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One day, Grandpa and Grandson came to a pond where many children were driving their remote - controlled boats. Watching the children racing boats happily, the boy felt ¡¡36 . He knew his parents couldn¡¯t afford such a boat. And Grandpa had no chance of giving him such a gift¡¡ __37 his pension was small. Grandpa felt the boy¡¯s ¡¡38 . He looked around until his eyes¡¡ __39 on a bench next to a big pine tree.
Then, Grandpa led the boy to the bench and sat down. ¡°Grandpa, I want a ¡¡40 ¡¡like that,¡± the boy said. ¡°I know,¡± grandpa patted the boy on the shoulder.
¡¡ Some time later, Grandpa ¡¡41 a big piece of pine bark fallen from the tree, some sticks and grass. Grandson looked ¡¡42 at what he was doing . To the boy¡¯s surprise, Grandpa made him a big bark ship with a beautiful white ¡¡43 made of a handkerchief.
¡¡ ¡°Now, let¡¯s see how it ¡¡44 !¡± Grandpa gave the ship to the boy. The boy ¡¡45 the boat carefully into the water. A remote - controlled boat went by, _ 46 waves and splashing their boat wet. ¡°Oh, no !¡± the boy cried.
¡¡ Out of nowhere came a breeze and the sail ¡¡47 the wind. First slowly, then faster the boat
braved the water. The wind ¡¡48 the boat around the pond. And finally it drove the boat back to
them. The boy took the boat out of the water with eyes full of ¡¡49 .
¡°Look at the ¡¡50 boats,¡± Grandpa said. ¡°They are great, but you saw ¡¡51 two of them ran out of batteries. Our boat is remote - controlled by a source that will never be ¡¡52 .¡±
¡¡ ¡°By what?¡± The boy asked.
¡¡ ¡°It is controlled by ¡¡53 ¡¡Humans run out of energies when trying to control everything. But when we ¡¡54 our need to control and let nature ¡¡55 our boat, it¡¯s a journey and a wonder to look at.¡± The boy nodded, leaving the pond with grandpa, with the bark ship carefully in his arms.
36. A. worried¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. disappointed¡¡¡¡ C. puzzled¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. strange
37. A. because¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. when¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. if¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. though
38. A. excitement¡¡¡¡ B. surprise¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. anger¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. envy
39. A. got¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. put¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. fell¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. came
40. A. boat¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. control¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. childhood¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. race
41. A. found out¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. made out¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. picked up¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. put up
42. A. painfully¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. nervously¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. amusingly¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. curiously
43. A. sail¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. oar¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. bow¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. shell
44. A. swims¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. floats¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. slides¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. dips
45. A. lowered¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. turned¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. threw¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. rolled
46. A. collecting¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. drawing¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. becoming¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. raising
47. A. caught¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. borrowed¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. kept¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. stopped
48. A. showed¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. ran¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. carried¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. walked
49. A. joy¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. tears¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. achievement¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. questions
50. A. artificial¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. real¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. perfect¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. expensive
51. A. when¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. why¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. how¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. where
52. A. given out¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. used up¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. sold out¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. burned up¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
53. A. nature¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. heart¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. water¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. energy
54. A. lack¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. understand¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. abandon¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. meet
55. A. serve¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B. order¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C. assist¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D. guide
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There were a family of nine: the father, the mother, two boys and five girls. The father worked as a kitchen cleaner at a local school and the rest of the family did the same job-----clean people¡¯s yards. ¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿
Then one day, the father lost his job at the school. He asked me if I could allow him to clean my yard. ¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿ He and his family came to our house three times a week to clean the yard.
One Sunday morning, the father suffered a stroke and died in the hospital two days later. The poor family had lost their main bread-winner. The eldest boy had just completed high school and was getting ready to go to college. ¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿
For the following years, Andrew, my husband and I did all our best to help make sure the family got their education, and provided some daily needs, like clothes.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿ . They didn¡¯t have a toilet in their home! Imagine! A mother, a fifteen-year-old girl, and four smaller children without a toilet or bathroom!
The next morning, my friend Peter came to my house. Then I told him I wanted to do something for the poor family. As a helpful man, he promised to offer some money. So together we built a bathroom and a toilet for this family in three days. ¡¾Ð¡Ìâ5¡¿ . And we felt happy, too.
| A£®Clearly, they lived a poor life. |
| B£®The others were just little kids |
| C£®Realizing his situation, I offered him the job at once. |
| D£®This brought a lot of smiles and happiness to the family. |
F.We visited the family once and one thing made us greatly surprised.
G.You would be surprised to know that this poor family lived in just two rooms!
Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make£®One important question that you might ask yourself is: ¡°How do I get a good job?¡±__1.There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all£®Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time£®_2._.He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them£®His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream£®One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick£®Without stopping to think, the lad£¨ÉÙÄ꣩offered to take his place£®__3._
__4._.If the lad had gone home to ponder£¨¿¼ÂÇ£© his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance£®It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.
Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs£¨ÃÀ²î£©£®When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying£®__5.And within a year this person had become general manger of the company.
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A£®This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself. |
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B£®People find jobs in an infinite number of ways. |
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C£®it¡¯s almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers |
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D£®Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor. |
E£®But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company¡¯s faults.
F£®He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.
G£®It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.