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　　One day the employees of a large company in St Louis returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door．The sign said：“Yesterday the person who has been hindering(阻碍)your growth in this 　　1　　 passed away．We invite you to attend the 　　2　　 in the room that has been prepared in the gym．”

　　At first everyone was 　　3　　 to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they 　　4　　 getting curious about who this person might be．The excitement 　　5　　 as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last 　　6　　．Everyone wondered：“Who is this person that was hindering my 　　7　　? Well, at least he’s no longer here!”

　　　　8　　 the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they became speechless．They 　　9　　 over the coffin, shocked and in silence, 　　10　　　someone had touched the deepest part of their soul．There was a 　　11　　 inside the coffin：Everyone who looked inside it could see himself．There was also a sign next to the mirror that 　　12　　：“There is only one person who is capable of setting 　　13　　 to your growth：it is YOU．”

You are the only person who can revolutionize(彻底改变)your 　　14　　 because it’s you that can 　　15　　 your happiness and 　　16　　 your success．Your life does not change when your family, your friends, your company and your 　　17　　 change．Your life 　　18　　 changes when you change, when you 　　9　　 your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one 　　20　　 for your life．

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　　A feeling of excitement overcame me as I looked around the stadium．

　　At 5∶30 pm, two hours before game time, I walked into the locker room(更衣室)．My 　　1　　 of school, music and what I planned to do on Saturday night were 　　2　　 with the simple aim to beat the football team across the field from us tonight．

　　Approaching my locker(衣物柜), I noticed my teammates 　　3　　．Some rested on benches, staring up at the ceiling 　　4　　 it were a film of the opposing team’s play．Some seemed a bit more 　　5　　, using the time to tell jokes．A few stared at the field, 　　6　　 what will happen in 120 minutes．

　　Our coach, Tony Severino, came out of his office at 6 o’clock．He told the team how 　　7　　 this game was for the season, between two of the state’s top teams－my school and our opposing team, Liberty High School．His words gave the team impulse(冲动)it needed to 　　8　　．

　　At 7∶10 pm, warm – ups finished, we went over the game 　　9　　 and discussed what we needed to do for the next three hours．The sound of the national anthem(国歌)　　10　　 that we were only minutes from the action．Our coach usually made a final 　　11　　．But tonight was different．On this clear night he 　　12　　 looked around the room at all the players and shouted, “Let’s go and get them．” Even 　　13　　 the “get” came out of his mouth, we were already 　　14　　 our way out of the door．

　　Outside, a few young fans reached to touch our hands, eager to be a 　　15　　 of our school’s winning tradition．When I smiled and 　　16　　 my hand, the young faces lit up as if they had just met Superman．

　　Seconds later, the team ran onto the 　　17　　, moving as a mass of blue, in front of a packed stadium．We enjoyed a noisy 　　18　　 from fans and the fight song played by our school band．Breathing in the 　　19　　 of one of the biggest game of the year, I felt we were sure to win．I told myself, “This was what it was all about” and 　　20　　 that it was for moments like this that I loved high school football．

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　　One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting．I was expecting a quiet 　　1　　 of the splendid artwork．

　　A young 　　2　　 viewing the paintings ahead of me 　　3　　 nonstop between themselves．I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking．I admired the man's 　　4　　 for putting up with her 　　5　　 stream of words．　　6　　 by their noise, I moved on．

　　I met them several times as I moved 　　7　　 the various rooms of art．Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away 　　8　　．

　　I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a 　　9　　 when the couple approached the 　　10　　．Before they left, the man 　　11　　 into his pocket and pulled out a white object．He 　　12　　 it into a long stick and then 　　13　　 his way into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket．

　　“He's a 　　14　　 man．” the clerk at the counter said．“Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age．During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn't change．So, as before, he and his wife come in 　　15　　 there is a new art show．”

　　“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked．“He can't see．”

　　“Can't see! You're 　　16　　．He sees a lot．More than you and I do,” the clerk said．“His wife 　　17　　 each painting so he can see it in his head．”

　　I learned something about patience, 　　18　　 and love that day．I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without 　　19　　 and the courage of a husband who would not 　　20　　 blindness to change his life．And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined．

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　　“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 　　1　　 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time．　　2　　 my ambition to become a writer, I 　　3　　 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 　　4　　 the wrong goals?

　　I was at a low point 　　5　　 the voice on the radio began 　　6　　 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 　　7　　．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 　　8　　 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．

　　At seventy-eight, her fingers became 　　9　　 awkward to hold a needle．　　10　　 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 　　11　　．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 　　12　　 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 　　13　　 world－and the rest is 　　14　　．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 　　15　　 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!

　　　　16　　 I listened to the radio, my 　　17　　 changed．If Grandma Moses 　　18　　 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 　　19　　 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 　　20　　．

　　It was published eight months later．

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　　One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough．Perhaps you feel you won’t 　　1　　 others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you．Such thinking is misguided．The 　　2　　 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are．

　　When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 　　3　　 memories．Some were painful memories from 　　4　　 when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure．I 　　5　　 pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred, 　　6　　 things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers．

　　Then a terrible thing happened．　　7　　 dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom(衣帽间)outside the campus dining hall．　　8　　 that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I 　　9　　 back, but it was gone．

　　Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it 　　10　　．A month later, I was 　　11　　 up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown 　　12　　 diary, just where I’d left it．

　　　　13　　 I read through the pages and found that a 　　14　　 had written the following, “God bless you．I’m 　　15　　 like you, only I 　　16　　 keep a diary, and I’m 　　17　　 to know there are others like me．I hope things turn out well for you．”

　　Tears came to my eyes．I had never thought that any one could know my inner feelings and also 　　18　　 things just like the way I did．

　　No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or 　　19　　, attractive or plain, there are people like you．Get rid of your fears of not being good enough, and 　　20　　 yourself as you are．

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　　There were two lazy men who 　　1　　 did any work at all．They 　　2　　 spend the whole day sitting in the sun and sleeping 　　3　　 talking about what they would do when they were 　　4　　．Many years went 　　5　　 in this way and the two men 　　6　　 poor．One summer’s day as they were sitting 　　7　　 on a bench in the sunshine, one of the men jumped 　　8　　 his feet without warning and exclaimed, “We can’t go on 　　9　　 this．We’ve got to do something to 　　10　　 some money．”

　　“　　11　　 for instance?” asked his friend in a 　　12　　 voice．

　　“We’ll go to the mountains and 　　13　　 snails,” said the first man．

　　The second man didn’t want to go out at first．But in the end his friend 　　14　　 him．They each took a bucket and set 　　15　　 for the mountains．They walked extremely slow．When they reached the hill, they looked 　　16　　 it might have a lot of snails on it．The first man said, “Let’s work 　　17　　．I’ll go up this side with my bucket, and you go up the other side with 　　18　　, we’ll meet at the top．”

　　They 　　19　　 snails all day and in the evening they met on top of the hill．“How many did you get?” asked the first man．“Two,” said the second man．“I 　　20　　 got three, but one got away．”

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　　It was a busy morning, about 8∶30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital．I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for appointment(约会)at 9∶30．

　　The nurse had him take a 　　1　　 in the waiting area, 　　2　　 him it would be at least 40 minutes 　　3　　 someone would be able to see him．I saw him 　　4　　 his watch and decided, since I was 　　5　　 busy－my patient didn’t 　　6　　 at the appointed hour ,I would examine his wound, While taking care of his wound ,I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment．

　　The gentleman said no and told me that he 　　7　　 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his 　　8　　．He told me that she had been 　　9　　 for a while and that she had a special disease, I asked if she would be 　　10　　 if he was a bit late．He replied that she 　　11　　 knew who he was, that she had not been able to 　　12　　 him for five years now．I was 　　13　　 and asked him,” And you 　　14　　 go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

　　He smiled and said．”She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is” I had to hold back 　　15　　 as he left．

　　Now I 　　16　　 that in marriages, true love is 　　17　　 of all that．The happiest people don’t 　　18　　 have the best of everything; they just 　　19　　 the best of everything they have．　　20　　 isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain．

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　　I chose to study after getting married．I have recently 　　1　　 my college degree．The last project before graduation was called “Smile”．

　　The class was asked to go out and 　　2　　 at three people and record their reactions．I am a very 　　3　　 person and always smile at everyone, so, I thought, this would be 　　4　　．

　　My husband and I went to a 　　5　　 one March morning．We were standing in line, waiting to be 　　6　　, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did that．A feeling of 　　7　　 filled me and I turned to see why they had 　　8　　．

　　As I turned around I smelled a 　　9　　 “dirty body” smell, and there standing 　　10　　 me were two homeless men．As I looked down at the 　　11　　 gentleman, he was smiling．His beautiful blue eyes were full of 　　12　　 as he searched for acceptance and said, “Good day．”

　　I felt 　　13　　 for them and held my tears as I stood there with them．They only asked for one hamburger 　　14　　 that was all they could afford and they just wanted to find a warm place to stay．Then I really felt that I almost reached out and hugged the little man．That was when I 　　15　　 all the eyes there were set on me, 　　16　　 my every action．

　　I 　　17　　 two more breakfast meals and then walked toward the table that the men had chosen as a(n)　　18　　 place．

　　I put the food on the table．He was very 　　19　　, smiled with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you．” I answered, “Your smile is the best 　　20　　 for me．”

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　　Outside a big city, there was a prison．Every day, prisoners were asked to work hard．A prisoner picked up a 100-dollar bill 　　1　　 he was building a road outside the prison．He 　　2　　 it in at once．　　3　　, the person in charge of the prison didn’t believe that he was a(n)　　4　　 man．He said to the prisoner, “Stop 　　5　　! This is your own money．You are trying to bribe(贿赂)me．What you want to get is a 　　6　　 sentence(刑期)．People of your sort are not honest．”

　　The prisoner felt 　　7　　 hurt．He believed that no one in the world would 　　8　　 him any more．So he 　　9　　 from prison that night．

　　　　During his escape from the prison, he 　　10　　 a lot of money．After he got enough money, he took a train to go to the border．The carriages were so 　　11　　 that he had to stand close to a 　　12　　．At this moment, a quite beautiful girl walked into the washroom, and found that the latch(门插销)was broken when she closed the door．She stepped out and said to him, “Sir, could you 　　13　　 the door for me?”

　　　　14　　 for a second, he 　　15　　 the pure eyes of the girl and nodded his head．The girl went into the washroom, and he guarded the door tightly like a 　　16　　 guard．

　　At that moment, he suddenly changed his 　　17　　．At the next stop he got off the train, and gave himself up to the police at the train station．

　　Trust is the most 　　18　　 thing in this world．It cannot be 　　19　　, or gained by force．It comes deep from one’s soul．It can make one’s 　　20　　 full of hope and confidence．

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　　I have never had the opportunity to see myself because of being blind from birth, and have been completely dependent on the image I create in the eyes of others．

　　There are those who believe that 　　1　　 I can't see, I obviously also cannot 　　2　　．Very often people will talk with me at the top of their voices．Conversely to this, people will also often 　　3　　 , believing that since my eyes don't work, my ears don't either．For example, when I go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for 　　4　　 to the plane, he or she will always pick up the phone and call a ground hostess in a very low voice．"Hi, Jane, we've got a 76 here．" I have concluded that the word "　　5　　" is not used because they are unwilling to inform me of my condition of which I may not have been previously 　　6　　．

　　On the other hand, others know that of course I can hear, but believe that I can't talk．Once I became ill and was hospitalized．Immediately after I was 　　7　　, I was wheeled down to the X - ray room．Just at the door an elderly woman(judging from her voice)asked the orderly(护工)who had been wheeling me："What is your name?" "What's your name?" the orderly 　　8　　 to me．"Harold Krents", I replied．"Harold Krents", he repeated．"When was he born?" "When were you born?"…This continued for about five minutes before I finally interrupted, "Look, this is absolutely 　　9　　 OK, I can't see, but it's going to become pretty 　　10　　 to both of you that I don't need an interpreter．" "He says he doesn't need an interpreter," the orderly repeated to the woman．

　　The 　　11　　 misconception(误解)of all is the view that because I can't see, I can't 　　12　　．I was turned down by over forty law firms．　　13　　 my qualifications included a cum laude degree(优异的成绩毕业)from Harvard Law School．The 　　14　　 to find jobs, the continuous 　　15　　 of being told that it was impossible for a blind person to 　　16　　 law, the rejection letter, not based on my lack of 　　17　　 but rather on my disability, will always remain one of the most upsetting experiences of my life．

　　　　18　　, the Department of Labor issued laws that demand equal 　　19　　 opportunities for the disabled．The business community's response has been enthusiastic．The 　　20　　 towards the disabled is beginning to change．