What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not enough.
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, whatever it is that we work so hard doing, it seems that there is someone else who can do it much better.
I have always enjoyed music and it is to me that every musician has a of their own. My father several instruments and when he played with others, it was not difficult to his sound in a group. Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own sound.
I read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, " else can make the sound that you make." The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is to say which is . It is said that, " is in the eye of the beholder, perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the ".
Every person has a different tone of voice that only to them, we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of that is unique to them. It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all. It be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.
Each person has a（an） on the world in some way. Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it the same way that you do it. The next time you feel , remember "Nobody else can make the sound that you make. "
A．challenging B．worthy C．simple D．good
A．because B．although C．when D．if
A．seldom B．frequently C．never D．sometimes
A．satisfying B．interesting C．inspiring D．convincing
A．talent B．song C．life D．sound
A．played B．designed C．created D．possessed
A．turn down B．pick out C．call up D．give off
A．loudly B．powerful C．soundable D．special
A．once B．yet C．even D．still
A．Anybody B．Somebody C．Nobody D．Everybody
A．bigger B．deeper C．better D．lower
A．beauty B．interest C．patience D．honesty
A．speaker B．listener C．receiver D．observer
A．subscribes B．submits C．adapts D．belongs
A．but B．yet C．and D．for
A．speaking B．walking C．jumping D．behaving
A．must B．might C．would D．shall
A．alternative B．prospect C．duty D．impact
A．exactly B．obviously C．cautiously D．seriously
A．annoyed B．puzzled C．bothered D．discouraged
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. But I didn’t want my children to know we were poor, so when Christmas was drawing near, I decided to give them some money to buy some .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking what they wanted for Christmas. Luckily, I had saved＄120 for __ to share by all five of us.The big arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开).We had two hours to shop, then we would back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually .She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies, fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,________to be angry again. This is what she told me.
“I was looking ________ thinking of what to buy, and I ________ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she ________ for Christmas was a doll（玩具娃娃）.So I took the card off the tree and ________ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so ________ as I did that day.
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阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
My friend Kenny and his family had just returned from Disney World. “I saw a sight I’ll ________ forget,” he said. “I want you to know about it.”
He and his family were ________ Cinderella’s(灰姑娘)castle. It was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly all the children rushed to one ________ . If it had been a boat, the castle would have tipped over. Cinderella had ________ .
Kenny said she was a beautiful young girl with each hair________, white skin, and a sweet smile. She stood in the garden of ________ , each wanting to touch and to be touched.
For some reason Kenny ________ and looked toward the other side of the castle. There was a boy who might be seven or eight years old. His ________ was hard to determine because of his height. Dwarfed(侏儒)in height, he stood ________ quietly, holding the hand of an older brother.
It was very ________ that he wanted to be with the children. He ________ to be in the middle of the kids reaching for Cinderella. But can’t you feel his ________ of being turned down? Fear of being laughed at again?
But Cinderella ________ the little boy. She immediately began walking in his direction. ________ but firmly inching through the crowd of children, she became ________ . She walked quickly across the floor, bent down and placed a ________ on his face.
“I thought you would ________ the story,” Kenny told me. I did. It________me of the one you and I had heard of before. The names are ________ , but isn’t the story almost the same? In both cases a gift was given. In both cases love was ________ . In both cases the lovely one performed a gesture beyond words.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father was a music teacher who traveled to farm homes or homes in smaller communities to teach his students. He was home in the evening because he left home very early to start teaching and would after everyone, except my mother, was fast asleep. Mom was a(n) taskmaster at home. She demanded that we all the rules without any excuses. When we didn’t, there were always punishments.
One day I got myself into a real . But this time, my mother told me that my father would me. It was clear that my improper behavior was being referred to my .
But I knew I would be in bed he got home.
I went to bed just in case my dad came home. I I would sleep when he got home so he wouldn’t wake me up to me, and by the time morning rolled around, I would probably being punished.
I was quite . I got up thinking all was well but instead, Dad called me in to the playroom. He told me to sit down in the chair directly him and then told me how disappointed he was because he me to do what my mother asked when he wasn’t home. He then told me that I would the privilege(特权) of playing with any of my for two days.
I always remember that even after all these years have gone by. The reason I remember it so well is that it me a good lesson. And, that lesson is that consequences will befall(降临到) you no matter how much you don’t want them.
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Whenever we do something wrong, Jesus Christ sees it. He loves us and doesn’t say it. Perhaps he’s wondering how long we’ll keep our mind suffering. A little boy named Johnny was visiting his grandparents on their farm and he was given a slingshot(弹弓) to play with out in the woods. He for some time but he could never hit the target he had set for himself. Getting a little , he walked back to the farmhouse for dinner. As he was _ back, he saw Grandpa’s pet duck. Just out of , he let the slingshot fly , hitting it in the head ,and killed it. In a panic, he the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister Sally be watching him. Sally had seen all this, but she said _ _ . After lunch that day Grandma said, “Sally, it’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.” And then she spoke _ to him, “Remember the duck？” So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if wanted to go fishing, but Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need Sally to help me make supper.” But Sally just smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right because Johnny told me he was too to help you. And she whispered again, “Remember the duck?” So Sally went fishing and Johnny to help make supper. After several days of doing both his and Sally’s, Johnny finally couldn’t it any longer. He came to his Grandma and told her that he had killed the duck .Grandma smiled and gave him a big __ . “Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was watering the flowers at the window I saw you shoot my duck with the slingshot, and I saw the whole thing. But because I love you, I you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally _ of you.”
In reality, no matter how __ or how uncomfortable it is to admit our wrongdoing, we should always choose to it and work it through instead of running away from it. Hard as it is, it us and makes us who we are.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A．B．C和D)中，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
It happens every day，everywhere I go．At the supermarket and the post office，people keep telling me to enjoy my kids while they are________ I spend my days taking care of them and answering________ questions about everything from why we have two eyes but one nose to ________there are toilets in the heaven．They________ me from eating a full meal or getting a full ________ sleep．
Yet，the other day，when I took my kids to a children’s museum，I began to ________what people were trying to tell me．It was the ________ time we had gone there without diaper(纸尿片)bag，baby bottle or stroller(小推车)．As 1 watched my sons paint there，I was suddenly ________ by a wave of ________ My babies weren’t babies any more．
Now I’m paying more attention to the________ that won’t happen when my kids are________ I'm enjoying the minute when Christ looked up the sky and cried________ “Wow! The moon!”In a few ________，it will take a rare Shrek card or something else to get him that excited．I’m________the moment when Nicholas put down his fork at dinner and asked，“Mommy，how are you doing?’’About ten years from now，he ________ not care about me．When they’re in primary school，they won’t want to hold my________any more．In junior high school，they won’t hug me and say，“I love you，too．”In high school，they won’t even want to be ________ together with me．
Pre ________ they’11 both be gone．And I’11________through the supermarket and the post office alone，warning young ________ to enjoy their kids while they are little．Hope they’11 listen．
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