There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you others. Because while there will be times outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision anyway.
You were with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and the appropriate action, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did, and so I too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to and to life.
A．easy B． ready C． unwilling D． hard
A．lead B． lend C． take D． earn
A．look at B． pick up C． turn to D． learn from
A．that B． since C． when D． while
A．useless B． useful C． priceless D． clever
A．getting B． making C． suffering D． facing
A．on one hand B． on your own C． on the whole D． on all sides
A．born B． tired C． satisfied D． covered
A．enjoy B． step C． plan D． take
A． assumption B． judgment C． condition D． fortune
A． basing B． depending C． relying D． focusing
A． research B． search C． resources D． activity
A． poverty B． laziness C． richness D． diligence
A． used B． accustomed C． new D． old
A． students B． brothers C． colleagues D． classmates
A． owed B． paid C． gave D． held
A． disaster B． progress C． failure D． success
A． either B． another C． each D． others
A． think B． remember C． realize D． recall
A． payment B． dreams C． happiness D． business
Sheri Straily never knew how far life’s highway could take her ______ her dream for her children helped her find out...
Growing up, Sheri ____ thought for a moment that she’d ______ it to college. Instead, she took a job driving a tractor trailer. ______ years passed, Sheri fell in love，married and had three children. ______ she wanted to be close to home，she ______ to a desk job at the trucking company.
But one day after work, while Sheri was ______ her kids playing, she began to think, “I want them to achieve so much，but how can I afford to give them the ______ they’ll need, like college?”
Then it came to her：she was the one who needed ______ first.
“______ for it，”her husband encouraged her. So Sheri enrolled at the University of Denver’s Women’s College, ______ let her take all of her classes on weekends，so she ______ still work.
Though Sheri loved her ______, she missed home. Sheri would stay at home on weekends. ______ make the two-hour trip to school. “I wish I were home with Steve and the ______,”she’d think. But Eric，eight，Ryan，seven，and Kristin, five, ______ their mom all the way.“______ do your best,” they said.
Sheri did，getting straight A’s as she entered a ______ in business administration. Now she is attending the University of Denver Law School on a merit scholarship.
“It hasn’t been ______,”wrote Sheri, “but it’s ______ for me and my family.”
A．after B．before C．until D．once
A．never B．just C．ever D．even
A．hit B．make C．admit D．have
A．Since B．With C．While D．As
A．Because B．For C．Therefore D．Thus
A．asked B．returned C．switched D．sought
A．finding B．noticing C．seeing D．watching
A．opportunities B．money C．jobs D．career
A．school B．college C．help D．assistance
A．Go B．Search C．Get D．Come
A．that B．where C．which D．as
A．could B．must C．should D．may
A．teachers B．studies C．classmates D．job
A．rather than B．other than C．as well as D．less than
A．kids B．relatives C．husband D．parents
A．opposed B．backed C．agreed D．liked
A．Rarely B．Just C．Still D．Never
A．degree B．work C．job D．interview
A．difficult B．unusual C．ordinary D．easy
A．rewarding B．interesting C．moving D．demanding
It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my bachelor’s degree, graduating with honors ______ working two jobs and being a wife and mother. My ______ and five-year-old son were in the audience when I walked onto the stage at Ashland University to get my diploma. I was so excited and ______ to be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my family’s well-being.
But when I got back home that evening, there was a ______ from my husband. It basically said he’d come to get his clothes and wouldn’t be ______. We’d been having trouble, but the finality of that note still came as a shock. He had ______ our bank account. We were horribly in debt. I had ______ my previous jobs in expectation of interviewing for a teaching position. ______, I was eight months pregnant.
Most young women have an______ picture of the happy-go-lucky life they’re going to live. But no one ever sits you down and says that’s not ______ and sometimes life is just extremely ugly. It all caved in for me that night. I was embarrassed, scared, and angry and felt I had ______ .
But I had my son, and I was about to bring a new life into the world, so despite my deep______ , I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, prepared breakfast, and basically did ______ I always did. I used my ______ to keep me moving. After being in the military for six years, I guess you can say I fell back on my training, like all good ______ do in tough situations.
And in the past seven years, I’ve continued moving ______. I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master’s degree in education, and ______ my babies grow to twelve and seven. I certainly would never have chosen to ______ them through this, but in review, I’m glad it happened to me when it did. It helped me to ______ my voice and myself a lot sooner. It helped me ______ independent, and confident — things I’m hopefully implanting(灌输) now in my children.
A．through B．for C．by D．despite
A．parents B．daughter C．husband D．family
A．pleasant B．proud C．surprised D．worried
A．letter B．message C．note D．mail
A．out B．off C．back D．away
A．emptied B．stolen C．opened D．erased
A．obtained B．quitted C．offered D．found
A．Thus B．Therefore C．Nevertheless D．Moreover
A．impressive B．ideal C．exciting D．intelligent
A．reality B．practice C．possibility D．fact
A．died B．declined C．failed D．finished
A．sympathy B．feeling C．love D．sadness
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．routine B．rule C．mind D．story
A．workers B．soldiers C．teachers D．mothers
A．backward B．downward C．forward D．outward
A．saw B．watched C．noticed D．found
A．look B．let C．break D．put
A．find B．lose C．lower D．raise
A．stay B．grow C．remain D．keep
Sometimes a step-parent has to take a step back. When I was thirty-five, I met my husband and came to ______ his kids, aged 10 and 7. We ______ playing basketball and shopping for cartoon books and became great friends. Then I got ______.
In most ______ ,stepkids live with their mom and stepdad. This makes our case quite ______ . Four years into our marriage, after going between their mom’s place and ours, the boys______ in with us full-time.
I was ______ a part-time friend, so everything changed. For example, ______ the kids to help didn’t appear an important thing before, but now they became unwilling. Once, after I’d asked my elder stepson to set the table, he ______ said, “You’re not my mother; I don’t have to ______ you.”
It was ______ but I realized it was about keeping ______ clear in our new family life. I told him he was right—I wasn’t his mom; I was another person in his life who ______ him, and we needed to get things done ______ .
______ in a life-in situation, a step-parent isn’t the parent. You help with everything and ______ lots of hugs and laughs. But you also have to learn to stand in the ______ . For example, when there were only enough ______ for Mom and Dad to sit up front, I sat in back. It was hurtful, but I realized it wasn’t personal.
Today, my stepsons know where to find me, whether it’s for long chats or a(n) ______ e-mail to say hi. And I know where to find them. The caring is surely there, even if the ______ isn’t.
A．know B．teach C．understand D．instruct
A．passed time B．agreed on C．had fun D．set about
A．convinced B．separated C．changed D．married
A．places B．ways C．cases D．families
A．unusual B．similar C．positive D．difficult
A．came B．moved C．got D．ran
A．as well B．just now C．once again D．no longer
A．allowing B．getting C．advising D．inviting
A．quietly B．suddenly C．simply D．immediately
A．work for B．listen to C．stay with D．focus on
A．selfish B．impolite C．reasonable D．painful
A．roles B．duties C．quarrels D．records
A．supported B．envied C．loved D．bothered
A．properly B．together C．already D．easily
A．Still B．Even C．Also D．Then
A．have B．expect C．avoid D．share
A．shadows B．positions C．shelters D．sufferings
A．spots B．beds C．chairs D．tickets
A．special B．extra C．quick D．private
A．bloodline B．influence C．comfort D．respect
It was a cold and windy fall day. I, a fourth-grade pupil, jumped out of the car. “Bye Mom! ” I yelled as she ______ away. I ran in the front doors and saw my friends waiting for me. We started to walk down the ______ to our classroom. The hallway was so loud as usual and you could ______ hear yourself think. My friend Casey said to me “Erin, your shoelace is ______. ” “I will tie it when we get in the classroom, thanks though. ” I replied. Well, I was ______.
We were still walking to our class and my friend Jenny was telling us ______. As we were walking and laughing I stepped on my shoelace and ______ on my face. ”Are you okay Erin? ” my friends asked me. Well, I wasn’t because I had a bloody nose and blood ______ on my uniform. I looked up from the floor and I saw everyone was staring at me. I ______ and tied my shoelace, put my backpack back on my back, and ran to my classroom. I didn’t ______ anything to my friends. I put my stuff at my desk when I got in the classroom, got a ______ for my nose, and went up to the teacher and asked for a nurse’s pass to get my nose ______ up. When I left the teacher, I saw my friends. I walked ______ by because I didn’t say anything to them. They were laughing and I thought they were laughing at me so I didn’t talk to them for the rest of the ______.
During lunch they came up to me and asked “So how is your ______? ” “Fine! ” I yelled, “I saw you laughing at me when I was on my way to the ______. ” “We weren’t laughing at you. Jenny told another joke. ” My friends said. “Well, I was ______ at you because I thought you were laughing at me. I’m sorry, do you guys ______ me? ” “Yes, we forgive you. But next time you should ask us ______ you assume something. ” My friends said. “OK guys, want to play soccer? ” I asked, “Sure! ” they said and then we went outside to ______ the soccer ball happily.
A．drove B．walked C．flew D．went
A．road B．hallway C．front door D．path
A．properly B．relatively C．ridiculously D．barely
A．unfitted B．unbearable C．untied D．uncomfortable
A．wrong B．upset C．vain D．sure
A．stories B．jokes C．lies D．facts
A．lay B．slided C．fell D．stood
A．attached B．stuck C．flashed D．got
A．got up B．turned up C．showed up D．took up
A．demand B．tell C．say D．do
A．backpack B．shoelace C．uniform D．tissue
A．bandaged B．cleaned C．washed D．wounded
A．directly B．brilliantly C．elegantly D．cautiously
A．day B．morning C．afternoon D．fall
A．face B．pass C．nose D．foot
A．teacher B．nurse C．classroom D．office
A．mad B．exhausted C．dissatisfied D．rude
A．swear B．punish C．evaluate D．forgive
A．until B．before C．if D．unless
A．squeeze B．seize C．kick D．play
When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He ______ her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats ______ playmatcs,”Kruger, The sevevty-year-old man,says.“My hearing was damaged by the ______ of farm epuipment, so I learned to connect with ______. They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat, ______the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did ______ that would set her apart from ______ cats forever. Kruger had gone down to the basemeng to ______ the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he ______ to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so , he slipped and ______ his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
______ in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt ______ going into shock（休克）. He shouted for help ,______ his wife, Brenda , was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house.______ Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda, ” Krugger said to Inky.
Inky ______ to the bedroom door and scratched ______ until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the ______ Brenda found her husband ______the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months ______ therd,” Says kruger. “Although I became lame , I was blessed. ” Sinec the acciedent, Inky has ______ Left Krhger’s side.
A．gave B． chose C． named D．remembered
A．like B． as C． except D．among
A．sound B． alarm C．noise D．voice
A．animals B． friends C．farmers D．neghbors
A．sharing B． visiting C．dividing D．discovering
A．anything B． nothing C．something D．everything
A．familiar B． lovely C．ordinary D．outstanding
A．shut out B． shut off C．shut down D．shut up
A．marched B． flew C．struggled D．climbed
A．bent B． hit C．shook D．pulled
A．Falling B． Lying C．Appearing D．Thinking
A．it B． itself C．him D．himself
A．and B． but C．or D．so
A．Thus B． Otherwise C．Then D．Rather
A．walked B． ran C．returned D．withdrew
A．rapidly B． suddenly C．madly D．urgently
A．at the bottom of B．in the middle of C．at the top of D．in the front of
A．regretting B． resting C．relaxing D．recovering
A．never B． ever C．still D．already