Years ago, a critical event occurred in my life that would change it forever. I met Kurt Kampmeir of Success Motivation Incorporation for breakfast. While we were ___ 36 ,Kurt asked me, " John, what is your 37for personal growth?
Never at a loss for words, I tried to find things in my life that might 38 for growth. I told him about the many activities in which I was 39. And I went into a 40 about how hard I worked and the gains I was making. I must have talked for ten minutes. Kurt 41patiently, but then he 42smiled and said, "You don't have a personal plan for growth, do you?"
"No, I 43 .
"You know," Kurt said simply, "growth is not a(n) 44 process."
And that's when it 45 me. I wasn't doing anything 46 to make myself better. And at that moment, I made the 47 : I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my 48 .
That night, I talked to my wife about my 49 with Kurt and what I had learned. I 50her the workbook and tapes Kurt was selling. We 51 that Kurt wasn't just trying to make a sale. He was offering a 52for us to change our lives and achieve our dreams.
Several important things happened that day. First, we decided to 53 the resources. But more importantly, we made a commitment to 54 together as a couple. From that day on, we learned together, traveled together, and sacrificed together. It was a 55 decision. While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.
36.
| A． |
working |
B． |
preparing |
C． |
thinking |
D． |
eating |
37.
| A． |
suggestion |
B． |
demand |
C． |
plan |
D． |
request |
38.
| A． |
appeal |
B． |
look |
C． |
call |
D． |
qualify |
39.
| A． |
involved |
B． |
trapped |
C． |
lost |
D． |
bathed |
40.
| A． |
lecture |
B． |
speech |
C． |
discussion |
D． |
debate |
41.
| A． |
calculated |
B． |
listened |
C． |
drank |
D． |
explained |
42.
| A． |
eagerly |
B． |
gradually |
C． |
gratefully |
D． |
finally |
43.
| A． |
admitted |
B． |
interrupted |
C． |
apologized |
D． |
complained |
44.
| A． |
automatic |
B． |
slow |
C． |
independent |
D． |
changing |
45.
| A． |
confused |
B． |
informed |
C． |
pleased |
D． |
hit |
46.
| A． |
on loan |
B． |
on purpose |
C． |
on sale |
D． |
on balance |
47.
| A． |
comment |
B． |
announcement |
C． |
decision |
D． |
arrangement |
48.
| A． |
life |
B． |
progress |
C． |
performance |
D． |
investment |
49.
| A． |
contract |
B． |
conversation |
C． |
negotiation |
D． |
argument |
50.
| A． |
lent |
B． |
sold |
C． |
showed |
D． |
offered |
51.
| A． |
recalled |
B． |
defined |
C． |
recognized |
D． |
declared |
52.
| A． |
tool |
B． |
method |
C． |
way |
D． |
rule |
53.
| A． |
provide |
B． |
buy |
C． |
give |
D． |
deliver |
54.
| A． |
grow |
B． |
survive |
C． |
move |
D． |
gather |
55.
| A． |
difficult |
B． |
random |
C． |
firm |
D． |
wise |
This past Thanksgiving Day the boss of the company I work for decided to serve a Thanksgiving meal for the poor. I couldn't this and decided that I wanted to ! I could deliver foods and send out my smile card.
I arrived at my around 11 and found a line of families waiting outside the doors. I wasn't sure I wanted to give my card to because there were so many people there I knew I wanted to give it to a mother.
I served table plates of turkey with all the fixings and slices of pumpkin pie for desert. Everyone was so happy and honestly seemed for what my co-workers and I were doing.
At my last there was an older lady with about eight kids. She looked tired, but that her children were . Smiling at her, I exchanged a few words her and knew that she was a foster mom(养母) and that she would have liked to cook at home she couldn't it because of the size of her family. She then thanked me for time with my family to serve hers.
She a smile and gave me a hug I gave my smile card to her.
At the end of the day I didn't think about how I gave up time with my to do this because I got so out of this special and unforgettable experience, made me so incredibly thankful for I have and I now realize it is important to give back, and not just on the holidays.
A．escape B．accept C．forget D．miss
A．ignore B．sign C．help D．take
A．factory B．company C．home D．farm
A．what B．when C．who D．where
A．but B．so C．and D．while
A．an amount of B．a number of C．the series of D．the number of
A．thankful B．regretful C．confused D．amused
A．round B．table C．turn D．desk
A．surprised B．upset C．happy D．curious
A．sitting B．singing C．laughing D．eating
A．with B．for C．about D．over
A．in case B．as though C．even if D．so that
A．pay B．think C．succeed D．afford
A．putting up B．giving up C．taking up D．making up
A．turned B．forced C．pretended D．broke
A．quickly B．suddenly C．carefully D．immediately
A．family B．friend C．boss D．co-workers
A．much B．little C．many D．few
A．as B．which C．what D．it
A．something B．somebody C．everything D．everybody
As far as I can remember, it was about five o’clock _____ he arrived here.
A．when B．before C．that D．since
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One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the _, the couple went to the front desk hoping to _ for the night.
“Could you _ give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The clerk, a _ man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and _ that there were three conventions(大会) in town.
“All of our _ are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a _ couple like you _ into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning. Would you please be _ to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you _ for the night.”
The couple said no politely.
“Don’t _ me. It is just fine with me,” the clerk told them.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, “You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build _ for you.” The three of them had a good _ .
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten it _ he received a letter from the old man. It recalled(使回忆) that stormy night and contained a round-trip（双程的） _ to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and _ him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.
He then pointed to a great new _ there， a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to ___.”
“You must be _ ,” the young man said.
“I am sure I am not,” said the old man, the name of _ was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young clerk, George C. Bolt became its first manager.
A．rain B．anger C．snow D．hunger
A．leave B．go C．stay D．look
A．surely B．possibly C．really D．freely
A．lazy B．bored C．nervous D．friendly
A．shouted B．explained C．believed D．agreed
A．hotels B．desks C．streets D．rooms
A．nice B．famous C．rich D．common
A．beyond B．off C．out D．under
A．kind B．glad C．good D．generous
A．enjoyable B．helpful C．grateful D．comfortable
A．worry about B．take care of C．make use of D．come up with
A．one B．it C．them D．those
A．sleep B．meal C．laugh D．walk
A．after B．before C．while D．when
A．ticket B．bill C．check D．questionnaire
A．made B．told C．treated D．led
A．building B．car C．bedroom D．place
A．live B．sell C．manage D．rent
A．lying B．joking C．dreaming D．cheating
A．whose B．which C．whom D．who
When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my ______ I found people queuing（排队） some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.（储蓄存款窗口）
_____so? Each did his business _____ but the line never moved a step _____. I was very ____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your _____for other's privacy”—a polite _____to keep people away from nosing into other's _____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the ____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so ____ at a distance that they seemed quite _____to the practice. The ____ thing happened at a public telephone box. _____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of ____ . It's another typical example!
From then on I ___ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other's privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, _____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed．
A．sorrow B．anger C．delight D．surprise
A．Why B．How C．What D．Where
A．in secret B．with care C．in turn D．on turns
A．slower B．nearer C．farther D．longer
A．curious B．angry C．Interested D．impatient
A．care B．respect C．help D．search
A．voice B．phrase C．warning D．sentence
A．pockets B．savings C．needs D．affairs
A．word B．sight C．people D．matters
A．honestly B．anxiously C．Nervously D．calmly
A．used B．familiar C．uncomfortable D．polite
A．interesting B．strange C．same D．different
A．They B．These C．Those D．That
A．sight B．hearing C．Touch D．question
A．went on B．took care C．paid attention D．took charge
A．moving B．shown C．facing D．offered
A．asked B．heard C．Worried D．learned
A．so B．nor C．not only D．if
A．appreciate B．stop C．Hate D．forbid
A．public B．personal C．Small D．Important
One woman is having a very merry Christmas, indeed, all thanks to the honesty and determination of a complete stranger.
“When I saw it, I said, ‘God, this is really a pretty .Somebody's going to heartbroken,” said Shirley Grandey , 62, who was a volunteer for keeping the environment clean.
When Grandey was a large pile of pine needles and dirt at the end of her hard work day, she never to come across someone's diamond ring lying alone among a pile of .
Knowing the ring probably had special , Grandey held onto the jewelry and made it her 16 to find the owner.
“I said, 'Oh God ,I have to find the , "'recalled Grandey before making the decision to contact the TV station, to help the word. "It was definitely a ring. It was intertwined（缠绕）and had their on it．”
Her efforts ．
“The brother of the girl saw it on and told her," said Grandey, who couldn't have been happier to return the ring to its original owner, Julie Sanalitro.
“I was screaming and running around the house,” Sanalitro told the news station. "We always come to our tree from there to celebrate Christmas Day," she said.
When Sanalitro called to the ring, she explained it was a gift from her boyfriend, who had only given it to her two months ago when they reunited.
She was not only able to answer all of Grandey's questions about the ring, she was the original owner, but Grandey added, “I knew it was hers the moment she was walking up.”
“We just hugged each other and she had a few tears," the volunteer explained.
All that Crandey asks from this is simply for people to “pay it forward.” She said. “ I would want someone to give it back to me if I lost my ring, so just try to pay it forward.”
A．gift B．handkerchief C．necklace D．ring
A．putting away B．cleaning up C．keeping up D．bringing up
A．expected B．wanted C．understood D．imagined
A．furniture B．equipment C．luggage D．garbage
A．object B．design C．value D．form
A．duty B．work C．ability D．agreement
A．designer B．owner C．photographer D．artist
A．print B．explore C．spread D．write
A．luck B．wedding C．marriage D．love
A．photos B．names C．addresses D．words
A．paid off B．paid up C．paid back D．paid out
A．television B．telephone C．radio D．phone
A．nice B．lost C．ugly D．lovely
A．take B．buy C．get D．lift
A．rescue B．transport C．convey D．describe
A．recently B．immediately C．actively D．likely
A．successfully B．properly C．obviously D．similarly
A．remembering B．ensuring C．forgetting D．telling
A．kind B．angry C．close D．learned
A．accident B．origin C．experience D．evidence
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