Years ago, I worked at the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. One day, as I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, ______ by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front legs. It was ______ that they could, at any time, break free, ____ strangely enough, they didn’t .I asked a trainer the ______for this.
He said, “When they were very young, we used the _______ size rope, and it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they believe the rope can _______ hold them, so they never try.”
Like the elephants, how many of you believe you cannot do a thing, simply because you _____ once before? Do you often tell ______“I cannot dance” or “I’m not good at math”?
These are ______ of self limiting beliefs. You must realize you’re ______ for them. A limiting belief that says you’re poor at math may have ______ as a reaction to the embarrassing experiences related to math, or the remarks made by someone important to you which ______ you. The cool thing is that because you create the _____ you can choose to change it! Here is how:
First, _ it with “I am good at math”. Once you change your _ , your subconsciousness will make this ______ by driving you to act. That might be to take a math course or to go online ______ help, etc. Gradually you’ll really see your math skills are ______.
This is such a simple process that you can ______ it today. Don’t be like the poor elephant and make your life ______ in a place because of a limiting belief you developed years ago.
A．excited B．confused C．discouraged D．worried
A．impossible B．doubtful C．uncertain D．obvious
A．but B．or C．and D．so
A．case B．result C．reason D．choice
A．same B．bigger C．smaller D．different
A．narrowly B．almost C．still D．hardly
A．did B．failed C．tried D．succeeded
A．yourself B．others C．your teacher D．your partner
A．causes B．stories C．results D．examples
A．conscious B．honest C．responsible D．depended
A．stopped B．referred C．changed D．originated
A．interested B．disappointed C．bored D．inspired
A．belief B．experience C．embarrassment D．remark
A．represent B．compare C．mix D．replace
A．action B．thought C．aim D．plan
A．come true B．run out C．on guard D．keep cool
A．at B．by C．for D．in
A．improved B．judged C．realized D．recognized
A．finish B．continue C．keep D．begin
A．involved B．stuck C．unfinished D．changed
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My ____ began when I was just a kid. I ____ becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic. Through her work, she observed that ____ people spent a lot more time reading than they ____ watching television. She announced that my brother and I ____ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and ____ to her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a ____. My mother was illiterate.
When I entered high school I was a(n) ____, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to ____ the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home and I ____ about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I'll give you all the money make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy food for ____ and pay the bills. With everything ____ , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want. "I was very ____ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was ____ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to ____ our heads and any kind of food on the table, and to live a better life. I also realized that ____ satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my ____ and became an A-student again, and eventually I ____ my dream and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother's story -- a woman with ____ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around. There is no job ____ than parenting. This is what I believe in.
A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．majored in B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．cost B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read B．present C．teach D．explain
A．joke B．means C．tool D．trick
A．A-student B．B-student C．C-student D．D-student
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．break away from D．keep in touch with
A．worried B．thought C．complained D．heard
A．your brother B．yourself C．your sister D．the family
A．left over B．put off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．put an idea into B．give an impression on C．keep a roof over D．have eyes in the back of
A．immediate B．great C．much D．last
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．play
A．made B．fulfilled C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．few D．high
A．more interesting B．1ess important C．more important D．less interesting
When the sun began to rise, the sailors realized that the boat was blocked in ice. The captain had asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him up. He took a small axe(斧), and
great care, so as to
a hole in the ice on the deck. He began to knock. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he kept working for ten minutes
the others looked on
. By this time he was
cold that he could no longer trust what he was doing.
Each member of the crew took it in to cut the ice away as long as he could
it.
First, they had to knock off enough ice to get down on their . Standing on that rolling deck meant
, because a man who had fallen into the sea could not have been rescued.
Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin(船舱). He called one of the crew and together they managed to get the stove alight, hoping that it would
enough heat to warm the cabin above
point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that the
could be raised, they were in
.
It took an hour’s before the boat began to float better. But by this time they had succeeded in
most of the ice.
Throughout the afternoon, the coating of ice began to build up again their work. In face of this danger, Captain Slater
the crew to clear the ice so that the boat would
until the next morning. Then they settled down to wait for another day.
A. gone B. fallen
C. become D. grown
A. at B. for
C. with D. by
A. make B. drill
C. dig D. fill
A. until B. before
C. after D. while
A. excitedly B. anxiously
C. happily D. strangely
A. too B. so
C. as D. very
A. surprise B. time
C. trouble D. turn
A. support B. help
C. bear D. put up
A. knees B. legs
C. feet D. arms
A. life B. pain
C. damage D. death
A. to B. on
C. up D. at
A. get out B. give off
C. get over D. give in
A. boiling B. marking
C. freezing D. melting
A. boat B. deck
C. sail D. back
A. ruins B. excitement
C. danger D. surprise
A. delay B. work
C. break D. play
A. piling B. getting
C. freezing D. removing
A. because of B. though
C. as long as D. in spite of
A. suggested B. made
C. demanded D. agreed
A. sink B. blow
C. float D. flow
My dad's company used to provide rental accommodations for its employees. Usually the accommodations were in building and we were on Level 4.
For two years, my dad had been trying his application for a level house to make the
more easier for my mom who had __
__ complications(并发症) after her second operation. She was advised to have outdoor
but going up the stairs every day was
for her. As luck had it, my dad's ground level application was
. Hearing the good news, Mum and Dad were extremely
to move into the ground level accommodation in a separate building.
Without wasting time they did the big the following Saturday and Mum's
was removed. The following Monday, when my dad was about to enter the house, he saw old lady and her old husband
to bring a wheelchair down the stairs. He was
and moved. When he ran quickly to
them, the old lady said, "Don't worry, son. We are used to it now .We have been doing the same thing for our
daughter during the past 15 years." Her kind and yet sad words
my dad in the heart.
The following Saturday, my mum and dad the apartment with the old couple and they were back to Level 4 in their previous building.
My father was dead for twenty years, it is still in my memory that every time the old couple
my dad and me anywhere, they would just look at us with
in their tearful eyes and say to me, “You have an angel for a father!”and it brought tears of
to my eyes every time.
A. commercial B. multi-level
C. three-storyD. historic
A. ground B. top
C. fourth D. higher
A. work B. treatment
C. climb D. visit
A. cured B. lessened
C. suffered D. treated
A. practice B. education
C. training D. exercise
A. confusing B. different
C. exciting D. difficult
A. approved B. delayed
C. rejected D. developed
A. serious B. eager
C. proudD. curious
A. job B. offer
C. return D. move
A. anxiety B. excitement
C. happiness D. illness
A. stopping B. waiting
C. learning D. struggling
A. satisfied B. shocked
C. interested D. encouraged
A. inform B. greet
C. help D. serve
A. disabled B. intelligent
C. lucky D. careless
A. inspired B. struck
C. broke D. disappointed
A. soldB. shared
C. comparedD. exchanged
A. sinceB. for
C．butD. so
A. describedB. met
C. remindedD. praised
A. appreciationB. sadness
C. regretD. envy
A. sorrowB admiration
C. prideD. guilt
John Perry stood up and looked around again. The island had been a good place to find shells. But now how could he make the move out to sea? If they swam out to sea he could jump in and get to shore they saw him,
He saw the sharks rolling and playing. Their was now gone and they were killing for fun. How could he make them move away?
He drew his knife from his belt. Sharks could blood, he thought. He put the knife against his leg and cut deep into the .The blood ran out and he caught it on his white shirt. When the shirt was red and wet he tied some cloth around his leg to the flow of blood. He then tied a long piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and
it with the piece of cloth.
The sharks smelled the blood and came toward the shirt. He ran down the sand reef pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it. He was
them away from the shore. Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the （10） and ran as fast as he could. He jumped in the water and swam.
He was halfway across he turned to look back. A high bony fin(鳍) was （12） through the water toward him. He put his face in the water, kicked and splashed himself as fast as he could. The shore was near now.
He lifted his head again to and he was the shore very near. From behind he left the water rush toward him, almost pushing him, helping him. And then a great gray body hit him and almost rolled him over in the water. He touched the shore with （15） and he pulled himself up the stones. The sharks, by the smell of blood and the chase(追逐), went wildly after him. Its great body crashed against .
The end came quickly and the water was covered with the shark’s blood. The injured shark was eaten up by others as it tried to escape.
Perry slowly struggled his feet.
“So,” he said,“you did not get me.” And he looked down at the sharks still eating （20） they weren’t hungry. He climbed up the stones and walked toward the village.
A．boats B．sharks C．soldiers D．shells
A．before B．after C．until D．when
A．food B．hunger C．anger D．wish
A．fear B．taste C．drink D．smell
A．sand B．shark C．flesh D．meat
A．stop B．keep C．join D．cause
A．pulled B．wrapped C．connected D．caught
A．running B．racing C．swimming D．jumping
A．driving B．keeping C．preventing D．leading
A．sea B．shore C．island D．sand
A．before B．while C．unless D．when
A．going B．running C．cutting D．swimming
A．forward B．backward C．upward D．downward
A．cry B．breathe C．swim D．escape
A．his feet B．a stick C．his fingers D．the shirt
A．interested B．frightened C．disappointed D．excited
A．the shore B．Perry C．the stones D．the shells
A．lively B．alive C．dead D．friendly
A．on B．by C．to D．with
A．as though B．even though C．as soon as D．as long as
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 playmates,” Kruger, the seventy-year-old man, says.“ My hearing was damaged by the
of farm equipment, 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 basement 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 pool 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,” Kruger 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 there,” says Kruger. “Although I became lame, I was blessed.” Since the accident, Inky has left Kruger’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．neighbours
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．bedroom B．basement C．yard D．house
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