六、任务型阅读。
What is life's greatest gift? It is choice. Choice is the ability to choose some actions from a set of things to achieve a goal. 1. ______ The reason is that it turns us into artists. Choice becomes the tool we use to sculpt our lives. The tool doesn't come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility. 2. ______ It is enjoyment.
Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It's the creative power of life. Life is always changing and we'll have to make lots of choices. 3. ______ We often need to check where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what action will I take now to make myself realize my goals?
4. ______ And our life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, we decide which stores to shop at and which bus station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are much more important than deciding where to shop. The more we understand the difference between small and big decisions, the more pleasure we will get.
Life is like a chess game. 5. ______ All chess lovers realize that it isn't necessary to win. Make the best moves when playing it. Then you can enjoy your life.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
A. Why is choice so great?
B. The pleasure is in the playing.
C. In fact, we have to make choices every day.
D. But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.
E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1.A 2.D 3.E 4.C 5.B

七、语篇填空。
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

There is a saying that formal education will make you a living while self-education will make you a fortune (财富). I can't 1. more. There are more things to learn after you finish your formal education. No matter how educated you are, you 2. need to learn new things in life. Having a formal education is 3. and can help you improve yourself. However, you will not receive these lessons on life 4. your school education ends.
Make up your mind to 5. new things. Where there is a will, there is a way. No matter whether it involves (包含) attending a party or reading books, you are learning 6. new.
In order to be the person you have always 7. of becoming, maybe you need to make some changes to your present 8. . You can spend some time developing new skills and habits to start a new life.
Listen to the 9. in your heart. The things that you want most are the things you need to work on. Then try your best to learn more 10. them and find ways to get them.
In a word, you must always educate yourself, or you will never achieve your dreams or goals in life.

1. agree 2. still 3. important 4. until 5. learn 6. something 7. dreamed 8. lifestyle 9. voice 10. about