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B. cautious
C. concerned
D. anxious
Hot words on the Internet don’t stay hot for long. “Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year’s biggest creations, are actually ____36____ on Internet now. What’s popular now is “hold steady”.
The term(术语)comes from the very Taiwanese TV show ____37___ includes Miss Lin (Xie Yilin) giving a lecture on how to ____38___ like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus. Although the lecture is mainly a mockery(嘲笑)of the fashion world, ____39____ Miss Lin makes a point: We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.
____40___ steady is one of the qualities the public has been ____41____ lately ____42___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.
The quality was ____43____ by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who ____44___ in the TV singing competition “Super Girl”. ____45____ herself with confidence on stage, she kept ____46____ when others got anxious.
“I like your poise(淡定). Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show’s judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su. Internet users named Su “Sister Poise”.
Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a ____47____ person.
Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People. Kate Middleton was ____48____ as the one of the Ten Best Mannered People for the way ____49____ she showed herself in the public. The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated ____50____ this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding. That is good news for many because she has prove ____51____ true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of ____52____.
About-personal-growth.com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives ____53___ on how to stay poised.
“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga ____54___; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation”; write down your encouragement daily to ____55____ the goal,” reads the site.
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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My ( 1 ) took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ( 2 ) . All day, I seem to remember, I ( 3) on the sands with strange (4 ) children. We made houses and gardens, and ( 5) the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we (6) over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the ( 7 ) seemed to shine always brightly ( 8 ) the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,( 9 ) ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ( 10 ) in one’s pockets or good places where one could ( 11 ) ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good ( 12 ) is much the same as it was. I ( 13 ) like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ( 14 ) beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ( 15 ) any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. ( 16 ) , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I ( 17 ) what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am ( 18 ) . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ( 19 ) who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ( 20 ) on too many ices…
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A little boy was visiting his grandparents on their farm.He was given a slingshot (弹弓) to play with out in the woods.He 36 in the woods, but he could never hit anything.Getting a little 37 , he headed back for dinner.As he was 38 back he saw Grandma’s pet 39 .Just out of impulse (冲动), he let the slingshot 40 ,
hit the duck right in the head and killed it.He was shocked and 41 .
In a panic, he hid the 42 duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said 43 .After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let’s wash the 44 ." But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he 45 to help in the kitchen." Then she 46 to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny washed the dishes.Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing.Before they left, Grandma said, "I’m sorry but I 47 Sally to help me make supper."Sally just smiled and said, "Well, you needn’t worry about it 48 Johnny told me he wanted to help."She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went 49 and Johnny stayed to help.After several days of doing both his 50 and Sally’s, he finally couldn’t 51 it any longer.He came to Grandma and admitted that he had 52 the duck.
Grandma knelt down(蹲下), gave him a 53 , and said, "Sweetheart, I know.You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the 54 thing, but because I love you.I forgave you.I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a 55 of you.If you make a mistake, just be brave to admit to it and promise not to make it again.In that way, everyone will forgive you."
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