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　　I’ve often felt that “step-parent” is a label(标签)we attach(贴)to men and women who marry into families where children already exist．At least that’s how I used to 　　1　　 about being a stepmother to my husband’s four children．

　　My husband and I had been together for six years, and with him I had 　　2　　 as his young children became young teenagers．　　3　　 they lived mainly with their mother, they spent a lot of time with us as well．However, I 　　4　　 to feel somewhat like an outsider．

　　When the children moved to a town five hours away, we contacted Cyberspace(网络公司)and set up an e-mail in order to maintain 　　5　　 communication with the kids．

　　Ironically(令人啼笑皆非的是), these 　　6　　 tools of communication can also make us feel out of 　　7　　．If a computer message came addressed to “Dad”, I’d feel 　　8　　 and neglected(忽视)．If my name appeared along with his, it would 　　9　　 my day and make me feel like I was part of their family unit 　　10　　．

　　Late one evening, as my husband watched TV and I was catching up on my 　　11　　, an “instant message” appeared on the screen．It was Margo, my oldest step-daughter．As we had done in the past, we sent several 　　12　　 back and forth, exchanging the latest news．When we would “chat” like that, she wouldn’t necessarily 　　13　　 if it was me or her dad on the other end of the keyboard 　　14　　 she asked．That night she didn’t ask．After hearing the latest volleyball scores, the details about an upcoming dance at her school, I suggested that it was late and I should get to 　　15　　．Her message read, “Okay, talk to you later! Love you!”

　　As I read this message, a wave of 　　16　　 ran through me and I realized that she must have thought she was writing to her 　　17　　 the whole time．I simply answered, “Love you too! Have a good sleep!”

　　I thought 　　18　　 of their family circle, that self-contained, private space where I was an outsider．I felt again the sharp ache of emptiness．Then just as my fingers reached for the keys, just as I was about to return the screen to black, Margo’s 　　19　　 message appeared．It read, “Tell Dad good night for me too．” With 　　20　　 eyes, I turned the machine off．

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　　If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weakness．Success or 　　1　　 in your work would depend, to 　　2　　 great extent, 　　3　　 your ability to use your strengths and weakness to the best advantage．　　4　　 the utmost importance is your attitude．A person 　　5　　 begins a job convinced that he isn’t going to like it or is 　　6　　 that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success．On the other hand, a person who is secure 　　7　　 his belief that he is probably as capable 　　8　　 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 　　9　　 it possesses a certain strength of purpose．The chances are that he will do well．

　　　　10　　 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength．Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness．A book keeper who can’t add or a carpenter who can’t cut a straight line with a saw 　　11　　 hopeless cases．

　　This book has been designed to help you capitalize 　　12　　 the strength and overcome the 　　13　　 that you bring to the job of learning．But in group to measure your development, you must first 　　14　　 stock of where you stand now．　　15　　 we get further along in the book, we’ll be 　　16　　 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 　　17　　 skills．However, 　　18　　 begin with, you should pause 　　19　　 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school：your 　　20　　, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits．

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　　All kinds of people come in to have their shoes shined．Most of them are friendly．But this man was different．

　　“How much do you make a week, boy?” he asked me．I felt he was 　　1　　 at me．

　　He kept taking a sharp 　　2　　 around every now and then．All the time I kept 　　3　　 where I’d seen his face．Suddenly I knew I’d seen his 　　4　　 in the post office many times．He was a big robber：　　5　　 by the police in three states!

　　“You know,”he was saying,“it’s imagination people lack．You’ll never get 　　6　　 as a shoeshine boy．”

　　I kept brushing away at his shoes as 　　7　　 as I could．The sooner I finished the better．He said,“When I was sixteen, I had 　　8　　 ＄2500 of my own．”

　　That reminded me of something．Was it ＄2500 or ＄5000 or ＄25 000?I wasn’t 　　9　　．I knew a big reward was 　　10　　 for him．What could I do about it?　　11　　 him with a can of shoe polish?A man has 　　12　　 could grind(碾碎)me into the floor．If only someone would come in!

　　He kept talking away,“Along with 　　13　　, it takes courage．The courage to take a chance．Start something on a shoestring．”

　　Suddenly I saw Officer Dailey 　　14　　 across the street．Then, real fast, I began tightening the man’s shoestrings．

　　The policeman was at the window when I cried out,“Officer Dailey, 　　15　　!This man’s a robber．”

　　“　　16　　,” the man shouted angrily．He started to jump off the stand．It didn’t go the 　　17　　 he planned．He fell flat on his face and knocked himself out cold．

　　“That was pretty 　　18　　 of you,” the officer said．“You’ll get a reward of ＄7500 for him．”

　　“Well, it really wasn’t my 　　19　　,” I said．“It was his．He told me if you had courage and imagination you could start something 　　20　　 on a shoestring．”

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　　Some Japanese still get married by parents’ arrangement．Yoshio and Hiromis Tanaka, a young Japanese 　　1　　 living in the United States, told the story of their 　　2　　 marriage．“We didn’t marry for love in the western sense．We got married in the　　3　　 Japanese way．Our parents arranged our marriage 　　4　　 a match-maker．In Japan, we believe that marriage is 　　5　　 affecting the whole family rather than a matter concerning(与……有关)only the young couple．　　6　　 we think it is very important to match people according to their 　　7　　 background, education and so on．When our parents thought it was time for us to get married, they went to a local 　　8　　 and asked her for some suggestion．We discussed the details and looked at the 　　9　　 she sent, and then our parents asked her to arrange an interview for 　　10　　 of us．”

　　A Japanese marriage interview is held in 　　11　　 place, such as a hotel or a restaurant, and is 　　12　　 by the boy and the girl, their parents and the match-maker．Information about the couple and their families is 　　13　　 over a cup of tea or a meal．Then the boy and the girl are 　　14　　 for a short time to know each other．When they return home, they have to tell the family 　　15　　 they want to meet again or not．

　　Yoshio 　　16　　,“When our parents realized we were 　　17　　 about each other, they started to make arrangements for our wedding．My family paid money to 　　18　　．This is the money to help pay for the wedding ceremony and for setting up the house 　　19　　．We also gave her family a beautiful ornament(装饰品)to put in the 　　20　　 room of their house, so everyone knew that Hiromis was going to marry．”

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　　The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期)for me．　　1　　 is probably true with many people, I got quite homesick and 　　2　　 thought about going home．

　　Although the 　　3　　 time for many students is getting 　　4　　 from home, my mailbox was frequently 　　5　　．One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 　　6　　 out at me．I sat down to read it, 　　7　　 a note from someone back home．　　8　　 I became increasingly puzzled(困惑)as 　　9　　 postcards were like this：It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby．I took the card back to my room and 　　10　　 about it．

　　Several days later I 　　11　　 another postcard, this one 　　12　　 news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin．Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 　　13　　 full of news of different people．I began to 　　14　　 look forward to the next one, 　　15　　 to see what this author would come up with 　　16　　．I was never 　　17　　．

　　Finally, the cards 　　18　　 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 　　19　　 about college life．They had been such a happy distraction(调剂)that I have 　　20　　 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift．

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Space is a dangerous place,not only because of meteors(流星)but also because of rays from the sun and other stars．The atmosphere again acts 　　1　　 our protective blanket on 　　2　　．Light gets through,and this is essential for 　　3　　 to make the food which we 　　4　　．Heat, 　　5　　, makes our environments tolerable and some ultraviolet rays penetrate(穿透)the 　　6　　．Cosmic(宇宙的)rays of various kinds come 　　7　　 the air from outer space,but 　　8　　 quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off．　　9　　 men leave the 　　10　　 they are exposed to this radiation; 　　11　　 their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft,if they are inside, 　　12　　 prevent a lot of radiation damage．Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in 　　13　　．Doses(剂量)of radiation are measured in 　　14　　 called “rems(雷姆)”．We all 　　15　　 radiation here on earth from the sun,from cosmic rays and from radioactive minerals．The “　　16　　” dose of radiation that we receive each year is about two millirems;it 　　17　　 according to where you live,and this is a very rough estimate．Scientists have reason to think 　　18　　 a man can 　　19　　 more radiation without being damaged;the figure of 60 rems has been 　　20　　．

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　　Exercise is good for you,but most people really know very little about how to exercise properly．　　1　　 when you try,you can run into trouble．Many people 　　2　　 that when specific muscles are exercised,the fat in the neighboring area is “　　3　　 up”．Yet the 　　4　　 is that exercise burns fat from all over 　　5　　．Studies show muscles which are not 　　6　　 lose their strength very quickly．To regain it needs 48 to 72 hours and exercise every other day will 　　7　　 a normal level of physical strength．

　　To 　　8　　 weight you believe you should always “work up a good sweat” when exercising．In fact, 　　9　　 sweating only 　　10　　 body temperature to prevent over heating．This is 　　11　　 water loss．　　12　　 you replace the liquid,you replace the weight．

　　Walking is the 　　13　　 and easy-to-do exercise．It helps the circulation of blood 　　14　　 the body,and has a direct 　　15　　 on your overall feeling of health．Experience says that 20 minutes’ 　　16　　　　　17　　 is minimum amount．　　18　　 your breathing doesn’t return to normal state within minutes after you finish 　　19　　, you’ve done 　　20　　．

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　　One night I was sitting in my kitchen half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy antagonized(招惹)my 12-year-old brother Kevin．I didn’t pay attention when Kevin 　　1　　 up the stairs with the hurt on his face．

　　About 20 minutes later, I heard Kevin crying inside the 　　2　　．I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey, Kev, do you want a talk?” No response．So, I grabbed some index(索引)cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to 　　3　　, we can write notes to each other．”

　　An hour later I was still 　　4　　 on the floor outside the bathroom with two piles of index cards in front of me．One was 　　5　　 and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his unpleasant feelings into words．　　6　　 I read one Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes．It said,“　　7　　 in this family cares about me．I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest, and I’m not 　　8　　．Tommy thinks I can do nothing and Dad 　　9　　 he had the other Kevin as a(n)　　10　　 because he’s better at basketball．And you’re never around to even 　　1　　 me．”

　　It was 　　12　　 what he had said about me．I wrote back “I really do love you and I’m 　　13　　 I don’t always show it．I am here for you and you are 　　14　　 in this family．”

　　There was no 　　15　　 for a while, but then I heard a 　　16　　 sound coming from inside the bathroom．Kevin, who had 　　17　　 cards wrote on a torn-up paper cup, “Thanks．”

　　Since then, I try my best to never 　　18　　 half-notice my family members anymore．Kevin and I have a closer 　　19　　 now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is 　　20　　, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup．”

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　　I did very badly at school．My headmaster thought I was 　　1　　 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 　　2　　 but a failure．”

　　After five years of 　　3　　 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl．It was the best 　　4　　 that could have happened to me．I 　　5　　 I wanted to do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to 　　6　　 that what people said about me was 　　7　　 Especially her mother, who had said to me,“ Let’s 　　8　　 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve done．” So I tried hard with my 　　9　　 and went to college．My first novel 　　10　　 while I was at college．

　　After college I taught during the 　　11　　in high schools and attended evening class at London University, where I got a 　　12　　 in history．I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 　　13　　 that job to write full time when I was 　　14　　 a part-time job at Leeds University．I began to feel 　　15　　 of myself－here was a working-class boy who’d 　　16　　 school early, now teaching at the university．

　　My writing career 　　17　　 when I discovered my own style．Now I’m rich and 　　18　　, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars．But what does it mean? I 　　19　　 wish all the people that have put me down had 　　20　　,“I believe in you．You’ll succeed．”

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house．She 　　1　　 John very much．In her 　　2　　 he couldn’t do anything 　　3　　．Every morning she would give him breakfast 　　4　　bed and bring him the papers to 　　5　　．It isn’t really true that he was too 　　6　　 to work－in fact he had tried a few 　　7　　．First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to 　　8　　at least six windows．Then he 　　9　　 a bus conductor and on his second 　　10　　 a passenger stole his bag with all the fare(车费)collected．He 　　11　　 lost his job as a postman 　　12　　 he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people’s houses．It seemed that there was 　　13　　 suitable work for him．So he 　　14　　 to join the army．Mrs Fant was so　　15　　 about this that she told the news to all her neighbours．“My John is going to be a soldier,” she said．“He is going to be the best soldier there 　　16　　 was, I can tell you!”

　　Then the great day came　　17　　 he was to march past the palace in the parade(接受检阅的队伍)．His proud mother travelled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good 　　18　　 in the crowd．

　　The parade was full of sound and colour．But when John and his　　19　　 came in sight some of the people watching 　　20　　 laughing at the one who couldn’t keep pace with the others as they marched along．

　　But Ella Fant, who was filled with happiness, shouted at the top of her voice, “Look at them! They’re all out of step except my John! Isn’t he the best!”