A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls．It was like someone had 36 the balls and left them out in the sun to bake．
They didn’t look like much, but they 37 the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him．As he walked along the beach, he 38 the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could．He thought little about it 39 he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open（裂开）on a rock．Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! 40 , the man started breaking open the 41 balls．Each contained a similar treasure．He found thousands of dollars’ 42 of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones．
Then it 43 him．He’d been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the 44 ．Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he 45 have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away!
It’s like that 46 people．We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we 47 see the clay shell．It doesn’t look like much from the 48 ．It isn’t always beautiful or shining, so we 49 it．We see that person as less important than someone more 50 or stylish or well known or wealthy．But we haven’t taken the time to find the treasure 51 inside that person．
There is a treasure in each and every one of us．If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the 52 he sees them, then the clay begins to 53 and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth．May we not come to the 54 of our lives and find out that we’ve thrown away a 55 in friendships because the gems （宝石） were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them．
A．invented B．rolled C．handled D．bounced
A．confused B．encouraged C．interested D．relaxed
A．dipped B．pushed C．kicked D．threw
A．until B．when C．since D．though
A．Frightened B．Determined C．Excited D．Disappointed
A．shining B．floating C．surviving D．remaining
A．worth B．value C．cost D．wealth
A．shocked B．rejected C．struck D．delighted
A．caves B．waves C．seashore D．storms
A．might B．must C．could D．should
A．with B．towards C．about D．between
A．hardly B．actually C．simply D．luckily
A．distance B．outside C．weight D．pattern
A．removed B．suspected C．ignored D．reserved
A．beautiful B．cautious C．positive D．grateful
A．lost B．hidden C．divided D．mixed
A．moment B．point C．degree D．way
A．come off B．break away C．take over D．fall down
A．sight B．best C．middle D．end
A．relation B．position C．fortune D．memory
Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.
In these belt-tightening times 1 , cost-conscious workouts（锻炼）at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed 2 by shorter, more time-efficient regimens, such as 3 boot camp（强力集中训练） and circuit training.
"People are looking 4 for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little 5 time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.
"Last year money was on the list but this 6 year the majority of the respondents put 7 it as one of the top," he added.
Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness 8 professionals responded to the annual poll 9 , which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.
Other money-saving measures 10 , such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training 11 classes and in-home workouts 12 using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.
"Personal trainers are seeing they've got to respond to market needs 13 . Working with two to four clients at a 14 time they can charge less 15 but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.
Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn 16 calories while building strength and endurance（持久性）, will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained（受压制的） consumers 17 seek shorter, more intense activities.
One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo's Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up 18 in health clubs and senior centers.
Functional training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong 19 , and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase 20 in the coming year.
( ) 1. A. times B. years C. centuries D. societies
( ) 2. A. caught B. followed C. covered D. conducted
( ) 3. A. such like B. in other words C. such as D. that is to say
( ) 4. A. taking B. developing C. opening D. looking
( ) 5. A. little B. much C. many D. few
( ) 6. A. that B. next C. this D. previous
( ) 7. A. manage B. put C. try D. organize
( ) 8. A. medicine B. train C. economy D. fitness
( ) 9. A. poll B. conference C. observation D. reception
( ) 10. A. measures B. procedures C. policies D. systems
( ) 11. A. speaking B. training C. exercising D. processing
( ) 12. A. work B. workouts C. rest D. race
( ) 13. A. changes B. prices C. needs D. habits
( ) 14. A. some B. no C. any D. a
( ) 15. A. less B. fewer C. more D. much
( ) 16. A. produce B. burn C. cut D. add
( ) 17. A. professionals B. students C. consumers D. trainers
( ) 18. A. turning up B. turning down C. turning around D. turning out
( ) 19. A. weak B. useful C. strong D. possible
( ) 20. A. decrease B. appear C. increase D. want
Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.
In these belt-tightening times 1, cost-conscious workouts（锻炼）at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed 2by shorter, more time-efficient regimens, such as 3boot camp（强力集中训练） and circuit training.
"People are looking 4for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little 5time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.
"Last year money was on the list but this 6year the majority of the respondents put 7it as one of the top," he added.
Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness 8professionals responded to the annual poll 9, which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.
Other money-saving measures 10, such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training 11classes and in-home workouts 12using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.
"Personal trainers are seeing they've got to respond to market needs 13 . Working with two to four clients at a 14time they can charge less 15but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.
Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn 16calories while building strength and endurance（持久性）, will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained（受压制的） consumers 17seek shorter, more intense activities.
One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo's Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up 18in health clubs and senior centers.
Functional training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong 19, and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase 20in the coming year.
( ) 1. A. times B. years C. centuries D. societies
( ) 2. A. caught B. followed C. covered D. conducted
( ) 3. A. such like B. in other words C. such as D. that is to say
( ) 4. A. taking B. developing C. opening D. looking
( ) 5. A. little B. much C. many D. few
( ) 6. A. that B. next C. this D. previous
( ) 7. A. manage B. put C. try D. organize
( ) 8. A. medicine B. train C. economy D. fitness
( ) 9. A. poll B. conference C. observation D. reception
( ) 10. A. measures B. procedures C. policies D. systems
( ) 11. A. speaking B. training C. exercising D. processing
( ) 12. A. work B. workouts C. rest D. race
( ) 13. A. changes B. prices C. needs D. habits
( ) 14. A. some B. no C. any D. a
( ) 15. A. less B. fewer C. more D. much
( ) 16. A. produce B. burn C. cut D. add
( ) 17. A. professionals B. students C. consumers D. trainers
( ) 18. A. turning up B. turning down C. turning around D. turning out
( ) 19. A. weak B. useful C. strong D. possible
( ) 20. A. decrease B. appear C. increase D. want
Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't 1 it to be blue - the name has nothing to 2 the color of our closest celestial（天体） neighbor.
A full moon 3 on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.
"If you're in Times Square, you'll see the 4 moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant," said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.
The New Year's Eve blue moon will be 5in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up 6 New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.
However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse（月蚀） on New Year's Eve when 7 of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The 8 will not be visible in the Americas.
A full moon occurs 9 29.5 days, and most years have 12. 10 , an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The 11 time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't12 again until 2028.
Blue moons have no astronomical 13 , said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
"`Blue moon' is just a 14in the same sense as a `hunter's moon' or a `harvest moon,'" Laughlin said in an e-mail.
The popular definition of blue moon 15 after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misunderstood the Maine Farmer's Calendar and marked a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the calendar 16a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, not the usual three.
Though Sky & Telescope corrected the 17 decades later, the definition caught on. For purists（语言纯正癖者）, however, this New Year's Eve full moon doesn't even qualify as a 18 moon. It's just the first full moon of the winter season.
In a tongue-in-cheek essay 19 on the magazine's Web site this week, senior contributing editor Kelly Beatty wrote: "If skies are clear when I'm 20 celebrating, I'll take a peek（眯着眼睛看） at that brilliant orb（天体） as it rises over the Boston skyline to see if it's an icy shade of blue. Or maybe I'll just howl."
( ) 1. A. wish B. wait C. hope D. expect
( ) 2. A. deal with B. do with C. develop with D. form into
( ) 3. A. occurred B. came C. ran D. went
( ) 4. A. full B. half C. bright D. part
( ) 5. A. out of sight B. visible C. big D. clear
( ) 6. A. until B. when C. before D. since
( ) 7. A. part B. all C. any D. none
( ) 8. A. moon B. eclipse C. sun D. shadow
( ) 9. A. each B. every C. either D. all
( ) 10. A. On the whole B. Generally speaking C. On average D. In addition
( ) 11. A. last B. next C. other D. another
( ) 12. A. go B. see C. come D. look
( ) 13. A. point B. evident C. theory D. significance
( ) 14. A. name B. object C. phenomenon D. tradition
( ) 15. A. created B. came about C. made D. copied
( ) 16. A. named B. called C. introduced D. defined
( ) 17. A. error B. name C. reality D. number
( ) 18. A. blue B. red C. yellow D. grey
( ) 19. A. published B. posted C. printed D. written
( ) 20. A. in B. out C. away D. on
If it’s possible to see red(get angry) about not seeing red, that is what I was doing. We had 26 the timing of our autumn trip to see the changing 27in the Great Lakes States, and I was really 28 . No matter how I strained my eyes I couldn’t spot red anywhere. Not 29a bit of golden yellow broke through the dull greenery.
This vacation was a complete 30 . I sat alone in the backseat of our rented car and got 31 as we drove north through the dull, dark green. In the 32 seat my brother and my father chatted merrily, obviously 33 .
Then a motto came to mind: “Happiness is a decision.” It must have been something my mother said. She was always passing on words of 34 . When I was a child, she gave me a black book with 35 pages. On the flyleaf she had written, “Look for a beautiful thing and you’ll find it.” I was supposed to 36a record of the most beautiful thing I saw each day.
I remembered spending hours discussing what I’d 37 . A baby’s smile? A stone shining with fool’s gold? Pictures in the clouds, or tulips tipping their heads? I found so many beautiful things that it was 38 to pick just one.
Now, on the road, I played Mother’s game again. I took in the all-green 39 . Thick forests lined both sides of the highway. The long hill pines and spruce were seen 40 . Maple leaves danced in the gentle wind. I felt like a little girl again— 41 by beautiful things.
Later in the 42 , after we crossed the Upper Peninsula and drove into Canada, I found the bright 43 plants I had been looking for. But by then I’d already seen a million shades of __44 , the infinite variety and beauty that only our heavenly Father can 45 . And that we can always find—if we look closely enough.
26. A. kept B. missed C. misjudged D. seized
27. A. situation B. weather C. plants D. leaves
28. A. upset B. excited C. happy D. sorry
29. A. yet B. even C. still D. ever
30. A. success B. time C. waste D. pleasure
31. A. sleepy B. mad C. patient D. angry
32. A. front B. back C. right D. left
33.A. unconcerned B. disappointed C. worried D. surprised
34. A. order B. advice C. apology D. help
35. A. nice B. common C. missing D. empty
36. A. set B. break C. keep D. put
37. A. brought in B. written down C. got through D. referred to
38. A. impossible B. valuable C. necessary D. strange
39. A. forests B. leaves C. hills D. scenery
40. A. nowhere B. anywhere C. everywhere D. somewhere
41. A. wondered B. surrounded C. waken D. treated
42. A. trip B. autumn C. course D. game
43. A. leaf B. hill C. highway D. fall
44. A. red B. trees C. green D. plants
45. A. observe B. produce C. find D. provide
Andy was born with a developmental disorder. The two sides of his 36. _______were not joined normally with each other. The right side of his body could not 37.______ with the left. At age three, it was 38._______ for him to walk, speak, and play. He could only 39._______ back a few words, and walk 40.________while someone held each of his hands.
Then came the struggles. He 41._______ an all-day center he was enrolled in every imaginable therapy(疗法). He 42._______, sometimes in tears, to get stronger. Andy hated it when his parents would leave him in the mornings. 43._______, they believed -- against all odds -- that he would grow up to live a 44.______ healthy life. They believed it for themselves, and for Andy.
It 45._______. Today Andy is a successful 13-year-old high school student. His progress has been nothing short of phenomenal. He receives special help with 46._________, but joins with friends in all the activities he loves. Andy 47.________ enormous odds to move from adversity to victory.
Ask yourself: “What are the seeds of strength hidden in my struggles today? If I get back up when I fall, what will that make possible tomorrow?”
36. A. body B. hands
C. brain D. legs
37. A. talk B. speak
C. exchange D. communicate
38. A. easy B. difficult
C. unchallenging D. comfortable
39. A. pay B. answer
C. reply D. respond
40. A. smoothly B. swiftly
C. slowly D. quickly
41. A. attended B. joined
C. presented D. went
42. A. behaved B. struggled
C. appeared D. seemed
43. A. Therefore B. While
C. However D. Though
44. A. rich B. average
C. common D. normal
45. A. paid back B. paid out
C. paid off D. paid for
46. A. something B. nothing
C. anything D. everything
47. A. beat B. won
C. overlooked D. overcame