英语十五选十大一

15选10项目练习（选自《阅读教程》第1册前6个单元的主课文或副课文）Passage 1 (P5)Mary Louise had been spastic since birth, but overcame her handicap with a great sense of humour and the skilled training of her feet. Her __1__, friend and nurse-helper was the friendly lady whom I had gotten to know on the phone. The two were __2__ and working together; their life was full and meaningful. Mary Louise continued to __3__ my tapes for several years and never asked any __4__ except what she called the joy of doing it. On the thousands of pages of transcriptions that Mary Louise typed with her toes, I never found one __5__. This __6__ lady had been one of my closest friends for many years, and is the most beautiful __7__ whom I have ever known. She continues to live a full, __8__ life of service, and seems completely __9__ by the fact that her every action is performed by her feet, __10__ by the humour which bubbles up from within her.Passage 2 (P60)He didn’t have to sneak into the houses at night; he could find plenty to eat in the garbage cans, but he didn’t really like __1__ in garbage if he had a choice — it seemed __2__. He was a thief because he loved the __3__ and the challenging of sneaking into houses in the quiet of the night. He liked the __4__ of a nice house, the after-dinner smells of the kitchen, the soft carpets and cool floors. The inhabitants seemed like gods to him. They had so many __5__ and were so __6__ unaware of the treasure they possessed. He felt a little disdainful of their __7__. but those were the very things he looked for when casing a house for entry. He especially felt __8__ for their foolish, lazy pets. Though he seldom went into the houses in the daylight, he knew he could if he wanted to because the pets were often too fat and complacent to exert themselves to chase away __9__, unless their masters were home to __10__ their alertness and reward their bravery.Passage 3 (P71)“Everyone procrastinates,” observes DePaul University psychologist Joseph Ferrari. However, “not everyone is a procras tinator.” Still, a large and growing __1__ of the population can lay __2__ to this problem. Psychologists define procrastination as a gap between __3__ and action. Chronic procrastinators fell bad about their decisions to delay — which helps __4__ procrastination from laziness. Laziness __5__ a lack of desire; with procrastination, the desire to start that project is there, but it __6__ loses out to our appetite__7__ delay. And this is no ordinary delay. Procrastination is considered a needless, often __8__ delay of some important task in __9__ of a less important, but seemingly more rewarding task. The accompanying__10__ feeling—is one way we know we’re not doing what we’re supposed to do.Passage 4 (P93)My dad is retired now. But what I remember most about his working days is that he never __1__ about his job. He was up at five every morning without an __2__ clock, and back at three or four in the afternoon to mow the lawn, __3__ with neighbors and watch TV. My dad may be strong in __4__, but he has always had a gentle spirit. The neighborhood kids used to line __5__ so he could lift them one at a time into the air with one arm. He was known as Big Bruno, and he __6__ the most patient man I have ever known. You seldom hear __7__or criticism from his mouth. He may not have a very rich __8__, but that has not stopped him from making a lot of friends throughout the years. Phone call after phone call comes from former coworkers or neighbors. My __9__ quiet father chats and laughs loudly, and I imagine that they are doing the same. These men have found a __10__ in my father.Passage 5 (P114)I started my journey in California with a UC Berkley 30-year longitudinal study that examined the photos of students in an old yearbook and tried to measure their success and well-being throughout their life. By __1__ their student smiles, researchers were able to predict how __2__ and long-lasting a subject’s marriage will be, how well she would __3__ on standardized tests of well-being and how __4__ she would be to others. In another yearbook, I __5__ Barry Obama’s picture. When I first saw his picture, I thought that these __6__ came from his super collar. But now i know it was all in his smile. The researchers in 2010 Wayne State University research pr oject found that the __7__ of a baseball player’s smile could actually predict the length of his life. Players who didn’t smile in their pictures lived an average of only years, while players with__8__smiles lived an average of almost 80 years. The good news is that we’re actually born smiling. Using 3D technology, we can now see that __9__ babies appear to smile, even in the womb. When they’re born, babies continue to smile. And even blind babies smile to the sound of the human voice. Smiling is one of the most__10__, biologically uniform expressions of all humans.Passage 6 (P122)I take flowers over to the register and chat some more. The lively Chinese lady carefully __1__ them up in a__2__ of clear plastic with a pink ribbon bow around it. I can’t wait to pass these on. I’m all __3__ to leave when I realize that she’s not quite finished with our conversation yet. She __4__ about how her daughter helps at soup kitchens and she’s been a volunteer for the zoo for two years. “but if I ask her to __5__ the floor,she’s too tired,” she complains. I’m amazed when she mentions that her daughter is only sixteen. “she’s wiser than most of us,” the lady says. I’m starting to get the feeling that she’s __6__ proud of her. She goes on, “I don’t really know what my purpose in life is, and I just do this work for a living.” I quickly chime in “ I don’t know what my __7__ is either but there are some things that I know that are more “right” than others. And one of those things for me is __8__. It doesn’t have to be big things. In fact, I think they are usually small things; like being kind to others around you for example.” And then suddenly, she asks, “What do you do” I tell her that I was also laid __9__from work too took the unemployment money. And now I’m a volunteer with a non-profit __10__ and do other “random” stuff.。