Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe．I had been abroad a couple of times， 36 I could hardly claim to know my way around the continent．Moreover， my 37 of foreign languages was 38 to a little college French．
I 39 ．How would I，unable to speak the language and totally 40 with local geography or transportation systems， 41 interviews and do research? It seemed 42 ，and with much regret I sat down to write a letter begging 43 ．Halfway through，a thought ran through my mind：you can’t learn if you don’t 44 ．So I accepted the assignment.
There were some bad news. But by the time I had 45 the trip I was an experienced 46 ．And ever since，I have never hesitated to 47 for even the most remote places，without guides or even 48 bookings，confident that somehow I will 49 .
The point is that the new，the 50 ，is almost by definition scary．But each time you try 51 ，you learn，and as the learning piles up，the world 52 to you.
I’ve 53 to ski at 40，and flown up the Rhine River in a balloon．And I know I’ll go on doing such things．It’s not because I’m 54 or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for 55 and I believe I can accomplish wonders．
A．though B．and C．but D．since
A．knowledge B．view C．target D．experience
A．forced B．limited C．reduced D．increased
A．left B．doubted C．paused D．hesitated
A．get up B．put up C．set up D．cheer up
A．impossible B．possible C．easy D．disturbing
A．away B．down C．off D．for
A．ask B．try C．practice D．accept
A．finished B．started C．reserved D．cancelled
A．traveler B．reporter C．writer D．thinker
A．take B．head C．make D．change
A．careful B．free C．professional D．advanced
A．lose B．win C．manage D．remember
A．different B．same C．old D．bad
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
A．sticks B．comes C．opens D．drinks
A．learned B．hoped C．forgotten D．attempted
A．weaker B．braver C．worse D．luckier
A．trouble B．failure C．victory D．challenge
Once two brothers，John and Tony，asked a sage(智者) to tell them about their future. The sage them, “It may not be good for you to know your future. ，your future can change later even if I tell you now！” They knowing their future. The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will in a murder.”
John was and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to everyone and soon came out of his .
Eleven months passed. One day，the brothers discovered a half－buried pot. They it and found it full of gold. John shouted， “This is just for me to set up my palace！” Just then，a robber jumped out and gave a on John’s head and tried to take the pot away. Tony jumped at the robber to John. But the robber attacked him with a knife. During the the robber dropped the pot and ran away.
John was very to his injured brother and offered him half the gold. Tony politely saying he was not going to live much longer in any case. John，with his new treasure，started eating and drinking. One year passed. There was no of any crown in sight. Tony was also enjoying good .They decided to visit the sage again. “How did your predictions go ？” John asked. The sage explained， “I told you，your destiny(命运)can be changed. The crown you were to get was to a pot of gold. But，Tony’s life changed his destiny too. Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being ”
How life meets us is called destiny；how we meet life is called self effort!
A．informed B．advised C．ordered D．encouraged
A．Instead B．Therefore C．Besides D．Otherwise
A．insisted on B．depended on C．gave up D．took up
A．recover B．appear C．hurt D．die
A．worried B．pleased C．shocked D．disappointed
A．serve B．receive C．observe D．guide
A．work B．debt C．depression D．anger
A．bought B．wrapped C．sold D．dug
A．experience B．treasure C．award D．success
A．blow B．gift C．tap D．touch
A．calm B．stop C．protect D．inspire
A．performance B．investigation C．action D．struggle
A．polite B．cruel C．grateful D．loyal
A．refused B．accepted C．demanded D．answered
A．symbol B．sign C．mention D．comment
A．chance B．position C．work D．health
A．short B．bad C．wrong D．well
A．reduced B．connected C．devoted D．exposed
A．comfortable B．spiritual C．difficult D．hopeless
A．disturbed B．forgotten C．arrested D．wounded
Americans use the word “friend” in a very general way. They may call many connections . Americans school friends, work friends, sports friends and neighbourhood friends. These friendships are based common interests. When the shared activity , the friendship may disappear. Now Steve and Yarer are no longer classmates. Their friendship has . In some friendship means a strong lifelong bond(关系) between people. In these cultures friendship develop , since they are built to last. American society is one of changes. Studies show that one out of five American families every year because they must change their jobs. The result is American friendship develops quickly. People from the United States may seem friendly. Americans often chat with strangers. They exchange information their families, hobbies and work. They may warmly and say “Have a nice day” or “See you later.” Schoolmates may say, “Let’s get sometime.” But American friendliness is not an offer of true friendship. After an experience like Yarer’s, outsiders may consider to be changeable. Learning how Americans view friendship can non-Americans avoid misunderstanding. It can also help them make friends in the American .
A．teachers B．students C．masters D．friends
A．hold B．have C．own D．share
A．on B．with C．in D．for
A．begins B．develops C．ends D．continues
A．missed B．changed C．failed D．separated
A．cultures B．cities C．schools D．places
A．some B．two C．three D．all
A．fast B．soon C．slowly D．finally
A．thick B．high C．rapid D．large
A．moves B．comes C．does D．disappears
A．which B．how C．whether D．that
A．at once B．at first C．at last D．at all
A．easily B．hard C．much D．fast
A．to B．from C．about D．for
A．smile B．laugh C．nod D．greet
A．there B．over C．away D．together
A．always B．any C．just D．only
A．Chinese B．Japanese C．Americans D．Europeans
A．cause B．get C．hope D．help
A．ones B．way C．people D．means
It was a rainy day. I was riding on a bus downtown to go to . I was sitting next to a man in a business suit and didn’t much attention until we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same to get a morning paper.
The man running the stand was having a bad day. He was and unsmiling as we purchased our papers, which served to only more gloom(抑郁) to my day. The businessman caught my eye and . He then continued to smile and thanked the newsstand owner for the and for being open on such a morning to make sure we were able to get our papers. , he expressed his appreciation for something most of us would take for granted.
The newsman only with a cold expression. The businessman then pleasantly wished him a pleasant day. As we , I asked this man why he had to be pleasantto the newsman when he obviously didn’t care about and didn’t respond to his expression of and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said, “Why would I let someone else what I say and what I feel or what kind of day I’m going to have?”
We then to go to our respective work places. To this day, I don’t know anything about that business man. But I’ve never the words he said or the way his smile seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day. That was a good deed 25 years ago, but the this had on my life has lasted. I never had a to thank him personally, but the way in which I choose to look at life as a result of those words is his legacy (遗赠) to me and my thanks to him.
We cannot control people and situations that come to us, but we can always control our response to them. And in such decisions lie our control and personal power to make a positive difference. And it’s something anyone and everyone can do.
A．school B．church C．work D．hospital
A．draw B．pay C．make D．attract
A．market B．stand C．office D．library
A．curiously B．gradually C．eventually D．obviously
A．rude B．modest C．angry D．kind
A．add B．refer C．devote D．apply
A．shouted B．waved C．confirmed D．smiled
A．quickly B．luckily C．brightly D．loudly
A．book B．present C．paper D．food
A．In short B．After all C．On average D．As usual
A．responded B．objected C．appealed D．disagreed
A．ran out B．left behind C．turned away D．put aside
A．attempted B．continued C．intended D．expected
A．excitement B．gratitude C．impression D．assessment
A．ignore B．manage C．control D．enjoy
A．travelled B．disappeared C．separated D．drove
A．forgiven B．shared C．evaluated D．forgotten
A．effort B．lesson C．effect D．pain
A．wish B．chance C．right D．power
A．positive B．proper C．fortunate D．nervous
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. they were not enough. Something was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men-- individuals who could invent machines, find new of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who the machines of the Industrial Revolution from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were inventors than scientists. A man who is a scientist is primarily interested in doing his research . He is not necessarily working that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by the theories science or by experimenting through trial and error. of his method, he is working to obtain a result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.
Most of the people who the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had or no training in science might not have made their inventions a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years .
A．cases B．reasons C．factors D．situations
A．But B．And C．Besides D．Even
A．else B．near C．extra D．similar
A．generating B．effective C．motivating D．creative
A．origins B．sources C．bases D．discoveries
A．employed B．created C．operated D．controlled
A．came B．arrived C．stemmed D．appeared
A．less B．better C．more D．worse
A．respectable B．practical C．pure D．clever
A．happily B．occasionally C．reluctantly D．accurately
A．now B．and C．all D．so
A．seldom B．sometimes C．always D．never
A．planning B．using C．studying D．applying
A．of B．with C．to D．as
A．Speaking B．Thinking C．Instead D．Regardless
A．single B．sole C．specialized D．specific
A．proposed B．developed C．supplied D．offered
A．little B．much C．some D．any
A．as B．if C．because D．while
A．ago B．past C．ahead D．before
Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitement of having the weekend off. But I was into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa, , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me that she couldn’t type fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embarrassment(尴尬) at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof (证据)of how I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I _____began to understand. “I guess we may all sometimes,” Mother said quietly. I could her pain and the tension(压力) of the strong feelings that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me turned. I out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face my shoulder and sobbed（抽泣）. I held her and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I , what I could and that it was enough. At that moment, feeling Mother’s back with , I understood for the first time her being so easy to . She was still my mother, she was something : a person like me, capable of fear and and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions(场合) when I sought in her arms.
A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station . “It’s a job I can do, though,” she said simply. But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her away across the paper. I knew there was something more going on there than a woman learning to type.
A．tired B．ashamed C．lazy D．shocked
A．crying B．smiling C．thinking D．whispering
A．eagerly B．worriedly C．little D．much
A．quickly B．gradually C．suddenly D．proudly
A．fail B．win C．fall sick D．give in
A．learn B．watch C．sense D．recognize
A．holding back B．putting away C．sitting up D．stopping from
A．found B．worked C．reached D．ran
A．to B．up C．through D．against
A．tightly B．thoughtfully C．carefully D．politely
A．should B．would C．could D．might
A．my hand B．tear C．happiness D．patting
A．content B．break C．fall D．understand
A．therefore B．however C．yet D．though
A．more B．much C．little D．huge
A．wound B．defeat C．cut D．hurt
A．coldness B．memory C．comfort D．support
A．supplied B．offered C．paid D．contributed
A．different B．hard C．pleasant D．serious
A．hitting B．tapping C．beating D．striking