Question

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 1  realize that those challenges are the very things than  2  us and make us who we are, It is the same with the challenges that come with 3 .

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two  4 . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 5   the challenge isn’t worth the  6  and call it quits. Although there are certainly  7  when calling it quits it the right thing to do, in most  8  all that is needed is 9  and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how  10  or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to   11 it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 12 for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 13 you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” 14 “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 15 they are: small hurdles you need to jump or 16 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 17 to get over, and hurt only 18 to make us stronger. It s all part of growing up, it 19 to everyone, and some day you will 20 all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is  a good thing.”

1．A．seem to        B．come to     C．hope to     D．try to

2．A．design         B．promote     C．direct          D．shape

3．A．confidence     B．pressure      C．friendship      D．difficulty

4．A．opportunities   B．expectations   C．choices        D．aspects

5．A．demanding     B．deserving     C．predicting      D．presenting

6．A．comment      B．loss           C．trouble        D．expense

7．A．spans         B．times          C．dates          D．ages

8．A．cases         B．fields          C．parts          D．occasions

9．A．assessment    B．commitment    C．encouragement   D．adjustment

10．A．doubtful      B．shameful       C．harmful         D．painful

11．A．keep         B．control         C．face            D．catch

12．A．space         B．plan           C．topic           D．room

13．A．If            B．As            C．While           D．Unless

14．A．other than     B．rather than      C．or rather         D．or else

15．A．what         B．who           C．where           D．which

16．A．pass by       B．come across    C．get through       D．run over

17．A．unnecessary   B．necessary      C．impossible        D．possible

18．A．serves        B．means         C．aims            D．attempts

19．A．opens        B．appeals        C．goes            D．happens

20．A．lock down on  B．look back on   C．look forward to    D．look up to

Answer 1

1-5. BDCCD     6-10. CBABD    11-15. CAABA     16-20. CCADB