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What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you it because you thought that it was just a little thought? Have you ever what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts (直觉) if you had paid more attention to it?
Imagine a , where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light is on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to it, but wait a minute! That thought could be the potential beginning of the you have so much wished for.
As the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a solution, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has escaped you. It is almost as if a wise man has the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality, thereby bringing light to your life. It is like finding the piece of jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏). This becomes an amazing moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that but powerful thought.
Your self-confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become of the great possibilities that can if that little thought is acted upon. This becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to put any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review. meaningless little thought or ideas when acted have a potential to explode into great projects. Many successful projects have been fromthe little positive thoughts that were carefully protected and recognized as bricks to great things.
Don't waste a(n) to act on a potentially brilliant idea. You don't have to wait for a major idea, or approval from your peers in order for you to act on that little thought.
That little thought or idea is the 55 of great things if you decide to follow it through.
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“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
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项选项的标号涂黑。
A young student was one day taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw 21in the path a pair of old shoes, which they 22 belonged to a poor man who was employed in a field close by.
The student turned to the professor, saying, “Let us play the man a 23 : we will hide his shoes and wait to see his 24 when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the 25 of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure 26 the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch 27 the discovery affects him.”
The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by.
The poor man soon finished his work, and came 28 the field to the path where he had left his shoes. While 29 his foot into one of his shoes, he 30 something hard, 31 he bent down and found the coin. Astonishment and 32 were seen upon his face. He then looked around himself on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was 33 on finding the other coin. His feelings 34 him; he fell upon his 35 , looked up to heaven and thanked God aloud.
The student stood there 36 affected, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better 37 than if you had played your 38 trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the 39 of those words, which I never understood before: It is more blessed to 40 than to receive.”
A．sitting B．lying C．hiding D．laying
A．imagined B．expected C．supposed D．recognized
A．trick B．role C．part D．game
A．impatience B．puzzlement C．pity D．disappointment
A．expense B．risk C．need D．poverty
A．in reply to B．in response to C．by means of D．by way of
A．why B．when C．where D．how
A．across B．around C．through D．towards
A．rising B．rushing C．slipping D．sliding
A．found B．noticed C．kicked D．felt
A．but B．so C．as D．for
A．wonder B．admiration C．guilt D．anxiety
A．advanced B．improved C．progressed D．doubled
A．grasped B．overcame C．inspired D．sank
A．knees B．hands C．feet D．legs
A．generally B．fairly C．deeply D．naturally
A．excited B．satisfied C．touched D．pleased
A．intended B．required C．wanted D．interested
A．fact B．truth C．reality D．faith
A．reward B．win C．give D．send
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
She always wore a flower in her hair．Mostly I thought it looked 16 ．A flower to work? But no one questioned the young woman why a flower _17 her to work each day．In fact, we probably would have been more curious if she had 18 without it．
She did so one day _19 she delivered a project to my office．“I _20 there is no flower in your hair today," I said _21 ．"I'm so used to seeing you wear one _22 it almost seems as if something is _23．” “Oh, yes," she replied quietly, in a rather sad voice．This was far from her _24_ bright personality．I knew l had questioned something _25 than a lost flower．
“Today is the anniversary of my mother's death．I__26 her so much that I'm very sad．When I was a little girl, my mother would often _27_ flowers in my hair．But when I was 15 she died of cancer．I've just always worn a flower in my hair since then and _28 made me feel as though she__29 with me．Today, however, I think she would like a 30 that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death．And it seems that it is the flower that has to__31 ．”
She met my eyes and then smiled sadly．“I needn't wear a flower to be _32 of her．It was just an outward sign of my treasured _33 they're still there even with the flower gone…Oh, here's the 34 I hope it meets with your agreement．" She _35 me the neatly prepared document, signed with a hand-drawn flower below her name．
A．stupid B．childish C．strange D．ugly
A．accompanied B．brought C．allowed D．encouraged
A．shown up B．gone up C．jumped up D．dressed up
A．before B．after C．when D．until
A．sense B．discover C．doubt D．notice
A．freely B．firmly C．calmly D．worriedly
A．as B．that C．which D．what
A．missing B．going C．happening D．changing
A．normal B．general C．common D．usual
A．prettier B．better C．bigger D．earlier
A．appreciate B．want C．respect D．miss
A．put B．sent C．handed D．took
A．this B．it C．at D．one
A．stayed B．studied C．worked D．slept
A．word B．sign C．pattern D．model
A．melt B．die C．go D．pass
A．informed B．reminded C．told D．remembered
A．impressions B．memories C．secrets D．wishes
A．story B．ending C．project D．gift
A．lent B．sent C．posted D．handed
The summer of 1975 I’d just graduated from college in Southern California and received a Ford Car for a 36 present. I had my first job, in Los Angeles. One Sunday night, thinking myself a very 37 gown-up, I 38 my uncle’s place in South Laguna after a visit, 39 admitting to him that I had less than an eighth of a tank of gas and no 40 to buy more on the way to L.A. I pulled onto the Pacific Coast Highway and watched the 41 move down as I headed north. When the engine started giving off strong smells, I 42 into a gas station. There was no self-serve then; there were no credit cards, no ATMs.
I 43 the guy at the station. I could write him a check for gas, I said, or I could 44in my car and try to walk to a town with a 45 the next morning. As he was informing me that I could sleep in my car but he’d have me arrested, a station wagon pulled up to the next46 . The driver—a thin, plain, middle-aged guy—overheard the tail end of my 47 request. As the attendant went to 48 him, he nodded at me. “ 49 her tank first,” he said.
“Really?” I said. 50 bloomed. “Oh, thank you. Thank you. But please. I just need two51 worth. I just need to get home.”
“Fill it,” he 52 to the attendant. Then he turned to me, “You’ll do the same one day, for someone else.”
I keep looking for someone unlucky, hoping to save her 53 on the road. Meanwhile, in case she never shows up, I try for other acts of 54 kindness. That quiet driver is always at the pump a few feet away, instructing the attendant to fill mine 55 .
A．graduation B．birthday C．Christmas D．wedding
A．independent B．honest C．polite D．confident
A．reached B．left C．witnessed D．took
A．after B．without C．on D．by
A．time B．chance C．place D．cash
A．sun B．window C．needle D．clock
A．jumped B．walked C．looked D．pulled
A．seized B．pushed C．begged D．warned
A．sit B．sleep C．break D．fight
A．bank B．station C．hotel D．restaurant
A．door B．garage C．pump D．town
A．planned B．failed C．pretended D．suggested
A．serve B．attack C．charge D．treat
A．Open B．Start C．Fill D．Heat
A．Anxiety B．Nervousness C．Caution D．Hope
A．miles’ B．hours’ C．liters’ D．dollars’
A．explained B．repeated C．threatened D．ordered
A．night B．car C．gas D．money
A．unwilling B．unnecessary C．random D．extra
A．immediately B．quickly C．next D．first5