Dear Students，

I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.

I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __46__ this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __47__. I have seen famines(饥荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death. But I have __48__ seen courage，hope and happiness.

In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the __49__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year，she was __50__ two hundred children. She clothed them，fed them and taught them. She gave them __51__.

__52__ time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue(救援) workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __53__ hope. For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __54__ she found her son. He was alive.

Here in China，I met a young boy who was seriously ill. He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __55__，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.

In life，we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

Homesick is a compound(复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each   46    means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning    47    they are used together? The definition(定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

    Now think for a minute   48  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   49  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50  . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are     51    ,the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,    52    you want to be is at sea.

   Have you ever   53    a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are    54   deep inside as if their hearts are broken.

   And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and    55   . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know some thing like this in your English study.

1.A.word            B. phrase      C. sentence          D. passage

2.A. how            B. why              C. when             D. where

3.A. for            B. from             C. about            D. like

4.A. get            B. fit              C. read             D. have

5.A. right          B. wrong            C. same             D. different

6.A. homesick       B. heartsick        C. seasick          D. earsick

7.A. the first place  B the last place C. the only place    D. the safe place                                                                                                     

8.A. thought over  B. thought out          C. heard from       D. heard of

9.A. hurt           B. hit              C. loved            D. moved

10.A. hobby         B. height           C. heaven           D. handbag

Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each

 46___   means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning   47 ___  they are used together? The definition (定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME. It means you miss your home.

Now think for a minute  _ 48 _  SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition   _49 _  SEASICK? Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite   50 . Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are   _51   , the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick,  _ 52   you want to be is at sea.

Have you ever   _53   a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are   54 _  deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and   55__ . Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study.

46. A. word             B. phrase            C. sentence          D. passage

47. A. how             B. why              C. when             D. where

48. A. for              B. from              C. about             D. like

49. A. get              B. fit                C. read             D. have

50. A. right            B. wrong             C. same             D. different

51. A. homesick        B. heartsick           C. seasick           D. carsick

52. A. the first place     B. the last place       C. the only place      D. the safe place

53. A. thought over      B. thought out        C. heard from        D. heard of

54. A. hurt             B. hit               C. loved             D. moved

55. A. hobby           B. height            C. heaven            D. handbag

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出与所给句子划线部分意义相同或相近并能替代的那一项。

At last the boy came up with a good way to work out the problem.

A. thought over                    B. thought up                C. set up                    D. put up