单词拼写(共10小题; 每小题0.5分, 满分5分)
【小题1】The lady thinks her husband is very r________, because he is very honest and positive.
【小题2】However, all hope was not lost. Many soldiers and volunteers came to r________ the survivors.
【小题3】More than 100 passengers were i____________ in the traffic accident on July, 23 and they were sent to the nearest hospital in Wenzhou.
【小题4】The people in the western part s____________ a lot from drought (干旱) this summer.
【小题5】People are encouraged to take the public t_______________ instead of driving their cars to work to reduce air pollution.
【小题6】He is as stubborn as a mule. Nobody can p______________ him to change his mind.
【小题7】 My roommate happens to have moved away so you can s_______________ the room with me.
【小题8】It’s your strong determination and active a_____________ towards life that leads you to success.
【小题9】Earthquake is a natural d_______________, which can not be forecast yet. As a result, it causes great losses.
【小题10】Of the two famous athletes in dash(短跑), the former is lightning Usain Bolt from Jamaica(牙买加); the l____________ is Tyson Gay from America.

单词拼写(共10小题; 每小题0.5分, 满分5分)

1.The lady thinks her husband is very r________, because he is very honest and positive.

2.However, all hope was not lost. Many soldiers and volunteers came to r________ the survivors.

3.More than 100 passengers were i____________ in the traffic accident on July, 23 and they were sent to the nearest hospital in Wenzhou.

4.The people in the western part s____________ a lot from drought (干旱) this summer.

5.People are encouraged to take the public t_______________ instead of driving their cars to work to reduce air pollution.

6.He is as stubborn as a mule. Nobody can p______________ him to change his mind.

7. My roommate happens to have moved away so you can s_______________ the room with me.

8.It’s your strong determination and active a_____________ towards life that leads you to success.

9.Earthquake is a natural d_______________, which can not be forecast yet. As a result, it causes great losses.

10.Of the two famous athletes in dash(短跑), the former is lightning Usain Bolt from Jamaica(牙买加); the l____________ is Tyson Gay from America.

Two years ago ,Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday 36 _____ , but lacked 37 _____ for the things that mattered most She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to 38 _____ their lives. ^“We had to decide what was really 39 _____” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to 40 _____ with their three- year -old son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.
So the couple chose to live more simply，shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive 41 _____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.
Then Shirley 42 _____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that 43 _____
“At your service, buy 44 _____ a little time” and helped clients (客户）with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and 45 parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a 46 _____，” she says，“ I can spare time to take my son to the 47 _____ or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are 48  _____ ’’
Shirley and her husband are 49 _____ alone in wanting to 50 _____ and live a satisfying Life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples 51  _____that they lack time together. 52  _____does the time go?
For most people， 53 _____ and commuting (通勤)take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming 54 _____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain 55 _____ over Life and have time for the pleasures.

The day was warm and the sun shone down like a new beginning on my life. I was waving goodbye to my son, the last one of my fledglings （刚会飞的鸟）to leave home and go to new woods, "University actually" . I felt so lighthearted after spending many years looking after my four children—cooking, washing, ironing, teaching them how to look after themselves and manage their finances—that I actually thought “At long last, freedom".

But, as I watched my last one leave, although it was a joyous occasion, I realized I had not really prepared for this day, I was too tied up with bringing up these adults of the future to realize that they would all leave the nest and lives independently.

At first I didn't know what "I" wanted to do. I tried a part time job, which ended in me running out in tears. I started a business making soft furnishings, but that didn't work either.  I grew my own veggies and fruit, which lasted 3 years, until I was advised by my doctor that my feet couldn't take any more "tools” driven through them.

I began wondering if I had a future of my own. I cried for the life I was used to, and hadn't known or wanted anything different.

Then one day I saw an ad. for foster parents, I discussed it with my husband who was always behind everything I tried and with great disturbance , I rang up the number.

I now laugh and sing with my 14-year-old foster daughter, even when my cooker is a mess and my bathroom is a disaster area. I now know, 8 years later, what “I” was meant to be doing with all the spare hours, days, and weeks I had on my hands when my last fledgling flew the nest. The sun shines once again in my home.

1.How did the mother first feel when her last child went off to university?

2.The underlined phrase “was tied up with” in the second paragraph means “        ”.

3.In the third paragraph, the poor mother did all the things just to         .

4.What did the empty-nested mother think of her husband?

5.Thanks to the foster daughter, the author         .