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When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤儿院)and taught us how to do woodworking projects. I remember my first project—a small table. I was so 36 of it that I looked upon it 37 I had created a wonder. It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to 38 it. I could 39 wait to give it to Mother Winters as a gift. She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always 40 with us.
As the tables were not 41 from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. 42 I was just so excited and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a flash carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.
When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was 43 it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand 44 it, she noticed it was still wet.
“Were you 45 to bring this home?” she asked. “No, ma’am,” I 46 with my head down.
She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was 47 stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off. I hid the table in my closet and never 48 it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent (宿管员), thinking that she would 49 it away.
Thirty years later at a reunion, I 50 that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her 51 to get something important. I followed her 52 into a dark corner. She picked something up. 53 she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table. Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.
Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of 54 to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to 55 .
36. A. satisfied B. happy C. aware D. proud
37. A. now that B. even if C. as if D. so that
38. A. design B. complete C. paint D. invent
39. A. never B. always C. nearly D. hardly
40. A. strict B. delighted C. patient D. angry
41. A. clean B. strong C. dry D. perfect
42. A. For B. But C. So D. And
43. A. drying B. observing C. hiding D. admiring
44. A. into B. above C. across D. after
45. A. determined B. embarrassed C. encouraged D. supposed
46. A. whispered B. sighed C. agreed D. argued
47. A. paint B. glue C. dirt D. wood
48. A. removed B. shook C. touched D. split
49. A. throw B. give C. take D. put
50. A. remembered B. expected C. learned D. recommended
51. A. bathroom B. basement C. balcony D. bedroom
52. A. doubtfully B. unwillingly C. curiously D. worriedly
53. A. As B. Since C. Before D. Until
54. A. admiration B. regret C. sympathy D. gratitude
55. A. adapt B. please C. perform D. study
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Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once __41 __, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.
Several years ago, I spoke at a school about how we were surrounded by “___42___ ” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me, and I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a(n) ___43___ divorce (离婚) and was examining what was most important to him. He took a small ___44___ out of his pocket. Here is what he said to me that day.
“I ___45___ on this stone when I was leaving church last Sunday. You had spoken about ___46___ opportunities—diamonds. I put the stone in my ___47___ to remind me to look for those “diamonds” that I need. I have been trying to sell my business . On Monday morning, a man who seemed interested in ___48___ some of my stock (股票) stopped by. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond—don’t let it ___49___!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. Now my next diamond is to find a new ___50___ !”
Not long afterward, he did find a new and better job. From then on, he decided to keep his stone with him all the time as a ___51___ to look for “diamonds” as he dug through the ___52___ of life.
Richard DeVos is right when he points out. “This is an exciting world. It is filled with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that, ___53___ left unrecognized, will be forever lost.
Are you looking for “diamonds” every day? If not, you may ___54___ pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in the difficulty you’re ___55___ now.
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请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的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。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 33 for years—often from 34 childhood. These stories may have no 35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36 my development? I was never 37 to work on cars or be around 38 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 40 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 41 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 42 and told him about my 43 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44 is it that you can solve 45 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 50 we choose.
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