After living in Paris for fifty years he retuened to the small town ___ he grew up as a child. 

A.which                       B.where                       C.that                           D.when   

    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) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is     .
    Once I heard a bald man said, “whenever I enter a room      I see is hair.” Once you’ve      what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will      make you happy. Then do one of the three things: Get it, replace it with a different     , or forget about it and      the tiles in your life that are not missing.
We all know people who have a relatively      life, yet are essentially unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but      remain happy.
    The first      is gratitude. All happy people are     . Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to     , but it’s truer to say that complaining leads people to becoming unhappy.
    The second secret is      that happiness is a byproduct of something else. The most obvious________are those pursuits that give our lives purpose—anything      studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are      to experience.
    Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our  ________  has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We  ________  a spiritual faith, or a philosophy; it should      this truth: if you choose to find the ________  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   ________  your decision to make.

【小题1】   A．different    B．missing  C．short    D．broken

【小题2】   A．nothing  B．none C．all      D．anything

【小题3】   A．determined   B．predicted    C．assumed  D．imagined

【小题4】   A．completely   B．naturally    C．hopefully    D．really

【小题5】   A．tile B．brick    C．ceiling  D．house

【小题6】   A．look on  B．focus on C．count on D．rely on

【小题7】   A．peaceful B．difficult    C．easy D．ordinary

【小题8】   A．certainly    B．merely   C．hardly   D．generally

【小题9】   A．secret   B．factor   C．rule D．key

【小题10】  A．wealthy  B．grateful     C．proud    D．generous

【小题11】  A．upset    B．quarrel  C．complain D．depress

【小题12】  A．admitting    B．assuming C．proving  D．realizing

【小题13】  A．sources  B．results  C．answers  D．goals

【小题14】  A．among    B．from C．through  D．for

【小题15】  A．probable B．possible C．likely   D．capable

【小题16】  A．value    B．destinationC．survival   D．existence

【小题17】  A．need B．lack C．demand   D．expect

【小题18】  A．involve  B．include C．absorb   D．mean

【小题19】  A．worst    B．best C．positive D．negative

【小题20】  A．absolutely   B．totally  C．exactly  D．largely

Tom________in the library every night over the last three months.

A．works                        B．worked

C．has been working             D．had been working

The book looks ________ it had been out in the rain.

  A．that          B．whether    C．as though    D．what

—Do you think I should get a good guidebook?

—Yes，of course.________， you also need a good camera and a pair of comfortable shoes.

A．What's more  B．In other words

C．By the way  D．All in all

 “Farm to table” is the name of a movement that encourages people to eat locally grown food. The farm-to-table idea has become more popular in recent years. But there is also a movement that brings “table to farm”. Its purpose is to connect people to the land and to honor local farmers by creating a sort of restaurant without walls.

Its founder, Jim Denevan, got the idea for this kind of “culinary adventure (美食探险)”, as he calls it, ten years ago. He recently prepared tables for more than a hundred people at Briars Farm in Virginia. He and his eight-member team arrived the night before. Chefs (厨师) from a local restaurant prepared the dinner.

Jim Denevan’s brother is a farmer and he himself is a former chef. He thought that the idea of a meal served right on the farm made sense, though not everyone agreed.

“But I wanted to make the idea work, so I decided to cross the country,” said Denevan. “I went all the way across the United States and set the table on farms, ranches (大牧场) and beaches, and all the places where food comes from.”

“This kind of event connects us with a lot of enthusiastic (热情的) people, people that we can form relationships with,” said Matt Szechenyi, who operates Briars Farm.

The tour of the farm ends at the dinner table. The meats in the meal come from Matt Szechenyi’s farm. The vegetables come from nearby farms. Guests and local farmers sit together.

Annoica Ingram came with a friend. “The food is wonderful. I appreciate their hard work. I see everything they have to do to take care of the animals and make sure they are well-cared-for. Without them, I think, we’ll have big problems,” she said.

9. What is the main purpose of the movement “table to farm”?

A. To provide people with healthy food.    

B. To help farmers earn more money.

C. To honor farmers for their hard work.

D. To encourage people to work less and practice more.

10.  Members of the movement “table to farm” will probably not________.

A. make new friends                     B. walk around the farms

C. communicate with farmers              D. build restaurants for farmers

11. Annoica’s attitude towards farmers’ work is_____.

A. worried         B. grateful           C. doubtful          D. supportive

12. What kind of writing is the passage likely to be?

A. A travel guide.   B. A news report.      C. A diary.          D. Popular science.

Mine was, at times, a lonely childhood. Born in Chungking, China, of missionary (传教士) parents, I lost my mother at birth. I was two months old when my father sent me to Mother's favorite sister in Morgantown, West Virginia. There I grew up in the house where Mother had spent her girlhood.

In the evening, before Aunt Ruth came home, I often sat on the floor beneath a picture of my mother — a sweet-faced young woman of 20, with dark eyes and black curly hair. There was one question always in my mind: What was my mother like? If only I could have known her!

Twenty years passed. I had grown up, married and had a baby, named Lucy for her grandmother — the mother I'd so longed to know.

One spring morning, 18-month-old Lucy and I boarded a train for Morgantown to visit Aunt Ruth. A woman offered me half her seat in the crowded car. I thanked her and busied myself with Lucy, while the woman turned her attention to the landscape speeding by.

After settling my baby in my arms for a nap, I started to talk with the woman. She said she was going to Morgantown to see her daughter and brand-new grandson. ―Surely you know my aunt, Ruth Wood,‖ I said. ―She‘s had a real-estate office in Morgantown for years.‖

―No,‖ she answered. ―I‘ve been away a long time, and that name is not familiar to me.‖

For several minutes, the woman looked out of the window. Then, without turning her head, she began to speak.

―There was a Miss Lucy Wood, a teacher, in Morgantown years ago. She probably left there before you were  

born. You said the name Wood, and, suddenly, I can't stop thinking about her. I haven‘t thought of her for years, but once I loved her very much. She was my teacher. My parents owned a bakery on Watts Street. They were on the verge of divorce. They fought and quarreled all the time. I had to work very hard at home and in the bakery, too.

―I loved school, though I didn‘t make good grades. Miss Wood‘s room was a happy place; it seemed like heaven to me. One day, after my folks had a big fight at breakfast, I came to school late, holding back the tears. Miss Wood kept me after school. I thought she would scold me but, instead, she let me tell her my troubles. She made me feel how much my brothers and sisters, and even my parents, needed me and from that day on, my life was worth living.‖

―A few months later, I heard a little girl say: ‗Miss Wood‘s going to marry a missionary and live in China!‘ I went home crying. My parents stopped in the middle of a fight to ask me what was wrong, but they could not know how great a light was going out in my life. I couldn‘t sleep that night.

―The next day, Miss Wood again kept me after school to see what was wrong. When I told her, she looked surprised and tender. ‗Please don‘t go way off to China!‘ I begged.

―‗Viola‘, she answered, ‗I can‘t give up China. I‘m going where my heart calls me, with the man I love. But I swear I‘ll think of you often, and I‘ll send you a postcard.‘

―I‘d never had any mail of my own, so that made me feel better. When I told my mother, she shook her head, saying. ‗Don‘t feel too bad, Viola, if she forgets; she‘ll have so many folks to write to.‘

―Two months later, I got a postcard with a picture of the Yangtze River, postmarked Chungking, China. ‗Are you still making me proud of you, my little brave one?‘ it asked. If anyone had given me a million dollars, it couldn‘t have made me more proud. Right after that, my parents broke up and we moved away from Morgantown.

―Goodness, we are almost there! I‘ve talked too much. I do hope I haven‘t bored you.‖

Then, for the first time, she turned to me and saw the tears in my eyes.

―Would you like to see Lucy Wood‘s granddaughter?‖ I asked. My baby was waking from her nap. My heart was singing. The burning question of my childhood had been richly answered.

55. Morgantown was the place where _______________.

A. the author‘s mother passed away B. the author spent her childhood

C. the author was born D. the author‘s father grew up

56. What can we learn about Viola‘s childhood?

A. She got excellent grades in school. B. Her parents didn‘t love her.

C. She grew up in her Aunt‘s house. D. Her parents‘ marriage was in trouble.

57. In what way did Miss Wood influence Viola?

A. She helped her improve the grades. B. She solved all her troubles.

C. She convinced her to value life a lot. D. She helped her get along with schoolmates.

58. Viola‘s mother was ___________ when Viola told her about Miss Wood‘s promise.

A. doubtful B. trustful C. indifferent D. optimistic

59. What might be the ―burning question‖ that had been richly answered?

A. Why did father send me to Aunt Ruth? B. Why did mother go to China?

C. What kind of person was mother? D. What did mother leave to her students?

60. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. An Unforgettable Train Trip B. An Ordinary but Great Teacher

C. The Student My Mother was Proud of D. The Day I Met My Mother