On their wedding day, a young farmer decided to give his wife a present.The present was a mirror,and it made his wife very 26 because she had never seen herself before 27 in the waters of a pond or stream. When she looked in the mirror and saw her lovely 28 , the young woman laughed with 29 .The farmer was joyful, too. He knew he was lucky to have such a beautiful 30 .
After a few years,the young wife gave birth to a baby girl. But the birth was 31 and the young woman died. The farmer felt 32 sad that he put all his wife’s things 33 in in a box, including her 34 mirror.
The mirror 35 in the box for many years.
The daughter 36 , and with each year she 37 more and more like her mother. One day, her father took her to a quiet garden and 38 her about her mother and the mirror she so loved. The girl was so __39__ what her father said that she could not control (控制) herself. She took out her mother’s old things and __40_the mirror. She 41 the mirror in front of her face and looked 42 into it:“Father,father,come here,”she 43 ,“It’s mother. Her face is in the mirror.”
The face in the mirror is the girl’s face, 44 her father didn’t say a word.
He could not 45 . Tears were streaming down his face.
A．concerned B．proud C．happy D．anxious
A．near B．except C．between D．from
A．picture B．face C．hands D．legs
A．kindness B．excitement C．joy D．sadness
A．decision B．present C．mirror D．wife
A．difficult B．long C．wonder D．usual
A．very B．so C．rather D．such
A．up B．away C．down D．off
A．favourite B．new C．strange D．broken
A．put B．held C．lay D．kept
A．thought B．studied C．worked D．grew
A．acted B．looked C．laughed D．sounded
A．told B．asked C．begged D．persuaded
A．amazed at B．frightened by C．tired of D．interested in
A．felt B．found C．cleaned D．watched
A．lifted B．tried C．dropped D．shook
A．carelessly B．clearly C．slowly D．carefully
A．answered B．cried C．asked D．smiled
A．but B．and C．as D．since
A．sit B．believe C．speak D．stand
Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he firstback in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an, he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn't afford theat college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be donehis farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activitieshe didn't have the time or the. He had only one good suit. He triedthe football team, but the coach turned him down for being too. During this period Dale was slowlyan inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew couldhim from achieving his real potential. Shethat Dale join the debating team, believing thatin speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother's advice, tried desperately and after several attemptsmade it. This proved to be apoint in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain thehe needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,, were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle tohis feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability toan idea to an audience builds a person's confidence. And,it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do-and so could others.
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The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (烫衣板)and said, "Pay attention: I'm going to teach you to iron."
Mom clearly explained her1for this lesson. I was going to be2and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good3."Learn to iron a shirt," Mom said, "and you can iron anything."
But ironing shirts was not4work. It didn't make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn't a5operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of6.If you touched the wrong part of it, you'd get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you7,you might bum down the house.
As for technique, Mom8me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled (有褶皱的）parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would9them.
Over the years, I've learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of10Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.11,through ironing I've learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. "12wrinkles one at a time," as Mom might have said, "and before long everything will get ironed out."
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When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a "fresh start".
At the1of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷）State Park，I2a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a3，permanent campsite in the park, and4,the hosts served as a link between the park's guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an5for the following day.
The park was6, so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼠由）walking toward our table. We7climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to8our camp.
Having survived that night, we were9that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our10and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening,11, we learned about the canyon12. They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay13in the dark until the winds died away.
14the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and15the little money my wife16by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful17For a time after our business18I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny19with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself20for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
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Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top1, but on their way back conditions were very2. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon3alone, he would probably get back4. But Simon decided to risk his5and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope（绳）.
As they6down, the weather got worse. Then another7occurred. They couldn't see or hear each other and,8, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was9for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe's10was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice.11, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to12. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe13into a large crevasse（裂缝）in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn't walk, but he14to get out of the crevasse and started to15towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers16.
Simon had17the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be18, but he didn't want to leave19. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe's voice. He couldn't20it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.
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Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then again, teenagers have1feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common2between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over3rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children's refusal to help with the4. On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for5the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.
The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different6to these problems. However, some approaches are more7than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but8clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children's9. On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the10of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don't help their parents with the shopping don't find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to11their actions.
Psychologists say that12is the most important thing in parent-child relationships. Parents should13to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say. Parents may14their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space. Communication is a two-way process. It is only by listening to and15each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.
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