We all have weaknesses and strengths—no matter who we are .Some get sick easily.
Some are 36 people in communication, struggling with 37 .
Sometimes weaknesses seem to outweigh (胜过)the strengths and sometimes it’s the other way around. 38 ,facing huge limitations, many people tend to 39 it as just bad luck ---but not everyone. Those who rise over their weaknesses can still manage to 40 extraordinary things.
I 41 a school prize –giving ceremony and the guest speaker was Andrew Becroft, 42 had a severe stutter (结巴 ) as a child . 43 allowing this to limit him , he chose to overcome it. Now he is a famous judge . Not only 44 he become successful, but he did so in a profession 45 he had to speak before others regularly. Had he not worked on his 46 ability, it would have been very limiting to his success in life and work.
Many people face far huger limitations, such as loss 47 legs or arms , being born extremely poor, 48 you do. But whatever the limitation, you’ll 49 find people who have overcome it. Helen Keller, who fell 50 and lost her sight and hearing at 19 months old, worked hard to be a famous woman with great 51 . Mark Inglis lost both his legs in a mountain climbing accident, 52 has since climbed Mt. Everest.
If one of them had told you what they hoped to achieve, you would have nodded kindly while 53 thinking to yourself that they had no chance . And yet the results speak for 54 .
Though most of us will never have to face such challenges , yet most of us will never achieve to the 55 that these people have either if we never seriously think of what we can do.
A．hopeless B．cheerful C．careless D．skillful
A．sympathy B．security C．relationships D．scholarships
A．Personally B．Importantly C．Generally D．Fortunately
A．believe B．accept C．receive D．think
A．experience B．access C．challenge D．achieve
A．prepared B．interviewed C．visit D．attended
A．which B．who C．whom D．that
A．Because of B．Instead of C． Due to D．Apart from
A．did B．could C．would D．had
A．what B．which C．where D．why
A．communicating B．reading C．acting D．speaking
A．for B．from C．of D．in
A．before B．than C．until D．as
A．always B．sometimes C．seldom D．never
A．asleep B．ill C．behind D．apart
A．congratulations B．impressions C．achievements D．rewards
A．so B．but C．and D．or
A．quietly B．slowly C．seriously D．carefully
A．stage B．degree C．place D．position
A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and all day about how wonderful and exciting must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some skill and sensibility (识别力)，she her mother for a bike ride the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, her keeping close to the house and not too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew where she was heading! the hill and across the valley, she rode to the of the golden house.
she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she that all the windows were and rather dirty.
So _ and heart-broken, she didn’t go any further. She and all of a sudden she saw an amazing . There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
A．might B．should C．would D．must
A．Unless B．Although C．Since D．But
A．dreamed B．worried C．asked D．shouted
A．this B．that C．it D．which
A．different B．scientific C．musical D．basic
A．begged B．blamed C．invited D．paid
A．inside B．outside C．through D．along
A．insisting on B．relying on C．arguing about D．wondering about
A．traveling B．running C．riding D．walking
A．madly B．rapidly C．exactly D．possibly
A．Over B．Down C．Around D．Beside
A．windows B．steps C．center D．gate
A．Until B．As C．While D．Because
A．getting B．introducing C．leading D．moving
A．felt B．learned C．concluded D．found
A．transparent B．bright C．plain D．wide
A．anxious B．angry C．serious D．sad
A．turned around B．cheered up C．settled down D．dropped in
A．hill B．valley C．background D．sight
A．imagined B．decided C．realized D．guessed
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets him, especially those who are .
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ?
He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _. His briefcase always has some gloves。
In winter,Mr.Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers,who look at the sidewalk and the street.He looks around at .He stops when he someone with no gloves.He gives them a pair and then he ,looking for more people with cold .
On winter days,Mr.Greenberg gloves.During the rest of the year,
he gloves.People who have heard about him him gloves,and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .
It runs in the .Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the .A pair of gloves may be a thing,but it can make a big difference in winter.
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A．old B．busy C．kind D．poor
A．job B．name C．chance D．message
A．calm B．different C．crazy D．curious
A．act B．sound C．feel D．dress
A．cross over B．drive along C．hurry down D．keep off
A．cars B．people C．street numbers D．traffic lights
A．helps B．chooses C．greets D．sees
A．holds up B．hangs out C．moves on D．turns around
A．hands B．ears C．faces D．eyes
A．searches for B．stores up C．gives away D．puts on
A．borrows B．sells C．returns D．buys
A．call B．send C．lend D．show
A．delayed B．remembered C．began D．enjoyed
A．understand B．dislike C．study D．excuse
A．sorry for B．satisfied with C．proud of D．surprised by
A．smart B．rich C．special D．happy
A．city B．family C．neighborhood D．company
A．honor B．pain C．same D．cold
Believe it or not，there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform. It makes you proud of your school. It builds a common spirit of unity （整体） among students and them of the values and history of their school. But for most students，school uniforms are not something to be proud of .
“Why not the school uniform just one day a week?Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel bored，” a senior student from a high school complained.“I don’t like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back，” said a junior student.“They could be .” The main student complaints about school uniforms are：simple colors，boring designs and bad .And a teacher at a middle school in Guangzhou said that a teacher and a mother，she eagerly 8 the quality of school uniforms will be improved soon.
What has caused all these problems?Chen Hong，a uniform designer in Shenzhen，pointed out that problems because the whole society doesn’t see the of the school uniform.
“Most designers are to stick to the same old fashion， there are no professionals （专业人员） work for students，” Chen said.
His company most of the awards in the first national competition for school uniforms last month in Nanning，Guangxi.
“Besides，high quality calls for a high price，” said Chen.“But in some schools，the annual （一年一度） expense for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan.How can we produce high-quality clothes with so money?”
Even with these problems，efforts have been made the situation，according to Zhai Shiliang， of the School Uniform Administration and Service Center in Beijing.A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing.Thirty-seven uniforms， in schools next spring，were selected from 570.“We will offer the samples for schools to choose，” Zhai said.
“The perfect uniform should the students of the school’s honor and cause them to be of it whenever and wherever they are，” Chen said.
A．take B．feel C．to take D．to feel
A．remains B．remember C．reminds D．recalls
A．at all B．in all C．for all D．after all
A．put on B．suit C．wear D．dress
A．large B．larger C．small D．smaller
A．quantity B．amount C．quality D．unit
A．as B．like C．for D．with
A．wishes B．needs C．wants D．hopes
A．come through B．come up C．come in D．come on
A．importance B．important C．design D．possibility
A．like B．possibly C．unlikely D．likely
A．if B．although C．because D．because of
A．what B．which C．that D．whom
A．won B．has won C．wins D．had won
A．few B．little C．much D．many
A．improve B．develop C．change D．to change
A．a head B．the head C．heads D．head
A．being seen B．to be seen C．to see D．will be seen
A．remind B．offer C．supply D．provide
A．ashamed B．nervous C．proud D．aware
Computer hackers(黑客)have now got their hands on mobile phones.
A phone virus(病毒)can your phone do things you have no control over, computer security experts . It might 3the White House or the police, or forward your personal address book to a marketing company.
Or it could simply eat into the phone’s operating software, turning it and erasing your personal information. Similar viruses have already made mobile phone owners in Japan and Europe.
Ari Hypponen, chief technical officer of a computer security in Finland, said a virus “can get your and send them elsewhere. And it can record your .
Mobiles are now able to surf the Net, send emails and software, so they are an easy for the same hackers who have sent viruses to computers over the last decade.
“It’s technically now,” said Stephen Trilling, director of research at anti-virus maker Symantec Corp based in the US. “If the phone is connected to the , it can be used to transmit threats and targets, just as any computer can.”
In Japan, if you opened a certain email message your mobile, it would cause the phone to repeatedly the national emergency number. So phone operators had to emergency calls until the bug was .
In Europe, mobile’s short message service, SMS, has been used to send codes that could damage phones.
Mobile users can viruses, of course, by sticking to their traditional phones Web links, some experts said.
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A．speak B．talk C．tell D．say
A．lead B．cause C．control D．call
A．off B．out C．down D．on
A．interested B．angry C．excited D．terrified
A．messages B．passages C．news D．information
A．voice B．passwords C．music D．address
A．make B．destroy C．download D．develop
A．job B．task C．mission D．target
A．impossible B．possible C．useful D．valuable
A．hardware B．software C．computer D．equipment
A．computer B．television C．Internet D．radio
A．strike B．visit C．inquire D．attack
A．in B．by C．on D．with
A．send B．dial C．count D．press
A．cancel B．ban C．stop D．prevent
A．removed B．cleaned C．called D．clear
A．and B．nor C．or D．but
A．stop B．avoid C．kill D．find
A．beyond B．with C．over D．without
"My aunt will come down soon, Mr. Nuttel," said a very calm young lady of fifteen years old.
Framton Nuttel was to be going through a cure for his disease, but now he whether this visit to the village would help.
“Do you know many of the people round here?” asked the niece she thought they had sat long enough . “Hardly one” said Framton. “Then you know about my aunt?” continued the lady, “Out through that window, three years ago, her husband and two brothers went off for their day's shooting. In the country, they were all there in a bog(沼泽).” Here the child's voice its calm and became almost human (as she was always good at making up stories). “Aunt always they will some day walk in at that window just as they used to do. Sometimes on evenings like this, I almost get a strange that they will all …”
She stopped when the aunt came into the room. “Bera has been you? She’s always making up stories.” she said.
“She is very interesting,” said Framton.
“I hope you don' t mind the open window. My husband and brothers will be home soon from shooting, and they always come in this way." She talked on about the shooting and the hopes of shooting in the winter. To Framton it was all quite in the increasing darkness. He made a great , which was only partly successful, to turn the talk on to a cheerful subject. His hostess was giving him only a part of her , and her eyes were frequently him to the window. It wasn't certainly that he had paid his visit on this sorrowful day.
A．ready B．supposed C．sure D．worried
A．doubted B．realized C．argued D．discovered
A．as if B．unless C．even though D．when
A．all the time B．in silence C．with pleasure D．in that case
A．nothing B．something C．all D．anything
A．exactly B．about C．over D．almost
A．escaping B．crossing C．entering D．marching
A．sunk B．hidden C．swallowed D．struck
A．kept B．returned C．got D．lost
A．determines B．insists C．thinks D．suggests
A．lonely B．magic C．quiet D．mysterious
A．dream B．idea C．feeling D．thought
A．angrily B．worriedly C．eagerly D．busily
A．troubling B．amusing C．examining D．complaining
A．anxiously B．sadly C．cheerfully D．calmly
A．pleasant B．terrible C．attractive D．difficult
A．effort B．suggestion C．decision D．fortune
A．interest B．sorrow C．attention D．opinion
A．glaring at B．fixed upon C．kept on D．looking past
A．comfortable B．successful C．easy D．fortunate
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