My husband and I both work at home. We have four children, so the times when I am 36 in the house are few. Like many work-at-home moms, when I do get a 37 to be by myself, I fill that time with more 38 , whether it’s related to my career or taking care of the housework. Most of the time, I don’t mind. 39 , I wanted this job as wife and mother, and I knew from the start that it often 40 putting others’ needs before my own. But, other times, I can’t help but feel a little 41 because I seldom had any plans for myself, and everyone knew it. My life 42 on my family, but they seldom appreciated this, which often 43 me a lot.
One day, when the kids were at school, I 44 for the movie theater-alone, I’d 45 been to the movies alone before, so I was a little nervous. Would I look pitiful going to the theater by myself? Was I being ridiculous(荒唐可笑) by seeing a movie 46 so much work waited for me at home? I 47 myself to swallow these 48 and bought myself a ticket. And then I walked into the theater with my 49 held high and enjoyed every minute of the movie. I laughed and felt my good spirits 50 for a couple of hours, I was 51 wife or mother. I was just myself.
From that point on, I 52 that Fridays would be mine, 53 for a couple of hours. Some Fridays, I head to(前往) the beach with a good book. Other Fridays, I go shopping, 54 up a little fast food or some clothes just for myself. I really 55 my Fridays after a long week of caring of my family.
A．busy B．alone C．tense D．brave
A．chance B．way C．purpose D．fortune
A．fun B．fear C．work D．love
A．So far B．From then on C．As a result D．After all
A．practiced B．advised C．meant D．considered
A．happy B．excited C．angry D．nervous
A．centred B．insisted C．depended D．knocked
A．moved B．bothered C．amused D．scared
A．applied B．waited C．longed D．headed
A．ever B．also C．never D．instead
A．if B．when C．unless D．until
A．forced B．allowed C．ordered D．taught
A．answers B．efforts C．thoughts D．results
A．hands B．head C．legs D．ticket
A．leave B．happen C．return D．weaken
A．everybody’s B．somebody’s C．anybody’s D．nobody’s
A．expressed B．declared C．agreed D．decided
A．at least B．at last C．in all D．in time
A．making B．picking C．taking D．bringing
A．come up with B．break away from C．look forward to D．pay attention to
My husband and I are both musicians. I took it 36 granted that one day our daughter Holly would learn to play an instrument.
In 2000 Holly fell 37 and the doctor said she may have been left 38 deaf. “She won’t be able to hear music in any shape or form,” said the doctor. It was a great 39 .
In 2001, her right ear was fitted with a cochlear implant --- electronic equipment that provides a sense of 40 for people who are completely deaf. Seven years later, another was fitted in her 41 ear. The doctors played us a model of what music would sound like to Holly --- I was horrified42 it was just white noise.
“Holly will hear music,” I 43 saying to myself. I tried to put what had gone wrong right, so we constantly 44 words and sounds to her. She has been having lessons since she was seven . she’s 45 all the time. I’m always surprised by just how much better she does.
When she 46a national piano competition, the adjudicator 47 Holly for appearing to listen to the sounds she was making --- her whole body, he said to us, was 48in the process of making music.
I 49 that the model we originally heard of how music sounds with a cochlear implant isn’t 50 holly hears it. The brain is complex and adapts to many 51 ;in some way, Holly has made 52 of it all. She loves life. She doesn’t think about what happened to her and says 53 , “I don’t want to talk about bad things. Let’s talk about good things.”
I was determined that her life would not be 54 by a miserable event, but never imagined that she could 55 what she has. I can only describe this as a miracle.
A．as B．like C．for D．with
A．asleep B．ill C．silent D．short
A．partly B．nearly C．deeply D．totally
A．accident B．disease C．shock D．surprise
A．sound B．noise C．music D．voice
A．right B．left C．deaf D．good
A．although B．unless C．because D．while
A．avoided B．remembered C．imagined D．kept
A．repeated B．reflected C．reacted D．responded
A．suffering B．crying C．working D．improving
A．entered B．quitted C．lost D．visited
A．asked B．cared C．praised D．thanked
A．considered B．contained C．invited D．involved
A．remind B．believe C．advise D．forget
A．when B．how C．whether D．why
A．states B．positions C．places D．situations
A．sense B．choice C．use D．fun
A．exactly B．finally C．simply D．generally
A．influenced B．decided C．remarked D．introduced
A．achieve B．choose C．take D．expect
My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and
the sea．As was often the case, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and 31 those we had grown to love．We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again 32 at the pier （码头） waving good-bye to my father as his 33 pulled him away from us．My mother would turn my brother and I around before the ship was out of 34 , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of 35 in the new environment again．
Throughout the years of changing 36 , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother．For both my 37 and I, she was the cook, maid and teacher．She played these roles while 38 some type of part-time job．Leaving a promising career is just one of the 39 which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so． 40 she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, 41 , managed to make each house to be the very home that is safe and 42 ．
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, 43 with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability （无能） to 44 a career or establish a home．But it was not for my mother．She turned this 45 into adventure for us all! Each relocation （变换位置） was a chance to 46 another part of the world．My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood．Each new house was a 47 to rearrange furniture, make curtains and 48 pictures．Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people．
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a 49 attitude．She always had strength in the face of struggle and change．My mother was so 50 all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change．She is my hero．
A．leave behind B．leave out C．leave off D．leave for
A．living B．staring C．standing D．going
A．car B．ship C．train D．plane
A．range B．shape C．sight D．control
A．adapting B．suiting C．matching D．fitting
A．names B．jobs C．addresses D．directions
A．father B．classmates C．brother D．relatives
A．performing B．seeking C．waiting D．applying
A．programs B．sacrifices C．contribution D．cooperation
A．Once B．While C．When D．Unless
A．somewhere B．somewhat C．sometime D．somehow
A．romantic B．comfortable C．mysterious D．wealthy
A．generally B．actually C．especially D．unfairly
A．desert B．develop C．affect D．limit
A．lifestyle B．value C．journey D．opportunity
A．acquire B．explore C．occupy D．realize
A．load B．sadness C．result D．challenge
A．hang B．draw C．take D．sell
A．changeable B．cautious C．positive D．negative
A．experienced B．brave C．ordinary D．annoyed
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling ___36___， but I always knew he was ___37___．He never criticized us, but used ___38___ to bring out our best．He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish．If you don’t give them water, they die．”I ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___ about somebody, and father said,“___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you．”He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would get the best ___43___．From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running my company．
Dad’s also always been very ___45___．At 15, I started a magazine．It was ___46___ a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47__: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine．
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ___49__ me to go into law．And I’ve ___50___ regretted it．I wanted to be a biologist, ___51__ I didn’t pursue my ___52__．You know what you want．Go fulfill it．”
As ___53__ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54__ for young people in the U．K．My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ___55__ me．
A．biologist B．manager C．layer D．gardener
A．strict B．honest C．special D．learned
A．praise B．courage C．power D．warmth
A．think B．imagine C．remember D．guess
A．unnecessary B．unkind C．unimportant D．unusual
A．Another B．Some C．Any D．Other
A．on B．in C．at D．about
A．in case B．by turns C．by chance D．in return
A．revise B．set C．review D．follow
A．understanding B．experienced C．serious D．demanding
A．taking up B．making up C．picking up D．keeping up
A．suggestion B．decision C．notice D．choice
A．and B．as C．even if D．as if
A．helped B．allowed C．persuaded D．suggested
A．always B．never C．seldom D．almost
A．rather B．but C．for D．therefore
A．promise B．task C．belief D．dream
A．this B．he C．it D．that
A．newspaper B．magazine C．program D．project
A．controlled B．comforted C．reminded D．raised
I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a 36in my upper jaw,” she said. “I told my own dentist it's nothing, but he 37 I come to see you.”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would 38 to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the 39 of her mouth. A careful examination later40 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the 41 of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just 42 . ”
I thought otherwise. After considerable 43 on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to 44 me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon(外科医生). She saw him, but as I expected, 45 treatment.
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 46 .
“How are you?” I asked.
“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded 47 high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all, I answered 48 , “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had 49 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness 50 .
I had read of such things happening, but had 51 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others, because they keep getting 52 to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, 53 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 54 the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 55 we choose to find it.
A．cut B．pain C．wound D．cancer
A．declared B．suspected C．promised D．insisted
A．refuse B．continue C．attempt D．manage
A．roof B．corner C．bottom D．surface
A．confirmed B．convinced C．considered D．conducted
A．possibility B．importance C．seriousness D．resolution
A．old B．sick C．fine D．glad
A．permission B．support C．approval D．effort
A．persuade B．please C．encourage D．astonish
A．declined B．provided C．received D．required
A．healthy B．elegant C．optimistic D．humorous
A．to B．in C．with D．by
A．worriedly B．confusedly C．patiently D．confidently
A．covered B．reached C．spread D．grown
A．cured B．faded C．expanded D．remained
A．ever B．also C．never D．already
A．easier B．rarer C．happier D．closer
A．or B．so C．yet D．for
A．read B．make C．keep D．see
A．whatever B．wherever C．whoever D．whichever
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved．That person was my stepmother．
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia．My father 36 me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is 37 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 38 than tomorrow morning．”
My stepmother walked over to me, 39 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye．Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are 40 ．This is not the worst boy at all, 41 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a（n） 42 between us．No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my 43 as a bad boy．My stepmother changed all that．
She changed many things．She 44 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors．She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more 45 and my brother and I could be better 46 ．
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 47 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer．I knew her enthusiasm, I 48 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives．I accepted her 49 and began to write for local newspapers．I was doing the same kind of 50 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later．I wasn’t the 51 beneficiary （受益者）．My father became the 52 man in town．My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president．
What power 53 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is 54 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 55 ．
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it．This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm．
A．rushed B．sent C．carried D．introduced
A．distinguished B．favored C．mistaken D．rewarded
A．sooner B．later C．longer D．earlier
A．dragged B．shook C．raised D．bent
A．perfect B．right C．wrong D．impolite
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．agreement B．friendship C．gap D．relationship
A．opinion B．image C．expectation D．mind
A．begged B．persuaded C．ordered D．invited
A．successful B．meaningful C．helpful D．useful
A．treaded B．entertained C．educated D．respected
A．camera B．radio C．bicycle D．typewriter
A．considered B．suspected C．ignored D．appreciated
A．belief B．request C．criticism D．description
A．teaching B．writing C．studying D．reading
A．next B．same C．only D．real
A．cleverest B．wealthiest C．strongest D．healthiest
A．enthusiasm B．sympathy C．fortune D．confidence
A．deliberately B．happily C．traditionally D．constantly
A．win B．match C．reach D．doubt