I was fat kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was laughed at for being heavier than the other kids, me feeling shy. I tried several diets, but worked, and I gaining weight. Another factor my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating.
When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds. the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home going away to college. I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes.
My turning point came 10 years later at a friend's New Year's Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds. I caught my in a mirror and the truth me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and .
After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss and realized they didn't work because they required me to abandon foods I loved. Then I would constantly think about food and binge, the diet my hunger and not feel deprived.
My biggest was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle. At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to myself thinking about food. The result: Food was all I thought about. had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating. I found the after reading several low-fat cookbooks. With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious.
The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn't feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it .
I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits. I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind. Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am my body and myself. I have finally found myself.
A．hardly B．frequently C．immediately D．instantly
A．left B．to leave C．leaving D．having left
A．nothing B．no one C．none D．anything
A．ended up B．ended over C．ended up with D．was ended up
A．contributing to B．resulted in C．resulting from D．led to
A．lacking of B．lack of C．lacking D．lacked in
A．or rather B．instead of C．together with D．as well as
A．reflection B．infection C．imagination D．attention
A．laughed B．hit C．knocked D．beat
A．unfamiliar B．unhappier C．unfriendly D．unfit
A．efforts B．affords C．effects D．infects
A．giving out B．giving in C．giving up D．giving away
A．satisfy B．decrease C．increase D．fill
A．challenge B．success C．energy D．work
A．keep B．have C．prevent D．make
A．It B．They C．There D．I
A．solution B．secret C．answer D．road
A．deserved B．focused C．caught D．paid
A．Instead B．However C．Therefore D．So
A．keep up with B．in line with C．put up with D．catch up with
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Brother Michael and Chris were born in the early 1960s and grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were in the primary school and brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.
But in a black family with eight children, money was always , so the two growing boys often went . They turned to stealing. They stole cookies from the grocery store and bread from the . They even stole money from their parents to feed.
At the end of his first year in high school, Chris received three A’s and F’s on his report card --- the first time he had anything in school. Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures four years, one more F and Chris would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to .
Chris made every effort to become in school. After Chris graduated from college, he worked as a prosecutor(检察官), criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. Today Chris is famous as one of the prosecutors in the trial of the century, the O.J. Simpson trial!
That decision to change took him in an entirely direction from his brother Michael, who changing his bad behavior. After high school, Michael continued his anti-social ---fighting in the streets, taking and stealing. At the age of 42, Michael Darden died from AIDS.
This story us that what we become is determined by the we make. We can choose to get or we can choose to get worse. Chris changed. He changed from being a criminal to prosecuting criminals. His brother Michael, on the other hand, was changed. He was changed by drugs…and finally, he was changed by a deadly disease. Chris made the right choices. He made the changes in his life that helped him his great dreams.
A．well- behaved B．well-dressed C．well-known D．well- informed
A．plentiful B．loose C．common D．tight
A．mad B．wrong C．hungry D．bad
A．chemist’s B．baker’s C．doctor’s D．barber’s
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．obtained B．failed C．passed D．missed
A．beyond B．by C．over D．above
A．steal B．respond C．stand D．change
A．outstanding B．friendly C．powerful D．outgoing
A．treating B．saving C．questioning D．punishing
A．leading B．working C．acting D．performing
A．similar B．different C．new D．strange
A．preferred B．resisted C．admitted D．appreciated
A．habits B．signs C．behaviors D．manners
A．drugs B．actions C．buses D．pills
A．persuades B．warns C．convinces D．wishes
A．choices B．friends C．promises D．efforts
A．taller B．cleaner C．happier D．better
A．illegal B．useful C．harmless D．lawful
A．destroy B．form C．accomplish D．approach
My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an _. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market（跳蚤市场）. She collected little weeds and such to sell anything for the we needed, she was such an embarrassment. I remember that it was field day(户外活动日) during elementary school, and my mom came. I was so . How could she do this to me? I threw her a look and ran out. The next day at school, “Your mom only has one eye?" they me.
I wished that my mom would just from this world so I said to my mom, "Mom, why don't you have the other eye?! You're only going to make me a laughingstock(笑柄). Why don't you just die?" My mom did not . I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt to think that I had said what I'd wanted to say all this time.
Maybe it was because my mom hadn't me, but I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.
That night I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was there, so , as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I took a look at her, and then turned . Because of the thing I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching （夹痛）at me in the corner of my . Even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. So I told myself that I would grow up and become , because I hated my one-eyed mom and our poverty.
Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got admitted to the Seoul University with all the I had. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now I'm living happily as a successful man. I like it here because it's a place that doesn't me of my mom.
This was getting bigger and bigger, when someone came to see me. "What? Who's this?" It was my mother still with her one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little daughter ran away, of my mom's eye.
A．shame B．delight C．embarrassment D．advised
A．food B．house C．book D．money
A．proud B．embarrassed C．shy D．frighted
A．kindly B．disappointed C．hateful D．loving
A．teased B．asked C．scold D．blame
A．leave B．travel C．escape D．disappear
A．speak B．response C．object D．forgive
A．good B．sad C．regreful D．ashamed
A．cherished B．loved C．punished D．valued
A．laughing B．drinking C．cooking D．weeping
A．loudly B．quietly C．carefully D．sadly
A．away B．out C．in D．over
A．mind B．face C．heart D．room
A．strong B．confident C．healthy D．successful
A．desperate B．considerate C．compared D．consistant
A．indepedence B．honours C．experience D．misery
A．warn B．remember C．remind D．inform
A．confidence B．heart C．dream D．happiness
A．unexpected B．special C．strange D．similar
A．tired B．scared C．glad D．curious
On arrival in the downtown El Paso, I came across an old man, a bum(流浪汉) on the street corner. He me and asked if I was running away from home. I him, “Not exactly, sir.” The old man wanted me to follow him to see great. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public .
He asked me to sit down while he was looking for something between the shelves. A few moments , he returned with a couple of old books. He then sat down, , “There are two things that I want to teach you Number one is to judge a book by its cover, for a cover can you. As a matter of fact, I am one of the men in the world and have all the things that money can buy. a year ago, my wife died, and since then l have been thinking about my life. I realized there were certain things I had not yet in life, one of which was it would be like to live like a on the streets. I promised to do that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a by its cover, for a cover can fool you “
“Number two is to learn how to read, my boy. For there is one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your .” At that moment, he put my right hand in his and put them upon the books he had from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato(柏拉图) and Aristotle(亚里斯多德)—great classics from ancient times.
A．hit B．stopped C．blamed D．rewarded
A．refused B．warned C．told D．prevented
A．something B．everything C．nothing D．anything
A．Factory B．School C．Library D．Hospital
A．special B．normal C．rich D．favorite
A．before B．late C．later D．ago
A．crying B．saying C．reading D．laughing
A．ever B．always C．never D．often
A．attract B．fool C．protect D．teach
A．wealthiest B．happiest C．loneliest D．stupidest
A．So B．Simply C．But D．Since
A．finally B．aimlessly C．thankfully D．deeply
A．experienced B．saw C．paid D．used
A．where B．what C．how D．why
A．bum B．beggar C．policeman D．driver
A．busily B．easily C．freely D．exactly
A．picture B．book C．person D．price
A．always B．hardly C．only D．rarely
A．opinion B．clothes C．wisdom(智慧) D．appearance
A．opened B．pulled C．placed D．filled
Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, they us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see CJ’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
A．inspiring B．frustrating C．encouraging D．exciting
A．expectation B．love C．education D．instruction
A．suggested B．hoped C．persuaded D．advised
A．Luckily B．Unfortunately C．Naturally D．Generally
A．due to B．as long as C．so far as D．in case
A．However B．Besides C．Thus D．Therefore
A．charged B．prepared C．engaged D．held
A．familiar B．similar C．friendly D．close
A．host B．teacher C．headmaster D．judge
A．effect B．way C．force D．struggle
A．where B．as C．when D．that
A．after B．during C．before D．once
A．anxious B．enough C．amazing D．pleased
A．displayed B．kept C．taken D．replaced
A．take up B．keep up C．get up D．pick up
A．surprise B．expectation C．anxiety D．amusement
A．got B．drew C．made D．defeated
A．special B．extraordinary C．curious D．mixing
A．on B．high C．great D．easy
A．difficult B．upset C．disappointed D．different
I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was and my stepmother had us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no _ what to do with me. And that’s when my other family .
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I with them for the next seven years.
Barbara washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders. I could tell, for the Beaches there was no between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to _ his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely __ and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (愤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n) that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed(使麻痹，瘫痪) by my _ , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was , but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.
A．lived B．shared C．possessed D．bought
A．cheap B．noisy C．small D．limited
A．in trouble B．in sight C．in place D．in parts
A．struck B．removed C．kicked D．knocked
A．plan B．choice C．chance D．idea
A．looked after B．showed up C．turned over D．came across
A．so B．because C．until D．while
A．worked B．traveled C．lived D．learned
A．worked out B．called up C．watched out D．made sure
A．As long as B．As far as C．As soon as D．As many as
A．change B．problem C．conflict D．difference
A．set off B．left for C．entered into D．admitted into
A．all B．little C．something D．nothing
A．supply B．teach C．encourage D．raise
A．different B．unfair C．easy D．hopeful
A．Thanks to B．In spite of C．Except for D．But for
A．home B．house C．ability D．lesson
A．choice B．failure C．past D．present
A．doubt about B．call on C．center on D．believe in
A．born B．accepted C．educated D．deserted
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