I think we are ________ to get a certain offer from him because he is often generous to us.

1. A.
   possible
2. B.
   probable
3. C.
   impossible
4. D.
   likely

People are encouraged to speak openly，but careless words are ________to hurt others’ feelings.

1. A.
   possible
2. B.
   probable
3. C.
   likely
4. D.
   sure

    People often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and __16__. Most people in Britain live in houses __17__ flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them individual; they can __18__ them and change them in any way they __19__ . In a crowded city the individual knows that he or she has a private space which is __20__ for himself of herself and for __21__ friends.
    People usually like to __22__ their space. Are you sitting now in your home or in a library or on a beach or a train? If you are on the beach you may have spread your __23__ around you; on the train you may have __24__ your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may have one __25__ or chair which is your own.
Once I was traveling on a __26__ to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the __27__ side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no __28__ on my side of the table at all. I was made rather __29__, I thought he thought that he owned the __30__ table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on __31 __! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had __32__ his space! A few minutes later I took my papers __33__ his case in order to read them. He immediately __34__ his case to his side of the table. （Of course , it is __35__ that he just wanted to be helped to me ! ）

       A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and  36  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.  37  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and  38  as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He  39  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was  40  or tired, he did not stop  41  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was   42 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I  43  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only  44  a very small area to  45  myself.”

       The above story is  46  to the journey of our  47 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more  48 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘記) our  49  , time with our family and to appreciate(欣賞) the surrounding  50  and the things we love to do. One day  51  we look back, we will  52  that we don’t really need that much,  53  then we cannot turn back time for what we have  54 .

       Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only  55  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

Han hands out

This time, the best-selling author and car racer, Han Han has a new role to play, a volunteer relief worker. The strong debate about his rebellious（叛逆的） 31 , sharp words and  32  post-80s’ self-centered way of living seems to have  33  .

Two days after the May 12 earthquake occurred, the 26-year-old man arrived in Sichuan by car to  34  the relief efforts. Believing that  35  is not equal to sincerity（真摯）, he said in his  36  that he would not  37  other stars on the amount of money being donated. Han also  38  his blog updated during his one-week stay telling his readers that  39  were badly in need of water, tents and daily necessities.

    40 , he promised to donate 200,000 yuan to help build a school that won’t be damaged by an earthquake,  41  the help of a real estate (房地產) company. He is also      42  to be the honorary principal (名譽校長) of the school.

   “I’ll find designers and workers  43  and  44  them build a new school to make sure every coin is responsibly spent on the building. I believe such a school will never ever   45  kids in an earthquake,” he said.

   Han’s  46  efforts won support and praise from online readers, many of  47  used to criticize him a lot.

   “I didn’t like you before, but now I find you are  48  ,” said a Sina netizen(網民).

Another reader of his blog left a message,  49  , “What you have done lets me know a  50   Han Han.”