One day, a kind woman happened to say something that hurt her best friend of many years. She 1  immediately and would do anything to take the words back. What she said hurt the friend so   2  that this good woman was herself hurt for the   3  she caused. In an effort to undo what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woman in the village, explained her  4 , and asked for advice.

Listening to her, the older woman sensedthe younger woman’s worry and knew she must   5  her. She also knew she could never  6  her pain, but she could teach. She knew the outcome would only  7  the character of the younger woman. She said, “Tonight,   8  your best feather pillowsand put a single feather on the   9  of each house in town before the sun rises.”

The young woman hurried home to prepare for it,  10  the feather pillows were very dear to her.  11 , she labored alone in the cold. Finally the sky was getting   12 . She placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she   13  to the older woman.

“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and   14  your pillows with the feather you have put on the steps.   15  everything will be as it was before.”

“You know that’s impossible! The wind   16  away each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps!” The young woman was surprised.

“That’s  17 ,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your   18  is like a feather in the wind. Once spoken, no amount of   19 , no matter how heartfelt or sincere, can return them to your   20 . Choose your words well and, most of all, guard them in the presence of those you love.”

1.                A．replied         B．forgot          C．laughed   D．regretted

 

2.                A．deeply         B．slightly          C．little D．straight

 

3.                A．blank          B．intention        C．pain D．mess

 

4.                A．lecture         B．situation        C．shortcomings D．position

 

5.                A．help           B．scold           C．praise    D．punish

 

6.                A．feel           B．resist           C．remove   D．find

 

7.                A．contribute to    B．focus on        C．depend on    D．recover from

 

8.                A．show          B．hide           C．throw    D．take

 

9.                A．roof           B．step           C．wall  D．mailbox

 

10.               A．as though       B．even though     C．in case    D．so long as

 

11.               A．Worse still      B．As a matter of fact C．The following day    D．All night long

 

12.               A．light           B．dark           C．snowy D．cloudy

 

13.               A．appealed       B．returned       C．waved D．nodded

 

14.               A．sew           B．decorate       C．refill  D．preserve

 

15.               A．Besides        B．Or            C．Instead    D．Then

 

16.               A．blew           B．gave           C．put   D．drove

 

17.               A．awesome       B．elegant         C．wonderful D．true

 

18.               A．words          B．friends         C．promises  D．expectations

 

19.               A．appetite        B．effort          C．idea  D．joke

 

20.               A．ears           B．eyes           C．mouth D．face

 

 

There is a problem each of us will face: Apologizing is difficult. We are trapped in what we think of ourselves by holding onto our pride. We can be selfish and not willing to admit our most obvious mistakes. Pride eats away at us as we argue or ignore the mistake. Guilt traps us in its cage of lies and pride as we defend our self-centered minds.

It has happened to me. I have had too much pride and selfishness to apologize to a loved one I had hurt. When I did want to apologize, I couldn’t bring myself to face the other person. This is the pride I’m talking about. Maybe apologies come difficult for men because they’re expected to be dominant(占优势的). It’s like the joke that a man never asks for directions when lost. Ladies are more emotionally open than men and are willing to express their emotion. Still, both genders wonder how to apologize correctly.

How does not apologizing affect other people? They feel hurt and believe that you are not willing to communicate your mistake. They lose trust in you as you hide behind your mistake and avoid reality. They become angry with you, wondering why you will not tell them the truth. They may begin to counter your lack of apologies by not apologizing themselves and then the relationship goes downhill as the two of you get caught in a power struggle.

You need to communicate your mistakes. A mistake you made is like a scratch(划痕) and by not apologizing you are making the scratch a deeper wound and rubbing salt into it. You need to stop hurting the other person and yourself by learning to apologize. There is real power in apologizing and emotional healing.

People find it hard to apologize for their mistakes due to ________.

A. emotional healing                     B. their pride

C. making arguments                     D. being trapped in lies

Why are men more unwilling to make apologies?

   A. They don’t intend to hurt other people.

   B. They are too shy.

   C. They don’t want to be considered as weak.

   D. They think it is not necessary to apologize.

The underlined word “counter” probably means _________.

   A. object to        B. focus on      C. depend on    D. benefit from

What bad effect does it have if you refuse to apologize for your mistakes?

   A. You won’t be focused on by other people.

   B. All people won’t believe in you in turn.

   C. You won’t be forgiven even if you tell the truth.

   D. The friendship will be hurt and trust will be lost.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 – 40 各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 21 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring. The  22  cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I  23  it. You could hear the faint  24  of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was  25  because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the 26  and I was able to  27  what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it  28 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step  29   the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be  30  to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit.

She tried to  31  but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run.  32 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he  33 . It really made the  34  seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was  35 . I had  36  in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have  37  her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot  38 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (变形) through many different  39 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.

As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life  40  he saved my sister’s.

21.A. picking                B. warming                  C. catching                   D. setting

22.A. bitterly                B. hardly                      C. gently                      D. perfectly

23.A. challenged                  B. witnessed                 C. enjoyed                    D. hated

24.A. ceremony                   B. tradition                   C. victory                            D. laughter

25.A. windy                        B. bright                      C. dark                         D. cloudy

26.A. quiet                          B. quality                            C. impression                D. significance

27.A. rely on                   B. focus on                   C. insist on                   D. put on

28.A. let out                 B. held on                    C. participated in               D. took place

29.A. close to               B. out of                      C. into                         D. towards

30.A. able                 B. frightened          C. content                     D. proud

31.A. evaluate               B. worry                      C. scream                            D. escape

32.A. Accidentally         B. Normally                 C. Generally                 D. Somehow

33.A. sped up               B. rose up                        C. broke down                     D. wore out

34.A. moment               B. contest                            C. comment                  D. technique

35.A. advancing                   B. breathing                  C. concluding               D. dreaming

36.A. that                            B. none                        C. neither                            D. it

37.A. hit                      B. recognized                C. missed                            D. acknowledged

38.A. how                           B. what                        C. when                       D. why

39.A. actions                B. emotions                  C. attitudes                   D. thoughts

40.A. if                               B. because                    C. as if                         D. so that

 

You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’ break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can’t   36   how quickly time has passed.

If you are familiar with this   37  , you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun-and  38   when you are bored. Now scientists have   39   a reason why this is the case.

Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain   40   according to how we focus on a task. When we are   41  , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains   42   the clock is ticking more slowly.

In an experiment   43   by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image   44   

researchers monitored their brain activity.

The volunteers were told to   45   concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then

  46   the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that  47   was more active when the volunteers paid   48   subjects.

It is thought that if the brain is   49   focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to  50  its resources, and pays less attention to the clock.  51 , time passes without us really   52   it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its   53   energies on monitoring the passing of time.   54  , time seems to drag.

Next time you feel bored   55  , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!

36．A．guess                      B．learn                      C．believe                   D．doubt

37．A．view                      B．point                      C．scene                      D．experience

38．A．drags                      B．stops                      C．backs                      D．gains

39．A．thought over           B．made up                 C．suggested                D．come up with

40．A．change                   B．develop                  C．grow                      D．slow

41．A．sleepy                    B．bored                            C．excited                   D．active

42．A．report                     B．think                      C．decide                    D．see

43．A．produced                B．carried                    C．tried                       D．performed

44．A．so                          B．when                      C．while                      D．but

45．A．partly                     B．quickly                   C．how                       D．first

46．A．remember               B．focus on                 C．forget                     D．tell apart

47．A．the researchers        B．the experiment        C．the clock                 D．the brain

48．A．much attention to                                       B．more attention to    

    C．attention to many                                        D．attention to more

49．A．busy                       B．likely                            C．ready                      D．sure

50．A．focus                      B．gather                     C．reach                      D．spread

51．A．However                B．Furthermore            C．Therefore                D．Finally

52．A．recognizing             B．watching                 C．noticing                  D．counting

53．A．enough                   B．full                        C．right                       D．proper

54．A．In fact                    B．As a result                     C．For example            D．Instead

55．A．in class                   B．with work               C．in mind                  D．of lessons

One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It's like looking at the tiled(铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 1. .

Once I heard a bald(秃头的) man said. “Whenever I enter a room,  2.  I see is hair." Once you've   3. what your missing tile is, explore whether getting it will   4.  make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different  5.  , or forget about it and  6.  the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively  7.  life, yet are often unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but  8.  remain happy.

The first  9.  is gratitude. All happy people are  10. . Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to  11.  , but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret, is 12. that happiness is a byproduct(副产品) of something else. The most obvious 13. are those pursuits(追求) that give our lives purpose—anything 14. studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are  15. to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our  16.  has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We   17. a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy, it should 18.  this truth: if you choose to find the 19. in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is  20.   your decision to make.

21.               A．different       B．missing         C．short D．broken

 

22.               A．nothing        B．none          C．all    D．anything

 

23.               A．determined     B．predicted       C．assumed   D．imagined

 

24.               A．completely      B．naturally        C．hopefully  D．really

 

25.               A．tile            B．brick           C．ceiling D．house

 

26.               A．look on         B．focus on        C．count on  D．decide on

 

27.               A．peaceful        B．difficult         C．easy  D．ordinary

 

28.               A．certainly        B．merely         C．hardly D．generally

 

29.               A．secret         B．factor          C．rule  D．key

 

30.               A．wealthy        B．grateful        C．proud D．generous

 

31.               A．upset          B．quarrel         C．complain  D．depress

 

32.               A．admitted       B．assuming       C．proving   D．realizing

 

33.               A．sources        B．results         C．answers   D．goals

 

34.               A．among         B．from           C．through   D．for

 

35.               A．probable       B．possible        C．likely D．capable

 

36.               A．value          B．destination      C．survival   D．existence

 

37.               A．need          B．lack           C．demand   D．expect

 

38.               A．involve         B．include         C．absorb    D．mean

 

39.               A．worst          B．best           C．positive   D．negative

 

40.               A．absolutely      B．totally          C．exactly    D．Largely