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。
Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables.In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me.I could see that he hadn’t longed to ____, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank!” I cried in astonishment.He couldn’t _ __, as I knew, but all the time ___ his foot against mine.
My ____ raced back more than thirty years to the ___ days of 1941, when I was a student in London.The ____ was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night.Two of the regulars were Mrs.West and her son Frank.
____ wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to____ each other very well.Frank West ____ me because he wasn’t __ _, not even at birth.His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had ____ of a mind than a baby has.His “____” consisted of rough sounds-sounds of pleasure or anger and ____ more.Mrs.West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she has to be, of course, because Frank ____ on her entirely.He needed all the ____ of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs.West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder.She ____ nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the ____ ones.So before we____ that morning, I stood beside Frank and _____ my right foot against his.They were about the same size.That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank.But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine.After that, his.____ to me was always the same.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
A little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world because a disease made his leg lame.He ____ played with his classmates.When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always ____ his head without a word.
One ___, the boy's father asked for some saplings (树苗) from the neighbor.He wanted the ____ to plant a sapling each person in front of the house.The father said, “Whose sapling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite ____.”Seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, however, the boy had an idea.He hoped that the tree he planted would ____ soon.So, after watering it once or twice，he never ____ it.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was ____ to find that it didn't fade but grew some fresh leaves.____ the trees of his brothers and sisters, his tree was even greener.His father kept his ____, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said that from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding ____ when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy slowly became ____.One night, he lay on the bed but could not sleep.Then he got up and came to the ____.To his surprise, his ____ was splashing something onto his tree.__35__，he understood—his father had been ____ fertilizing his small tree! He returned to his room，____ running down.
____ passed.The little boy didn't become a botanist, but he was elected President of the United States.His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
Love is the ___ nourishment (营养) of life.____ it is just a drop of clear water, it can still help the tree of life thrive (茁壮成长)．
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There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄榄园）．He was very hardworking, and the always prospered（繁荣）under his care．But he knew that his three looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.
When the farmer was and felt that he would die, he the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons tried to him to tell them in what part of the orchard the was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They until they had turned up the from one end of the orchard to the other, the tree-roots and between them． no pot of gold was to be found．It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits．The three sons were bitterly to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive , the olive trees in the orchard bore（结果实）more fruit than they had given; when it was , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard．Dig for it, if you wish it.”
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Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探)．It seems just like the lottery(彩票), but better you get fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream．But everything last week in Beijing．I was eating dinner with some friends．As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me．I was that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without it.
“You are a white man,” she said when she got to our table.
“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.
“Can you speak ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good．Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest _ _ .
The woman, a talent agent (经纪人), had a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to __．She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one _ ．My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then _ the club．When I got to the club, I was supposed to to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man．We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line or walk without tripping(绊倒), but I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward．“You are so ．I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou． , it seems that my _ “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English． , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the ．If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!
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A little boy wanted to meet God. He thought it was a long trip to where God lived, he packed his suitcase with lots of food and drinks and he started his.
When he had gone about three blocks, he an elderly man. The boy sat down next to him and his suitcase. He was about to take a drink when he noticed that the man looked , so he offered him a drink.
The man it and smiled at the boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he him another one.
The man smiled at him. They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy it was time to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he , ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man him his biggest smile ever.
When the boy home a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of on his face. She asked him what made him so happy.
He replied, “I had lunch with God, and God’s got the most beautiful I’ve ever seen!”
Meanwhile, the elderly man returned to his home. His son was by the look of joy on his face and asked him the question as the little boy’s mother. The elderly man replied, “I ate and drank in the park with God.” However, he , before his son responded, “You know, he’s much than I expected.”
Too often we underestimate the of a touch, a smile, a kind word, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. We should treat the people we meet ; they come into our lives for a reason. Embrace all equally!
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.”－Jeff Bezos
I got the to start Amazon 16 years ago. I the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew so fast, and the idea of building an bookstore with millions of titles was very to me. I had just turned 30, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife that I wanted to my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t , and I wasn’t sure what to . She told me I should the idea. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my .
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a boss that I admired very much. I went to my boss and with him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult , but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret and failing. And I suspected I would always be by the decision not to try at all. After much consideration, I took the less path to follow my dream, and I’m of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In October, 2004, an important man, the Russian President came to visit us. Putin was in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, in 1952. He came to in 2000. Four years later, he was again the president.
Putin does a good job Russia great. People say that he is serious and capable. But young Putin wasn’t a top student . His student’s book and diary from 40 years this. At a time when the top grade was five, Putin got three for maths and science. His art was worse, only two. What’s your subject? Putin liked German most. He wrote German when he was notes. He even put word cards in the textbook to remember German words! Have you ever with friends in class? Putin did the same. He would secretly tell others to say when the teacher was asking them for a (an) . seemed that young Putin was not good at remembering things. He forgot to finish his maths homework.. Once he forgot to school uniform. His teacher had to him to get out of the classroom. young Putin did very well in the moral class （品德课）. He always got marks. He also showed a strong of his motherland at an early age. He wrote a poem for when he was in primary school.
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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 son Joey was born with clubfeet （畸形足）. The doctors told us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in . By the time he was eight, you he had a problem when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would and play, too. We told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross country . Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others perhaps he that the abilities that seemed to come to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential（可能性）to points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never the team, so he didn’t know.
He to run four to five miles a day, every day even the day he had a 103 degree fever. I was , so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt, “ ,” he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn’t run four miles with a 103 degree fever. So he didn’t know.
Two weeks later, the name of the team runners were . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was only in seventh--the other six team members were all .We never told him he shouldn’t to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know. He just did it.
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As I entered womanhood, mom told me that no matter what happened and no matter what I did, I could always come home. Because of what those words meant to me, I said the same thing to my .
My childhood was filled with — a lot of kisses，lots of hugs, and lots of spoken “I love you”. Because of what those meant to me, I my sons the same things.
My mom came from a family and had a difficult childhood，yet she never about how unlucky she was. my mom, I saw love’s ability to forgive.
I saw my sweet mom love my Grandpa, he had abandoned her and my Grandma and failed to for their needs; I never saw mom treat Grandpa any way but lovingly, even though he was far from . I learned how love behaves and forgives.
I watched my mom my 100-year-old grandma who，in her blindness，deafness and feebleness(虚弱)，needed almost care. When I was in her home, I heard what I’ve heard all my life, “I love you, mom.” They would this to each other at least five times a — when mom got Grandma up，made her comfortable in bed，or prepared her . And I would hear love’s when Grandma said, “And I love you too.”
Love forgives and , not focusing on what has happened. , love’s focus is on what needs to be done and on doing it the we can.
My mom taught me to love；she told me to it on to my children, and she forgiveness herself.
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War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. It was a battle of wills over what college I was to attend. Mom wanted me to attend a famous school, and I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, we argued, shouted and gave treatments until both sides went to bed with regrets.
It was mostly my . Since my junior year of high school, I had at being a nurse. I took all the science courses, and even worked as a in my town’s local hospital. My was to help the sick and be superwoman to the world.
Yet, graduation and college neared, it all changed.Treating the sick was , but not what I was meant to do for the of my life. I could picture myself in hospitals, making rounds, and taking , but I couldn’t picture myself happy. It wasn’t the I wanted.
Then, I realized I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could . I loved it, and writing was what I had been doing as a . It was going to be my career. And it had to be.
On August 1st, Mom and I sat down at the dinner table and I told her that she had every to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school. If it was her choice not to any of my college education, then I would take a year off to work and earn money so I could go to the college I wanted.
Standing by my decision to be a writer had my firm belief to my mom. Finally we were at , and she decided to support me, which the world to me.
Before that time, I had never stood up my parents on any major decision. Choosing which college to attend me to become a separate and complete adult. I am now finished with my first semester as a Professional Writing major and I cannot wait to see what comes next.
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From the very beginning, the girl’s family objected strongly to her dating this guy. Due to the family’s , the couple quarreled very often. After two years, the guy and decided to further his studies overseas. Before he said to the girl, “I’m not very good with , but all I know is that I love you. If you me, I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?”The girl . With the guy’s determination, the family gave in and agreed to let them get married. So before he left, they got engaged (订婚).
When the guy was continuing his overseas, they sent their through emails and phone calls. Though it was , both never thought of giving up.
One day, the girl was knocked down by a car and the impact (撞击) on her brain her to lose her voice. All that could come out of her was just a sigh. Not wanting to be a burden to the guy, she wrote him a letter, saying she didn’t want to any longer. In return, the guy sent countless and phone calls. All the girl could do was crying.The parents decided to , hoping she could forget everything and be . In a new environment, the girl learnt sign language and started a life.
One day, the guy was and stood in front of her. He used sign language telling her“I’ve spent a year’s time learning sign language just to let you know I’ve not forgotten our . Let me have the chance to be your . I love you.” The girl finally smiled.
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It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A ____ came，“Nice shirt，” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said，“That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg's mother works for my family. We were going to ____ that shirt away，but gave it to her ____.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I ____ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ____，“I will no longer work for your family，” she told him. That night，Mom told my dad that she couldn't clean anymore; she knew her life's ____ was something greater.
The next morning，she ____ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education，she could not teach. So Mom decided to ____ a university.
After the first year in college，she went back to the personnel manager. He said，“You are ____，aren't you? I think I have a ____ for you as a teacher's assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of____.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ____.
For almost five years，as a teacher's assistant，she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit，feeling ____.Then one day，the personnel manager and the principal ____ in her classroom. The principal said，“We have watched how you ____ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hardworking ____ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you ____ be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there.____ her career，she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ____ comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle ____ situations and never give up.
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My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were , and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look .
We finally did and it was at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n) —far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn’t us. They renewed their offer . It was also much more than we could afford, but far than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the directly. We made our final offer, which was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer’s bid. We knew it, we had to try.
“Sold!” said the owner. Then he : He’d seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we’d the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the in the price “an early wedding present.”
That’s how we found our home and how I learned that when people are they are not strangers, only friends we haven’t yet met.
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When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling. I left there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car，I my father and said, “Dad，I want to people feel like that.” My father asked me what I meant. I said to him, “I want to be a speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied . A dream was born.
Recently, I began seeking my dream of motivating others. a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager，I left the company at the height of my career. Many people were that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my to start my own company and leave my secure position after a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a that changed my life. He asked us. “If a god would you three wishes，what would they be?”After giving us a moment to write down the three wishes，he then asked us，“Why do you need a ?”I would never forget the I felt at that moment. I realized that everything I had in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was born.
Having made that decision, I was immediately . One week after I gave notice, my husband was laid off from his job, and now we had no . But I held fast to my dream. The wonder really began to happen. In a short time my husband found a better job. And I was able to book several engagements with new customers. I discovered the incredible power of dreams.
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Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets him, especially those who are .For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that ?He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's _. His briefcase always has some gloves. In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and the street .He looks around at .He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he , looking for more people with cold .On winter days, Mr. Greenberg gloves. During the rest of the year, he gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment. Mr. Greenberg doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them .It runs in the .Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the .A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
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