We all have storms through our lives. But we have no right to make everyone else suffer with our own   31 .
The carpenter I   32  to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a(n)   33  first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his truck   34  to start.
While I drove him home, he sat in stony   35  .
On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused   36   at a small tree,   37  tips of the branches with both hands.
When opening the door, he underwent a(n)   38  transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles, and he   39   his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
The next day my   40  drove me to ask him about what I had seen. “Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied. “I know I can’t   41  having troubles on the job, but the troubles don’t   42  to the house with my family. So I just   43  them up on the tree. Then in the morning I pick them up again.”
“  44  thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as   45  as I remember the night before.”
Putting   46  around our problems is a really good idea --- it prevents our difficulties from spilling over onto loved people, who can’t do anything about our problems. Why   47  them if they can’t help us?
So, plant yourself a trouble tree outside and use it   48   you come home. Be grateful that you have loved ones to go home to    49  your loved one is simply your beloved dog. And when you picked up your troubles on the way each morning, be   50  that they’re not as heavy as they were the night before.
小題1:
A．unhappinessB．mistakesC．helplessnessD．carelessness
小題2:
A．informedB．hiredC．trustedD．recommended
小題3:
A．enjoyableB．smoothC．roughD．dull
小題4:
A．intendedB．desiredC．hesitatedD．refused
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)mazementB．a(chǎn)stonishmentC．embarrassmentD．silence
小題6:
A．regularlyB．unusuallyC．brieflyD．directly
小題7:
A．cuttingB．damagingC．watchingD．touching
小題8:
A．excitingB．a(chǎn)mazingC．confusingD．a(chǎn)nnoying
小題9:
A．huggedB．greetedC．thankedD．waved
小題10:
A．preferenceB．sufferingsC．curiosityD．doubt
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)voidB．considerC．continueD．stand
小題12:
A．lackB．belongC．existD．stay
小題13:
A．setB．throwC．giveD．hang
小題14:
A．SadB．TerribleC．FunnyD．Ridiculous
小題15:
A．manyB．fewC．good D．light
小題16:
A．defenceB．boundariesC．sympathyD．secret
小題17:
A．burdenB．equipC．expose D．entertain
小題18:
A．howeverB．wheneverC．wherever D．whatever
小題19:
A．so long asB．now thatC．even ifD．in case
小題20:
A．shamefulB．proudC．a(chǎn)stonishedD．grateful

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:D
小題6:C
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:A
小題10:C
小題11:A
小題12:B
小題13:D
小題14:C
小題15:A
小題16:B
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:C
小題20:D
文章講述的是作者通過一個木匠處理工作中的煩惱的方法，意識到了不要把煩惱帶給家人，每個人都應該有一顆自己的煩惱樹，用來懸掛煩惱，為了不影響家人。
小題1:上下文，此處的unhappiness指的就是前一句的storms through our lives
小題2:句意理解，我雇傭的幫我修復農(nóng)場的木工剛剛度過一個痛苦的一天。
小題3:上下文，句意同上，根據(jù)下文A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his truck   34  to start可知，此處講的是不愉快的一天，痛苦的一天
小題4:句意理解，他的卡車也拒絕啟動了。即啟動不了了。
小題5:句意理解，因為他這一天過的很不愉快，所以面無表情地默默地坐在那里。
小題6:句意理解，他在一棵樹下短暫地停頓了一下，用雙手摸了下樹枝的末端。
小題7:同上
小題8:上下文。根據(jù)His tanned face was wreathed in smiles可知，他的表情由原來的不愉快轉變?yōu)榱宋⑿�，是發(fā)生了驚人的變化。
小題9:句意理解，他擁抱了他的兩個孩子，親吻了他的妻子。
小題10:上下文，根據(jù)后面的ask可知，是作者的好奇心讓他去問木匠一些問題。
小題11:句意理解，此處意為我知道，我無法避免工作上的麻煩，但是麻煩是不屬于我的家人的，所以我把我的麻煩，掛到了樹上。
小題12:同上 ，belong to 屬于
小題13:根據(jù)后面的up on the tree 可知
小題14:上下文，根據(jù)后面的內容可知，麻煩/煩惱沒有那么多了，所以是有趣的是
小題15:此處指的是as many troubles as I remember.代指可數(shù)名詞troubles
小題16:上下文，根據(jù)后面的 it prevents our difficulties from spilling over onto loved people可知，此處指的是煩惱周圍建立邊界。
小題17:為什么要給他們這些壓力呢。
小題18:句意理解，每當你回家的時候，
小題19:雖然你的最愛是一條狗
小題20:句意理解，因為第二天的時候，煩惱沒有前一天那么多了，所以要感到愉快，感到感恩。
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   36  I work with some very kind and compassionate(富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to   37  by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar    38  they have made. Evidently I’m not the only “    39   ” person here.
One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who    40  the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely    41  about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would   42  to such an extremely embarrassing incident.
As I expected, Lois didn’t pass over the   43   when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly,   44  with empathetic consideration. She listened to my   45  . Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n)   46  .
“It happened”, she said, “There’s nothing you can do to    47  that. It happened. But it’s over now. It’s   48  . It’s in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her   49  to her work, as if to say, “We’re done here.”
I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those   50  words: It’s over. It’s done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.
小題1:
A．by the wayB．in the wayC．on the wayD．to the way
小題2:
A．someone B．a(chǎn)nyoneC．no oneD．the one
小題3:
A．shouldB．mightC．will D．could
小題4:
A．fix B．blameC．relyD．put
小題5:
A．outgoingB．oldC．cheerfulD．energetic
小題6:
A．ThankfullyB．NaturallyC．GenerallyD．Hopefully
小題7:
A．workB．stop C．watchD．sit
小題8:
A．decisionsB．troubles C．a(chǎn)ttemptsD．mistakes
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)nnoyingB．confusingC．embarrassingD．puzzling
小題10:
A．repairsB．wantsC．worksD．occupies
小題11:
A．madB．seriousC．curiousD．hopeful
小題12:
A．reactB．a(chǎn)greeC．turnD．object
小題13:
A．issueB．outcomeC．criterionD．message
小題14:
A．forB．thereforeC． but D．otherwise
小題15:
A．challengeB．imaginationC．conclusionD．explanation
小題16:
A．orderB．keyC．endD．process
小題17:
A．forget B．ruin C．preventD．change
小題18:
A．broken B．done C．lostD．kept
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)ttentionB．skillC．patienceD．interest
小題20:
A．sweetB．pleasant C．meaningfulD．colorful

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When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble—a word game—against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against. I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’ home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of computers.
It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything. She has been the one teaching me all my life; to cook and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back.
It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing(文字處理). This proved to be a bigger challenge(挑戰(zhàn)) to her, so I gave her some homework. I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces.
“Are you demanding this with your kindergarten pupils?” she said.
“No, of course not,” I said. “They already know how to use a computer.”
My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(過敏反應). For as long as I remember, and time I called, my mother would answer, Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years.
小題1:What does the author do?
A．She is a cook.
B．She is a teacher.
C．She is a housewife
D．She is a computer engineer.
小題2:The author decided to give her mother a computer__________.
A．to let her have more chances to write letters
B．to support her in doing her homework
C．to help her through the bad times
D．to make her life more enjoyable
小題3:The author asked her mother to write her a letter__________.
A．because her mother had stopped using the telephone
B．because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother
C．so that her mother could practice what she had learned
D．so that her mother could be free from housework
小題4:After the computer was brought home, the author’s father__________.
A．lost interest in cooking
B．took more phone calls
C．played more games
D．began to use it

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