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　　We all have dreams．Yet so few of us fulfill them．Often, a dream dies as quickly as it is born 　　1　　．we lack the confidence to keep it．When I was old enough to understand the realities of life, I realized that society puts a high 　　2　　 on youth, beauty ad intellectual achievement．This discovery gave me some idea to 　　3　　 my dream．

　　I know beauty is something I will never have．So I didn’t dream of becoming beautiful．But I didn’t see it as something 　　4　　 because it forced me to concentrate my energy to develop my 　　5　　 qualities．What people see in the handicapped is only their 　　6　　 of being handicapped．People are not impressed with the ability that lies 　　7　　 every handicapped person．

　　My dream was 　　8　　．I dreamed of becoming a typist when I was in secondary school．The employment field was a highly 　　9　　 place．It gave not only keen competition to a handicapped job-seeker but also the unfriendly treatment from the 　　10　　 strong and healthy．They see the handicapped as the back row of 　　11　　．

　　However, I 　　12　　 to sit in the back row．I decided to take a course in typing run by the government．When I handed over the application form to the interviewer, she looked at me, then moved her eyes to my body．She advised me to 　　13　　 my choice from typing．But I was 　　14　　 to stay with it．“I will be a really good typist,” I told her．She accepted me．

　　On the fifth month of the sixth-month course, five students were chosen to do some copy typing．I was one of them．I was very 　　15　　 and finished half of the work given to us all．

　　More work came to me after this test．I could see quite clearly the way to 　　16　　 my dream．I was taken on as one of the typists in one of the offices immediately after my graduation．I did not 　　17　　 starting at the bottom of the ladder．Being a typist was just the beginning of the 　　18　　．Having achieved one dream, I set out to achieve others．I worked and studied at the same time, which was no easy task．But the sacrifice proved 　　19　　．

　　Dreamers should keep reaching out for their dreams, 　　20　　 what the pain, until they get what they want in life．

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阅读理解。

　　Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said,“Barbara, be enthusiastic!Enthusiasm will take your further than any amount of experience．”How right they were!

　　“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,”wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers,“I can do it!”when others shout,“No, you can't!”It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn't let up on her experiments．Work was such a deep pressure for her that she never thought of stopping．

　　We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist(大提琴家)Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach(巴赫)．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bend shoulders would strengthen and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote,“Yeas make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old．”

　　Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．”

　　If we can't do what we love as a full-time career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic(评论家)to say,“I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”

　　We can't afford to waste tears on“might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after“what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses－finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow．

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　　阅读理解

　　Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers said, “Barbara, be enthusiastic!Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience．” How right they were!

　　“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm ,”wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!”when others shout, “No, you can’t!”It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn’t let up on her experiments．Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping．

　　We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist(大提琴家)Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach．As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel once wrote, “Years make the skin old, but to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old．”

　　Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money．”

　　If we cannot do what we love as a fulltime career, we can do it as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am persuaded to call Layton a genius．”

　　We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses－finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow．

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