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Many people always wonder w__ some people can be so 76.____________
successful while ________(其他人) can’t. 77 .____________
For those who are successful, they have a lot in c________. 78.____________
First, they are all hard-working and willing to d______ their 79.____________
time to something they like. They make f______ use of each day 80.____________
and never make ________(借口) for their laziness. 81.___________
Second, they are very creative and they are n_____ limited by 82.___________
fixed rules.
Finally, these people never ______ hope even if they live a 83.___________
poor life and they rarely spend time complaining about their
lives. Instead, they try their ______ to arrive at a solution, 84.___________
_________(创造) the opportunity to turn something bad into 85.___________
good.
All the above characteristics contribute to their success.
On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to ____ and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were ____ to go home. Some battled to ____ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ____ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I ____ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most ____ had stopped. After making my way ____ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was ____. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to ____ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ____. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like a forever, the train ____ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was ____ through, exhausted and ____.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer ____ I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ __ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their ____ to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ____ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of ____ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic ____ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately____ me and put a smile back on my face.
1.A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash
2.A. forced B. refused C. adjusted D. gathered
3.A. order B. pay C. call D. search
4.A. climate B. scenery C. storm D. burden
5.A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened
6.A. practice B. routine C. process D. service
7.A. to B. through C. over D. for
8.A. operating B. cycling C. turning D. rushing
9.A. check B. carry C. find D. board
10.A. street B. ground C. floor D. platform
11.A. paused B. crossed C. reached D. parked
12.A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt
13.A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. puzzled
14.A. while B. when C. where D. after
15.A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. eventually
16.A. devotion B. donation C. connection D. reaction
17.A. accurate B. urgent C. brief D. humorous
18.A. promise B. appreciation C. advice D. guidance
19.A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs
20.A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D. refreshed
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When a person is curious about something，it means he is interested in it and wishes to know more about it.There is____wrong with curiosity in itself.Whether it is good or bad____on what people are curious about.
Curiosity is always silly or wrong.Some persons with nothing to do are____of curiosity about what their neighbours are doing.They are____to know what they are eating or drinking，what they are____home or taking outside，or____they have come home so early or late.To be interested in these things is____because they are not at all___.It is none of their____to know what their neighbours do or are doing.Such curiosity is____not only foolish but also____.For most probably，it____to a small talk which often brings harm，shame or disrespect to others，and thus____their feelings.
On the other hand，there is a____curiosity—the curiosity of wise men，who____at all the great things and try to find out all they____about them.Columbus could____have found America if he had not been___.James Watt would not have made the steam engine____his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid.All the discoveries in human history have been made____a result of curiosity.But the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have little or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
1.A.much? B．nothing
C．something? D．none
2.A.keeps? B．puts
C．takes? D．depends
3.A.full? B．fond
C．proud? D．out
4.A.permitted? B．worried
C．satisfied? D．anxious
5.A.taking? B．bringing
C．going? D．thinking
6.A.if? B．when
C．why? D．whether
7.A.silly? B．necessary
C．possible? D．funny
8.A.wrong? B．bad
C．important? D．right
9.A.work? B．housework
C．duty? D．business
10.A.nothing? B．all
C．something? D．everything
11.A.instructive? B．useless
C．harmful? D．dreadful
12.A.refers? B．leads
C．causes? D．follows
13.A.hurts? B．effects
C．shows? D．oppresses
14.A.terrible? B．sudden
C．strange? D．noble
15.A.expect? B．like
C．wonder? D．doubt
16.A.know? B．study
C．must? D．can
17.A.never? B．certainly
C．probably? D．finally
18.A.famous? B．careful
C．curious? D．hard
19.A.for? B．without
C．in? D．from
20.A.because? B．as
C．after? D．during
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