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About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern（实习生） at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an old couple come in with a little girl a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was almost on her chair. I then she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. She was wearing a little white dress with red dots. As the couple her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink（眨眼）. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen.
All of a sudden her was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just me and almost instantly gave me a completely new of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world: a world of , love and .
That was ten years ago. I’m a successful business person now and I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable（非凡的）lesson about life that she me.
A．in B．on C．up D．over
A．lain B．remained C．set D．thrown
A．struck B．hit C．realized D．understood
A．top B．upper C．bottom D．lower
A．dragged B．headed C．wheeled D．approached
A．strength B．advantage C．disability D．happiness
A．affected B．infected C．melted D．frightened
A．command B．sense C．understand D．control
A．smiles B．laughters C．tears D．sweat
A．sorrow B．excitement C．warmth D．indifference
A．whenever B．whatever C．however D．whichever
A．offered B．taught C．gained D．drew
Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are ____. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to ____ it. Creativity isn’t always ____ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time ____ think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections This technique involves taking ____ ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words ____ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ____ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original ____; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t ____. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new ____. If your goal is to learn to ski, ____, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now ____ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a ____ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the ___ in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their ____. The best fishermen think like fish!
A．wrong B．unbelievable C．reasonable D．realistic
A．put up with B．catch up with C．make use of D．keep track of
A．equipped B．compared C．covered D．connected
A．skillfully B．routinely C．vividly D．deeply
A．familiar B．unrelated C．creative D．imaginary
A．presented B．marked C．lit D．associated
A．ideas B．ambitious C．achievement D．technique
A．experience B．service C．present D．object
A．work B．last C．exist D．change
A．possibilities B．limitations C．tendency D．practice
A．in fact B．in particular C．as a whole D．for example
A．devote B．adapt C．lead D．keep
A．private B．global C．different D．practical
A．features B．themes C．creatures D．characters
A．positions B．dreams C．images D．directions
How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may be __ to follow trends in Western countries, but young people in the United States don’t care as much about__ as you do.
A recent survey among high school ____ in China, Japan, South Korea and the US found that __ teenagers care more about their appearance than young people in the US.
This survey was held in 156 high schools in the four countries. More than 7,000 teenagers were__ about their views on life and the world. South Koreans, at 83 percent, cared most about their looks. They were __ by the Chinese and Japanese, while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 percent.
“The different results show ___ of cultural background,” said Sun Yunxiao from the China Youth and Children Research Centre. He explained that in the US there are many different __ of beauty, so teens are more __ to be confident about their appearance.
US teenagers’ high self-confidence is displayed in the ___ . About 85 percent are happy with themselves. The percentage of self-confident Chinese students stands at only 30 percent.
What’s __ , US students showed more individuality, with 88 percent____ _ that “people should follow their own interests rather than__ of others”. This is much __ than South Korea’s 69 percent, China’s 49 and Japan’s 48.
Japanese students, at 52 percent, are most dissatisfied with modern society. Chinese and Koreans follow at second and___ most dissatisfied.
“__ to the survey, Chinese students are happy and disciplined. They have a strong wish to make a difference. __ Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax,” said Sun.
The students have different ___ backgrounds. But home and places where friends gather are the favorite places all teens seek happiness.
Exams and worries about life after graduation cause much ___ _ among most of the teens ____ for the survey.
A．absorbed B．willing C．careless D．unhappy
A．hairstyle B．dresses C．fashion D．culture
A．teachers B．students C．citizens D．colleagues
A．Asian B．American C．African D．Western
A．answered B．requested C．persuaded D．questioned
A．followed B．decreased C．reduced D．compared
A．relations B．barriers C．customs D．differences
A．awareness B．standards C．consciences D．expenses
A．admirable B．confused C．likely D．unbelievable
A．survey B．setting C．reference D．paper
A．worse B．better C．less D．more
A．disagreeing B．observing C．agreeing D．puzzling
A．those B．that C．it D．one
A．lower B．larger C．smaller D．higher
A．first B．third C．fourth D．last
A．leading B．devoting C．appealing D．According
A．But B．And C．So D．Or
A．political B．cultural C．economical D．commercial
A．expectation B．hesitation C．concern D．ambition
A．interviewed B．advised C．overlooked D．invested
Failure，they say, is the best teacher. We learn and have more confidence in what we know through trial and error, which onetime or another has failure. You don’t have to your failure if what you really want to achieve is .
For every achievement, there have been one or more failures. But those who we call successful are those who to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure. The incandescent light (白炽灯) was after 1,000 failures. If Thomas Edison had after he tried 100 times without the desired result, what would have been the of such effort?
Any time you see products and new inventions, think in terms of failures that are not accepted. everything in a microform (微缩过程) today is a result of failure not accepted.
Any time your effort is not bringing a(n) result, you don’t have to call it a failure. Call it a challenge. What is the between the two? One is negative, the other is ; one demotivates , the other motivates.
What you need is positive thinking and motivation to success. Failure is an end thing; is an open thing. Failure means there is no way out, no alternative, but a challenge is a question mark another way out of the situation, an alternative to the problem.
Keep dreaming, keep moving; that is the solution to success.
A wise man once said if you cannot fly, run. If you cannot ,walk. If you cannot walk, crawl; just keep moving. If you fall down, you have to and start moving. If not, other people will step on you towards their . What you call failure and is what someone will step into with just a little additional effort to reach achievement.
A．come from B．resulted in C．resulted from D．come across
A．deny B．receive C．accept D．gain
A．dreams B．imaginations C．barriers D．success
A．successful B．creative C．difficult D．important
A．prepare B．try C．refuse D．attempt
A．used B．discovered C．found D．invented
A．forgot B．stopped C．regretted D．succeeded
A．meaning B．importance C．result D．cause
A．Moreover B．Therefore C．However D．Otherwise
A．desired B．imagined C．poor D．final
A．similarity B．characteristic C．relationship D．difference
A．reasonable B．meaningful C．positive D．beneficial
A．achieve B．enjoy C．miss D．avoid
A．chance B．motivation C．challenge D．effort
A．reflecting B．asking C．suggesting D．offering
A．response B．key C．entrance D．solution
A．rise B．fly C．run D．stand
A．lie flat B．get up C．sit still D．run away
A．advantage B．destination C．achievement D．strength
A．quit B．hate C．prefer D．continue
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling , but I always knew he was . He never criticized us, but used to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish (繁盛). If you don’t give them water, they die.” I as a child I said something about somebody, and my father said, “ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best people, I would get the best . From then on I’ve always tried to the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very . At 15, I started a magazine. It was a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to persuade me to change my decision, any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad me to go into law. And I’ve regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, I didn’t pursue (追寻) my . You know what you want. Go fulfill (完成) it.”
As turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad me.
A．biologist B．manager C．lawyer D．gardener
A．strict B．honest C．special D．learned
A．praise B．strength C．power D．warmth
A．think B．imagine C．remember D．guess
A．unnecessary B．unkind C．unimportant D．unusual
A．another B．some C．any D．other
A．on B．in C．at D．about
A．in case B．by turns C．by chance D．in return
A．revise B．set C．review D．follow
A．understanding B．experienced C．serious D．demanding
A．taking up B．making up C．picking up D．keeping up
A．suggestion B．decision C．notice D．choice
A．and B．as C．even if D．as if
A．helped B．allowed C．persuaded D．suggested
A．always B．never C．seldom D．almost
A．rather B．but C．for D．therefore
A．promise B．task C．belief D．dream
A．this B．he C．it D．that
A．newspaper B．magazine C．program D．project
A．controlled B．comforted C．reminded D．raised
Less is more. This is why we say reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junks instead of piling them up, slow down instead of .
When you concentrate on one task, you find you have that you didn’t even know you had. The pressure at work is on the rise. In the past, the expectations were among all the family members. But now, in the family, the expectations are now concentrated on the individual(个体) partner. If you feel 24 hours per day are not enough, it is not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. The is very simple: Refuse to accept so much work. People tend to forget that one who can deal with stress well is given more work—until one day he .
Pay careful attention to the that tell you that you are under more stress than you can handle. They may come from various areas of life. You weak, or your work efficiency decreases. If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and reduce some work.
A．speeding up B．giving up C．bringing up D．putting up
A．possibility B．force C．energy D．excuse
A．shared B．taken C．realized D．achieved
A．rich B．urban C．modern D．large
A．alternative B．process C．problem D．solution
A．cuts down B．breaks down C．holds up D．turns down
A．orders B．signs C．principles D．features
A．switch B．grow C．predict D．change
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