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　　A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is 1 because he does not understand how to make the 2 of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be 3 that they are incapable(无能力) of learning anything new because of their age.

　　A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 4 , because he feels that it would be useless. He won't go at a job with the confidence necessary for 5 , and he won't work his hardest, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 6 likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief 7 his incompetence(无能).

　　Alfred Adler, a famous doctor; had 8 like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 9 in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 10 too much of him. In this way, they two 11 the idea. He accepted 12 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to 13 and was very poor at maths, 14 as they expected.

　　One day he worked at a problem which 15 of the other students had been able to solve. Adler 16 solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now worked 17 interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only 18 that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned 19 in his life from his experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 20 himself as well as others, by his ability.

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It was pouring outside. We all stood there   26   , some patiently , others annoyed   27   nature messed up (弄糟) their hurried day . I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens  28    away the dirt and dust of the world.

“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice    29  me.

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it   30   down a bit,” Mom replied.

The young girl waited about another minute and    31  : “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.

“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she  32    her Mom’s arm.

“This morning?   33   did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said,” If God can get us through this, he can get us through   34  .”

The entire crowd turned   35  . Mom paused and thought for a moment about    36  she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being   37   . But then we heard, “Honey, you are   38  . Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then    39  they ran.

We all stood    40 , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were   41   by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the   42   to their cars. Circumstances (境况) or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your   43  . But no one can ever take away your precious   44  . So, don’t forget to make time and take the   45   to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.

It was pouring outside. We all stood there  21 , some patiently, others annoyed   22  nature messed （弄糟）their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens   23  away the dirt and dust of the world.  

“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice    24    me .

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it   25 down a bit,” Mom replied.

The young girl waited about another minute and   26 : “Mom, let’s run through the

rain .”

“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.

“No , we won’t , Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said 

as she  27     her  Mom’s arm .

“This morning?  28  did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said ,” If God can get us through this , he can get us through  29  .”

The entire crowd turned   30  . Mom paused and thought for a moment about   31 

she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being  32 . But then we heard, 

“Honey, you are   33. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,”

 Mom said. Then   34 they ran.

We all stood   35 , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were  36  by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the  37  to their cars. Circumstances （境况）or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your  38 . But no one can ever take away your precious  39 . So, don’t forget to make time and take the  40  to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.   

It was pouring outside. We all stood there  21 , some patiently, others annoyed   22  nature messed （弄糟）their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens   23  away the dirt and dust of the world.  

“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice    24    me .

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it   25 down a bit,” Mom replied.

The young girl waited about another minute and   26 : “Mom, let’s run through the

rain .”

“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.

“No , we won’t , Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said 

as she  27     her  Mom’s arm .

“This morning?  28  did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said ,” If God can get us through this , he can get us through  29  .”

The entire crowd turned   30  . Mom paused and thought for a moment about   31 

she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being  32 . But then we heard, 

“Honey, you are   33. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,”

 Mom said. Then   34 they ran.

We all stood   35 , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were  36  by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the  37  to their cars. Circumstances （境况）or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your  38 . But no one can ever take away your precious  39 . So, don’t forget to make time and take the  40  to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.   

We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault .And whose fault is that? Not mine.

       Recently, my husband and I got up at the    1   of 4 am to catch an early    2 to New York .We were extremely   3  ,perhaps because we were sleep-walking . And we were all ready when the taxi came to   4  us 45 minutes later.

       It was a quiet   5  to the airport .We didn’t even chat ,because he was enjoying his new iPod .At the airport ,the taxi   6  to let us get off ,at which point the iPod guy   7  me and said , “We don’t have our   8 .”

       “You are   9  ,right?” I replied ,for he   10   lied like that.

       “No. I mean it .Did you bring it down?” I didn’t”

       “What do you mean ,you didn’t ?” I shouted. “All our things are there.”

       “How  11  !” I was thinking, “You’re always  12  to do things like bringing down luggage .This is your fault , 13  now ,we may   14  our flight.” I didn’t say that out loud,  15  .He already knew how I felt.

       The experience showed I had a hard time accepting  16  . But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is  17  the eyes of others. We often don’t recognize that we’ve done wrong.

       Oh ,and that missing suitcase? We went home  18 in the taxi ,picked it up ,returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to  19  .

       Later ,while walking along Broadway, I noted how  20 I was. I hadn’t said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.

1．A．point                     B．hour                    C．strike                  D．period

2．A．bus                       B．train                    C．flight                   D．taxi

3．A．still                       B．excited                C．calm                   D．disappointment

4．A．collect                  B．pick                    C．fetch                   D．draw

5．A．drive                     B．experience           C．travel                  D．ride

6．A．pulled in                B．pushed in             C．hurried in            D．dragged in

7．A．turned to               B．turned up             C．turned against      D．turned away

8．A．briefcase               B．suitcase               C．clothes bag          D．food bag

9．A．running                 B．laughing              C．joking                 D．cheating

10．A．rarely                  B．always                C．hardly                 D．never

11．A．clever                  B．stupid                  C．terrible                D．unlucky

12．A．expected             B．asked                  C．requested            D．supposed

13．A．and                     B．if                        C．while                  D．but

14．A．catch                  B．quit                     C．change                D．miss

15．A．either                  B．as well                C．though                D．besides

16．A．punishment          B．advice                 C．responsibility       D．belief

17．A．in                       B．through               C．over                    D．on

19．A．spare                  B．use                     C．leave                   D．share

20．A．stupid             B．sorry             C．wise            D．funny