Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __36__ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __37__ with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily __38__ up their new home, the light suddenly __39__. Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along __40__ and had to wait __41__ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant __42__ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __43__ night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a __44__ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __45__, so he went to the door and opened it __46__. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ”“No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door __47__.
“What a nuisance!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to __48__ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __49__ this time she was __50__ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She __51__ me here to give you these.” Terry was very __52__ by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __53__ in life. It was his __54__ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was __55__ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.
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Sometimes, we tried to do one thing, but met with another thing instead: something fortunate we never would have expected. That ______ to the Myers family on a visit to Madison.
The Myers family, ______ their nicest wedding attire (盛装), decided to take a ______ photo in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Mr. Myers put down his bag, found a nice sunny ______ front of the building, told his wife and kids where to ______, set his camera on a wall and pressed the timer button. He ______ to get into the picture. Three ... two ... one ... snap! A ______ shot! The surroundings matched them so well.
Then Mr. Myers went to get his bag from where he’d left it, only to find the bag was gone. Inside were his cash, his credit cards, keys ... Mr. Myers ran around the building, ______ he didn’t see anyone with his bag. Mr. Myers glanced at all the fellows around, hoping to ______ something on their faces. Then a fellow in red caught his ______. The guy seemed to ______ Mr. Myers’ eyes. What’s more, he looked a little ______. But how could Mr. Myers ______ that he was the thief?
Then a good _____ struck him at once. He quickly ______ his camera and looked at his photo carefully again, zooming (调焦) in this time: Sure enough, there was the thief, caught in the ______ on the left. Mr. Myers shouted ______, “He is the thief!” But as he ______, the fellow in red was missing. He showed the photo to police officers. After a few minutes, they found the thief and recovered the ___ ___ bag.
If they had moved a little to their left, the thief wouldn’t have been photographed. If the timer had been set just a (n) ______later, the camera might have only caught a blur of the fleeing man. Everything had lined up so perfectly.
A．meant B．happened C．led D．passed
A．dressed in B．glanced at C．showed off D．covered with
A．cover B．passport C．family D．wedding
A．district B．house C．park D．spot
A．stand B．rest C．stay D．lie
A．waited B．rushed C．stopped D．decided
A．perfect B．simple C．bad D．common
A．and B．although C．but D．so
A．tell B．recognize C．test D．read
A．mind B．arm C．attention D．breath
A．avoid B．open C．attract D．cast
A．sad B．nervous C．curious D．worried
A．dream B．believe C．prove D．guess
A．explanation B．opinion C．excuse D．idea
A．turned on B．paid for C．passed by D．asked about
A．event B．trip C．act D．study
A．calmly B．excitedly C．coldly D．slowly
A．jumped out B．woke up C．walked out D．looked up
A．beautiful B．stolen C．expensive D．broken
A．day B．hour C．second D．minute
Pete Rose was a great baseball player. Though I have never met him, he taught me something _____ that changed my life.
Pete was being ______ in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb's all-time hits record. Suddenly one reporter asked him, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest ______. How many at-bats（击球）do you think it'll take you to get the 78 hits？" Without hesitation, Pete just ______ at the reporter and said,"78." The reporter yelled back, "Ah, come on, Pete, you don't think you'll get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you？"
Mr. Rose calmly ______ his philosophy with the reporters who were ______ waiting for his reply to the claim." Every time I ______ up to the plate（击球区），I ______ to get a hit! ______ I have it in mind，I have no right to step into the batter's（击球手）box! It is ______ expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits in the first place."
When I thought about Pete Rose's ______ and how it applied to everyday ______，I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person，I was hoping to increase my ______. As a father，l was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man，I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly good salesperson，I was not so ______ a father，and I was an okay husband. I immediately decided that being okay was not ______! I wanted to be a great salesperson，a great father and a great husband. I ______ my attitude to a positive one，and the results were ______.I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips，I won Coach of the Year in my ______ baseball league，and I share a loving relationship with my wife，Karen，with whom I am ______ to enjoy the rest of my life!
______，Mr. Rose!
A．reliable B．enjoyable C．valuable D．unbelievable
A．admired B．interviewed C．watched D．trained
A．decision B．record C．level D．goal
A．stared B．shouted C．glared D．pointed
A．enjoyed B．shared C．discussed D．reviewed
A．anxiously B．nervously C．cheerfully D．impatiently
A．climb B．jump C．drive D．step
A．seem B．fail C．expect D．compete
A．Though B．Unless C．Because D．When
A．abrupt B．simple C．positive D．considerate
A．plan B．idea C．ability D．behaviour
A．agenda B．exercise C．work D．lire
A．sales B．skills C．experiences D．experiments
A．wise B．kind C．mean D．bad
A．explicit B．helpful C．enough D．practical
A．changed B．added C．devoted D．contributed
A．hopeful B．amazing C．funny D．disappointing
A．son’s B．wife’s C．friend’s D．customer’s
A．supposed B．expected C．encouraged D．determined
A．Good luck B．Best regards C．Thanks D．Congratulations
Recently，we went on a vacation for a week that involved visiting four different ports in the sunny and warm climate of the Caribbean. There were____of laughter，fun，and great food. It’s a____thing when you go away that each day of the vacation also____to the end and a return to work.
It was twelve years since we went on a vacation，so this vacation was viewed with expectation of a great break away from my daily routine. And，we weren’t____．
But there was something very different about this vacation compared to those when we worked in a cooperative____．The main____was that when we returned，when the vacation was rapidly drawing to a close，we didn’t have the same feelings of____stress and dread (恐惧)．
In this most recent vacation，it wasn’t that we____enjoy the various fun and new activities，the break away from routine，the pleasure of touring different countries and cultures，the____to do what we wanted when we wanted，or the leisurely____of each day that was significant. What was significant was that we didn’t____ dread the last day of vacation. You see，we knew that we were____what we love to do not what we had to do.
The feelings experienced in the last couple of days of vacation were viewed with the same joy as the very first days. In previous times，the last days of vacation were dreaded. We experienced a mounting(日益严重的)____ of stress____we knew that a return to our field of employment was “work” and not____that we loved and thoroughly enjoyed.
The____is this：If you do what you love，it doesn’t matter____that a vacation has to end. If you love what you do you will not____yourself wishing for even a few more days of vacation，or wishing that you could____enjoying this vacation for much，much longer. A love of what you do____you back like a magnet.
A．moments B．possibilities C．situations D．ways
A．typical B．bitter C．wonderful D．funny
A．comes up B．counts down C．gives out D．dies away
A．satisfied B．tired C．disappointed D．optimistic
A．situation B．condition C．state D．environment
A．advantage B．problem C．difference D．drawback
A．approaching B．relieving C．bearing D．overcoming
A．necessarily B．thoroughly C．abundantly D．smoothly
A．opportunity B．desire C．possibility D．right
A．pattern B．pace C．lifestyle D．atmosphere
A．yet B．still C．also D．even
A．returning to B．submitting to C．turning to D．heading for
A．number B．knowledge C．sense D．awareness
A．although B．and C．because D．if
A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
A．lesson B．idea C．point D．solution
A．in the least B．for a moment C．after all D．at the most
A．let B．find C．make D．catch
A．maintain B．risk C．keep D．stop
A．draws B．holds C．pushes D．welcomes
Fiona Famous was a very popular girl at school. She felt ______ as no other girl had so many friends at school and in the neighborhood.
But everything ______ on National Friendship Day. On that day in class everyone had to make three presents to ______ to their three best friends. Fiona ______ the task of choosing three from among all the dozens of her friends. However, she was the only one in her class who had not ______ a present! She felt terrible, and spent hours ______. Everyone came and comforted her for a while. But each one only stayed for a _____ time before leaving. This was ______ what Fiona had done so many times to others.
She ______ that she was a good companion and acquaintance, but she had not been a true friend to anyone. She had tried not to argue with anyone, she had tried to ______ everyone, but now she had found out that was not enough to create ______ friendship.
When she got home that night, Fiona told her mother about the whole thing. “My dear, you’re a lovely girl,” said her mother, “but you can’t be a close friend to ______. It’s only possible to have a few true friends. The others will ______ be playmates or acquaintances.”
Hearing this, Fiona decided to change her ways ______ she could finally have some true friends. That night, in ______, she thought about what she could do to get them. She thought about her mother. Her mother was always willing to ______ her, she put up with all of Fiona’s dislikes and ______, she always forgave her, she loved her a great deal ... That was what makes ______!
And Fiona ______ from ear to ear, realizing that she already had the best friend that anyone could ever ______. She fell asleep and had a good dream.
A．tired B．lucky C．strange D．surprised
A．proved B．developed C．changed D．appeared
A．give B．sell C．lend D．post
A．examine B．improved C．failed D．enjoyed
A．received B．shown C．completed D．accepted
A．remaking B．thinking C．crying D．checking
A．short B．pleasant C．different D．horrible
A．surprisingly B．gradually C．honestly D．exactly
A．forgot B．realized C．doubted D．shouted
A．pay attention to B．fall in love with C．keep away from D．think highly of
A．new B．true C．long D．smart
A．anything B．nobody C．everybody D．somebody
A．never B．hardly C．sometimes D．just
A．so that B．in case C．as if D．even though
A．kitchen B．bed C．school D．sleep
A．correct B．scold C．help D．find
A．dreams B．ideas C．wishes D．problems
A．playmates B．parents C．friends D．mothers
A．smiled B．suffered C．felt D．understood
A．compare B．hate C．remember D．want
Longhands was the son of a pirate (海盗), the grandson of a pirate, and the great grandson of a pirate. Actually, he hadn’t yet stolen anything, nor attacked any ______; but his whole family were sure that he’d ______ to be a very good pirate.
But the idea of spending his life robbing people ______ didn’t excite young Longhands. When he was a toddler, one of his cousins ______ one of his favorite toys, and it made him really sad. He knew robbing would make people ______.
While he was growing up, Longhands ______ terribly that some day his real pirate personality would suddenly ______, and send him down the path of robbing. Every morning, when he ______, he looked in the mirror to see if the ______ change had yet occurred. But every morning he had the same pleasant sort of ______ he had had the day before.
As time went on, it became clear to everyone that Longhands wasn’t a pirate; but the family ______ was so long that no one was bold (胆大的) enough to come out and ______ it. “It’s just that he’s a ______ pirate,” they would say. And they would have kept saying it ______ Longhands had studied medicine and started to ______ the sick. However, Longhands was still worried about turning into a pirate, and he ______ looking into the mirror each morning.
One day, though, seeing that he was now a(n) ______ man, he realized that neither himself, nor ______, was ever forced to be a pirate. Everyone could do whatever they chose with their ______!
And, having chosen his own life and his own path, Longhands felt ______ happy that he never chose to be a pirate.
A．businessman B．bank C．family D．ship
A．turn around B．turn out C．stay away D．watch out
A．unluckily B．slowly C．certainly D．hardly
A．destroyed B．bought C．examined D．replaced
A．fail B．die C．change D．suffer
A．imagined B．remembered C．worried D．doubted
A．break B．appear C．move D．go
A．looked up B．showed up C．woke up D．sat down
A．normal B．necessary C．surprising D．horrible
A．fear B．face C．clothes D．dreams
A．tradition B．hope C．tree D．communication
A．repeat B．destroy C．notice D．say
A．good B．new C．funny D．stupid
A．if only B．in case C．even if D．so that
A．laugh at B．care for C．go through D．look after
A．avoid B．considered C．began D．continued
A．handsome B．honest C．old D．strange
A．anybody B．everybody C．somebody D．nobody
A．experiences B．desires C．wishes D．lives
A．slightly B．deeply C．partly D．commonly
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