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When I was in my early twenties,I moved away from my home state of Wisconsin to attend graduate school.I chose to go to the University of Arizona in Tucson and 36 there.Upon landing in early June,I was shocked by the lack of 37 and the burning desert heat. After less than two days in that 38 ,I called my parents to question whether I had made the 39 choice and to announce that I was 40 considering coming home.My father,in a calm and 41 voice,indicated that I always had a 42 . I could always come home and be welcome there.But in fact,we both 43 I wouldn’t come home at the time.Needless to say,I chose to 44 .
Many years have passed. My father’s 45 words remain with me.Knowing that I can always 46 ,I’ve been able to 47 several challenging situations-unemployment,divorce and even the 48 of my only son.I have also used these words in many cases where others need to know that someone 49 and that they do have a choice.
Whether 50 is earthly,spiritual,or some sense of calm,knowing that we can come home will be just enough to 51 us on our way.
It 52 me, in a way, of the prodigal son(回头的浪子)who found 53 and love upon returning home.While we don’t have to be like him and hit bottom in life,it is good to know that we can wander and experience pains and 54 in life but we still have a home where love,support and comfort 55 .
36.A.flew B.drove C.walked D.cycled
37.A.blue B.yellow C.brown D.green
38.A.university B.school C.environment D.desert
39.A.new B.right C.last D.difficult
40.A.naturally B.fortunately C.obviously D.seriously
41.A.gentle B.weak C.supportive D.pleasant
42.A.choice B.dream C.friend D.request
43.A.pretended B.expected C.knew D.forgot
44.A, graduate B.regret C.return D.continue
45.A.surprising B. encouraging C.interesting D.moving
46.A.wander outside B.hang around C.come home D.move away
47.A.face up to B.get away with C.make sure of D.look out for
48.A.return B.growth C.arrival D.loss
49.A.worries B.cares C.leaves D.stays
50.A.health B.marriage C.church D.home
51.A, help B.stop C.protect D.teach
52.A.informs B.reminds C.warns D.rids
53.A.comfort B.interest C.food D.money
54.A.regrets B.complaints C.sufferings D.pleasures
55.A.survive B.exist C.fall D.disappear
36. A 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. C 42. A 43. C 44. D 45. B 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. B 50. D
51. A 52. B 53. A 54. C 55. 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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