She will tell us why she feels so strongly that each of us has a role _____ in making the earth a better place to live.

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A Beautiful Dress
My neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter used to live in the countryside, her native place. Recently her parents   51  her to town to live with them. Wild and uneducated, she would use   52  words when she was angry. Sometimes she went so far as to   53  on the ground, to the   54  of all people around. Her parents tried to   55  her by beating and kicking. However, she became more   56 . Finally they became thoroughly   57  with her.
One day their next-door   58 , a retired teacher, gave the girl a snow-white dress, which was very   59 . It immediately caught the girl’s   60  and made them shine brightly.
The girl put on the dress and became quite a   61  person. She no longer acted rudely or hit others. She   62  seldom rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was not   63  for her in a beautiful dress. Since then, the girl had been   64 , neat, and lovely.
The story set me   65  a lot. Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress   66  somewhere in his or her heart. Only some people are not aware of it,   67  it or take no notice of it.   68  is a powerful force or weapon — that’s something   69  by many of us. It can arouse fine qualities that humans are   70  with but have so far hidden somewhere. It has a soul-shaking influence that is indeed unmatched.
51. A. left                 B. brought              C. met                     D. taught
52. A. dirty              B. new                    C. creative               D. attractive
53. A. trap                    B. weep                        C. roll                          D. jump
54. A. surprise          B. delight                        C. mercy                     D. regret
55. A. advise             B. encourage             C. support                D. educate
56. A. mature                B. violent                            C. changeable               D. considerate
57. A. tired                B. pleased                 C. relaxed                D. disappointed
58. A. office             B. stranger                 C. neighbor                D. apartment
59. A. beautiful             B. modern                    C. shabby                     D. fragile
60. A. attention        B. ears                     C. eyes                        D. imagination
61. A. rude               B. different             C. violent                  D. unique
62. A. even             B. also                  C. still                   D. ever
63. A. bad              B. much                C. enough              D. suitable
64. A. voluntary            B. conscious                 C. merciful                   D. gentle
65. A. imagining         B. moving                 C. thinking                 D. puzzling
66. A. ruined           B. hidden               C. disappeared           D. rediscovered
67. A. forget                 B. criticize                    C. advocate                   D. remember
68. A. Love              B. Violence             C. Beauty                        D. Honesty
69. A. cared              B. valued                  C. unlearnt                  D. unrealized
70. A. dealt                B. born                      C. grown                     D. lived

When my grandmother was raising me in Stamps，Arkansas，she had a particular routine when people who were known to be whiners entered her store.My grandmother would ask the customer，“How are you doing today，Thomas？”

The person would reply，“Not so good today, Henderson.You see，it's this summer heat.I just hate it.It just makes me tired.It's almost killing me.”Then my grandmother would stand calmly，her arms folded，and say，“Uh－huh，uh huh.”

As soon as the complainer was out of the store，my grandmother would call me to stand in front of her.Then she would say the same thing she had said at least a thousand times，it seemed to me.“Jane，did you hear what so－and－so complained about？”And I would nod.Grandmother would continue，“Jane，there are people who went to sleep all over the world last night，poor and rich and black and white，but they will never wake again.Those dead people would give anything，anything at all for just five minutes of this weather that person was complaining about.So you watch yourself about complaining，Jane.What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it.If you can't change it，change the way you think about it.Don't complain.”

I have learned a lot from my grandmother.Her opinions always hit the nail on the head.Whining is not only impolite，but can be dangerous.

6. The underlined word “whiners” in Paragraph 1 refers to those people who ________.

A. complain often         B. enter a store regularly

C. are afraid of hot weather  D. think little of themselves

7. From what the author's grandmother said we can infer  that________.

A. she tried to comfort the whiners

B. she was impolite to the whiners

C. she was against whining

D. she shared the whiners' opinions

8. The author's grandmother told her to________.

A. be sympathetic to the dead

B. treasure every moment of her life

C. keep away from the whiners

D. get used to things she disliked

9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Grandmother once owned a store in Stamps，Arkansas.

B. The author was told different things after different whiners left Grandmother's store.

C. The author was told that she could change her way of thinking about things.

D. Grandmother's opinion that people shouldn't complain was reasonable.

10. What is the purpose of the author in writing the passage?

A. To show that complaining is not only rude but harmful.

B. To tell us a story about her grandmother.

C. To show how to live one's life to the fullest.

D. To tell us people's different attitudes towards complaining.

I hope that my father will quit smoking because I want him to live   my grandpa does.

Let me take you back a couple of years. Come with me as we relearn a lesson, one that has stuck with me, in my present memory, and   36  me yet. We walked into Elida Road Hardware, an old-fashioned hardware    37___ . No automatic door, not a computer in the building. It was one that I went to fairly often. As we entered the door, two sounds    38  us. The sleigh bells of last year made that sweet, peaceful tinkle as we opened the door. The other sound was the electronic beeper that reminded Andy of our   39   .
“Good afternoon, Ryan,”     40    the cheerful greeting. Andy was a very   41    sort of owner. He was of medium build and height, and the smile on his face welcomed us.
We walked across the old wood floor. Andy asked us what he could help us with. I told him we were      42   a spring(弹簧). He very patiently replied, “l have lots of springs. You’re going to need to be more specific.”
“Just a spring for an old-fashioned screen door.”
“That’s it. A screen door spring, right down there. ” We   43  where he was pointing, and sure enough, there they were. And knew his store, and his products. That was why I came here instead of Meijer. The service couldn’t be beaten. The price; Yes. But service and  44    ;No.
I picked up one and followed him to the    45   .
He figured up the price, doing the math in his head, “ $1.88,with tax comes to $1. 99. ”
“ Put it on my dad’s account. ”
He nodded and smiled, “ Good dad’s account. ” He smiled. “I don’t know what you boys would do    46    dad’s account! ”
He handed me the ticket and as I    47    it, I asked, “You really trust my signature?”
His reply surprised,_   48    delighted me. “ When I can’t trust Jerry Hoover’s boys, I can trust nobody! ”
We left, and the brain immediately started to forget things, in order of importance. But what Andy said that day rang in my ears. And it rings in my ears today. That’s a tall order to live up to. It’s a high standard of    49   .My father made a fame for that name, and I get to enjoy the benefits. But on account of this, I must maintain that fame. And that’s     50    business.