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In December 2012.my parents asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told them I would get back t0 them once I thought of . At chat point .I had tie full of asking for something . but for the first time .I how lucky I was to have been born in such a fortunate family. There was nothing I could ask for there was nothing more I needed .I was truly satisfied.
This made me ahout all the children who die not have families homes ,or food ,much less gifts ,for Christmas these thoughts in my mind ,I told my parents in January that getting me an expensive gift for the holidays ,I'd love to use the money to get a bunch of small gifts for all the that hadn't gotten anything for Christmas.
At first ,they were Then they realized I was serious ,and to spend $500 on gifts for young kids of the families living at the homeless shelter .It was such an incredible experience. I going to the homeless shelter to hand out the toys to as we could give, them all to share .One of the children looked at me with his innocent eyes I could see the in them .It was that he had never gotten a Christmas gift before ,so when he asked me where I got the gifts from ,I told him what I knew he wanted he wanted me to say ;that I was helping .
I that Santa was sorry he was so late .but that this gift had been made for him! The boy took the gift slowly ,smiled the cutest smile I had seen and ran to his
The last thing I heard as I moved on to give a gift to the next hopeful child was the boy's : " Mommy .Santa really does ! And he didn't forget about us this year!
1.A．all things????????????? B．nothing????????????? C．something????????????? D．everything
2.A．reputation????????????? B．intention????????????? C．responsibility????????????? D．action
3.A．announced????????????? B．concluded????????????? C．imagined????????????? D．realized
4.A．hecause????????????? B．until????????????? C．before????????????? D．though
5.A．concern????????????? B．argue????????????? C．think????????????? D．talk
6.A．With????????????? B．For????????????? C．Beyond????????????? D．Over
7.A．together with????????????? B．instead of????????????? C．regardless of????????????? D．more than
8.A．adults????????????? B．girls????????????? C．children????????????? D．boys
9.A．worried????????????? B．pleased????????????? C．shocked????????????? D．excited
10.A．declined????????????? B．agreed????????????? C．hesitated????????????? D．happened
11.A．remember????????????? B．admit????????????? C．regret????????????? D．consider
12.A．warning????????????? B．persuading????????????? C．forcing????????????? D．asking
13.A．encouragement????????????? B．assessment????????????? C．astonishment????????????? D．sorrow
14.A．amazing????????????? B．normal????????????? C．unique????????????? D．obvious
15.A．Santa????????????? B．Cod????????????? C．Father????????????? D．Mother
16.A．guessed????????????? B．discovered????????????? C．suggested????????????? D．explained
17.A．specially????????????? B．exactly????????????? C．willingly????????????? D．potentially
18.A．still????????????? B．even????????????? C．never????????????? D．ever'
19.A．dream????????????? B．voice????????????? C．honor????????????? D．victory
20.A．lie????????????? B．exist????????????? C．come????????????? D．remain
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Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York．Inside the car 36 a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire（百万富翁）.
Each morning the millionaire 37 a poorly-dressed man 38 on a park bench(长凳)．The man always sat 39 staring at the hotel in which the rich man lived．One day the millionaire was so 40 in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he 41 to the bench．He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, 42 I just have to know why you sit staring at my hotel every morning.” “Sir, ”said the poor man, “I’m a failure．I have no job, no family and no 43 ．I sleep on this bench and every night I dream that 44 day I will sleep in this hotel.” The rich man had 45 ．He said to the poor man, “Tonight your dream will come 46 . I’ll 47 for the best room in that hotel for you for 48 .” The millionaire smiled and felt 49 of himself.
A few days 50 , the millionaire went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he 51 himself．To his great 52 , he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench．When the millionaire asked why, the man said, “You see, when I’m 53 here sleeping on the bench．I always dream I’m up there in the hotel．It’s a wonderful dream．But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed I was 54 here on this cold bench．It was 55 dream and I could not get any sleep at all.”
1. A．stayed B．stood C．sat D．seated
2. A．had B．noticed C．laughed D．heard
3. A．thinking B．lying C．sitting D．resting
4. A．down B．up C．there D．here
5. A．interested B．surprise C．strange D．nervous
6. A．rushed B．swam C．raced D．walked
7. A．but B．so C．and D．because
8. A．food B．bed C．home D．shoes
9. A．each B．one C．that D．every
10. A．a talk B．an advice C．a friend D．an idea
11. A．easy B．here C．true D．real
12. A．pay B．look C．work D．prepare
13. A．the first time B．two days C．two times D．a whole month
14. A．pleased B．proud C．glad D．sorry
15. A．past B．ago C．later D．before
16. A．liked B．enjoyed C．treated D．satisfied
17. A．joy B．surprise C．anger D．sorrow
18. A．down B．below C．up D．under
19. A．much B．still C．even D．besides
20. A．a terrible B．a surprised C．a moving D．an exciting
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“Happiness Advantage” Effect
In July 2010 Burt’s Bees, a personal-care products company, was going through enormous change as it began a global expansion into 19 new countries. In this kind of high-pressure situation, many leaders bother their assistants with frequent meetings or flood their in-boxes with urgent demands. In doing so, managers lift everyone’s anxiety level, which activates the part of the brain that processes threats and steals resources from the prefrontal cortex ( 大脑皮层), which is responsible for effective problem solving.
Burt’s Bees’s then-CEO, John Wolfgang, took a different approach. Each day, he’d send out an e-mail praising a team member for work related to global marketing. He’d interrupt his own presentations to remind his managers to talk with their teams about the company’s values. He asked me to further a three-hour session with employees on happiness in the course of the expansion effort. As one member of the senior team told me a year later, Wolfgang’s emphasis on developing positive leadership kept his managers actively involved and loyal as they successfully transformed the company into a global one.
That outcome shouldn’t surprise us. Research shows that when people work with a positive mind-set (思维模式), performance on nearly every level—productivity, creativity, involvement— improves. Yet happiness is perhaps the most misunderstood driver of performance. For one, most people believe that success comes before happiness. “Once I get a promotion, I’ll be happy,” they think. Or, “Once I hit my sales target, I’ll feel great. ”But because success is a moving target—as soon as you hit your target, you raise it again—the happiness that results from success does not last long.
In fact, it works the other way around: People who have a positive mind-set perform better in the face of challenge. I call this the “ happiness advantage”—every business outcome shows improvement when the brain is positive. I’ve observed this effect in my role as a researcher and lecturer in 48 countries on the connection between employee happiness and success. And I’m not alone: In an analysis of 225 academic studies, researchers found strong evidence of cause-and-effect relationship between life satisfaction and successful business outcomes.
Another common misunderstanding is that our genetics, our environment, or a combination of the two determines how happy we are. To be sure, both factors have an impact. But one’s general sense of well-being is surprisingly unstable. The habits you form, the way you interact with colleagues, how you think about stress—all these can be managed to increase your happiness and your chances of success.
Hercule Poirot looked over the small gate which gave admission to Pine Crest. It was a modern nicely-built house. It was on a hill top, and the hill top was planted with a few sparse pines. It had a small neat garden and a large elderly man was watering with a big tin.
Spence’s hair was now grey all over. He had not shrunk much in girth（围长）, though. He stopped watering and looked at the visitor at the gate. Hercule Poirot stood there without moving.
“God bless my soul,” said Spence. “It must be. It can’t be but it is. Yes, it must be Hercule Poirot!”
“Aha,” said Poirot, “you remember me. I’m grateful.”
Spence abandoned the watering can and came down to the gate.
“What brings you down here?”
“What has brought me to many places in my time,” said Poirot, “and what once a good many years ago brought you to see me. Murder, Spence.”
“I’m done with murder since I retired,” said Spence, “except in the case of weeds. Killing weeds is never easy as you think, something’s always wrong. How did you know where to find me?” he asked as he opened the gate and Poirot passed through.
“You sent me a Christmas card. It had your new address on it.”
“Ah yes, so I did. I’m old-fashioned, you know, I like to send round cards at Christmas time to a few old friends. I’m an old man now.”
“We both are.”
“Not much grey in your hair,” said Spence.
“I take care of my hair with a bottle,” said Poirot. “There is no need to appear in public with grey hair unless you wish to do so. By the way, why have you come to live in Woodleigh Common?”
“As a matter of fact, I came here to join forces with a sister of mine. She lost her husband, her children are married and living abroad. So I moved in here. Pensions（退休金）don’t go far nowadays, but we do comfortably living together.”
1.From their dialogue, we can learn about _______.
A. their common friends?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Spence’s sister’s characters
C. their relationship?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Poirot’s recent life
2.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Spence used to deal with murder.??
B. Poirot didn’t care about his appearance.
C. Spence moved to join his sister for lack of money.
D. Poirot came specially to reunite with his old friend.
3.From the passage we can infer that they might _______ next.
A. meet Spence’s family??? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. discuss about a murder
C. visit Spence’s new home????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. water the garden together?
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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring at the theatre. With opening night only a week away, I was learning my lines. I was having trouble my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously giving up both acting and San Francisco. had become too much for me.
As I walked down streets under tall buildings, I felt very and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned , half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. I saw was a shining streetlight. , the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run fast. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to I’d heard the noise. I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about the search, I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice from the inside. “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed. I get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place people were willing to help each other.
1.A. exercise B. work C. practice D. training
2.A. still B. already C. yet D. only
3.A. to deal with B. to handle with C. handling with D. dealing with
4.A. of B. about C. over D. out
5.A. City life B. Country life C. School life D. Modern life
6.A. busy B. crowded C. noisy D. empty
7.A. proud B. confident C. small D. excited
8.A. fast B. immediately C. rapidly D. quickly
9.A. All which B. All C. That D. Which
10.A. Therefore B. Still C. Consequently D. Subsequently
11.A. Suddenly B. Gradually C. Absolutely D. Exactly
12.A. which B. that C. where D. what
13.A. Even if B. Although C. As if D. As though
14.A. to give in B. giving in C. to give up D. giving up
15.A. called B. calling C. was called D. to call
16.A. amusing B. amazing C. amazed D. amused
17.A. to hold up B. holding up C. to hold on D. holding on
18.A. couldn’t B. wouldn’t C. didn’t D. shouldn’t
19.A. still B. already C. also D. certainly
20.A. as far as B. as well as C. as soon as D. as long as
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