My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow  16 .
Helen was in her 30s and had extraordinary（非凡的） self-confidence, something I was really  17 . I looked up to Helen  18 she was doing what she loved—  19 people better. She always made everyone, customers（顾客） and co-workers（同事）,  20 and feel good.
Being a waitress changed my life. One of my  21 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet（炒蛋）, and when I saw him _22 , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.
Thanks to the newfound confidence I  23 __from Helen, I dreamed of having my own  __24 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（贷款）, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”
The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “What’s  25 ? You’re not smiling today.” I  26__my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody  27 just have faith in （信任）me.”
Before long he handed me checks  28 __$50,000—along with a note that I have to this day. It reads, “The only collateral（抵押品）on this loan is my trust（信任） in your  29 as a person. Good people with a dream should have  30  __to make that dream come true.”
I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I 31  __working at the restaurant, making  32 for the restaurant I would open. My plans soured（被破灭）, though, and I lost the  33 .
Later I decided to apply for a job at  Merill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was__34 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent（代理商，代理人）.   35 ， I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14-percent annual interest（利息 ）. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm（公司）.
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My first job was at a local restaurant, where I worked for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow  16 .

Helen was in her 30s and had extraordinary（非凡的） self-confidence, something I was really  17 . I looked up to Helen  18 she was doing what she loved—  19 people better. She always made everyone, customers（顾客） and co-workers（同事）,  20 and feel good.

Being a waitress changed my life. One of my  21 customers was Fred Hasbrook. He always ate an omelet（炒蛋）, and when I saw him _22 , I tried to have it on his table as soon as he sat down.

Thanks to the newfound confidence I  23 __from Helen, I dreamed of having my own  __24 . But when I called my parents to ask for a loan（贷款）, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”

The next day, Fred saw me and asked, “What’s  25 ? You’re not smiling today.” I  26__my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody  27 just have faith in （信任）me.”

Before long he handed me checks  28 __$50,000—along with a note that I have to this day. It reads, “The only collateral（抵押品）on this loan is my trust（信任） in your  29 as a person. Good people with a dream should have  30  __to make that dream come true.”

I took the checks to Merrill Lynch, where the money was provided for me. I 31  __working at the restaurant, making  32 for the restaurant I would open. My plans soured（被破灭）, though, and I lost the  33 .

Later I decided to apply for a job at  Merill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was__34 and ended up becoming a pretty good agent（代理商，代理人）.   35 ， I paid back Fred the $50,000, plus 14-percent annual interest（利息 ）. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm（公司）.

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Two sons worked for their father on the family farm. For some years, the 16 brother had been given more 17 to do than the older one. The older brother couldn’t 18 why, so one day he asked his father the 19 why he always trusted (信任) his younger brother to do more work.
The father said, "Go to the Kelly’s 20 nearby and see if they have any 21 to sell."
The older brother soon 22 with the answer, "Yes, they have five ducks they can 23 to us."
That father then said, "Good, now please ask them the 24 for the ducks."
The son returned, "The ducks are ￡10 each."
The father asked, "25 can they deliver (交付) the ducks?"
The son returned, "They can deliver the ducks tomorrow."
The father asked the older brother to 26 and watch. He then said to the younger brother, "Go to the Davidson’s Farm and see if they have any ducks for sale."
The younger brother soon returned with the 27 , "Yes, they have 28 ducks for ￡10 each, 29 ten ducks for ￡8 each; and they can 30 them tomorrow —I asked them to deliver the five ducks 31 I told them not to in the next hour. We agreed that if I wanted the 32 five ducks I could buy them at ￡6 each."
The father 33 the older son, who nodded his head. He now 34 why his brother was given more work. His younger brother was actually 35 at it than he was.

翻译 (共7小题，20空；每空0.5分，满分10分)

16. 当地政府必须努力改善当地的经济以赢回民众的信心。

   The local government must try hard to improve the economy so as __________ _________  _________ public confidence.

17. 奥巴马出生在夏威夷，是由母亲和祖父母抚养成人的。

   Born in Hawaii, Obama was ____________  ____________  ____________ his mother and grandparents.

18. 他们将大量的二氧化碳释放到大气层中，这阻止了地球上的热不能释放到太空中去。   They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, __________  __________ heat __________ escaping from the earth into space.

19. 任何人不可能犯了罪而逃脱处罚。

    Nobody can __________  __________  __________ breaking the law.

20. 数以万计的人为了捍卫独立献出了自己的生命。

   Hundreds of thousands of people lost __________ lives ____________ __________ of independence.

21. 我们每个人都渴望能考上大学。

   Each of us __________  __________ to __________ the college entrance examination.

22. 我信中提到的那个大学生已经报名去西部支教了。

   The college student I __________  __________ in the letter has entered for teaching in the west of China.