It’s been nearly 40 years since I became a member of the navy (海军). You may be wondering how I have won so many honors as a commander-in-chief (最高统帅). In fact, it all began from the half a year’s basic training, which I will never forget. The training included midnight swims in the cold water, days without_________and long painful runs in the soft sand. I always felt cold, wet, hungry and painful.

The training also needed to find those who could_________in an environment of stress, mess, failure and hardships. To me, the basic training was a lifetime of challenges that lasted six months. And today, I’d like to talk about one little thing.

Every morning in the training, my instructors (教官) would appear in our rooms. The first thing they did was to_______our beds. The corners would be square if we did it right. The covers would be pulled tight, and the pillow would be centered just under the headboard.

It was a difficult task. But every morning we were required to make our beds_________. It seemed a little funny, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proved to me many times over.

If you make your bed every morning, you will have completed the first task of the day. It will bring you a small_________of success, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another and another. And by the end of the day, one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will prove the fact. If you can’t do the_________things right, you will hardly be able to do the big things right.

Changing the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it. I can make sure that it doesn’t matter whether I ever _______ a day in uniform (制服,军服). Even now, I still start my day with making the bed to perfection. So if you have an awful day by accident, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

In general, if you want to change the world,_________off by making your bed. I hope all of you will have a brighter future!

1.A.water B.sleep C.food D.air

2.A.doubt B.lead C.separate D.hurry

3.A.check B.clean C.mend D.make

4.A.differently B.quietly C.comfortably D.perfectly

5.A.gift B.task C.exam D.sense

6.A.important B.interesting C.little D.hard

7.A.chose B.served C.remembered D.celebrated

8.A.start B.run C.get D.take

Mary Donaldson is worried about her 16-year-old daughter, Sophia. Six months ago, Sophia came back from a party, she was unhappy. From then on, she thinks of _______ but how to lose weight and become beautiful. She_______to eat much and keeps on doing exercise. Sophia had always been a little heavy, so when she decided to go on a diet(节食), Mary encouraged her. She felt that her daughter would look _______ beautiful than before if she lost 10 kilograms. However, Sophia has lost over 20 kilograms until now. Her eating and exercising habits are having a _______ effect on her health. She is too thin and is often sick.

Her mother is trying to prevent her from going on a diet and losing weight, but Sophia thinks that she is still too heavy and refuses to start eating as usual. Sophia’s mind(头脑) is _______ the idea of looking like a model(模特). Every day she goes to a club to do exercise. When she is not there, she spends her time _______ magazines like Fashion Beauty. The models in them are very thin and beautiful. Sophia says, “ _______ I look like these models, I will be happy and all the boys will like me.”

Mary doesn’t know _______to help her daughter. She feels sorry for having encouraged her at first, because Sophia no longer feels good or pleased with her body. She’s afraid that Sophia will_______ be happy if she keeps comparing herself with the models in the magazines. Mary tries to tell Sophia that true beauty comes from within(在心里). Common people are not supposed to look like models. The most ordinary(普通的)________ becomes beautiful when the person behind it is filled with confidence and happiness of life.

1.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything

2.A.refuses B.decides C.begins D.hopes

3.A.less B.more C.the most D.much

4.A.hopeful B.healthy C.useful D.harmful

5.A.afraid of B.sure of C.full of D.proud of

6.A.reading B.buying C.borrowing D.watching

7.A.Although B.If C.Because D.So

8.A.when B.where C.how D.what

9.A.almost B.quickly C.never D.often

10.A.ear B.hand C.leg D.face

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