A
There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it may be: football, cards„Because he couldn’t stand losing, he had become a(n) 1 in all kinds of tricks and cheating methods. He could play tricks in practically every situation, without being 2 .
He won so many times that almost no one wanted to play with him. One person who did play with him was a poor boy. Always making the boy look 3 , the champion really enjoyed himself at the poor boy’s expense.
But the champion ended up getting 4 with all this. He needed something more, so he decided to 5 for the national video games championship, where he would find some competitors worthy of himself. At the championship he was keen to show his 6 , but when he tried using all those tricks and cheating methods, he knew, well„ none of them worked. The 7 had prevented any of the tricks from working.
He felt terribly 8 : he was a good player, but without his tricks, he couldn’t beat a single competitor. He was soon 9 , and sat there, sad and thoughtful. Finally,
they 10 the name of the champion. It was the poor boy. The one he had always beaten! The boy realized that the poor boy had been much 11 than himself. It hadn’t upset the poor boy if he lost, because what he was really doing was 12 from each of his defeats.
And from the experience he had been transformed into a real 13 .
From then on, the boy who had loved winning 14 wanting to win all the time. He was quite happy to lose sometimes, because that was how he would learn to win on the really important 15 .
A. expert B. official C. lover D. member
A. copied B. expected C. murdered D. noticed
A. ambitious B. ridiculous C. happy D. lucky
8. A. amazed B. embarrassed C. terrified D. moved
9. A. defeated B. caught C. scolded D. warned
10. A. announced B. asked C. sent D. knew
11. A. richer B. taller C. heavier D. cleverer
12. A. recovering B. surviving C. coming D. learning
13. A. athlete B. master C. fighter D. leader
14. A. argued for B. kept on C. gave up D. thought of
15. A. advice B. dates C. influence D. occasions
B
Cheerful Charlie was a very special boy. When he was still in his mother’s tummy, she had an accident, which meant that Charlie couldn’t walk. But that had never been a(n) 1 for him; they had started calling him Cheerful Charlie because of his joyful and 2 nature. He really brightened everything up for those around him.
There wasn’t a postman, or a taxi driver who wasn’t 3 to see Charlie. “Cheer up, Mr. Postman, that way you’ll 4 more letters today!” he would say, or “That was great, Mr. Taxi Driver. You 5 that thing better than anyone else. ”
He also had great ideas and 6 for everything; and he shared them so generously that, just about every day in that town, someone did a great job, or 7 something new, thanks to Charlie’s ideas.
One day, though, he came up against a real 8 . A young boy came to town on his holidays. He was known as Waterworks and was a real crybaby. No matter what Charlie said to him, Waterworks would always find some 9 to be sad: “I don’t have many sweets„ my parents didn’t buy me that toy„” Everything seemed so bad to him. But Cheerful Charlie wasn’t going to be 10 , and he kept spending more time with Waterworks, 11 trying to cheer him up, just as he did with everyone.
Then, one day, when they were together in the street, someone 12 a pie from a window above by chance, and it landed 13 on Charlie’s head. He got such a fright that he couldn’t even move his lips. He was speechless, and although Waterworks was just about to cry, he 14 Charlie’s happy words so much that he finally said, “Wow, Charlie, that’s a nice clown mask(小丑面具) you just put on!”
On saying those words, Waterworks felt so 15 that he finally understood why Charlie was always so happy and cheerful. He realized that he was so used to Charlie’s enthusiasm that he couldn’t help but see the funny side of everything.
1. A. problem B. mistake C. excuse D. topic
2. A. sensitive B. humorous C. responsible D. enthusiastic
3. A. surprised B. moved C. pleased D. disappointed
4. A. send B. write C. print D. find
5. A. paint B. play C. park D. repair
6. A. theories B. solutions C. comments D. impressions
7. A. cleared B. noticed C. enjoyed D. invented
8. A. difficulty B. surprise C. risk D. disaster
9. A. means B. reason C. method D. value
10. A. let down B. taken up C. set free D. driven away
11. A. hardly B. quickly C. constantly D. specially
12. A. aimed B. moved C. threw D. dropped
13. A. ahead B. right C. almost D. even
14. A. missed B. loved C. envied D. wanted
15. A. ordinary B. sorry C. good D. curious
C
Some people are lucky enough to have family in Italy, or at least have very good friends who will occasionally invite them in for home-cooked meals. For the rest of us, 1 there’s an alternative — Home Food.
Italians are fiercely protective of their cultural heritage, and especially
their 2 . However , it is this protective 3 that lies at the heart of the Home Food organization, but the face Home Food 4 the world is one that foodie travelers to Italy can easily get behind no matter what they know of the history of Italian food.
The program 5 a simple way for people to eat in the private homes of specially chosen cooks, whose 6 is to serve dishes made with local and seasonal ingredients(材料). It is a way to preserve traditional Italian cooking. A Home Food cook in Palermo may cook a traditional Milanese dish to perfection, but that dish isn’t 7 for a Home Food sets out are strict, but as 8 , the mission of the organization is more about preserving traditional Italian recipes(食谱) and cooking methods — the fact that we can 9 from that by eating some of what’s prepared is just a bonus.
People who want to become Home Food members should pay a fee to 10 the organization, and then they can sign up for individual dinners that are on the calendar. Dinners can be as 11 as groups of six people (including the hosts) or as large as 20 because they’re hosted in private homes, 12 from apartments in Milan to villas(别墅) in Tuscany. Each dinner’s menu is listed on the Home Food website in 13 , on the calendar of upcoming events, and there are dinners each month in cities throughout the entire country.
Food foodie travelers, Home Food presents a unique 14 to not only sample traditional Italian food but also get a peek(窥视;看一眼 ) into a 15 Italian family’s life.
1.A. surprisingly B. generally C. thankfully D. effectively
2.A. housing B. cooking C. manner D. kitchen
3.A. factory B. personality C. nature D. industry
4.A. shows B. tells C. reminds D. influences
5. A. takes over B. sets up C. goes through D. puts out
6. A. task B. desire C. function D. experiment
7. A. available B. successful C. appropriate D. successful
8. A. chosen B. mentioned C. directed D. forgot
9. A. suffer B. result C. benefit D. change
10. A. found B. join C. visit D. invent
11. A. small B. ordinary C. strange D. famous
12. A. transferring B. remaining C. performing D. ranging
13. A. advance B. store C. exchange D. case
14. A. ending B. goal C. opportunity D. sight
15. A. common B. typical C. formal D. fashionable
D
A man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. One day a(an) 1 opening appeared. He sat and 2 the butterfly for several hours as it 3 to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any 4 . It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no farther.
So the man decided to 5 the butterfly, he took a pair of scissors and snipped off(剪掉) the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged(出现) 6 . But it had a swollen(肿胀的) body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, any moment, the wings would 7 and expand to be able to support the 8 , which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to 9 .
What the man in his 10 and haste(匆忙) did not understand was that the restricting(束缚的) cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to 11 the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its 12 from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are 13 what we need in our life. If we go through our lives without any 14 , it would cripple us. We would not be as 15 as what we could have been. We could never fly.
1. A. unexpected B. small C. strange D. rough
2. A. covered B. touched C. watched D. followed
3. A. changed B. attended C. operated D. struggled
4. A. progress B. sense C. difference D. strength
5. A. kill B. catch C. help D. permit
6. A. shyly B. gently C. easily D. safely
7. A. appear B. enlarge C. improve D. produce
8. A. head B. arm C. face D. body
9. A. eat B. run C. fly D. grow
10. A. surprise B. experiment C. response D. kindness
11. A. look over B. get through C. come into D. hold on
12. A. separation B. reputation C. freedom D. dream
13. A. simply B. exactly C. naturally D. seriously
14. A. difficulties B. benefits C. devotion D. fortune
15. A. brave B. wise C. strong D. famous
E
Every morning, Anne gently wakes her daughter Heidi so that she can wash and dress her ready to start the day. Later, as she continues to 1 Heidi, Anne chats about the weather, the birds and other things.
All day long, Anne is there to wait on her daughter’s every 2 . But Anne is no new mother caring her baby: she is 81 and a grandmother. Her 46-year-old daughter is so 3 that she can’t speak, walk or do anything without the help of her mother.
Heidi has a neurological（神经病学的）condition called Rett Syndrome, which has left her unable to 4 . Ever since she was born, her main 5 has been her mum, Anne. For 46 years, Anne has thrown herself into this exhausting role, and she goes on to 6 her daughter’s every need. It is for this 7 that Anne has been crowned (为„加冕) winner of the Daily Mail Carer of the Year awards. She was 8 because of her patience and kindness, and the good grace
and modesty with which she carried out this role. But Anne never looked for 9 or reward; she just cared for her daughter.
Anne says: “It was 10 shocking when Heidi was diagnose（诊断）, especially to know there was nothing we could do to 11 her.
Anne admits that her relationship with Heidi is 12 . “I’m very touched that other people have seen 13 in what I’ve done,” she says. “And I have only done what has come naturally to me when faced with my 14 child. Looking after Heidi has felt like a privilege. Thanks to her, I’ve known more joy in my life than heartache. My daughter has never 15 a burden, and caring for her has never been a chore.”
1. A. continues B. forgets C. wants D. remembers
2. A. problem B. need C. idea D. reason
3. A. disabled B. absorbed C. delighted D. addicted
4. A. communicate B. survive C. transform D. translate
5. A. assistant B. tender C. guide D. tutor
6. A. understand B. refuse C. learn D. satisfy
7. A. encouragement B. decision C. devotion D. appointed
8. A. chosen B. judged C. asked D. appointed
9. A. investment B. comfort C. honor D. aid
10. A. eventually B. absolutely C. hopefully D. hardly
11. A. assist B. protect C. teach D. cure
12. A. unique B. flexible C. funny D. dull
13. A. harm B. money C. good D. income
14. A. breathless B. hopeless C. careless D. homeless
15. A. acted as B. asked for C. written about D. looked like
Keys: A. 1-5. ADBCA 6-10. DCBAA 11-15. DDBCD
B. 1-5. ADCAC 6-10. BDABA 11-15. CDBAC
C. 1-5. CBCAB 6-10. ACBCB 11-15. ADACB
D. 1-5. BCDAC 6-10. CBDCD 11-15. BCBAC
E. 1-5. ABAAB 6-10. DCACB 11-15. DACBD
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