When you are working on a tight schedule, drinking a cup of tea, having a healthy snack and taking exercise are all positive ways to give you a sense of .

A. identity B. relief

C. responsibility D. guilt

The rescuers in Africa say it is worse than ever as disease and starvation to kill thousands.

A. combine B. succeed C. gather D. respond

If I hadn’t given up after the heavy defeat, the situation I am in now would be totally different.

A. selecting B. surviving

C. settling D. suffering

The elevator in the teaching building was always in the summer vacation. That was why I chose to climb the stairs instead.

A. breaking off B. breaking up

C. breaking out D. breaking down

“You are to blame for our failure. You can’t making mistakes in this game,” the coach declared.

A. put up with B. get away with

C. catch up with D. get along with

Despite many advantages of a bicycle, such as being environmentally friendly, it is not without its problems.

A. obvious B. physical

C. curious D. original

The method recommended by WHO is in accuracy, but it is too demanding in operation and it consumes too many laboratory animals.

A. beneficial B. sensible

C. admirable D. sensitive

The Spanish young man was arrested in Rome after a dispute with the Italian Police. Five hours later he was referred to the Spain Embassy based in Italy.

A. illegally B. formally

C. briefly D. logically

He was unable to come himself, but he sent his daughter, who is also an experienced doctor, to get my body examined him.

A. in need of B. in place of

C. in search of D. in case of

The hardest arithmetic(算術(shù)) to master is how to count our blessings.

According to legend, a young man while crossing the desert a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was sweet that he filled his leather canteen he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher.

After a four-day journey he the water to the old man who took a deep , smiled warmly and his student greatly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a heart.

Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He , saying it was awful. It had become sour because of the old leather container.

The student his teacher: “Master, the water was . Why did you pretend to like it?”

The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was only the container for an act of loving-kindness and could be sweeter.”

I think we understand this lesson best when we receive innocent gifts of from young children. it’s a greeting card or a bunch of flowers, the natural and proper is appreciation and expressed thankfulness because we treasure the idea the gift.

Gratitude doesn’t always come . Unfortunately, most children and many adults value only the thing given the feeling reflected in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty and purity of of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.

1.A. went through B. came across C. fell into D. watched over

2.A. very B. too C. enough D. so

3.A. so that B. for fear that C. in case D. on condition that

4.A. provided B. sent C. presented D. threw

5.A. drink B. bite C. look D. breath

6.A. comforted B. forgave C. blamed D. thanked

7.A. frightened B. satisfying C. happy D. grateful

8.A. drank it up B. let it out C. brought it up D. spat it out

9.A. apparently . B. probably C. immediately D. eventually

10.A. doubted B. replied C. challenged D. charged

11.A. delicious B. sweet C. terrible D. clear

12.A. obviously B. simply C. entirely D. certainly

13.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing

14.A. sympathy B. love C. respect D. care

15.A. Either B. Neither C. If D. Whether

16.A. response B. conduct C. behavior D. performance

17.A. beneath B. within C. beyond D. about

18.A. naturally B. normally C. commonly D. universally

19.A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than

20.A. expression B. attraction C. possession D. explanation