单词识记：
achievement optimistic outgoing born
birthplace confident content contribute
wealth stubborn creative profession
respect determine energetic experience
failure fortunate generous hardworking
短语扫描：
make efforts to do sth.努力做某事
praise sb.for sth.因某事赞扬某人
regard...as认为……是
set a good example to 为……做出好榜样
be gifted at对……有天赋
be interested in 对……感兴趣
be content with 对……满意
devote oneself to献身于，专心于
be enthusiastic about对……热心
win the first prize获得一等奖
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1．What was your first big (achieve) in your sport?
2．The local government hoped that everybody living in the region (contribute) to the Red Cross.
3．Bombs had hit the building a number of times but (fortunate) no one was hurt. 4．It is reported that business (failure) have risen 16% this month.
5．As is known to us all，like so many (create) people he is never satisfied.
6．He is highly praised by the teacher his hard work.
7．The headmaster likes to arrive early at school in order to set a good example us.
8．It is better to be content what one has than to risk losing everything by being too greedy.
9．Although there are a lot of doctors here，he is regarded the best one.
10．After he graduated he continued to devote himself research.
Ⅰ.完形填空
(2016·甘肃天水三中高三检测)
From time to time，life can be impossibly hard，and it can be difficult to keep going.But you always have a choice.
2012 was the 1 year of my life.My father died only six months 2 he was diagnosed with cancer.He was always so 3 that，for a minute after he drew his last breath，I honestly 4 he would come back to life.I couldn’t believe I would never again cuddle (拥抱) into his big warm chest.Shortly after that，my oldest sister was 5 to the hospital.They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones and that there was 6 that they could do.She died a month later.She was my 7 person in the whole world.I never thought I would have to live 8 her.The 9 and extreme heartbreak brought me to my knees，and I 10 in the hospital myself.I remember lying in the hospital bed，looking 11 at the ceiling and seeing my sister’s beautiful face.I realized that night I had a(n) 12 .I could end my life or I could continue to 13 .I looked in my sister’s eyes and 14 not to go with her just yet.I was determined to stay and 15 my journey.
I now live with my husband and I spend quality time with my family and value every 16 I have with them.I connect with my heart often to 17 that I am following my joy.I love myself more deeply every day.Not a day goes by when I don’t 18 my father’s huge character or my beloved sister’s gentle eyes，but I know that I will be with them one day.What I have now is so precious and so fleeting (短暂的) that I must grasp the 19 in every moment I can.
You choose life every day.But do you choose the life that you 20 every day?
1．A.best B．precious
C．worst D．fastest
2．A.after B．until
C．before D．when
3．A.optimistic B．strong
