For every woman who feels like she's had to s...

For every woman who feels like she's had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Don't give up on your dreams.

She retired after winning gold in Beijing to start a family; son Lucas arrived in 2010, but then she decided to compete again in the London Olympics. She won a gold medal at last.

The decision to start training again wasn't easy. "I struggled with that a lot," she told a newspaper. “At the beginning I felt selfish, I felt like, ‘Well, I'm not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. It's all supposed to be for my kid.’”

She faced physical challenges of getting back into competition shape after giving birth, as well. When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feeding; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race. Her days revolved around Lucas and training.

"I feel like I'm able to do what I love to do and still manage a family and have that balance," Armstrong said. "That you have a family or a child doesn't mean that you have to stop going after what you dream of individually.”

Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether it's on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you can't have it all without making some sacrifices. For example, don't expect a neat home—her husband, Joe Savola, who she describes as her support system and her "protector", says he's had to give up on trying to keep everything orderly at home and just accept that their living room has become Lucas's playroom. For Armstrong, she's sacrificed time with friends who had kids around the same age—there just wasn't time.

Now, she says, "That sounds like fun to me." As she heads home to Boise, Idaho, she's ready to do regular mom stuff.

1.After Kristin Armstrong retired, she ___.

A. lived an easy life

B. moved to a new house

C. still had a great interest in cycling

D. spent much time with her kid

2.It was difficult for Armstrong to make the decision to participate in the London Olympics because she_______ .

A. was too old to train racing

B. had to give her family much consideration

C. faced big physical challenges

D. could not get support from her family

3.In most days of 2011, Armstrong could be described as ____.

A. a housewife and a new mom

B. an athlete and a career woman

C. a parent and a sportswoman

D. a wife and a good mother

4.We can know from the passage that it ____ for Armstrong to keep a balance between her family and dream.

A. was quite easy　　　　　 　　 B. made her feel tired

C. surprised herself　　　　　 D. was a hard job

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A woman liked the water from the pump so much that she had it______ to her house every day.

A. deliver　　　　　　　 B. to be delivered

C. delivered　　　 　 　 D. being delivered

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I know a woman who tries hard to be a good custodian (保洁工). I pass her every day after school as she pushes her cart down my hallway. Of course, she is my building’s cleaner.

One Tuesday morning I came into school and saw a ______ on my desk from my custodian. It seemed that some unbearable first year students had damaged the bathroom in a particularly disgusting way and she had been ______ to clean it. This took ______ than she had expected. She had left the typewritten note on my desk to ______ for not being able to clean my room as she was ______ to do.

At the beginning of the period, I shared her note with my first period ______. When I mentioned that our custodian had apologized to us, their first ______ was to volunteer to seek out and beat up those first year students for making our custodian have to clean up their ______. It turned out that just about all of my students also knew our custodian by name-all of them responded with smiles and ______ for a long time about this time or that time when she’d ______ each of them in the hallway. That she felt she needed to apologize ______ a strong reaction from many of the kids.

As the class period was about to end, I asked them to ______ the floor like I do every period and thanked them for picking up any garbage ______ it wasn’t theirs. My entire class disappeared; they each disappeared instantly ______ their desks to pick up those annoying tiny pieces of paper that ______ so easily from notebooks. One girl made a(an) ______ that I later used with my other classes: “Her job might be to clean the room, but she shouldn’t have to clean up ______ us. There’s a difference. “

I believe that people know the difference between right and wrong. I believe that people appreciate it when others ______ take care of them. And I believe that people, even adolescents who are not quite yet mature, appreciate it when they see someone who takes ______ in her work. Sometimes we need a ______ of the things we take for granted... things like a good custodian to take care of us.

1.A.paper B.handbook C.note D.letter

2.A.advised B.persuaded C.allowed D.charged

3.A.shorter B.longer C.mare D.less

4.A.apologize B.regret C.appeal D.complain

5.A.recommended B.believed C.approved D.scheduled

6.A.class B.colleagues C.staff D.members

7.A.answer B.reaction C.decision D.behavior

8.A.room B.desks C.mess D.chaos

9.A.talked B.asked C.quarreled D.discussed

10.A.visited B.called C.praised D.greeted

11.A.made B.showed C.earned D.accepted

12.A.sweep B.examine C.check D.mop

13.A.even if B.only if C.if only D.if ever

14.A.above B.under C.beyond D.across

15.A.leave B.fall C.fly D.miss

16.A.promise B.agreement C.announcement D.comment

17.A.after B.before C.with D.for

18.A.freely B.gently C.hopefully D.sincerely

19.A.advantage B.pride C.action D.chance

20.A.keeper B.caretaker C.reminder D.observer

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Grandma　 had　 the coin for as long as I can remember.　 Every time I went over　 to her house, she told me the story of the coin：

It was the day after the ship had ______ in New York City. My grandmother and grandfather had come from Poland on that ship. They came to______ for a new life in the United States, ______ from the poverty and war in their native land.

They were walking to their new ______ from their factory jobs when they saw a　 small glint (闪光) on the sidewalk. My grandmother bent over to ______ it more closely. It turned out to be a dark and dirty quarter. My grandmother ______ it up and said，“This coin is a good omen, a ______ of good fortune to come.” They took the coin to their little apartment and ______ it to make it shine.　 The next day my grandmother got a(n) ______ job at a jewelry store.

As the years passed, my grandparents______good times and bad. My father and uncles were born,　 my　 grandfather　 was ______from the factory, but got a job at a big machinery company. There, my grandparents finally found the good ______ my grandmother had ______.

When my grandfather died three years ago,　 my grandmother ______ in to live with my family. This is when she ______the coin to me. Every day she told me this story. After a few months I could ______ tell the story in my sleep, ______ still she told me the story every day, stressing the importance of ______ on the coin. Last week she died. According to her ______， I got the coin. I think I was fortunate enough because I got the thing that ______ the most to my grandmother, and I will cherish it forever.

1.A. sailed　　 B. joined　　 C. landed　　 D. pulled

2.A. prepare　　 B. ask　　 C. apply　　 D. search

3.A. absent　　 B. fre　　 C. tired　　 D. independent

4.A. restaurant　　 B. store　　 C. apartment　　 D. cottage

5.A. examine　　 B. observe　　 C. test　　 D. touch

6.A. picked　　 B. dug　　 C. lifted　　 D. fixed

7.A. moment　　 B. message　　 C. gift　　 D. sign

8.A. packed　　 B. cleaned　　 C. repaired　　 D. rebuilt

9.A. worse　　 B. greater　　 C. better　　 D. easier

10.A. got over　　 B. took up　　 C. passed by　　 D. went through

11.A. laid off　　 B. laid down　　 C. shut off　　 D. broken down

12.A. wealth　　 B. chance　　 C. fortune　　 D. situation

13.A. described　　 B. planned　　 C. experienced　　 D. predicted

14.A. settled　　 B. moved　　 C. entered　　 D. dropped

15.A. promised　　 B. presente　　 C. sent　　 D. gave

16.A. hardly　　 B. practically　　 C. particularly　　 D. usually

17.A. and　　 B. so　　 C. but　　 D. however

18.A. keeping　　 B. passing　　 C. carrying　　 D. holding

19.A. order　　 B. dream　　 C. explanation　　 D. will

20.A. proved　　 B. offered　　 C. meant　　 D. contributed

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Also she felt her home wasn’t 　　　　　 enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position.

A. elegant　　 B. endless　　 C. evident　　 D. efficient

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Once there was a young woman who didn’t like her job. Everyday when she came home from work, she told her husband how terrible her day had been, how tiring the work and how unreasonable her boss. “Leave that job,” her husband told her.

“Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. I have too many friends there for me to leave.” And so she remained unhappy at work until the years became decades and her children had children. “Leave that job,” her grandchildren told her. “Oh, I will,” she said. “But not yet. There are only seven more years until I reach thirty years of service and can retire. So I can’t just yet.”

I know this woman. And her story reminds me of an old dog half asleep on the porch of a general store, moaning and groaning in the sun. “Why is your dog acting that way?” a customer asked the store owner. “Oh,” answered the man. “He’s lying on a nail.” “Well, why doesn’t he move?” “Because it’s not hurting him bad enough.”

That’s true for people, too. We convince ourselves the pain is not bad enough to leave the workplace we know. But we’re wrong. Prolonged work pain is continuing. Some work pain damages our self-esteem, kills our passion or destroys our dreams.

Wilbur Wright once commented, “We could hardly wait to get up in the morning. I know that exhilarating feeling of being so passionate about something I was working on that I couldn’t wait to get back to work. And people who are winning at working know that kind of passion, too.”

They get excited about work. They offer their unique gifts and talents eagerly. And when things don’t change as they sometimes will, they refuse to let environment hijack(劫持) their self-esteem, passion or dreams.

1.The woman complained to her husband every day because________.

2.From the second paragraph we can know that the woman________.

3.The underlined word “Prolonged” (in Paragraph 4) means________.

4.People who are getting along well with their work ________.

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Why does the woman push back the scheduled time?

A.Her mother's flight was delayed.

B.She has to see her friend at the airport.

C.Her flight was delayed.

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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her．One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘）bush．The young girl carefully released the butterfly．Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy．The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief．

"For your wonderful kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will give you any wish you would like．" The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I w ant to be happy．"

The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear．Then the fairy disappeared．

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she．Everyone asked her secret of happiness．She would only smile and answer, "The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl．"

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her．"Tell us, please," they begged, "Tell us what the good fairy said．" The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me．"

1._____ the girl felt sad and lonely．

A．There were many friends but

B．There was nobody to love her so

C．There was nothing to do

D．Seeing the butterfly was caught

2.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the girl _____．

A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B．felt sorrow, but she didn't go up to help it

C．fell down on it too

D．failed to help it release from the thorn

3.The butterfly _____ after was saved by the little girl．

A．filed away

B．still died

C．changed into a fairy

D．was more beautiful than before

4.The only thing that the little girl wanted was _____．

A．to be rich　　　　　　　　 B．to have her own parents

C．to have a lot of friends　 D．happiness

5.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because _____．

A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn't wanted her to die

B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D．they wanted to pray for her after her death

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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her the secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, believing that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”

1.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl _______.

A. helped the butterfly escape from the thorn　　　　

B. felt sad, but she didn′t go up to help it

C. fell down on it too[　　　　　　　　　　　　

D. failed to help it release from the thorn

2.The butterfly _________ after it was saved by the little girl.

A. flew away　　　　　     B. still died　　

C. changed into a fairy　　     D. was more beautiful than before

3.The only thing that the little girl wanted was_________.

A. to be rich　　　　　　 B. to have her own parents

C. to have a lot of friends　　     D. to be happy

4.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because ______.

A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn′t want her to die

B. the woman had lots of money to be shared after she died

C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D. they wanted to pray for her after her death

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What happened to the woman last weekend?

A.She had an unpleasant trip.

B.Dirty water went into her kitchen.

C.Her new apartment was flooded.

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