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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
A man wanted to become wealthy．He was told a story one day that there was a ________pebble (鹅卵石）among the pebbles on the beach of the Black Sea．It could turn everything it touched into________．This pebble could be________ only by touching it: unlike the other pebbles it was________when touched．The man rushed to the beach of the Black Sea and began to ________ the pebble．
________ he picked up a pebble that felt cold, he threw it into the sea．He________ this practice day after day．Each pebble that felt cold was________ thrown into the sea．
One morning, he ________ to take hold of a pebble that felt warm, unlike the other ________ . The man threw the pebble into the sea．He hadn’t ________to, but he had formed a habit．Habits can be hard to ________ ．
In fact, if we repeat any behaviour ________ enough, it becomes a habit．But some habits can work in our favour, such as ________ attitudes and healthy ways of life．Our habitual attitudes and behaviour can either ________us or hinder(阻碍) us．
Is there behaviour or an attitude you would like to make into a ________ ? Then reinforce (强化) it by ________ it at every opportunity．
When it comes to habits, ________ may not make perfect．But practice will certainly form ________ behaviour. Your habits will form who you are．So form the habits that are ________ to you and let them mold (塑造) you into the person you want to be．
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完形填空,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上。
We all often deal with people who complain about the failures and troubles of their daily lives. Life ________ to be full of problems for them. I would like to think such a life ________ unusual. If there were no problems in your job, then your ________ would hire a much less capable person than you to do the things that don’t ________ much thought. In the business world, those who are able to solve difficult problems are the ones who are the most ________ to the employer.
Many times the problems or challenges we face ________ us to grow and become more capable. The runner who ________ for the mile run in the Olympics by running downhill will have no chance of winning the medal ________ . The runner who trains by running uphill is far more likely to ________ the speed and endurance(忍耐力) needed to win the medal.
The ________thing that ever happened to boxer Gene Tunney was that he ________ both hands in the ring. But at that time his manager felt that he could________ again punch(重击) hard enough to be the heavyweight champion. Instead, Tunney ________ that he would become a scientific boxer and win the title as a boxer, not a slugger(重击者). Boxing historians will tell you that he developed into one of the best boxers who ever fought. They ________ will tell you that as a puncher, he would not have had a chance ________Jack Dempsey, who was considered by many to be the hardest ________ in heavyweight history. Tunney would never have been champion ________ he had not had the problem of his broken hands.
The ________ time you meet with a difficult climb, obstacle or problem, you should ________ and say, “Here’s my chance to __________.”
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I put my sunglasses on and took a deep breath. With her hand held ________ in mine, we started walking down the street to her first day of school. I knew that she would be crying; she always cries when she is anxious about new ________ .
As we walked, she asked, “ What if ________ talks to me?”
“ I know that your ________ will talk to you. She’ll help you find your seat and she’ll even ________ you all to each other. And you already know two friends in the class from preschool. They are ________ too, I bet.”
She ________ and started to play with her backpack strap. It’s the backpack that we spent 20 minutes ________ up the night before. And the same one she slipped her small stuffed animal puppy into ________she thought I wasn’t looking this morning.
“ What if I get shy and can’t talk to anyone?”
“ You might feel shy at first,” I said to her, “ ________ give yourself a little time and you’ll realize that you are having fun and feeling more ________ .”
She looked up at me and smiled, as we waited at a stop sign. “ I’m ________ but really excited.”
“ What are you most excited for?”
“________.”
I laughed because this was the same girl who weeks before told me she was ________ from running one block down the street and needed to rest and drink water to ________ .
As we turned the corner, her face dropped. The massive group of students gathered everywhere overwhelmed her and her face ________ fell as the tears swelled up in her eyes.
“ You can do this, sweetie. Everyone has a place to queue up in ________ ; let’s go find yours.”
We lined up with her class and just as she was about to cling to my leg ________ , her friend from preschool stood next to her. In a second, she ________ . As the teacher began to walk them all into the school, she was not ________ , not holding onto me, but smiling. I held my husband’s hand, feeling happy and proud.
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完形填空
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My mother-in-law passed away when she was 76. My wife and I drove to ________ her belongings, deciding what to keep, give away or throw out. Nettie lived on little all her life, ________ we expected no hidden fortunes, but we were ________ .
In early spring every year, Nettie would make a(n) ________ . “I’m making the Easter pies,” she would say, “so nobody should bother me.” Nettie wrapped the pies and labeled each for the intended ________. Her doorbell would start ringing at noon as relatives came to ________ this family present.
In the fridge, my wife and I ________ some pies and looked at each other in ________ , saying nothing. Then we ________ the pies one by one and put them in a plastic bag. We left her apartment for the last time, ________ holding the pies.
That night, as we ________ at the table for dinner with our children in our home, my wife ________ us the pies. I’d eaten my mother-in-law’s pies for more than 20 years, and they ________ tasted good. But this time the pies tasted better than ever. With each ________ I remembered everything Nettie had meant to all of us over the years---how she had ________ her daughter as a single mother and loved her grandchildren. I could actually taste her kind and ________ spirit.
Afterwards, my wife pointed towards one last pie labeled “Nettie”. “I’m saving this one, ”she said. There Nettie’s ________ remains, untouched, unseen, but never ________ . Other families leave behind ________ stuff such as jewelry, but Nettie left us her simple pie. That single pie will be our heirloom（传家宝）and ________ our hearts forever.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I ________ a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a ________ moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of ________ for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they ________ their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识的), and ________ he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer ________ my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to ________ them but I still needed to write them, I ________ until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move ________ for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, ________ two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and ________ , becoming a technical worker in Sacramento. ________ short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was________ happy to have Marc back. Since I was ________ making lunch for his younger brother, I ________ one for Marc, too. Imagine my ________ when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, ________ his lunch.
“Did I do something ________ ? Don’t you love me ________ , Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I ________ asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had ________ finding the keyhole. When I _______ to open the door, I _______ around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was_______ installed... but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered _______ a lamp by the bed when I laid my luggage _______ in the day. I found the bed in the _______ and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing _______ ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the_______ to find another lamp. So I _______ my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around _______ I found a desk lamp which actually _______!
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world _______ be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than _______ light is the light that shines from people — the light of _______ and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and _______ place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in _______ of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you _______ may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is _______ a candle in a forest remember — there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to _______ the light of one small candle.
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