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56. He c___________ his speech with some amusing remarks and then left.

57. Mr. White has a___________ a big surprise party for his wife’s birthday.

58. He can a_____________ more work in a day than anyone else I know in the company.

59. His first speech as president made a deep i___________ on his audiences.

60. He is o____________ and he can take positive action even when faced with difficulties.

61. Who was the ____________(先前的)owner of the old house?

62. He was brave enough to ___________(揭露) the corrupt official’s crimes.

63. The football match was so exciting that it __________(使激动)all the football fans.

64. Several _____________ (热情的) young teachers have just started working at the school.

65. The entrance is in ____________(经常的) use; do not block it.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

56. He c___________ his speech with some amusing remarks and then left.

57. Mr. White has a___________ a big surprise party for his wife’s birthday.

58. He can a_____________ more work in a day than anyone else I know in the company.

59. His first speech as president made a deep i___________ on his audiences.

60. He is o____________ and he can take positive action even when faced with difficulties.

61. Who was the ____________(先前的)owner of the old house?

62. He was brave enough to ___________(揭露) the corrupt official’s crimes.

63. The football match was so exciting that it __________(使激动)all the football fans.

64. Several _____________ (热情的) young teachers have just started working at the school.

65. The entrance is in ____________(经常的) use; do not block it.

A couple had a son eleven years after they married. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was around four years old, one day the father was very tired after work so he asked his wife to pick up their son. The mother, who was very busy in the kitchen, totally forgot about it.

Later the boy lost his way on the street. When the son was found missing, the mother hurried to look for him, but she didn’t find him. The mother felt very sad and didn’t know how to face her husband.

When the father went to the police station after hearing that the son was missing, he looked at his wife and said just four words. What do you think the four words were? The husband just said "I love you, darling." www.zxxk.com

The son was missing. If she had picked him up earlier, this would not have happened. There is no point in blaming (责备) anyone. His wife had also lost her only child. What his wife needed at that moment was comfort and understanding from her husband. That is what the husband gave his wife. Several weeks later, with the help of the police, the couple finally found their lost son. The family’s relationship became stronger over that time.

Sometimes we spend lots of time asking who is to blame. We miss many chances to give each other support and let each other feel the warmth of human relationships. Get rid of all your unwillingness to forgive, selfishness, and fears and you will find the world is much more wonderful.

1.What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “the apple of their eye”

A. A person who always has a sweet smile in their opinion.

B. A person who is as pretty as an apple in their opinion.

C. A person who is loved more than anyone else in their opinion.

D. A person who looks like an apple in their opinion.

2.Why didn’t the father pick the boy up himself?

A. He was very lazy.

B. He thought the mother had picked him up.

C. He forgot to pick him up.

D. He was too tired to do it.

3.What can we learn from this passage?

A. Be careful in everything you do.

B. Love is the most important thing.

C. Learn to forgive others.

D. Everyone can make mistakes.

4.What do you think of the husband?

A. Warm-hearted.     B. Careful.                 C. Hard-working.          D. Broad-minded.

    You get all sorts of demands, and the mark of a good hotel is to supply whatever is asked for without sounding surprise. If a guest asks for rubber gloves. You don't ask why. You say, “No problem. What colour do you want？”

　　There have been some demands which, much as I would have liked to fill, I couldn't. A Japanese businessman， for example， thought the manager of a hotel was like the captain of a ship so he asked me to marry him and the woman he loved. There was one time, however, we did help out. A young man thought that if he asked his girlfriend to marry him at the Ritz she would say yes. He asked us to put the ring in a cake, and she accepted.

　　Top hotels are used more and more to impress. They are used for doing business. If you've got something to sell, take your clients(客户) to the best hotel where the surroundings are quite helpful. A friend of mine working at Savoy Hotel tells story about a man who gave him 5 pounds to say “Good morning, Mr. Smith” when he walked through the door with two other men. This he did， and could hear Mr. Smith saying, “I do wish they would leave me alone at this place.”

　　According to Julian Payne， the most powerful people in any hotel are the porters， who carry bags for hotel guests. “Porters can do almost anything. They can get you tables at the best restaurants or tickets for a popular concert. Don't ask me how they do it or what their deal is because I don't know. Most of them have been there for years. They know more about the history of the hotel and the guests than anyone else. They are invaluable. A head porter will come in even on his day off so he can say hello to someone he remembers visiting the hotel years ago.”

56．When guests ask for something strange，the manager of a good hotel would think ______.

　　A．how he can meet their needs

　　B．why they have such demands

　　C．what problems the hotel has

　　D．who is the best person to go to

57．Which of the following examples explains “we did help out？”

　　A．The hotel bought a ring for a young lady.

　　B．A Japanese married the woman he loved.

　　C．The manager once acted as a captain.

　　D．A young lady agreed to marry her boyfriend.

58．Which of the following statements is true about the porters in expensive hotels?

         A．They sell tickets for concerts.

         B．They know how to make a good deal.

         C．They know a lot about the hotels and the guests.

         D．The come to work even on their days off.

59．By saying “I do wish they would leave me alone at this place”， Mr. Smith ______.

　　A．showed that he disliked such people at the hotel

　　B．gave the impression that he was a constant guest

　　C．tried to make his clients feel sorry for him

　　D．sounded as if he was tired of such greetings

“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.”——Charles C. Noble

    It’s such a simple concept, yet it’s something we don’t always do. It’s not extremely difficult to do, and yet I think it’s something that would make a world of difference in anyone's life. Break your goals into habits, and focus on putting those habits into autopilot. My belief is that having one goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals.

I try to turn my goals into habits, and in doing so, I put my goals on autopilot. Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it, seriously, for at least a month, to the exclusion of all else. The more you can focus on it, the more it'll be put on autopilot. Let's look at my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting out in running, and I had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. But in order to achieve that goal, I broke it down into two habits:

       1. I had to make running a daily habit.

       2. I had to report to people in order to have accountability(责任) —— I did this through family, friends and coworkers, through a blog, and through a column in my local newspaper every two weeks. With this accountability, there's no way I would stop running.

      The accountability habit took a couple months, mainly because I didn't focus on it too much while I was building the running habit. But it stuck, and for that first year of running, I would report to people I knew and blog about my running every day and I would write a column every two weeks for my local paper.

       Once those two habits were firmly fixed, my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot. I still had to do the work, of course, but it didn't require constant focus. And eventually, I ran the marathon. I was able to achieve this because, all year long, I had the daily running habit and daily accountability habit. I put my marathon goal into autopilot, and that made it much easier——instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year, I focused on it for one month and was able to accomplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.

1．According to the passage, we can see the key to forming a habit is            .

       A．to break the goals into habits                 B．to report to other people about your  plan

       C．to set a reasonable goal first                  D．to focus on the habit as much as possible

2．The author told people about his running in order to       .

       A．get more support                                 B．ask for their opinions

       C．carry out his plan better                        D．earn more admiration

3．What do we know about the author?

       A．He was a local athlete.                          B．He often gave people advice.

       C．He had no blogs before.                        D．He wrote for a local newspaper.

4．The passage is mainly about        .

       A．goals and habits                                   B．how to turn your goals into  habits

       C．habits and achievements                       D．how to make running a good habit