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When I was three years old, my parents discovered I was totally deaf. After consulting with many doctors, they made a 21 that would forever change my future. 22 sending me to a private school for the deaf, they decided to “mainstream” me. All of my schoolmates and teachers would have 23 hearing.
I experienced great 24 throughout primary school because, besides the efforts of “ 25 ” with the other students, I also 26 with most of my schoolwork. But, Mrs. Jordan, my 5th grade teacher, changed all of that with a 27 three-word phrase.
One morning, she asked the class a question. I 28 her lips and immediately raised my hand. Although I feared, I felt unusually 29 because I was sure I had the right answer. I took a deep breath and 30 answered Mrs. Jordan’s question.
Her response 31 all of us. Mrs. Jordan enthusiastically 32 her right foot on the floor and waved her right finger in a full circle 33 it pointed directly at me. With shining eyes she cried, “THAT’S RIGHT STEPHEN!”
For the first time in my young life, I was an instant star. My heart burst with 34 and I sat a little 35 in my chair and puffed out my chest. My confidence 36 like never before. I decided right then and there that I would make a 37 for myself in this world. The very three-word phrase had totally 38 my young life.
From that day forward, my 39 improved fantastically. My view on life 40 a complete turnabout. And it all started with Mrs. Jordan. “THAT’S RIGHT STEPHEN!”
21. A. plan B. choice C. promise D. decision
22. A. Instead of B. Apart from C. Regardless of D. Far from
23. A. weak B. sharp C. normal D. different
24. A. anxiety B. honour C. sympathy D. excitement
25. A. getting away B. putting up C. fitting in D. coming up
26. A. handled B. struggled C. disagreed D. engaged
27. A. regular B. polite C. simple D. formal
28. A. found B. understood C. saw D. read
29. A. embarrassed B. frightened C. confident D. jealous
30. A. gently B. luckily C. nervously D. carelessly
31. A. enjoyed B. surprised C. delighted D. fooled
32. A. stamped B. placed C. stepped D. knocked
33. A. if B. unless C. since D. until
34. A. pride B. regret C. courage D. envy
35. A. taller B. shorter C. longer D. wider
36. A. declined B. sank C. returned D. acted
37. A. home B. fortune C. place D. name
38. A. devoted B. surrounded C. occupied D. transformed
39. A. grades B. health C. characters D. growth
40. A. set B. made C. turned D. got
21. D 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. D 39. A 40. B

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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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