A seeker asks, “I want to make a difference in the world, but there are so many causes crying for attention that I feel deeply confused. I don't know where to put my energy to have the greatest 21 . Where do I begin?”
Lynn Answers:
There is no one “ 22 ” place to begin. Each of us has a different 23 place, and the place where we will be of greatest service has to do with where we most want to 24 . If we want to have an effect on the world around us, it's important to 25 what I think of as our "Area of Power." Our Area of Power is where we feel the most passion to act and have the most 26 that results are 27 .
If we pray for world peace, but have no vision of what this would look like and no faith that our 28 will help, our effect is less than if we pray for peace and harmony in our own 29 with a clear picture of what this means and excitement that healing is possible. Without faith that we can 30 , our power to help is decreased.
21. A. power B. ease C. effect D. result
22. A. right B. real C. similar D. exact
23. A. amusing B. ending C. starting D. finishing
24. A. give B. live C. act D. dream
25. A. work B. regard C. consider D. identify
26. A. power B. peace C. faith D. energy
27. A. visible B. possible C. reasonable D. accessible
28. A. prayers B. players C. seekers D. watchers
29. A. language B. way C. world D. family
30. A. make an effort B. make it
C. make a difference D. make ends meet
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。
If failure is like a day without the sunshine, I’ll still smile at it, as clouds may be dancing in the sky. Success does not ________every person, just like the sun doesn’t shine every day.
Do you give up your plan to go hiking ________ because the weather isn’t as good as you had hoped? No, of course not. I would rather go on trying no matter what I________and enjoy on the way to my destination (目的地).________, failure is like a naughty boy who plays with us on the way to our goals. Not only does he want to________us, but he wants to help us become braver. The more we________, the braver we’ll be.
If failure is the________without the moon, I’ll still smile at it, as stars may twinkle on us still. ________ we all like the moon, but should we ignore the stars? There is always something more important than ________. In other words, we shouldn’t only ________ on whether we succeed or fail. In fact, we learn a lot from failure. It is really helpful. The more we learn from failure, the________we’ll be. If failure is a bird without ________ , I’ll still smile at it. Flying isn’t the only thing a bird can do. If we can’t be________by the wide blue sky, why don’t we________ adapting ourselves to the forest through our beautiful singing? Failure________us that we should believe in ourselves. We may fail in one area, but we may ________ in another. Maybe we’ll find that we have a talent for something we never knew about before. Who ________? Life is like a box of chocolates, and you________ know what you’re going to get. Just keep on trying. The process of trying is much more valuable than the ________. Smile at ________and smile at life.
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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。
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed ______. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls (灵魂) ______ their souls belonged to the ______ .
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ______ in front of it. “I’m Steve”, he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “ I can’t talk with you. I’ m ______”, he said. He was chatting online with somebody—probably someone he didn’t know---and, ______, he was playing a computer game--- a war game. I was _____ .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried ______ to speak to that computer geek(电脑玩家)，______ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was ______ . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “ ______ !” I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I ______ , and saw nobody showed any interest.
______, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ______ having a relationship with the ______, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to ______ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines ______ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ______ that the coffee was bad, ______Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
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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。
Is the world really going mad? _____day I was sitting in a restaurant _____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly_____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was _____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for_____ to open a window to stop myself _____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without _____ that people are _____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and _____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to _____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him _____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down _____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of _____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _____ should, be treated properly. House building, road _____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of _____ created over millions of years. I would like to _____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be _____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _____.
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You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place ____you socialize and learn to get along with people. But this is ___easy. What can you do ____you just don't like one of your classmates?
If you discover that you have problems ____your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the ____to recognize and respect the ____in others. We cannot change the way that other people act, ____it is important to learn to live happily with them.
Practicing tolerance will allow everyone to form better ____with each other. Getting to know someone may help you ____ why they do things ____from you. It is important to remember that just because something is different does not mean that it is bad. ____ teaches us to keep an even temper and open mind.
One thing to ____is the old saying, "Treat others how you want ____". You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is ____to treat them with equal kindness. If you tolerate____, it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to ____who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you will be ____of the differences in others and not try to make them change.
It is important to _____tolerance because it will make everyone's lives easier. Learn to ____people for their different abilities and interests. The world is a very ____place, and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make a difference.
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Two excited kids begged their father for his permission to see a film. Having read some
________ about the movie on the Internet, he firmly ________ their request with the reason that movie presents immorality (不道德) as being ________ . “But dad, those scenes are merely a few minutes of the ________ film, in which good ________ evil eventually. In addition, there are other ________ themes like courage and determination making up for its ________!”
But the father didn’t ________ , and the two teenagers were cast down. Then they heard the sounds of their father preparing something in the ________ . One of the teenagers said, “Dad must be feeling ________ , and now he’s trying to ________ us with some tasty food.” Soon their father appeared with a plate of warm cakes and said, “Before you eat, I want to tell you something: I love you both so much.”
The teenagers smiled and ________ with each other knowing glances. Dad was softening. Looking at the mouth-watering cake, the two boys were getting ________ about the father’s long speech. “But I want to be ________ with you. I added one ingredient (配料) that is not________ found in cakes.”
“To make it more delicious? Oh, come on, Dad! Please just tell us what it is.”
“OK, if you ________. That ________ ingredient is dog waste.”
Both teens ________ stopped chewing the cake, spit it out and dropped the ________ cake back on the plate.
“DAD! Why did you do that?”
“That is the same reason why I won’t allow you to watch that movie. You won’t________ a little dog waste in your cake, so why should you put up with a little immorality in your movies?”
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