One day a student was taking a walk with a professor. They were going along, when they saw a pair of old , which they thought to belong to a poor man working in a nearby field.
The student turned to the professor, saying: Let’s his shoes, and then we’ll place ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his perplexity（困惑）when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the of the poor. But you’re rich, and may give yourself a much greater by means of the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we’ll hide ourselves and watch how the affects him.
The student did so, and they both hid somewhere nearby. The poor man soon his work, and came across the field to the where he’d left his coat and shoes. While putting on his , he put his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something , he bent down to see it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and were seen on his face. He it up, turned it round, and looked it again and again. He then looked around saw nobody. He put the money into his , and went on to put on the other shoe, but his surprise was on finding the other coin. He was so touched that he fell upon his , and let out a loud , in which he spoke of his sick wife and his children and the importance of the money to them.
The student stood there, deeply affected, and said to the professor, “You’ve taught me a lesson I will never . I’ll always try my best to help those in .”
A．glasses B．socks C．shoes D．trousers
A．hide B．throw C．buy D．borrow
A．excuse B．expense C．amusement D．speed
A．pleasure B．surprise C．amazement D．excitement
A．creation B．invention C．discovery D．witness
A．started B．finished C．found D．offered
A．way B．house C．tree D．path
A．shoes B．cap C．coat D．trousers
A．soft B．hard C．cold D．warm
A．if B．which C．that D．what
A．wonder B．happiness C．sadness D．fright
A．picked B．broke C．sped D．took
A．or B．and C．but D．when
A．bag B．shoe C．coat D．pocket
A．seen B．found C．seen D．doubled
A．knees B．head C．face D．legs
A．voice B．thanksgiving C．word D．sound
A．lost B．naughty C．hungry D．lovely
A．remember B．understand C．know D．forget
A．danger B．need C．sick D．help
Eating the Cookie
One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. was "having the cookie". If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn't have the cookie, life was .
Unfortunately, the cookie kept . Some of the time it was money, and sometimes power. At time, it was the new car, the biggest contract—A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate (前列腺) cancer, he sits his head regretfully. "It seems that I stopped learning how to after I was a kid. When I give my son a cookie, he is happy.
If I take the cookie away or it , he is unhappy. But he is two and a half and I am forty three. It's taken me this long to understand that the will never make me happy for long.
The you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to （10） about it crumbling (弄碎) or about someone trying to take it away from you. You know, you have to a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to eat it you are so busy just trying not to lose it. the cookie is not what life is about. ”
My patient laughs and says has changed him. For the first time he is . No matter if his is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. "Two years ago, cancer me, ‘What is really important?’Well, life is important. Live any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to with the cookie: it has to do with being ."
A．Happiness B．Success C．Business D．Love
A．normal B．common C．worthless D．useless
A．increasing B．changing C．decreasing D．recovering
A．one B．a C．no D．other
A．shaking B．nodding C．knocking D．raising
A．grow B．learn C．live D．work
A．burns B．breaks C．shares D．throws
A．disease B．change C．kid D．cookie
A．hour B．time C．second D．minute
A．think B．come C．worry D．doubt
A．give up B．add up C．use up D．call up
A．brave B．curious C．aware D．sure
A．unless B．because C．though D．until
A．Eating B．Protecting C．Having D．Making
A．death B．energy C．life D．cancer
A．happy B．weak C．upset D．sad
A．result B．fortunate C．business D．behavior
A．deal B．do C．connect D．link
A．alone B．alive C．ambitious D．Active
For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines—a never-ending flood of words. In a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend
can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us, are
readers. Most of us develop poor reading
at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency
in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have
meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs.
, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing (退回) to
words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over
you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which
down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as
reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined (预先确定的) speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate
the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast,
word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization (默读) practically impossible. At first
is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster,
your comprehension will improve. Many people have found
reading skill drastically improved after some training.
Charles Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 72 words a minute
the training, now it is an excellent 128 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can
a lot more reading material in a short period of time.
A. applying B. doing C. offering D. getting
A. quickly B. easily C. roughly D. decidedly
A. good B. curious C. poor D. urgent
A. training B. habits C. situations D. custom
A. lies B. combines C. touches D. involves
A. some B. a lot C. little D. dull
A. Fortunately B. In fact C. Logically D. Unfortunately
A. reuse B. reread C. rewrite D. recite
A. what B. which C. that D. if
A. scales B. cuts C. slows D. measures
A. some one B. one C the one D. reader
A. accelerator B. actor C. amplifier D. observer
A. then B. as C. beyond D. than
A. enabling B. leading C. making D. indicating
A. meaning B. comprehension C. gist D. regression
A. but B. nor C. or D. for
A. our B. your C. their D. such a
A. Look at B. Take C. Make D. Consider
A. for B. in C. after D. before
A. master B. go over C. present D. get through
Every morning, before dropping her son off at school, my friend would stop on the way to work to grab a quick breakfast. They tended to frequent the restaurant every morning grabbing an egg sandwich, juice, coffee for herself, milk for her son.
One day she an additional breakfast. When they had eaten and walked out of the door, she stopped and said good morning to a man who was sitting alone outside the restaurant and him the additional breakfast she had bought. He her, grinning, telling her it was the first meal he had in a great many days. She couldn't help but feel and was glad she finally took action.
She told her son that she had him every day that week outside the restaurant and that no one, herself included, had to offer him food, drink, comfort, etc. She further that homelessness can happen to anyone and the importance of service to others and acts of kindness were.
And so her kindness tradition... each day thereafter she and her son (12） to buy and supply the homeless gentleman with breakfast. The was going on until they several years later but the lesson was implanted (植入) in her son by then.
She as she told me that this kindness legacy to her son, who remembered this childhood tradition and lesson. Now a college graduate and employed, her son stops every day at Starbucks for his morning cup of coffee and purchases a for a homeless person nearby before commuting (上下班往返) to the .
What a great family legacy that he can pass along to his children as well...
A．small B．same C．crowded D．ordinary
A．received B．demanded C．expected D．ordered
A．strong B．kind C．homeless D．sick
A．handed B．bought C．supplied D．provided
A．remembered B．thanked C．respected D．paid
A．grateful B．sorry C．anxious D．good
A．helped B．seen C．disliked D．missed
A．agreed B．refused C．stopped D．appeared
A．shouted B．replied C．argued D．explained
A．what B．which C．how D．where
A．ended B．began C．met D．presented
A．hesitated B．hurried C．continued D．needed
A．moment B．life C．practice D．performance
A．moved away B．got around C．turned down D．broke up
A．hardly B．firmly C．happily D．slightly
A．smiled B．cheered C．sighed D．wondered
A．came B．occurred C．went D．belonged
A．regularly B．carefully C．entirely D．gainfully
A．chance B．tent C．shirt D．breakfast
A．city B．office C．house D．school
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a to catch a train, she a quick way to reach it. “I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!"the driver said . “You don't think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn't to annoy him, but the driver kept . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be , so she changed her . “You know, you are right，” she told him. “It must seem for me not to think you know the best way the city. ” ，the driver glanced at his in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “He didn't say another word the rest of the ride，” she said, “ I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me. ”
When you find yourself with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to （14) your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or marriages. I have discovered one simple extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from in a disaster.
The is to put yourself in the other person's shoes and look for the in what that person is saying. Find a way to ，and the result may surprise you.
A．hurry B．rush C．moment D．way
A．chose B．made C．found D．suggested
A．jokingly B．angrily C．anxiously D．curiously
A．supposed B．expected C．meant D．decided
A．apologizing B．driving C．asking D．shouting
A．reasonable B．thoughtful C．normal D．practical
A．road B．mind C．direction D．manner
A．strange B．wrong C．terrible D．stupid
A．across B．in C．through D．along
A．Surprised B．Worried C．Annoyed D．Disappointed
A．rider B．speaker C．helper D．comer
A．until B．after C．because D．since
A．satisfied B．concerned C．crowded D．faced
A．give up B．turn down C．stick to D．point out
A．combine B．destroy C．suffer D．divide
A．and B．that C．but D．though
A．lying B．resulting C．setting D．leading
A．problem B．importance C．key D．reply
A．fact B．meaning C．expression D．truth
A．agree B．argue C．explain D．escape
When I come across a good article while reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the ________ side is more interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to ________ in good health, or ________ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to _______ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text ________ the title. Therefore, the scissors (剪刀) would ______ before they start, ________ halfway done when I find out the _______ result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your ________. You can only take up one of them; the other has to wait to be ________ up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预测的)-the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left ________. Thus you are ________ in a difficult position and feel sad. How come that nice chances and brilliant ________ should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life ________ greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what ________ is like: we are often ________ with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ________ we get into another. The ________ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I ________ remember a philosopher’s remarks that “When one door shuts, another opens in life”. So a casual (随意的) ________ may not be a bad one.
A．front B．same C．either D．opposite
A．get B．keep C．form D．bring
A．advice B．news C．a theory D．a report
A．suffer B．reduce C．prevent D．cause
A．on B．for C．without D．off
A．use B．handle C．prepare D．stay
A．or B．but C．so D．for
A．satisfying B．regretful C．surprising D．impossible
A．courage B．strength C．attention D．patience
A．given B．held C．made D．picked
A．near B．alone C．about D．behind
A．filled B．attracted C．caught D．struck
A．knowledge B．ideas C．feelings D．beliefs
A．improves B．changes C．progresses D．goes
A．study B．society C．nature D．life
A．faced B．supplied C．connected D．fixed
A．before B．after C．until D．as
A．following B．next C．above D．former
A．still B．also C．once D．almost
A．treatment B．action C．choice D．remark
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