“I'm too old and it's too late,” these were the words which played over and over in my mind. I was 41 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time. 42 my ambition to become a writer, I 43 my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going 44 the wrong goals?
I was at a low point 45 the voice on the radio began 46 the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 47 . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 48 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth.
At seventy-eight, her fingers became 49 awkward to hold a needle. 50 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 51 . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 52 a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 53 world—and the rest is 54 . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 55 
her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
56 I listened to the radio, my mood(心情) 57 . If Grandma Moses 58 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, there was still 59 for my life after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 60 .
It was published eight months later.
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A．story B．fortune C．history D．fact
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A．should B．must C．might D．could
A．association B．consideration C．freedom D．hope
A．finished B．abandoned C．published D．misunderstood
Dad is a liar(说谎者)certainly. He never tells the truth about anything bad, or anything that he thinks is bad to me, even though I’ve told him I don’t hearing these things. He’s the man I have ever met, who never hurts others, as well as the cruelest man, for he’s always hard on himself. Every time I phoned home from college and asked dad how his was getting on, he would always reply, “Oh, couldn’t be better!” When I asked mum the same question on the phone, , she honestly told me every with dad’s business. I didn’t blame(责怪) dad for his . Instead I showed concern(关心) for him.
Dad is a miser(吝啬鬼), undoubtedly. I hardly see dad wear clothes. In fact, his closet is half empty. Even in this half, two-thirds is used by mum’s clothes and the other one-third him. I begged him to buy some new clothes, but he simply shook his head, “ The old clothes are still good enough. ” Were they? I saw holes in them!
It tore my heart up when I saw dad cough terribly with his hand covering his mouth. When the pains（疼痛） became very serious, he took some medicine.
So it surprised when the day came that dad got sick. He was lying in bed, and all the family gathered(聚集) around him. I knelt（跪） by his bedside, tears filling my eyes.
Dear dad, you’ve been pushing yourself too hard, which you should not have. I know I might as well expect a river to flow backwards as hope to take you out of working so hard.
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For parents, sitting down together for dinner with children may help to reduce(减少) the number of problems that develop in parent-child communication, according to a new study by US researchers. The was done on about 5,000 middle school students in Chicago public schools.
The students were studied at the beginning and the end of sixth grade and again at the end of the seventh and eighth grade. They were asked they ate dinner with their parents. They were asked how often their parents had a conversation with them that lasted more than ten , praised them when they did well, asked them where they were going and asked how they were doing in school. The study that children who often ate dinner with their parents had problems of communication than children who ________ ate dinner with their parents.
“ Family meals are a good to keep in touch with children, ” said Jayne Fulkerson, a member of the study team. “ You can get to know what’s going on in their lives better. ”
However, Fulkerson also that parents should choose suitable(合适的) topics. Topics grades and homework are not good choices.
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I know it's not always easy to do well in school．I know a lot of you have in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork．
I it．I know what it's like．My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was by a single mom who had to work and who even struggled to pay the bills．There were times when I missed having a father in my life．There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn't ．
So I wasn't always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I'm 41_ of, and I got in more trouble than I ．And my life could have __ _ taken a turn for _ . _ , I was lucky．I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and my dreams．
Some of you might not have those ．Maybe you don't have adults in your life who give you the support that you need．Maybe in your family there's not enough money to Maybe you live in a neighborhood _ 49 you don't feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren't right．
But at the end of the day, the of your life — you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home —none of that is an excuse for not finishing your homework or having a bad in school．That's no excuse for talking to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school．There is no excuse for not trying．
Where you are right now doesn't determine where you'll _．No one's written your destiny for you．You make your own future．
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When I began planning to move to Auckland to study .my mother was worried about a lack of jobs and cultural differences, Ignoring these ,I got there in July 2010, I arrived ,I realized the importance of getting a job my living experience, Determined to do this , I spent several weeks going door-to-door for a job, but found response.
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask there were any job opportunities，The people there advised me not to continue my job search in that .As I was about to . a man who had been listening approached me and asked me to wait outside .Nearly ten minutes later, he ,He asked me about my plans and encouraged me to stay . Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to a job.
I was a little surprised. but had a feeling about him. Along the way ,I realized that I had resumes(简历).Seeing this, the man at his business partner’s office to make me fifteen copies. He also gave me some on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resume and went home feeling very . The following day, I received a from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.
It seems that the world always to you when you need it .And this time, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.
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It was Mother's Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were.we realized that only minutes earlier anwoman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground.was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.a lot of people stopped to help out.
we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became veryabout what had happened to the elderly couple. Heto me, "Mom, it's not much fun falling over in front of." Seeing that there was a flower stall（摊位）at the front of the supermarket, he added, "Why shouldn't wethe lady a flower? It will make her feel better." I wasthat he'd come up with thisidea. So we went over and told the flower sellerwe wanted. "Just take it," she replied. "Itake your money for such a wonderful."
By now medical staff had arrived, and werethe injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman's husband and I told him it was my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, "Thank you very much." He then turned to me, "You have ason. Happy Mother's Day to you."
The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling ger who it was from.being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson within her eyes and gave him a little.
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