That which cometh from the heart goes to the heart．－Jeremiah Burroughs
I was working as a consultant(someone whose job is to give advice on a particular subject)in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents formulate(develop something)and implement(take action)their new strategic vision．It was a big 1 ．
At the same time, my mother was in the final stages of cancer．
I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night．It was 2 and stressful, but it was 3 I wanted to do．My promise was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, 4 my evenings were very hard．I didn’t want to 5 the president with my situation, yet I felt someone at the company needed to know what was 6 on．So I told the vice-president of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information 7 anyone．
A few days 8 , the president called me into his office．I 9 he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were 10 ．When I entered, he asked me to 11 ．He faced me from across his large desk, 12 me in the eye and said, “I hear your mother is very ill．”
I was 13 caught by surprise and burst into 14 He just looked at me, let my crying die down, and then 15 said a sentence I will never forget：“ 16 you need．”
That was it．His 17 and his willingness to both let me be in my pain 18 to offer me everything were 19 of compassion(同情)that I carry with me 20 this day．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
(1)
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A．
lecture
B．
lesson
C．
training
D．
speech
(2)
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A．
how
B．
why
C．
whether
D．
that
(3)
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A．
star
B．
average
C．
ordinary
D．
important
(4)
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A．
learn
B．
benefit
C．
take
D．
get
(5)
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A．
worried
B．
worrying
C．
anxious
D．
eager
(6)
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A．
keep
B．
talk
C．
pull
D．
take
(7)
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A．
put
B．
set
C．
placed
D．
kept
(8)
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A．
alone
B．
lonely
C．
tall
D．
strong
(9)
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A．
attended
B．
participated in
C．
join
D．
take part
(10)
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A．
get
B．
realize
C．
make
D．
achieve
(11)
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A．
alone
B．
aside
C．
away
D．
down
(12)
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A．
before
B．
when
C．
then
D．
until
(13)
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A．
fixed
B．
put
C．
kept
D．
paid
(14)
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A．
run
B．
walk
C．
jog
D．
go
(15)
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A．
Unfortunately
B．
Repeatedly
C．
Secondly
D．
Luckily
(16)
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A．
stood
B．
picked
C．
struggled
D．
raised
(17)
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A．
mentally
B．
socially
C．
emotionally
D．
technically
(18)
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A．
won
B．
defeated
C．
beat
D．
got
(19)
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A．
yet
B．
however
C．
though
D．
while
(20)
[ ]
A．
pleased
B．
satisfied
C．
proud
D．
ashamed
完形填空。
The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school．Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football．
But there's a big surprise when the movie 1 with two students going crazy in the 2 shooting and killing people．
This is“Elephant”．Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids．American 3 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词)．The student actors 4 their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 5 ．
6 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 7 festival in France on May 25．
The film is based on the 8 at a high school in the US, where two boys 9 13 people and then themselves in 1999．
The title of the 10 refers to the old expression about a 11 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house．
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 12 ．It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and 13 ．
In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 14 ．But, there are hints(暗示)of the 15 they feel inside．One of the boys is bullied at school．The other plays violent 16 games．But Van Sant isn't 17 their killings on either bullying or violent video games．In fact, the film doesn't offer any 18 for why school violence happens．
“I didn't want to 19 anything．It's up to the audience to draw its own 20 ,”said the 51-year-old director．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
