I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they found that Black Wednesday were going to at our local theatre, they all bought for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother offered me the ticket. I was really !
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became . I could barely make out the stage in the . We waited. Then there was a from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band stepped onto the stage. My brother leaned over and something in my ear, but I couldn’t what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as as a jet engine.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the played. I just remember that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just woken from a long . My ears were still ringing with the beat of the last song.
After the performance, I became a Black Wednesday fan too.
A.members B.friends C.fans D.volunteers
A.stay B.perform C.sing D.dance
A.flowers B.drinks C.clothes D.tickets
A.relaxed B.embarrassed C.excited D.encouraged
A.seats B.entrance C.spots D.space
A.comfortable B.quiet C.serious D.nervous
A.silence B.noise C.darkness D.smoke
A.shout B.roar C.scream D.whisper
A.put B.found C.shouted D.whispered
A.hear B.forget C.repeat D.bear
A.loud B.clear C.sweet D.fast
A.man B.band C.woman D.musician
A.continue B.delay C.finish D.change
A.theatre B.party C.opera D.stage
A.rest B.walk C.talk D.sleep
How many times have you been discouraged by obstacles and difficulties? Most of the time, we think that there is some sort of outside force that prevents us from being happy. Well, the truth is -that“ force" you are thinking of is actually your .
Yes, your own attitude is may prevent you from achieving fulfillment(成就感). Although the heart is the lifeline of the body, _ , the brain actually affects your entire being. If you tell yourself that you are not good enough, then eventually, the body does the same. Knowing this, you must condition your consciousness into thinkingthat you can have a fulfilling life.
People around you may sometimes tell you that you cannot do certain things, but who are they to your life journey? If you tell yourself that people often pull you down in an effort to bring you to their (low) level, then you a small victory. Take that the ones who say that you can never be successful are the ones who are in their own lives. Those losers are not supposed to spoil your life. You are only what you yourself to be.
Learning to believe in yourself is overcoming .Many people are afraid of trying because they are afraid of failing.Remember the _, and then being able to overcome it is a victory in itself. So you create a strong belief in yourself. your limits, ever if that means more , and condition your spirit into realizing that all these help you achieve your true strength as a person.Once you learn this, you will quickly find that you are able to do much more than you even that you could.
The single most important to becoming successful in any area of your life comes clown to the way you think. Spend time every day feeding your mind with powerful education, mindset(思维模式)and knowledge and find other successful people to see what they did that you can start to .
A.naturally B.willingly C.unbelievably D.accidentally
A.positive B.interesting C.negative D.optimistic
A.body B.mind C.heart D.life
A.which B.that C.what D.why
A.on the other hand B.on the contrary C.as a result D.in a word
A.carefully B.rudely C.gently D.unconsciously
A.meanwhile B.otherwise C.seldom D.therefore
A.continue B.break C.plan D.strike
A.decline B.achieve C.expect D.miss
A.charge B.control C.part D.note
A.unfortunate B.unsuccessful C.unimportant D.unrealistic
A.allow B.make C.force D.object
A.shame B.mistake C.crisis D.fear
A.punishment B.story C.failure D.assessment
A.Lower B.Establish C.Challenge D.Follow
A.defeats B.admiration C.inspiration D.findings
A.victories B.falls C.experience D.doubts
A.broadcast B.imagined C.sentenced D.caught
A.lesson B.similarity C.shelter D.key
A.model B.submit C.share D.interview
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so that he didn’t know what to do with .The person who had gone in him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. James. He felt that she had already got the . The problem was that he wanted this job 47 .It meant to him. He had it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself brilliantly at the interview and the job immediately. But now here he was feeling .He couldn’t all those things he had to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and .But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
A.healthy B.nervous C.careless D.confident
A.the managing director B.the woman C.himself D.the situation
A.by B.with C.before D.after
A.Not like B.So did C.Do as D.Do like
A.doubtful B.sure C.angry D.astonishing
A.reward B.first C.prize D.job
A.hopelessly B.naturally C.easily D.so much
A.everything B.happiness C.difficulty D.nothing
A.dreamed of B.learned of C.thought about D.talked about
A.explaining B.performing C.answering D.performed
A.offered B.asked for C.being offered D.being asked for
A.crazy B.excited C.probable D.terrible
A.depend on B.afford C.believe in D.remember
A.kept B.been taught C.planned D.been supplied
A.leave B.go in C.prepare D.practise
A.take back B.put off C.give up D.put down
A.ugly B.pleased C.sad D.pretty
A.noticed B.loved C.missed D.hated
A.thought B.hoped C.wished D.regretted
A.shaking B.bending C.walking D.stopping
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“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked.When the baby was placed in her arms, she was .The baby had been born without ears.Time that the baby’s hearing was perfect.It was only his that was damaged.When he rushed home from school one day and himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, that he would have many heartbreaks in his life.He grew up and became a(n) with his classmates.He might________have been class president, but for that.The boy’s father with the family physician in secret.“Could ________ be done?” the father asked.“I believed I could________on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got.” the doctor answered.So the ________ began for a person who would make such a ________ for a young man.Two years went by.Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son.Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need.________it’s a secret,” said the father.The operation was very ________ , and a new person appeared.“But I must know!” he urged his father.“Who ________ so much to me? I could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father.The secret was ________ for years till he stood with his father over his mother’s coffin(棺材).Slowly and ________ , his father raised his mother’s thick brown hair to ________that his mother had no outer ears.“Mother said she was ________ she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought she was less________ , did they?”
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的四个选项(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。
Still in shock I wandered about the house trying to decide what to put into the suitcases._____ that evening I had received a call from my hometown in Missouri telling me that my brother and his wife had been killed in a car _____. “ Come as soon as you can,” ______ my mother.
While Larry, my husband, made plane ______ for the following morning, I aimlessly____ things and put them down. I couldn’t focus. Occasionally, someone phoned and said, “ _____ there’s anything I can do, let me know.” “Thank you very much, ” I’d_____. But I didn’t know what to ask for.
When the _____ rang, I _____ slowly and opened the door, seeing Emerson, our neighbor, standing on the porch(门廊). “ I’ve come to ______ your shoes,” he said. Confused, I asked him to repeat. “I just want to _____you. I remember when my father died, it _____me hours to get the children’s shoes cleaned and shined for the funeral. So that’s what I’ve come to do for you. Give me all your shoes-not just your good shoes ,but all your shoes.”
While Emerson_____ newspaper on the kitchen floor, I gathered Larry’s shoes, my heels and the children’s ______ shoes. While we cleared the supper dishes, he continued to work, saying nothing.
One by one , the jobs fell into ____. I went into the laundry room to put a load of wash into the dryer, returning to the kitchen to find that Emerson had left. In a line against one wall stood all our shoes, spotless. I could put the shoes _____ into the suitcase.
Now, whenever I _____an acquaintance who has lost a loved one, I no longer call with the vague(含糊的) offer, “ If there’s anything I can do…” Now I try to think of one_____ task that suits that person’s need –such washing the family car, house-sitting _____the funeral…And if the person says to me, “ How did you know I needed that done?” I reply, “It’s because a man ____cleaned my shoes. ”
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In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things have come to represent, in fact, what I call and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did the water. Any kind of ride seemed to give him pleasure. he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being the water, moving through it, it all around me. I was not a strong , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my fathers’ office and those summer days with my father, who come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his . But my father always and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s .” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get an ice cream...
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is .”And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but , in that childhood, looks at us.
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I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager of the restaurant came and said that our meal was free. He stood there at me and he seemed a little to me but I couldn’t quite remember him. I asked him if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably him, but that I’d changed his life. My friend was quite and asked him how I’d done this.
He said that twelve years ago he a stress(压力)management(管理)class that I was giving. I asked the group what their greatest was and most of them, including him, said it was their bosses.
He said I listened and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I on the chair for a few moments and then I everyone to come and do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from up there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to how the room looked different when they changed their perspective(角度).
Then I asked them to their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good and hired them? Did they remember how happy they were to be for the job? But how did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had said thank you to his boss for the to earn a living. He answered he hadn’t. Then I asked him why he hadn’t tried being to his boss.
He told us his changed that night. He went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his boss. He said I’d him to look at life from different perspectives and express thanks.
A.over B.out C.back D.on
A.glaring B.smiling C.knocking D.shouting
A.similar B.attractive C.strange D.familiar
A.Immediately B.Suddenly C.Finally D.Firstly
A.disliked B.forgotten C.known D.ignored
A.anxious B.curious C.happy D.calm
A.missed B.attended C.prepared D.heard
A.stress B.hero C.liking D.trouble
A.regretfully B.disappointedly C.carefully D.doubtfully
A.stood B.lay C.sat D.rested
A.invited B.forced C.stopped D.warned
A.work on B. look into C.think about D.fill out
A.remember B.dislike C.consider D.respect
A.personalities B.qualities C.experiences D.looks
A.chosen B.meant C.refused D.forgiven
A.still B.actually C.ever D.never
A.right B.solution C.opportunity D.ability
A.grateful B.polite C.friendly D.gentle
A.job B.life C.luck D.company
A.ordered B.allowed C.persuaded D.taught
As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to a little pocket money.
One day I on the door of an elderly woman and asked if she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in and I showed her my worn coat, which no longer kept me warm. She me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be now.” She then took out a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to me with your report card and I will you when I see you have worked hard and have some good . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much as you can.”
I put my hands in the jar and grabbed so much money that it was for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time showed her that I had an “A”.
I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge this wonderful lady made over my life with her . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.
A.save B.give C.earn D.change
A.turned B.knocked C.worked D.looked
A.school B.time C.trouble D.bed
A.allowed B.forced C.helped D.stopped
A.punished B.tested C.praised D.paid
A.boring B.new C.fine D.terrible
A.keep B.buy C.remove D.make
A.visit B.forgive C.welcome D.serve
A.recognize B.reward C.understand D.protect
A.goals B.stories C.marks D.ideas
A.room B.money C.food D.time
A.rare B.enough C.simple D.special
A.promised B.discovered C.knew D.admitted
A.decision B.progress C.mistake D.difference
A.courage B.kindness C.honesty D.happiness
I arrived late one night, on a business trip, and had dinner in a restaurant. As I was finishing my meal, an old couple came in to dine. They were holding hands and had smiles on their faces. Shortly after I ended a 20-year , I still had pain in my heart and I was at the love they show for one another. As a result, when I paid my bill I gave the waiter another $50 to pay the couple’s bill and then left without them.
The next day my business meeting two hours before the flight back to Houston. So I had enough time left to enter the restaurant to dine . After I had been , the waiter, from the night before, came up to my table . She can’t wait to tell me what happened after I last night: when the old couple were that another guest had paid for them, they asked whom it was. The waiter said that she had never me before, and told them what I told her, “I just wanted to repay for the true love that they were showing.” Feeling surprised , they , and paid the bills for another two young couples saying “Love begets (产生) love”. I with delight and said “ That’s nice”. Then I read the menu and my meal.
When my dinner was and I intended to pay, my waiter was to be found. I had to walk over to the Hostess Stand and that I needed to pay for my meal and hurry to the . She said that my had paid for me just to repay the joy that I brought to the faces of the elderly couple and the amazement of the two young couples.
A.bitter B.lovely C.standard D.stressful
A.job B.date C.marriage D.journey
A.amazed B.angry C.confused D.sad
A.comparing B.encountering C.recognizing D.greeting
A.lasted B.started C.ended D.held
A.again B.either C.instead D.altogether
A.seated B.served C.dressed D.focused
A.anxiously B.crazily C.hopefully D.quickly
A.arrived B.left C.slept D.escaped
A.comforted B.reminded C.warned D.told
A.charged B.appreciated C.seen D.helped
A.you B.me C.her D.them
A.looked around B.turned up C.went over D.dressed up
A.believed B.admitted C.smiled D.shook
A.booked B.ordered C.paid D.finished
A.full B.over C.cold D.available
A.somewhere B.anywhere C.nowhere D.everywhere
A.protested B.explained C.declared D.remarked
A.hotel B.office C.airport D.station
A.waiter B.boss C.hostess D.friend
When I was six years old, my parents and I were in London for a one-month vacation. One day when my mother and I were down Oxford Street, I felt too to walk any more, so I asked my mother to take the subway.
At first, she to take it because she said the weather was very and it was better to walk. I started . She told me to stop immediately, but I didn’t pay attention to what she was . For about an hour, I didn’t stop crying. My mother became very with me. I didn’t stop. I just ran away from her. I ran as as I could.
The street was really crowded, so she couldn’t me. Then, I entered one of the biggest shops. There was a coffee house on the second floor. I went , sat in a chair, and started crying again. All of the people in the coffee shop came around me. They were to me, but I didn’t understand English at all. After that, they the police station, and a policeman came to the coffee shop. He tried to talk to me, but I just crying. Then he took the small bag that I was , opened it and found my hotel address and number. When he phoned the hotel, my answered the phone.
In the end, the policeman took me to the . My father was standing in front of the hotel door. He talked to the policeman, and then he asked me what had and where my mother was. I told him everything, and I also told him that I was that my mother was very angry with me.
When my mother came back, she was crying. But when she saw me, she hugged me and kissed me. She talked to my father about everything. of them told me not to do anything like that in the future because maybe one day I wouldn’t find anyone to help me. They wouldn’t forgive(原谅) me if I did it again.
A.running B.walking C.visiting D.driving
A.tired B.mad C.happy D.sad
A.agreed B.refused C.suggested D.managed
A.horrible B.windy C.nice D.cold
A.talking B.laughing C.singing D.crying
A.hearing B.regarding C.thinking D.saying
A.angry B.strict C.satisfied D.familiar
A.excitedly B.slowly C.quickly D.carelessly
A.search B.educate C.forgive D.follow
A.outside B.inside C.upon D.down
A.advising B.talking C.listening D.coming
A.called B.remembered C.measured D.left
A.stopped B.preferred C.regretted D.continued
A.catching B.carrying C.gaining D.buying
A.serial B.lucky C.phone D.license
A.mother B.guide C.father D.waiter
A.hotel B.shop C.street D.station
A.forgotten B.happened C.damaged D.lost
A.worried B.concerned C.afraid D.angry
A.None B.Either C.Neither D.Both
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a fake(假货). When he was of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, cost nearly 100,000, into pieces hearing Glen’s words. Glen was Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined . For many times of entry-exit he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of , which he would remember as the of his success forever.
A.set up B.took up C.went up D.picked up
A.honors B.mentions C.brings D.owes
A.decided B.refused C.objected D.asked
A.books B.things C.savings D.pounds
A.ordinary B.routine C.regular D.common
A.look B.inspection C.test D.experiment
A.one B.it C.them D.these
A.priceless B.useful C.worthless D.valuable
A.afraid B.proud C.ashamed D.hard
A.that B.what C.as D.which
A.on B.at C.who D.in
A.disappointed B.delighted C.amazed D.satisfied
A.strictly B.quietly C.quickly D.curiously
A.conditions B.experiences C.experiments D.chances
A.stopped B.hoped C.warned D.urged
A.came out B.found out C.sent out D.set out
A.hit B.blamed C.praised D.charged
A.expression B.idea C.thought D.impression
A.honesty B.lies C.goods D.bravery
A.secret B.lesson C.choice D.belief
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(后视镜), 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 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
David grew up poor. He started working in the 7th grade and by high school he was only going to school half days, at 11 am to go to work.
Lack of money meant lack of educational opportunities, but he had a to learn. In his spare time he read books that he thought would him succeed somewhere down the road.
He was a hard worker, and rose above(克服) his of higher education to provide for his family, factory life had a bad effect on him physically, emotionally and . It was, in his mind, killing him like a slow poison.
In 1995 he bought his first computer and a few months later discovered the Internet. He wanted to be a part of it, and worked 48 or hours a week in the factory, and worked another 40 or more hours a week himself computer skills. He worked harder than he 4 had in his life, surfing the Internet over 100 hours a week.
David began jobs in the Internet and computer fields. He was many times, but he never gave up. He had a goal and kept after it he didn’t feel like it because else seemed so hopeless. That kind of drive and perseverance almost always . David left the factory and took a job in the computing field.
This is a true story about , a story about believing in ; a story about finding what you love to do and your dreams.
My hope in writing this story is that, if you have a dream, you’ll be enough to see it through(进行到底). It’s up to you to it. Remember that even the farthest always starts with the first step.
A.starting B.leaving C.arriving D.studying
A.time B.hope C.hunger D.chance
A.let B.have C.see D.help
A.lack B.choice C.favor D.desire
A.and B.so C.but D.as
A.individually B.spiritually C.energetically D.evidently
A.more B.fewer C.smaller D.some
A.showing B.teaching C.improving D.acquiring
A.even B.never C.ever D.just
A.doing B.creating C.applying for D.taking up
A.turned off B.put down C.held up D.turned down
A.even when B.if only C.even the D.as if
A.anywhere B.somewhere C.anything D.something
A.pays back B.puts off C.gets in D.pays off
A.wealth B.determination C.hardship D.love
A.yourself B.himself C.herself D.itself
A.developing B.following C.continuing D.reaching
A.demanded B.expected C.inspired D.attracted
A.get B.make C.conduct D.perform
A.journey B.distance C.life D.future
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a fake. When he was of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, cost nearly 100,000, into pieces hearing Glen’s words. Glen was . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined . For many times of entry-exit he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if reusing and carrying fake and shoddy(劣质的)goods, he would be according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of , which he would remember as the of his success forever.
A.set up B.took up C.went up D.picked up
A.honors B.mentions C.brings D.owes
A.decided B.refused C.objected D.asked
A.books B.things C.savings D.pounds
A.receive B.accept C.refuse D.agree
A.look B.inspection C.test D.experiment
A.one B.it C.them D.these
A.priceless B.useful C.worthless D.valuable
A.afraid B.proud C.ashamed D.hard
A.that B.what C.as D.which
A.on B.at C.who D.in
A.disappointed B.delighted C.amazed D.satisfied
A.strictly B.quietly C.quickly D.curiously
A.conditions B.experiences C.experiments D.chances
A.stopped B.hoped C.warned D.urged
A.came out B.found out C.sent out D.set out
A.hit B.blamed C.praised D.charged
A.expression B.idea C.thought D.impression
A.honesty B.lies C.goods D.bravery
A.secret B.lesson C.choice D.belief
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Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the . He loved to read and often needed to the books he’d read in order to borrow more books. One unintended of his nonstop reading habits was that he even at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to him that, on certain social , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so , and he always wanted to win. And he often . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so . He didn’t just want to learn about things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped his curiosity in every way. an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the exists somewhere. All you have to do is it.
Bill remains as much of a today as when he was a child, and he seems to everything he reads. He’s often to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.
A.school B.library C.office D.museum
A.pick B.store C.talk D.return
A.advantage B.explanation C.discovery D.consequence
A.play B.laugh C.read D.study
A.advise B.promise C.warn D.convince
A.issues B.occasions C.services D.duties
A.could B.should C.would D.might
A.sincere B.crazy C.competitive D.positive
A.went B.did C.failed D.proved
A.confident B.curious C.diligent D.excellent
A.simple B.past C.some D.any
A.develop B.protect C.examine D.follow
A.If B.Until C.Though D.Because
A.teacher B.newspaper C.dictionary D.partner
A.person B.answer C.book D.matter
A.use B.find C.tell D.ask
A.reader B.speaker C.maker D.user
A.imagine B.believe C.remember D.create
A.afraid B.eager C.careful D.sure
A.now and again B.at all time C.just now D.no longer