In early December I came to the Arctic town of Iqaluit in search of parenting wisdom. All the moms _______one golden rule: Don't shout or yell at small children. The culture views _______ or even speaking to children in an angry voice as _______. “When they're little, it doesn't help to raise your _______. It will just make your own heart rate _______,” a mom said. “And you are _________them to yell,” said clinical psychologist Laura Markham. “On the contrary, parents who control their own anger are_________their children to learn to do the same.”
“But how do you_________ kids to behave well? How do you keep your 3-year-old from running into the road?” I asked. “We use _______,” said Jaw, another mom. There are ________ stories passed down by word of mouth from one generation of Inuit to the next.
For example, they teach kids to stay away from the ________ by telling a story about the water monster. “If the child walks__________the water, the monster will__________him down to the ocean and adopt him out to another family,” Jaw says. “Then we don‘t need to ________ at a child, because the child is ________ getting the message.”
At first, such stories seemed to me a bit too ________for little children. But my opinion________ after I learned more about human ________with storytelling. Psychologist Deena Weisberg said, “Don't ________ the playfulness of storytelling. We learn best through things that are__________to us. And stories are much more interesting than bare statements.”
1.A.approved B.demanded C.mentioned D.predicted
2.A.whispering B.blaming C.punishing D.scolding
3.A.improper B.unnatural C.unashamed D.impossible
4.A.anger B.voice C.question D.sound
5.A.go up B.blow up C.think up D.turn up
6.A.educating B.forbidding C.challenging D.teaching
7.A.helping B.letting C.having D.making
8.A.bring out B.bring up C.bring about D.bring down
9.A.singing B.drawing C.storytelling D.reading
10.A.historical B.oral C.fairy D.literary
11.A.ocean B.stream C.lake D.river
12.A.opposite to B.close to C.away from D.out of
13.A.push B.lift C.drag D.pull
14.A.wave B.whisper C.whistle D.yell
15.A.again B.even C.already D.also
16.A.necessary B.awful C.attractive D.heartbroken
17.A.spread B.returned C.changed D.formed
18.A.business B.agreement C.separation D.relationship
19.A.accept B.favour C.disobey D.discount
20.A.amusing B.boring C.satisfying D.annoying
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When I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broken. I decided to ask my 11-year-old sister, Kathleen, for a loan. I went to her room, _______ her for the cash. Laughing, she agreed to lend me the money, but _______, “I will charge you 10 percent compound interest every _______ until you pay me back.”
“Compound interest-what’s that?” I asked.
“Well, interest is what you call the _______ money borrowers have to pay back on a loan,” she explained. “Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the _______ it takes you to pay back the loan. To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month. If you wait two months to pay me back, your _______ will grow from $10 to $11. So I’ll be charging you interest on $11. Then I will add that interest to the $11 you already owe me, for a _______ of $12.10. That’s what you’ll owe after two months. “
“Sure. I get it,” I said. Though truthfully, I was getting _______.
Kathleen lent me the money, and I bought the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. _______, that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted ________. I ________ paying my sister for a month. After another month, I forgot about the loan.
Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $20 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket ________ Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder.
“Sorry, kiddo. That’s mine. I’m ________ your debt.”
“Huh?” Then I ________ the loan. “Hey! How can it be that much? I only borrowed $10.”
“True,” she said, “but interest has been compounding for eight months. Now you owe me $21.43.” She paused, and then, smiling triumphantly, said, “You can pay me the $1.43.”
I ________ to believe that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my ________, my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all ________.
My head ________ as I tried to keep track of Kathleen’s calculations, but this time, I got the basic ________of compound interest. I learned from this ________experience that borrowing money could be “double trouble” in no time.
1.A.begging B.blaming C.searching D.preparing
2.A.suggested B.swore C.explained D.added
3.A.month B.year C.week D.day
4.A.little B.extra C.enough D.same
5.A.shorter B.more C.longer D.less
6.A.cash B.debt C.note D.saving
7.A.total B.cost C.number D.bill
8.A.encouraged B.shocked C.satisfied D.confused
9.A.Gradually B.Obviously C.Hopefully D.Unfortunately
10.A.seriously B.desperately C.secretly D.willingly
11.A.decided on B.put off C.gave away D.cared about
12.A.after B.until C.while D.when
13.A.carrying B.relying C.collecting D.focusing
14.A.neglected B.complained C.stated D.remembered
15.A.decided B.pretended C.refused D.managed
16.A.relief B.delight C.annoyance D.regret
17.A.added up B.showed up C.turned up D.sped up
18.A.turned B.hurt C.stuck D.nodded
19.A.idea B.lesson C.benefit D.discovery
20.A.unfair B.worthless C.painful D.decisive
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In such a small town as Hampton there was never a single man of importance who would dare to have housekeepers younger than sixty, for fear that people might say he was a(n) _________. However, when I needed housekeeper I _________ a girl called Bella Casey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village up the coast. But I _________ my choice carefully. I drove out there one day when she was at home, and I had a look at the cottage and a _________ with her mother and a cup of tea, and after that I did not need anyone to say that she was _________. I knew if there was anything Bella did not do _________, her mother would not _________ long to correct her. After that there was only one _________ to raise.
“Have you a _________, Bella?” said I.
“No, doctor, I have not,” said she with a simple expression that did not __________ me a bit. As a doctor you soon get used to innocent __________.
“Well, you’d better __________ and get one.” Said I, “__________ I’m not going to take you.” __________ this she laughed. __________ what seemed only a short time, she came and started working at house. She proved to be very __________ and efficient. Of course she was so good-looking that people who came to my house used to pass __________ about us. But that didn’t matter. They did not dare to hire a pretty girl themselves for __________ of what people would say. But I knew as long as a girl had a man of __________ to look after she would give me no __________. And, of course, I would be happy and at ease.
1.A.inclusion B.conclusion C.exception D.intention
2.A.chose B.married C.fired D.met
3.A.made B.offered C.regretted D.settled
4.A.deal B.talk C.quarrel D.journey
5.A.pretty B.clever C.fit D.busy
6.A.quickly B.immediately C.secretly D.properly
7.A.expect B.pay C.cost D.take
8.A.report B.test C.question D.statement
9.A.girlfriend B.boyfriend C.wife D.husband
10.A.interest B.cheat C.encourage D.notice
11.A.feelings B.looks C.sounds D.voices
12.A.hurry up B.turn up C.take up D.come up
13.A.or B.but C.and D.so
14.A.At B.On C.To D.For
15.A.Until B.After C.While D.Since
16.A.young B.strong C.able D.gentle
17.A.letters B.notice C.information D.remarks
18.A.fear B.horror C.reason D.cause
19.A.herself B.her own C.himself D.his
20.A.service B.luck C.trouble D.notice
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Nowak has been running her own lawn care business since she was 12 years old. The income from that job put her through two years at a_______ college in her hometown of Cheyenne.
But in the fall, when she _______ to the University of Wyoming for a bachelor’s in business and marketing, she discovered her seasonal_______ wouldn’t go as far. In Cheyenne, tuition (学费) was low and Nowak lived with her parents. In Laramie, tuition went up and there was _______ to pay. She had to take a second_______, helping other students write resumes.
Nowak’s parents _______ her decision to go to college but couldn’t support her _________, so she’s been paying for it on her own. She’s _______ of her ability to take care of herself, but she knows she’s _______. She sees how easy it is for friends who don’t work to get ________with student clubs and networking opportunities-things she ________ to find the time for. If she didn’t have to work, she would have a college________ like other students.
A state-funded scholarship would have ________ her out. High schoolers have to meet certain ACT requirements to ________ for it. She heard about it in eighth grade, but it didn’t __________ again until she was applying to community college. And that was too __________ to bring her ACT score up by the two points to get the most out of it.
Despite all the________, Nowak is right where she needs to be. She still received the scholarship, but a lesser __________. With her struggle through and determination, she’s __________ to graduate next year. Eventually, she’d like to use her degree to________ her lawn care business.
1.A.royal B.senior C.private D.community
2.A.adjusted B.travelled C.objected D.transferred
3.A.earnings B.factors C.changes D.harvests
4.A.tax B.rent C.loan D.debt
5.A.job B.look C.place D.chance
6.A.judged B.backed C.doubted D.abolished
7.A.academically B.mentally C.financially D.socially
8.A.careful B.worthy C.afraid D.proud
9.A.missing out B.working on C.standing by D.running off
10.A.confused B.informed C.involved D.pleased
11.A.happens B.struggles C.promises D.demands
12.A.admission B.degree C.background D.experience
13.A.sought B.wore C.allowed D.helped
14.A.qualify B.account C.enquire D.provide
15.A.give up B.go up C.come up D.clear up
16.A.late B.rare C.serious D.popular
17.A.challenges B.experiments C.discoveries D.priorities
18.A.capital B.amount C.avenue D.charge
19.A.on trial B.on edge C.on board D.on track
20.A.launch B.defend C.expand D.contact
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Thinking of my good friends, I sense that my attitudes are totally different towards men and women.
My earliest childhood friend is Donald. In the street was a (an) _______ old German truck. No wheels. No doors. Each day, _______ we were flying over the Atlantic in that truck our “airplane” ,there came that wonderful moment: “Engine _______!” I'd shout, “We'll have to jump out.” Glancing at me, he'd say, “I can't _______!” 'Tear not! I'll drag you to the _______.
And when we swam _______ the dust, Donald cried “Sharks!” But I always _______ him. The next day, changing _______, Donald would do the same to me. We saved each other hundreds of times, but when my family really did leave for America, we could do _______. We just cried silently as the train ________.
These days, Jessica is one of my best friends. Recently we were swimming at a beach in the Atlantic, the ________one I had “flown” over in my German truck with Donald. We were far from shore when we both thought we ________a shark! We began swimming ________ toward the shore. Although in ________,I fell back to protect her. In the end, the “shark” proved ________. but not my deep emotional feeling for my friend. We looked into each other's eyes and said, “I love you!”
You see with women I could be ________, emotionally honest and transparent. With male friends, it seemed impossible to ________ caring feelings however deep the friendship was. “Am I normal?” I thought to myself. Much to my ________, researches show that men and women have very different ________ and rational (理性的)processes. I do love all my friends - only the means of expression ________.
1.A.advanced B.decorated C.abandoned D.updated
2.A.before B.while C.after D.until
3.A.loss B.death C.failure D.pressure
4.A.jump B.swim C.die D.run
5.A.dust B.river C.truck D.shore
6.A.over B.through C.across D.beyond
7.A.left B.fetched C.rescued D.defeated
8.A.roles B.manners C.images D.forms
9.A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything
10.A.broke down B.moved in C.pulled away D.blew up
11.A.last B.very C.first D.only
12.A.spotted B.attacked C.annoyed D.killed
13.A.eagerly B.casually C.hardly D.crazily
14.A.panic B.hesitation C.doubt D.silence
15.A.fierce B.friendly C.true D.imaginary
16.A.cool B.shy C.passive D.open
17.A.express B.hide C.admit D.control
18.A.embarrassment B.disappointment C.relief D.surprise
19.A.emotional B.physical C.mental D.moral
20.A.changes B.develops C.matters D.differs
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What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army I ____ an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against ____ of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a ______ like that.
All my life I've been registering scores like that, so I have the feeling that I'm highly______, and I expect other people to think so, too. Actually, though, don't such ______simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions?
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not_____ have scored more than 80. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him — and he always______it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man______questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself a _____. In a world where I have to work with my______. I'd do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man again. He had a habit of telling______. One time he said, "Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man______some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made _____movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He______his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk______him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the ______man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀). How do you suppose he______them?" I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, "Why, you fool, he used his _____and asked for them. I've been _____that on all my customers today, but I knew for sure I'd catch you. "Why is that" I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very ______
1.A.failed B.wrote C.received D.chose
2.A.an average B.a total C.a result D.a number
3.A.talent B.fighter C.figure D.legend
4.A.proud B.disciplined C.intelligent D.well-trained
5.A.methods B.scores C.achievements D.processes
6.A.always B.possibly C.certainly D.frequently
7.A.fixed B.checked C.drove D.made
8.A.answered B.practiced C.designed D.attempted
9.A.doctor B.master C.winner D.fool
10.A.brains B.effort C.hands D.wisdom
11.A.lies B.jokes C.news D.tales
12.A.bought B.experimented C.found D.needed
13.A.cutting B.hammering C.waving D.circling
14.A.nodded B.raised C.shook D.turned
15.A.brought B.packed C.sent D.sold
16.A.noble B.bright C.strange D.next
17.A.asked for B.worried about C.begged for D.complained about
18.A.imagination B.hand C.voice D.gesture
19.A.trying B.proving C.practising D.examining
20.A.clear B.silly C.slow D.smart
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Kindness can really make you pause and be thankful during a stressful time.
Cassandra Warren was in a_________and was feeling a little overwhelmed(使应接不暇)by work and planning her wedding. After she got her wedding invitations ready one day, she hurriedly_________one to her aunt and uncle. A week later, the invitation came back. She had written down the_________address. A handwritten note was_________the returned envelop, which read, “I wish I_________you—this is going to be an enjoyable experience. Congratulations—go to have dinner_________me. I’ve been married for 40 years—It gets better with age.” A $20 bill was inside.
Cassandra was at a bit of a professional crossroads and had been having a_________day. In fact, she’d nearly broken down, telling her_________to her husband-to-be Jesse Jones just as she opened the_________envelop. Then she read the note. “It was kind of perfect timing,” said Cassandra Warren. “We are____________who the mysterious note writer is. But I really____________it.”
Cassandra and Jesse____________with a friend who was going overseas the following night. They happily put the $20 towards their____________. Then Cassandra stopped by a store and bought a thank-you card. She____________wrote her aunt’s address on the envelop again—this time____________ —and addressed it to “Kind Stranger” ____________ by the following words inside,“Thank you for the____________and taking____________ to send it. Not so many people would have done that. It was a big____________ after the day I was having. I am____________people like you still being in the world.”
1.A.rush B.flash C.sense D.race
2.A.showed B.posted C.took D.presented
3.A.incomplete B.unreadable C.unrecorded D.incorrect
4.A.pointed to B.adapted to C.attached to D.contributed to
5.A.blamed B.comforted C.welcomed D.knew
6.A.for B.on C.except D.beyond
7.A.tough B.busy C.relaxing D.nice
8.A.doubt B.fortune C.depression D.embarrassment
9.A.mismatched B.misplaced C.misjudged D.misdirected
10.A.convinced of B.unaware of C.sceptical of D.fond of
11.A.appreciated B.permitted C.selected D.recognized
12.A.worked out B.dined out C.broke out D.set out
13.A.shelf B.chair C.plate D.bill
14.A.accurately B.calmly C.mistakenly D.casually
15.A.as usual B.in return C.on purpose D.in advance
16.A.accompanied B.clarified C.confirmed D.simplified
17.A.picture B.photo C.card D.note
18.A.courage B.care C.responsibility D.time
19.A.favour B.deal C.ceremony D.decision
20.A.anxious about B.grateful for C.ready for D.concerned about
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is one of the highest-paid coaches in the NFL. He is often ______ to his late father, Stephen Nickolas Belichick, for ______ him everything he knows about the game and life. In an interview, he ______ mentioned two major lessons he’s learned from his father.
Stephen was the youngest of five children and “grew up in a ______ environment,” Bill spoke with CNBC contributor Suzy Welch. “His father was ______ during the Depression (经济大萧条). Thus two of his brothers had to drop out of school.”
Bill continued, “So his big ______ really was football. He worked his way through college and made a career out of football and ______ here at the Naval Academy.” A child of immigrants himself, Stephen ______ people settling in the US as great examples of ______ and hard work. He often told Bill about how much he ______ the people that came to the country for their ______ and their devotion to the country.
In turn, Stephen instilled (灌输) those ______ in Bill as a child. “So many of those lessons I learned from him ______ those same values,” Bill said.
When it came to his ______, Bill’s father taught him to follow his passion. It is a lesson he has passed on to his own children, all of whom have jobs in ______. His daughter ______ lacrosse (长曲棍球) while his sons work for the New England Patriots. “I’ve told them the ______ thing my father told me: Follow your ______,” Bill said. “If there is something that you love when you are young, don’t do it for money or some other ______; do it because it is what you ______ to do.”
1.A.accessible B.faithful C.generous D.grateful
2.A.teaching B.owing C.writing D.giving
3.A.doubtfully B.specifically C.naturally D.deliberately
4.A.flexible B.secure C.stressful D.horrible
5.A.impatient B.unemployed C.competent D.ambitious
6.A.break B.deal C.mistake D.burden
7.A.turned up B.grew up C.ended up D.signed up
8.A.hired B.ranked C.appointed D.viewed
9.A.discrimination B.achievement C.competition D.caution
10.A.judged B.admired C.confirmed D.envied
11.A.toughness B.appreciation C.discipline D.appearance
12.A.challenges B.qualities C.opportunities D.thoughts
13.A.promoted B.measured C.improved D.represented
14.A.expectation B.talent C.occupation D.acquisition
15.A.sports B.journalism C.sales D.education
16.A.conveys B.watches C.guides D.coaches
17.A.extra B.same C.wise D.tiny
18.A.heart B.lead C.guidance D.schedule
19.A.preference B.performance C.reputation D.motivation
20.A.deserve B.promise C.desire D.fail
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Feeling unwell, I returned home at 2 pm. Imagine my ______ when I heard children’s laughter from my daughter’s bedroom. I ran ______ and there was Megan and her friend JoAnn. Seeing me, they ______ laughing, looking at each other ______. I had a hard time getting it out of them, but they finally ______ they came home for ______ and never returned to school.
I said, “You mean you cut school.” JoAnn said, “But we didn’t do it ______. We were talking and forgot to look at the ______.”
“No, you didn’t forget that.” I said when her friend left. Megan ______ her head saying, “We were just _______to see what it would feel like not to return to school.”
For the ______, I didn’t know what to do. I considered ______ her-telling her she couldn’t have JoAnn over for the next month. But ______ I said, “I’m very ______ by all this. You should be in school. Now I’m probably going to get a ______ from your teacher.” Megan said, “Write me an ______ note. Say I was sick and then she won’t call you.” I said, “The note has to come from you and has to be the ______.” Though unhappy, she wrote the note saying she was just “experimenting” and ______ she wouldn’t do it again.
Afterward I felt good to have done the right thing, even though it turned out that the teacher gave her a(n) ______ time over the note. I knew I had helped Megan ______ to what she did and take responsibility.
1.A.excitement B.eagerness C.shock D.expectation
2.A.upstairs B.outdoors C.nearby D.backwards
3.A.started B.stopped C.avoided D.continued
4.A.naturally B.happily C.sadly D.guiltily
5.A.agreed B.argued C.admitted D.advised
6.A.dinner B.coffee C.tea D.lunch
7.A.deliberately B.finally C.absolutely D.willingly
8.A.notice B.clock C.lesson D.bell
9.A.raised B.nodded C.turned D.lowered
10.A.waiting B.gathering C.experimenting D.exploring
11.A.moment B.future C.purpose D.reason
12.A.teasing B.punishing C.calming D.persuading
13.A.still B.rather C.even D.instead
14.A.upset B.amused C.thrilled D.confused
15.A.visit B.task C.call D.greeting
16.A.advice B.absence C.demand D.guidance
17.A.excuse B.relief C.cause D.truth
18.A.promised B.concluded C.claimed D.confirmed
19.A.easy B.pleasant C.hard D.special
20.A.go over B.face up C.get down D.move on
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Since I was young. I've noticed _______ in people's hairstyles, clothes, facial expressions and behaviors. I like noticing the world around me and I _______ the power of paying attention.
I grew up on our family farm. My grandpa always had an eye on the sky, _______the clouds and their various colors. He knew when the soybeans got the _______ of brown paper bags it was time to _______. Farming is about noticing and paying attention.
My mother and grandmother _______ everything from curtains to clothes. My mother made quite a few of my _______ and her pattern work was so _______. My aunt Becky knit socks and sweaters. The patterns looked like a foreign language to me, but they were road maps my mother followed _______ If she noticed a __________ stitch(一针), she would follow seriously __________ The women in my family practiced __________crafts, requiring precision and an eye for __________ attention to color combinations and a love of a __________ world.
Noticing was all around me. It was the clothes on my body, the __________ in the fields, and the clouds in the sky.
I'm teaching how to write and seeing details is my job. Nothing is too small to __________Paying attention is my occupation. Through paying attention to my __________carefully, I can get to know more about them than before. So if I notice that their eyes look __________ instead of bright. I will know why. The world is __________ one detail after another, and by opening my eyes to each of them, I can see the world much more __________much more broadly.
1.A.decorations B.inventions C.figures D.changes
2.A.believe in B.think of C.talk about D.look into
3.A.introducing B.complaining C.interpreting D.painting
4.A.shape B.color C.weight D.size
5.A.grow B.water C.weed D.harvest
6.A.sewed B.bought C.ploughed D.designed
7.A.bags B.beds C.clothes D.books
8.A.adequate B.precise C.complicated D.fragile
9.A.badly B.carelessly C.rudely D.seriously
10.A.dropped B.broken C.sharpened D.shortened
11.A.yet B.too C.again D.though
12.A.troublesome B.conventional C.demanding D.simple
13.A.detail B.sky C.perfection D.money
14.A.patterned B.wandering C.rough D.noisy
15.A.farmers B.workers C.fruits D.crops
16.A.hear B.ignore C.concern D.share
17.A.parents B.colleagues C.neighbors D.students
18.A.big B.dull C.open D.clever
19.A.made up for B.got hold of C.composed of D.knocked out of
20.A.clearly B.bravely C.hopefully D.easily
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