Our thoughts, words, and actions often cause harm to others and to us. Without reconciliation (和解), we cannot deepen our understanding and only cause more suffering. "Beginning Anew" is a(n)   1   of reconciliation. It involves three steps —— sharing appreciation, expressing   2   , and expressing hurt and difficulties.

In the first step, we share appreciation. We acknowledge the   3   qualities of the other person. The second step——expressing regret, is to  4  with the other person our regrets for the things we have done or said that might have caused him or her  5  . This requires humility (謙遜), and the   6   to let go of our own pride. In the third step, we express our own hurt with mindful and loving   7   without blaming or criticizing. We speak in such a way that the other person can listen and   8  our words. If we blame the other person, his heart will   9    and he will not be able to hear us. We ask the other person to help us to understand why he has spoken and acted as he has, causing us so much pain. Perhaps, later, he can share his feelings so that we can understand him more deeply. If a strong   10   arises in us while we are expressing our suffering, we should simply   11   and come back to our breathing until the emotion becomes   12 . The other person can   13   us by following his breathing until we are ready to continue. We can enjoy practicing "Beginning Anew" with our partner, our family, or our friends   14  . By doing this, we will   15   misunderstandings from accumulating. Rather, we will take care of them as they arise, as we take care of our children.

 

1.	A.	method	B.	practice	C.	example	D.	experience
2.	A.	concern	B.	belief	C.	regret	D.	sympathy
3.	A.	positive	B.	poor	C.	confident	D.	selfish
4.	A.	chat	B.	compare	C.	debate	D.	share
5.	A.	pain	B.	anxiety	C.	confusion	D.	loss
6.	A.	willingness	B.	kindness	C.	happiness	D.	weakness
7.	A.	speech	B.	letter	C.	story	D.	question
8.	A.	choose	B.	accept	C.	spread	D.	change
9.	A.	open	B.	close	C.	beat	D.	melt
10.	A.	emotion	B.	responsibility	C.	value	D.	interest
11.	A.	continue	B.	stop	C.	leave	D.	repeat
12.	A.	quieter	B.	warmer	C.	deeper	D.	stronger
13.	A.	forget	B.	support	C.	hate	D.	remember
14.	A.	quickly	B.	carefully	C.	regularly	D.	willingly
15.	A.	prevent	B.	protect	C.	separate	D.	forbid

 

 

III. 完形填空（共20小題；每小1分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從33—52各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A，B，C和D)，選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his  33  time, he likes to get out in the country and take some  34  of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his  35 . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him  36  he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which  37  to his uncle in the afternoon. They  38  the night there, so that they could  39  out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm  40  the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember  41  he was. He turned over  42 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 43  that he was at the  44  and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got  45  quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the  46 . Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It  47  good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk  48 , because they didn’t want to  49  up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle  50  hot coffee and took some sandwiches  51  Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera  52  and started out.

33. A. busy      B. spare          C. enough       D. limited

34. A. foods            B. drawings       C. paintings      D. pictures

35. A. trips             B. buses          C. holidays       D. mountains

36. A. after             B. when          C. until          D. unless

37. A. led              B. stuck          C. got           D. belonged

38. A. cost       B. spent          C. slept           D. took

39. A. start             B. begin          C. walk          D. step

40. A. telephone  B. machine       C. bell          D. clock

41. A. where     B. how          C. who          D. what

42. A. quickly    B. sleepily        C. quietly              D. suddenly

43. A. imagined         B. pronounced    C. forgot        D. remembered

44. A. mountain   B. town          C. farm         D. station

45. A. dressed      B. ordered        C. eaten          D. prepared

46. A. bathroom  B. kitchen        C. dining-room    D. sitting-room

47. A. seemed     B. felt           C. tasted          D. smelled

48. A. many      B. soundly       C. much               D. highly

49. A. wake      B. go            C. put           D. come

50. A. of         B. with          C. in            D. by

51. A. that       B. what          C. after          D. before

52. A. cover      B. supply        C. operator       D. equipment

 

A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone（區(qū)域）, when a   36   came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of   37   to give.

       As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you   38   me a little bit over the speed limit（限制）. I was in a rush to get   39  , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too   40   when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”

       The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started   41   something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was   42   writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving   43   so far, the policeman came to his window,   44   him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this   45   going to be? However, the man was   46   it was not a ticket at all and he began to   47  :

       “I had a daughter who was   48   by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in   49  , and then was free, free to hug（擁抱） his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to   50   until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to   51   that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive (原諒) him. So pray (祈禱) for me, and be   52   when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”

       The man was completely   53   and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove   54  , even a few miles   55   the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

A. truck              B. mail car             C. police car                 D. taxi

A. excuses      B. information        C. advice                D. views

A. remembered         B. recognized         C. mistook                     D. caught

A. to school        B. home             C. out                 D. to hospital

A. well            B. happy             C. free                      D. healthy

A. writing           B. looking for         C. listing                D. looking up

A. even              B. really              C. still                 D. never

A. insurance      B. license            C. journal                D. route

A. sent              B. handed               C. rewarded            D. pushed

A. paper            B. note               C. ticket                    D. notice

A. excited         B. upset               C. angry                     D. surprised

A. laugh            B. smile              C. read                        D. think

A. hit              B. knocked             C. trapped              D. killed

A. fear             B. trouble                   C. prison               D. danger

A. wait             B. stay                   C. remain                   D. escape

A. attack           B. forgive               C. educate              D. support

A. honest          B. thankful            C. patient                 D. careful

A. disappointed B. nervous            C. shocked           D. frightened

A. quickly     B. slowly             C. fortunately          D. rapidly

A. under       B. over               C. to                D. with

 

第二節(jié) 完形填空 (共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng), 并在答題卡將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing.   36   she was very frightened, she went with her  37   to a cliff. She took hold of the rope and started   38   the face of that rock. She got to a place where she could take a breath.   39   she was hanging on there, the safety rope suddenly struck Brenda’s eye and   40    her contact lens(隱形鏡片).

Well, here she was, on a rock face, with hundreds of feet below her and hundreds of feet   41    her. She began to get   42   , and she had to pray to the Lord to help her to    43  it.

When she got to the top, a friend  44   her eye and her clothing for the lens, but there was no contact lens to be found. She    45    across the mountains, thinking of that verse(詩句) that says, “The     46 of the Lord run backward and forward throughout the whole earth.” She thought, “Lord, you can see all these    47   . You know every stone and leaf, and you know   48    where my contact lens is. Please help me.”

Finally, they   49    down the path to the bottom. At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. Suddenly, one of them shouted out, “Hey, you guys! Anybody   50   a contact lens?”

Well, that would be   51    enough, but you know    52    the climber saw it? An ant was moving  53    across the face of the rock, carrying it on it’s back.

Brenda told her father about the story of the   54  , the prayer, and the contact lens. He then drew a picture of an ant carrying that contact lens with the words, “Lord, I don’t know why you want me to do this. I can’t eat it, and it’s awfully   55    .But if this is what you want me to do, I’ll carry it for you.”

36.   A.     Although  B.     As     C.     Because   D.     Except

37.   A.     friend        B. group   C.     guide        D.     leader

38.   A.     down        B.     off    C.     On        D.     up

39.   A.     Because   B.     As     C.     Before      D.     Until

40.   A.     wore out  B.     gave out  C.     carried out       D.     knocked out

41.   A.     over B.     across      C.     beyond     D.     above

42.   A.     hopeful     B.     upset        C.     Eager            D.     proud

43.   A.     search      B.     dream      C.     find  D.     imagine

44.   A.     watched  B.     tested      C.     saw  D.     examined

45.   A.     looked up B.     looked on C.     looked out        D.     looked for

46.   A.     eyes B.     arms         C.     hands       D.     legs

47.   A.     persons    B.     mountains        C.     trees         D.     animals

48.   A.     exactly     B.     simply       C.     generally D.     nearly

49.   A.     walked     B.     climbed    C.     ran   D.     flew

50.   A.     missed     B.     owned      C.     got   D.     lost

51.   A.     annoying  B.     surprising         C.     disappointing   D.     worrying

52.   A.     which        B.     why  C.     when        D.     whether

53.   A.     Quickly B.          happily     C.     slowly       D.     sadly

54.   A.     rock B.     rope C.     ant   D.     Lord

55.   A.     heavy        B.     light     C.valuable   D.       dirty

 

第二節(jié)　完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A，B，C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

My son Joey was born with club feet（天生特厚的畸形腳）. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk  36 , but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were 37 in surgery（手術(shù)）. By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a 38 when you saw him walk.

The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during  39  , and Joey would jump right in，run and play, too. We   40  told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to  41  as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.

In seventh grade he  42  to go out for the cross country team. Every day he 43 with the team. He worked harder and ran 44  than any of the others — perhaps he sensed that the 45  that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. 46  the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential （潛能） to 47  points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.

He 48  to run four to five miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103 degree fever. I was 49 , so I went to look for him after school. I found him 50 all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more51 to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. 52 he looked straight ahead and kept running.

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were 53 . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in  54  grade — the other six team members were all eighth?graders. We never told him he shouldn’t 55 to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it...so he didn’t know. He just did it.

36. A. quickly       B. slowly     C. normally    D. comfortably

37. A. spent         B. wasted     C. suffered   D. lost

38. A. pain          B. problem        C. treatment         D. surgery

39. A. holidays         B. day           C. fun           D. play

40. A. seldom       B. never          C. always            D. once

41. A. study         B. run     C. walk        D. behave

42. A. decided       B. preferred       C. refused    D. agreed

43. A. gathered       B. camped      C. trained        D. competed

44. A. more slowly B. less      C. faster           D. more

45. A. ability       B. strength     C. power    D. energy

46. A. Since         B. Because    C. After    D. Although

47. A. increase        B. score            C. hold           D. take

48. A. continued      B. stopped     C. liked       D. hoped

49. A. sad             B. surprised       C. angry        D. worried

50. A. running            B. resting       C. crying        D. sleeping

51. A. tests         B. miles    C. lessons        D. examinations

52. A. Otherwise     B. So         C. Yet               D. Thus

53. A. included       B. called           C. shown      D. found

54. A. sixth       B. eighth     C. seventh          D. fifth

55. A. manage      B. determine         C. expect       D. attempt