When an egg breaks from outside, a life ends. When an Egg breaks from inside, a life begins.
All life’s circumstances can be seen in an egg where in the soft yolk (蛋黄) inside is our _____ and the hard shell outside is the barrier. When the barrier breaks from outside, our desire is crushed, but when it breaks from inside, we __ a new skill, a new habit and a new life.
I was 22 years old. I did not where the kitchen was in my house, since I had __ gone into the kitchen before. All of a sudden, I had to move to America to pursue my master’s degree. That is when it _____ me that I had to learn to cook a proper meal in order to _____ . My desire to cook began to _____ , and the yolk began to stir.
The first time I made_____ , it came out like white glue. Within a month of experimenting with different recipes, I ______ the art of making Chinese fried rice and north Indian curry. This breaking of the eggshell from _ gave me yet another skill for life, ____ . Now that I look back, maybe my wife agreed to marry me for this ____ alone.
It is easy to break an egg from outside, but it is __ to break it from inside. What is even more difficult is to ____ you from outside and break the egg from inside. That is where the role of a teacher, a mentor or a coach comes in.
As a father, I took it as my responsibility to __ my son cycling and swimming. In this case, the yolk was the untapped potential of my son and the barrier was his fear of losing _ . It took months of patience and coaching to help him _ his fear. It was an uphill task to keep him motivated through failures. _ , I was glad and relieved when he learned both these essential skills.
The important lesson here is that the egg will be __ no matter what. Success, when the egg breaks from inside, is more about what you overcome than what you achieve.
Life always throws up _ . I urge you all learn the instrument that you always wanted to play but have not played so far. As the saying goes, there is never a lock without a key, never a problem without a solution. Persist, believe in yourself and allow your yolk to break through to a new soul, a new you.
A．concern B．desire C．weakness D．resource
A．lose B．change C．learn D．expect
A．know B．find C．forget D．question
A．often B．never C．sometimes D．ever
A．reminded B．occurred C．stuck D．hit
A．survive B．compete C．continue D．settle
A．turn around B．get across C．take shape D．take part
A．tea B．rice C．yogurt D．porridge
A．recognized B．appreciated C．introduced D．mastered
A．Inside B．outside C．sideways D．around
A．learning B．cooking C．cycling D．adapting
A．courage B．attempt C．skill D．hobby
A．funny B．simple C．boring D．difficult
A．prevent B．influence C．agree D．warn
A．accompany B．keep C．teach D．require
A．Balance B．patience C．courage D．freedom
A．understand B．discover C．reflect D．overcome
A．Meanwhile B．Finally C．Besides D．Therefore
A．Broken B．cooked C．lost D．kept
A．ideas B．messages C．surprises D．challenges
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，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I sat in the all-too-quiet waiting room of the cancer center, counting the minutes until my treatment. I thought I'd36 it two years ago, but it was back. After my 37 diagnosis, Nom and Dad had driven more than l,200 miles from their home to be with me for three 38 while I was getting over from 39 and chemotherapy(化疗). When the cancer returned last, they, once again, 40 it here , too. They waited for hours while I received my treatments------Dad with his41 and Mom with a magazine.
But now, they were 42 in Westlake.
My children are 43 and my four brothers live far from my home outside Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. I knew44 of them would come if asked, but I didn't want to 45 them,even with the intense 46 I felt.
I 47 picked one of the magazines on the end table beside me and couldn't help wishing my 48 were there inside. One publication caught my 49 , a magazine I liked best and had 50 to ages ago. I couldn't tell you the last time when I'd read an issue. I 51 it up and I started right in with the letters to the 52 .
"I love 53 my copy every month," the first letter began. The author mentioned a daughter who 54 in Clinton, Pennsylvania. Huh, that's funny. I thought. That's my town! I read the letter to the end, where my55 fell upon the author's signature:
"Thank you, Margie and Tom Parrish, Westlake, Louisiana"
Alone? Hardly. Margie and Tom-or as I call them, Mom and Dad-were right beside me,even now.
A．treated B．beaten C．infected D．operated
A．first B．terrible C．invisible D．last
A．days B．months C．years D．hours
A．illness B．hospital C．work D．surgery
A．made B．put C．hoped D．arrived
A．pen B．glasses C．Bible D．smile
A．in hospital B．back home C．at work D．in town
A．youn B．caring C．struggling D．full-grown
A．any B．some C．none D．both
A．scare B．disappoint C．surprise D．trouble
A．loneliness B．pride C．happiness D．anger
A．half-heartedly B．carefully C．seriously D．anxiously
A．brothers B．children C．friends D．parents
A．thought B．mind C．eye D．hand
A．referred B．subscribed C．turned D．contributed
A．put B．picked C．set D．broke
A．editor B．writer C．producer D．reader
A．editing B．sending C．receiving D．organizing
A．studied B．worked C．died D．lived
A．gaze B．touch C．thought D．sense
Last weekend, my kids along with a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car．My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of 31 other people’s cars as well．It was pretty 32 outside and I had no plans to 33 being in the bright sun．She 34 wanted to give lemonade（柠檬汽水）to passers-by for free．I had seen little kids 35 and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free．Although I felt 36 , I decided to help her．
37 she asked me, “What if we 38 this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and 39 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 40 ideas．While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a（n） 41 with beautiful images of smiles．They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the 42 of their exercise was “smile”．It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 43 to do something for others．
All that seemed 44 and came right from their heart．Nothing seemed to 45 to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to 46 others and do something nice in the community!
I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 47 to help clean cars．Passers-by were 48 and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused．A pretty heartwarming 49 !
I feel blessed by being 50 by such wonderful and loving souls．
A．drying B．repairing C．washing D．decorating
A．quiet B．hot C．different D．dirty
A．suggest B．avoid C．continue D．practise
A．further B．therefore C．already D．hardly
A．choose B．enjoy C．buy D．serve
A．worried B．popular C．confused D．difficult
A．Finally B．Simply C．Then D．Luckily
A．show B．leave C．make D．order
A．challenged B．expected C．invited D．encouraged
A．creative B．ready C．changed D．familiar
A．board B．picture C．idea D．car
A．purpose B．trouble C．secret D．theme
A．need B．duty C．imagination D．sense
A．important B．disappointing C．hopeful D．natural
A．matter B．mean C．belong D．refer
A．relax B．try C．help D．smile
A．food B．rags C．money D．fruit
A．interested B．amazed C．bored D．frightened
A．scene B．scenery C．story D．view
A．supported B．understood C．refused D．surrounded
When 16-year-old Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage to perform at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in 1934, she had no idea that her life was about to change. Her childhood had been36 . After the death of her parents, Fitzgerald had been placed in a boarding school. 37 , the teachers at the school mistreated her, 38 she ran away. Homeless and orphaned, Fitzgerald was trying her best to 39 on the streets of New York City when she won a contest to perform during an amateur night at the Apollo. She had 40 planned to dance, but at the last second, she decided to sing her mother’s favorite song 41 . Her performance earned her 42 from several well-known musicians. Ella Fitzgerald went on to become a 43 jazz singer.
During a musical career that spanned six decades, Fitzgerald 44 more than 200 albums. She won 13 Grammy Awards, the last of which she received in 1990. She worked with some of the greatest American singers of the twentieth century, including Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Dizzy Gillespie. Her talent and charm 45a wide range of listeners around the world. The worldwide 46 of Ella Fitzgerald helped make jazz a more popular genre.
Until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the United States 47 African American citizens the same treatment 48 white citizens received. Fitzgerald’s manager and her band 49 to perform at places where discrimination was practiced. They also decided not to perform unless they were paid the same 50 as white singers and musicians. Ella’s fight for 51 received support from numerous celebrity admirers, including Marilyn Monroe. Fitzgerald never took her good fortune for granted. She gave money to charities and organizations that contributed to 52 disadvantages children. For her many civic contributions, in 1992 President George Bush 53 her the Presidential Medal of Honor, one of the highest honors 54 to civilians.
In 1991, Fitzgerald gave her 55 performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Although Ella Fitzgerald died in 1996, the American “First Lady of Song” continues to live in the hearts and ears of music lovers worldwide.
A．rich B．rough C．tiresome D．happy
A．Importantly B．Unforgettably C．Naturally D．Unfortunately
A．therefore B．but C．so D．then
A．survive B．experience C．learn D．stand
A．strangely B．blindly C．originally D．probably
A．in spite B．instead C．in place D．though
A．jealousy B．recognition C．reputation D．gratitude
A．creative B．dependent C．undiscovered D．distinguished
A．released B．sold C．copied D．showed
A．compared with B．appealed to C．composed of D．depended on
A．celebration B．admiration C．relaxation D．indication
A．denied B．supported C．offered D．hated
A．which B．what C．that D．like
A．decided B．refused C．started D．afforded
A．number B．quantity C．amount D．lots
A．wealth B．future C．equality D．agreement
A．caring for B．playing with C．preferring to D．taking after
A．rewarded B．awarded C．paid D．presented
A．accessible B．inadequate C．available D．official
A．best B．vivid C．open D．final
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll 16 that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous 17 .”
Mother was right, 18 I discovered after 19 from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way 20 sports announcer. I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and knocked on the door of 21 station—and got 22 every time. In one 23 , a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t 24 hiring inexperienced persons. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a 25 .” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local 26 to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I 27 . The job sounded just right for me. 28 I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 29 me. Dad 30 me the car to job-hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had 31 hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my 32 boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator 33 I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood next to me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an 34 game.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words: “if you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment”. I often 35 what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
A．realize B．recognize C．request D．receive
A．disappointment B．excitement C．pressure D．anxiety
A．what B．as C．when D．how
A．studying B．working C．living D．graduating
A．up to B．out at C．up for D．down to
A．every B．many C．a few D．some
A．taken down B．broken down C．turned down D．put down
A．room B．image C．studio D．stage
A．risk B．avoid C．mind D．regret
A．trouble B．chance C．choice D．change
A．adviser B．athlete C．photographer D．composer
A．applied B．assisted C．approved D．admitted
A．And B．But C．However D．So
A．reminded B．praised C．demanded D．informed
A．supplied B．provided C．prepared D．offered
A．still B．even C．already D．yet
A．distinction B．frustration C．impression D．expression
A．until B．when C．while D．as
A．visible B．bitterness C．imaginary D．satisfactory
A．think B．suspect C．doubt D．wonder
Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 41. I was in high school. The test was the final for the class. It was a rather 36 test. I didn’t know how 37 I had done but I knew there were things on 38 that I didn’t know.
I remember 39 waiting for the result. When Mr. Bales 40 my paper on my desk, I was 41 . There in big 42 numbers, circled to draw attention, was my grade — 41! I 43 my paper so that others couldn’t see it. A 41 was not 44 that you wanted your classmates to see. Finally, Mr. Bales stood behind the desk and 45 the class. “The grades were not very good; 46 of you passed,” he announced. “ The highest grade in the class was a 41, so all of you failed.”
A 41. That was me. Suddenly my dismal(阴沉的) face didn’t look quite so bad. I had the highest grade. I felt a lot 47 . As soon as I got home, my mother asked me, “How did you do on your test?” “I made a 41,” I said. My mother’s 48 changed suddenly. “You failed.” “But I had the highest grade in the class!” I replied. “ I don’t 49 what everyone else had. You failed. It doesn’t matter if everyone else failed too; what matters is what you do,” my mother 50 answered.
For years, I thought that was a harsh judgment. My mother was always that51 . It didn’t matter what the other kids did; it only mattered what I did and 52 I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand 53 the parenting shoes. My mother’s philosophy（人生态度）has 54 me throughout life. The path of the crowd is wide but the path to pass the tests of life is 55 and there are very few people on it.
A．easy B．difficult C．exciting D．disappointed
A．much B．good C．well D．long
A．this B．them C．it D．one
A．happily B．anxiously C．excitedly D．calmly
A．fell B．handed C．dropped D．lay
A．excited B．worried C．delighted D．shocked
A．red B．black C．blue D．green
A．collected B．gathered C．hid D．kept
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．talked B．declared C．announced D．addressed
A．some B．each C．none D．most
A．worse B．better C．best D．good
A．looks B．appearance C．eyes D．expression
A．understand B．care C．mind D．want
A．rudely B．politely C．firmly D．impatiently
A．method B．manner C．behavior D．way
A．this B．that C．which D．what
A．on B．at C．in D．of
A．taken B．brought C．fetched D．carried
A．wide B．deep C．narrow D．straight