The changing point in my life came when I was in London. I had to   31   the weekend in the city centre for an event. It was a(n)   32   apartment and I only had enough money for it.

One day walking to my living area, I was   33   by a young woman. She promised she wasn’t a beggar and    34    she just had no food for her baby.

   I just   35  her as a beggar. In my pocket I had one pound eighty pence in change and a twenty-pound note. This was  36   I had for the rest of the weekend. I gave her the change and   37   on. Then I heard her saying something and I turned   38   . “Sorry, but this isn’t going to buy much baby food, is it?”

      For a second her words really made me   39   . After all, her baby wasn’t my   40  . Part of my mind screamed that she was just trying to take me for a  41   .

      But what if she wasn’t?

      There and then I had to  42   what kind of person I was going to be. Would I keep myself from being taken advantage of – and   43   miss the chance of helping a person in   44   ? Or would I  45  people to take advantage of me nine times out of ten to make sure I  46      the tenth time?

      I  47   that if I lived with a(n)  48   heart the people who took advantage of me would not be wining over me. They would be losing because of the life they   49   to live.

      “Please tell the  50   ,”I said to the woman and gave her the twenty pounds.

      I’ve been living by that decision twenty years now - and never regretted it once.

31.A. stay        B. enjoy         C. worry         D. prepare

32.A. normal         B. expensive       C. cheap         D. strange

33.A. moved     B. saved            C. persuaded     D. approached

34.A.pretended     B. stressed        C. proved         D. cheated

35.A. called      B. pleased         C. considered      D. refused

36.A. enough            B. little            C. part            D. all

37.A. got          B. walked         C. talked          D. took

38.A. back        B. down         C. up           D. away

39.A.pleased       B. curious       C. excited         D. angry

40.A. mistake      B .responsibility    C. achievement   D. result

41.A. helper           B .fool            C. stranger            D. patient

42.A. decide      B .discuss         C. check         D. remind

43.A. peacefully    B. slowly           C. possibly       D. specially

44.A.kindness     B. order              C. failure          D. need

45.A.lead             B. stop             C. allow             D. find

46.A.missed      B. helped          C. worried        D. doubted

47.A.forgot      B. regretted        C. wondered     D. realized

48.A.open         B. exciting         C. empty        D. cold

49.A.happened    B. failed         C. chose         D. wanted

50.A.belief       B. reason        C. truth         D. principle

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very   36   . When Doctor Gibbs wasn’t   37   lives, he was planting trees. His house was   38   on ten acres of land, and his life’s  39   was to turn this land into a forest. The good doctor had some  40   theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: “No pain, no gain”. He never watered his new trees, a(n)  41   which is contrary to   42    wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants   43    them because it made them grow weaker. He said you have to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest    44   . He talked about how watering trees made them develop   45  

roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots   46    moisture

(水分). So Doctor Gibbs would plant an oak(橡树) and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s   47   .

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him   48    some 25 years ago. They were tall and    49   .

I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of coddling(溺爱) these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches     50   .

Adversity (逆境) seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb’s trees in ways comfort and ease  51   

could.

Every night before I got to bed, I   52   my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to   53   my prayer. I know my children are going to    54   hardships. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be    55   .                       

36. A. cruel                     B. mean                     C. kind                       D. grateful

37. A. living                     B. saving             C. wasting           D. helping

38. A. depended               B. sat              C. located             D. existed

39. A. work                     B. goal                       C. value                  D. belief

40. A. interesting              B. complicated     C. funny                     D. abnormal

41. A. rule                       B. attitude            C. trend                  D. principle

42. A. current               B. conventional         C. original            D. reasonable

43. A. spoiled                B. restored                C. strengthened     D. discouraged

44. A. support               B. survive                 C. insist                      D. continue

45. A. shallow               B. strong           C. slim                        D. deep

46. A. in need of              B. in spite of               C. in view of               D. in search of

47. A. attention                B. interest            C. injury                      D. improvement

48. A. grow                     B. plant                      C. bring                      D. destroy

49. A. weak                     B. colorful           C. beautiful                  D. strong

50. A. waved                B. danced                 C. swung                D. trembled

51. A. never                     B. always            C. sometimes               D. almost

52. A. look through              B. care for               C. watch out               D. check on

53. A. improve                     B. correct                 C. stop                        D. change

54. A. experience             B. challenge                C. beat                        D. reach

55. A. put out           B. held up            C. taken over               D. torn apart

There is an old proverb, __36__ that the tongue has the power of life and death and __37__ loves it will eat its fruit.

       It is true. What we say has the ability to __38__ emotions, and thoughts in others. A kind word helps people, and __39__ words hurt people —— sometimes for a very long time.

       Most of the time we __40__ this concept in relation to how we treat others and that is good. __41__ here I want to talk about this concept in relation to ourselves. How does __42__ we say affect us greatly? There is a simple principle here. Only say things that will create in you__43__ emotions, thoughts, feelings, and finally, actions. Let me give you a good __44__. We should not allow the words “I can’t” in our __45__. Why? Because we CAN! The very minimum（最低限度） is “I’ll try”.

       Have you ever been about to __46__ the soccer ball towards the goal and said to yourself, “I am going to fail this one?” What happens? You fail it. This actually __47__ to me. So what do I do? I pause for a（n） __48__, reset myself, and tell myself I am going to kick it straight down. What happens? About half the time I kick it straightly, and the other half, I __49__ it. But at the very least I increase my __50__ of performing better. Bad thoughts almost guarantee failure, __51__ good thoughts increase success.

       Some of us aren’t even __52__ that we talk negatively to ourselves. Take __53__some time today to think about what you say to yourself. If you find yourself saying negative things, it is a time to change! Find some simple phrases that will help you __54__ the day with more success. Whatever your situation or work is, I am sure there are specific things you can say that will build you up and put you on the road  __55__to success!

36．A．speaking   B．saying      C．talking      D．telling

37．A．what B．who  C．whoever   D．whatever

38．A．create      B．build C．invent       D．discover

39．A．kind  B．happy       C．active       D．negative

40．A．think about      B．think over C．think of    D．think out

41．A．So    B．And  C．But   D．Or

42．A．that   B．what  C．which       D．where

43．A．positive    B．negative    C．excellent   D．wonderful

44．A．case  B．example    C．situation   D．condition

45．A．thoughts   B．ideas C．minds       D．feelings

46．A．play  B．beat   C．hit     D．kick

47．A．happens    B．occurs      C．strikes      D．turns

48．A．hour  B．minute      C．day   D．month

49．A．fail   B．try    C．manage     D．win

50．A．opinions   B．changes    C．chances     D．practices

51．A．as     B．while C．because     D．but

52．A．aware       B．sure   C．certain      D．clear

53．A．sometime  B．sometimes C．some times       D．some time

54．A．get on      B．get through      C．get off      D．get back

55．A．on     B．above       C．to      D．in