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My mother used to ask me what was the most important part of the body. Through the years I would 21 what I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought 22 was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy”. She said, “No. Many people are 23 . But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Several years passed 24 she asked me again. Since making my first 25 , I had often thought of the correct answer. So this time I told her, “Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are 26 fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”
27 the years, Mother asked me a couple more 28 and always her answer was, “No, but you are getting 29 every year, my child.” Then last year, my Grandpa died. Everybody was crying when it was our 30 to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. Mom asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”
I was 31 when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a 32 between her and me. She saw the 33 on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really 34 your life.” I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your 35 .” I asked, “Is it because it holds up your head?” She replied, “No, it is 36 on them a crying friend or loved one can rest their head. I only hope that you have enough 37 and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry 38 when you need it.” Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a 39 one. It is sympathetic to the pain of 40 .
A.notice B.believe C.doubt D.wonder
A.love B.health C.sound D.sight
A.blind B.deaf C.lame D.foolish
A.while B.once C.after D.before
A.discovery B.decision C.attempt D.suggestion
A.learning B.thinking C.growing D.changing
A.Before B.Till C.Beyond D.Over
A.ways B.things C.questions D.times
A.stronger B.taller C.smarter D.nicer
A.duty B.turn C.pity D.chance
A.shocked B.satisfied C.interested D.excited
A.game B.test C.match D.job
A.worry B.puzzlement C.regret D.pain
A.enjoyed B.found C.disliked D.lived
A.shoulders B.feet C.hands D.hair
A.how B.because C.why D.whether
A.respect B.favor C.love D.fun
A.by B.on C.above D.for
A.valuable B.useful C.selfish D.precious
A.others B.the deaf C.Grandpa D.the blind
I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.
My friends told us that taking the “hard 16” to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to 17 . But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 18 , which was relatively modern and 19 . During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not 20 at all.
It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much 21 . However, we had energy. First, we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller 22 us that tickets would not be on 23 for another two days. We were a little worried about getting 24 , but we made up our minds to 25 for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way 26 the “gypsy” taxi driver who tried to 27 one hundred yuan for the ride, we found another taxi and it 28 cost us thirty yuan to get 29 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets. 30 , the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 31 . The most important lesson about China I ever 32 is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much 33 . We were not able to get tickets, but the 34 agents could.
While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very 35 . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place. There aren’t any words to describe it.
A.chair B.bed C.bench D.seat
A.provide B.happen C.expect D.think
A.plane B.train C.ship D.bus
A.clean B.dirty C.simple D.long
A.easy B.good C.bad D.hard
A.trouble B.sleep C.food D.help
A.promised B.persuaded C.advised D.informed
A.sale B.show C.duty D.time
A.behind B.out C.back D.through
A.ask B.start C.look D.pay
A.towards B.into C.past D.across
A.charge B.offer C.bargain D.share
A.even B.only C.also D.still
A.where B.which C.what D.how
A.Meanwhile B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.However
A.couldn’t B.wouldn’t C.shouldn’t D.needn’t
A.heard B.taught C.gave D.learned
A.harder B.earlier C.easier D.later
A.business B.travel C.transport D.hotel
A.interesting B.crowded C.famous D.good
John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the ___36___and found himself interested in the notes in the margin. The soft handwriting ___37___a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.
In front of the book, he ___38___the previous owner’s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he ___39___her address. He wrote her a letter ___40___himself and inviting her to correspond.
During the next year and one-month the two grew to know each other ___41___the mail. A Romance was budding. John requested a(an) ___42___, but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like. Later they ___43___their first meeting—7:00 pm at Grand Central Station in New York
“You’ll ___44___me, ”she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my lapel. ”So at 7:00 he was in the ___45___looking for the girl with the red rose.
A young woman in a green suit was coming toward him, her ___46___long and slim and her eyes were blue as flowers. Almost ___47___he made one step closer to her, and just at this moment he saw Hollis Maynell—a woman well past 40. The girl was walking quickly away. He felt as though he split in two, so keen was his ___48___to follow her, and yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose ___49___had truly companioned him and upheld his own.
He did not ___50___. He squared his shoulders and said, “I’m John, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me;may I take you to ___51___?”
The woman smiled. “I don’t know what this is about, son, ”she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit ___52___me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I ___53___tell you that she is waiting for you in the ___54___across the street. She said it was some kind of ___55___!”
It’s not difficult to admire Miss Maynell’s wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in it’s response to the unattractive.
A.exhibition B.shelf C.figure D.diagram
A.represented B.refreshed C.replaced D.rejected
A.transformed B.conveyed C.observed D.discovered
A.located B.expressed C.settled D.evaluated
A.explaining B.introducing C.appointing D.predicting
A.by B.on C.beyond D.through
A.photograph B.E-mail C.measurement D.document
A.separate B.scheduled C.strengthen D.possessed
A.recognize B.witness C.advocate D.tolerate
A.library B.station C.downtown D.square
A.shadow B.shoulder C.appearance D.figure
A.randomly B.mentally C.uncontrollably D.ridiculously
A.desire B.dream C.attempt D.determination
A.carefulness B.wealth C.expectation D.spirit
A.hesitate B.guarantee C.submit D.hurry
A.theatre B.dinner C.shopping D.service
A.advised B.applied C.begged D.required
A.should B.would C.may D.must
A.balcony B.restaurant C.corner D.department
A.patience B.experiment C.test D.decision
One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk.She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods before she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and __41 what to do, she began crying.After a while, she__42__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes.When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house.She opened the door and __43__ stepped in.Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the __44__.Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __45_.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home.Laddy __46__ that his mistrees(女主人)was in danger.He jumped through a window, breaking the glass.He looked in the fields.But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere.However, from the ground came a __47__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head.He __48__ the scent and walked across the grassland.Barking loudly into the air, the dog _49__ through the woods until he found the __50_.But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods.Much to his __51__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance.He jumped over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__.
When she opened her eyes and53 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times.Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of 55 .That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak
A.forgetting B.wondering C.remembering D.regretting
A.preferred B.expected C.failed D.decided
A.cautiously B.carelessly C.hopelessly D.unwillingly
A.trees B.bushes C.woods D.grasses
A.stream B.rock C.tree D.house
A.found B.heard C.sensed D.smelt
A.terrible B.strange C.pleasant D.familiar
A.missed B.discovered C.followed D.ignored
A.searched B.wandered C.looked D.travelled
A.window B.girl C.house D.hero
A.satisfaction B.delight C.disappointment D.embarrassment
A.awake B.abandoned C.available D.asleep
A.spotted B.watched C.observed D.saw
A.rescued B.disturbed C.comforted D.scared
A.pain B.shock C.relief D.sorrow
Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are 11 . Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to12 it. Creativity isn’t always 13 with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time 14 think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections. This technique involves taking 15 ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words16 with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the 17 to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original 18 ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.
NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t 19 . You have as much time /space / money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new20 . If your goal is to learn to ski, 21 , you can now practise skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now22 this to reality.Maybe you can practise skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a 23 point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the24 in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their 25 . The best fishermen think like fish!
A.wrong B.unbelievable C.reasonable D.realistic
A.put up with B.catch up with C.make use of D.keep track of
A.equipped B.compared C.covered D.connected
A.skillfully B.routinely C.vividly D.deeply
A.familiar B.unrelated C.creative D.imaginary
A.presented B.marked C.lit D.associated
A.ideas B.ambitions C.achievement D.technique
A.experience B.service C.present D.object
A.work B.last C.exist D.change
A.possibilities B.limitations C.tendency D.practice
A.in fact B.in particular C.as a whole D.for example
A.devote B.adapt C.lead D.keep
A.private B.global C.different D.practical
A.features B.themes C.creatures D.characters.
A.positions B.dreams C.images D.directions
Diana Velex does everything with maximum effort — and at maximum speed. That 41 learning a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.
When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one 42 : to have what she had back home in Colombia. “I didn’t want to 43 what I do, like so many who come to a new country.” she said. “I 44 to open a store here in Canada but knew I had to 45 myself properly.”
Diana quickly realize that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a 46 meant going to school to get the 47 education and certification. “My experience of owning a shop and working as a designer in Colombia gave me 48in my abilities. But I couldn’t speak the language and I had to 49 how to do things in Canada. It was like having to 50 all over again,” said Diana.
51 , she found just the help she needed for relaunch(重新开张) 52 continuing education at George Brown College. She began taking 53 for both the Essential Skills in Fashion Certificate and the image Consulting Certificate in May 2009. 54 Diana met with the language barrier, she was always going 55 while at college.
By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two years after her 56in Canada, Diana at last achieved her 57 goal when her new store opened its doors in Toronto’s Sheppard Center.She was on the fast-track to 58 .
Looking back, Diana, a fashion designer, 59 her achievements to the goal she set, the education she received from the college, and 60 the efforts she made. Now Diana is very happy doing what she is doing.
A.requires B.encourages C.includes D.advises
A.goal B.memory C.choice D.problem
A.continue B.choose C.change D.lose
A.demanded B.decided C.agreed D.hesitated
A.teach B.prepare C.enjoy D.persuade
A.reality B.fact C.challenge D.wonder
A.physical B.private C.primary D.necessary
A.pressure B.judgement C.influence D.confidence
A.put away B.depend on C.learn about D.look into
A.advance B.start C.suffer D.work
A.Naturally B.Gradually C.Luckily D.Clearly
A.through B.for C.before D.with
A.notes B.responsibilities C.chances D.courses
A.Though B.As C.Since D.Once
A.around B.back C.ahead D.out
A.adventure B.arrival C.performance D.journey
A.original B.common C.another D.distant
A.success B.wealth C.glory D.happiness
A.adds B.connects C.devotes D.owes
A.after all B.above all C.at least D.at first