take the cocoon home to watch its        from a little cocoon to a beautiful butterfly.
He softly placed the cocoon on his kitchen table and        it for days.
One day the cocoon started to move. It moved quickly! The old man felt        for the little butterfly inside. He watched it struggle（挣扎）and struggle! So he softly cut the cocoon with a knife so the butterfly could        more quickly. The butterfly broke free from its cocoon,        couldn’t move at all.
The old man didn’t know why and decided the        thing he could do for the butterlfy was to place it softly back into its cocoon.
He placed a drop of honey on it to        the cocoon, leaving the butterfly in its        state.
The next day he noticed that the cocoon was moving       . It struggled and struggled.        the butterfly broke free from its cocoon. Its beautiful wings were filled with wonderful colors! It took off! It was       !
That wonderful butterfly flew and flew till it was        out of the old man’s sight. What a       ! He shouted. But then he started to think. What did I do        at first? The old man went to the library and read every        he could find on butterflies and cocoons.
Finally the        appeared. The butterfly has to struggle while        the cocoon. That’s how it gets its strength（力量）. That’s just why they are created to        in order to be strong and beautiful.

小题1:	A．lost B．ate C．found D．threw

小题2:	A．refused B．feared C．decided D．agreed

小题3:	A．dream B．change C．mistake D．difference

小题4:	A．beat B．cooked C．watched D．caught

小题5:	A．ready B．good C．happy D．sorry

小题6:	A．go back B．give up C．come in D．come out

小题7:	A．and B．but C．so D．or

小题8:	A．best B．easiest C．worst D．hardest

小题9:	A．create B．mend C．fill D．open

小题10:

A．warm B．clean C．strange D．natural

小题11:

A．again B．later C．alone D．too

小题12:

A．Usually B．Generally C．Unfortunately D．Finally

小题13:

A．drinking B．running C．flying D．smiling

小题14:

A．never B．still C．almost D．always

小题15:

A．joy B．pity C．fool D．shame

小题16:

A．well B．simply C．wrong D．fast

小题17:

A．letter B．diary C．picture D．book

小题18:

A．news B．plan C．person D．answer

小题19:

A．behind B．inside C．under D．beside

小题20:

A．learn B．struggle C．work D．understand

I remember the first time that I was extremely happy, I was about 8 years old when for the first time, there was a computer in the classroom. I remember that my teacher allowed each student to take turns to play various educational games on the computer. One day, I found the source code for one of these games. Without knowing or being taught any programming language, I was able to figure out some of the BASIC code. I just gave myself a limitless number of lives in the game, so I could continue playing it forever. This was also my first introduction to algebra, and I didn’t even know it at the time. This was a decisive moment in my life. I was quite excited because of what I was learning and what I was able to do. As a result, I was enthusiastic for the rest of my life about self-learning and computers, and I was quite happy doing them too.
I’ve noticed that people who are truly content with life are enthusiastic about what they do. This enthusiasm, along with good health, is the key to being happy. It also leads to self-confidence and content in life too. It may also lead to success, wealth and achievements.
Success, wealth or achievements can also bring some people happiness, yet I know plenty of rich people who are unhappy. I know many people with successful businesses that are not happy with what they are doing. I know people who continuously buy themselves new toys, such as cars, computers, and televisions, yet never seem content for too long. Please remember, happiness is the journey of life, not the destination.
小题1:What can we know from Paragraph 1?

A．The author has a great talent for algebra.

B．Creative thinking is necessary for every child.

C．The BASIC code of the computer is not difficult.

D．The author’s experience in his childhood changed his life.

小题2:The author wants to tell us through the first paragraph that____.

A．interest is the best teacher

B．children are the hope of the future

C．young people are fearless

D．where there’s a will , there’s a way

小题3:What is the secret of happiness in the author’s opinion?

A．Success and wealth.

B．Gifts and self-confidence.

C．Enthusiasm and good health.

D．Knowledge and achievements.

小题4:We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.

A．rich people generally feel unhappy

B．wealth can’t bring people any happiness

C．one will feel unhappy once he has gained all the things he wants

D．being enthusiastic about what you are doing is more important than wealth

When Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments __   he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to        so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just        to be a 2000-step process."
Rudolph was born prematurely (早产) and her        was doubtful. At age 4, she had a high fever,        her with a paralyzed leg. At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had        on and began to walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk, which doctors said was a       . For the next few years she        one race after another but always came in last. Everyone told her to      , but she kept on running. One day she actually won a race. And then another.         this little girl, who was told she would never walk again, went on to win three Olympic gold medals.
When Bell invented the telephone in 1876, President Rutherford said, "That's an        invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?" In the 1940s, another young        named Carlson took his idea to 20 corporations,        some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In 1947 — after seven long years of rejections! - He        got a tiny company in New York, the Haloid Company, to        the rights to his invention. Haloid became Xerox Corporation we know today.
Character cannot be        in ease and quiet. Only        experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success       . You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience       you really stop to look fear in the face.... You must do the thing you cannot do. And remember, the finest steel gets sent through the hottest furnace（熔炉）. A        is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS!

小题1:	A．after B．before C．since D．until

小题2:	A．win B．gain C．fail D．lose

小题3:	A．seemed B．pretended C．appeared D．happened

小题4:	A．survival B．challenge C．rescue D．illness

小题5:	A．making B．leaving C．reaching D．causing

小题6:	A．depended B．supported C．trusted D．believed

小题7:	A．success B．achievement C．victory D．miracle

小题8:	A．joined B．attended C．entered D．escaped

小题9:	A．quit B．hold C．take D．refuse

小题10:

A．Fortunately B．Immediately C．Unbelievably D．Eventually

小题11:

A．adorable B．awkward C．amazing D．acceptable

小题12:

A．inventor B．discoverer C．director D．doctor

小题13:

A．supposing B．considering C．regarding D．including

小题14:

A．finally B．willingly C．primarily D．casually

小题15:

A．pay B．win C．sell D．purchase

小题16:

A．born B．produced C．developed D．gained

小题17:

A．for B．through C．due to D．across

小题18:

A．achieved B．made C．caused D．left

小题19:

A．when B．where C．which D．what

小题20:

A．challenger B．loser C．winner D．volunteer