Just several days ago, a violent storm hit our community. I looked out of the window and witnessed a tree being _____ by the fierce winds. The branches bent, and swayed(摇摆) back and forth, thanks to their _____ to avoid breaking. The leaves desperately stuck to the branches because their life _____ the tree. The powerful trunk that _____ the tree upright bent slightly backwards from the force in a battle to _____ its position.
After the storm had passed, the tree gracefully returned to its _____ position standing tall in chaos. It managed to _____ the storm.It didn't look the same as leaves had been shed from its branches and the soil had loosened a bit, but what _____ was that the tree won the fight for its life.
For a long time I couldn't understand why this tree _____ my attention the way it did. As time passed, it became ______ that it wasn't just about the tree but about the roots, which, although unseen, dug deep into the soil providing ______ and nutrition. The roots allowed the tree to be able to take a ______ because they were there to support it.
I can't but ask myself how deep the roots are in my life. ______, the next time you catch your kids ______, when the job is driving you crazy, when you are underpaid and the ______ is tight, and when the storms of life are heavy, go back to your roots. Life is full of ______. They will make you sway, make you ______ and make you lose some leaves. But the deeper your roots are, the stronger you stand.
Faced with ______ you might bend but don't break. No matter how hard the wind blows don't let life ______ you into an uncomfortable position. Your ______ lies in your roots.

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A．grasped B．abused C．broken D．removed

【小题2】

A．height B．thickness C．flexibility D．appearance

【小题3】

A．answered for B．depended on C．catered for D．turned on

【小题4】

A．held B．tied C．pulled D．raised

【小题5】

A．achieve B．reach C．establish D．maintain

【小题6】

A．current B．final C．original D．comfortable

【小题7】

A．explore B．avoid C．cause D．survive

【小题8】

A．counted B．differed C．concerned D．showed

【小题9】

A．fixed B．changed C．escaped D．caught

【小题10】

A．strange B．obvious C．possible D．reasonable

【小题11】

A．surroundings B．resources C．probability D．stability

【小题12】

A．beating B．stand C．chance D．turning

【小题13】

A．However B．Accordingly C．Therefore D．Additionally

【小题14】

A．misbehaving B．struggling C．crying D．misunderstanding

【小题15】

A．schedule B．deadline C．money D．relation

【小题16】

A．surprises B．choices C．storms D．battles

【小题17】

A．smile B．bend C．hesitate D．advance

【小题18】

A．opportunities B．challenges C．tasks D．differences

【小题19】

A．trick B．argue C．force D．admit

【小题20】

A．courage B．ambition C．value D．strength

   When Dekalb Walcott Ш was just 8 years old, his father, a Chicago fire chief, let him tag along on a call. Dekalb says a lot of kids idolized (崇拜) basketball player Michael Jordan when he was growing up in Chicago in the1990s. Not him.

“I wanted to be like Dekalb Walcott Jr, ”he says of his father. So when his dad asked if he wanted to go on that call with him when he was 8, Dekalb was excited. “I'm jumping up and down, saying, ‘Mom, can I go? Can I go?’”

The experience changed Dekalb's life, and he told his dad on a visit to StoryCorps. “My eyes got big the moment the alarm went off, ” the younger Dekalb says. “This is the life that I want to live someday. ”

Now 27, the younger Dekalb is living that life. He became a firefighter at 21 and went to work alongside his dad at the Chicago Fire Department. Before his father retired, the pair even went out on a call together-father supervising (监督)son.

“You know, it's everything for me to watch young row, ”his father says. But he also recalls worrying about one particular fire that his son faced.

“I received a phone call that night. And they said, ‘Well, your son was at this fire. ' I said, ‘OK, which way is this conversation going to go?'”Dekalb Walcott Jr. recalls.

“And they said, ‘But he's OK. And he put it out all by himself. Everybody here was proud of him. ’”

“And the word went around, ‘Who was out there managing that fire? Oh, that’s Walcott!That's Walcott up there!’So, you know, moments like that, it's heaven on earth for a dad. ”

Dekalb Walcott Jr. has retired. The younger Dekalb says he's proud of being a second-generation firefighter. “You know, it makes me look forward to fatherhood as well, because I'm definitely looking forward to passing that torch (火把) down  to my son. ”

【小题1】The underlined phrase “tag along” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to“____________”.

A．put out fire

B．watch basketball

C．follow his father

D．ask his mother's permission

【小题2】Dekalb Walcott Ш determined to become a firefighter at the age of ____________ .

A．8	B．21
C．27	D．35

【小题3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Dekalb Walcott Jr. is proud to be a second-generation firefighter.

B．Dekalb Walcott ШI wants his son to become a firefighter, too.

C．Dekalb Walcott Jr. wants to pass the torch to Dekalb Walcott Ш.

D．Dekalb Walcott Ш is proud that his son has become an excellent firefighter.

【小题4】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Passing The Torch: A Firefighter Dad's Legacy

B．Putting Out Fire: A Challenging Job For Father And Son

C．Dekalb Walcott Ш: A Second-generation Firefighter

D．Dekalb Walcott Jr. : A Chicago Fire

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Since the time I was seven, I have had a dream of becoming member of the Student Union. I always admired my school leader for taking responsibility for both of us. So I dreamed of being a leader like them. Years fly by and soon I was able to take part in the elections, hoped I would win.
But the reality proved that I didn't have a chance. I wasn't excellent enough. Girls in the school hard knew me. I just did not have which it took to win a school election. I was disappointing. As I cried in my room at that evening, I suddenly took a deep breathe and decided I wouldn't stop trying. I decided that I would enter for elections again in my final year at school-and I would win the election.

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83-year-old Antonio Vicente has spent the last four decades of his life bringing the jungles of his childhood back to life. Today, his efforts are being rewarded, as the 【小题1】(complete) deserted land has become a beautiful jungle with wildlife again.

It was 1973 when Antonio began his work 【小题2】 a weekend hobby. However, it soon became a permanent way of life. Antonio spends whole days and nights in his jungle, 【小题3】(surround) with rats and foxes and eating banana sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Over the last 20 years, he 【小题4】(plant) about 50,000 trees on his land. As the forest grew, the water returned. Then the animals started making a home there. Today, the forest is alive with the sounds of birds and 【小题5】(insect) living there, and more species are settling in every year. “If you ask me 【小题6】 my family are, I would say all this right here, each one of these that I planted from a seed ,”he said.

Impressive as his lifelong 【小题7】(contribute) to reforestation(重新造林) is, his story is a very rare one. Data shows that nearly 19,770 acres of Brazilian rainforest 【小题8】(destroy) between August 2015 and July 2016. That makes Antonio’s work seem like 【小题9】 drop in the bucket(桶), but just imagine if we had more people like him, who cares 【小题10】(many) about water and clean air than money.

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Challenges of life are of great important in our growth. It reminds me of my days which I joined in the military training after I entered senior high school. It was the first time I have lived away from my home, so I found difficult to fit in. And the training officer was strict on me. I once thought I couldn’t stick to the end. But final, I made it. The training made it much easy for me to adapt to my future life. And the difficulties I came across have now became a precious memory in my life.

In a short, it’s better to learning to regard the challenges of life as the stepping stone to future success and make the best of them.