I grew up in a small town in Alabama. I had to eat last at school ______ I was a welfare kid. I began to work at 8. But I didn’t ______. I felt safer working than being at home.
At 12, I came across Macy of Charm School. She said, “My, you are ______ for your age. Come to my school and I will train you.” ______ Mama didn’t approve. When Miss Macy told her I could come to her school ______, Mama let me go. Miss Macy would teach me how to ______ like a lady. She encouraged me to enter every beauty competition that came to Alabama.
One day, I got an opportunity to go to a modeling ______ in New York City! The trip was _______, but I had a year, so I started working three jobs. With the help of the town — money, a miniskirt, boots, a new ______ — we got to New York.
But when the competition started, I thought I didn’t ______ there, with my strange hair and boots. And I didn’t see one girl walk the way Miss Macy had taught me. I pretended to be ______, but I was really scared. Finally I didn’t ______ anything.
To my surprise, the next day Miss Macy told the governor of Alabama on the phone I had been signed with the world’s most famous model agency and that we were putting Alabama on the ______.
“Miss Macy, that isn’t ______.” I said. But Miss Macy just ______ my disagreement, because she had a better ______ of how poor my life was in Alabama.
Afterwards we found Wilhelmina, the top model agent, in her office. Miss Macy just told her I was becoming a model with her agency. I didn’t know whether Wilhelmina would burst out laughing or, ______ Miss Macy. Unexpectedly, Wilhelmina simply asked, “So tell me, what’s so ______ about you?”
I didn’t know the right thing to say, but one word popped into my head. “______, madam.” “Well, I’d like to see what you can do with that determination,” she said and handed me a ______, “But first, we have to do something about your hair.”
1.A. though B. unless C. because D. once
2.A. compromise B. mind C. struggle D. adapt
3.A. tall B. mature C. smart D. thin
4.A. Therefore B. Unfortunately C. Instead D. Thankfully
5.A. alone B. fairly C. anyway D. free
6.A. speak B. sit C. walk D. eat
7.A. organization B. training C. competition D. ceremony
8.A. meaningful B. expensive C. stressful D. impressive
9.A. suitcase B. necklace C. overcoat D. hairstyle
10.A. belong B. shine C. relate D. qualify
11.A. patient B. confident C. interested D. serious
12.A. deserve B. remember C. learn D. win
13.A. rise B. wall C. run D. map
14.A. clear B. modest C. true D. accurate
15.A. accepted B. ignored C. interrupted D. justified
16.A. understanding B. sense C. record D. command
17.A. encourage B. question C. applaud D. comfort
18.A. enthusiastic B. tough C. crazy D. special
19.A. Determination B. Ambition C. Motivation D. Affection
20.A. contract B. gift C. certificate D. tissue
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It was a cold and rainy day. I had no ______ to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she ______ I come to see something at the top of the mountain.
____as I was, I made the two-hour journey ______ the fog that hung like veils (面纱). By the time I saw how ______it was near the summit, I had gone too far away. Nothing could be worth this, I ______ as I drove slowly along the dangerous highway.
“I’ll stay for lunch, but I’m heading back as soon as the fog ______.” I announced. “But I want you to drive me to the garage to pick ______ my car.” Carolyn said. “How far is it?” I asked. She replied:” About three minutes and I’ll drive you there.”
After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her _______. “ I thought you said three minutes.” She smiled. “ This is a detour (绕行路线).” Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and got out. We walked a long path that was thick with pine trees. Gradually the peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind. Then we turned a corner and stopped. I was _______.
From the top of the mountain to the folds and valleys ______ several acres of daffodils (水仙花) rich in a variety of colors. It looked as if God had painted something gorgeous in front of us. Many questions ______ my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How? As we approached the home that stood in the centre of the property, we saw a ______ that read: “ Answers to the Questions I know you are asking.” The first answer was: “One Woman-Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “ One at a Time.” The third: “Started in 1958.”
As we drove home, I was so ______ by what we had seen. I could ______speak. “She changed the world.” I finally said, “one bulb (水仙球茎) at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, and she _____at it.
The ______ of it would not let me go. I said:” Imagine if I’d had a ______ and worked on it, just a little bit every day, what might I have _______? Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling. “______ tomorrow,” she said. “Better yet, start today.”
1.A. ambition B. desire C. challenge D. way
2.A. invited B. wished C. insisted D. hoped
3.A. Cautious B. Surprised C. Eager D. Unwilling
4.A. through B. over C. across D. beyond
5.A. fresh B. bright C. thick D. cloudy
6.A. doubted B. declared C. hesitated D. thought
7.A. lifts B. cleans C. raises D. sinks
8.A. out B. up C. off D. on
9.A. eagerly B. desperately C. anxiously D. calmly
10.A. shocked B. amazed C. amused D. concerned
11.A. contained B. lay C. presented D. located
12.A. filled B. disturbed C. occurred D. confused
13.A. signal B. symbol C. note D. sign
14.A. encouraged B. inspired C. moved D. thrilled
15.A. hardly B. rarely C. simply D. totally
16.A. brought B. continued C. made D. kept
17.A. wonder B. doubt C. mystery D. idea
18.A. view B. vision C. sight D. scene
19.A. predicted B. expected C. accomplished D. explored
20.A. Behave B. Take C. Set D. Start
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Can you change the world?Yes you can!
One of my friends wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. His life was full of problems and ____ .
He was low on hope. He ended his letter to me with this ____:“We can't really change this crazy world we live in,can we?”I answered him immediately with these ___ :"Yes,we_____can!”
I can still remember how someone changed my world. She was the music teacher at my elementary school, the______at our church, and a family friend. I was crazy about her and wanted to ____her more than anything. However,I had no______for any instrument and my singing was quite ____though I was enthusiastic. One day she let me try playing her guitar. I did my best but could only play a note or two. When I was done,I _____my head. "I guess I am not very good," I told her. She looked at me with her kind eyes,______, and said:"We are all good at something. You just need to_______what you are good at. Then you can________it with the world. "
Those simple words changed me. They planted a seed in my soul that______to grow to this day. They made me______that I had something to give to others. I had something good inside and that could change this world for the____ . I just had to find it, ____ it out and share it. And that is what I have tried to do all of the years since that______day.
You can change the world and make it better every single day of your life. You can change it, one choice, one person, and one kind______at a time. All you have to do is share your goodness. _____you have to do is make your love great! Live well! Do good!______the world!
1.A. worries B. excitements C. surprises D. interests
2.A. problem B. matter C. answer D. question
3.A. idioms B. words C. decisions D. assessments
4.A. certainly B. suddenly C. merely D. ever
5.A. worker B. doctor C. guitarist D. cleaner
6.A. help B. impress C. instruct D. challenge
7.A. manner B. respect C. luck D. talent
8.A. popular B. awesome C. awful D. sweet
9.A. raised B. lowered C. used D. kept
10.A. smiled B. sighed C. sang D. cried
11.A. set up B. take up C. put forward D. find out
12.A. play B. mix C. share D. provide
13.A. fails B. refuses C. continues D. agrees
14.A. regret B. realize C. deny D. declare
15.A. richer B. worse C. wider D. better
16.A. set B. give C. bring D. put
17.A. important B. insignificant C. extra D. stressful
18.A. teacher B. friend C. invitation D. act
19.A. All B. Much C. Most D. Nothing
20.A. Protect B. Change C. Create D. Save
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One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large apartment, I became how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on family and work. difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a attitude.
Back home, I myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable .
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the has really taught me. Sacrifices in the end. The separation between us has proved to be for me.
1.A. attract B. praise C. surprise D. promote
2.A. little B. much C. well D. wrong
3.A. refuse B. leave C. contact D. forgive
4.A. wondering B. sleeping C. explaining D. regretting
5.A. poor B. timely C. final D. tough
6.A. nervously B. politely C. eagerly D. curiously
7.A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. Influence
8.A. empty B. expensive C. comfortable D. modern
9.A. interested in B. doubtful about C. aware of D. satisfied with
10.A. when B. where C. which D. that
11.A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing
12.A. Faced with B. Supplied with C. Depending on D. Insisting on
13.A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general
14.A. criticized B. informed C. warned D. reminded
15.A. offered B. managed C. attempted D. expected
16.A. grateful B. independent C. energetic D. practical
17.A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals
18.A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion
19.A. run out B. come back C. pay off D. turn up
20.A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure
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It was Easter 1990, and my family was on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Solomon Islands for my sister's wedding.
I was traveling with my husband, my four-year-old son and my daughter, who was nearly two. We'd been_______that it was very hot in the Solomon, so we _______lots of light cotton clothes and were wearing the same as it was summer. The only problem was that we had to catch an overnight bus that_______at midnight for the airport so we could make our early morning _______to Honiara. It was cold on the bus! My husband and I were snuggling(依偎)our children as close as we could, trying to keep them _______. The bus stopped many times as passengers got on and off, and we didn't take much _______. The little ones were _______, unable to sleep for the biting cold. Then at one stop, an older lady came forward from the back of the bus and paused by our seat. I sat forward to see what she wanted and she _______ a small blanket, My little girl reached _______for it and pulled it tight around her. The lady said she'd made the blanket herself and, seeing that we were cold. she wanted us to use it. After she went back to her seat, our now-warm children ________off, and they slept comfortably all the way to the airport. Just a stop or two ________ we arrived, the lady made her way to the door to get off. I tried to________the children to return her blanket, but she protested. "No," she said, " ________ it. I can always make another one!" Over the years, that little blanket became a ________to me and to my children of the kindness of strangers. I told the story to the children over and over and hung the blanket on the end of my daughter's bed so we would see it ________. That blanket was handmade with the colors carefully chosen. Yet its maker ________ with it to keep my family warm for a night. If ever people were bad or ________, it served as a reminder that there is goodness in the world.
I am forever________, not just for the warmth that night, but for the lifelong reminder of the ________ of people. That blanket has warmed my ________.
1.A. confirmed B. told C. advised D. persuaded
2.A. offered B. piled C. packed D. discovered
3.A. left B. went C. pulled D. drove
4.A. train B. visit C. ride D. flight
5.A. comfortable B. warm C. calm D. quiet
6.A. notice B. care C. action D. interest
7.A. naughty B. hungry C. restless D. energetic
8.A. showed out B. made out C. put out D. held out
9.A. eagerly B. silently C. patiently D. bravely
10.A. slept B. came C. shook D. nodded
11.A. as B. until C. before D. after
12.A. unload B. unwrap C. unfold D. uncover
13.A. keep B. possess C. return D. bring
14.A. sign B. mark C. symbol D. decoration
15.A. closely B. regularly C. carefully D. &eely
16.A. remained B. handed C. deserted D. parted
17.A. cruel B. sensitive C. cautious D. ugly
18.A. delighted B. pitiful C. grateful D. excited
19.A. appreciation B. nature C. welcome D. goodness
20.A. body B. life C. past D. future
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Every year, as soon as Halloween is over, our son Matthew waits for the lights. He's been doing it for more than a dozen ______. As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, as the temperatures ______ and the leaves fall, he waits for the ______.
The neighbors across the street always put up a ______ and brilliant light display for the holidays and Matthew loves to wait for them to be turned on, which usually ______ right after Thanksgiving.______ he begins his monitoring a month before their arrival. And then, each day between Thanksgiving and ______ the lights are turned off, he waits, ______, from midafternoon on.
And when each evening's moment comes, you don't have to be with ______. You know it no matter where you are in the house. The rhythmic ______. The dancing around the house. Pure ______ on his face! And it happens every single night.
Despite all his ______, in the world's view — his severe mental disabilities, his two-year-old ______ in a twenty-three-year-old body, his inability to speak — Matthew knows ______ very profound, that light will shine in the darkness, that no matter how dark, how long the ______ eventually, and without ______, those lights will shine again. No matter how many seasons of the year without them, there will come a season when those lights will shine again.
Life ______ its own seasons of darkness,desperate, lonely, ______ and full of fear at times. ______those seasons, a new season can come and the light can be seen again. Whatever ______ I find within and around me, I look to my son, and remember that a light can break the darkness.
1.A. hours B. seconds C. decades D. years
2.A. rise B. change C. drop D. stay
3.A. lights B. neighbors C. tricks D. holidays
4.A. tasteful B. beautiful C. strong D. strange
5.A. happens B. tests C. obtains D. delivers
6.A. Instead B. Then C. Therefore D. However
7.A. unless B. until C. after D. since
8.A. nervously B. impatiently C. excitedly D. quietly
9.A. it B. her C. one D. him
10.A. poems B. excitement C. fighting D. clapping
11.A. surprise B. sadness C. glory D. delight
12.A. limitations B. advantages C. characters D. beliefs
13.A. brother B. sister C. mind D. memory
14.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
15.A. holiday B. display C. street D. wait
16.A. fail B. pity C. stop D. plan
17.A. receives B. proves C. supports D. brings
18.A. satisfying B. unwilling C. painful D. peaceful
19.A. In spite of B. Thanks to C. Regardless of D. As to
20.A. happiness B. darkness C. sympathy D. warmth
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When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He ______ her Inky.
“ I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats ______ playmates,” Kruger, the 70-year-old man, says. “My hearing was damaged by the _______of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with _______. They react to what they see and what you do. ”
Inky was a gentle cat, ______ the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did ______ that would set her apart from ______ cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to______ the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he ______ to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and _____ his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
___ in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt______ going into shock(休克). He shouted for help , ______ his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house. ______ Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda, ” Kruger said to Inky.
Inky _______to the bedroom door and scratched ______ until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the _______ Brenda found her husband _______the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months_______ there,” Says Kruger. “Although I became lame, I was blessed. ” Since the accident, Inky has ________left Kruger’s side.
1.A. gave B. chose C. named D. remembered
2.A. like B. as C. except D. among
3.A. sound B. alarm C. noise D. voice
4.A. animals B. friends C. farmers D. neighbors
5.A. sharing B. visiting C. dividing D. discovering
6.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
7.A. familiar B. lovely C. ordinary D. outstanding
8.A. shut out B. shut off C. shut down D. shut up
9.A. marched B. flew C. struggled D. climbed
10.A. bent B. hit C. shook D. pulled
11.A. Falling B. Lying C. Appearing D. Thinking[
12.A. it B. itself C. him D. himself
13.A. and B. but C. or D. so
14.A. Thus B. Otherwise C. Then D. Rather
15.A. walked B. ran C. returned D. withdrew
16.A. rapidly B. suddenly C. madly D. urgently
17.A. bedroom B. basement C. yard D. house
18.A. at the bottom of B. in the middle of C. at the top of D. in the front of
19.A. regretting B. resting C. relaxing D. recovering
20.A. never B. ever C. still D. already
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The first thing Sue said to her new therapist was, “I know you can’t help me, Doctor. I'm a total mess. I keep messing up at _______, and I'm sure I'm going to be _______. Just yesterday my boss told me I was being _______. He called it a promotion. But if I was doing a _______ job, why transfer me?"
Then gradually, Sue's story moved past the put-downs. She had received her M.B.A. two years _______ and was making an excellent salary. That didn't sound like _______. At the end of their first meeting, Sue's therapist told her to _______ down her thoughts, particularly at _______ if she was having trouble falling asleep.
At her next _______ Sue’s list included: “I’m not really smart. I ____________ ahead by a bunch of lucky things. “Tomorrow will be a disaster. I've never ____________ a meeting before." "My boss looked angry this morning. What did I do?" She ____________, "In one day alone, I listed 26 negative thoughts. No wonder I'm always tired and ____________. ” Hearing her own ____________ and a strong feeling that something bad will happen soon made Sue realize how much energy she was wasting on ____________ catastrophes.
If you have been feeling down, it could be you are sending yourself ____________ messages too. Listen to the words ringing inside your head. Repeat them aloud or write them down. With practice, being aware of your ____________ will become your natural state. As you’re walking, you can ____________ the constant stream of thoughts that flow through your mind. Soon you will gain some ____________ over this undisciplined thinking, rather than the other way around. And when that happens, your feelings and actions will ____________ too.
1.A. school B. exam C. home D. work
2.A. fired B. fined C. punished D. accused
3.A. transported B. transform C. transferred D. translated
4.A. chief B. good C. steady D. satisfied
5.A. later B. after C. ago D. before
6.A. failure B. loss C. misery D. disaster
7.A. calm B. cast C. set D. settle
8.A. dusk B. night C. times D. weekends
9.A. treatment B. movement C. appointment D. assignment
10.A. went B. got C. worked D. lived
11.A. chaired B. charged C. held . D. attended
12.A. announced B. admitted C. annoyed D. assumed
13.A. exhausted B. alarmed C. heartbroken D. depressed
14.A. complaints B. regret C. fears D. sorrows
15.A. imagined B. impossible C. insignificant D. imaginative
16.A. false B. scary C. absurd D. negative
17.A. emotions B. attitude C. thinking D. disadvantage
18.A. hear B. see C. note D. feel
19.A. control B. knowledge C. experience D. benefit
20.A. take B. understand C. change D. adapt
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When my kids were small, I started a tradition in our house of giving eight gifts over the course of the eight days of Hanukkah(光明节). I liked the idea of_________a candle every night and giving my children a gift to unwrap to _______. It was easy to go into a toy store and pick up something _______less than $10 each, or even $1 each (at the Dollar Store). My children didn't ask for anything much in particular and they _______whatever they got.
As the years progressed, I _______the tradition of eight gifts for each night of Hanukkah.
But this year, Hanukkah _______something else. My special-needs son decided that he wanted to _______a computer, and it was up to me to buy all the parts of it. When I wouldn't _______that, he decided he wanted a PlayStation. Then Amazon gift cards. Then money. And it became clear that it wasn't going to happen, he got _______.
I keep________him that Hanukkah isn't about greed or materialism. It's about the miracle of an oil lamp that ________for eight days. It's about being________of our heritage. It's about freedom.
But he ________. I know deep down that his obsessions(迷恋) are out of his ________, and definitely out of mine. Having a special-needs child is as________as it gets. Some days are better than others and not all holidays________the way I hope. But despite his unrealistic requests, he's a(n) ________child who is showing me the true meaning of life.
And as we enter a new year and light the ________approaching the time, I welcome his differences ________I learn how to turn negative requests into________ones.
1.A. buying B. donating C. lighting D. drawing
2.A. celebrate B. present C. send D. play
3.A. with B. for C. of D. from
4.A. ate B. threw C. liked D. drank
5.A. held up B. gave in C. handed in D. kept up
6.A. made B. became C. found D. designed
7.A. build B. buy C. use D. watch
8.A. rely on B. learn from C. agree to D. dream about
9.A. calm B. happy C. selfish D. upset
10.A. telling B. warning C. promising D. accusing
11.A. lays B. hangs C. waits D. burns
12.A. tired B. proud C. afraid D. lack
13.A. nodded B. slept C. insisted D. failed
14.A. mind B. sight C. control D. place
15.A. wonderful B. dangerous C. interesting D. challenging
16.A. run out B. break down C. work out D. put down
17.A. strange B. amazing C. bad D. energetic
18.A. candles B. lamps C. torches D. lanterns
19.A. when B. as C. unless D. until
20.A. relative B. possible C. reasonable D. positive
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I always remember one Christmas when we ______ outside of town. My older brother had a job in a different city ______ he always made it home to celebrate the holidays. During the few days before Christmas Day, we _____ a violent snowstorm with powerful winds. It was so ______ that the country road was almost impassable.
The day before Christmas was more ______ than I had ever imagined. My older brother was stuck at a stranger’s home where he had been ______ to stay overnight because of the storm. The person was _______enough to let him stay until morning. But, the ______ was that he couldn’t get his car to start and there was no assistance available.
So, my dad and I ______. We were lucky enough to make it to where my brother was ______. After his car warmed up, he thought it much ______ to head back to his place rather than try and make it home for Christmas. So we headed in ______ directions.
The drive back got even worse. We got stuck in a huge snowdrift. A(n) ______ had to be made. We placed a shovel(铲子) about ten feet behind the car to ______ anyone else that there was an obstruction(障碍物) ahead.
We left the cars in the ______ , wrapped(包裹) blankets around our heads and ______ on top of the snowdrifts. We made it about a mile up the road to a neighbor’s farmhouse where we ______ for the next mile walk home. We all made it ______ home that night.
Christmas was very ______ that year. It didn’t matter if there were _____ or not under the tree the next morning. We each got our gift—the gift of life, home with our family safe and sound. What better gift is there? None.
1.A. hid B. lived C. relaxed D. waited
2.A. or B. so C. but D. since
3.A. predicted B. discovered C. remembered D. experienced
4.A. bad B. unique C. cold D. quiet
5.A. popular B. enjoyable C. important D. memorable
6.A. ordered B. forced C. invited D. refused
7.A. kind B. strict C. smart D. curious
8.A. fact B. result C. problem D. message
9.A. gave in B. set out C. moved on D. turned back
10.A. working B. waiting C. sleeping D. studying
11.A. wiser B. crazier C. more dangerous D. more interesting
12.A. desired B. expected C. opposite D. forward
13.A. excuse B. promise C. change D. decision
14.A. call B. warn C. criticize D. persuade
15.A. snow B. garage C. church D. backyard
16.A. danced B. drove C. walked D. stayed
17.A. woke up B. got out C. looked out D. warmed up
18.A. safely B. regularly C. suddenly D. proudly
19.A. busy B. strange C. special D. traditional
20.A. rewards B. meals C. leaves D. gifts
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