Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he ___36___his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always ___37___his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, ___38___to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the ___39___made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the ___40___customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for ___41___. Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying ___42___for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a ___43___fake（假货）. When he was ___44___of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, ___45___cost nearly 100,000 into pieces ___46___hearing Glen’s words. Glen was ___47___. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined ___48___. For many times of entry-exit ___49___he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and ___50___him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if __51___reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be ___52 __according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep ___53___on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of ___54__, which he would remember as the ___55___of his success forever.
A．set up B．took up C．went up D．picked up
A．honors B．mentions C．brings D．owes
A．decided B．refused C．objected D．asked
A．books B．things C．savings D．pounds
A．ordinary B．routine C．regular D．common
A．look B．inspection C．test D．experiment
A．one B．it C．them D．these
A．priceless B．useful C．worthless D．valuable
A．afraid B．proud C．ashamed D．hard
A．who B．what C．as D．which
A．on B．at C．who D．in
A．Disappointed B．delighted C．shocked D．satisfied
A．strictly B．quietly C．quickly D．curiously
A．conditions B．experiences C．experiments D．chances
A．stopped B．hoped C．warned D．urged
A．came out B．found out C．sent out D．set out
A．hit B．blamed C．praised D．charged
A．expression B．idea C．thought D．impression
A．honesty B．lies C．goods D．bravery
A．secret B．lesson C．choice D．belief
A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered. enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was or tired, he did not stop he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was . Then he asked himself, “Why did I myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only a very small area to myself.”
The above story is to the journey of our . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding and the things we love to do. One day we look back, we will that we don’t really need that much, then we cannot turn back time for what we have .
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
A．use B．get C．work D．cover
A．Sure B．Strange C． Good D．Interesting
A．rode B．ran C．expanded D．struggled
A．gave up B．asked for C．kept on D．succeeded in
A．sad B．hungry C．confused D．excited
A．because B．so C．but D．if
A．dying B．arguing C．sleeping D．smiling
A．make B．push C．destroy D．prove
A．find B．have C．need D．show
A．live B．support C．bury D．sleep
A．useful B．certain C．special D．similar
A．future B．past C．history D．life
A．money B．progress C．discoveries D．friends
A．freedom B．career C．honor D．health
A．things B．condition C．beauty D．people
A．before B．when C．unless D．since
A．regret B．realize C．apologize D．explain
A．but B．until C．however D．or
A．saved B．won C．reduced D．missed
A．possible B．probable C．necessary D．suitable
Tears were streaming down Ruth Ann Kittelson's face as she hung up the phone. Her daughter, Lora, wanted to ____ her husband and move back home with her new baby. For the first time Ruth Ann ____ if she had the strength to keep Lora from getting her own way. As Lora grew up, Ruth Ann would do anything for her. "If Lora wanted something I would be ____ that she got it," she recalled.
Lora's father had left the ____ when Lora was 15. A year later Ruth Ann married a Christian man named Wayne.
When Lora was 20 years old, she ____ Scott Mesker, and the early years of their married life were plainful and exhausting. As college students, Scott had three jobs and Lora worked on campus. ____ the birth of their son. Josh, the pressures became overwhelming. Scott and Lora became ____ in the same household.
Coming from a divorced home, Lora knew her choices. ____ she had been a Christian since childhood, some of her best friends advised, "____ will forgive you if you get a divorce."
Lora knew that her mom ____ let her come home with the baby. ____, her mom would do anything for her.
Ruth Ann knew Lora's marriage was in ____, and had discussed the situation with Wayne and he ____ that Ruth Ann should not come to Lora's rescue. Lora needed to make a commitment to her marriage.
Ruth Ann had not always ____ to Wayne when Lora was a teenager, but she would now. She could not ____ Lora taking her young son through the ____ of divorce.
As she talked with Lora on the phone, she sensed that God was telling her not to ____ to Lora's request to move home. So she reluctantly said, "I just can't ____ you come home. You love Scott. You have to take a stand and make this work!"
Lora was in ____. "How could Mom do this to me?" she wondered. What she didn't see was Ruth Ann's body ____ from uncontrollable weeping.
A．keep B．leave C．quit D．stop
A．wondered B．minded C．cared' D．considered
A．sure B．necessary C．likely D．possible
A．work B．task C．job D．family
A．met B．recognized C．knew D．married
A．With B．For C．As D．In
A．workers B．students C．parents D．strangers
A．If B．When C．While D．Although
A．Mother B．God C．Husband D．Child
A．should B．will C．would D．need
A．In all B．After all C．All in all D．At all
A．danger B．time C．trouble D．state
A．announced B．declared C．decided D．advised
A．seen B．listened C．pointed D．referred
A．think B．meet C．imagine D．receive
A．feeling B．excitement C．pain D．pleasure
A．want B．expect C．agree D．approve
A．ask B．let C．make D．force
A．comfort B．horror C．surprise D．disbelief
A．crying B．shaking C．standing D．falling
Here in Alaska, the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago, because hunters were killing hundreds of them for ____. However, laws were passed to protect the wolves ____ the sportsmen and also the people who ____ the animals for fur. So the wolf quantity has greatly ____.Now there are so ____ wolves that they are destroying their own ____ supply.
A wolf naturally preys (捕食) on animals in the ____ family. People in the wilderness （荒野) also hunt deer for food. Many of the animals have been destroyed by the very ____ recently and by changes in the wilderness ____ life. When the deer can't find ____ food, they die.
If the wolves ____ to kill large numbers of deer, their prey will ____ some day. And the wolves will, too. So we must ____ the cycle of life in the wilderness to ____ the ecology(生态). If we killed more wolves, we would ____ them and their prey from extinction(绝种). We'd also save some ____ animals.
In another northern state, wolves attacked chickens for ____. ____ want the United States government to send a team of ____ to study the problem. They believe it is necessary to kill wolves in some areas and to protect them in places where there is a ____ wolf quantity.
A．fun B．food C．sports D．interest
A．for B．of C．from D．about
A．take B．catch C．find D．play
A．increased B．reduced C．developed D．advanced
A．many B．few C．much D．little
A．animal B．plant C．food D．water
A．cat B．dog C．deer D．cows
A．hot summers B．warm springs C．cool autumns D．cold winters
A．animal B．plant C．food D．cold
A．good B．much C．more D．enough
A．start B．stop C．decide D．continue
A．disappear B．reduce C．increase D．appear
A．keep B．change C．renew D．form
A．change B．remain C．balance D．keep
A．wild B．farm C．useful D．field
A．fur B．sport C．food D．fun
A．Farmers B．Scientists C．Biologists D．Fishermen
A．officials B．doctors C．teachers D．biologists
A．small B．large C．increasing D．natural
Into the wild is a movie that tells the true story of a young man named Christopher McCandless. In the 1990s, he ____ society after college to ____ himself in the American wildness. Actor Sean Penn wrote and ____ the movie, which ____ a book by John Krakauer.
Penn asked his friend, the singer Eddie Vedder, to write the music for this powerful ____. The song helps ____ the inner voice and personal discovery of this brave young man.
Vedder is the lead singer for the rock band Pearl Jam. This is the first album in which he ____ in his own. Vedder said that when he read the book into the wild and started to write songs for the movie, the story of Christopher McCandless took ____ of him.
For two years, this young man __ __ through deserts, down rivers, and __ __ mountains in the western United States. He travels __ __ to the northern state of Alaska. On the road, he meets many people and __ __ them with his earnest and intelligent personality.
Christopher McCandless does not __ __ his adventure. Some people have noted that he is really not __ __ to survive in the __ __. He dies of starvation at the age of 24, __ __ in the Alaskan wilderness. But the story of his independence and desire to live in the simple beauty of __ __ lives on.
In the __ __ Society, Eddie Vedder __ __ the thoughts of Chris McCandless, as he says goodbye to the rules and demands of society in order to live freely __ __.
A．entered B．dropped out of C．liked D．hated
A．entertain B．check C．test. D．study
A．directed B．set C．sold D．owned
A．introduces B．brings about C．becomes of D．is based on
A．song B．film C．book D．young
A．sing B．call C．express D．remind
A．performs B．conducts C．carries D．takes
A．possession B．control C．place D．notice
A．walks B．wanders C．travels D．tours
A．down B．through C．across D．up
A．all the way B．in the way C．by the way D．on the way
A．pleases B．surprises C．influences D．persuades
A．survive B．defeat C．realize D．find
A．content B．pleased C．prepared D．delighted
A．country B．wild C．mountain D．west
A．lonely B．allalone C．disappointed D．regretful
A．society B．man C．nature D．science
A．movie B．performance C．travel D．song
A．thinks B．expects C．imagines D．supposes
A．on his own B．together C．actively D．lonely
Obamas celebrate King's birthday at worship service
President Obama and his family celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a Sunday worship service. The legacy(遗产) of the civil ____ leader was remembered at events ____ the country.
Obama, his wife, Michelle, and daughters Natasha and Malia sat in the second row of Washington's Zion Baptist Church as the church ____ King's 83rd birthday, which is ____ observed today.
A program for the service bore a photo of ____ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the ____ "I Have a Dream". A church deacon welcomed the ____ family and read a passage from King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail".
The sermon(布道), ____ by the Rev. KeithByrd, drew from Chapter 5 of the Gospel of Matthew, which ____ to the salt of the earth. Byrd urged the people at the ____ to "preserve our morals, preserve our values" like salt among political, social,and ____ turmoi1(混乱).
In New York, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators ____ artists, celebrities, and others at a candlelight vigil(守夜) last night. The vigil was at Riverside Church, which hosted a program ____ included performances by Patti Smith and other artists, and speeches by Yoko Ono and Russell Simmons.
Members of Local 100 0f the Transport Workers Union ____ outside a midtown Manhattan hotel for a separate candlelight respect to King. King, a Baptist minister and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was ____ in Jan. 15,1929 in Atlanta. He was assassinated(暗杀) 44 years ____ in Memphis, Tenn.
A new memorial to King, which ____ in August in Washington, celebrates the ideals he supported. Quotations from his speeches and writings ____ us of his message, and a 30-foot sculpture describes King emerging as a "stone of ____ "from a "mountain of despair", a design inspired by a line of his famous ____ "I Have a Dream".
A．rights B．laws C．wars D．politics
A．among B．in C．over D．across
A．remembered B．forgotten C．memorized D．reminded
A．informally' B．fluently C．sometimes D．officially
A．Martin Luther King B．Lincoln C．Birmingham D．Obama
A．words B．language C．sentence D．phrases
A．first B．second C．last D．late
A．delivered B．delivering C．giving D．making
A．refers B．contributes C．leads D．turns
A．school B．memorial C．street D．church
A．economical B．development C．economy D．society
A．combined B．joined C．met D．linked
A．this B．it C．that D．which
A．collected B．gathered C．crowded D．rushed
A．killed B．born C．lived D．left
A．before B．ago C．ever D．forever
A．closed B．moved C．opened D．began
A．remind B．call C．think D．expect
A．disappointment B．hope C．expectation D．encouragement
A．speech B．1ife C．writing D．article