My brother and I were in Orlando Florida to witness our first Space Shuttle Launch（发射）. The Discovery was to soar at 10:14 AM on a blue sky September day. I’d seen it 42 so many times on television, now I was only minutes away from seeing it launch. And it’s the final demonstration of the of success: Success Takes Off Like a Rocket.
Witnessing the Take Off:
Standing close to the Space Shuttle drives home one unforgettable point — the Shuttle is the height of a 15-story building, 4.5 million pounds, and NASA is trying to lift it 200 miles the ground. On TV the accomplishments look so much , so much easier.
Crowds of people are standing around with you to watch the Shuttle go. The countdown begins through the small of hundreds of portable radios all tuned（调准） to the NASA station. It’s enough to get your heart beating out of your _ .
When time is up, the side booster rockets are lit up and the eight explosive bolts （螺栓） . The first things you see are large white clouds exploding away. Through the steam, you see the fire power. Then the Space Shuttle begins to inch off the pad and climb its way . Thousands upon millions of pounds of can hardly lift the shuttle at all. But with ever increasing ease, the shuttle __ _ and roars into the sky, headed into space at a _ of over 17,000 mph.
It is within the first two minutes to launch the Space Shuttle that the great success lesson is . Fact: 85% of the shuttle’s fuel is consumed within the first two minutes just to get the 15-story super structure to its orbital altitude.
And that’s exactly how success : The first steps you take towards launching a successful career are the and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. However, you persist through the launch period, which can seem almost for quite some time, everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger.
A．advised B．hoped C．scheduled D．reminded
A．take up B．come up C．step up D．go up
A．but B．and C．as D．therefore
A．universe B．world C．nature D．air
A．costing B．weighing C．measuring D．selling
A．on B．off C．up D．away
A．smaller B．greater C．bigger D．clever
A．rockets B．workers C．speakers D．astronauts
A．mouth B．stomach C．mind D．chest
A．blow B．follow C．grow D．flow
A．gas B．smoke C．mist D．steam
A．downward B．upward C．forward D．outward
A．pull B．lift C．push D．pressure
A．picks up B．puts off C．picks out D．puts on
A．distance B．degree C．height D．speed
A．ordinary B．present C．absolute D．apparent
A．puts off B．gets off C．takes off D．gives off
A．hardest B．easiest C．simplest D．biggest
A．while B．if C．unless D．until
A．useless B．careless C．priceless D．aimless
Douglas was my cousin. I first met him when he came to stay with my family for a , because his parents were going to teach in Africa.
He and his family lived on the other side of the country, so we had never had a chance to visit. However, when we arrived at the airport, it was not hard to find which person was my . He was the one standing all alone, looking around for someone to him. He looked a little scared(害怕的) to meet us, but started to smile shyly after my mom hugged(拥抱) him.
When we got back home and Douglas started his things, I could not believe it. All of his 40 were the same, all white shirts and dark blue shorts.
“How can you only one kind of clothes?” I asked him.
“That’s the way my school has always been,” he said. “We have to wear uniforms.”
“I would hate having to wear the thing every day.”
“I don’t mind,” Douglas said. “It time. I don’t have to think about what I am going to wear.”
“Well we don’t wear uniforms at our . You’re going to look pretty funny if you come to school in a jacket and tie(领带).
Douglas looked worried. , I felt bad. I had not meant(打算) to hurt him. After all, it was not easy to come to live with some family for a year. Then and there I decided that I was going to my cousin and try to make this as good a year as possible for him.”
A．day B．week C．month D．year
A．parent B．cousin C．uncle D．friend
A．meet B．teach C．help D．ask
A．putting away B．laughing at C．playing with D．speaking about
A．bags B．pictures C．books D．clothes
A．make B．hate C．wear D．sell
A．right B．same C．only D．old
A．wastes B．saves C．spends D．has
A．school B．country C．home D．airport
A．Really B．Luckily C．Suddenly D．Secretly
A．difficult B．special C．big D．strange
A．look at B．look for C．look after D．look up
My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. As little kids do, we all began to race to our .The girls took the concrete（水泥）stairs the boys ran straight up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence. fear the boys ahead of me vaulted（跳跃）over the fence bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs and look like a girl, or jump the fence and look ? Then I took my chances with the .
Standing in front of the fence, I placed both hands on the top and . The moment of truth had arrived. If I made it, then I would be as cool as all the other guys. If I didn’t make it…
I it. As I jumped, my foot caught on the top of the fence. I went! But I landed on my backside. I to laugh off the accident. But then I something moving under me. Just then I saw what seemed like hundreds of bees flying towards me. I had a beehive! I jumped and as fast as I could. But bees flew faster than I ran. At that moment, all the kids at the camp ran after me, too. What a（an） situation I was in!
When the teacher caught me in the camp parking lot, my were covered with bees. With all the other campers standing around, he all my clothes but my underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and out of my mouth!
I had gained the of the entire camp, but I did not feel very cool. When all was said and done, I found that I had been given almost 45 bee stings（蜇）all over my body. I learned a most lesson that day. When we are occupied by the to look cool, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive. I have stopped trying to be cool since then.
A．home B．trip C．destination D．village
A．but B．therefore C．because D．as
A．With B．Without C．For D．Out of
A．brave B．cool C．strong D．lively
A．stairs B．girls C．boys D．fence
A．hesitated B．watched C．jumped D．trembled
A．made B．almost made C．wouldn’t make D．didn’t make
A．Down B．Up C．Over D．Out
A．managed B．failed C．continued D．tried
A．caught B．felt C．saw D．heard
A．pulled down B．broken into C．landed on D．knocked over
A．hid B．walked C．crawled D．rushed
A．exciting B．fearful C．embarrassing D．funny
A．clothes B．arms C．legs D．classmates
A．put on B．took off C．found out D．took away
A．also B．nearly C．even D．hardly
A．sympathy B．attention C．strength D．help
A．valuable B．humorous C．satisfying D．interesting
A．consideration B．way C．curiosity D．desire
A．Still B．So C．Yet D．However
Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ____, writing stories was simply a ____ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. ____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”
____ Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I ? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ____ when things come to me ____. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China. ____ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____. It came without her having ____ it.
Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame. She lives in the same ____ she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for ____ in her life — and it wasn’t just __ __.
A．practice B．experience C．skill D．method
A．job B．effort C．duty D．task
A．Instead B．Then C．Certainly D．Normally
A．general B．deep C．lively D．personal
A．Interested B．Anxiously C．Seriously D．Encouraged
A．story B．film C．program D．article
A．a foreign B．a popular C．an unknown D．an unusual
A．Now that B．Even though C．Just because D．Except that
A．find B．turn C．hold D．leave
A．connect with B．make up C．control D．explain
A．events B．moments C．feelings D．chances
A．as gifts B．from a distance C．by accident D．for no reason
A．description B．condition C．scene D．talk
A．Surprisingly B．Fortunately C．Expectedly D．Suddenly
A．cooking B．medicine C．history D．play
A．ordered B．sent C．realized D．known
A．determined B．excited C．unchanged D．unmoved
A．life B．way C．house D．city
A．success B．joy C．work D．variety
A．reporting B．fun C．luck D．writing
If you are a modern art lover, you should be sure to drop by the Saatchi Gallery during your visit to London. The original gallery was by Charles Saatchi, a British art collector for founding the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency with his brother. It moved from its old in St. John’s Wood to its new home in County Hall near the Thames in the spring of 2003.
Anyone who has heard in the past of the often shocking but always inspiring works on at the Saatchi Gallery will not be when visiting the gallery’s new location. Along with the of new British artists, the gallery still the works of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin in its permanent .
Of the artworks, one can see in the Saatchi Gallery, Hirst’s works are probably the most . Hirst’s work first made headlines in the early 1990s when he art from dead animals.
Along with Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Dinos and Jake, also a certain amount of their fame to the Saatchi Gallery. It was through Saatchi these two brothers came to public attention. At the gallery, visitors can see the brothers’ vision of Hell, made from 30, 000 plastic toy soldiers.
Another artist featured at the gallery who has grabbed with her art is Tracy Emin. In 1998, Emin gave to argument when she sold her messy, unmade bed to Saatchi as a work of art My Bed at ￡150, 000.
Are any of these works really art? That is a question you will have to answer for when you visit the Saatchi Gallery. Charles Saatchi himself says, “I don’t have any ground rules for art. Sometimes you look and don’t feel very with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much. It doesn’t reveal much about the quality of the work.”
A．repaired B．opened C．built D．rented
A．keen B．suitable C．eager D．famous
A．location B．history C．city D．society
A．concerts B．reports C．rumors D．advice
A．store B．board C．display D．sale
A．addicted B．interested C．disappointed D．worried
A．business B．story C．exhibits D．tradition
A．produces B．publishes C．revises D．includes
A．collection B．station C．memory D．basement
A．ready-made B．well-known C．well-prepared D．easy-going
A．copied B．created C．invented D．discovered
A．devote B．suggest C．bring D．owe
A．when B．why C．that D．while
A．headlines B．position C．advantages D．occupations
A．way B．rise C．anxiety D．hope
A．adapted B．written C．referred D．titled
A．yourself B．it C．them D．one
A．praising B．judging C．appreciating D．studying
A．surprised B．confused C．comfortable D．acceptable
A．necessarily B．exactly C．completely D．likely
Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with drugs and gang problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often ______trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day off.
Those fun trips had a______impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day, while working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys _______. He sensed trouble between them. _____, one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug. “I remember you. You took me ______ when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the ______days of my life.”
Deeply touched by the boy’s words, Moody decided to create a foundation that ____ teenagers to the basis of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw where there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damage ______ on the kids,” says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he intended to present an alternative way of life, “When you are sitting there waiting for a _______” he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such conversation can be very deep.”
“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer(同龄人) pressures in high school ,”says Michelle, 17, who _______ the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother _______ drugs”
Moody faces retirement in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time. “I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my_____to give back,” Moody says. “If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”
A．ran into B．got over C．left behind D．looked into
A．immediate B．damaging C．limited D．lasting
A．quarreling B．complaining C．talking D．cheering
A．Slowly B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Secretly
A．fishing B．sailing C．boating D．swimming
A．quietest B．longest C．best D．busiest
A．connects B．introduces C．reduces D．commits
A．impression B．burden C．decision D．effect
A．solution B．change C．bite D．surprise
A．participated in B．worked out C．approved of D．made up
A．misuse B．avoid C．tolerate D．test
A．team B．school C．family D．community
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