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3．I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous research scientist．He had made several very important medical（36）B．Once，he was being interviewed by a newspaper journalist who asked why he was able to be so much more creative than the（37）D person．What set him so far apart from others？He responded that，in his opinion，it all came from a（n）（38）A with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old．He had been trying to（39）C a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell，（40）A its contents all over the kitchen floor-a veritable sea of milk!
When his mother came into the kitchen，instead of（41）B at him，giving him a lecture or punishing him，she said，"Robert，what a great and wonderful（42）B you have made!I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk．Well，the（43）D has already been done．Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes（44）D we clean it up？"
Indeed，he did．After a few（45）C，his mother said，"You know，Robert，whenever you make a mess like this，eventually you have to clean it up and （46）A everything to its proper order．"And together they cleaned up the spilled milk．
His mother then said，"You know，what we have here is a （47）B experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands．Let's go out in the back yard and （48）A water into the bottle and see if you can discover a way to carry it without （49）B it．"The little boy （50）C that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands，he could make it．What a wonderful （51）D!
This renowned scientist then（52）C that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes．Instead，he learned that mistakes were just（53）C for learning something new，which is，after all，what scientific（54）D are all about．Even if the experiment"doesn't work，"we usually learn something （55）A from it．
| 36．A．choices | B．breakthroughs | C．headlines | D．decisions |
| 37．A．normal | B．usual | C．extraordinary | D．average |
| 38．A．experience | B．association | C．event | D．fiction |
| 39．A．boil | B．cook | C．remove | D．freeze |
| 40．A．spoiling | B．spraying | C．spreading | D．sweeping |
| 41．A．pointing | B．yelling | C．smiling | D．glancing |
| 42．A．discovery | B．mess | C．arrangement | D．joke |
| 43．A．disaster | B．destruction | C．harm | D．damage |
| 44．A．when | B．while | C．after | D．before |
| 45．A．days | B．hours | C．minutes | D．seconds |
| 46．A．restore | B．recover | C．relieve | D．renew |
| 47．A．succeeded | B．failed | C．conducted | D．fascinated |
| 48．A．fill | B．keep | C．store | D．save |
| 49．A．falling | B．dropping | C．quitting | D．breaking |
| 50．A．studied | B．researched | C．learned | D．witnessed |
| 51．A．class | B．course | C．curriculum | D．lesson |
| 52．A．recited | B．recommended | C．remarked | D．reported |
| 53．A．environment | B．situations | C．opportunities | D．settings |
| 54．A．skills | B．approaches | C．developments | D．experiments |
| 55．A．valuable | B．essential | C．awful | D．merciful |
分析 文章讲述了一家报社采访究竟是什么妙法使这位科学家能够超越凡人呢？他说，在他看来，这一切都应与他两岁时母亲对发生在他身上的事的处理方法有关．由此母亲激发了他的创造力并教会他不必再害怕犯任何错误，因为错误往往是学习新知识的良机．
解答 36-40 BDACA 41-45 BBDDC 46-50 ABABC 51-55 DCCDA
36 B．考查名词的辨析．他已经取得了重要的医学突破（breakthrough），故选B．
37 D．考查形容词的辨析．记者问她为什么比一般人更有创造力．an average person普通人，一般人．故选D．
38 A．考查名词的辨析．本处意为"源于一次经历"．an experience一次经历．故选A．
39 C．考查动词的辨析．根据语境，他想把牛奶瓶子从冰箱里拿出来．remove移动．故选C．
40 A．考查动词的辨析．根据语境，奶瓶掉在地上，牛奶洒了一地．spoiling损坏，破坏．故选A．
41 B．考查词组yell at sb 对…吼叫．根据语境，母亲没有朝他喊叫．yell喊叫．故选B．
42 B．考查名词的辨析．根据下一段中的"whenever you make a mess like this"，不论你何时弄得一团糟，可知本处选B．
43 D．考查名词的辨析．本处意为"损失已经造成了"．damage损失．故选D．
44 D．考查连词的辨析．句意：你想在清理之前先玩几分钟吗？故选D．
45 C．考查名词的辨析．根据上文"Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes"，可知 几分钟之后，选C．
46 A．考查动词的辨析．本处指"把东西重新归置好．restore恢复，修复．故选A．
47 B．考查形容词的辨析．本处指"这是一个失败的经历"，故选B．
48 A．考查动词的辨析．本处指"把瓶子装满水"，故选A．
49 B．考查动词的辨析．本处指"看看你是否能想出办法把瓶子拿稳不掉地下"，drop弄掉．故选B．
50 C．考查日常的辨析．learn，得知．根据语境，他得知了不把瓶子掉地下的方法．故选C．
51 D．考查名词的辨析．句意：多么美妙的教训．lesson经验，教训．故选D．
52 C．考查动词的辨析．remark评论．根据语境，本处指那位科学家评论了此事．故选C．
53 C．考查名词的辨析．根据语境，错误正是学习新知识的机会．opportunity机会．故选C．
54 D．考查名词的辨析．这也是科学实验所需要的．experiment实验．故选D．
55 A．考查形容词的辨析．句意：即使实验没成功，我们也能从中学到一些宝贵的东西．valuable宝贵的．故选A．
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| Title：Positive thinking | |
| （76）Benefits/Advantages | l Help people balance and （77）acceptall the ups and downs in life． l Keep a person （78）energetic，motivated，powerful and patient to live each day． l Make a person keep happy even though in （79）trouble． l Bring confidence． |
| Meanings | l Asking for the（80）occurrenceof positive and good things in your life． l Channelizing your energies positively to （81）attractyour desired things towards you． |
| Tips | （82）Designpositive affirmations |
| Call out，write or remember positive affirmations several times a day | |
| （83）Combinepositive affirmations with imagination | |
| Repeat the affirmations before （84）leaving home every morning | |
| Link positive affirmations to actual daily （85）actions． | |
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12．Joseph Pulitzer （April 10，1847---October 29，1911）was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for establishing the Pulitzer Prizes after death．
Pulitzer was born in Mako，Hungary．At 17，Pulitzer attempted to join the Austrian army，but was turned down due to age，bad health and poor eyesight．Disappointed but still with hope，he traveled first to Paris and then to London，hoping to join the army there．And he was rejected for the same reasons．Finally，he moved to the United States in 1864and served in the Lincoln Army when he was just 18until the end of the American Civil War．After the war he settled in St．Louis，Missouri，where in 1868he started working as a reporter for a German-language daily newspaper，the Westliche Post．He joined the Republican Party and was elected to the Missouri State Assembly in 1869．
In 1872．Pulitzer bought the Westliche Post for 3，000．Then，in1879，heboughttheSt．LouisDispatchfor2，700and merged （合并） the two papers as the St．Louis Post-Dispatch，which remained St．Louis'daily newspaper．He bought the New York World in 1883，which turned out to be a successful decision，and which made Pulitzer wealthy．In 1885，he was elected to the US House of Representatives，but resigned after a few months'service．In 1895the New York World introduced the first newspaper comic printed with colour．Under Pulitzer's leadership circulation （发行量） grew from 15，000to 600，000，making it the largest newspaper in the country．But unfortunately from 1890，Pulitzer's already failing health worsened rapidly and he withdrew from direct management of the newspaper，and simply gave some instructions from his vacation houses in Maine or in New York．At the age of forty，he was struck blind，but he still continued to run his press empire for twenty-two more years．
In 1892，Pulitzer offered Columbia University's president money to set up the world's first school of journalism．But the university turned down the offer．In 1902，Columbia's new president willingly accepted the plan for a school and prizes，but it would not be until after Pulitzer's death that this dream would come true．Pulitzer left the university $2million in his will，which led to the creation in 1912of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism．And up till now，Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism still remains one of the most famous in the world．
Joseph Pulitzer died aboard his sailing boat in 1911．He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx，New York．In 1917，the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded，as Pulitzer wished to．
In 1989，in honor of his great achievements and contributions，Pulitzer was included in the St．Louis Walk of Fame．
Title：A biography of a famous person
Pulitzer was born in Mako，Hungary．At 17，Pulitzer attempted to join the Austrian army，but was turned down due to age，bad health and poor eyesight．Disappointed but still with hope，he traveled first to Paris and then to London，hoping to join the army there．And he was rejected for the same reasons．Finally，he moved to the United States in 1864and served in the Lincoln Army when he was just 18until the end of the American Civil War．After the war he settled in St．Louis，Missouri，where in 1868he started working as a reporter for a German-language daily newspaper，the Westliche Post．He joined the Republican Party and was elected to the Missouri State Assembly in 1869．
In 1872．Pulitzer bought the Westliche Post for 3，000．Then，in1879，heboughttheSt．LouisDispatchfor2，700and merged （合并） the two papers as the St．Louis Post-Dispatch，which remained St．Louis'daily newspaper．He bought the New York World in 1883，which turned out to be a successful decision，and which made Pulitzer wealthy．In 1885，he was elected to the US House of Representatives，but resigned after a few months'service．In 1895the New York World introduced the first newspaper comic printed with colour．Under Pulitzer's leadership circulation （发行量） grew from 15，000to 600，000，making it the largest newspaper in the country．But unfortunately from 1890，Pulitzer's already failing health worsened rapidly and he withdrew from direct management of the newspaper，and simply gave some instructions from his vacation houses in Maine or in New York．At the age of forty，he was struck blind，but he still continued to run his press empire for twenty-two more years．
In 1892，Pulitzer offered Columbia University's president money to set up the world's first school of journalism．But the university turned down the offer．In 1902，Columbia's new president willingly accepted the plan for a school and prizes，but it would not be until after Pulitzer's death that this dream would come true．Pulitzer left the university $2million in his will，which led to the creation in 1912of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism．And up till now，Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism still remains one of the most famous in the world．
Joseph Pulitzer died aboard his sailing boat in 1911．He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx，New York．In 1917，the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded，as Pulitzer wished to．
In 1989，in honor of his great achievements and contributions，Pulitzer was included in the St．Louis Walk of Fame．
Title：A biography of a famous person
| Name | Joseph Pulitzer | Dates of birth and death | April 10，1847-October 29，1911 | |
| Birth place | Mako，Hungary | （1）Burial/burying place | the Woodlawn Cemetery， The Bronx，NY | |
| （2） Nationality | Hungarian- American | Profession | reporter，publisher | |
| Life （3） experiences/stories | Military career ★at 17，made several（4）attemptsto join the army，but failed for his age，bad health and poor eyesight ★at 18，eventually served in the Lincoln's Army in the USA | |||
| Newspaper career ★in 1868，began working as a reporter for the Westliche Post，a daily newspaper ★from 1872 to 1883，succeeded in （5）purchasing/buyingthree newspapers ★in 1 895，introduced the first newspaper comic printed with color ★from 1890，managed the newspaper （6）indirectlyfor health reason | ||||
| （7）Politicalcareer ★joined the Republican Party and in 1869 was elected to the Missouri State Assembly ★in 1885，was elected to the US House of Representatives，but （8）served/worked for only a short time | ||||
| Achievements & contributions | ★made the New York World the largest newspaper in the country，with its circulation growing from 15，000 to 600，000 ★in 1912，helped to （9）create/establish/found/formthe Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism，which remains one of the most famous in the world ★established the Pulitzer Prizes through his will | |||
| （10） Honor | ★In 1989，was included in the St．Louis Walk of Fame | |||
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