Richard’s father died when he was five. Later on he      his mother again. The poor boy had to live on his own, so he went to work for a rich farmer, who paid him nothing except food and clothes. An old woman felt      for him and often helped him. The boy wanted to go to      very much, but he had no money. But he never gave up and found some old books near the school and      himself to read and write.
There was a narrow path（小路） between two mountains which connected the village and the town. One morning people      there was a big stone on the path. It brought them difficulty: they had to cross the mountains to the town, or they had to move it away.      the stone weighed at least thirty tons and even the strongest young man couldn’t move it. They      for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.
Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, “I have a      to move it away.” But      people believed him. Some villagers even laughed at him. The night fell and people went back. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was       the next morning. They didn’t know who had moved it away. The old woman said Richard had done it all by himself.
“How could he?” the rich farmer called out, “He’s      fifteen! He couldn’t move it at all!”
“He dug(挖掘) a big hole beside the stone.” said the old woman, “and then he could       push it into the hole!”
Looking at each other, the villagers couldn’t say a word.

Angela at the age of 11years old was badly ill and she was attacked by a rare disease influencing her nerve system(神经系统). She was unable to     and her movement was limited (限制) in other ways as well．The doctors did not hold much       of her recovering from this illness. They said she would       the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They also said that few were able to come back to their     level after suffering from this disease. However, the little girl was       . There, lying in her hospital bed, she      that she was going to be walking again someday.
Angela was moved to a(an)       hospital in San Francisco, where she could get better after the illness．All the treatments(治疗)that could be used to her disease were     . The doctors praised her,       she never once thought of giving up. They taught her about      seeing herself walking. If it would do       else, it would at least give her hope and something optimistic(乐观的)in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela worked as hard as possible in physical treatment，and in exercise periods. Also she worked hard when she lay there,       herself moving，moving, moving!
One day，     she was trying，with all her determination, to imagine her legs moving again，it seemed as though something       happened: the bed moved! it began to move around the room! She       out, “Look what I'm doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved!”
Of course，at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was crying aloud and running for       .Everything started to       .People felt that the floor moved back and forth a bit like being on a boat on gentle waves(浪)．You see，it was the San Francisco earthquake．Angela didn’t know that．Instead，she felt       that she did it.
And now only a few years later, she’s back in school, on her own      . No wheelchair, no sticks to help her. You see, anyone who can shake the earth can        a little disease, can’t they?

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was hard at work on a museum project when the client(客户) suddenly canceled it. In January, my __  told me I was no longer needed. I had just $1,000 in savings.
I      one interview after searching the Internet for architecture jobs, but      came of it. Finally, I took a job as a      in a restaurant. I knew I’d have to find a place to live that    less than the $500 a month I was paying.
I went to see a bedroom for rent. The landlord(房东)      me $500 for it, but he said I could have it for $350 if he maintained control of the closet for storage, I told him later,“I don’t want the bedroom,      I’m interested in the closet” I suggested that I pay $150 a month for it. He thought I was     .
The closet measured just 5.5 feet      14 feet. With my experience, I was      I could make it into a great living space. I    it for three days. I measured old pieces of wood that people donated. It was like putting together a     .
In March, I moved in. It was a legal rental. The landlord      a door so I’d have access to a kitchen and bathroom, which I      with three other tenants(租客). I had a mini-fridge, a microwave, and a storage bin for dry goods. I      a loft(阁楼) for my bed, TV, and DVD player.
On my website, I’ve posted      of my new home, and that’s      some freelance(自由职业的) design work. A few more      and I’ll be able to afford a new place. That’s definitely a(an)      thing: My girlfriend, Susan, and I are engaged, and once we’re married next March, I’m sure I’ll leave my little closet     .
But now I know that I don’t need much to live well.

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A group of frogs was traveling through the woods and two of them fell into a pit(坑). All the other frogs gathered around it and watched as the two frogs tried to jump out. The pit was very deep and it looked as if there was no way      , so they started yelling at the two frogs to       . "The pit is too deep. You will die," they said together. When the       frogs kept trying, the crowd yelled      . After a while, one of the frogs believed what the others were saying, and fell down and      .
But      , the second frog kept jumping hard       the negative remarks of those that kept yelling at her to accept the       and just die. Finally, with one big leap, she       it out of the pit! 
In fact, the second frog was       and unable to hear what the others had been saying. She thought they had been       her on the entire time they were yelling! What she had       considered as encouragement       her to try harder and succeed. And that made all the      ! 
With a positive       and being deaf to others' opinions, the second frog reached her goals by using such       as encouragement, instead of being       by others like the first frog, who failed to develop her       to struggle for survival.      , when we overcome others' criticism or       comments, we can do anything we set our minds to, just as the second frog did.

A Love Note To My Mom
When I was a little girl, I would often follow you as you modeled (做模特) for fashion magazine. It was years later that I finally understood what role modeling   in your life. I know little that you were     every penny you earned to go to       school.
I cannot thank you enough for  you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework, I wandered into the dining room where you were buried   piles of law books. I was     .Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for    ? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t know Moms     be lawyers too. You smiled and said,“In life, you can do anything you want to do.”
Though I was young, your words kept     in my ears. I watched as you faced the     of completing your studies, starting companies with Dad, while still being a     and a Mom of five kids. I was tired just watching you     . With your wise words in my      mind, I suddenly felt free to dream. My whole world    . I set out to live my life filled with     , seeing endless possibilities for personal achievements.
Your words became my motto. I     found myself in the position of being either the first (woman doctor in Maryland Rotary)       one of the few women (top medical reporters) in my field. I gained strength every time I said , “Yes, I’ll try that.”
Encouraged by your     , I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and      meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I’m     it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real     .
He had gone out of the study for some     , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see     was on his desk. In the      was a small piece of paper on which were written the      “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious ofBiographies (人物传记)”.
A(n)      boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the _ _ _. I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a      until the start of the exam so I could not      reading it.
When the headmaster     , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had      then. It would have been so      to say: “I’m sorry, but I      the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to      it.”
The chance passed and I did not      it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t __  to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years      when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before,      have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title   __ admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk.      there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence can be more useful than crying for     !That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of  __  from boy to man with family hardships  ( 艰难)tell us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was    11, his father became mentally（心理上） ill and one day came back with an abandoned ( 被抛弃的)baby girl. A year later, Hong‘s mother and younger brother both      home because of poverty ( 贫困)and pressure ( 压力)from his ill father.
The burden  ( 负担)fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to   the adopted  ( 领养的)sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t　 　. Since a young age, he has worked in part-time jobs to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to   a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people were    to tears by his selflessness. Hard      his life was, Hong didn’t abandon his father and the adopted  , because they needed his help. With his hard –won money, he even helped other students    against misfortunes ( 厄运).
Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds    us of what we usually ignore（忽略）: love and care for others. Without these,      of us could survive.
Hong   donations  ( 捐献) from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could    his own work. Short of money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to      around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed     to rise above misfortune that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story shows that with love and willpower, no hardship can   a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t  ___  about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society     you will find the world smiling back.    

The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. Residents built walls to      influence from the other town.
In Pressure,      struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would      to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because     was the index (指数) of success, people were     busy making money, with     for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the intensity and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
_ , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without      and     do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t _  whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office      sipping coffee and doing nothing.      the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was      that mattered. No one had the      thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were      models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to      because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is     for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely     , there came a saint – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be      with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They     the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.

One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face     first into the mud. David        her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom？”    , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more        since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a   40  danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having        of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked       .
　　One day, David's teacher announced a        homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an       ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
　　An idea        David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I        your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
　　“        the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
　　“No, Mom, I        make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the        returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father        as Susan used it to walk 50 feet above the      . Happily Susan cried out, “It        !”
　　In July 1999, David was      national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate      .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his        is becoming well accepted.