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

Be ________—you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.(2012·山东，33)

A．reasonable? B．confident

C．creative D．grateful

You should be grateful to your employees, because you wouldn't be＿you are now without them.

A. why? B. how? C. where? D. which

Be _______ — you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.

A. reasonable                      B. confident               C. creative                 D. grateful

 Be ___________ ---you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.