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The most important lesson I learned in high school had nothing to do with maths or American history. It came at graduation, several minutes before I left Miramonte High School.
I was rather shy back then, content to ________ around with my few friends and to concentrate on my ________I was doing so well that by the end of senior year I had perfect scores and enough ________to go to college.
But my good record soon became a ________to my well-being. In early June of senior year, the headmaster called me into his office. He asked me to give a leave-taking speech at graduation. I looked at him, my heart ________ fast. This was the________ for my hard work? I said something, but not very clearly, and hurried away from the office.
I was ________ about the decision, finally agreeing to compromise. I wasn’t the only speaker — I would ________ the honor with five other students. Still, it was doubtful whether the task was ________me. How in the world would I give a speech to hundreds of people?
Graduation day soon arrived and, as ________, I was nervous. I’d been practicing my speech for days, and I had it________. But I had never been so ________ in my life. The first half hour of the ceremony passed, and then my ________ came. My name was announced. I managed to reach the platform without falling down. But within minutes, I finished my speech, ________ back to my seat and feeling unsatisfied with my performance.
Now I still have the ________of that speech. My voice trembled a little, but 56 it was clear and strong. I’m proud of that tape. I achieved something I’d never________ — I spoke in front of hundreds of people. ________ I didn’t realize it at the time, the successful completion of that speech gave me the ________to participate in class at college, to give oral reports, and to eventually break free of my ________ .
I never would have chosen to give a speech at graduation. But I am glad I did. I know it may well turn out to be one of my shining moments.
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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。
A white-bearded ancient man was walking over the hills and valleys of the world. On his back he carried a bag which moved uneasily as if something was trying to escape from it, but he ________ it between his shoulders and walked on.
He was Father Time, travelling forever, and the bag he ________ was filled with Tomorrows, all struggling to get out.
Each ________ at twelve o’clock, he opened the bag and ________outa Tomorrow, just one, with its wings of________, and its shining feathers rose with hope. All the rest were kept ________ by Time’s strong hands and pushed________ in the bag.
Down flew the Tomorrow ________ its lovely feathers, but as it touched the ________ , off fell its blue wings and it changed to a(n) ________ white bird which could not fly. It had become a Today. Everyone knows that Today isn’t as ________ as Tomorrow , for Today can be held in one’s________, accepted, unloved, but Tomorrow is full of mystery and beauty. It is ________ by all the world. Even those with ________ hope sigh, “Tomorrow may bring a(n) ________ . Tomorrow’s life will be different.”
Everybody tried to ________ the Tomorrow before it fell to the ground. They thought if they ________ beforehand what the Tomorrow carries, they could ________ for it. So they put great nets on the trees, seeking to catch one ________ it changed his feather. Yet although they tried every means, the birds ________ and flew to the ground as Todays.
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完形填空
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Once upon, there were two traveling angels who stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was impolite and ________ to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead, the angels were given a space in the ________ underground room. As they ________ their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the ________ and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel ________ ,"Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very ________ , but very kind farmer and his wife. ________ sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed ________ they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in ________ . Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay ________ in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, "How could this ________ ? Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had ________ , yet you watched over his house," she accused. "The second family had little but was ________ to share everything, and you did not help."
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we ________ in the underground room, I noticed there was gold ________ in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to ________ his good fortune, I asked God if I could ________ the wall so he couldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow______________ . You see, things aren't always what they seem. "
Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don’t ________ the way they should. You need to ________ that every outcome is always to your advantage. You might not know it until some time later.
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完形填空,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。
That Christmas Eve, the streets of Boston were crowded with tourists and locals in various clothes. It seemed that everyone was accompanied by someone else laughing. ________ , I was alone.
My ________ was in Puerto Rico. My family and friends had gone home during their holiday break. Dusk was falling, and the inevitable (不可避免的) ________ to my empty apartment brought tears to my eyes. I ________ someone would come out of their homes to ask me inside to a ________ room with a Christmas tree decorated with presents.
I stopped at the local market, feeling even more ________ as people filled their baskets with goodies, which ________me of the gifts we received as children in Puerto Rico on Christmas Day. I ________ my family parties: the dancing. Thinking of this, I wanted to ________ for being alone.
In front of the church down the ________, a manger (马槽) had been set up, with Mary, Joseph, and the barn (畜棚) animals in expectation of the ________ of baby Jesus in the midnight. I stood with my neighbors watching the ________. As I walked home, I realized that the ________ of Joseph and Mary wandering from door to door seeking shelter was much like my own history. ________ Puerto Rico was still a wound in my heart as I ________ with what I had become in 15 years in the United States. I’d regretted the losses, but I ________ for the first time and recognized what I’d gained. I was independent, educated, healthy, and adventurous. My life was ________ before me, full of possibility.
Sometimes the best gift is the one you ________yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself credit for what I’d ________ so far and permission to go forward, unafraid. It is the best ________ I’ve ever received, the one that I most treasure.
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完形填空,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。
I met Ryan, a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), in my biology class. My simple "Hello!" and his cheerful reply were the ________ to our friendship from the first day of school. There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school. He was in a great deal of ________ after having a surgery on his legs, but he ________ his sufferings from everyone.
In our junior year, we found that we didn't ________ a single class. This was not a problem, though. We just talked a little more in the hallway________passing periods. That year seemed to fly by. One day, Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner's flag that would ________ the spot where Ryan would ________ his Olympic torch run. He gently explained that he would be honored ________ I would accept this position for him. The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone ________to him. He said I was the only true friend he had ________made that talked to him and not to his wheel chair. How could I________ such a request?
On the morning of June 5th, as I walked down the sidewalk, my heart ________and my mind became a factory of questions. I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would ________ the huge crowd of thousands of people.
After the van arrived, the other runners got out and lined up outside the van, chanting his name, "Ryan! Ryan!" Then all of the people ________ in, “Ryan! Ryan!” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground. There he was, in all his ________ .
It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch. The runner lit Ryan's torch and then Ryan began his ________ . As he took off down the street, the chanting became louder and louder. The________ filled the air and even I felt like I was on cloud number nine. I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！ He ________ this moment in time --a historic moment--a moment that he was a part of and________ me to be a part of, too.
Mr. Weinheimer, the next torch runner, bent over and gave Ryan a hug. That moment will last in time forever. It symbolized the whole ________of the flame: love, excitement, enthusiasm, brotherhood, and life of any man. The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.
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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、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once a young man, a horse trainer’s son, was dreaming of owning a horse ranch(养马场) of his own though his family wasn’t rich.
When he was a senior, he was asked to write a __ __ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper _ _ his goal. He wrote it in great _______ and he even drew a ____________ of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables(马厩) and the track. But two days later he _________ his paper back with a large red ___________ on the front page and a note that reads, “See me after ____________.”
The boy with the __________ went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I get an F?” The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a __________ young boy like you. You come from a family with no resources. Owning a horse ranch __________ a lot of money. There’s no __________ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you will _________ this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and __________ about it long and hard. He asked his _________ what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to ________ your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important ________ for you.” Finally, the boy turned in the same paper making no ___________ at all. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.” Years later, the boy ________ his dream.
Later, his teacher admitted when seeing his ranch, “When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream ___________. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption(进取心) not to __________ yours.”
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完形填空,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。
You Did More Than Carry My Books
Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark ________ down and helped the boy pick up these articles.________ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark,_________ the boy's name was Bill, that he _________ computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of ________with his other subjects and that he had just broken ________ with his girl friend.
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was ________ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed ________ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They ________ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before ________, Bill asked Mark if they ________ talk. Bill ________him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ________ wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I _________ out my locker（寄物柜） because I didn't want to leave a mess （脏乱） __________anyone else. I had planned to run away and I was going home to ________ my things. But after we spent some time together ________ and laughing, I realized that ________ I had done that, I would have ________ a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You ________ my life.”
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完型填空
A couple of months ago I was renting a house to work from. I was fairly well set up, _____ didn’t own a lawn mower(割草机) and after a week I realized I had to find some way to deal with the growing _____! But I was on a fairly ____ budget(预算) which couldn’t pay a lawn-mowing company.
I was thinking about this one Sunday as the “Mr. Whippy” ice cream van (货车) _____ outside on the street. I hadn’t had a Mr. Whippy ice cream for years, and I _____ my coin purse and headed _____. On the pavement were three young _____ playing. They may have been from next door, but I was new there and hadn’t really met anyone yet.
It was a _____ day and I asked them if they’d like an ice cream. “Yes, please,” they replied _____. At that moment a fourth boy ___ them from the neighboring house. And there was just enough change to cover _____ ice creams. As I left the van, I heard the lady serving the boys say, “that was a really ______ thing that lady did for you boys. Don’t forget to _____ her.” I smiled as I went inside to carry on ____.
I left for work that evening, and didn’t _____ until Tuesday morning. As I drove into the drive, I realized something was _____. Yes, my lawns had been mowed. I felt this huge _____ rush into my heart. I knew my _____had done this for me.
This act of _____ not only made a big difference to me, but it also ____ me to act further in our community. Thank you so much neighbors.
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完形填空
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。
Some people are afraid of starting a casual conversation with a stranger because of a fear of not having anything interesting to say. Fear of rejection is also a for keeping silent. Small talk in a conversation can as a way of warming up and getting to each other. Most people, no matter successful they are at work, will find the process of________ small talk uncomfortable, even pointless. , you will have a pretty small world _______ you refuse to let others in. Starting off with a casual comment or question will make others ________ , and even just greeting them with a simple “hello” will often be enough.
Once you have made the first ________ , there is no turning back. You need to keep things ________ before you can gracefully say goodbye. Think about what you would like to ________ with a new friend and that is what you can ask the other person about. Work, family, hobbies or interests are some ________ points of discussion. To keep the ball rolling, you can show that you are really ________ in what they are saying. Once you find common ________ of interest, things will definitely ________ off from there.
Small talk can ________ out to be a pleasant experience. The conversation ________ be brief and casual without turning into a long and boring discussion. Do not let yourself ________ the conversation. Stop worrying about how big of a fool you may appear to be. You may ________ find out later on that you have the “ ________ ” of getting people to open up to you by engaging them in the small talk.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few ________ On their faces was confidence（自信）. This was their last exam—then on to ________ and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they ________ get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take ________ of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) ________ task. The professor had said they could bring ________ books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not ________ each other during the test.
________ , they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles ________on the students’ faces as they noted there were only five essay-type questions.
Three hours had passed ________ the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the ________ faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” ________ a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished ________ .” But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ________ ,” He said. “I just want to impress upon you that ________ you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the ________ you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively________ in everyday practice.” Then smiling, he added, “You will all ________ this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education has just ________ .”
Over years they have ________ the name of his professor, but not the lesson he taught.
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完形填空
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。
There Really Was a Santa Claus
Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her ________ was to go to the post office every day and ________ the company mail. One day in December, she ________ a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus ________ on the corner of the street. Each day she ________ her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and ________ her a Merry Christmas.
At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause ________ stood in the cold wind. ________ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.
A week later, a(n) ________ Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very ________ today.” She prayed for his health.
Later that day, a colleague came into her office ________ . “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex-husband,” her colleague ________ , “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, ________ my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.” The lady ________her colleague, “I’m sure everything will ________ . It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹).”
That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s ________, “I know we don’t have much money to ________ , but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for ________ but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”
She reached up and held him. Warmth spread ________ her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus – and he had ________ her!
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完型填空
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。
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two ________ there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang ________ for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were ________ on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them ________ off at the walls or floor. However, one lady ________ my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t ________ like that. As we got ________ with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. ________ she was singing, she was also________ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my ________ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could ________ to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling ________about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also ________ the same lady. The difference between us is that he ________ on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her ________ and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my ________ to let you know that.” This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No ________ can completely describe that touching moment.
It ________ a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a ________ that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself ________ to have witnessed his lesson.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
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 hard-working ________ 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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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。
Were you happy and a little worried at the time? I thought so. Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the ______ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t ______, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who ______, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, ______ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was ______about her. She went to bed too ______. The night before the first exam, Barbara ______ that she have an early night and take a ______ pill. She promised to wake _____ up in the morning.
She was not relaxed. As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her ______ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of ______, she went to sleep. In no time（不久）at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination ______ , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. ______ around her was writing pages and gages. ______she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write ______. She kept looking at her ______. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, _____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started ______. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she ______ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a ______ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
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完形填空。阅读下面短文，从31-50各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My son, Sam, struggled through elementary school. But his sixth-grade teacher took the time to ____ Sam’s strengths and inspired him to be a better student.
On Valentine’s Day, my eleven-year-old son Sam ____ me to allow him to buy his teacher a big red heart filled with delectable(美味的) chocolates. We ____, and he bought her a small but respectably sized heart. On his small ____, $4.99 was a huge investment, and I was touched by his____.
Sam has not always loved teachers. Once he publicly admitted that he ____ school, and he was ____ with some class projects.
Last year, Sam’s most ____ achievement was having the longest “missing assignment” list in the entire fifth grade. He ____ all year to keep his head above the academic sea. Many nights Sam sank into tears of ____ while working his way through another pile of homework.
I must admit I was ____ when I first met Mrs. Hogan. She was a ____ teacher. She seemed so young and sweet and inexperienced. How was this new teacher going to ____ a boy who had learned to hate school?
As I observed this teacher’s ____ with my son at the end of each day, I realized that Sam’s inattentiveness and disorganization were not the ____ things that Mrs. Hogan noticed about him. She recognized Sam as a knowledgeable, capable student who loved to read. He, in return, rose to her expectations ____.
Sam began to do his homework without numerous ____ or a major search through his crowded backpack. He brought home less and less classwork. He ____ six A’s on his second-quarter report card.
I still don’t know how much of this ____is due to the magic of Mrs. Hogan. I do know that my son loves his sixth–grade teacher, and I think there is a magic in relationships that can ____ children when nothing else will.
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