—To be frank，it didn't________me much．（ ）
The employer was5to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor． The carpenter said yes,6over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work． He used bad workmanship and7materials． It was an unfortunate way to8 a dedicated（献身的）career．
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to9the house． Then he handed the front-door10to the carpenter and said, “This is your house．．． my11to you．”
The carpenter was shocked!
What a12! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently．
.13it is with us． We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting14 than our best into the building． Then, with a shock, we 15 we have to live in the house we have built． If we could do it over, we would do it much differently．
But, you cannot 16 ． You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or build a wall． Someone 17said, “Life is a do-it-yourself project．” Your 18 , and the choices you 19 today, help build the “house” you will live in tomorrow． Therefore, build 20!
Vincent van Gogh, for whom color was the chief symbol of expression, was born in Groot-Zundert, Holland on March 30, 1853．
The son of a pastor(牧师), brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere, Vincent was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence． Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, van Gogh had had two unsuitable and unhappy romances and had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore, an art salesman, and a preacher in the Borinage (a dreary mining district in Belgium), where he was dismissed for overzealousness（过分热心的）．
He remained in Belgium to study art, determined to give happiness by creating beauty． The works of his early Dutch period are somber-toned, sharply lit, genre paintings of which the most famous is "The Potato Eaters" (1885)． In that year van Gogh went to Antwerp where he discovered the works of Rubens and purchased many Japanese prints．
In 1886 he went to Paris to join his brother Théo, the manager of Goupil's gallery． In Paris, van Gogh studied with Cormon, inevitably met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin, and began to lighten his very dark palette and to paint in the short brushstrokes of the Impressionists． His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined with painting all day undermined his health． He decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art． Gauguin did join him but with disastrous results． Near the end of 1888, an incident led Gauguin to ultimately leave Arles． Van Gogh pursued him with an open razor, was stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting a portion of his own ear lobe off． Van Gogh then began to alternate between fits of madness and lucidity and was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy for treatment．
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent (租住). With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.
Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one's free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of sharing the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things：for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.
Since my retirement (退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes much influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said，“At seventy I can follow my heart's desire (渴望).”
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结合语境，根据汉语或首字母提示用单词的适当形式填空。
—I agree with you. Nobody can p the change of situation.
—It's just (典型的) of him to spend all that money on the equipment and then lose interest halfway through the course.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In recent years many TV shows have become extremely popular among Chinese audience. Those programs, ranging from talent or dating shows to reality shows (receive) both commercial success and public attention.
Their popularity is (main) based on simple facts. First, they care social concerns. Second, without exception, they explore a perfect balance between the international forms and Chinese expressions.
Despite apparent highlights, much room (leave) for improvement. Above all, commercial interests often outweigh （education） purposes, causing many complaints about the (bearable) advertisements. In addition, some sharp remarks, they are eye-catching, may have misleading effects on the youth.
In my opinion, such shows should shoulder more responsibility instead of merely (entertain) the public. is expected, these programs should be positive in their forms as well as functions. Meanwhile, the (medium) should also safeguard the values of our society.
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had 1finding the keyhole. When I 2 to open the door, I3around the wall for a light switch. I found a place where a switch was4fixed...but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered 5a lamp by the bed when I deposited (寄存) my luggage6in the day. I found the bed in the 7and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing8！I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 9 to find another lamp. So I 10my way slowly across the room to the curtains and...no drawstring！I finally stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走) around 11I found a desk lamp which actually 12！
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be 13how necessary light is！But even more necessary than 14 light is the light that shines from people—the light of 15 and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 16 place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 17of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you 18may be a beacon (指路明灯) of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is 19a candle in a forest, remember—there isn't enough darkness in the world to 20 the light of one small candle.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Alice, my best friend, devotes many energy to her lessons. She is always one of the top student in our class. She loves the music so much that she made it a rule to enjoy songs in her spare time. Alice is always willing to help other, and she often helps us with our lessons. As a volunteer, she has successful organized some voluntary activities. We paid a visit a nursing home last month, so we picked up rubbish near our school. That we did was warmly welcomed. Win honour for our school, Alice is admired by our classmates.
We often carry a lot of things when we're traveling.On long ones we carry things like passports, visas, etc. Though traveling can be fun, we're likely to misplace these things and even lose them because of the excitement of the journey or being too busy or tired. So how can we carry valuable things safely while traveling?
Place most of it in a wallet and put the wallet in your main suitcase or bag with a lock-and-key system. Don't open it until you reach your destination (目的地). Guess how much money you'll need on the journey, and place this money in a different wallet and carry this in your pocket.
Next, instead of wearing your jewelry, you can carry your jewelry at the bottom of your suitcase or bag.Many people think that since the purse is always going to be in their hands, it'll remain safe. But other things like tickets, phone numbers, keys, etc., are all going to go in there. So you're often going to open your purse for something or the other. What if you just drop it?
Then remember to hook (钩住) the keys. You get those really nice key chains these days that come with a big dog-hook.
Use one of these to carry your keys. This way, you won't leave the keys in a restaurant or any other place.
Hope all the above tips for traveling will help you.
A. So you'll know what to bring.
B. It's a kind of vacation, but without your parents.
C. Spend money from this wallet till you get to your destination.
D. Firstly, distribute (分开) your money if you're traveling alone.
E. You can hook the key chain to your jeans or your handbag.
F. On short trips we take things like money, jewelry (首饰), house keys, etc.
G. Don't carry it in your purse, just in case somebody is quick in stealing your purse.
