Section B (18 marks) 
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In 2012 I had the worst year of my life. I worked in a finance job that I hated. I occupied my time with meaningless relationships. I was  36  for happiness and had no idea where to find it.
Then I fell  37  with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome(CFS慢性疲勞綜合征) and became virtually bed bound . I had to  38  my job and then was left with no income. However, I eventually regained my physical health, but not long after that I got a call from my  39  at home to say that my father’s cancer had  40  and that he had been admitted to a hospice(臨終安養(yǎng)院).
I  41  the city and I went to be with him. He died 6 months later. My  42  was a complete inspiration to me. He was always so strong that, for a minute after he drew his  43  breath, I honestly thought he would come back to life.
The grief that followed was intense for all of us 5 children and our mother, but we had each other. But my oldest sister at that time  44  of a bad back. It got so bad after 2 months that she was admitted to the  45  . They discovered that she had highly advanced cancer in her bones. She died 1 month later.
It took something powerfully changeable in my life to make me wake up. Wake up to some fundamental truths of life. This  46  is a gift if you want to accept it. No matter what the obstacle, you can make your life abundant with joy and you can live authentically. I know what I have now is so  47  and so short that I must grasp the joy in every moment I can, and treat it as the gift that it is.

36. A. waiting         B. standing           C. searching        D. preparing
37. A. asleep          B. ill                C. calm              D. apart
38. A. apply for        B. hold down          C. quit               D. gain
39. A. company        B. family             C. university          D. class
40. A. disappear       B. lightened           C. progressed        D. recovered 
41. A. visited          B. left               C. reached            D. forgot
42. A. father          B. mother            C. sister            D. brother
43. A. last            B. first               C. quick              D. short
44. A. died            B. heard              C. spoke             D. complained
45. A. army           B. club               C. hospital            D. college
46. A. present         B. opportunity         C. life                D. story
47. A. precious        B. common           C. unique             D. easy

Section C (12 marks)  
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Do you remember your 16-year-old self,  48  one who thought finding the right partner  49  dance with and getting an A in the test were  50 crucial than everything else? Or what    51  your early 20s self, who lived in a tiny apartment and worked hard at an entry level job, suspecting that it would be that way forever? Have you ever wished that you could go back and comfort  52  younger self? Have you imaged that you could give your younger self some suggestions or help her/him avoid the mistakes you now regret, somehow assuring her/him that everything would  53  last long? We recently asked our community the question, “ If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would  54  be?” We got over a hundred responses, ranging  55   relationships and careers to body image and confidence. Below are our favorite 15 responses. Click here and see the details.
英語學(xué)習(xí)  http://m.seo-9.cn/english/