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)   36   of reconciliation. It involves three steps ---- sharing appreciation, expressing  37 , and expressing hurt and difficulties.

In the first step, we share appreciation. We acknowledge the  38  qualities of the other person. The second step -- expressing regret, is to   39      with the other person our regrets for the things we have done or said that might have caused him or her  40 . This requires humility (谦逊), and the   41  to let go of our own pride. In the third step, we    42  our own hurt with mindful and loving  43   without blaming or criticizing. We speak in such a way that the other person can listen and  44  our words. If we  45  the other person, his heart will  46  and he will not be able to hear us. We ask the other person to help us to understand  47  he has spoken and acted as he has , causing us so much pain. Perhaps, later, he can share his feelings  48  we can understand him more deeply. If a strong  49   arises in us while we are expressing our suffering,  we should simply  50  and come back to our breathing until the emotion becomes   51 . The other person can  52  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  53 . By doing this, we will    54   misunderstandings from accumulating. Rather, we will take care of them as they arise,   55  we take care of our children.

36. A. method       B. practice             C. example           D. experience

37. A. concern              B. belief               C. regret              D. sympathy

38. A. positive       B. poor               C. confident           D. selfish

39. A. chat                 B. compare          C. debate            D. share

40. A. pain          B. anxiety              C. confusion         D. loss

41. A. willingness      B. kindness            C. happiness         D. weakness

42. A. charge               B. argue              C. express           D. combine

43. A. speech               B. letter                C. story             D. question

44. A. choose               B. accept              C, spread            D. change

45. A. trust          B. praise              C. envy               D. blame

46. A. open         B. close               C. beat              D. melt

47. A. when                B. how                     C. what             D. why

48. A. so that               B. even though         C. as though          D. in case

49. A. emotion        B. responsibility          C. value             D. interest

50. A. continue      B. stop               C. leave             D. repeat

51. A. quieter               B. warmer           C. deeper            D. stronger

52. A. forget         B. support            C. hate              D. remember

53. A. quickly         B. carefully             C. regularly            D. willingly

54. A. prevent          B. protect              C. separate            D. forbid

55. A. for                    B. so                                                                                          C. like                D. if

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to  26  in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the  27  ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too  28  for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of   29  .

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there  30  between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She  31 her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had  32  her. I was  33  and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it  34  , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt   35  . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen     36  , but it’s really there. Love is  37 .”

I listened carefully but I  38  her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly  39  seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked  40 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father   41  on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t  42  me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”  43  his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and  44 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just  45  in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

（2011·浙江卷）完形填空

Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my   21   was more manageable , I   22   ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.   23    that was years ago and times have changed.   24    I live with mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to   25   my disability pension (残疾抚恤金).   26   I needed to sleep in the afternoons,  I was limited in my   27   . I decided that I would consider  28     to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was   29  when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of   30    to get started. And 31   you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can   32   use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my   33   ; he gave me a long thoughtful    34   . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me   35   the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand  36   on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your  37   and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I   38   . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose   39  that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His   40  still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

21. A. loneliness           B. sadness                   C. tiredness                 D. sickness

22. A. set                     B. enjoyed                    C. kept                        D. shared

23. A. Gladly                B. Eventually                C. Unfortunately           D. Surprisingly

24. A. Now                  B. Then                       C. Sometime                D. Meanwhile

25. A. add up to            B. make up for             C. get rid of                 D. take advantage of

26. A. If                             B. As                          C. Though                  D. Before

27. A. movement                B. condition                 C. choices                   D. positions

28. A. reaching out       B. living up                  C. getting on                D. going back

29. A. recognized          B. interviewed              C. found                      D. invited

30. A. money                      B. time                        C. energy                     D. knowledge

31. A. thus                   B. once                        C. seldom                    D. often

32. A. actually              B. hardly                      C. nearly                      D. formerly

33. A. job                     B. family                      C. idea                        D. offer

34. A. face                   B. view                        C. look                        D. sight

35. A. over                   B. along                       C. towards                   D. through

36. A. unhappily           B. lovingly                   C. pitifully                    D. gratefully

37. A. pick                   B. turn                         C. role                         D. step

38. A. had to cry          B. ought to cry                   C. should have cried     D. could have cried

39. A. more                 B. the ones                   C. few                         D. the rest

40. A. courage              B. devotion                  C. kindness                  D. trust

（2011·陕西卷）

In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _26_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_27_together on a road when they came to a very_28_village.

The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _29  he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _30 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.

 The second rich man ,seeing the _31  situation, stopped for a short time and gave _32  all his food and drink, since he _33  see that money would be of little _34  to them. He made sure that they each _35  their fair share and would have enough food to _36  for some time . Then, he left.

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _37  and went straight through the _38  without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_39  the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _40  that they themselves had been there to offer help.

However, three days later, they  41 the  third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was  42  travelling quickly, but his wagons,  43  the gold and valuables they had been  44  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  45  .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.

26. A. loss           B. expectations   C. success      D. problems   

27. A. standing       B. travelling     C. gathering    D. running      

28. A. faraway        B. poor           C. different    D. ancient      

29. A. unless         B. because        C. so           D. if          

30. A. them           B. anything       C. nothing      D. those    

31. A. curious        B. worrying       C. dangerous    D. puzzling   

32. A. the villagers  B. his servants   C. the others   D. the rest         

33. A. could          B. might          C. should       D. must     

34. A. interest       B.concern         C. use          D. attraction 

35. A. returned       B. gained         C. offered      D. received    

36.A.remain         B.last       C.supply          D.share        

37.A.turned back    B.set out   C. showed off      D. speeded        

38.A.village       B.land       C.field            D.road         

39.A.whether       B.how        C.where         D.when  

40.A.good          B.certain     C.true            D.strange       

41.A.welcomed      B.met         C.taccepted    D.persuaded    

42.A.still        B.already      C.always          D.indeed          

43. A. except     B. instead of    C. apart from   D. along with          

44.A. loading     B. treasuring    C. carrying     D. earning           

 45.A. food        B. jewels        C. money        D. seeds          

完形填空

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,  36  a bar of chocolate if given the choice,     37    , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the    38    he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

39   as high as he could , but even as his tallest  40  he was unable to touch It. He began to  41  up and down , as high as he could, at the  42  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of  43  .

  Not giving up , he though , if only he had something to  44  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  45   the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and  Gameboy . Looking   46  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,   47  luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .

  He had tried everything he could think to do .   48   seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   49  . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  50  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he  51  like this , the more unhappy he became.

52   ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself .,This isn’t    53     ,I   don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  54   more I can do to get the apple  that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  55  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

36.A. preferring    B. offering   C. receiving     D. allowing

37.A. so          B. then      C. but           D or

38.A.sadder    B. angrier      C. hungrier        D. tastier

39.A. expanding    B. stretching    C. swinging   D. pulling

40.A.  strength    B. length       C.  range      D. height

41.A.jump     B. look        C. walk       D. glance

42.A.  tip       B. stage      C. top      D.  level

43.A hope       B. hand        C.  sight      D.  reach

44.A. put         B. stand         C. get   D.  hold

45.A. break     B.  shake         C. take  D.  strike

46.A.  up       B.  forward       C. down D.  around

47.A.for           B. with           C. on  D. of

48.A. After      B. Through     C .Without  D. Upon

49.A. back      B.  away      C. up      D. down

50.A. wishes      B.  beliefs     C. efforts   D. goals

51.A. thought     B.  imagined     C. tried   D. claimed

52.A.Therefore     B. However     C. Moreover  D. Otherwise

53.A. skilful    B. cheerful      C. harmful   D.  helpful

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

55.A．change   B. express   C. forget   D. describe