balloons that evening.My friend's grateful smile and joyful surprise __12__ me that I'd done the right thing，and they were a generous __13__ for the little effort it had taken.
When I got home，I realized that not only had I cheered up a __14__ friend on her birthday，but my own negative feelings had also disappeared.Making her day had __15__ my own! Isn't that the way it is__16__we take the time and make the __17__ to do something for someone else? It's just like the saying，“Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives，and him who __18__．”
Cheering up people on their birthdays isn't the only thing we can do to make their day.Life constantly presents us with __19__ to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to __20__．And the wonderful thing is that as we do，it changes things for the better for us too.
【语篇解读】 作者讲述了在自己心情不好的一天给一个从事护士职业的朋友过生日而得到的感悟：生活总是为我们提供机会，让我们多迈出一步或者做一件对别人有影响的善事。
1．A.special C．nervous
B．positive D．scared
解析：根据空格前的“I felt very depressed the other day.The weather had been dark and rainy”可知，“我”的心情不好，positive“乐观的”，符合语境。
答案：B
2．A.explained C．remembered
B．complained D．informed
解析：当“我”坐在书桌前的时候，记起今天是一个朋友的生日。故选C项。 答案：C 3．A.family C．work
B．training D．school
解析：根据空格前的“who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing”可知，她从事护士职业30年，说明她很喜欢自己的工作(work)。故选C项。
答案：C 4．A.decided C．agreed
B．continued D．refused
解析：根据语境可知，此处用decided表示“我决定给她打个电话”。故选A项。 答案：A
5．A.surprised C．bored
B．disappointed D．prepared
解析：根据前面的“Sure enough，she was on her shift”可知，这是她的当班时间，她准备工作到晚上，故选D项。
答案：D 6．A.much C．little
B．many D．few
解析：此处表示“不会有太多的时间过生日”。many和few用来修饰或替代可数名词，故排除；little本身含有否定的意思，在此处可排除；故选much。
答案：A 7．A.sounded C．grew
B．looked D．found
解析：“我”打电话给她，她听上去很高兴。故选A项。 答案：A 8．A.admitted C．succeeded
解析：参见上题解析。选B项。 答案：B
9．A.experience C．shake
B．imagine D．understand B．called D．apologized
解析：此处表示“我没法去除这种感觉”，应用shake，表示“去除，摆脱”。故选C项。
答案：C 10．A.Almost C．Never
B．Even D．Still
解析：此处用“Still”表明作者仍然感到沮丧，与文章开头相呼应。故选D项。 答案：D 11．A.luckily C．unhappily
B．finally D．hardly
解析：“我”的心情沮丧，“我”尽力去清理掉这种心情，但是经过一天的时间，还是没能摆脱，最终“我”屈服了。finally“最后，终于”，故选B项。
答案：B
12．A.convinced C．promised
B．advised D．reminded
解析：根据空格前面的“My friend's grateful smile and joyful surprise”和空格后面的“I'd done the right thing”可知，朋友的神情让“我”确信自己做对了。convince
意为“使确信”，符合语境。故选A项。
答案：A
13．A.response C．reward
B．contribution D．share
解析：她的笑容和惊喜使“我”确信“我”做对了，这也是对“我”慷慨的回报(reward)。故选C项。
答案：C
14．A.careless C．weak
B．lonely D．curious
解析：由前文的“a single，middle－aged woman”和“she didn't have family in town”可知，作者的朋友是孤独的。故选B项。
答案：B
15．A.troubled C．wasted
B．taken D．made
解析：让这位孤独的朋友快乐的同时，又扫除了作者的沮丧，所以说“Making her day had made my own”。故选D项。
答案：D 16．A.when C．why
B．where D．how
解析：从句子的结构和语境看此处应该用引导时间状语从句的连词，表示“当我们花费时间为别人努力做一些事情的时候”。故选A项。
答案：A
17．A.suggestion C．effort
B．money D．call
解析：参见上题解析。make the effort to do sth“努力做某事”。 答案：C 18．A.tries C．expects
B．receives D．cares
解析：根据空格前的“gives”可知，应用receives与gives相对应。故选B项。 答案：B
19．A.opportunities C．choices
B．dreams D．regrets
解析：生活总是为我们提供机会。opportunity意为“机会”，符合语境。故选A项。 答案：A
20．A.someone C．everyone
B．something D．everything
解析：生活总是为我们提供机会，让我们多迈出一步或者做一件对某人产生影响的善事。故选A项。
答案：A
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Someone has noted that their life and bank account both have something in common—they get out of them about as much as they put in.It __1__ I can get a great deal of joy out of life if I am __2__ about what I put into living.
Gary Player for years was a great __3__ in national and international golf tournaments.People __4__ said to him，“I'd give anything if I could hit a golf ball like you.”
Upon __5__ that comment one day，Player responded impatiently：“No，you wouldn't.Do you know __6__ you have to do to hit a golf ball like me? You've got to __7__ at 5：00 every morning，go out to the golf course，and hit a thousand balls! Your hands start __8__，and you walk to the clubhouse and wash the blood off your hands，put a bandage on it，and go out and hit __9__ thousand golf balls.That's what it __10__ to hit a golf ball like me！”
His __11__ was to be at the top of his sport.That grand dream __12__ practice，practice，and more practice.If your __13__ is to surpass (超过)the living—to give and receive __14__，to experience joy and to __15__ relationships—then how much of you will you __16__ your dream？These things are __17__ with practice as well.
Do you really practice love，__18__ when you don't feel like it？Do you practice finding joy even when you're __19__？Do you work at hard relationships？It isn't __20__ easy，but the payoff is worth it!
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述生活和银行账户的相似之处，告诉人们一个道理：你对生活投入多少，你就能从生活中得到多少回报，爱和快乐也是如此。
1．A.predicts C．promises
B．reflects D．means
解析：文章第一句把生活和银行账户进行比较。此处是对它的解释，故用means(意味着)。
答案：D 2．A.thankful
B．useful
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