Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also 46 on her career road.
Though the accident brought her bright career to a 47 , she didn’t give up. In the 48 months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed an artificial (人造的) 49 made from rubber filled with sponge (海绵). So 50 she wanted to go back to 51 after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in 52 and could realize her dream, 53 she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing — 54 to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn, twist and twirl.
After every public recital (个人表演), she 55 ask her dad about her performance. “You 56 have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get 57 . In January 1984, Sudha made a historic 58 by giving a public recital (舞蹈表演) in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it 59 everyone to tears and this 60 pushed her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked her dad the 61 question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as a praise.
Sudha’s comeback was 62 moving an event that a film producer 63 to make the story into a hit film.
When someone asked Sudha how she had 64 to dance again, she said quite simply, “YOU DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.” 65 is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.
A．left alone B．cut off C．kept out D．put out
A．top B．height C．point D．stop
A．unforgettable B．painful C．busy D．free
A．flower B．leg C．gift D．box
A．strangely B．gradually C．heavily D．strongly
A．home B．school C．dancing D．walking
A．the doctor B．the stage C．herself D．her dad
A．however B．even C．since D．therefore
A．starting B．remembering C．wanting D．learning
A．could B．would C．should D．might
A．yet B．ever C．also D．still
A．in return B．in turn C．in surprise D．in anger
A．change B．movement C．comeback D．promise
A．made B．moved C．let D．forced
A．story B．performance C．decision D．accident
A．usual B．new C．normal D．interesting
A．such B．this C．very D．so
A．allowed B．pretended C．refused D．decided
A．tried B．managed C．thought D．imagined
A．Nothing B．Anything C．Something D．Everything
I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come and get on the list.
The next morning I went down to the at about 5 A. M., and four hours later I the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to me, and that I would stay in with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to the rest of the way.
And somewhere in there I became when I went into something I . I once worked there in 1966 for the of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten tall. And it was burning. I started to ask in which my crane might be a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didn’t know what to do. So I did the same, too. It was as if they had the bulls go in Spain and we were running through the street. People falling down, people them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely . I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and I caught my and said, “Oh, my God, I’m going to die.”
Then I a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we knocked into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you?”
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A．finding B．making C．getting D．losing
A．away B．near C．in D．down
A．volunteer B．soldier C．police D．fireman
A．company B．hotel C．center D．home
A．answered B．made C．heard D．received
A．be curious about B．forget about C．laugh at D．worry about
A．peace B．touch C．connection D．relation
A．walk B．complete C．cancel D．smooth
A．delighted B．frightened C．embarrassed D．interested
A．built B．met C．designed D．had
A．construction B．plan C．destruction D．use
A．miles B．centimeters C．stories D．floors
A．means B．numbers C．position D．directions
A．as B．why C．when D．because
A．driven B．let C．asked D．enjoyed
A．pushing B．giving C．looking D．picking
A．dangerous B．urgent C．efficient D．important
A．view B．sight C．breath D．sense
A．put down B．settled down C．knocked down D．let down
Recently, we went on a vacation for a week that involved visiting four different ports in the sunny and warm climate of the Caribbean. There were of laughter, fun and great food. It’s a thing when you go away that each day of the vacation also to the end and a return to work.
It was twelve years since we went on a vacation, so this vacation was viewed with of a great break away from my daily routine. And we weren’t .
But there was something very different about this vacation compared to those when we worked in a corporative environment. The main was that when we returned, when the vacation was rapidly drawing to a close, we didn’t have the same feeling of stress, anxiety and fear.
In this recent vacation, it wasn’t that we enjoyed the various fun and new activities, the break away from routine, the pleasure of touring different countries and cultures, the to do what we wanted when we wanted or the leisurely of each day that was significant. What was significant was that we didn’t fear the last day of vacation. You see, we know that we were what we love to do not what we had to do.
The feelings experienced in the last couple of days of vacation were viewed with the same joy as the very first days. In the previous times, the last days of vacation were terrible. We experience an increasing of stress we knew that a return to our field of employment was “work” and not that we loved and thoroughly enjoyed.
The is this: If you do what you love, it doesn’t matter that a vacation has to end. If you love what you do you will not yourself wishing for even a few more days of vacation, or wishing that you could enjoying this vacation for much, much longer. A love of what you do you back like a magnet.
A．moments B．possibilities C．situations D．ways
A．discouraging B．bitter C．wonderful D．funny
A．come up B．count down C．give out D．die away
A．expectation B．attempt C．opinion D．demand
A．satisfied B．tired C．disappointed D．optimistic
A．advantage B．problem C．difference D．drawback
A．approaching B．relieving C．bearing D．overcoming
A．necessarily B．thoroughly C．relaxingly D．smoothly
A．opportunity B．desire C．possibility D．right
A．pattern B．pace C．lifestyle D．atmosphere
A．yet B．still C．also D．even
A．returning to B．submitting to C．turning to D．heading for
A．number B．knowledge C．sense D．awareness
A．although B．and C．because D．if
A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
A．lesson B．idea C．point D．solution
A．in the least B．for a moment C．after all D．at the moment
A．let B．find C．make D．catch
A．maintain B．risk C．keep D．stop
A．draws B．holds C．pushes D．welcomes
Joy in the journey
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the !” one of the brothers volunteered .
The older boys began to , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a long silence, one of the picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He the lid and showed the wonderful to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found the way!”
Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is a goal is for — to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to keep us ! But not every goal will be fully . Not every job will end . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be . But when you fall of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly .
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A．house B．earth C．wall D．road
A．calmly B．patiently C．excitedly D．impatiently
A．laugh B．think C．stare D．smile
A．important B．difficult C．impossible D．interesting
A．passers-by B．watchers C．visitors D．diggers
A．moved B．removed C．broke D．pushed
A．contents B．scenes C．pictures D．jars
A．properly B．confidently C．carefully D．happily
A．in B．along C．to D．out
A．what B．how C．where D．which
A．way B．direction C．life D．sight
A．thinking B．moving C．digging D．living
A．made B．prepared C．kicked D．achieved
A．hopelessly B．pleasantly C．surprisingly D．successfully
A．come true B．realized C．made D．treasured
A．short B．lost C．out D．behind
A．breaking into B．turning to C．coming into D．holding to
A．when B．where C．which D．that
A．matters B．happens C．appears D．exists
On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us．Regardless of his , he greeted us in a friendly way.
Once inside, my daughters whispered, "Mom, he . " After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good to my children. Yet sometimes when things didn't go right, being a good example was . When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck．With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I myself from the meal and went to get them.
Just then, the "doorman" was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his . Letting them in first, I said a loud "thank you" to him as I .
When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside he purchased food. I went back and told my family his .Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich.
The kids looked as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the "doorman", they smiled. When it was time to our trip, I found the "doorman" enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then out his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly the tears in his eyes—tears of gratitude. What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the " doorman" a . He pulled away, with tears down his face.
Back in truck, I fell into deep thought．While we can't choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude．I said thanks to a man who had held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that to teach my children by example.
A．messy B．clean C．pretty D．bright
A．service B．state C．appearance D．attitude
A．smokes B．smells C．sighs D．smiles
A．around B．over C．beyond D．into
A．ignored B．hated C．missed D．refused
A．target B．rule C．record D．example
A．stressful B．accessible C．awkward D．tough
A．excused B．refreshed C．prevented D．forgave
A．company B．presence C．challenge D．attack
A．quitted B．marched C．exited D．approached
A．before B．unless C．though D．since
A．story B．deed C．desire D．demand
A．concerned B．puzzled C．excited D．bored
A．make B．start C．continue D．take
A．waved B．washed C．raised D．reached
A．watched B．inspected C．witnessed D．noticed
A．hug B．nod C．lift D．strike
A．slipping B．rushing C．rolling D．breaking
A．firmly B．simply C．constantly D．politely
A．journey B．wisdom C．community D．opportunity
I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and of a big city, and where teenagers like me leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that changed one summer night. My friend Lisa, Martin and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. they kept handing alcohol to me I was pretty . I asked Tyler to take me home. With some , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. My friend Martin was in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Martin, who was more drunk than me, got into his car and towards the highway to go home. Driving on the wrong side of the road, he never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see him to avoid the car. They hit head on. Martin died immediately, and the driver was thrown the truck windshield（挡风玻璃）and died a week later.
Whenever I back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my to drink so much that night. things would be different. I know Martin the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel for what happened.
I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that by my story I can make you that you not only have a responsibility for yourself but also for others. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours . Every choice is like a stone dropped into water—each ripple (涟漪) represents someone who your choice . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?
A．death B．fashion C．danger D．challenge
A．succeeded in B．dreamed of C．applied for D．agreed to
A．As B．While C．When D．Although
A．lost B．drunk C．frozen D．sleepy
A．fun B．difficulty C．hope D．method
A．died B．injured C．killed D．hurt
A．constantly B．frequently C．clearly D．equally
A．headed B．walked C．pushed D．fled
A．in trouble B．in time C．in danger D．in place
A．above B．below C．into D．through
A．turn B．hold C．look D．get
A．desire B．fault C．right D．chance
A．Thus B．Nevertheless C．Otherwise D．Therefore
A．faced B．avoided C．regretted D．made
A．responsible B．disappointed C．sensitive D．embarrassed
A．remembering B．sharing C．declaring D．stopping
A．explain B．escape C．limit D．realize
A．alone B．finally C．merely D．perhaps
A．clean B．deep C．still D．fresh
A．affects B．inspires C．attracts D．benefits