He lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the arms of his younger brother. In order to take care of him, his younger brother became his ___1___, never leaving him alone for years. __2__ writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.

As the two brothers grew up together, they had their __3__ of problems and they would often quarrel. Then one day, his younger brother wanted to ___4___ from him, living his own life. So he was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.

A __5__ misfortune struck a girl, too. One night her mother, who suffered from mental illness, __6__. So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to prepare meals for her parents, __7__ to overturn the kerosene （煤油） light on the stove，__8__ in a fire which took her hands away.

Though her elder sister showed her willingness to take __39__ of her, she was determined to be completely independent. And most of all she learned to be self-reliant. Once she wrote the following in her composition：“I am __10__ . Though I lost my arms，I still have legs. Though my wings are broken，my heart can still    11___ .”

　　One day，the boy and the girl were both __12__ to a television interview program. The boy told the TV host about his __13__ future at being left on his own, while the girl was full of   14__ for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote：My younger brother's arms are my arms;    15__ the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.

They had both endured （忍受） the same sufferings, but their different attitudes determined the __16__ of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. Disasters can strike at __17__ time. How you deal with misfortune is the true    18__ of your character. If you choose only to   19__ and escape from the suffering，it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong，the hardship will turn __20__ to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

1. A．shelter                     B．shade                   C．chain                      D．shadow

2. A．But for                       B．Except for            C．Instead of               D．Due to

3. A．share                       B．case                       C．lack                        D．fear

4. A．benefit                    B．return                    C．separate                  D．differ

5. A．serious                       B．sudden                    C．terrible                    D．similar

6. A．recovered                B．disappeared             C．lost                  D．escaped

7. A．only                           B．even                 C．still                         D．hardly

8. A．taking                      B．succeeding              C．resulting                 D．getting

9. A．care                           B．charge                    C．advantage               D．photos

10. A．practical                   B．lucky               　　C．happy                     D．bored

11. A．break                        B．beat                        C．fly                          D．jump

12. A．invited                   B．attracted          　　C．introduced                     D．committed

13. A．secure                      B．bright                     C．great                      D．uncertain

14. A．pressure                   B．enthusiasm       　　C．regret                            D．demand

15. A．as                            B．so                   　　C．while                      D．even if

16. A．nature               　　B．risk                        C．type                    D．secret

17. A．some                 　　B．no                          C．all                          D．any

18. A．symbol                     B．meaning      　　C．test                   D．outbreak

19. A．complain           　　B．suffer                C．struggle           D．involve

20. A．up                            B．out                         C．over                       D．back

He lost his arms in an accident that killed his father．Since then, he has had to depend on the 1    of his younger brother． For the sake of taking care of him, his younger brother became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years． Except for writing with his toes, he was completely 2    to do anything in his life．

As the two brothers grew up together, they had their share of     3    and they would often quarrel．Then one day, his younger brother wanted to    4    from him, living his own life． So he was heart-broken and didn't know what to do．

A similar misfortune befell （降临于） a girl, too． One night her mother, who suffered from mental illness,    5   ． So her father went out looking for her mother．She tried to prepare meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene （煤油） light on the stove，resulting in a fire which took her hands away．

Though her elder sister showed her willingness to take care of her, she was determined to be 6    independent． And most of all she learned to be self-reliant（靠自己）． Once she wrote the following in her composition：“I am    7   ． Though I lost my arms, I still have legs． Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     8    ．”

　　One day，the boy and the girl were both invited to a television interview program．The boy told the TV host about his  9  future at being left on his own, while the girl was full of  10 for her life．They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes．The boy wrote：My younger brother's arms are my arms;     11    the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart．

They had both endured （忍受） the same sufferings, but their different    12   determined the nature of their lives． It is true that life is unpredictable．Disasters can strike at any time． How you deal with misfortune is the true    13    of your character．If you choose only to    14    or escape from the suffering, it will always follow you wherever you go．But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a    15    on which new hopes will arise．

1． A． comfort                B． hands                    C． advice                   D． arms

2． A． active                   B． unable                   C． keen                   D． skilful

3． A． problems               B． thoughts                C． tastes                    D． events

4． A． suffer                   B． leave                   C． separate                D． differ

5． A． recovered            B． returned                C． retired          D． disappeared

6． A． simply                  B． completely        C． possibly                D． partly

7． A． lucky                    B． happy                   C． stressful                D． relaxed

8． A． break                    B． beat                      C． fly                        D． imagine  

9． A． uncertain               B． bright                    C． awful                    D． remote

10． A． pressure              B． confidence            C． regret                   D． doubt

11． A． for                      B． so                        C． while                    D． and

12． A． attitudes          B． hopes              C． characters        D． experiences

13． A． meaning              B． value           C． power              D． test

14． A． protest                B． complain        C． struggle             D． involve

15． A． disaster               B． career                   C． fortune                 D． forecast

　　Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold．

　　Marriage is like vitamins: we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements．

　　Love me little, love me long．

　　After you read the three proverbs above, you can imagine what the following passage is about．

　　To a watching world, Mike and Mary Murray were a perfect couple．They had been high school sweethearts, and 　1　 to have a happy marriage．Mike had a good job, and Mary was able to 　2　 at home with their children．They owned their home and 　3　 kids, two cars, and a family dog．　4　 to Mike, after seven years of marriage, something was terribly wrong．The Murrays had 　5　 their material goals and Mike 　6　 , now what? He began to look to his job for fulfillment and often 　7　 60 hours a week．Mary poured herself into the children．It was so 　8　 for her to turn her focus from Mike to 6-month-old Eric and 2-year-old Brittany．

　　And now the marriage seemed 　9　 ．Their lives were traveling in two different directions．They no longer really communicated yes, they answered 　10　 questions, but they didn't talk 　11　 as they had in the early years of their marriage．Mike felt trapped．I 　12　 had time to do things that I wanted to, he says．Mike did not share his feelings with Mary．Instead, he followed the slippery path of many others he became involved with (与……纠缠不清) a woman at work, who was 　13　 her husband．It began as a simple friendship．I was able to listen and she was able to listen, Mike recalls．

　　Mary 　14　 the battle in Mike's soul．He wasn't home as much, and we weren't talking as much, she says．I was wrapped up in the kids and I just couldn't imagine anything ever 　15　．The situation became worse when the Murrays attended a wedding and began to argue．Mary asked Mike if he was seeing 　16　 and he said, Yes．It's just an emotional (情感的) thing．Mike can still remember the 　17　 of hurt and total surprise on Mary's face．She was troubled, and he knew that he had turned against (背叛) his best friend 　18　 high school．The expression on her face jarred (刺激) him into 　19　 , and he began to understand the 　20　 he was doing to his family．

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Want to be a happy married couple? Consider having kids．

A new study found that having children boosts happiness．And the more, literally, the merrier．

But unmarried couples shouldn’t expect to find greater happiness through child-raising．The study, published in the Oct．14 online edition of the Journal of Happiness Studies, suggests that having children has little or no effect on boosting happiness among couples who aren’t hitched(和谐)．

The findings contradict previous research that suggested that having more offspring doesn't lead to greater happiness and might even make people less satisfied with their lives．One theory behind the conclusion is that parents don’t receive many rewards in return for the hard work of raising children．

The new study, however, notes that parents say children are one of the most important things in their lives, if not the most important．

The study found that life satisfaction for married people -- women especially -- goes up the more kids they have．Single, separated and co-habiting people, by contrast, report negative experiences．

“One is tempted to advance that children make people rich under the ‘right conditions’ -- a time in life when people feel that they are ready, or at least willing, to enter parenthood,” Dr．Luis Angeles, of the University of Glasgow in Scotland, said in a news release from the journal’s publisher．“This time can come at very different moments for different individuals, but a likely signal of its approach may well be the act of marriage．”

he underlined word “offspring” in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by _____．

     A．generation      B．children         C．mothers         D．marriage

The best title of this passage should be _______．

     A．Children Are the Source of Happiness

     B．Are You Happy Married Couple?

     C．Married with Children Paves Way to Happiness

     D．The Right Conditions of Having Children

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

     A．The more children women have, the happier they are．

     B．The more children the married women have, the more unsatisfied they become．

     C．Raising kids can give any person happiness．

     D．Without marriage, one woman had better not raise kids．

In the passage, the underlined part ‘right conditions’ refers to _______．

   A．a time when the couple are ready and willing to become parents

   B．the situation where the family is rich enough to raise a child

   C．the situation where the couple are very happy

   D．a time when the couple thinks raising children can boost happiness

My grandson is seven now. He lives 100 miles away. He  36 my mobile phone number when he was only four.  37 , he has called me every night.
He also  38  calls me at other times during the day just to  39  a happy or sad moment. Many times he is holding a basketball with one hand, or  40  with a friend about something I don’t quite  41 , or crying about something. I just  42  and laugh or cry with him — just share his emotion. I always let him be in  43  of the conversation, the emotion, and the amount of time he’s on the  44  with me. Many times I just listen to him  45  or listen while he does his homework aloud.
The  46  time I take control of the conversation is when he’s  47  to say goodbye at night. Then I say, “I love you, baby”. One  48  I thought maybe he was  49  of hearing those words, so I didn’t say them. He immediately called me back and told me that I  50  to say the sentence! Since then I have never  51  saying it again!
All my friends know he takes precedence over (比……重要) all other things. If I’m at a place where I really can’t take his  52 , I always excuse myself and  53  tell him I’ll call him back in a few minutes. I want him to know that he takes first place in my  54 .
Every child needs at least one  55  in their life to listen and share with. I am glad to give my grandson the love he needs.