Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in a farming community. When she was ，her father 16 her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. With English as her second language and
education, the
didn't look bright for Lilly. Lilly's father was a stubborn man who
took "no" for an answer. He
Lilly to find a job. With small hope of gaining
，each day she would just ride to the city, walk
about and at dusk return home. On one of her
，Lilly saw a sign at a big company.
，she knocked on her very first door. In her
English, Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the secretarial position. The manager
to give the girl a chance. He directed her to type a single letter, and then
. Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11:40 a. m. She thought everyone would be leaving for
at noon, when she could
away in the crowd.
But she knew she should the letter. On her first try, Lilly
one line of five words and made four mistakes. On her second at-tempt, she completed a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. She looked at the clock ： 11:55-five minutes to
. Just then, the manager walked in. He came directly over to Lilly, read the letter and said，"Lilly, you're doing
work ！ "
With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her began to grow. Lilly thought，" Well, if he thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay ！ " Lilly did stay-all because someone had given a
and uncertain girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.
A. reminded B. forced C. encouraged D. helped
A. poor B. formal C. good D. modern
A. advice B. promise C. future D. change
A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. rarely
A. warned B. told C. allowed D. begged
A. employment B. experience
C. judgment D. independence
A. carefully B. happily C. aimlessly D. rapidly
A. steps B. trips C. purposes D. choices
A. Bravely B. Proudly C. Calmly D. Cautiously
A. broken B. perfect C. written D. fluent
A. refused B. decided C. pretended D. failed
A. stopped B. continued C. left D. sighed
A. lunch B. life C. fun D. luck
A. break B. slip C. pass D. drive
A. read B. write C. attempt D. deliver
A. went over B. picked up C. gave away D. got through
A. freedom B. success C. discussion D. reward
A. terrible B. excellent C. honest D. easy
A. belief B. patience C. confidence D. strength
A. shy B. lonely C. selfless D. modest
What is real success? I am sure many would come up with answers like lots of money, a big house, a new car, and so on.
It has been interesting to see how my own idea of success has through the years. When I was young, I was eagerly reaching for material success. I chose my jobs accordingly and ended up in . Sure enough, I did earn some pretty good pay checks.
But then a different feeling started to . I began to realize selling was not what I wanted to do all my life. After all I was often forced to sell products that did not really suit customers. All that matters is the amount of money that is made. I became very unhappy.
I came to realize that even with big pay checks I did not feel successful. That is when my search for success turned inwards, I sales and chose another profession–helping people. The feeling of relief and belonging was great–and suddenly I felt successful again. Even though I earned than before, I was much more content.
Then I returned to my old love–writing.
I realized I felt most successful when I loved what I did never the money. Then for my own I define success by the feeling of contentment.
Always remember–you are not here to anyone else’s life but your own. It is not your obligation (义务) to please others with your life – only yourself, because only if you are happy yourself can you happiness to others. You cannot give what you do not have.
So be true to yourself and your own joyful path to your own of success.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“My wallet!Where is it?”were my first words when I found out my wallet was lost．I searched my memory for a few good seconds，and then that I had left my precious wallet in the library．To be ，it was in the public toilet of the library!
the library was then closed，I had to wait until the next morning to begin my ．When I got there early the next day，all I found was a bathroom．
At that time，all I could was that the person who cleaned the restroom had my wallet．So I approached an old lady at the front desk．“Excuse me，is there a wallet found in the restroom yesterday?”She walked through a door and for a moment．Then she came back to the desk．“No，”she said．I quickly thanked her and walked off， ．
Finally，I painfully the fact that my wallet had gone．
A week later，I received a mysterious in the mail．Sure enough，it was my ! And most surprisingly， in it was missing! And there was a little yellow piece of paper folded up inside．I slowly unfolded it and a little medal of Christ fell off．The paper like his：
Always this medal with you，whatever your religion is，so the angel that was watching over you last will always be close．
This person didn’t even leave a return ，so I couldn’t thank whoever it was．
From that day on，I promised myself to this example when I was in a similar situation．I will make others as as I was when I opened that package !
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There is an old saying that states，“You are what you eat.” this might be true，I think a better and more true statement would be，“You are what you ．”Words have power that is by few things in this world．A few simple strung together can lift someone up or knock them ．If we choose to go around saying things，I think we will lead more positive lives． ，if we go around saying negative things to people， can we ever expect to lead a more positive life? Negative words and thoughts a negative life．
There is one that I hear all the time and I think is the most dangerous of all—“I can’t even imagine…”．By saying those words，you are any chance of success．You are also yourself in a mindset(心态)that you will never achieve it．But maybe，if we can make a slight in our mindset and the words we speak，we can turn some of that negativity in our lives into positivity．
Many professional athletes use this kind of positive to achieve their goals．An athlete will often themselves lifting the championship trophy(奖杯)long before the time actually comes．You would be able to find a champion athlete who says the words，“I can’t even imagine…”．
Don’t ever say that you can’t something．With a little work，you can imagine it and with a little more work，you might just make it into a ！
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“I wouldn’t buy that woman a Mother’s Day card”，said the woman standing by the card shelf．I looked up and saw an of total complaint and dislike．
Having been at a Florida orphanage at four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father．Never had I received a hug from my parents．That part of my life is a total ．
She looked up，saw me looking at her and angrily，“Just what are you looking at，you fool?”
“Sorry Ma’am．I never had a mother，and I was by your words．”I picked up a nice-looking ，opened it and began to read，“Thank you for being my mother．”
“Do you think your mother would like that card?Mine would，I think，”I said．
“Do you know what it is like to be at for years，and never be told that you are loved?”she asked．
“My mother didn’t me，let alone shout．She just took me to the orphanage where I stayed until I grew up，”I replied．
“Don’t you her?”she asked．
“Oh，I can’t．She’s my mother．Being a mother is a position to be ，even if she is not a very nice person，”I said．The woman stood there her head．
“I know your mother might have done a lot of things that you．It appears as if you hate her．But I can tell you this from my that disliking her，or even hating her，feels nowhere near as as never having known a mother at all—good or bad．At least，you feel ．For me，it’s all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart，and that’s I’11 feel until I die．”
The woman stood there for a moment． ,she reached out，took the card from my hand and placed it in her cart．After she left，I a nice card for my mother．I took it home， it，and placed it with the other Mother and Father’s Days cards bought all these years，each marked“Address Unknown”．
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SECTION B （共12小题；每小题 1分，满分12分）
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
I just read a beautiful story. It is about a little girl, a movie and a corporation. , if crying at work might be a problem, you should wait until you get home to read it. Trust me.
10-year-old Colby Curtin of Huntington Beach, California, had been with a rare form of cancer for three years. This month, it became that Colby would probably die soon. The one thing she wanted to do before she died was to see the movie Up. She’d been by the previews.
But Colby’s health was so that she could not be taken to the theater, and Up is only playing in theaters. By June 9, it was clear Colby wouldn’t it. A family friend began desperately dialing numbers at Pixar. She finally to someone and told them Colby’s will. After a discussion, Pixar to help.
Colby’s mother asked her, “Do you think you can hold on?” “I’m to die, but I’m going to wait for the movie, ”the girl replied.
On June 10, Pixar an employee to the Curtin’s home and showed the film on DVD-possibly the only DVD copy of the movie that exists.
Here’s what her mom said, “When I watched it, I had really no idea about the or the theme of the movie. I just know that word ‘Up’ and all of the balloons and I swear to you, for me it meant that Colby was going to go up, up to . ”
Colby died seven hours after watching the movie.
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