US first lady Michelle Obama ranked the world’s most powerful woman in Forbes magazine’s 2010 listing published on October 6.
Kraft Foods CEO Irene Rosenfeld.second . American talk show host Oprah Winfrey was third. German Prime Minister Angela Merkel was the fourth most powerful woman，
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rounded out (使圆满) the top five.
This year Forbesthe way it ranked women. It is now supposedly
less on wealth and power but more on influence.
“They influenced ， sometimes billions of people，” said Moira Forbes， vice president and publisher of Forbes Woman.
Forbes said Obama topped the list this year “she has made the office of first lady her own” while remaining popular.
“She’s also effective： In response to her Let’s Move！campaignchildhood obesity(肥胖)， companies
Coca-Cola， Kellogg and General Mills have agreed to cut the calorie conte
nt of their foods by 2015，” Forbes said.
I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He he was racing those cars around a great track, which in was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to ，the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” to the Oscar.
“Sure，” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
A．discovered. B．inferred C．hoped D．worried
A．spend B．live C．understand D．enjoy
A．struggle B．work C．succeed D．learn
A．story B．fact C．idea D．news
A．wrote B．told C．knew D．heard
A．saw B．recognized C．met D．visited
A．careful B．small C．lonely D．clever
A．pretended B．believed C．insisted D．suggested
A．reality B．case C．turn D．need
A．cared B．asked C．won D．looked
A．act B．leave C．play D．wait
A．running B．getting C．pointing D．shouting
A．objected B．noticed C．suffered D．breathed
A．selling B．keeping C．earning D．sharing
A．special B．comfortable C．expensive D．necessary
A．rest B．cheat C．stop D．sit
A．difficulties B．events C．failures D．achievements
A．time B．future C．body D．brain
A．idea B．meaning C．dreams D．thoughts
A．obey B．permit C．wish D．agree
Cecile and I have been friends since college, for more than thirty years. Our friendship has constant. We have seen each other through all the times when we really need a friend. In of our friendship, Cecile and I took our first trip together.
The first day of our trip ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
from the long drive, we decided to go to the restaurant for dinner. We sat down and our meal. As we talked, I noticed a(n) couple sitting a short distance away from us. The look of on the woman’s face attracted me. She stared into the face of the man as he talked, me of a teenager in love!
I called Cecile’s to the couple. As we watched, the man reached to place a gentle kiss on the woman’s cheek. She . “Now that’s what I call real love! I imagine they’ve been married for a long time.” I said. “ maybe,” remarked Cecile, “they haven’t been together long.” “Well, whatever the case, it’s they care much for each other,” I said.
Cecile and I watched and listened to their conversation. She smiled and whatever he said. We were touched by the warm scene we were witnessing. Then the changed. The woman’s wrinkled but beautiful face was suddenly covered with a look. She asked the man in a sweet voice, “Do I know you? What is this place?” “You know me. I’m Ralph, your husband. We’re in Santa Fe,” the man said. “Oh, I to have forgotten. I’m not sure,” she said.
“That’s okay, sweetheart. You’ll be all right,” he her, kissing her cheek again. Tears coursed down our cheeks as Cecile and I looked at each other. “We were right,” she said . “It is the real thing. That is love.”
A．become B．remained C．grown D．developed
A．celebration B．terms C．favor D．congratulation
A．air B．boat C．road D．bicycle
A．Bored B．Suffered C．Excited D．Tired
A．ordered B．cooked C．prepared D．finished
A．young B．friendly C．elderly D．rich
A．adoration（爱慕） B．doubt C．hope D．envy
A．showing B．telling C．reminding D．introducing
A．idea B．intention C．time D．attention
A．away B．over C．around D．off
A．smiled B．disagreed C．angered D．moved
A．Though B．Or C．Therefore D．Otherwise
A．natural B．important C．obvious D．moving
A．madly B．shamefully C．casually D．unashamedly
A．picked up B．agreed with C．stuck to D．questioned on
A．scene B．place C．topic D．sense
A．frightened B．confused C．disappointing D．puzzling
A．seem B．feel C．use D．need
A．answered B．comforted C．told D．encouraged
A．quickly B．eagerly C．thoughtfully D．cheerfully
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Grandpa, what was the hardest thing you ever had in your life?” I expected a story of physical during those hard times, but Grandpa stopped walking and began to speak with in his eyes.
“Your grandma got after your Aunt Mary was born. Since there was no one to your mom and uncles, I had to send them to an orphanage (孤儿院) I could take two or three jobs until your grandma got well. The thing I ever had to do was put my babies there. I went every to see them, but the nuns (修女) wouldn’t let me talk to them. I could only my children play from behind a one-way (单向的) mirror. Sure, I brought them candies every week, but I could hope they knew the candies were me. I would keep both hands on the glass for the thirty minutes I was to see them, hoping they would see me and come to touch my ― but they never did. I’ll never myself for not holding them.”
I had never seen my grandfather cry before. He me close, and I told him that I had the best grandfather ever and that I loved him.
For fifteen years, that talk with Grandpa remained our .
After my grandmother passed away, my grandfather began to a loss of memory. I to encourage my mother to let Grandpa come and live with us, but she said, “Why? He never what happened to us!”
“He has always cared for you and loved you. He was really for not being able to hold you that year!” I said. Tears started to gather in the corners of her eyes. The anger and sadness faded (逐渐消失) from her face. Not long after, my grandfather came to live with us.
A．strength B．work C．exercise D．examination
A．patience B．pleasure C．care D．tears
A．sick B．lost C．disappointed D．changed
A．look for B．depend on C．take care of D．look up to
A．but B．so C．or D．if
A．happiest B．bravest C．easiest D．hardest
A．week B．day C．month D．afternoon
A．feel B．hear C．make D．watch
A．nearly B．certainly C．only D．seldom
A．about B．for C．with D．from
A．allowed B．ordered C．begged D．encouraged
A．hands B．glasses C．candies D．eyes
A．help B．devote C．forgive D．enjoy
A．ran B．caught C．followed D．held
A．strange B．special C．active D．lucky
A．pity B．shame C．puzzle D．secret
A．get rid of B．pay attention to C．suffer from D．recover from
A．tried B．managed C．agreed D．promised
A．talked about B．cared about C．found out D．left out
A．cruel B．unfortunate C．responsible D．sorry
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.
My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” Or “what perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or we are uncertain, but we all, my friends I, consider this .
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness nonsense（胡闹）. As an old saying : “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, in deep thought, we can find that the things us to be in truth happy, sad or moved a clear meaning. If we don’t go deeper and just satisfied with superficial（表面的）things, we will find that we have not really gained anything our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant（愚昧无知的） we realize that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is sign of great . If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible (明智的), mature, and intelligent we have .
A．at B．on C．in D．to
A．learn from B．learn C．know D．know about
A．apart from B．except for C．except D．rather than
A．with which B．about that C．about which D．which
A．not B．as well as C．rather than D．but
A．one of life’s pleasures B．pleasures of life C．one of life’s sorrow D．one of life’s regrets
A．nor B．or C．and D．or else
A．speaks B．talks C．tells D．goes
A．take B．judge C．accept D．conclude
A．makes B．causes C．builds D．create
A．more B．much C．less D．worse
A．fell B．fallen C．falling D．fall
A．that move B．that moves C．move D．moves
A．lack B．have C．include D．cover
A．in fact B．indeed C．in a while D．sooner or later
A．because B．even though C．so D．although
A．even if B．although C．unless D．if
A．joy B．progress C．effort D．work
A．cares B．pains C．worries D．minds
A．become B．made C．had D．come
It was past 10:00 pm. I was busy with my schoolwork though I was . Just then, my little brother Michael ran out of his room, a pen on his right hand and a piece of paper on the other.
“Betty, can you help me with my for school? It’s about the seven of the world,” he said.
My eyes were so on the computer screen that my brother had to pull my blouse just to get my .
“Look, not right now! I’m very busy.” I said. “You’re always busy! You’re always like that!” he replied.
I felt a bit guilty I thought about his words, but my work seemed more to me than my brother’s. I sighed a few times and with my own studies.
The next day, I arrived home late. Michael came into my room.
“I know you are but there’s something I want to show you,” he began. Without saying a word, I the paper from him. I really didn’t what he was saying. All I wanted was to get rid of（摆脱）him and finally get .
Suddenly, my eyes widened in . There, he wrote:
The Seven Wonders of the World
1. Love 2. Friendship 3. Peace 4. Joy 5. Wisdom 6. Fun 7. Family
I believe what my brother had written on the paper. I was completely . How could such an innocent little child such things in life?
The most valuable things in life are the ones that we take for granted（认为理所当然）. These things don’t take the form of big houses or beautiful . The most wonderful things in the world are immaterial (非物质的) they can never be developed by human art, skill or effort.
A．tired B．experienced C．talented D．satisfied
A．buying B．holding C．playing D．biting
A．problem B．mistake C．trouble D．homework
A．events B．cities C．wonders D．inventions
A．paid B．attracted C．applied D．fixed
A．attention B．care C．love D．concern
A．before B．as C．since D．till
A．practical B．useful C．important D．interesting
A．started B．hated C．forgot D．continued
A．busy B．bored C．free D．angry
A．handed B．took C．got D．accepted
A．record B．worry C．mind D．share
A．rest B．rested C．to resting D．to rest
A．surprise B．sadness C．happiness D．disappointment
A．shouldn’t B．needn’t C．couldn’t D．mustn’t
A．wounded B．lost C．pleased D．confused
A．understand B．remember C．study D．finish
A．ever B．often C．seldom D．never
A．voices B．poems C．cars D．music
A．if B．when C．but D．and
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