A few weeks ago, I followed a friend into an art supply store. I found him picking out tubes of
water-color paint, which 1 me because he"s not an artist "I
2 up for a water-color class, and it starts next week," he said."I really don"t have 3 for it,
but it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die, so I 4 it. Every few months 1 look at the list
arid decide what to focus on next. 5 I had the list, I complained a lot about what I was 6 in my
life. Now 1 just bury myself in doing these things. Write your own list. and you"ll 7 what I mean."
So that night. I did just that, and he was right. The list revealed (显露出) a whole lot about what
was 8 to me. It also revealed how 9 behind I am at getting to the things I really want.
I filled up the first twenty 10 quickly, but then began to think carefully.
Eventually I 11 , items I"ve thought about for years, and 12 I"ve carried with me since I was
young. When I 13 he list later, some entries surprised me.
First, I want to 14 much more, particularly now that my children are 15 arid can go with me-to
see the world. I would like to take them to bike through Denmark and camp in the Canadian Rockies.
I"m also surprised to 16 some things on the list that need to be done soon. If I"m going to learn to
roller-blade (轮滑), 17 , I"d better start before I turn 50.
Like my friend, I now have an alternative to 18 .When I"m bored with life, I take out my list.
My friend told me the 19 was preparing the ground so that life could- work in mysterious ways."If
you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock (码头)," he said. Thanks to my 20 , I"m working
on some big docks.
| ( )1. A. surprised ( )2. A. made ( )3. A. interest ( )4. A. went for ( )5. A. Because ( )6. A. doing ( )7. A. admire ( )8. A. important ( )9. A. slightly ( )10. A. thoughts ( )11. A. studied ( )12. A. burdens ( )13. A. reviewed ( )14. A. play ( )15. A. wealthier ( )16. A. write ( )17. A. such as ( )18. A. complaining ( )19. A. problem ( )20. A. hobbies | B. moved B. took B. concern B. called for B. After B. missing B. abolish B. strange B. slowly B. lists B. added B. challenges B. discovered B. relax B. cleverer B. put B. for instance B. relaxing B. key B. optimism | C. pleased | D. excited D. gave D. emotion D. cared for D. Although D. engaged D. see D. special D. hopelessly D. blanks D. obtained D. responsibilities D. appreciated D. hike. D. older D. leave D. in particular D. adjusting D. question D. Wishes | ||||||||||||||
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| A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle (/JC^C)between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn"t possibly imagine how this had happened. It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out he would never hear the end of it. When the girls found out, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived. He prayed this prayer, "Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes from now I"m dead meat!" He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered. As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water. Susie tripped (绊倒) in front of the teacher and dumped (倒) the bowl of water in the boy"s lap. The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, "Thank you. Lord!" Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy was the object of sympathy. The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy was wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred (转移) to someone else+-Susie. She tried to help, but they told her to get out. When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered,"You did that on purpose, didn"t you?" Susie whispered back,"I wet my trousers once, too!" | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means ______ . | |||||||||||||||||
| A. the boys would never play with him B. the boys would treat him as usual C. he would hardly hear any praise from the boys D. he would be laughed at by the. boys endlessly | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. After Susie dumped water in his lap, the boy was in a state of _____. | |||||||||||||||||
| A. excitement B. relief C. anxiety D. anger | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. What did the other kids do after the incident? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. They offered him dry clothes. B. They laughed at the boy rudely, C. They helped the boy do the cleaning. D. They urged the boy to get out angrily. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. Why did Susie dump water in the boy"s lap? | |||||||||||||||||
| A. The boy asked her to do so. B. She just did it by accident. C. The teacher tripped her on purpose. D. She knew the boy"s embarrassment. | |||||||||||||||||
| 完形填空。 | |||||||||||||||||
| I"ve often puzzled over something that happened to me one winter when I was eight. Over the years I had been wondering if my 1 was nothing more than a kid"s imagination. There was a 2 near our house. In winter it was the greatest 3 place in the world. One 4 all I wanted to do was go skating. I had been waiting for weeks 5 the water was frozen solid. Mom had one rule: "Never ice-skate alone." But I couldn"t 6 any longer that afternoon. So I 7 my skates under my coat and ran to the pond. Several people were skating near the shore, and some kids were playing hockey. I was not really 8 . The hockey game had attracted 9 audience, so I skated in the other direction until their cheering 10 . But another noise came soon. The ice was cracking beneath me. Freezing water 11 my body, and I sank like a rock. My feet 12 the bottom. Just when I thought I wouldn"t last another 13 , I felt a tap on my shoulder."Don"t worry," someone said. I swung my 14 around. I couldn"t see anybody. But I heard the voice again, "Push your feet into the bottom and you"ll shoot straight up to the surface." I did as I was told and 15 . I crawled to the shore and lay down, 16 . The next thing I knew was people were 17 around me, covering me with coats. When I awoke, I was home in my own bed. Mom sat next to me, 18 my hand."I saw nobody there. It must be an angel that came to my 19 . " I said. Mom smiled,"I just thank God you"re safe." For a long time I thought I would 20 a more realistic explanation if I just thought hard, but I never did. | |||||||||||||||||
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