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.

【小题1】

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

In October 2013, Davion Only made an appeal on the Internet. He had learned that his biological mother had died not long before. ”My name is Davion and I've been in foster care (寄养照管) since I was born," he said, “but I'm not giving up hope. "
The heartbreaking appeal spread quickly, and Only's foster agency received calls from more than 10,000 people. Only ended up travelling to Ohio to live with a family. But after Only got into a physical fight with one of his elder would-be brothers, the family changed their minds.
Back in Florida, Only passed through four different temporary homes over the following year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption case worker, to make a special request. Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him, but she always hesitated. “I always believed there was a better family than us out there," Going said in an interview. But last July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going said something felt different. "When he asked me, my heart felt this ache and I just
knew he was my son," she said.
So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time with the rest of her family-her two daughters, Sydney, 21, and Carly 17, and a son Taylor, 14, who she also adopted out of foster care.  Eventually, after seeing how well the arrangement was working, Going, who had rented a bigger home, started adopting Only. Only moved in with her family last December.He officially joined Going's family on April 22, 2015 when the adoption papers went through.
"Today, I feel blessed and honored to have been chosen to be the parent of all my children," Going said.
【小题1】By making the appeal, Davion Only hoped that

A．service in his foster agency would improve

B．his biological mother would come to him

C．a foster agency would accept him

D．he would be adopted by a family

【小题2】Davion Only didn't live with the family in Ohio because

A．he hated living with them

B．they finally refused to accept him

C．he has received another invitation

D．he often fought with his would-be brothers

【小题3】What do we know from Paragraph 3?

A．Davion Only had fun living in different homes.

B．Connie Going had cared about Davion Only for over ten years.

C．Davion Only had a strong desire to be adopted by Connie Going.

D．Connie Going believed she would give Davion Only what he wanted.

【小题4】After Davion Only joined Connie Going's family,

A．Connie Going bought a bigger house

B．the four kids often had physical fights

C．Connie Going didn't regret her decision

D．another three kids were later adopted as well

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Through my years of school life, I've learned that if we are to make 【小题1】 difference in life, it's important that we should begin with small things. Just as the saying goes,“Small gains bring great wealth. ”

I still remember three years ago when I 【小题2】（admit）into this school. 【小题3】（face）with so many new things to learn, I was overcome with fear and didn’t know 【小题4】 to do. Noticing my state of 【小题5】（puzzle）, my class teacher, Ms. Li, told me that by just focusing my attention 【小题6】 small things, I could make progress 【小题7】（gradual）. Keeping her 【小题8】（word）in mind, I set to and began to make steady improvements.

This experience has taught me that, as well as 【小题9】（aim） high in life, we should also care about every small thing, which can make 【小题10】（we） success possible.

   I was one of the young US soldiers in Saudi Arabia. At one time before the Internet，our only lifeline to friends and family was the mail we sent and received.

One evening the mail soldier called my name and，instead of a letter，handed me a large box from my grandmother in Oklahoma. One of the great hardships of the war for me was the absence of my grandmother's cooking—her fried chicken and onion，corn bread，and，most of all，her desserts. But on that evening I was about to take a gastronomic（美食的） journey home: I opened the box and found two dozen pies made by my grandmother.

A man from New York approached and asked me what I had received. I couldn't answer；my mouth was full of pie. So I just offered him one. “So nice！”he said. “What are they？”He had to wait a few moments for an answer，but eventually I explained. As insurance，I offered him another pie to keep him quiet.

Once a day for the next three weeks，I imagined returning home to my grandmother's kitchen，if only I had had a few sweet bites at a time.

Some of my earliest memories are associated with my grandmother's pies. She had been baking pies since before the Great Depression. She would have astonished the judges on today's TV cooking challenges. I remember coming across a persimmon（柿子）tree once while out hiking. It was autumn，and the fruit was soft and sweet. I picked a few dozen and brought them to Grandma. Guess what！The next day I walked into her kitchen to find a persimmon pie waiting for me.

【小题1】What can we infer about the US soldiers？

A．They were familiar with the pies.

B．They were eager to get their mail.

C．They were forbidden to use the Internet.

D．They seldom got in touch with the outside.

【小题2】Why did the author offer the soldier another pie?

A．To prove it was made by Grandma.

B．To make the soldier judge the taste.

C．To indicate he was generous.

D．To let himself enjoy the pies.

【小题3】Why did the author mention the persimmon pie?

A．To look back on the hiking day.

B．To appreciate Grandma's devotion to him.

C．To show Grandma's pie-making skills.

D．To explain Grandma's pie-making history.

【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Earliest memories of Grandma

B．Grandma's package sent me home

C．I missed Grandma's persimmon pie

D．Memorizing Grandma's cooking history

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On February 20, 2003, a fire broke out at the Station Club on Rhode Island. It 【小题1】 (kill) 100 people — mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. But as in any disaster （突难）, heroes were ready 【小题2】 (help).

One of those heroes is a man named James Paolucci. He is the owner of the Cowesett Inn（旅馆）, 【小题3】 is a comfortable place across from the station. On 【小题4】 (hear) the news that the club was on fire, James decided to do something to offer help. The inn turned 【小题5】 a hospital immediately. The injured got 【小题6】 (medicine) attention there, and Rhode Island officials held 【小题7】 (meeting) there. What’s more, the injured people’s family，firefighters, nurses stayed there.

James, efforts 【小题8】 (think) highly of by Governor Don Carcieri. In an article of the Kent County Daily Times, Carcieri stated, “The Cowesett Inn 【小题9】 (certain) helped the lifesaving work a lot that night. ”

James and 【小题10】 inn were all heroes in Rhode Island’s biggest disaster, and they saved a lot of lives.