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| Long, long ago, after a young woman finished her housework, she went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She didn't know how she was going to 1 it and wanted to give up. She was 2 fighting and struggling . It seemed as one 3 was solved, a new one would appear. Her grandmother took her to the 4 . She filled 3 pots with water and placed each on a high fire, and soon the pots came to 5 . In the first pot, she placed carrots, in the second, she placed 6 , and in the last she placed ground(被碾成粉末状的) coffee beans. She let them sit and boil. In about 20 minutes she turned off the 7 and placed them in a separate bowl. 8 to her grandmother, she asked, "Tell me what you see." "Carrots, eggs, and coffee." She 9 . Her grandmother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noticed that they were 10 . The grandmother then asked the granddaughter to take an egg and 11 it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. 12 , the grandmother asked the granddaughter to 13 the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted its rich smell then asked, "What does it mean, grandmother?" Her grandmother 14 that each of these objects had faced the same adversity (逆境) , boiling water. Each responded 15 . The carrot went in strong and hard, however, after 16 the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been easily broken. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior (内部) , 17 after sitting through the boiling water, its 18 became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, 19 . After they were in the boiling 20 , they had changed the water. "Which are you?" she asked her granddaughter. | ||||
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| When someone takes shoes to a shop to be mended, he is given a ticket with a number on it. Then, 1 his shoes are ready, he goes back to the shop, gives the ticket to the shoemaker, gets his shoes and 2 for them. One day Mrs. Smith gave her husband a 3 of her shoes which needed mending and asked him to 4 them to the shop. Mr. Smith did so, and put the 5 for them in his pocket. He went back four days 6 to get the shoes, 7 when he went into the shop, he was not able to find his ticket 8 ,and the shoemaker did not want to give him the 9 until he got the ticket. "How do I know that the shoes are 10 unless you give me the ticket?" he said. "If I give them to you now, somebody 11 may come into my shop with the ticket tomorrow, and then I shall not be able to give him the shoes." Mrs. Smith needed the shoes very much, so her husband 12 for a moment and then went out to his 13 , which was at the side of the road 14 the shop. He 15 the door, and whistled(耳语)to his wife's small 16 , which was sitting on the back seat. Then he went back into the shop and 17 it, "Get the shoes!" The dog began to 18 around the shop, and soon it found Mrs. Smith's shoes and brought them to Mr. Smith one after the 19 . "That should prove(证明)that they are my wife's." Mr. Smith said. The shoemaker 20 and then he gave the shoes to Mr. Smith. | ||||
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Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewis burg, a 1 of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fa  st I was 2 , I'd say I was not overspeeding. Several times I got 3 behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, and I wa  sholding my fists tightly with 4 . At one point along an open highway, I 5 a crossroads with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I 6 the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. No cars, no s  uggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to 7 , the only human being for at least a mile in any 8 .I started 9 why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being 10 , because there was obviously no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no 11 in going through it. Much later that night, after I 12 a group of friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light 13 me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract (合同) we all have with each other. It is not only the 14 , but also it  is an arrangement we have, andwe  trust each other to 15 it: we don't go through red lights. Like most of us, I am more likely to be16 from doing something bad by the social convention(传统习惯) that 17 it than by any law against it. It's amazing that we ever 18 each other to do the right thing, isn't it? And we do, too. Trust is our 19 preference. I was so 20 of myself for stopping for the red light that night. | ||||
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| Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close. When his heart  problems led to an operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recoverywas expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operation, but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday. Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist, had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the stranger he realized Jim's case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had died. Jim's father was 48. "I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father," Dr. Smoller says. "He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework, his father would not have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was the trial he had expected for forty years." Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48. Jim's case shows the powerful role that attitude plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim's, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness. 1. Jim was rushed back to operation because . A. his heart didn't work well B. he expected a full recovery C. his life was drawing to a close D. the first one wasn't well performed 2. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim's case? A. Jim died at a young age. B. Jim died on the operating table. C. Both Jim and his father died of the same disease. D. Jim's death is closely connected with his father's. 3. From Smoller's words, we can infer that . A. Jim's father cared little about his study B. Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father C. Jim thought he would be punished  some dayD. Smoller believed Jim wouldn't live to the age of 48 4. Which of the following could have strong effect on one's physical health according to the text?
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| It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 1 . I worked in a 2 doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 3 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 4 home and my husband, being the 5 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 6 I hurried, I could still make it home. I was heading inside to 7 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 8 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 9 a few minutes ago. The young man at the counter was trying to be 10 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 11 . One of them was 12 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 13 ?" A look of 14 crossed the woman's face. "I'm going right by there," I said, which wasn't a(an) 15 since I had just made up my mind to do 16 that. I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 17 me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 18 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone. Later, as I arrived home, my husband 19 , "So you aren't ever late any more." I said, "Sometimes it's 20 to be late." | ||||
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| It took George quite a while to find a 1 place for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street, 2 from the dentist's. As he got out, he glanced at his 3 . His appointment(约会)was at five and he still had twenty minutes to 4 . He crossed into the square and 5 on a bench, partly to 6 the last of the atternoon sun, 7 to calm his nerves(神经). He hated these visits 8 the dentist(牙医). As he sat there, watching the children at play and 9 to the old women talking to each other, he turned around to see a red car like his own come out of the 10 where he had parked. The car gathered speed and was soon 11 of sight. George 12 in his pockets for the keys: They were not there. "My car!" he cried 13 a loud voice, which made several people stare at him. He got up and ran across the 14 and then down the narrow street. His car was not to be seen-but then he discovered it concealed (被隐藏) 15 a large one. He was relieved (使宽慰) to find his 16 , still in his car. By the time he reached the dentist's it was already five. "I had rather an odd (奇特的) 17 ," he said to the dentist to explain his 18 "I thought my car had been 19 " "It's quite 20 sir," said the dentist. "As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself." | ||||
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