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I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so to me and had such a big on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to my own cancer experience?
I’m an ambitious , and when I started going through chemo (化疗) , even though I’m a very person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the . One day, while waiting to go in for , I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me he had one of his books with him as well. It that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was a published author, and he was currently on a new book.
We would see each other at various times and friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) of Dr. Bernie. He really put a on my face. He unfortunately last year due to his cancer, he left a deep impression on me and gave me the to pick up my pen again. I to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”
A．tastes B．ideas C．notes D．memories
A．amazing B．shocking C．amusing D．strange
A．strike B．push C．challenge D．impact
A．learn from B．go over C．get through D．refer to
A．reader B．writer C．editor D．doctor
A．positive B．agreeable C．humorous D．honest
A．mood B．position C．state D．way
A．advice B．reference C．protection D．treatment
A．viewed B．knew C．noticed D．wondered
A．while B．because C．although D．providing
A．came out B．worked out C．proved out D．turned out
A．naturally B．merely C．hopefully D．actually
A．deciding B．investing C．working D．relying
A．became B．helped C．missed D．visited
A．patient B．operator C．fan D．publisher
A．sign B．smile C．mark D．mask
A．showed up B．set off C．fell down D．passed away
A．since B．but C．so D．for
A．guidance B．trust C．opportunity D．inspiration
A．promised B．swore C．thought D．replied
I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.
Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a wellknown doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.
A．drafted B．dismissed C．invited D．involved
A．well B．plenty C．enough D．heavily
A．search B．provide C．hope D．leave
A．brought B．checked C．gave D．carried
A．remind B．help C．devote D．find
A．memory B．favor C．possession D．need
A．reality B．fantasy C．satisfaction D．affection
A．refusing B．pretending C．attempting D．preparing
A．whether B．how C．when D．why
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．as B．with C．for D．at
A．sent B．delivered C．published D．released
A．But B．And C．Then D．Otherwise
A．above B．around C．within D．beyond
A．right B．mean C．wrong D．nice
A．more B．further C．greater D．better
A．in B．for C．of D．on
A．ambition B．dream C．enthusiasm D．education
A．hunger B．suffering C．desperation D．poverty
A．fond B．proud C．aware D．confident
Nowadays robots can not only talk and dance，but also answer your questions in English.They are “____”．The following is the first Chinamade “beauty”____.
A new 168cm high “beauty” robot who has not yet been____looks wonderful in a red wedding____.She can act as a tour guide，a receptionist，____a hostess.
Her face____the beautiful facial characteristics of many girls.And her eyes can move.
“The robot is the first human simulation(仿真)____in China，and she is____with the most advanced voice and movement control technologies and____communicate with humans，” said Li Chengrong，chief____of the robot，who works for the Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Automation.“She replies ‘____’ if you praise her by saying ‘You are so____’．”
The sentences that the robot can understand and say are____at present.“We will improve her in the future，to make her talk___with human beings，” Li said.
___the “beauty” will work as a receptionist and tour guide in Sichuan Science Museum，she has been programmed to____the southwestern dialect that is popular in inland Sichuan Province.
Li said the lab____for designing and making the robot was 300,000 yuan (37,500 U．S.dollars)．The robot is equipped with interactive technologies.It is____to most advanced robot in the world—Asimo，____by Japanese automaker Honda.Asimo，____can walk at a speed of one mile per hour and climb up and down stairs，costs about one million U．S.dollars.
A．receptionists B．hostesses C．beauties D．guides
A．robot B．cushion C．carpet D．fingernail
A．invented B．designed C．made D．named
A．dress B．clothes C．shoes D．skirt
A．or B．and C．but D．so
A．contains B．includes C．connects D．combines
A．one B．this C．that D．it
A．desired B．piled C．equipped D．scanned
A．must B．can C．should D．may
A．designer B．declarer C．junior D．haircutter
A．Go ahead B．Thank you C．Sorry D．With pleasure
A．holy B．pretty C．elegant D．outgoing
A．developed B．complicated C．limited D．improved
A．happily B．slowly C．particularly D．freely
A．Since B．If C．Unless D．When
A．study B．speak C．ignore D．understand
A．pay B．price C．cost D．work
A．familiar B．similar C．opposite D．reasonable
A．produced B．obeyed C．envied D．tested
A．which B．where C．when D．who
If you're going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.
Mostly he said that after my halfhearted (不尽力的) ____ to weed the vegetable garden. For some reason, he knew that there were white roots still ____ deep in the ground without looking around the garden. So I would be in the ____ again the next day with a spade dig deep and ____ the roots of our garden. As I tried to focus my attention to ____， Dad's words kept echoing in my mind: “Do it right.”
I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was ____. All of us were sad to see them go. They were good friends and ____， and we worried about them. And ____， at such times you always wonder: am I next?
But as we watched them during the week they were given to ____， many of us noticed that they weren't handling this in quite the way we expected them to. ____ none of them found another job, there was also no bitterness or ____ in their departure. I didn't hear a negative word. I didn't see any ____ or unhappy faces—at least, not from them. Instead, I saw grace.
“It's ____，” one of my colleagues whispered. “I went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they ____ comforting me.”
Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their ____. I don't know if my departing friends ____ their ending as a “swan song” or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and ____ us.
Lee, a man who has seen and ____ lots of layoffs during almost 40 upanddown, onagainoffagain years with the company, ____ nicely for all of us.
“Now, that's doing it right，” he said.
Somewhere, I just know Dad was smiling his ____.
A．attempts B．judgements C．expectations D．requests
A．planted B．buried C．grown D．stuck
A．house B．school C．garden D．company
A．look forward to B．come up with C．fit in with D．get down to
A．watching B．thinking C．digging D．working
A．turned down B．laid off C．cut down D．given up
A．competitors B．colleagues C．directors D．consultants
A．frankly B．naturally C．equally D．generally
A．hurry up B．turn up C．pack up D．come up
A．Since B．When C．Unless D．While
A．sadness B．puzzle C．anger D．delight
A．tears B．smiles C．dangers D．fears
A．upsetting B．exciting C．disappointing D．amazing
A．objected to B．insisted on C．ended up D．kept on
A．birth B．death C．arrival D．party
A．view B．recognize C．choose D．describe
A．discouraged B．warned C．inspired D．amused
A．celebrated B．witnessed C．resisted D．survived
A．made up B．summed up C．picked up D．speeded up
A．disagreement B．indifference C．admiration D．approval
Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday ____， but lacked ____ for the things that mattered most.
She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to ___ their lives. “We had to decide what was really ____，” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to ____ with their threeyearold son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.
So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive ____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.
Then Shirley ____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that ____ “At your service, buy ____ a little time” and helped clients (客户) with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and ____ parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a ____，” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the ____ or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are ____.”
Shirley and her husband are ____ alone in wanting to ____ and live a satisfying life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples ____ that they lack time together. ____ does the time go?
For most people, ____ and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming ____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain ____ over life and have time for the pleasures.
A．activities B．services C．demands D．exercises
A．time B．strength C．money D．ability
A．lead B．simplify C．adapt D．consider
A．comfortable B．interesting C．important D．hard
A．study B．help C．meet D．play
A．pleasures B．places C．tasks D．goods
A．found B．received C．took D．quit
A．read B．wrote C．showed D．told
A．us B．yourself C．children D．herself
A．attending B．organizing C．having D．going
A．life B．result C．balance D．difference
A．office B．hospital C．park D．school
A．gone B．better C．strong D．obvious
A．a bit B．far from C．much too D．more than
A．keep pace B．settle down C．take off D．slow down
A．expect B．doubt C．complain D．imagine
A．How B．When C．Where D．Why
A．traveling B．reading C．shopping D．working
A．aware B．afraid C．proud D．sure
A．value B．control C．success D．experience
It was 1958. I was eighteen and was working as a nurse in a rural town west of Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days ____ from duty after working overtime for some time. ___， the only train that day back to my hometown, over 270 km away, had already ___. I thought I'd thumb a lift.
I waited by the side of the ____ for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and ____ himself as Gordon. He said that ____ he couldn't give me a lift, I could come to his house, which was across the road, for lunch. He'd been watching me and thought I must be ____ after standing for hours. I hesitated but he assured me I was ____， and he also offered to help me find a ____ home afterwards.
When we arrived at Gordon's ____， he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he stopped a car, which took me to my hometown.
Then I got married, but my husband didn't believe in giving ____ a ride. This made me feel ____ when we'd pass people waiting on the roadside, as I could ____ offer them the lift they hoped for.
Twentyfive years later, in 1983, I was driving alone to a nearby town, when I ____ an elderly man with a small boy, standing in the glaring heat, trying to ____ a ride. I saw my chance to repay someone for the ____ I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked the ____ up. I made them comfortable on the back seat and ____ some water and sweets.
After a few minutes of small talk, the man said to me，“You haven't changed a bit, ____ your red hair is still the same.” I couldn't ____ where I'd met him. He then told me he was Gordon.
A.off B．away
C．out B．up
A．Surprisingly B．Hopefully C．Unfortunately D．Strangely
A．started B．left C．delayed D．arrived
A．town B．station C．railway D．highway
A．considered B．described C．introduced D．named
A．when B．once C．although D．unless
A．tired B．thirsty C．angry D．hungry
A．careful B．safe C．young D．suspicious
A．lift B．way C．train D．bicycle
A．kitchen B．shop C．house D．garage
A．villagers B．strangers C．relatives D．neighbours
A．bad B．nervous C．excited D．anxious
A．ever B．still C．never D．sometimes
A．recognized B．noticed C．knew D．observed
A．offer B．enjoy C．demand D．get
A．support B．debt C．effort D．favour
A．pair B．couple C．group D．team
A．exchanged B．shared C．drank D．brought
A．even B．only C．thus D．just
A．remind B．repeat C．recommend D．recall