I was 14 when Mr. Ingram hired me as a farmhand. It was the first time I was actually for work. One day Mr. Ingram found an old truck that was in the soft, sandy soil of our field. It was full of melons that someone had tried to 38 from our farm before his truck got caught in the mud.
Mr. Ingram explained that the truck’s owner would be soon, and he wanted me to watch and learn. It wasn’t long a local guy with a terrible reputation for fighting and stealing showed up with his two fully-grown sons. They looked really .
Calmly Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to some watermelons from us.”
There was a long before the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you for them?”
“Twenty-five cents each.”
“Well, I suppose that would be enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man said.
It turned out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an awful, perhaps violent incident had been . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t forgive your , you’re going to run out of friends.”
A．trusted B．ready C．paid D．offered
A．stuck B．broken C．deserted D．lost
A．remove B．steal C．sell D．hide
A．purchasing B．bargaining C．returning D．searching
A．till B．before C．that D．since
A．astonished B．anxious C．familiar D．angry
A．borrow B．buy C．steal D．carry
A．break B．discussion C．watching D．silence
A．getting B．offering C．paying D．finding
A．necessary B．helpful C．easy D．fair
A．stopped B．avoided C．handled D．taught
A．mistakes B．neighbors C．enemies D．Melons
The purpose of a letter of application(求职信) is to help you to "sell" yourself. It should state 36 the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have 37 . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without 38 out any necessary facts.
In writing a letter of application, keep in 39 that the things a possible employer is most 40 to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. 41 the first few sentences fail to 42 the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be 43 at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not 44 your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your 45in today’s newspaper,” you might say “I have made a careful 46 of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives 47 your product and why they like it.”
Try to 48 generalities(概述). Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 49 . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I 50in a letter? Employers want experience—which, naturally, no 51 has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is 52 .
It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. 53 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent 54 is to enclose(内附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it 55 for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
A．easily B．carefully C．obviously D．clearly
A．done B．found C．known D．heard
A．sending B．leaving C．taking D．picking
A．brain B．sight C．mind D．order
A．probable B．possible C．able D．likely
A．While B．Although C．If D．As
A．win B．pay C．show D．fix
A．kept B．read C．written D．continued
A．from B．for C．into D．to
A．article B．report C．advertisement D．introduction
A．watch B．study C．search D．discussion
A．use B．make C．sell D．change
A．gain B．remember C．protect D．avoid
A．applying B．losing C．preparing D．fitting
A．offer B．supply C．provide D．mean
A．worker B．manager C．owner D．beginner
A．success B．experience C．practice D．development
A．State B．Ask C．Make D．Get
A．result B．idea C．promise D．decision
A．easier B．happier C．cheaper D．safer
One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It's like looking at the tiled(铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is .
Once I heard a bald(秃头的) man said. “Whenever I enter a room, I see is hair." Once you've what your missing tile is, explore whether getting it will make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different , or forget about it and the tiles in your life that are not missing.
We all know people who have had a relatively life, yet are often unhappy while people who have suffered a great deal but remain happy.
The first is gratitude. All happy people are . Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to , but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.
The second secret, is that happiness is a byproduct(副产品) of something else. The most obvious are those pursuits(追求) that give our lives purpose—anything studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are to experience.
Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy, it should this truth: if you choose to find the in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is your decision to make.
A．different B．missing C．short D．broken
A．nothing B．none C．all D．anything
A．determined B．predicted C．assumed D．imagined
A．completely B．naturally C．hopefully D．really
A．tile B．brick C．ceiling D．house
A．look on B．focus on C．count on D．decide on
A．peaceful B．difficult C．easy D．ordinary
A．certainly B．merely C．hardly D．generally
A．secret B．factor C．rule D．key
A．wealthy B．grateful C．proud D．generous
A．upset B．quarrel C．complain D．depress
A．admitted B．assuming C．proving D．realizing
A．sources B．results C．answers D．goals
A．among B．from C．through D．for
A．probable B．possible C．likely D．capable
A．value B．destination C．survival D．existence
A．need B．lack C．demand D．expect
A．involve B．include C．absorb D．mean
A．worst B．best C．positive D．negative
A．absolutely B．totally C．exactly D．Largely
Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even New Zealand has quite free rules about children, names beginning with a are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman .
In many countries around the world, names for children are becoming more popular. In Britain, you can call a child almost you like. The only restrictions on parents to offensive(冒犯的) words such as swear words.
parents choose names which come from culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf the character in the Lord of the Rings(指环王) novels and films. , names related to sport are fairly common – 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal(阿森纳) after the football team. Other parents like to names, or combine names to make their own names, a method demonstrated (证实的) by Jordan, the British model, recently invented the name Tiaamii for her daughter by names Thea and Amy (the two grandmothers).
Some names which were previously as old-fashioned have popular again, but the most popular names are not the strange . The top names are fairly , for example, Jack, Charlie and Thomas for boys and Grace, Ruby and Jessica for girls.
A．when B．though C．in D．for
A．calling B．raising C．naming D．educating
A．number B．mark C．letter D．sign
A．however B．instead C．thus D．too
A．unusual B．outstanding C．common D．famous
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．relate B．to relate C．relating D．related
A．Many of B．Some C．A great many of D．Much
A．current B．mysterious C．popular D．present
A．for B．after C．by D．like
A．Equally B．Whereas C．Indeed D．However
A．in B．since C．after D．till
A．make up B．make for C．make use of D．make out
A．well–known B．double C．fantastic D．unique
A．who B．which C．that D．who that
A．changing B．separating C．combining D．dividing
A．thought of B．thought about C．thought D．thought over
A．formed B．sounded C．become D．developed
A．ones B．personalities C．characters D．varieties
A．convenient B．traditional C．classic D．contemporary
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the in the school had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t , they would have to retake(重考) them in September. There were usually a few who , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was about her. She went to bed too . The night before the first exam, Barbara that she have an early night and take a pill. She promised to wake up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of , she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. around her was writing pages and pages. she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write . She kept looking at her . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she up. She was still in bed and it had all been a dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
A．teachers B．students C．classmates D．poets
A．prepare B．miss C．gain D．pass
A．succeeded B．failed C．ended D．harvested
A．but B．so C．and D．because
A．excited B．frightened C．worried D．satisfied
A．early B．late C．sadly D．eagerly
A．insisted B．admired C．ordered D．wished
A．sleeping B．starving C．exciting D．breathing
A．him B．her C．them D．herself
A．hand B．eye C．mind D．body
A．her sister B．her parents C．the lessons D．the medicine
A．result B．marks C．desk D．paper
A．The teacher B．The students C．No one D．Everyone
A．If B．Though C．So D．How
A．with B．about C．on D．to
A．watch B．textbook C．sister D．subject
A．gave up B．put off C．look around D．thought over
A．examining B．drowning C．copying D．crying
A．raised B．woke C．turned D．cheered
A．nice B．wonderful C．terrible D．special
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in :
Ms. Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
A．voice B．joy C．smile D．speech
A．proud B．moved C．satisfied D．active
A．visited B．emailed C．interviewed D．phoned
A．refused B．agreed C．hesitated D．paused
A．explained B．discovered C．knew D．replied
A．seriously B．nervously C．patiently D．quietly
A．fooling B．blaming C．inviting D．urging
A．hardship B．failure C．comment D．pressure
A．on B．by C．with D．in
A．disappeared B．improved C．spread D．returned
A．compare B．survive C．compete D．struggle
A．face B．deliver C．ignore D．receive
A．decorating B．repairing C．leaving D．cleaning
A．anxiety B．disbelief C．horror D．trouble
A．increase B．replace C．add D．mix
A．broadcast B．create C．assess D．publish
A．concentrate B．prepare C．escape D．recover
A．energetic B．enjoyable C．typical D．endless
A．Holding on to B．Dating back to C．Looking back on D．Dropping in on
A．afford B．attempt C．expect D．pretend