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　　One factor that can influence consumers is their mood(情绪)state．Mood may be described 　　1　　 a temporary and mild positive or negative feeling that is generalized and not tied to any particular circumstance．Moods should be 　　2　　 from feelings which are usually much more stronger 　　3　　 to specific circumstances, and often conscious．In one sense, the effect of a consumer's mood can be thought of in 　　4　　 the same way as our reactions to the 　　5　　 of our friends-when our friends are happy and “up”, that tends to influence us positively, but when they are “down”, that can have a negative impact on us．　　6　　, consumers operating under a given mood state tend to react to stimuli(刺激因素)in a direction consistent with that mood state．Thus, for example, we should expect to see consumers in a positive mood state evaluate products in more of a 　　7　　 manner than they would when not in such a state．Moreover, mood states appear able to enhance(增强)a consumer's memory．

　　Moods appear to be readily influenced by marketing 　　8　　．For example, the rhythm(节奏), pitch, and volume of music has been shown to influence behavior such as 　　9　　 of time spent in supermarkets or intention to purchase products．In addition, advertising can influence consumer's moods which, in 　　10　　, are more likely to influence consumers' reactions to products．

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　　The simplest way to say it is this：I believe in my mother．My 　　1　　 began when I was just a kid．I 　　2　　 becoming a doctor．

　　My mother was a domestic．Through her work, she observed that 　　3　　 people spent a lot more time reading than they 　　4　　 watching television．She announced that my brother and I 　　5　　 watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 　　6　　 her written book reports．She would mark them up with check marks and highlights．Years later we realized her marks were a 　　7　　．My mother was illiterate．

　　When I entered high school I was a(n)　　8　　, but not for long．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to 　　9　　 the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student．One night my mother came home from 　　10　　 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 　　11　　 food and pay the bills．With everything 　　12　　, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want．” I was very 　　13　　 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was 　　14　　 left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to 　　15　　 our heads and any kind of food on the table, 　　16　　 buy clothes．I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere．Success required intellectual preparation．I went back to my 　　17　　 and became an A-student again, and eventually I 　　18　　 my dream and I became a doctor．

　　My story is really my mother's story-a woman with 　　19　　 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe．There is no job 　　20　　 than parenting．This I believe．

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　　Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold 　　1　　 paper．Money was tight, and he became even more upset when 　　2　　 Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree．

　　　　3　　, the next morning the little girl, 　　4　　 with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"

　　　　5　　 he opened the box, the father was 　　6　　 by his earlier overreaction．

　　But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his 　　7　　 flared．"Don't you know, young lady,” he said 　　8　　, “when you give someone a present 　　9　　 is supposed to be something inside the package!"

　　The little girl looked up at him with tears 　　10　　 from her eyes and said："Daddy, it's not empty．I blew kisses into it 　　11　　 it was all full．"

　　The father was crushed(制服)．He fell on his knees and put his arms 　　12　　 his precious little girl．He 　　13　　 her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger．

　　An accident took the life of the child only a short time later．It is 　　14　　 that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life．　　15　　 he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an 　　16　　 kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child 　　17　　 had put it there．

　　In a very real 　　18　　, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses 　　19　　 our children, family, friends and God．

　　There is no more precious possession 　　20　　 could hold．

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　　Mary left Athens and came to America to make her 　　1　　．She wanted to be a famous 　　2　　, so she went to live in Hollywood, California．

　　At first, Mary had very little 　　3　　, so she was 　　4　　 to watch every penny 　　5　　 visiting the movie agents' offices．For over a year, she worked only in small 　　6　　．She found life extremely 　　7　　．She had to take buses or 　　8　　 everywhere, and she ate only one 　　9　　 a day．Even though she worked nights as a 　　10　　, Mary could not really make ends meet．

　　　　11　　, one day, the star of the film became 　　12　　, and the director asked Mary to 　　13　　 the part．Her acting was wonderful．After the premiere(首映)of the film, she became an overnight success．She received many 　　14　　 for future starring roles．

　　Since then, Mary has 　　15　　 her whole way of life．Now she wears 　　16　　 furs and driver a Rolls-Royce．She lives in a twenty-seven room mansion(公馆)in Beverly Hills, with seven 　　17　　．All her needs are 　　18　　 for．For Mary, America was truly the land of streets paved with gold．　　19　　 her hard work, she had earned the fame she 　　20　　 so much．

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　　As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem．She had come to live in an American home and learn English．　　1　　, she would mind the children and do anything she was asked．

　　One of her tasks was to keep track of arriving Christmas presents．Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly worried．What could she buy for her 　　2　　 with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily?　　3　　, even without any of the gifts, her employer seems to have everything．

　　Ursula 　　4　　 long and hard．On Christmas Eve, she went to a store．She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers, 　　5　　 things in her mind．Finally she bought a baby dress．She immediately called a taxi．“Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?” “A poor family?” said the 　　6　　 driver．“Yes, a very poor family．” Ursula told the man of what she was trying to do．He listened in silence, and then said, “I know a family who needs just about everything．”

　　When they reached a building, the driver said, “They live on the third floor．”Ursula shook her head, “Would you take this dress to them and tell them it's from someone…someone who has everything．”

　　Early the next day, Ursula 　　7　　 everyone for the presents she received．Then, she began to 　　8　　 why there seemed to be none from her．She told about what she did the night before．When she finished, there was a long 　　9　　．“You see,” she added, “I try to do a kindness in your 　　10　　．And this is my Christmas present to you．”

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　　The school was across the street from my home and I could watch the kids as they played during the 　　1　　 A girl seemed so small that she pushed her way through the crowd of boys on the playground．She 　　2　　 from them all．

　　I began to notice her at other times, basketball 　　3　　, playing alone．She would practice dribbling(运球)and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark．One day I asked her 　　4　　 she practiced so much．She looked 　　5　　 in my eyes and without a moment of 　　6　　 she said,“I want to go to college．The only way I can go is if I get a(an)　　7　　, I am going to go to college to play basketball．My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't 　　8　　．”

　　Well, I had to 　　9　　 to her－she was determined．One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 　　10　　 in her arms．I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter．“Oh, nothing, "came a soft reply．”I am just too 　　11　　．”The coach told her that at her height it was 　　12　　 for her to get to play for a top ranked team much 　　13　　 offered a scholarship．So she should stop dreaming about college．

　　She was heartbroken and I 　　14　　 her disappointment．I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet．She told me that her father said those coaches were 　　15　　．

　　They just did not understand the 　　16　　 of a dream．He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she really wanted a scholarship, 　　17　　 could stop her except one thing－her own 　　18　　．

　　The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach．She was indeed 　　19　　 with a scholarship．She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked 　　20　　 it for all those years．

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　　Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers．Some years later, they 　　1　　 after having dinner together．They discussed the 　　2　　 they gaved their elderly mother who lived far away in another city．The first said, “I had a 　　3　　 house built for Mama．”The second said, “I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer(经销商)send a 　　4　　 to her．”The third said, “I built a beautiful 　　5　　 for Mama．” The fourth said, “You know 　　6　　 Mama loved reading poems and you know she can’t read anymore because she can’t 　　7　　 very well．I met a 　　8　　 who had a parrot(鹦鹉)that can recite many poems．It took him 12 years to 　　9　　 it and he earns his living by renting it out．I had to pay him＄100,000 a year for twenty years, 　　10　　 it is worth it．”On hearing that, the other brothers were 　　11　　 by his good thought．

　　After the holidays their mother 　　12　　 her thank-you notes．She wrote：

　　“Milton, The house you built is so huge．I only live in one room, but I have to 　　13　　 the whole house．It’s a tiring job．Thanks anyway．”

　　“Marvin, I am too old to 　　14　　．I stay home and have my foods delivered, so I’ll 　　15　　 use the automobile．The 　　16　　 was good, although not practical．Thanks．”

　　“Michael, you gave me an expensive building for 50 people to 　　17　　 plays or watch movies in it, but all my friends are dead．I’ve almost 　　18　　 my hearing and I’m nearly blind．I won’t use it．Thank you all the same．”

　　“Dearest Melvin, you were the 　　19　　 son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift．The chicken tasted so 　　20　　．I liked it very much．Thank you．”

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　　A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston．They walked without an appointment into the outer 　　1　　 of Harvard’s president．But they were 　　2　　 by his secretary and kept waiting．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 　　3　　 that the couple would finally become 　　4　　 and go away．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 　　5　　．

　　A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 　　6　　 face．The lady told him, “We had a son that 　　7　　 Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was 　　8　　 here．But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to 　　9　　 a memorial(纪念物)to him, somewhere on campus．”

　　The president wasn’t 　　10　　．Instead, he was shocked．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this 　　11　　 would look like a cemetery(墓地),” “Oh, no,” the lady 　　12　　 quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a 　　13　　 to Harvard．" The president rolled his eyes and 　　14　　 at the couple and then said in surprise, “A building!Do you have any 　　15　　 how much a building costs?We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was 　　16　　, because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 　　17　　?Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded．　　18　　 their offer was turned down, Mr．and Mrs．Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears(带有；刻有)their 　　19　　, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 　　20　　 about．

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　　Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He has a 　　1　　 job which gets him 　　2　　 at five o'clock every morning．He is a 　　3　　．

　　Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5∶l5 to go to the corner 　　4　　 the newspapers are．The newspapers are delivered to the 　　5　　 by truck at midnight．He always takes a wagon(手推车)to carry them．

　　In 　　6　　, it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm．Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route(线路)in all kinds of weather．He tries to put each 　　7　　 on the porch(门廊)where it will be protected from 　　8　　, rain or snow．His 　　9　　 think he does a good job．Sometimes they give him 　　10　　．

　　Billy 　　11　　 about ＄70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college．He spends the rest 　　12　　 records and clothes．Once a month, he has to 　　13　　 money from his customers．Since many of them 　　14　　 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 　　15　　．Sometimes, when Billy is 　　16　　, his older brother has to 　　17　　 the newspapers．Once Billy's father had to help as well．

　　Billy has seventy customers now, 　　18　　 he hopes to get more soon．Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的)newspaper boy．He wants to win a 　　19　　 to Europe, but he will also be happy 　　20　　 he wins a new bicycle．

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　　One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well．The animal cried 　　1　　 for hours as the farmer tried to figure out 　　2　　 to do．Finally he decided the animal was 　　3　　 and the well needed to be 　　4　　 up anyway, so it just wasn't 　　5　　 it to rescue the donkey．

　　He invited all his 　　6　　 to come over and help him．They all grabbed(握起)a shovel(铁铲)and began to shovel 　　7　　 into the well．At first, the donkey didn't 　　8　　 what was happening and cried horribly．Then, to everyone's 　　9　　, he was quiet．

　　A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked 　　10　　 the well and was 　　11　　 at what he saw．With every shovel of dirt that 　　12　　 his back, the donkey was doing something amazing．He would 　　13　　 it off and take a step up．As the farmer's neighbors 　　14　　 to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take another 　　15　　 up．Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the 　　16　　 of the well and ran off．

　　Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt．The best way of 　　17　　 out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up．Each of our 　　18　　 is a stepping-stone．We can get out of the deepest 　　19　　 just by not stopping, never 　　20　　!Shake it off and take a step upward!