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　　“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment．“If you 　　1　　 on, something good will happen some day．And you'll realize it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment．”

　　Mother was right, as I 　　2　　 after graduating from college．I had 　　3　　 myself for a sports announcer．So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was 　　4　　 every time．In one station, a kind lady told me that 　　5　　 stations wouldn't employ a person without 　　6　　 since I had just graduated．“Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance,” she said．

　　I returned to Dixon, 　　7　　 I had finished my high school education and had 　　8　　 in the school football team．My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to 　　9　　 its sports department．The job sounded just 　　10　　 for me but I wasn't hired．

　　My disappointment had 　　11　　 as if by design．“Everything happens for the best,” Mom 　　12　　 me．Dad lent me his car to look for a job．I tried WOC Radio Davenport．The programme director told me 　　13　　 had already hired an announcer．

　　　　14　　 I left his office, I asked aloud, “　　15　　 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if 　　16　　 can't get a job in a radio station?” Suddenly, I heard the director 　　17　　, “Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to 　　18　　 an imaginary game．It was 　　19　　 and I did it without difficult．The director was 　　20　　 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the coming Saturday．

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　　Reading and writing 　　1　　 is a very personal experience．Poets use language as a way of 　　2　　 thier feelings, whether positive ones of love, happiness and hope, or negative feelings like 　　3　　 and fear．Poems can describe the beauty of nature, a person, a dream or a memorable event．Most 　　4　　 have tried writing poetry at some time, for example, at school．For children, it is a good way to explore language and have 　　5　　 with words as well as to express themselves．

　　But teachers and psychologists have found another use for poetry as a form of therapy(治疗)to help people with problems．　　6　　 are benefits for people of all different backgrounds and ages．Writing poetry can help people deal with 　　7　　 in their live-death or feelings of sadness, drug or alcohol problems or serious illness．By writing down your feelings, 　　8　　 can learn to understand yourself better and give yourself a voice if you feel you are being ignored．A poem might be a way of telling someone something when you do not feel able to talk about it 　　9　　．And just because people are 　　10　　 or having difficulties in their lives, it doesn't mean they have lost their sense of humour．Poems 　　11　　 as therapy can be funny too, as laughter is also considered to be very good medicine．

　　Students at a special school in Dudley, in England, read and write poems 　　12　　．Their reason for writing poems is just to 　　13　　 creative, but some of them they write are very good．All of them have problems．Some of them have long-term 　　14　　 conditions, such as cancer, while others have personality disorders or psychological problems．By writing poems students are growing 　　15　　 self-confidence．The poems provide a channel through 　　16　　 they can communicate with the world, and express their feelings．They 　　17　　 help them to recognize and explore their problems and to develop a positive attitude to life．

　　And the poems are helping 　　18　　 people, too．The school has collected some of the students’ poems and published them in a book which is 　　19　　 to raise funds for a local hospital．The book has proved very popular, giving students 　　20　　 sense of achievement．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Electronic books have changed the way many people read for pleasure．Now online textbooks are changing the way some students 　　1　　 and some teachers teach．

　　More than 175, 000 students 　　2　　 the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington．Last year, the school system used digital 　　3　　 in fifteen schools．This school year, middle schools and high schools changed from 　　4　　 to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes．

　　Luke Rosa is a history teacher at Falls Church High School．His 　　5　　 work on school laptop computers．He explains the idea to them this way："I mean, it's just like a 　　6　　 textbook, except it's got it all online．"

　　Peter Noonan, a leader of schools, says with electronic textbooks, publishers can quickly 　　7　　 the content with the latest information．He says："The world's changing 　　8　　．And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that are happening．" He says digital books also cost 　　9　　 than printed textbooks："Usually it's in the neighborhood of between fifty and seventy dollars to 　　10　　 a textbook for each student, which adds up to 　　11　　 eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County．We 　　12　　 have purchased all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars．"

　　But the students also need 　　13　　 to the Internet when they are not at school．About ten percent of students in Fairfax County do not have a computer or online access at 　　14　　．Stephen Castillo is one of them．He has to go the public library, which has free 　　15　　．

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　　Once a farmer employed two servants who worked on the farm．One day, the farmer commanded them to 　　1　　 seeds(种子)while he was away．

　　The first servant worked 　　2　　 in the fields every day．Though he felt so tired sometimes, he never gave up．He just took a 　　3　　 and thought of his master coming back．There were also times 　　4　　 he got hurt by stones, insects and other objects, but he still continued obeying(服从)his master's 　　5　　．He knew that someday all his hard work would get good results．But the other servant wanted to 　　6　　 the pleasure of the world．He thought his master would 　　7　　 know what he was doing．Thus he put aside his master's command and 　　8　　 his own will．

　　Many years 　　9　　 by, but the master still did not come back．The faithful servant kept his master's 　　10　　 in mind and kept on planting seeds in the fields, while the other servant 　　11　　 around the world, enjoying himself．

　　One day their master 　　12　　 appeared．When seeing one servant 　　13　　 the crops in the fields, he was very pleased．But when he couldn't find the other, he felt very 　　14　　．

　　The master called the two servants together, 　　15　　 why he had gone for such a long time．He said he had a 　　16　　 house built as payment for their service and whoever had been 　　17　　 to him would stay with him and live in the new home．So he asked them to report to him how good their harvest was．The first servant happily announced that he had a good harvest every year 　　18　　 the other servant bowed down and asked for forgiveness because he had 　　19　　 for his master．

　　The master finally rewarded the first servant 　　20　　 a new house．The other servant got nothing and was fired．

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　　Seven loyal readers came to the Teens’ office two weeks ago．They had a wonderful day learning how to make a newspaper．But what 　　1　　 made them excited was that they had their say(发表意见)．

　　“What most impressed me was 　　2　　 I was saying something, I found all eyes were 　　3　　 me, ” said Tang Shining, one of the students．Her friend, Li Chunbei agreed, and felt very glad that when she was talking, the editors nodded and even 　　4　　 notes．

　　Students were happy to see the editors listen to their 　　5　　．You may often 　　6　　 about being neglected(忽略)by teachers and parents．　　7　　 before complaining, please 　　8　　 that you have already spoken about your thoughts．

　　It's common in China that teachers at school and parents were 　　9　　 the ones to tell teenagers what they should and shouldn't do．The young are 　　10　　 to doing what they are told, rather than thinking by themselves．But then their ideas would be locked in their brains and not be 　　11　　

　　A girl wrote to Teens about her family 　　12　　．She used to be very sad because her father seldom talked and played with her．After years of consideration, she 　　13　　 decided to write her father a letter, telling him about her sadness．To her 　　14　　 , the father 　　15　　 , saying that he didn't realize his mistakes．From then on, he really 　　16　　．

　　Sometimes, we need to let our 　　17　　 be heard, so others can understand our thoughts and feelings．

Don't be afraid of being 　　18　　 for what you have done．You know it is your 　　19　　 to speak your mind．　　20　　 your ideas are denied(否定), at least you have tried your best．You will not be left with any regret．

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请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Dear Laura,

　　I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program．You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today's world．Well, I'm here to give you 　　1　　．

　　I wanted to do something very 　　2　　 for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child．He 　　3　　 all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle．Then, he spent hours and hours on it 　　4　　 it looked almost new．I was so 　　5　　 of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit．

　　I could 　　6　　 wait for him to open up his gift．In fact, I barely slept the night before．Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to 　　7　　 the coffee, tea, and morning goodies．In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 　　8　　：“To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son．”

　　I was so 　　9　　．It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 　　10　　 lessons．“Learn to play the piano, and I'll get you one” was my husband's 　　11　　．I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could 　　12　　 this expensive gift．

　　Of course, the 　　13　　 awoke, and my son was thrilled with my reaction．Many kisses were 　　14　　, and I immediately wanted him to 　　15　　 my gift．As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not 　　16　　 what I was expecting．Then I 　　17　　 that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard．

　　Of course I was the proudest mother 　　18　　 on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month．So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still 　　19　　 and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

　　I thought you'd love to 　　20　　 this story．

Yours,

Hilary

P．S．The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle．

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　　Valentine's Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life．Over the years I fondly(天真地)thought 　　1　　 him as my “Valentine man”．

　　My first recollection of the 　　2　　 he could bring to Valentine's Day came when I was six．That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair．The card was 　　3　　“Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 　　4　　 my birthstone, a ruby(红宝石)．There is 　　5　　 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 　　6　　 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 　　7　　 not surpass(超越)．

　　　　8　　 I grew older, the gifts gave 　　9　　 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 　　10　　 chocolate and always included a 　　11　　 card signed “Love, Dad”．In those years my thank-you became 　　12　　 of a perfunctory(敷衍)response．The cards seemed less 　　13　　, and I took for granted that the Valentine would 　　14　　 be there．I had 　　15　　 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love, Dad” just didn't seem quite 　　16　　．

　　His final card remains on my desk today．It's a 　　17　　 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 　　18　　 of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life．

　　Those things never 　　19　　, nor does the memory of a man who never 　　20　　 being my valentine．

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　　One day, Miss Ellis gave her pupils a new kind of homework：homework on happiness．Her pupils would be “happiness 　　1　　”, and were to see what would happen when they tried to bring happiness to 　　2　　 around them．As part of their homework, all the students did really delightful things, 　　3　　 what Carla Chalmers did left everyone surprised．Several days after the homework had been handed out, Carla turned up carrying a big 　　4　　．

　　“　　5　　 in this bag I have all the happiness I've collected so far,” she said 　　6　　．On seeing this, everyone was filled with 　　7　　, but Carla didn't want to show anyone what was in the bag．　　8　　, she pulled out a small box and gave it to her teacher．When Miss Ellis had taken the box, Carla took an instant 　　9　　 out of her own pocket and stood with it at the ready．

　　“Open it, Miss Ellis．”

　　The teacher slowly opened the box and looked inside．A big 　　10　　 shone on her face, and at that moment Carla took a photo, which came out of the camera 　　11　　, and she gave it to Miss Ellis along with a sheet of paper．The teacher read the paper 　　12　　, and when she had finished, she 　　13　　 at the bag．

　　“Oh, so it's…”

　　“Yes!”　　14　　 Carla, opening the bag, “It's a great big pile of smiles!”

　　She opened the bag and 　　15　　 of different smiles fell out．

　　The rest of the class tried to 　　16　　 how Carla had managed to create such a great chain of happiness．All there in the 　　17　　 was a photo of a big smile．But everyone who had seen it felt happiness being transmitted(传送)to them, and 　　18　　, without hesitation every person 　　19　　 with a smile of their own．

　　She managed to spread understanding of the 　　20　　 about smile：every time you smile you are sending a gift to the world．

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　　Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23．At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had 　　1　　 over 50 pounds．"I decided to 　　2　　 , " she says．She took a clock and started 　　3　　 what she did every day, and then she 　　4　　 an hour a day as a "be nice to Patti "hour．"I started having bubble(泡沫)baths with 　　5　　 lit, because Cosmopolitan Magazine 　　6　　 that this would be good for me．But I got 　　7　　 of that soon, "Patti remembers．She wanted to do something really pleasant．She found that the 　　8　　 times in her life were times when she was physically active．So she took up 　　9　　．

　　She decided to start 　　10　　 the next day．She ran for an hour, 　　11　　 a total of 7 miles on her first run．"I couldn't walk for two weeks 　　12　　 I felt painful all over! " Patti recalls(回忆)．"But I felt so wonderful! " Patti wasn't crazy about running yet, but she was in 　　13　　 with the after effects of running．

　　Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for 　　14　　 distance runners．Over the next years, she 　　15　　 records and set standards for women in the sport．She was the first American woman to run a 2∶30 marathon, and then broke 　　16　　 two records 　　17　　 an 8-month period．

　　Patti 　　18　　 that, if we can set standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult 　　19　　 and come out on top．"Everybody has to be a champion(冠军)and 　　20　　 has that in them．"

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it．She makes such good use of her other 　　1　　 , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she's 　　2　　 anything．

　　Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 　　3　　 that she doesn't push too hard on them, 　　4　　 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude．She knows when to clean the house．She moves around so fast that often 　　5　　 don't realize she's blind．

　　I 　　6　　 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there．When Kayla came home, she was very 　　7　　 about her day．She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects．But she was 　　8　　 excited about her finger-painting project．

　　“Mom, guess what? ” said Kayla, all smiles．"I learned how to 　　9　　 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 　　10　　 with us．

　　To my great 　　11　　, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

　　Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 　　12　　 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment．She really 　　13　　 what I was doing! ” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt 　　14　　 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper．

　　I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind．It had just never 　　15　　 in conversation．

　　When I told her, she was 　　16　　 for a moment．At first, she didn't believe me．“But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture! ” Kayla 　　17　　．And I knew my child was 　　18　　 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork．Michelle had also heard Kayla's 　　19　　 in her work,

　　We were silent for a minute．Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did 'see’ my picture．She just used my 　　20　　．”

　　Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have．

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