There was a rich man who wanted to choose a husband for his only child from a great number of pursuers. The man all the pursuers to a river and pointed to the crocodiles there, saying, “Anyone who can swim across the river safely will marry my .” The pursuers looked at each other and no one take action. At that moment, a man plunged into the river and swam _ surprising speed to the other side. All the people there him with a great sense of admiration for his courage. , the man, after landing on the bank, shouted , “who pushed me into the river just now?”
Maybe the man, thinking about the whole and the happy consequences of his act, will eventually be to the one who pushed him into the river. In life it is fairly for disadvantages to turn into advantages and misfortunes into fortunes! But many of us are to realize the true of our “rivals” to success. Generally speaking, many people would see the one who “pushes him into the river” as an opponent. However, the one who “pushes him into the river” gives you a feeling of urgency and stimulates (激励) your ambition and to strive for success! You try your best to your difficulties and progress to the next stage in life!
If a man does not have rivals, he be satisfied with the present and will not strive to improve his . He would in the face of difficulties and sink into laziness. Therefore, your rivals are not your opponents. Instead, they are good ！In our lives, we need some rivals to “pushes him into the river,” leading us to strive ahead in difficulties and competitions. Thanks to our rivals, we can show our to its best. Thanks to our rivals, we are able to make continuous progress while competing with them!
A．walked B．led C．drove D．brought
A．son B．sister C．brother D．daughter
A．dared B．could C．would D．must
A．in B．for C．at D．with
A．approved B．welcome C．observed D．applauded
A．Meanwhile B．But C．However D．Furthermore
A．desperately B．angrily C．surprisingly D．happily
A．after B．unless C．before D．while
A．program B．process C．result D．accident
A．close B．satisfied C．devote D．grateful
A．general B．usual C．common D．ordinary
A．able B．willing C．unable D．unwilling
A．meaning B．significance C．tendency D．answer
A．desire B．demand C．deed D．defense
A．ignore B．overlook C．meet D．overcome
A．is bound to B．is intended to C．is meant to D．is fit to
A．occasion B．ambition C．situation D．contribution
A．hold out B．hold off C．hold on D．hold back
A．friends B．rivals C．enemies D．relatives
A．preference B．potential C．character D．knowledge
Tom was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career
made him a depressed man, often complaining that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so 16 with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to 17 city. It was in the evening of aweekend when Tom and his wife were busy 18 up their new home
19 the light suddenly went out. So they had to 20 work. Tom was regretful to have forgotten bringing along candles and had to wait 21 in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant knocks on his door that sounded clear in the 22 night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no 23 in the new city.
And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed. 24 , he went reluctantly to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 25 ? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently. “What a nuisance!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down 26 the neighbor came to 27 things.” After a while, the door was knocked 28 . He opened it and found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She 29 me here to give you these.” Tom was very 30 by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your 31 . God bless you!”
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 32 in life. It
was his 33 and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was 34 nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his unsympathetic 35 .
A．inspired B．satisfied C．disappointed D．encouraged
A．the other B．other C．every D．another
A．looking B．turning C．cleaning D．ending
A．where B．that C．why D．when
A．continue B．start C．quit D．change
A．helplessly B．happily C．patiently D．hopefully
A．quiet B．dark C．noisy D．crowded
A．acquaintance B．stranger C．consultant D．adolescent
A．So B．Though C．However D．In case
A．lights B．candles C．tricks D．failures
A．when B．that C．while D．than
A．lend B．sell C．purchase D．borrow
A．suddenly B．again C．too D．constantly
A．suggested B．forbade C．sent D．forced
A．frightened B．pleased C．puzzled D．surprised
A．grandma B．mother C．father D．brother
A．failure B．success C．dissatisfaction D．determination
A．apology B．coldness C．responsibility D．concept
A．in reality B．in particular C．in all D．in general
A．brain B．mind C．thought D．idea
Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I 36 that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s 37 to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Hard 38 Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted, and at the end of each weekly 39 , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed 40 . He just did not have any gift for music.
I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby 41 or waited in her old car to 42 him up. She always 43 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby 44 coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was 45 .
Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(独奏会) 46 Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to 47 !” he insisted. I agreed.
The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was 48 with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was 49 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(协奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not 50 what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so 51 that everyone 52 to applaud him. In tears I ran up on 53 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on 54 at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, _55 she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...”
A．prefer B．imagine C．suppose D．wish
A．plan B．belief C．need D．dream
A．although B．while C．as D．if
A．conference B．lesson C．test D．show
A．successful B．senseless C．wonderful D．hopeless
A．on B．in C．off D．away
A．pick B．put C．take D．hold
A．waved B．sang C．jumped D．left
A．finished B．broke C．stopped D．continued
A．tired B．sick C．deaf D．unhappy
A．as B．since C．while D．when
A．succeed B．learn C．play D．listen
A．seated B．filled C．surrounded D．mixed
A．surprised B．certain C．disappointed D．angry
A．pleased with B．interested in C．eager for D．prepared for
A．bad B．hard C．differently D．well
A．raised B．rose C．lifted D．left
A．platform B．stairs C．stage D．floor
A．practising B．listening C．training D．performing
A．luckily B．therefore C．however D．actually
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I spent 31 it to you. If, when I speak to you, I 32 the same things thousand and one times, do not 33 me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 34 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a 35 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 36 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 37 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking( 嘲弄 ) smile. I taught you 38 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the 39 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 40 to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well 41 I need to and when not. When my 42 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 43 , the same way I did when you gave your first 44 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 45 any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get 46 . Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the 47 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent( 无可奈何 ) for seeing me 48 you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you 49 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 50 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
A．giving B．teaching C．coming D．pointing
A．praise B．think C．repeat D．criticize
A．interrupt B．disturb C．look D．avoid
A．when B．after C．since D．until
A．rest B．word C．shower D．sleep
A．discovered B．invented C．noticed D．assumed
A．knowing B．fearing C．enjoying D．consulting
A．what B．when C．how D．why
A．news B．attitude C．material D．thread
A．talking B．listening C．responding D．appealing
A．where B．how C．that D．when
A．tired B．short C．long D．strong
A．leg B．ear C．hand D．mind
A．step B．pace C．laugh D．cry
A．talk B．live C．write D．sleep
A．careful B．interested C．calm D．angry
A．last B．first C．best D．most
A．near B．behind C．below D．against
A．made B．started C．earned D．found
A．mercy B．care C．excuse D．patience
Recently, researchers in the US have carried out a study on laughing, one of the most natural characteristics of human behavior.
Jo-Anne Bachorowsky, a psychology professor at Vandebilt University, 36 a team of researchers who 37 a total of 11 short videos to 97 young adult volunteers in the US. They found that the participants produced a 38 of sounds when they laughed, 39 grunts(呼噜声) and snorts(哼声).
The researchers found that some of the 40 were dependent 41 gender(性别). Men laughed with grunts and snorts more often than women, 42 women’s 43 was more song-like.
They also found that people’s laughter could change, 44 who they were with at the time. Whether they were with a man or a woman and 45 person was a friend or a 46 both played a part in laughter.
The researchers found that women’s laughter was very high with a 47 pitch(音高) when they were with male strangers. And women taking 48 in the study laughed more often when they were with a male friend than when they were with a(n) 49 friend or a male stranger. But men laughed more freely with friends of either sex than with strangers of either sex.
Scientists believe that the 50 consumed in laughing 100 times is 51 to 15 minutes on an exercise bike. Another 52 of laughter is 53 it improves our mental health. Laughter reduces our levels of stress. It also helps us 54 serious illness.
55 ,we think laughter can make us feel good.
A．got B．led C．undertook D．worked
A．returned B．provided C．showed D．read
A．part B．case C．bit D．range
A．including B．containing C．having D．possessing
A．ways B．differences C．studies D．columns
A．on B．of C．with D．from
A．that B．when C．while D．how
A．cry B．sound C．voice D．laughter
A．depending on B．to depend on C．depend on D．depended on
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．passers-by B．relative C．stranger D．teacher
A．same B．similar C．various D．changeable
A．action B．part C．exercise D．duty
A．male B．young C．old D．female
A．food B．energy C．pressure D．memory
A．short B．easy C．equal D．good
A．way B．content C．intention D．benefit
A．why B．that C．how D．because
A．fight B．remove C．break D．deal
A．All along B．All the same C．In summary D．After all
Mr. Flower was well-known around for growing the best flowers of the year and his four glass-houses were taken good care of. These glass-houses were close to a public path, which was always used ___36__ children and young people walking to and from __37__. Boys of about thirteen years of age, especially, were often tempted（尝试） to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flower’s __38_ . They managed to resist the temptation(抵制诱惑) when Mr. Flower was around, but the temptation often seemed to be too __39__ when Mr. Flower was __40__ to be seen. For this reason, Mr. Flower did his best to be __41__ his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school days.
However, it was not always possible for him to be on guard at these times. Mr. Flower had tried __42__ to prevent the damage to his glass; but nothing that he had done had been__43__. He had been to the school to complain(抱怨) to the headmaster, but this had not done any__44__. He had hidden in the bushes（灌木丛）and __45__ those boys that threw stones __46__ his garden, but the boys could run __47__ faster than he, and they even __48__ at him at a distance. He had even walked along the path and picked up all those __49__ that he could find so that the boys would have nothing to __50__, but they soon found others, or threw lumps of earth instead.
Then just as he had given __51__ hope of winning the battle, a truly wonderful __52_ came up to him. He set up a large notice board made of good strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses __53__ it could be clearly seen from the path. On the board he painted the __54__ : DO NOT THROW AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flower had no __55__ . The boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice board than at the glass-houses.
A．to B．by C．of D．with
A．factory B．office C．school D．work
A．bed-rooms B．living-room C．reading-room D．glass-houses
A．strong B．weak C．limited D．strange
A．impossible B．unable C．possible D．somewhere
A．far away from B．in or close to C．into or out of D．at or out
A．in no way B．in a way C．in the way D．in many ways
A．successful B．cheerful C．wonderful D．careful
A．harm B．wrong C．good D．wonder
A．watched B．walked to C．waited for D．run after
A．towards B．over C．out of D．into
A．many B．much C．more D．lots of
A．laughed B．looked C．called D．surprised
A．earth B．sticks C．stones D．branches
A．pick up B．catch C．play with D．throw
A．in B．off C．out D．up
A．idea B．friend C．guest D．word
A．where B．there where C．on which D．there
A．announcement B．words C．sentences D．message
A．peaceful times B．further trouble C．more happiness D．questions
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