BIG things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer, my parents my entire world when they told me they were getting divorced. I couldn’t believe that our family was going to . Though I always knew my parents weren’t very happy and they often fought, I still wanted my family to stay .
My life changed completely after the divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment town, while my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a visitor I went to see my Dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my stepfather, Dan, I showed no interest in. I was clearly sad, especially after Dan and my mother married I realized that there was no way that things could change the way they were.
Even though I refuse all Dan’s trying to get to know me and wasn’t very nice to him, he never gave on me. Gradually, I began to trust him. I realized that we actually had some things in common, especially when came to movies and TV shows. We spent a lot of time together out to watch movies. That gave us a chance to talk and get to know each other .
Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed on school or friends. Once I began to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and short trips. Eventually, I discovered that I finally had the happy family that I had always .
I now realize my parents were about getting the divorce. Their breakup was the best thing to happen for all of us. My father also found happiness—he and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle.
At 13, I an important truth –change is not always the worst thing that can happen. Sometimes, it is just what we need most.
A．shook B．broke C．hurt D．changed
A．break down B．break up C．break in D．break out
A．a same B．same C．the same D．at same
A．at B．from C．across D．over
A．when B．while C．that D．whenever
A．whoever B．which C．whom D．that
A．but B．and C．however D．also
A．back B．back to C．into D．for
A．up B．in C．out D．off
A．that B．it C．he D．we
A．go B．went C．to go D．going
A．more deeply B．much deeply C．more deeper D．very deeper
A．either B．too C．before D．never
A．suggestion B．advices C．advice D．tip
A．receive B．accept C．recognize D．know
A．went B．began C．took D．go for
A．wished B．hoped C．dreamed D．wanted
A．right B．wrong C．necessary D．good
A．divorced B．united C．married D．remarried
A．found B．discover C．learned D．Understand
In the future, schools will teach at least one thing we do not teach today: the art of self-discovery. There is nothing more_____in education. We turn out students from our universities who know how to give answers, but not how to_____questions.
Our students do not really get into the centers of wisdom in our culture. They_____ universities with skills for the workplace, but with no knowledge of how to live, or what_____is for. They are not taught how to see. They are not taught how to listen. They are not taught the great_____of obedience（遵守、服从）.
They are not taught the true art of_____. True reading is not just passing our_____ over words on a page, or_____information, or even understanding what is being read. True reading is a_____act. It means seeing first, and then using the_____. Higher reading ought to be a new subject. As we read, we should try to get something new. I meet people in all_____ of life, and most known in the fields of literature and science, who, though professionals, do not_____read what is in front of them. They only read what is_____known to them. I suspect this is happening now, even as you read this_____.
All our innovations(革新), our discoveries, our_____come from one source: being able first to see what is there, and what is not; to hear what is said, and what is not; but also to think clearly.
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【改编】One day, while I was walking to work, I decided to bring some flowers that I had picked from my garden that morning. On the way, I a stranger and presented the flowers to him with a smile card. by the sense of joy I felt from giving flowers to person, and may be his day, I wanted to do it again.
When I got to my office, I had the of anonymously (匿名) leaving flowers around the workplace. The impersonal (无人味) of the building where I work makes me . It just feels a little boring sometimes, though it’s a nice building with great light. I lots of people might feel the same way, so why not put a little there, and throw in an inspirational quote (引言) while I’m at it? , who doesn't like flowers?
So, for the past month, I’ve been flowers in a little cup on the sink in the bathroom. Each week, I the flowers and the quote. It always feels for me to read quotes like Henry David Thoreau’s “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, he will meet with a unexpected in common hours.”and Gandhi’s “The fragrance(香味) always on the hand that gives the rose.” If anything, I figure, but it at least makes me each time I visit the bathroom.
Then today, when I walked in, I noticed flowers in the cup, and a quote that someone else had written! It , “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” ------- Gandhi.
This little act me that, at the end of the day, we’re all just people with hearts the various roles and different hats we may wear in the workplace.
I did a little dance and am smiling wide for the rest of the day!
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| A．another | B．other | C．others | D．the other |
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| A．surrounding | B．atmosphere | C．design | D．people |
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| A．concluded | B．confirmed | C．considered | D．believed |
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| A．All in all | B．First of all | C．Above all | D．After all |
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| A．regardless of | B．because of | C．in spite of | D．despite of |
In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory course about 20 years ago.
The professor marched into the lecture hall, upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans, and invited the students to how many beans the jar contained. After shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile，announced the answer, and went on saying, “You have just learned an important about science. That is: “Never your own senses”
Twenty years later, the could guess what the professor had in mind．He himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting into all unknown world invisible to the , which can be discovered only through . But the seventeen-year-old girl before she could hear the invitation clearly. She was just to understand the world. And she that her firsthand experience could be the . The professor, however, said that it was . He was taking away her only for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(替代). “I remember feeling small and ,” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do, I dropped the that afternoon，and I haven’t gone near science since. ”
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| A．referred | B．thought | C．devoted | D．saw |
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| A．scientific methods | B．teaching oneself | C．teacher’s direction | D．the sixth sense |
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| A．understood | B．refused | C．felt | D．accepted |
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| A．method | B．approach | C．means | D．tool |
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| A．course | B．study | C．the professor | D．school |
Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trains, or even cars can be a terrible trouble—especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great between human beings and insects. The former every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the man who had to stop his car soon after from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the of the car, he naturally got out to the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he his way. Again the noise began and became even louder. Quickly his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees .
On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour’s driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a and went in. It was not long a customer who had seen him arrive in to inform him that his car was with bees. The poor driver was that the best way should be to call a . In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box.
A．connection B．difference C．communication D．similarity
A．do B．take C．make D．try
A．give B．keep C．pay D．draw
A．unfortunate B．careless C．unpleasant D．hopeless
A．passing by B．leaving out C．setting out D．getting up
A．front B．back C．left D．right
A．clean B．change C．test D．examine
A．drove B．continued C．pushed D．forced
A．normally B．gently C．actually D．immediately
A．hiding B．turning C．shaking D．raising
A．black B．beautiful C．white D．colorful
A．below B．ahead C．nearby D．behind
A．boring B．careful C．exciting D．hard
A．hotel B．museum C．hospital D．school
A．when B．after C．until D．before
A．broke B．moved C．hurried D．dropped
A．crowded B．covered C．filled D．equipped
A．advised B．required C．ordered D．requested
A．bee-keeper B．policeman C．waiter D．repairman
A．unfamiliar B．unknown C．unexpected D．uncertain
Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all !It speaks than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more than we realize. In fact, non-verbal（非语言）communication takes up about 50% of what we really 。And body language is particularly when we attempt to communicate across cultures。Indeed, what is called body language is so ，a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed。And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. , different societies treat the , between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having , contact(接触)
even with friends, and certainly not with . People from Latin American countries , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in ,it may look like a Latino is a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep - which the Latino will in return regard as _.
Clearly, a great deal is going on when people .And only a part of it is in the wards themselves. And when parties are from cultures, there's a strong possibility of . But whatever the situation, the best is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be _.
A．straighter B．louder C．harder D．further
A．sands B．invitations C．feelings D．messages
A．hope B．receive C．discover D．mean
A．immediate B．misleading C．important D．difficult
A．we11 B．far C．much D．long
A．For example B．Thus C．However D．In short
A．trade B．distance C．connections D．greetings
A．eye B．verbal C．bodily D．telephone
A．strangers B．Relatives C．neighbours D．enemies
A．in other words B．on the other hand C．in a similar way D．by all means
A．trouble B．conversation C．silence D．experiment
A．disturbing B．Helping C．guiding D．following
A．closer B．faster C．in D．away
A．stepping forward B．going on C．backing away D．coming out
A．weakness B．carelessness C．friendliness D．coldness
A．talk B．travel C．laugh D．think
A．different B．European C．Latino D．rich
A．curiosity B．excitement C．misunderstanding D．nervousness
A．chance B．time C．result D．advice
A．noticed B．treated C．respected D．pleased
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