When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage（孤儿院）and taught us how to do woodworking projects.
I remember my first project—a small table. I was so of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always with us.
As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.
When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand it, she noticed that it was still wet.
“Were you to bring this home?” she asked.
“No, ma’am,” I with my head down.
She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.
I hid the table in my closet and never it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent（宿管员）, thinking that she would it away.
Thirty years later at a reunion, I that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her to get something important. I followed her into a dark corner. She picked something up. she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.
Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.
Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to .
A．tired B．ashamed C．proud D．aware
A．award B．wonder C．record D．product
A．design B．invent C．paint D．complete
A．gift B．reward C．prize D．souvenir
A．satisfied B．strict C．patient D．angry
A．upset B．amazed C．confident D．excited
A．thief B．hero C．sword D．flash
A．drying B．observing C．admiring D．hiding
A．into B．across C．above D．after
A．supposed B．embarrassed C．encouraged D．determined
A．agreed B．sighed C．whispered D．argued
A．dirt B．glue C．paint D．wood
A．removed B．touched C．shook D．split
A．put B．give C．take D．throw
A．learned B．expected C．remembered D．recommended
A．bathroom B．balcony C．basement D．bedroom
A．curiously B．unwillingly C．doubtfully D．worriedly
A．Before B．Since C．As D．Until
A．admiration B．gratitude C．sympathy D．regret
A．adapt B．study C．perform D．please
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Dear Seth,
You are only three years old, and at this point in your life you can not read, much less understand what I’m going to tell you in this letter. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the life that you have _______ you, about my life so far as I _________ on what I’ve learned, and about my role as a dad in trying to prepare you for the _______ that you will face in the coming years.
Be thankful. You are at a wonderful _______ of life. You still have many wonderful stages of life, but they are not without costs and ________. I hope to help you along your path by sharing some of the best of ________ I’ve learned. As with any advice, take it with a grain of ________. What works for me _____ not work for you.
Life can be cruel. There will be people in your life ______ won’t be very nice. They’ll laugh at you because you’re different, or for no good ________. They might try to bully you ________ hurt you.
There’s not much you can do about these people except ________ to deal with them, and learn to choose friends who are kind to you, who _________ care about you and who make you feel good about yourself. When you find friends like this,________ them, treasure them, spend time with them, be kind to them and love them.
There will be _______ when you meet with disappointment instead of success. Life won’t always ________ the way you want. This is just another thing you’ll have to learn to deal with. But instead of letting these things get you down, push on, _______ disappointment and learn to persevere and to pursue your dreams _______ pitfalls. Learn to turn negatives into positives, and you will do much better in _______. You will also face heartbreak and abandonment by those you love. I hope you don’t have to face this too much, but it happens. Again, there is not much you can do but to heal, and to move on with your life. Let these pains become stepping stones to better things in life, and learn to use them to make you ________.
A．regardless of B．ahead of C．at the back of D．in the form of
A．reflect B．rely C．depend D．insist
A．errors B．mistakes C．truths D．trails
A．crossing B．house C．stage D．office
A．challenges B．troubles C．difficulties D．risks
A．where B．which C．that D．what
A．rice B．salt C．corn D．wheat
A．must B．can C．might D．should
A．who B．whom C．while D．whose
A．consequence B．reason C．result D．cause
A．but B．though C．or D．otherwise
A．to learn B．learn C．learning D．learned
A．exactly B．entirely C．truly D．absolutely
A．tend to B．hold onto C．turn to D．lead to
A．days B．months C．time D．weeks
A．turn out B．turn up C．turn on D．lead to
A．avoid B．reject C．refuse D．accept
A．against B．despite C．within D．beyond
A．life B．study C．career D．family
A．richer B．kinder C．cleverer D．stronger
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My three-year-old granddaughter fell from the bicycle before I could catch her. Emily there for a moment, calculating her chances of survival. the chances were in her favor, she sat up with a that quickly turned into tears when she saw the blood on her knee. I took her in my arms, saying words of as I carried her into the house to deal with her hurt.
With much comfort, she let me wash and put ointment (药膏) on her .
I kissed her cheek.“All now, sweetie？”
“No, Grandma, you haven't said the Mommy ，” she said.
I ran a list of Mommy words through my mind：Please？Thank you？I love you?
“You know, Grandma. Mommy them to make me all better.”Emily took a deep breath and recited, “A little kiss, a little hug, I give you these, with all my love.”
My mind raced and I ．It was the same little song that I had said to my ，my mother to me，and her mother to her. My grandmother died when my mother was eight. There had been nothing left but her dear ．When she became a mother herself, she the gentle love of her mother and the remembered comfort of the “Mommy words” that made all things go away and only the good remain. Hearing it now, I realized that though I had never met my grandmother, I did her. We were mothers—we were at the heart.
It was my grandmother had written her legacy (遗产) of love on the hearts of four of mothers. I heard my grandmother's, my mother's, my daughter's, my granddaughter's, and my own voice through time.
“Don't ， Grandma. I am all better，” Emily said, wiping the tears from my face. We kissed and hugged, and said the Mommy words to each other.
A．lay B．sat C．stood D．slept
A．Doubting B．Wishing C．Proving D．Figuring
A．joke B．reply C．gesture D．smile
A．praise B．comfort C．thankfulness D．encouragement
A．foot B．arm C．knee D．cheek
A．warmer B．better C．nicer D．safer
A．words B．accents C．dialogues D．speeches
A．directly B．cautiously C．quickly D．eagerly
A．says B．keeps C．announces D．teaches
A．failed B．remembered C．refused D．laughed
A．friends B．parents C．children D．neighbors
A．stories B．books C．gifts D．memorie
A．passed on B．took over C．gave up D．showed off
A．hard B．soft C．old D．bad
A．fear B．know C．forget D．believe
A．disappointed B．surprised C．worried D．connected
A．because B．since C．as though D．not until
A．groups B．generations C．types D．pairs
A．mixing B．rising C．shouting D．shaking
A．stop B．move C．cry D．wait
Just as the stock market rises and falls in response to what people are willing to put their money behind, we have inside ourselves an inner economy that rises and falls in response to our beliefs about what is possible. Sometimes the degree to which we are willing to our belief systems determines the success of our inner economy. For example, imagine that your family of origin had a belief that musical talent was not something they . As a member of that group, you would likely that same belief about yourself. As a result, even if you had a great desire to create music, you might be to really get behind yourself. Because you might fear that your would not pay off. Even if you had the courage to follow your passion, your inner belief that you are not born would probably stop your trying. And that would be a major to invest your energy in your dream.
On the other hand, belief isn’t anything . If you found a way to that negative belief, a great flood of energy would pour forth, greatly increasing the possibility of your success. How much energy we are willing to invest in the various ideas and dreams is like the money people are, or are not, willing to invest in the various products available for trade on the stock market. And in both cases, plays a key role in determining how willing we are to get behind something. One way to open up the possibility for greater success in our inner economies is to understand that belief is not the reliable we sometimes think. There are other more reliable things of success that we can put our in, such as passion, feeling, and sense. Some of the most successful investors in the stock market are the ones that go against the grain, trusting their sense over the opinion held by ordinary people about what will work.
In the same way, we can learn to trust our heart’s desires and our sense to guide us,
any beliefs that stand in the way of our ability to fully invest in ourselves. As we take out energy from limiting ideas about what is possible, we the resources that have the power to make our inner economy prosper.
A．simplify B．challenge C．eliminate D．maintain
A．possessed B．trusted C．objected D．missed
A．reject B．preserve C．deny D．share
A．willing B．sorry C．reluctant D．ready
A．success B．knowledge C．profession D．investment
A．devoted B．talented C．concerned D．interested
A．obstacle B．excuse C．chance D．principle
A．important B．fixed C．changeable D．stimulating
A．enhance B．reserve C．release D．follow
A．energy B．hobby C．expense D．belief
A．guide B．ability C．goal D．policy
A．aim B．faith C．task D．dream
A．unacceptable B．strange C．unbelievable D．common
A．questioning B．understanding C．interpreting D．believing
A．stick to B．lead to C．free up D．leave out
It’s a high-risky, multibillion-dollar industry with tight deadlines, demanding customers and lives in danger.
The business is . And it’s booming.
The number of jobs for translators and interpreters doubled in the past 10 years while their wages steadily before, during and after the recession. During a period of stagnating (停滞的) wages across the labor market, the language-service industry with its 50,000 jobs is a spot in the jobs outlook.
Lillian Clementi is a French translator working in corporate communications from her home in Arlington, Massachusetts and is routinely on tight deadlines to hand in translated material. “The risks can be huge,” said Clementi, “There’s tons of pressure.”
In some cases, a(n) translation or interpretation is also vital. If a user’s guide for medical equipment is not translated well, it could lead to during an emergency. Soldiers in conflict areas require excellent interpreters to speak with community members. Any change of tone or context could put lives .
Translators’ and interpreters’ immunity (免疫力) to the nation’s economic downturn also the growing demand for people who can speak several languages in an increasingly globalized economy, experts said.
“Good translators who a particular subject and become really good at it can really make six-digit figures annually,” said Jiri Stejskal, spokesman for the American Translators Association.
Multinational corporations, U.S. demographic (人口的) changes and the Internet economy raise the need for translated and localized information. Companies increasingly want their content to the tongue of the town, even between dialects of the same language.
“As more people the worldwide economy, that’s going to drive more commerce, and that’s going to drive more language services,” said Bill Rivers, executive director of the National Council for Language and International Studies in the Washington region.
, qualifications for translators and interpreters are not as simple as they may seem. Speaking two languages does not mean a person can work in the language-service industry, experts said. Learning how to translate or interpret is a skill beyond knowing the language.
Furthermore, the most successful translators and interpreters maintain a , such as legal documents, quarterly earnings reports or a special knowledge of industry.
Technological advances may cut jobs in some industries, but online translation services like Google Translate raise demand for human translators and interpreters, experts said. Online sales companies also drive demand for translation.
A．tourism B．language C．technology D．economy
A．shrank B．changed C．grew D．remained
A．bright B．scenic C．historic D．tough
A．money B．peer C．blood D．time
A．proper B．quick C．direct D．innovative
A．disease B．depression C．violence D．confusion
A．in order B．at risk C．under control D．out of state
A．highlights B．understands C．increases D．resists
A．set up B．depend on C．specialize in D．object to
A．limited B．accustomed C．related D．tailored
A．agree with B．have access to C．are confident of D．insist on
A．Instead B．Therefore C．However D．Otherwise
A．separate B．genetic C．learnable D．worthwhile
A．certificate B．diploma C．strategy D．specialty
A．automatically B．respectively C．actually D．immediately
When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines（美国海军陆战队）, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in the army .
My son John Schaeffer, recently came home from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car. John all night from a base near Washington, he had landed the day before. He did not want me to him there. “I need time to myself,” my son said calling from Kuwait on the way home.
I gave my wife a head start. Mother son. “I was so worried,” Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to he was really there.
My wife gave me a great gift: alone with my boy. John was tired and lay on his bed. I lay down next to him and was grasping his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares I’d had about John being killed were .
I kept holding my son, the way I when he was two and came into our bed after a dream. I asked John if he’d rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for later.
With the over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good I’d had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and for all the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for .
Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them. My son me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the “ ”. They are our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. Sometimes shedding tears for strangers is a holy . Sometimes it’s all we can do.
A．angry B．alive C．frightened D．excited
A．drove B．was driving C．had driven D．would have driven
A．when B．where C．which D．who
A．meet B．congratulate C．permit D．accept
A．once B．when C．unless D．since
A．abandoned B．patted C．concluded D．embraced
A．make sure B．set down C．get across D．make sense
A．period B．chance C．time D．moment
A．expanded B．stretched C．extending D．spreading
A．facts B．truth C．proofs D．lies
A．used to B．ought to C．should D．must
A．happy B．cheerful C．scary D．dull
A．advice B．discussion C．talk D．sleep
A．chat B．worries C．meeting D．curiosity
A．conversation B．observation C．sleep D．difficulty
A．crying B．cursing C．screaming D．regretting
A．friends B．neighbors C．strangers D．soldiers
A．persuaded B．changed C．frightened D．accused
A．another B．other C．others D．one
A．function B．adventure C．duty D．shame
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