先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    An old carpenter(工匠)was ready to retire(退休).His boss was 1 to see the good worker leave. He asked the carpenter if he could build just one more 2 . The carpenter said yes, but his mind was not on his work any more. He used poor materials and 3worked on the house. When the carpenter finished his work, the boss  4 the front-door key to him and said, "This is your house. It's a 5 for you."

    What a surprise! If he had known he was 6 his own house, he would have done it differently. Now he had to live in the house he poorly built.

    So it is with us. Sometimes we build our 7 carelessly. At important points we do not try our best. Then with a shame we look at the things we did. We find that we are living in the house we have poorly built 8we don't have a chance(机会)to make it all over again.

    Think of  9as the carpenter. Think about your life. Build it carefully and wisely. It is the only life you will ever build because life is a do-it-yourself project.

    Your life today is the 10 of  your attitudes(态度)and choices(选择)you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitude and choices you make today.

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    Night after night，she came to help me sleep，even long after my childhood years．

    I don't remember when it first started making me a little angry-my mom's hands pushing my hair that way．But it really made me uncomfortable，for they felt rough against my young skin．Finally, one night，I shouted at her．"Don't do that anymore．Your hands are too rough!" She didn't say anything, but she never did it again．

    Years later, I missed my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss on my face. I was not a little girl anymore. My mom was in her mid—seventies, and her rough hands were still doing things for my family and me．   

    Now my own children have grown up．It was late on Thanksgiving Eve．As I slept in my bedroom，a familiar hand ran across my face to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss，ever so softly, touched my forehead．

    Taking my mom's hand，I told her how sorry I was for that night I shouted at her．But my mom didn't know what I was talking about．She had forgotten it for long．

    That night，I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my mother's caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．

    If anyone can be called a scientific giant after Albert Einstein, that person must be Stephen Hawking. He was born in Oxford, England on Jan. 8th, 1942. What a pity On March 14th, 2018, the world-famous British scientist1in Cambridge, UK.

    After leaving high school Hawking went first to Oxford University 2he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admitted, he didn't work hard. And he did 3work. However, he always enjoyed thinking everything around him, especially the universe. Today, he is called the King of the Universe.

    It was at the age of 21 that Hawking first4something was wrong with him. He started to bump into some things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she 5 him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. He6to have motor neuron disease(运动神经元病), an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move 7the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no ways to help him. He might die before 23.

    8, Hawking became very depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “After my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I was very9with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile(值得做的) things I could do."Then Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. We strongly believe that his story shows that 10, how had their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair.” He once said, “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

A neighbor of mine, while visiting his mother in Boston, took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes. While she was trying on different styles, my neighbor took the manager（经理）beside him. "When she picks out a pair that she likes,' he said, "just tell her that the price is 12 dollars. I'll pay the regular price. I don't care how much it is.'

The following week, my neighbor was walking by the shoe store and the manager recognized (认出)him and called him in.

"What's the problem?' asked my neighbor as he entered the store.

"Wasn't my check any good?'

"That's not it,' answered the manager, "The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes!'

Take a pleasant "citywalk" around Xi'an

Citywalk means walking around the city. When it is getting more and more popular, we can't help wondering what places are worth walking around in a city. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

When you enter the Hanguang Gate, you will meet Tianshuijing Street and feel the noise and crowds being far away. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. There are also modern coffee shops and clubs.

An old building nearby has a lot of stories to tell. It always attracts many photography lovers. The next stop is the Bingjiao (Ice House) Alley. It is used for keeping the ice cubes in the summer. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Its historical and cultural places can bring you many surprises.

Walking out of the alley, you're at Sifu Street, which leads to the Small South Gate. You shall not miss the morning market at the Small South Gate. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. You may fall in love with this area easily. In fact, besides the busy morning market here, there are also coffee shops for pleasure in the afternoon and diners and bars for a late-night meal. Having drinks and a relaxing chat with friends, you can feel the great power of the slow-paced time.

Not far from the Taiyangmiao Gate, you may come across a "balcony concert". {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

After knowing these places, you'll like them.

On a sunny day, three old men with long white beards (胡子) knocked the door of a small and old house. When a woman opened the door, she found she 1 met them before. She said, "I don't think I know you, but you look tired. Please come in and 2 ."

"We do not go into a house together," they replied. 

"Why?" she asked. 

One of the old men explained, "His name is Wealth, and he is Success, and I am Love. You need to 3 your family which you want to invite."

The woman went back into the house and told her husband about it. Her husband was very 4 . "How nice!", he said. "Let us invite Wealth. He 5 fill our home with money!" His wife disagreed, "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter suggested, "Wouldn't it be better to invite Love? Our 6 will be filled with love." "Let us take our daughter's 7 ", said the husband. Then, they went out and invited Love. 

Love got up and walked into the house. The other two also got up and 8 him. The woman asked Wealth and Success in surprise, "I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?" The old men replied together, "9 you invite Wealth or Success, the other two of us will stay out. But you invited Love. Wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is 10 Wealth and Success!"