The adolescent girl from Tennessee is standing on the stage of a drama summer _______ in upstate New York. It's a beautiful day. _______ the girl doesn't feel beautiful. She's not the leggy, glamorous Hollywood type. In fact, she _______ herself as dorky.
_______ she was six years old, Reese Witherspoon has wanted to be a country singer. And Dolly Parton is her idol. All of this summer she's been acting, dancing and singing—giving it her ______.
Play to your strengths. If you're going to _______ it in this business, better focus on what you're good at. Celebrate yourself.
_______ three years of lessons, at the end of camp her coaches tell her to forget about _______. They _______ she think about another career. If Reese did have talent, it was hiding under her skinny, mousy frame and her Coke-bottle glasses.
Still, she takes their _______ to heart. After all, why shouldn't she believe the professionals?
But back at home in Nashville, her mother — a funny, happy, upbeat person — wouldn't let her mope. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in _______. So she worked hard at everything and was _______ at Stanford University.
And at age 19, she got a _______ in a low-budget movie called Freeway. That led to a substantial role in the movie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde.
And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville roots — playing the wife of tormented country star Johnny Cash. A singing role.
All of a sudden the old _______ were back. She was so nervous on the set, a reporter wrote, she "kept a sick bucket" nearby and admitted she "would go backstage after a singing scene and shake." But she didn't _______ on the movie or herself.
The humor and drive she learned at home _______ the self-doubt learned on that _______ stage. She spent 6 months taking singing lessons _______. She learned to play the Autoharp. And the hard work _______ her confidence.
Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on another _______, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.
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My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and . All the students were working a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no of stopping. I walked down the row and found was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
By this time the activity aroused my , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on I noticed she too was busy writing. “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” I felt it best not to .
After another ten minutes, the students were to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoebox. Then Donna hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door. Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
Donna delivered the eulogy (悼词). “Friends, we gathered here today to the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in . Amen!”
She turned the students and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student and said, “I Can’t,” Donna pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.
A．job B．project C．observation D．course
A．checked B．noticed C．watched D．waited
A．on B．with C．as D．for
A．scenes B．senses C．marks D．signs
A．nobody B．somebody C．everyone D．anyone
A．curiosity B．suspect C．sympathy D．worry
A．and B．or C．but D．so
A．insert B．interrupt C．talk D．request
A．taught B．shown C．forced D．instructed
A．added B．wrote C．made D．folded
A．cry B．pray C．dig D．play
A．back B．bottom C．top D．edge
A．drop B．raise C．fall D．lift
A．keep B．thank C．forgive D．honor
A．remembered B．punished C．removed D．replaced
A．silence B．heart C．peace D．memory
A．down B．up C．off D．around
A．birth B．passing C．loss D．starting
A．awoke B．reminded C．forgot D．apologized
A．simply B．hardly C．seriously D．angrily
Beware of those who use the truth to cheat. When someone tells you something that is , but leaves out important information that should be , he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, “I just a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and it for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner, ? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred , and only one was a winner. He’s really a big !
He didn’t say anything that was , but he deliberately left out some important . That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically , but they are just as not .
Untrustworthy candidates in campaigns often use this strategy. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and three million jobs. Then she another term. One of her opponents runs an advertisement , “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. , an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the . An advertisement might boast (吹嘘), “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples.” It to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.
This kind of cheat happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
A．false B．true C．interesting D．boring
A．included B．contained C．involved D．referred
A．lost B．found C．donated D．won
A．swapped B．took C．turned D．made
A．right B．well C．really D．though
A．books B．papers C．tickets D．balls
A．winner B．loser C．fighter D．thinker
A．true B．real C．doubtful D．false
A．details B．information C．mistakes D．errors
A．stories B．truth C．facts D．lies
A．pleasant B．exciting C．honest D．clever
A．political B．commercial C．personal D．public
A．stopped B．found C．avoided D．gained
A．seeks B．gets C．achieves D．searches
A．writing B．reading C．saying D．speaking
A．Otherwise B．However C．In fact D．This way
A．one B．two C．three D．four
A．for B．to C．against D．in
A．words B．facts C．data D．truth
A．fails B．tries C．manages D．plans
I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell's palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the I concluded.
However, I wouldn't let my own self-consciousness me. Not now, not when I had so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position I'd dreamed of for all these years. “Mom, me off on Jacob Street. I'm going to the .”
“Honey, I don't think you should. You look... ，” she said, ever so gently.
I knew she was . But if I didn't, I'd always if I could have gotten my dream job.
“No, Mom, take me there.”
， she took me where I wanted to go.
“Hello，” a grayhaired man sitting behind the large desk me. “Miss Jenkins？”
“Yes. Please excuse me. I'm having a Bell's palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the .”
“You're very to come when you're in such a state，” he ，after a pause.
He spent a few minutes looking through my .“Is everything on here ？” he asked.
“Yes, but I to mention I type seventy five words per minute.”
“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are_ qualified. When are you ？” he asked.
I took a deep breath and asked，“You're hiring me？”
“Not only have you got the skills I'm looking for, you also have the .” He gave me a big smile.
A．believe B．forgive C．recognize D．control
A．chance B．sympathy C．courage D．advantage
A．pardon B．stop C．help D．transform
A．worked B．turned C．studied D．driven
A．take B．drop C．pull D．send
A．office B．supermarket C．doctor D．interview
A．weak B．stubborn C．strange D．angry
A．right B．kind C．wrong D．sensitive
A．regret B．wonder C．believe D．quit
A．Hopefully B．Unexpectedly C．Fortunately D．Unwillingly
A．examined B．doubted C．greeted D．discouraged
A．hospital B．home C．office D．work
A．crazy B．funny C．disrespectful D．determined
A．commented B．interrupted C．stressed D．complained
A．face B．application C．situation D．health
A．incredible B．normal C．correct D．contradictory
A．failed B．focused C．pretended D．demanded
A．narrowly B．certainly C．possibly D．probably
A．accessible B．convenient C．available D．energetic
A．appearance B．disadvantage C．qualification D．character
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime (一角硬币) left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, when a lovely woman opened the door, he asked for a drink of water. She brought him a large glass of . He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I you?”
“You don' t owe me anything,” she . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for .”He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to and quit before this point.
Years later the woman became seriously ill. The doctors could do nothing. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be gathered to study her disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was for the consultation(会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came from, a light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down the hospital hall into her room.
Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He her at once. He went back to the consultation room and to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special to her ease.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words:
“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
A．young B．old C．rich D．poor
A．water B．juice C．milk D．coffee
A．pay B．owe C．give D．offer
A．thought B．laughed C．refused D．replied
A．a kindness B．a poor man C．being rich D．such a thing
A．Before B．As C．Until D．Since
A．excited B．moved C．strong D．happy
A．give up B．go on C．keep up D．move on
A．famous B．experienced C．stupid D．local
A．hopeless B．rare C．violent D．painful
A．checked in B．led in C．called in D．let in
A．pleasant B．strange C．familiar D．worried
A．into B．through C．across D．along
A．realized B．understood C．sensed D．recognized
A．determined B．tried C．begged D．won
A．charge B．love C．attention D．view
A．ordered B．wanted C．expected D．requested
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．shy B．afraid C．thoughtful D．ashamed
A．Finally B．Carefully C．Immediately D．Gradually
Tina was afraid of the dark. She always went to bed with the light on. She was afraid thatthe would come and eat her. Her daddy always her closet(壁橱) and under her bed for monsters.
One night, Tina was awakened in the middle of the night by some strange coming from her window. She opened her eyes and saw a huge 3-eyed monster to get into her room through the window. She was too scared to even for help.
The monsterwas able to the window and get in. Tina was why her parents didn't wake up from all the noise.Tina's heart was so fast with the monster going straight to her bed. , the monster said in a low voice:" Hello there little girl, I hope I didn't you. My name is Mongus. I was wondering if I can get some and cookies." Tina couldn't believe her .
"So, you are not here to me?" She asked. Obviously amused, the monster laughed : "Eat you? No, no. You shouldn't be scared of me because I am a monster. Can I have what I want now? Please." Tina got up and went to the where she got some milk and cookies. Later, Mongus left the room the same way he came in.
In the morning, Tina woke up to her father's voice, “Little sweet, time for school.” Tina told her father the and how the window got broken. Her father her that the whole thing was just a dream the window wasn't broken." So Mongus isn't coming back?" Tina asked.
"It is all up to you honey. You can Mongus anytime you like, all you have to do is dream about him again.
A．wolf B．monster C．enemy D．bear
A．hid B．entered C．slept D．checked
A．noises B．boys C．voices D．parents
A．trying B．agreeing C．explaining D．begging
A．hope B．shout C．wait D．look
A．break B．avoid C．fix D．move
A．blaming B．considering C．wondering D．guessing
A．beating B．hitting C．running D．jumping
A．So B．Later C．Then D．Meanwhile
A．catch B．see C．hurt D．frighten
A．prizes B．milk C．candies D．surprise
A．promises B．words C．eyes D．ears
A．eat B．joke C．cheat D．kill
A．unnaturally B．loudly C．weakly D．terribly
A．ugly B．lively C．friendly D．lonely
A．shop B．kitchen C．garden D．bedroom
A．story B．lie C．event D．dream
A．reminded B．questioned C．comforted D．informed
A．when B．if C．although D．as
A．hold up B．hold back C．bring up D．bring back