The ringing of the phone runs through my head, telling me someone needs help. I pick it up and 1  the routine, “Teen Lifeline, this is Amber.” About 45 minutes later I hang up, feeling pleased because I’ve helped another teen. Volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize how to deal with my own  2  and help others.
“My mom is always fighting with me. I want to run away.” Some teens feel their  3  is a prison, rather than a place of shelter and safety. They feel parents are only there to make their lives 4 . We try to help the teens realize the danger they could be in  5  giving them advice. All we can do is to ask questions. We also try to find out where the teens would go and how they would survive. We give them a phone number if they   6  don’t want to live in their “prison”.
“I don’t want to  7  any more” is something we hear, and suicide (自杀) calls are some of the hardest to  8 . We try to discover why they want to take their lives and how serious they are by asking them to rate it on a scale of one to ten. One means they are  9  suicide but haven’t decided how, and ten means they are always thinking about it and have a  10 . We ask them to make a promise that they will not hurt themselves. And sometimes we ask for their telephone numbers  11  we can call back to make sure that they are okay.
Although many calls are about relatively  12  problems, volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize I’m not the  13  person with problems, and has taught me how to  14  with my heart. I have made a  15  and saved many lives — possibly even my own, too.  
1. A. set           B. stop             C. change          D. start
2. A. decisions     B. disadvantages    C. problems        D. opinions
3. A. school        B. home             C. bedroom         D. classroom
4. A. simple        B. unusual          C. happy           D. terrible
5. A. for           B. of               C. without         D. besides
6. A. even          B. almost           C. still           D. mostly
7. A. live          B. study            C. call            D. listen
8. A. carry out     B. deal with        C. believe in      D. find out
9. A. accepting     B. considering      C. objecting       D. giving
10. A. plan         B. doubt            C. purpose         D. question
11. A. in case      B. if               C. so that         D. when
12. A. important    B. small            C. normal          D. typical
13. A. very         B. only             C. exact           D. possible
14. A. write        B. see              C. learn           D. listen
15. A. difference   B. choice           C. promise         D. decision
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 1  his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always  2  his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, 3  to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the   4  made through years. At the airport he had to accept the  5  customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be  taken down for  6  . Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying   7   for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a  8  fake（假货）. When he was   9   of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which nearly 100,000, into pieces hearing Glen’s words. Glen was   11   . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined   16   . For many times of entry-exit   17   he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and   18  him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if  19   reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be  20  by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep  21  on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of  22  , which he would remember as the  23 of his success forever.
4．A. went up         B. set up        C. took up         D. picked up
5．A. owes            B. mentions      C. brings          D. honors
6．A. objected        B. refused       C. decided         D. asked
7．A. books           B. things        C. pounds          D. savings
8．A. ordinary        B. regular       C. routine         D. common
9．A. inspection      B. look          C. test            D . experiment
10．A. it             B. one           C. them            D. these
11．A. careless       B. priceless     C. hopeless        D. worthless 
12．A. afraid         B. ashamed       C. proud           D. hard
13．A. spent          B. paid          C. cost            D. took
14．A. at             B. on            C. in              D. by
15．A. amazed         B. delighted     C. disappointed    D. satisfied
16．A. strictly       B. quietly       C. quickly         D. curiously
17．A. conditions     B. chances       C. experiments     D. experiences
18．A. stopped        B. warned        C. urged           D. hoped
19．A. found out      B. came out      C. sent out        D. set out
20．A. hit            B. charged       C. praised         D. blamed
21．A. expression     B. idea          C. thought         D. impression
22．A. lies           B. honesty       C. goods           D. bravery
23．A. choice         B. lesson         C. secret         D. belief