Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you money.
This is how I with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store in my mind, I step in and make the to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the of which I think the local police could use, I him up and tell him about it, though I am not in here. I found a rule about this world is to give getting something back, though the often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was . I was told at the window that there were boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long list. As I was about to be , the postmaster appeared in the . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an __ delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get but complaints.”
A．difference B．research C．speech D．discovery
A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal
A．experienced B．connected C．cooperated D．experimented
A．strikes B．flashes C．happens D．attempts
A．appeal B．request C．suggestion D．demand
A．story B．damage C．challenge D．material
A．call B．hold C．cheer D．pick
A．possession B．trouble C．place D．charge
A．plus B．without C．for D．before
A．process B．goal C．return D．concern
A．replied B．addressed C．driven D．brought
A．invitation B．apology C．complaint D．appreciation
A．discussing B．providing C．applying D．starting
A．enough B．extra C．no D．other
A．admitting B．relating C．buying D．waiting
A．positive B．shocked C．discouraged D．optimistic
A．doorway B．window C．home D．yard
A．unfamiliar B．unexpected C．unknown D．uncertain
A．in case B．now that C．even if D．rather
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．Everything
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the 36 topic-happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about 37in work and life.
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 38 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 39 -plastic glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain-looking some very 40 .The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 41 . the professor said:" lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking 42 . cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 43 for you to want only the best for Your belives, that is the 44 of your problems and stress. The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no 45 to the coffee. ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 46 what we drink. What all of you 47 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 48 the best cups. Now 49 this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 50in society are the cups， which are just tools to hold and 51 life, and the different types of cups we have don't decide, nor 52 the quality of life. lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will 53 to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups 54 you...enjoy the coffee instead."
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 55 embarrassment.
A．hot B．sensitive C．famous D．easy
A．pay B．joy C．experience D．stress
A．cooked B．took C．returned D．met
A．cups B．gifts C．plates D．drinks
A．common B．special C．rare D．delicate
A．order B．time C．hand D．place
A．pretty B．different C．colorful D．expensive
A．necessary B．normal C．good D．possible
A．situation B．answer C．result D．source
A．quality B．energy C．weight D．color
A．makes B．gives C．hides D．includes
A．finally B．really C．especially D．nearly
A．for B．with C．off D．to
A．forget B．discuss C．consider D．try
A．position B．relation C．workmates D．friends
A．create B．support C．contain D．own
A．damage B．determine C．change D．increase
A．come B．stop C．have D．fail
A．drive B．hold C．take D．control
A．quiet B．speechless C．amazing D．reasonable
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about 36 in work and life. Offering his 37 coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 38 with a large pot of coffee and a 39 of cups---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to 40 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have 41 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been 42 , leaving behind the plain and 43 ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 44 of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup 45 adds no quality to the coffee. 46 it is just more expensive and in some cases 47 hides what we drink.”
“48 all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, 49 you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began 50 each other’s cups.”
Now consider this: 51 is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. 52 are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the 53 of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 54 to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups 55you … enjoy the coffee instead.
A．stress B．dream C．sorrow D．truth
A．friends B．customers C．fellows D．guests
A．carried B．returned C．arrived D．reached
A．kind B．variety C．sort D．number
A．devote B．expose C．help D．addicted
A．searched B．witnessed C．noticed D．discovered
A．taken up B．brought in C．sold out D．cut down
A．expensive B．cheap C．beautiful D．usual
A．point B．answer C．source D．result
A．by itself B．on its own C．for itself D．itself
A．At no time B．At times C．In no case D．In most cases
A．ever B．even C．never D．hardly
A．What B．That C．Which D．Whether
A．but B．so C．and D．for
A．suspecting B．liking C．envying D．eyeing
A．Love B．Life C．Future D．Failure
A．They B．We C．You D．What
A．quantity B．style C．quality D．standard
A．have B．hesitate C．forget D．fail
A．force B．drive C．puzzle D．amaze
Being content with yourself and optimistic about your future is not difficult. Whatever is in the past is __36__. Learn from it and move on. When you are enough __37__to do this, you will see that moving ahead is the best definition of __38__.
What can you do now? Sure it is __39__ for me to tell you to forget the past, __40__ it is a whole different __41__ to actually do it. Life is a complex set of events much of which __42__ is real, but a large amount is just your __43__ of what really happened.
Let me __44__ with an example. I know not everyone is a football fan, but I am __45__ most have watched at least __46__of a game on TV. Most games and almost all the important games are __47__ over and over on the TV screen right after the game happened.
When you watched a game, you were __48__ of the outcome, saying the player __49__ the ball. Then while watching the instant replay, you realized you were __50__ wrong. The player dropped the pass. What you were certain of never happened.
In order to __51__ on your future, you should try to minimize the effects of your past. Try to find out how much of the past that you are certain are just __52__. For example, as a teenager, you tried to build a piece of furniture in your father’s workshop. The piece of furniture looked __53__ when you finished, but it fell apart before you could __54__ it to your father. The reality was that the wood you used was faulty. It was not your building ability. So don’t think yourself to be a __55__ carpenter (木匠) and avoid building anything. Forget the past and move on.
A．on B．out C．down D．over
A．ambitious B．bitter C．sad D．desperate
A．work B．life C．death D．leisure
A．boring B．surprising C．easy D．hard
A．so B．as C．yet D．after
A．practice B．theory C．order D．pleasure
A．in all B．of course C．on time D．at last
A．mind B．plan C．fact D．view
A．explain B．deny C．admit D．prove
A．deciding B．remembering C．noticing D．guessing
A．none B．all C．part D．series
A．studied B．played C．wanted D．sold
A．doubtful B．unsure C．conscious D．certain
A．passing B．catching C．getting D．breaking
A．seldom B．slightly C．totally D．fortunately
A．keep B．concentrate C．put D．get
A．mistakes B．successes C．measures D．preparations
A．well B．good C．bad D．big
A．promise B．feed C．offer D．show
A．handsome B．hardworking C．terrible D．helpful
A high school history teacher once told me, "If you make one close friend in school, you will be the most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life."_36__ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily_37__.
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a _38_ friendship to 39 .However, there can be 40 disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to be clear in our __41_ the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or _42 at arm's length? Do we want to 43 ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people , many friendships on the surface are __44_ enough-- and that's all right. But on some points, we need to 45 that our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. The sharing 46 experience 47 our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it 48 be undertaken slowly and carried on only if there are 49 of interest and action in return.
What are some of the _50__ of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much time or too soon. Deep relationships51 time. Another "major difficulty" is the selfishness to think one "possesses" the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships 52 actions in return . In 53 words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of . Unless you spend 54 time together , talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die 55 .
A．Experience B．Practice C．Knowledge D．Success
A．understood B．realized C．formed D．produced
A．common B．true C．short D．whole
A．design B．intend C．develop D．appear
A．none B．no C．any D．some
A．hearts B．thoughts C．minds D．actions
A．remained B．kept C．left D．stayed
A．own B．owe C．share D．spare
A．that B．very C．not D．quite
A．make sure B．remember C．expect D．check out
A．social B．personal C．good D．ordinary
A．including B．to include C．includes D．included
A．must B．need C．will D．can
A．marks B．sights C．scenes D．signs
A．differences B．difficulties C．advantages D．types
A．cost B．spend C．ask D．take
A．depend B．request C．require D．suggest
A．some B．many C．different D．other
A．less B．comfortable C．reasonable D．a lot
A．for B．away C．out D．from
One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good but rather frightening mystery story. After a time it was too dark for me to read easily, so I put my book down and turned on the light.
I was just about to draw the 36 as well when I heard a loud cry “Help! Help! ” It37 to come from the trees at the end of the garden. I looked out but it was too38 to see anything clearly. So I decided to go out and have a look in the garden, just39 someone was in 40 . I took the torch and picked up a strong walking stick, 41 that this might come to be useful, too. 42 with these, I went out into the garden. 43 I heard the cry. There was no 44 that it came from the trees at the end of the garden.
“Who’s there?” I 45 as I walked, rather46 , down the path that 47 to the trees. But there was no48 . With the help of my torch I 49 the whole of that part of the garden and the lower50 of the trees. There was no sign of anybody or anything. I came to the ___51___ that someone was playing a rather silly joke on me.
___52 feeling rather puzzled, I went back to the house and 53 away the torch and the stick. I had just sat down when I was startled by the cry of “ Help! Help! ”, this time from54 my shoulder. I dropped my book and climbed up. There, sitting 55 of the mantelpiece ( 壁炉 ), was a parrot!
A．gun B．picture C．curtains D．car
A．seemed B．looked C．sounded D．proved
A．far B．distant C．dark D．black
A．as if B．even though C．on time D．in case
A．difficult B．power C．trouble D．ease
A．thinking B．wishing C．demanding D．requesting
A．Supplied B．Loaded C．Armed D．Decorated
A．Again and again B．Now and then C．From time to time D．Once again
A．wonder B．doubt C．problem D．question
A．spoke out B．called out C．got out D．said out
A．seriously B．nervously C．curiously D．hurriedly
A．led B．went C．passed D．joined
A．person B．body C．answer D．voice
A．studied B．searched C．tested D．examined
A．roots B．branches C．leaves D．bushes
A．beginning B．end C．conclusion D．introduction
A．But B．Yet C．Already D．Still
A．put B．took C．threw D．cleared
A．far off B．down below C．left to D．right behind
A．on top B．at the foot C．inside D．Outside