（) in my family ever told me that I was fat and that I should be on a diet.

Grandpa My Hero

My grandfather had only one child and that was my mother. He always wanted a son but it never happened.__26__When my mom got pregnant, he thought he finally had a boy in the family, but it turned out that her first child was my older sister. When I was born, Grandpa was very happy.

He was the first person to give me a baseball glove and to play baseball with me. My first glove was as small as my whole hand is now. When Grandpa gave me that glove, I was very excited.__27__It was my pride and joy.

When I was five, I played on my first baseball team and Grandpa was the coach. He wanted me to play one position, but I wanted to play another. __28__I tried so hard that I made good progress. Grandpa was very proud of me. Ever since then, he has worked with me to make me a better player.

Grandpa has helped me become not only a better player,but a better person.__29__Today Grandpa does not play baseball with me so often, but he still comes to every practice and game. He sits and watches my practices through rain and shine. __30__I love him and hope he will be around for many more years to support me and baseball.

The author decided to live a car-free life______.

A．after his car was damaged beyond repair

B．after he was hurt in a terrible car accident

C．because public transport was easily accessible

D．because the traffic jam was too much for him

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Mary, the 17-year-old daughter of a rich textile(纺织品) owner was freed(释放) by her kidnappers(绑匪) after 118 days. She said she spent most of the time in a tent in the woods{with; and; although}one foot tied to a tree. She was freed late on Friday{so; after; unless}her family paid a total of $1.8 million, the largest ransom (赎金) ever paid in Italy.

“I was treated{good; bad; well},” the girl told the reporter during the interview, “Biscuits, cakes, often hot food and at times beef.” She said her nearly four months in trouble was spent in a tent set up in a wooded area.

“I never saw their faces and{when; that; which}they spoke, they changed their voices in nasal tones (speaking through nose passage) on purpose ,” she said. “They kept repeating that the only thing they wanted was the money and that they didn't want to have{nothing; something; anything}to do with me or my family.”

The high school student, who was seized by three face-covered and armed men on July 2, 1983 from her family's country villa in Tuscany, said she still had no idea where exactly she had been held.

(56)

A．hot

B．warm

C．cool

D．heated

Nothing Was working. When the trip was over,I went to see my doctor, She gave me eye drops, but clearly they weren&39;t worth the time or ___25___ and the swelling got worse and worse.

I finally decided that it would be best for me to ___26___ being so sad and take it easy and havefun. It was summer after all.I had a fun night with my friends as if nothing was ___27___ .The next morning I woke up and went to ___28___ how swollen my eyes were,only to find myself ___29___ at my normal face, It was a miracle(奇迹).I ___30___ asking myself why I hadn&39;t done that earlier. Was being with my friends and having fun really the ___31___ to my problem？

To this day I still do not know what I had,and ___32___ do any of the many doctors that I ___33___ during the summer, I would really like to go back to Iceland to see the Northern Lights, ___34___ I am very much frightened that I am just allergic to the country. I hope I never ___35___ having such terrible swelling in my eyes ever again.

21. ___________

A.know

B.doubt

C.insist

D.fear

22_________A.cutting

B.going

C.pulling

D.hurrying

23_________A.caused

B.fought

C.caught

D.treated

32_________A.neither

B.none

C.either

D.no

24_________A.on

B.from

C.with

D.to

33_________A.hated

B.employed

C.disappointed

D.visited

25_________A.pain

B.adventure

C.weight

D.money

35_________A.finish

B.forgive

C.experience

D.consider

27_________A.fair

B.mistaken

C.similar

D.wrong

26_________A.tnr

B.mind

C.prefer

D.stop

28_________A.check

B.explain

C.describe

D.mark.I

29_________A.aiming

B.looking

C.waving

D.pointing

30_________A.missed

B.kept

C.regretted

D.excused

34_________A.so

B.or

C.but

D.for

31_________A.way

B.relation

C.answer

D.dewgtion

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

Creativity

Creativity is neither something learned by applying a formula nor is it the unfettered, chaotic product of a genius. Instead, creativity should be viewed as an individualized process that helps the creator find order within chaos (or vice versa).

Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a well-supported development of personal resources, including a sense of freedom to venture beyond the known. To create is to "bring into or cause to come into existence; make; originate".

I find most often that my creative product IS my scholarship. Whether I compile a script, enact a performance art installation, or construct a fragmented review of a performance, I take a leap and then look around to see what I've gotten myself into. Although my scholarship takes many forms (screenplays; non-linear narratives; and combinations of video, sound, and movement pieces), initially my research resembles a puzzle, a collage of images and texts that do not seem to go together. I appear to have gotten into a mess, which is exactly where I had hoped to be. For me, creativity is a messy process that leads to the creation of "messy texts".

I will provide you with my working definition of creativity. Next, I will discuss the concept of "messy texts," including a brief historical overview of how such expressive forms of scholarship developed. Third, I will explain how and why I wrote a messy text. Finally, I will challenge you to write a messy text of your own.

Creativity is just something that's always been a part of my life. Ever since I first drew cartoon heads in the margins of our family Bible, I have been labeled "creative". Infrequent name calling aside, I always embraced and welcomed tile label. Teachers and family members encouraged it. I felt appreciated despite my perceived "kookiness" because some people valued my creative innovations and willingness to view things from multiple perspectives.

This willingness to innovate is alluded to in self-growth guru Gail Sheehy's book Pathfinders (1981). She suggests that we should think of creativity as a four-part process: 1) Preparation, 2) Incubation, 3) Immersion & Illumination, and 4) Revision. Although interesting, Sheehy's description of the creative process does not really capture the essence of my own creative process. However, I finally found one that provided the flexibility I needed. Franklin Baer, a public health physician fascinated with the topic of creativity has created an interactive web page that can help anyone create her/his own personalized creativity process. So I went to the site and created my own process, an acronym using the letters of the word CREATE:

Collect — gather information from a variety of sources

Reflect — generate many ideas, questions, and responses to the information

Embrace — select which idea(s) to focus on and expand

Amend — work with an idea until it begins to take shape

Toil — become obsessed with a project until it is complete

Exhibit — find a venue for displaying the creative product.

These verbs come closest to describing how the creative process works for me.

According to the first paragraph, the author would most likely agree with the idea that

A．the creative process is neither chaotic nor orderly.

B．the creative process is both chaotic and orderly.

C．the creative process is either chaotic or orderly.

D．the creative process is an individualized one.

A.leftovers

B.left over

C.left out

D.leftouts

When we first met，I fell hard for Christopher right away. although I wouldn't call it love. I'd never been with a man who was prettier than I was，but after a while I got used to this. and it didn't bother me so much. I was recovering from a broken heart and needed something to help me move on. If it wasn't love，it was good enough，and when he asked me to marry him I jumped at the chance. knowing that it might be my last.

Things started out so well. I was working steadily and Christopher was patiently climbing up the ladder in his department. Then，without any warning，one gray winter afternoon in year five，he just upped and left his desk at the bank，handed in his resignation，and came home and told me he wanted to start an interior design business.

He has always loved mixing and matching，and has a real eye for color，texture，and shape，but the idea of turning a hobby into a business wasn't something we had ever discussed. I thought the stress of his job was becoming too much and perhaps he would take a few months off over the spring and summer to relax and get the idea out of his system. I didn't believe he could be serious. But once he had a few clients，he began to draw up plans，ordering catalogues and turning our empty workshop into a kind of makeshift studio with all of his sketches pinned to the wall. After spending a lot of time and money on all of this preparation，and really doing quite a nice job of it,he called each client in turn and apologized，saying he wouldn't be able to design their living spaces after all.

As a financial planner，Christopher______.

A．paid his clients very well

B．was trusted by his clients

C．was making his yoga studio profitable

D．could make his family's budget balanced

A.satisfaction

B.disappointment

C.relief

D.taste