To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to（1）the attention andinterest of your students, you must be a( n)（2） speaker, with a good, strong，（3）voice which is fully underyour control; and you must be able to act on what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.（4）agood teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still（5）his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; hewalks about, using his（6）， hands and fingers to help him in his explanation, and his face to express feelings.Listen to him, and you will（7） the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always changingaccording to what he is（8） about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn ’t（9）that he will indeed be able to act（10） on the stage, for there are very important differences between theteacher's work and the actor's. The actor has to say words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the（11） words each time he plays a certain part, and even his movements and the ways in which he uses hisvoice are usually（12） beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actionsseem（13）on the stage.

A good teacher（14）in quite a different way. His students take an active part in his class: they ask andanswer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't understand something, they raise their hands. The teachertherefore has to suit his act to the needs of his students. He can't learn his part by heart, but must（15） it as he goes along.

A.play

B. give

C. hold

D. know

A.clear

B. slow

C. quick

D. aloud

A.frightening

B. surprising

C. learning

D. pleasing

A.Listen

B. Watch

C. Look

D. Glance

A.for

B. behind

C. before

D. with

A.tongue

B. words

C. sound

D. arms

A.see

B. hear

C. think

D. guess

A.talking

B. thinking

C. hearing

D. saying

A.tell

B. express

C. know

D. mean

A.good

B. badly

C. well

D. poor

A.different

B. same

C. above

D. following

A.read

B. known

C. fixed

D. written

A.natural

B. pleasant

C. false

D. correct

A.is working

B. has worked

C. worked

D. works

A.invent

B. discover

C. teach

D. continue

Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are teaching history education in America. It's the one（1）a teacher standing at the classroom door （2）goodbye to students for the summer holiday and reminding them，“By the way, we won World War I. " The problem with the joke, of course, is that it's（3）funny. The recentsurvey on（4）illiteracy(无知) is appalling( 令人震惊的): nearly one third of American 17-year-olds cannoteven identify which countries the United States fought（5）in that war. One third have no（6） when theDeclaration of Independence was（7）. One third think Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirdscannot correctly place the Civil War between 1850 and 1900.（8） when they get the answers right, some are just guessing.

Unlike math or science， ignorance of history cannot be（9）connectedwith loss of internationalcompetitiveness. But it does（10） our future as a democratic nation and as individuals. The（11）news is thatthere is growing agreement（12）what is wrong with the（13）of history and what needs to be（14） to fix it.The steps are tentative( 初步的) and yet（15） in most classrooms.

A.about

B. in

C. for

D. by

A.wave

B. waving

C. to wave

D. waved

A.rarely

B. so

C. too

D. not

A.historical

B. educational

C. cultural

D. political

A.as

B. at

C. against

D. on

A.sense

B. doubt

C. reason

D. idea

A.printed

B. signed

C. marked

D. edited

A.Even

B. And

C. Thus

D. So

A.exclusively

B. hardly

C. shortly

D. directly

A.affeet

B. effect

C. affection

D. effective

A.fine

B. nice

C. surprising

D. good

A.to

B. with

C. on

D. of

A.consulting

B. coaching

C. teaching

D. directing

A.done

B. dealt

C. met

D. reached

A.to be tested

B. to test

C. to be testing

D. to testing

If there is one thing I have learned over the years,it is that life in this world is bittersweet.It has been and it（1）will be.I realized this early and every day I see further experience of it.It is something（2） we all justhave to accept.

When I was a boy, I cherished my books and toys, but then I（3）them all when our house was burneddown one night. When I grew up, I loved the isolated woodlands and meadows that were my（4）， but I oftenfound myself playing（5）. At school, I found learning fun and easy，（6）I was never as popular as I wanted tobe. In college, I enjoyed the excitement of（7） on my own, yet I still missed the love and comfort of home.

As I reached adulthood I fell in love and had my heart broken. I graduated（8） college, but I never gainedthe success I thought I would get. I had three beautiful（9） that taught me so much about love, yet I watched mytwo sons（10）daily with autism(自闭症)。I cherished the love that my parents gave me, and then I took care（11）them until they died before I was 50.

Life is bittersweet, which is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, successes and（12） . Whether lifemakes us bitter or sweet.（13）， is up to us. Anyhow, we could learn something from it. It is during the（14）times that we grow the strongest and our goodness is most needed. Stay strong. Love much. Live well. Please（15） your goodness and make this world a sweeter place for all.

A.rarely

B. forever

C. almost

D. never

A.what

B.why

C. it

D. that

A.borrowed

B. picked

C. lost

D. destroyed

A.laboratory

B. playground

C. study

D. library

A.fairly

B. badly

C. alone

D. well

A.but

B. so

C. and

D. for

A.being out

B. be out

C. to be out

D. been out

A.at

B. from

C. in

D. on

A.children

B. teachers

C. relatives

D. friends

A.commit

B. undertake

C. operate

D. struggle

A.of

B. off

C. by

D. in

A.difficulties

B. failures

C. hardships

D. diseases

A.however

B. and

C. though

D. although

A.perfect

B. sweet

C. tough

D. suitable

A.divide

B. repay

C. receive

D. share

 Many of us develop a desire to travel.（1） ， few are lucky enough to turn that desire into a successfulcareer. For Trish Sare, owner of Vancouver-based BikeHike Adventures Inc. ，it was a(n)（2） story.

 “I left home when I was 20 with a（3） of traveling the world for five years," recalls Sare.“During thatperiod, I spent a lot of time（4）adventure companies abroad and taking part in some of their adventures. Uponreturming，I studied（5）。 Then, when we had to do our field placement( 实习工作)，I approached a travelagency.（6）they heard about my experience, they asked if I wanted to go to Costa Rica for my placement and betrained as a tour leader. And that is where it all（7）.

 That beginning marked the accomplishment of a（8） dream for Sare. Today, she can（9）those excitingmemories from such places as Thailand, Nepal, Costa Rica and more. Although Sare（10） her dream of travelingfor many years, she began（11） something that offered just a lttle bit more. So, in 2014, she took the big stepof starting her own company: BikeHike Adventures Inc.

Her career has（12）her all over the world to interact with people of so many different cultures andbackgrounds. Looking back , Sare can（13） say that it's been the right choice for her. Here is her（14） forthose wanting a similar path:

“Do some traveling（15） your own first and then you'll be marketable to companies,”she concludes.

A. Therefore

B. However

C. Besides

D. Meanwhile

A. funny

B. awful

C. similar

D. different

A. goal

B. choice

C. hobby

D. problem

A.tomeet

B. met

C. meeting

D. be meeting

A. farming

B. adventure

C. employment

D. tourism

A. When

B. If

C. Although

D. Unless

A. began

B. succeeded

C. existed

D. appeared

A. terrible

B. strange

C. faraway

D. lifelong

A. accept

B. review

C. discover

D. lose

A. shared

B. followed

C. resisted

D. questioned

A. calling for

B. giving up

C. looking for

D. breaking up

A. driven

B. shown

C. taken

D. forbidden

A. politely

B. patiently

C. rudely

D. honestly

A. explanation

B. advice

C. requirement

D. wish

A. on

B. by

C. of

D. with

More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendships, what they expected（1）friends, what they were willing to give in（2）， and how satisfied they were（3） the quality of their friendships.Friendship（4）to be a unique form of（5） bonding. Unlike marriage or the ties（6） bind parents andchildren, it is not defined or regulated by（7）. Unlike other social roles that we play as citizens ，employees ,members of professional societies and（8） organizations, it has its own principle, which is to promote（9）ofwarmth, trust, and affection between two people.

The survey on frendship appeared in the March issue of Psychology Today. The findings（10） that problemsof trust and betrayal are（11） to friendship. They also suggest that our readers not only（12）for friends among those who are most like them, but find many friends（13） in race, religion, and ethnic background. Arguably the most important（14） that emerges from the data，（15），is not something that we find but what we do not have.

A. on

B. of

C. to

D. for

A. addition

B. use

C. vain

D. returm

A. about

B. of

C. with

D. by

A. feels

B. leads

C. sounds

D. appears

A. invalid

B. mankind

C. individual

D. civil

A. that

B.how

C. what

D. when

A. discipline

B. law

C. advice

D. self-discipline

A. the other

B. others

C. other

D. another

A. frendship

B. interests

C. feelings

D. impressions

A. secure

B. assure

C. confirm

D. resolve

A. neutral

B. center

C. nuclear

D. central

A. ask

B. call

C. appeal

D. look

A. differing

B. differed

C. to differ

D. to be differed

A. idea

B. thing

C. suggestion

D. advice

A. however

B. and

C. though

D. although