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As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常规) basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this at work in people of all . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about with their new toys. But their soon wears off and by January those toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many , who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually to do a lot of things, which they never had to do while working. But after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they . And, like the child in January, they go searching for new .

A．weaker B．habit C．principle D．power

A．parties B．ages C．countries D．races

A．playing B．living C．working D．going

A．confidence B．anxiety C．interest D．sorrow

A．same B．extra C．funny D．expensive

A．well-organized B．half-filled C．newly-collected D．colorfully-printed

A．broad B．passing C．different D．main

A．gladly B．impatiently C．silently D．worriedly

A．promise B．burden C．right D．game

A．courage B．calmness C．confusion D．excitement

A．graduation B．independence C．responsibility D．success

A．children B．adults C．students D．retirees

A．carefully B．bravely C．nervously D．eagerly

A．required B．obtained C．noticed D．discovered

A．need B．learn C．start D．plan

A．great B．strong C．difficult D．correct

A．money B．time C．skills D．knowledge

A．only B．soon C．well D．even

A．lost B．chose C．left D．quit

A．toys B．pets C．friends D．colleagues

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Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your 36  . Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you. 37   sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.
Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was  38 creative gifts and then a good idea 39 him---- selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He 40 them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge 41 . As a result, one of his customers   42 they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman 43 get the idea of lobsters out of his  44  . Why not turn this into a hobby and 45 a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he 46 a local radio station to give him a few ads in 47 for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman 48 lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After 49  the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a 50 . Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was   51 , and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be 52 .
Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling   53  and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are 54  . So do not be afraid to move  55   and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
36. A. dreams          B. wings               C. needs           D. minds
37. A. Because         B. When                C. Though          D. If
38. A. searching for   B. making up           C. giving away     D. thinking up
39. A. came about      B. took place          C. went on         D. came to
40. A. packaged        B. sold                C. tied            D. placed
41. A. matter          B. business            C. failure         D. success
42. A.said             B. thought             C. suggested       D. hoped
43. A. couldn’t       B. mustn’t            C. shouldn’t      D. wouldn’t
44. A. heart           B. mind                C. head            D. hand
45. A. make            B. get                 C. gather          D. spend
46. A. permitted       B. hoped               C. persuaded       D. suggested
47. A. change         B. exchange            C. place           D. need
48. A. hunting         B. seeking             C. collecting      D. selling
49. A. selling     B. paying              C. returning       D. using
50. A. thing       B. sign                C. pity            D. please
51. A.wrong        B. right               C. free            D. available
52. A. happier     B. worse               C. lower           D. higher
53. A. jobs        B. wishes              C. careers         D. promises
54. A. short       B.long                C. forever         D. temporary（临时）
55. A. back        B. on                  C. in              D. away

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Engagement, wedding, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’ special ways of doing these things inform their native culture.
People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle of flowers as a gift of engagement.   36  in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered   37
for a young man to   38  his fiancée with the wooden clappers once used to   39  clothes
40  in a stream. These clappers were engraved with love-poems, and   41  tradition, they ensured good fortune and happiness.
And their country weddings also show a tint of local convention(传统). Until recently, a Danish country wedding was an event which   42  all who lived in the surrounding   43 . Everyone was tacitly(不言而喻地) invited to celebrate with the young couple. Preparations for the wedding lasted for many days but were made   44 , because to show happiness openly   45
arouse the anger and jealousy of evil spirits.
46  the wedding morning the couple met in the courtyard of the bride’s house. The relatives and friend presented themselves to the couple, bowed and placed gifts at their feet. Every gift was   47  by good wishes recited in prose(散文) or in verse;   48  modest the gift the more elaborate(精致的) the wishes had to be.   49  who had neither the means to give   50
the imagination to make a speech were, as a sign of their goodwill, placed   51  guard over the presents and, in the evening, over the couple’s bed.
  52  the conclusion of the ceremony a large jar of beer was taken to the courtyard. The hands of the betrothed(已订婚的) were joined over the jar and it was   53  into fragments(碎片). These pieces were picked   54  by the girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest   55  being destined to marry first.
36．A．However             B．But                     C．Therefore            D．So
37．A．a luck                 B．luck                    C．lucky                  D．lucks
38．A．send                   B．present                C．bring                  D．give
39．A．strike                  B．beat                    C．hit                      D．blow
40．A．to wash               B．washed                C．to be washed        D．washing
41．A．according to        B．with a view to      C．so far as              D．in addition to
42．A．stated                  B．related                C．concerned            D．considered
43．A．area                    B．district                C．zone                   D．region
44．A．publicly              B．silently                C．unknowingly       D．secretly
45．A．would                 B．should                 C．must                   D．may
46．A．At                     B．In                       C．On                      D．To
47．A．completed           B．accompanied        C．accomplished       D．matched
48．A．much more          B．the more             C．any more             D．more
49．A．These                  B．Those                  C．People                D．They
50．A．or                       B．and                     C．nor                     D．then
51．A．in                       B．on                      C．at                       D．against
52．A．At                      B．In                       C．To                      D．For
53．A．smashed(弄碎)    B．ruined                 C．crashed               D．cracked
54．A．out                     B．up                      C．on                      D．at
55．A．part                    B．fragment             C．section                D．block

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A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2 , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.
My   4 raced back more than thirty years to the   5 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
7 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “ 12 ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14 on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16 nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17 ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.
1．A．work                   B．stay                   C．live                      D．expect
2．A．answer                  B．speak                 C．smile                    D．laugh
3．A．covering                B．moving              C．fighting                D．pressing
4．A．minds                   B．memories           C．thoughts               D．brains
5．A．better                    B．dark                  C．younger              D．old
6．A．cave                    B．place                 C．sight                     D．scene
7．A．Discussing           B．Solving             C．Sharing               D．Suffering
8．A．learn from           B．talk to               C．help                    D．know
9．A．needed                B．recognized         C．interested            D．encouraged
10．A．normal              B．common            C．unusual               D．quick
11．A．more                 B．worse                C．fewer                   D．less
12．A．word                 B．speech               C．sentence              D．language
13．A．not                    B．no                     C．something           D．nothing
14．A．fed                    B．kept                  C．lived                    D．depended
15．A．attention            B．control              C．treatment            D．management
16．A．lost                   B．needed               C．destroyed            D．left
17．A．troublesome         B．unlucky             C．angry                   D．unpopular
18．A．separated           B．went                  C．reunited              D．returned
19．A．pushed               B．tried                  C．showed               D．measured
20．A．nodding             B．greeting             C．meeting              D．acting

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An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 1 mother with whispered desperation（绝望）, “ 2 a miracle（奇迹） can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She   3 all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she   4 her way six blocks to the local drugstore（药店）.
“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.
“It’s   5 my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a   6  . His name is Andrew and he has something 7 growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”
“We don’t   8  miracles here, chilD．I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling   9 at the little girl.
In the shop was a   10 customer. He stooped (弯腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother   11  ?”
“I don’t know,” she replieD．“He’s really sick and mommy says he needs   12  . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my 13  .”
“How much do you have?” asked the man.
“One dollar and eleven cents,   14 I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.
“Well, what a coincidence（巧合）,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents — the   15 price of a miracle for little brothers. 16 me to where you live. I want to see your brother and   17 your parents.”
That well dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon（外科医生）. The operation was completed without   18 and it wasn’t long before Andrew was   19 again and doing well.
The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the  20 of a little child.
1． A．tearful                  B．hopeful              C．helpless                D．kind
2． A．Simply                 B．Just                   C．Only                    D．More than
3． A．drew                    B．pulled                C．put                       D．poured
4． A．followed               B．made                 C．took                     D．found
5． A．to                        B．as                      C．for                       D．on
6． A．hope                    B．doctor               C．favor                    D．miracle
7． A．bad                      B．small                 C．extra                    D．impossible
8． A．have                     B．offer                 C．sell                       D．store
9． A．gently                 B．sadly                 C．strangely               D．coldly
10．A．well dressed         B．kind hearted       C．well behaved         D．good looking
11．A．have                    B．need                  C．care                      D．like
12．A．a doctor               B．a surgeon           C．an operation          D．a kindness
13．A．savings                B．wishes               C．ideas                    D．suggestions
14．A．since                   B．as                      C．after                     D．but
15．A．same                   B．exact                 C．proper                  D．necessary
16．A．Show                  B．Help                  C．Take                     D．Follow
17．A．help                    B．encourage          C．persuade               D．meet
18．A．difficulty             B．delay                 C．charge                  D．result
19．A．happy                  B．well                  C．strong                   D．home
20． A．cleverness          B．faith                  C．courage                D．devotion

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The world always makes way for the dreamer.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler 1  everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling, I 2  there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to          3   people feel like that.” My father asked me 4  I meant. “I want to be a motivational （激励人的）speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replieD．A  5  was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. 6  a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company  7  as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the height of my 8 . Many people were 9  that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked 10  I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my 11  to start my own company and leave my secure（无忧虑的）position after
12  a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a 13  that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would offer you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving us a 14  to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “Why do you need a  15 ?” I would never forget the power I felt at that moment. I realized that 16  I had accomplished in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was ready and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was 17 .
Having made that decision, I was immediately 18 . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no 19 . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better joB．And I was able to book several   20  engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
1．A．rise                      B．blow                  C．put                      D．raise
2．A．left                       B．came                  C．arrived                 D．slipped
3．A．get                       B．hope                  C．make                   D．cheer
4．A．that                      B．what                  C．which                  D．if
5．A．dream                   B．idea                   C．girl                      D．speaker
6．A．After                    B．Before               C．Because                D．While
7．A．beginning             B．working             C．acting                  D．regarding
8．A．life                       B．love                   C．income                 D．career
9．A．disappointed          B．moved               C．surprised              D．delighted
10．A．when                  B．why                   C．if                         D．how
11．A．plan                    B．promise              C．decision               D．mind
12．A．attending             B．joining               C．entering               D．holding
13．A．newspaper           B．book                  C．report                  D．speech
14．A．day                     B．second               C．week                    D．moment
15．A．help                    B．job                    C．god                      D．company
16．A．everything           B．anything             C．nothing                D．something
17．A．alive                   B．dead                  C．missing                D．born
18．A．examined            B．searched             C．checked                D．tested
19．A．help                    B．harm                  C．income                 D．money
20．A．selling                B．speaking             C．writing                 D．listening

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