Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father_____me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is___ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___ than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, ___my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are ___ .This is not the worst boy at all, __ the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) ___ between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___ as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She ___ my father to go to a dental(牙科) school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more ___and my brother and I could be better_ .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand___ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I______it had already improved our lives. I accepted her __ and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of__that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the __ beneficiary (受益者). My father became the __ man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power __has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is _____strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___ .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
A．rushed B．sent C．carried D．introduced
A．known B．favored C．mistaken D．rewarded
A．sooner B．later C．longer D．earlier
A．dragged B．shook C．raised D．bent
A．perfect B．right C．wrong D．impolite
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．agreement B．friendship C．gap D．relationship
A．opinion B．image C．expectation D．mind
A．begged B．persuaded C．ordered D．invited
A．successful B．meaningful C．helpful D．useful
A．treated B．entertained C．educated D．respected
A．camera B．radio C．bicycle D．typewriter
A．considered B．suspected C．ignored D．appreciated
A．belief B．request C．criticism D．description
A．teaching B．writing C．studying
A．next B．same C．only D．real
A．cleverest B．wealthiest C．strongest D．healthiest
A．enthusiasm B．sympathy C．fortune D．confidence
A．deliberately B．happily C．traditionally D．constantly
A．win B．match C．reach D．doubt
My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡). It's for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people. In fact, they're hard to spot, they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in Tom was working out in the field when he her walking around at the edge of the field. She was unafraid and seemed to be about what he was doing.
Tom saw the bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be . She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to more and more often. Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a at the end of our driveway asking not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road, warned people not to shoot her. . hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.
A．interesting B．reasonable C．impossible D．unusual
A．though B．because C．unless D．until
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．got B．kept C．noticed D．imagined
A．naturally B．certainly C．normally D．surprisingly
A．crazy B．curious C．concerned D．cautious
A．shy B．awkward C．friendly D．elegant
A．careful B．tired C．fond D．sick
A．supposed B．realized C．hoped D．pretended
A．ignored B．observed C．amazed D．disturbed
A．put B．back C．set D．take
A．game B．work C．place D．man
A．give up B．come out C．turn over D．fly by
A．Eventually B．Suddenly C．Constantly D．Presently
A．chance B．dream C．picture D．sense
A．comfortable B．guilty C．anxious D．familiar
A．lantern B．sign C．gun D．loudspeaker
A．drivers B．farmers C．hunters D．tourists
A．just B．yet C．thus D．also
A．In fact B．For long C．On the contrary D．By the way
Research has shown that two-thirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion of the cultural or political problems of the day, not heated debates about films we've just watched or books we've just finished reading, but plain and simple ____.
Language is our greatest treasure as a species, and what do we ____ do with it? We gossip. About others' behaviour and private lives, such as who's doing what with whom, who's in and who's out-and why; how to deal with difficult ____ situations involving children, lovers, and colleagues.
So why are we keen on gossiping? Are we just natural ____, of both time and words? Or do we talk a lot about nothing in particular simply to avoid facing up to the really important issues of life? It's not the case according to Professor Robin Dunbar. In fact, in his latest book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, the psychologist says gossip is one of these really____issues.
Dunbar ____ the traditional view that language was developed by the men at the early stage of social development in order to organize their manly hunting activities more effectively, or even to promote the exchange of poetic stories about their origins and the supernatural. Instead he suggests that language evolved among women. We don't spend two-thirds of our time gossiping just because we can talk, argues Dunbar—____, he goes on to say, language evolved specifically to allow us to gossip.
Dunbar arrived at his cheery theory by studying the ____ of the higher primates（灵长类动物）like monkeys. By means of grooming--cleaning the fur by brushing it, monkeys form groups with other individuals on whom they can rely for support in the event of some kind of conflict within the group or____ from outside it.
As we human beings evolve from a particular branch of the primate family, Dunbar ____ that at one time in our history we did much the same. Grouping together made sense because the bigger the group, the greater the ____ it provided; on the other hand, the bigger the group, the greater the stresses of living close to others. Grooming helped to ____ the pressure and calm everybody down.
But as the groups got bigger and bigger, the amount of time spent in grooming activities also had to be ____ to maintain its effectiveness. Clearly, a more ____ kind of grooming was needed, and thus language evolved as a kind of vocal（有声的）grooming which allowed humans to develop relationship with ever-larger groups by exchanging information over a wider network of individuals than would be possible by one-to-one ____ contact.
A．claim B．description C．gossip D．language
A．occasionally B．habitually C．independently D．originally
A．social B．political C．historical D．cultural
A．admirers B．masters C．users D．wasters
A．vital B．sensitive C．ideal D．difficult
A．confirms B．rejects C．outlines D．broadens
A．for instance B．in addition C．on the contrary D．as a result
A．motivation B．appearance C．emotion D．behaviour
A．attack B．contact C．inspection D．assistance
A．recalls B．denies C．concludes D．confesses
A．prospect B．responsibility C．leadership D．protection
A．measure B．show C．maintain D．ease
A．saved B．extended C．consumed D．gained
A．common B．efficient C．scientific D．Thoughtful
A．indirect B．daily C．physical D．secret
Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While1her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an)2in medicine. At 18 she married and3a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a4. Her husband supported her decision.
5, Canadian medical schools did not6women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study7at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to8her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte9to Montreal and set up a private10. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a11doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte12herself operating on damaged limbs and setting13bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had14a doctor's license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was15. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to16her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to17her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to18a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte19to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her20, a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor "this courageous and pioneering woman."
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There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a1 walked in and the parrot said to the man ,"Hey you!" The man said, "What!?" The parrot said, "Your2is really ugly." The man got very3and went to the store owner and said, "Your bird just 4my wife. It said she was ugly."
The owner stormed over,5the bird, took it into the "black room," shook it a bit,6out a few feathers, and said, "Don't ever, ever say anything to7 my customers again. You got that！！！"
With that8he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its 9and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks10and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, "Hey you!" The guy said, "What!?" The parrot answered, "You know that."
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It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had1to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my2，I had a good excuse: A business meeting had3and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.
When I arrived at the4，1 apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, "You never mean to." Well, I5tell she was angry. "I'm sorry but it was not6," I said. Then I told her about the business meeting.7, my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive8mad as well.
Several weeks later, when I9the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, "You10a classic mistake. You're stuck11your own way of thinking. You didn't12to be late. But that's not the point. What is13in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor." He pointed out that I focused on the intention14Eleanor focused on the result. Thus,15of us felt misunderstood and crazy.
Thinking more about Ken's words, I16recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It's the result of the action that really17.I should have started the conversation by expressing18my actions affected Eleanor and19the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.
Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really20her experience of the results of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.
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