Introduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my 21 , Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been 22 ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the 23 to tell Sam what I had 24 .
For years I have been hosting a program on the 25 and writing articles for a magazine. Being 26 to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart 27 , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and 28 . So when Sam was born, I 29 to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these 30 . I hope that Sam would 31 them sooner or later.
However, that expectation 32 when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He 33 to communicate with others, even the family members. That was 34 for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even 35 now to tell him. I wanted him to 36 what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll 37 as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just 38 if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, 39 the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a 40 .
Daniel Gottlieb
A．son B．nephew C．brother D．grandson
A．seriously B．mentally C．slightly D．quietly
A．ability B．time C．courage D．responsibility
A．written B．suffered C．observed D．lost
A．radio B．television C．stage D．bed
A．ready B．unable C．anxious D．eager
A．warm B．broken C．closed D．open
A．hosts B．visitors C．readers D．reporters
A．began B．stopped C．forgot D．decided
A．letters B．emails C．books D．diaries
A．find B．read C．collect D．keep
A．developed B．disappeared C．changed D．arrived
A．tried B．refused C．regretted D．hoped
A．exciting B．acceptable C．strange D．heartbreaking
A．less B．everything C．more D．nothing
A．understand B．explain C．believe D．question
A．fear B．face C．know D．cause
A．felt B．guessed C．saw D．doubted
A．as B．once C．though D．if
A．teacher B．child C．man D．writer
Face adversity（逆境）with a smile
I told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, "You mean ________ .”He explained that I should be glad of the ________exercise that the hill provided.
My ________ to the hill has now changed .I used to ________ as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to________ and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend.________ ,I have a smile of________as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be faced and ________ .We cannot achieve anything with a/an ________life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to________an University degree. She wrote, ‘Character cannot be ________in ease and quiet. Only through________of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
One of the main________of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. At times we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties.________ we cannot choose the adversity, we can choose our attitude towards it．
Douglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs amputated（截肢）following a flying accident. He was________ to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aces（擅长的人）．He was a/an________to others during the war. He said ,“Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense.________ your mind, and you'll never ________ crutches(拐杖)or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go________you want to. But never, never let them ________you that things are too difficult or impossible."
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If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. Do you need it for a reason, such as your job or your studies? ________ perhaps you’re interested in the ________ , films or music of a different country and you know how much it will help to have a ________ of the language.
Most people learn best using a variety of ________ , but traditional classes are an ideal（理想的）start for many people. They ________ an environment where you can practice under the ________ of someone who’s good at the language. We all lead ________ lives and learning a language takes 39 . You will have more success if you study regularly, so try to develop a________ . It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got long. Becoming fluent in a language will take years, but learning to get by takes ________ .
Many people start learning a language and soon give up. “I’m too ________ ,” they say. Yes, children do learn languages more________ than adults, but research has shown that you can learn a language at any ________. And learning is good for the health of your brain, too. I’ve also heard people ________about the mistakes they make when ________. Well, relax and laugh about your mistakes ________ you’re much less likely to make them again.
Learning a new language is never ________ . But with some work and devotion, you’ll make progress. And you’ll be ________ by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in ________ own language. Good luck!
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阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
An old woman having lost the use of her eyes visited a doctor to heal (治愈) them. She made this ________with him in the presence of witness (证人) that if he could her blindness, he should receive a sum of money from her, but if her disease , she should give him .
After the agreement was made, the doctor, time after time, some of his medicine on her eyes, and on every ________ took something away, ________ all her property (财产) little by little. And when he had got all she had, he healed her and ________ the promised payment. The old woman, when she ________ her sight and saw ________ of her goods in her house, would give him nothing. The doctor ________ his payment and as she still refused he finally decided to go to the court (法庭) and reported his case before the ________ .
The old woman, standing up in the court, ________ , “This man here speaks the ________ in what he says, for I did ________ to give him a sum of money if I could recover my sight, but if I continued to be blind, I was to give him nothing. Now he says that I am healed. I, ________ , think that I am still blind, ________ when I lost the use of my eyes, I saw in my house a lot of property and ________ goods, but now, though he ________ that I am cured of my blindness, I am not able to see a(an) ________ thing in it.”
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year, my mother from a stroke and had a operation on her brain. I felt my whole life turn upside down and I had no what I could do to help her to relieve her . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.
Last month I a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt about the loss.
There have been many like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things I read “ If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie. “When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What can I get from this? How can I my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’” He wrote.
I suddenly that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things . When my mother was fighting for , I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t a prize. If I had not the article, I would definitely have felt again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage .
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns as well, but these thorns help us become and strong. When life us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I walked past a store, I saw it, my dream coat. I’d been searching for the wonderful style that I’d first in a magazine. I tried it on. It fit . I wrapped the coat around myself like a (n) .
I knew that I shouldn’t buy myself a present at Christmas time. I’d the gifts for my family long before. Mom had me into buying a coat months ago. , I earned this by working all last summer. Still, I felt just a little . “It is more blessed (幸福的) to give than to receive”. Those haunted (萦绕) me all day. But I also wanted my dream coat.
The next morning, on the school bus, I my friend, Kate. I recognized her dress as the same one she’d yesterday and the day before.
At dinner, I asked my parents about Kate’s family.
“I hear that her mother worked at the factory that just and his father is an alcoholic. He probably drank up all the money his wife .”
That night I dreamed about Kate sitting beside a tree on Christmas morning, looking in our windows, when we opened gift after gift. When I awoke, I was of what I had to do.
At breakfast, I my plan to my family. It I wasn’t the only one who was thinking that way. I bought a basic but outfit (一套衣服) for Kate. We didn’t go to Kate’s until we were certain everyone would be in bed. Dad turned the car lights off I approached her house.
The first day back to school after Christmas , Kate was dressed in the clothes I’d given her. The outfit seemed to fit well.
It’s been many years now that Christmas Eve, and I have not forgotten it. I learned the of giving.
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