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　　A

　　I had my first chocolate bar at five years old. I'll never forget the delicious taste. But the situation was anything but

　　__1__. It was World War Ⅱ. Many people in our village fled in panic.

　　Only __2__

　　were allowed to board the train. Just before departure, a woman traveling alone pulled me onto the train to get the __3__. The entire trip

　　I cried for my mother.

　　We arrived in Hamburg.

　　Now that the woman had escaped, she had no more

　　__4__

　　for me. I lived on the streets,

　　surviving by __5__

　　food. I'd slip into the mess hall, hide under a table and

　　__6__

　　off with loaves of fresh bread.

　　One afternoon as I

　　__7__

　　near a tent in search of food, a huge hand lifted me up

　　__8__

　　the collar. It was an American soldier. “Got you！”

　　he shouted.

　　I was

　　__9__， and I could see it upset him.

　　“It's

　　__10__， kid，”

　　he said.

　　He reached into his jacket and handed me a

　　__11__. I unwrapped it and took a bite.

　　I thought I'd gone to

　　__12__.

　　Four years later,

　　I was taken by the soldier to an orphanage(孤兒院)

　　in America.

　　Soon after,

　　a family who lived in Pennsylvania

　　__13__

　　me.

　　Later, I joined the army, and then attended

　　__14__.

　　Eventually I earned a master's degree in clinical social work. I want to

　　__15__

　　back all the people who were so good to me, I prayed.

　　So in 1983 I went to work as a clinical adviser, treating retired

　　__16__

　　who suffer from post-war stress syndrome. The troubled soldiers wondered how I can possibly __17__

　　them or help ease their pain. That is

　　__18__

　　I tell them my story,

　　and about the soldier sent to save my life.

　　I never did learn his name, but I remember his

　　__19__. And then I opened a drawer in my desk that is always full and

　　__20__

　　them some chocolate.

　　1. A. bitterB. sweet

　　C. strange

　　D. familiar

　　2. A. women

　　B. children

　　C. troops

　　D. families

　　3. A. chance

　　B. money

　　C. prize

　　D. reward

　　4. A. like

　　B. room

　　C. use

　　D. time

　　5. A. selling

　　B. begging

　　C. making

　　D. stealing

　　6. A. leave

　　B. make

　　C. take

　　D. turn

　　7. A. wandered

　　B. slept

　　C. hid

　　D. played

　　8. A. by

　　B. on

　　C. in

　　D. through

　　9. A. excited

　　B. amused

　　C. alarmed

　　D. scared

　　10. A. fine

　　B. okay

　　C. serious

　　D. common

　　11. A. ice cream

　　B.

　　candy

　　C.

　　chocolate bar

　　D. cookie

　　12. A. heaven

　　B. hell

　　C. prison

　　D. hospital

　　13. A. adapted

　　B. rejected

　　C. employed

　　D. adopted

　　14. A. church

　　B. college

　　C. patients

　　D. clubs

　　15. A. take

　　B. call

　　C. pay

　　D. bring

　　16. A. teachers

　　B. workers

　　C. officials

　　D. soldiers

　　17. A. cure

　　B. understand

　　C. repay

　　D. discover

　　18. A. when

　　B. where

　　C. how

　　D. what

　　19. A. honesty

　　B. courage

　　C. kindness

　　D. appearance

　　20. A. sold

　　B. showed

　　C. cooked

　　D. offered

　　[文章大意]　一個(gè)人的一生不會(huì)是一帆風(fēng)順的。不管你經(jīng)歷了驚濤駭浪，還是小小的考驗(yàn)，只要活下來(lái)就是幸運(yùn)的，離幸福也只有一步之遙。帶著一顆感恩的心，去生活、去與人交往，堅(jiān)持自己心中的夢(mèng)想與承諾，就定能為他人帶去一點(diǎn)快樂(lè)、給自己的心靈一絲安慰。

　　1. B。由下文“It was World War Ⅱ.”可知，巧克力味道是甜美的，但是形勢(shì)卻不樂(lè)觀。

　　2. D。由下文一位婦女為了上車把作者拉上可知，當(dāng)時(shí)只有家庭才可以上火車。下文的“traveling alone”也是暗示。

　　3. A。結(jié)合上下文，可知這位婦女拉上作者是為了獲得坐上火車逃跑的機(jī)會(huì)。

　　4. C。現(xiàn)在，那個(gè)女人已經(jīng)逃離了，她就開始討厭作者了。have no use for“討厭……”。

　　5. D。由下文“I'd slip into the mess hall, hide under a table and...”可知作者是靠偷食物謀生的。

　　6. B。作者溜進(jìn)臟亂的食堂，藏在一張桌子底下，然后帶著長(zhǎng)條面包離開。make off“逃離”；動(dòng)詞leave表示離開時(shí)，無(wú)需再用off了。

　　7. C。結(jié)合上下文可知作者是靠偷食物謀生，因此他的動(dòng)作應(yīng)是“藏”在帳篷附近。

　　8. A。表示揪某人衣領(lǐng)時(shí)，常用“動(dòng)詞＋某人＋by the collar”。這時(shí)有一只大手抓住作者的衣領(lǐng)把作者拎了起來(lái)。

　　9. D。作者害怕極了。偷東西被抓心里肯定擔(dān)心害怕(scared)。

　　10. B。根據(jù)“He reached into his jacket...took a bite.”可知，這位士兵非常友好，不僅沒(méi)有責(zé)怪作者，反而給他東西吃。因此此處用“okay”。

　　11. C。結(jié)合全文尤其是第一段以及最后一段，可知這位士兵給作者吃的是一塊巧克力。

　　12. A。作者不僅沒(méi)有受到懲罰，反而有東西吃，所以感覺(jué)非常好，就像進(jìn)入了天堂。

　　13. D。由語(yǔ)境可知，作者被送到孤兒院后，一個(gè)家庭收養(yǎng)了他。

　　14. B。由下文“Eventually I earned a master's degree in clinical social work.”可知作者上了大學(xué)。

　　15. C。我祈禱說(shuō)，我要報(bào)答所有幫助過(guò)我的人。pay back“報(bào)答，回報(bào)”。

　　16. D。由下文“The troubled soldiers wondered how...”可知，作者專門治療那些退伍軍人。

　　17. B。患病的士兵們懷疑作者怎么會(huì)理解他們，怎么能幫助他們減輕痛苦。

　　18. A。每當(dāng)這個(gè)時(shí)候，作者都會(huì)告訴他們他的故事，講述那位營(yíng)救他的美國(guó)士兵。

　　19. C。本篇講述了美國(guó)士兵幫助作者的故事，他給作者東西吃，還把作者送到孤兒院，因此作者一直記得他的善良。

　　20. D。然后，作者會(huì)打開辦公桌上一個(gè)裝滿美味巧克力的抽屜，拿出巧克力來(lái)請(qǐng)他們品嘗。offer sb.sth.“給某人提供某物”。

　　B

　　Practice Forgiveness

　　My friend BJ Gallagher once worked as a training manager for a large newspaper, which was more than a hundred years old. The company's past__1__had blinded the authorities to the

　　need for change, and they__2__ new ideas.As the years went by, BJ grew__3__ with their short-sightedness.

　　Finally，she left the company.But she found that she hadn't left her__4__behind when she resigned.

　　She carried it with her，like“rocks in the stomach”．

　　“I finally decided to__5__about my experiences and my feelings.I__6__ it would be a good mental health exercise. I wanted to be rid of that company and those people, once and for all.__7__I wrote and wrote. It wasn't just a story that poured out－it was a whole__8__！ My resentment (怨恨)___9__ my writing. The whole world would know how__10__ they were！”

　　“What__11__when the book came out？”

　　I asked BJ.

　　“Not much，” she replied, “The newspaper kept doing what it had__12__done. My feelings didn't__13__ them one bit, but it took me several more years to finally__14__my negative emotions. Finally, the time came when I decided to make amends (補(bǔ)償) for the angry things I had said about the company.

　　I__15__my former boss to dinner and made my__16__. I told him I was sorry for being so resentful. It was

　　a

　　great healing process for me.”

　　“What was the__17__outcome？” I asked her.

　　“Gratitude，”

　　she replied,

　　“Not only wasn't I resentful any more,

　　but I was grateful to the company.

　　If I hadn't had those__18__experiences, I would never have written a book. And the book became__19__successful－now in 21 languages. In short, my resentment gave way to gratitude.”

　　She smiled，“I owe them a debt of thanks for giving me such a great

　　tale to tell.”

　　__20__resentments for gratitude isn't always easy. But it's worth it.

　　1．A. skillB. management

　　C. success

　　D. business

　　2．A. resisted

　　B. got

　　C. broke

　　D. shaped

　　3．A. moved

　　B. frustrated

　　C. excited

　　D. surprised

　　4．A. sadness

　　B. worry

　　C. doubt

　　D.

　　anger

　　5．A. think

　　B. care

　　C. write

　　D. talk

　　6．A. proved

　　B. figured

　　C. concluded

　　D. agreed

　　7．A. So

　　B. But

　　C. Yet

　　D. And

　　8．A. diary

　　B. lesson

　　C. accident

　　D. book

　　9．A. prevented

　　B. delayed

　　C. fueled

　　D. corrected

　　10．A. sensitive

　　B. successful

　　C. greedy

　　D. stupid

　　11．A. happened

　　B. reported

　　C. received

　　D. resulted

　　12．A. sometimes

　　B. always

　　C. recently

　　D.

　　already

　　13．A. forgive

　　B. reward

　　C. bother

　　D. cheat

　　14．A. think of

　　B. get over

　　C. pass on

　　D. look through

　　15．A. invited

　　B. called

　　C. persuaded

　　D. followed

　　16.A. promise

　　B. apology

　　C. plan

　　D.

　　decision

　　17．A. latest

　　B. natural

　　C. direct

　　D. final

　　18．A. useful

　　B. funny

　　C. painful

　　D. shameful

　　19．A. fortunately

　　B. hardly

　　C. slightly

　　D. hugely

　　20．A. Trading

　　B. Taking

　　C. Choosing

　　D. Realizing

　　[文章大意]　生活中我們經(jīng)常會(huì)遇到一些讓人煩心或惱怒的事情。如果能卸下這些心靈的重負(fù)，我們就能以感恩的心態(tài)去面對(duì)生活。

　　1．C。由上句中的“這家報(bào)業(yè)集團(tuán)有100多年的歷史”可知，恰恰是它曾經(jīng)的輝煌阻礙了它現(xiàn)在的變革。

　　2．A。從本空前blinded可知，管理層不接受任何新思想。

　　3．B。管理層的目光短淺使她覺(jué)得很沮喪。 frustrated意為“沮喪的，懊惱的”。

　　4．D。由下文的resentment和angry可知，雖然她離職了，但是她卻放不下心中的那份怨氣。

　　5．C。由下文可知，最終，她決心把她的經(jīng)歷和在報(bào)社工作時(shí)的感受寫出來(lái)。

　　6．B。由空后內(nèi)容可知，這里指她原本認(rèn)為這會(huì)是一項(xiàng)健康的腦力活動(dòng)。figure意為“想，認(rèn)為”。

　　7．A。她想永遠(yuǎn)擺脫那個(gè)公司和那些人，所以她不停地寫啊寫。

　　8．D。下文提到了the book，是暗示，故選D。

　　9．C。從上文事實(shí)可知，顯然內(nèi)心的怨氣促使她越寫越多。 fuel原意為“供給燃料”，此處用其比喻義。

　　10．D。上文提到他們很守舊、管理僵化。在她看來(lái)，這都是極其愚蠢的。

　　11．A。那么這本書寫好之后又有什么變化呢？其他三項(xiàng)與語(yǔ)境不符。

　　12．B。由本空前的not much可知，報(bào)社沒(méi)什么變化，還是老樣子。

　　13．C。從上文可知，她書中所寫的感受對(duì)他們沒(méi)有造成任何困擾。

　　14．B。根據(jù)本空后的negative emotions和下文的描述可以推斷，好幾年后，她內(nèi)心的怨氣才最終消除。 get over“從……中恢復(fù)，克服”。

　　15．A。從本空后一句可知，她邀請(qǐng)?jiān)瓉?lái)的老板吃飯，并且向他道歉。

　　16．B。參見上題解析。

　　17．D。現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)過(guò)去了好幾年，所以我問(wèn)她最終的(final)結(jié)果。

　　18．C。根據(jù)上文的angry可知，如果沒(méi)有那段痛苦的經(jīng)歷，她就不會(huì)寫出這本書。

　　19．D。由空后內(nèi)容“這本書被譯為21種語(yǔ)言”可知，這本書獲得了巨大的成功。

　　20．A。從上文可知，經(jīng)過(guò)幾年之后，她最終把怨氣轉(zhuǎn)化為對(duì)過(guò)去那段經(jīng)歷的感激。

　　trade...for...“用一物交換另一物”。

　　C

　　My father-in-law, Mr.

　　Lucky, was thankful for the simple things in life.

　　His wife, Flora, allowed him to__1__one scratch-off ticket per week.

　　Somehow,

　　that ticket always__2__being the winning one.

　　“Send some of that magic dust our way, Lucky，”

　　his coworkers laughed as they carried off their__3__tickets.

　　“We're all lucky to be living，”

　　he'd reply.

　　As Mr. Lucky grew older, he__4__from hearing loss. It would have been a great problem to others. Not Mr.Lucky, however.

　　He was seated in the break room one afternoon when a weather announcement came.

　　“A tornado(龍卷風(fēng)) warning has been issued for the area.Please be __5__of the conditions！”

　　Dad looked up. “A tomato warning! What's wrong with the tomatoes？” he shouted in__6__.

　　His coworkers simply __7__their heads.

　　“You really need to see about some hearing aids, Lucky!

　　Get yourself to a doctor！”