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So many of us have the belief that being comfortabel is the only state we will tolerate,and when we experience something outside of our comfort zone, we get impatient about the circumstances. Yoshould learn to say to yourself,"___40___ ."You'll then gradually become more patient.

A.Find your causes

B.Start with small tasks

C.Accept the uncomfortable

D.All this adds up to a state of hury

E.It can also help us practice more patience

F.This is merely uncomfortable, not intolerable

G.They're all situations where we could use a little extra patience

第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节(共20小题:每小题1.5分满分30分)

阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的ABC和D四个选项中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。

Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer. The first time we___41___there, we heard the chug chug-chug of a motorbike ___42___its way down the hill toward us.It was___43___called Mario, coming to ___44___us a box containing some tormatoes and a bottle of wine.It was a very nice ___45___ for him to make. But when we looked at the tomatoes, we were ___46___be-cause they were so misshapen:not at all like the nice, round,___47___things yoget in a supermarket.And the wine was cloudy, in a funny old bottle with no label(标签)on it These can'tbe any___48___ , we thought. But we were___49___his kindness, so we___50___them.

What we discovered is that it's___51___to judge what yocat only by its___52___. Those tomatoes had___53___that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child. Nowadays super-market tomatoes___54___perfect but taste of water. Nobody'sgoing to have a___55___memory of those. It's a surprise they haven't managed to grow square ones so that they can___56___them easily. Mario's wine may have been cloudy and come out of an old bottle, but it was___57___.

It's good to eat things at the correct time, when they're___58___,and as close as possible to where they were___59___What Mario had___60___us was the taste of the Garfagnana.

41. A. waited B. met C. camped D. stayed

42. A. making B. searching C. squeezing D. feeling

43. A. customer B. neighbor C. relative D. passenger

44. A. lend B. send C. bring D. show

45. A. choice B.comment C. promise D. gesture

46.A. worried B.moved C. thrilled D.bored

47. A. simple B. real C. shiny D.fun

48.A. more B. good C. new D. easy

49. A. sympathetic to B. thankful for C. cautious about D. interested in

50. A. tried B. sold C. returned D. mixed

51. A. unnecessary B. uncertain C. unwise D. unusual

52. A. appearance B.quality C. origin D. price

53.A. size B. shape C. color D. taste

54. A. smell B. look C. become D. work

55. A. happy B. vivid C. short D. vague

56. A. clean B. check C. count D. pack

57. A perfect B. useful C. convenient D. familiar

58. A. on view B. on sale C. in season D. in need

59. A. finished B. stored C. found D. grown

60. A. cooked B. given C. bought D. told

第二节(共10小题:每小题1.5 分，满分15 分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

For thousands of years, people have told fables(寓言)___61___(teach) a lesson or topass on widdom. Fables were part of the oral tradition of many eraly cultures , and the well-known Aesop's fables datetothe___62___(six) century,B.C.Yet,the form of the fable still has values today,___63___Rachel Carson says ir in "A Fable for Tomorrow."

Carson uses a simple, direct style common to fble. In fact, her style and tone(口吻)are seemingly directed at children."There was once a town in the heart of America.___64___all life scmed to enjoy peceful c-cistece with is suoundins," her fable begins, ___65___(borow) some fmilar words from many age -old fables. Behind the simple style, however,is a serious message.___66___(intend) for everyone.

___67___ (difference) from traditional fables, Carson’s story ends with an accusation instead of a moral. She warns of the environmental dangers facing society, and she teaches that people must take responsibility ___68___ saving their environment.