“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 36 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 37 . Each of you will have to 38 someone in your field, and give an oral (口头的) report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I 39 print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 40 able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some 41 ?” I shook my head again.
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Finally, I thought he realized I was too 42 , and I got my first big tip as a 43 . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen or paper. You never know what you’ll 44 into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I 45 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't 46 me. They just reminded me how 47 the field was and how I had run away from competition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my 48 . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 49 .A．cautious B．mad C．optimistic D．enthusiastic
A．universities B．families C．professions D．lives
A．interview B．describe C．admire D．face
A．considered B．rejected C．expected D．picked
A．hardly B．nearly C．naturally D．eagerly
A．preparations B．newspapers C．drink D．paper
A．reliable B．grateful C．tense D．amazed
A．student B．journalist C．candidate D．writer
A．look B．turn C．break D．run
A．called B．remembered C．recognized D．evaluated
A．answer B．urge C．stop D．persuade
A．funny B．competitive C．ordinary D．mysterious
A．blood B．body C．life D．opinion
A．coming in B．coming out C．going up D．going on
A．creating B．recalling C．covering D．writing
A．flights B．crashes C．budgets D．schedules
A．hit B．caught C．impressed D．seized
A．for B．with C．of D．to
A．hurt B．realized C．adjusted D．asked
A．respect B．support C．thank D．envy
Morning is extremely important, because it is the beginning of a day. How you choose to your morning can often be used to predict what kind of day you are going to have.
each day with love and gratitude. When you get up in the morning, think of what a great luck it is to be —to see, to hear, to love, to have something to look forward to. Happiness is simply the feeling of appreciating others. Realize that it’s not happiness that makes us , but gratefulness that makes us happy. Don’t have pressure on each new morning. yourself from the things that you didn’t yesterday and made you down. Let yesterday go. Every morning is the start of a new day with new . Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
A．live B．enjoy C．spend D．change
A．Compare B．Treat C．Concern D．Begin
A．awake B．alike C．ahead D．alive
A．meaningful B．grateful C．hopeful D．colorful
A．laid B．lain C．covered D．floated
A．Free B．Keep C．Comfort D．Cure
A．give out B．come out C．work out D．set out
A．views B．tasks C．difficulties D．opportunities
Once, in a lovely garden, lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world. She was so pretty, and had won so many beauty competitions that she had become very . One day, the naughty cockroach (蟑螂) got fed up with her showing off, and decided to teach her a .
She went to see the butterfly, and in front of everyone she told her that she wasn’t really that and that the butterfly only won the competitions because the judges had been . In reality, the cockroach was the most beautiful.
The butterfly was and told the cockroach, “I will you in a beauty competition, with whichever judges you yourself choose.”
“OK, I . See you on Saturday,” answered the cockroach, and left without waiting for a .
That Saturday everyone went to the beauty competition. The butterfly arrived completely of victory until she saw who the judges were: cockroaches, worms, beetles. All of them preferred the ugliness and bad of the cockroach.
The butterfly was left and disappointed, wanting never to enter another beauty competition in her life. , the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.
A．pleased B．kind C．proud D．friendly
A．lesson B．class C．message D．text
A．excellent B．useful C．wonderful D．beautiful
A．fooled B．paid C．threatened D．instructed
A．angry B．disappointed C．sad D．sorry
A．aid B．beat C．show D．strike
A．doubt B．object C．accept D．know
A．competition B．word C．reply D．question
A．nervous B．confident C．clear D．afraid
A．shape B．taste C．look D．smell
A．sobbing B．laughing C．trembling D．singing
A．Certainly B．Fortunately C．Surprisingly D．Immediately
The world has never faced so much trouble before. People are within themselves about natural resources, territories and especially religions. In my opinion, laughter is a universal language, which has the ability to humanity without religions. Laughter can build a common connection between various religions and create a new world . The idea may sound over-ambitious, and maybe it is. But maybe it is not. It is our deep that laughter and only the laughter can unite the world, holding up a sense of brotherhood and friendship.
Studies also show that laughter helps your body to do the following: lower blood pressure; lighten depression; reduce stress; work out the heart, for those who are unable to perform exercise. So in life, when you can laugh, you should laugh loudly and with your entire body—because it’s good for you.
A．in peace B．in difficulty C．at war D．among challenge
A．unite B．unfold C．release D．handle
A．position B．ruler C．size D．order
A．belief B．advice C．intention D．plan
A．safe B．humorous C．common D．global
A．partly B．intensively C．especially D．universally
A．mental B．heart C．physical D．morning
Maybe you know the saying, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.” One wise man had a version of this when he said, “Don't focus on the dust in your brother's eye while the dirt in your own eye.” Why do we do this? Because criticisms are always ourselves. When we criticize others, we do not expose them, but expose ourselves. We our own weakness and smallness.
A story in the old tales the difference in wisdom between the good and the bad. Once a king both Nelson and Dick. The king asks Nelson to go out into the kingdom and after finding someone less qualified than himself. Then he asks Dick to go out into the kingdom and return after finding someone than himself.
When Fool Dick returns, he tells the king that he couldn't find anyone better than himself. Wise Nelson says that he was to find anyone less qualified than himself on his return.
Moral of the story is something about human . Good people always look at their own and faults and consider themselves less qualified than others. Whereas bad people always look at the shortcomings and faults of others and themselves more qualified than others.
A．problem B．wisdom C．idea D．action
A．dropping B．holding C．ignoring D．neglecting
A．centered on B．put up with C．dealt with D．moved out
A．forget B．kill C．broadcast D．express
A．cancels B．explains C．doubts D．illustrates
A．meets with B．questions about C．worries about D．looks after
A．leave B．return C．wait D．stay
A．better B．faster C．higher D．shorter
A．But B．Although C．Moreover D．Therefore
A．happy B．quick C．disabled D．unable
A．side B．life C．thought D．psychology
A．shortcomings B．excuses C．worries D．advantages
A．consider B．take C．have D．keep
My six-year-old granddaughter, who is called Caitlyn, stopped with me at a cake shop to buy some treats. As we were going out of the door, a young teenage boy was in.
This young man had hair on the sides of his head and a patch （块）of blue hair on top of it. He had a nose ring, which was to a ring he was wearing in his ear by a . He held a skateboard under one and a basketball under the other.
Caitlyn, who was walking ahead of me, when she saw the teen. I thought he’d her, and she’d frozen on the spot. I was . My angel went back to the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was with the young man. I stepped and let him pass. His was a polite one, “Thank you very much.”
On our way back home, I praised Caitlyn for her in holding open the door for the young man. She didn’t seem to be troubled by his , but I wanted to . Once we had spoken I realized it was me who needed to the way I had responded.
The thing Caitlyn noticed about the teen was the fact that his arms were . He would have had a hard time the door.
I saw the partly shaved head, the strange , the rings and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading towards a closed door. In future, I hope I am as as her and not so judgmental about others.
A．looking B．rushing C．breaking D．coming
A．much B．no C．less D．more
A．joined B．added C．attached D．belonged
A．chain B．rope C．jewel D．thread
A．hand B．arm C．foot D．leg
A．cried B．ran C．shouted D．stopped
A．known B．recognized C．frightened D．attracted
A．angry B．wrong C．worried D．curious
A．hand in hand B．neck and neck C．side by side D．face to face
A．back B．aside C．over D．up
A．response B．action C．performance D．expression
A．way B．custom C．manners D．interest
A．appearance B．character C．hair D．rings
A．cheer up B．make sure C．calm down D．hold on
A．give up B．work out C．answer for D．think about
A．first B．last C．only D．simple
A．broken B．strange C．short D．full
A．closing B．opening C．knocking D．finding
A．hairstyle B．expression C．clothing D．skateboard
A．careful B．positive C．thoughtful D．patient