I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a   36   in my upper jaw,” she said. “I told my own dentist it's nothing, but he   37   I come to see you.”

Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would    38   to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the    39   of her mouth. A careful examination later    40    that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.

During her next appointment, I explained to her the   41   of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just   42   .  ”

I thought otherwise. After considerable   43   on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to   44   me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon(外科医生). She saw him, but as I expected,    45   treatment.

About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and   46   .

“How are you?” I asked.

“I’m just fine, honey,” she responded   47   high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”

Surprised to see her at all, I answered   48   , “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it.”

      I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had   49   nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness    50   .

      I had read of such things happening, but had    51   seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others, because they keep getting   52   to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle,   53   through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to   54   the miracles of one another.

      Since my first miracle, I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 55 we choose to find it.

A. cut                            B. pain                      C. wound              D. cancer

A. declared                 B. suspected               C. promised          D. insisted

A. refuse                        B. continue                C. attempt             D. manage

A. roof                       B. corner                   C. bottom             D. surface

A. confirmed                  B. convinced              C. considered               D. conducted

A. possibility                  B. importance          C. seriousness        D. resolution

A. old                            B. sick                      C. fine                  D. glad

A. permission                 B. support                 C. approval           D. effort

A. persuade                 B. please                  C. encourage         D. astonish

A. declined                 B. provided               C. received           D. required

A. healthy                      B. elegant                  C. optimistic         D. humorous

A. to                             B. in                                C. with                 D. by

A. worriedly                      B. confusedly             C. patiently           D. confidently

A. covered                     B. reached                 C. spread              D. grown

A. cured                        B. faded                    C. expanded          D. remained

A. ever                       B. also                      C. never                      D. already

A. easier                        B. rarer                     C. happier             D. closer

A. or                             B. so                         C. yet                   D. for

A. read                       B. make                    C. keep                 D. see

A. whatever                B. wherever               C. whoever           D. whichever

Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there are a whole lot of antique (古董) shops near my home . So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and, the fourth-so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes I saw that, it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said.  “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I’m sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you mend this chair for me’?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
【小题1】We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer     .

A.was rather impolite B.was warmly received
C.asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair D.asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
【小题2】The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper     .
A.changed his mind B.saw the writer’s purpose
C.accepted the offer D.decided to help the writer
【小题3】How much did the writer pay?
A.£5B.£7C.£20D.£27
【小题4】From the text, we can learn that the writer was         .
A.smart B.careful C.honestD.funny

Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to  1  a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it  2  in 1954.Within one year, 37 runners  3  the belief barrier.And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing.

    What happens if you put an animal in a  4 ? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through.What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You  5 .If an animal who has not learned swimming could  6  by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.

    These  7  show the power of beliefs.There is no other more  8  force in directing human behavior than belief.Our beliefs have the power to  9  and to destroy.

    In a way it is our beliefs that determine how much we’ll be able to  10  our potential.So pay attention to some of your  11 .Do you believe you are weak in mathematics? Do you believe that other people dislike you?Do you believe life is full of  12

    Belief is not  13 , however.It’s nothing but the generalization of a past incident.As a kid, if a dog bit you, you believed all dogs to be  14 .To change certain behavior, identify the beliefs associated with it.Change those beliefs and a new pattern is  15  created.

1.A.run                        B.walk                    C.swim                   D.jog

2.A.right                    B.wrong                  C.fake                    D.true

3.A.broke                     B.built                   C.faced                  D.lowered

4.A.cage                       B.desert                     C.forest                D.pond

5.A.drown                    B.swim                   C.float                       D.sink

6.A.struggle                B.escape                 C.drown                 D.leave

7.A.samples                B.cases                       C.situations         D.periods

8.A.terrible                     B.reasonable              C.considerable      D.powerful

9.A.damage                 B.provide               C.create                D.withdraw

10.A.discover              B.realize               C.show                    D.perform

11.A.problems             B.beliefs               C.possibilities          D.subjects

12.A.surprises                 B.choices                C.problems             D.possibilities

13.A.beautiful                 B.changeable          C.strong                D.mysterious

14.A.safe                    B.rude                   C.merciless           D.dangerous

15.A.occasionally       B.immediately         C.accidentally           D.automatically

 

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