After 42-year-old guy Tom had quitted his job, he began to make up his mind to become a freelance(self-employed)writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not．He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a(n) 1 typewriter and settled down to work．
After a year or so, however, Tom began to 2 himself．He found it was difficult to earn his living by 3 what he wrote．But Tom determined to put his dream to the test－ 4 it meant living with uncertainty and fear of 5 ．This is the shadowland of hope, and 6 with a dream must learn to live there．
One day Tom got a call, “We need a(n) 7 , and we’re paying ＄6,000 a year．” ＄6,000 was 8 money in 1960．It would enable Tom to get a nice apartment, a used car and more． 9 , he could write on the side． 10 the dollars were dancing in Tom’s head, something 11 his senses．He had dreamed of being a 12 －full time．“Thanks, but no,” Tom said 13 ．“I’m going to stick it out and write．”
After Tom got off the phone, he 14 everything he had：two cans of vegetables and 18 cents．Tom put the cans and cents into a 15 bag, saying to himself, “There’s everything you’ve made of yourself so far．”
Finally his work was 16 in 1970．Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that 17 writers ever experience．The shadows had turned into limelight．
Then one day, Tom 18 a box filled with things he had owned years before． 19 was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents．Suddenly he 20 himself working in that cold storage room．It reminds Tom, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
(1)
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A．
sigh
B．
breath
C．
surprise
D．
thought
(2)
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A．
chance
B．
choice
C．
praise
D．
prize
(3)
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A．
nervous
B．
interested
C．
excited
D．
serious
(4)
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A．
restaurant
B．
place
C．
time
D．
condition
(5)
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A．
Two
B．
Four
C．
Everyone
D．
Nobody
(6)
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A．
mannered
B．
built
C．
dressed
D．
fed
(7)
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A．
spring
B．
summer
C．
autumn
D．
winter
(8)
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A．
appearance
B．
expression
C．
picture
D．
view
(9)
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A．
orderly
B．
strictly
C．
beautifully
D．
cleanly
(10)
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A．
tasted
B．
enjoyed
C．
served
D．
prepared
(11)
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A．
turned out
B．
worked out
C．
came out
D．
figured out
(12)
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A．
lights
B．
chairs
C．
trees
D．
boats
(13)
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A．
almost
B．
surely
C．
never
D．
seldom
(14)
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A．
humorous
B．
joking
C．
funny
D．
friendly
(15)
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A．
kindness
B．
handsomeness
C．
strangeness
D．
carelessness
(16)
[ ]
A．
found
B．
saw
C．
took
D．
slowed
(17)
[ ]
A．
glasses
B．
plates
C．
picture
D．
window
(18)
[ ]
A．
answer
B．
expression
C．
reason
D．
effect
(19)
[ ]
A．
running
B．
hanging
C．
looking
D．
falling
(20)
[ ]
A．
napkin
B．
tablecloth
C．
cup
D．
fork
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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．
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．
