The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he’s
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The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he’s been gone for 17 years, his 21 still resonate（产生共鸣）. He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 22 .
One incident is 23 in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren’t very fond of a so-called friend of 24 . Dad was a very generous man, and as he’d done with so many people, he’d given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 25 , the guy didn’t deliver.
Dad’s outlook（人生观）on most things was “Live and let live.” In this case, however, his calmness 26 Terre and me, and we let him know it.
“How can you be nice to that man?” we said to him. “You’ve been so kind to him, and he’s not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?”
My father shrugged（耸肩）and said to us, “I do not bend my back with 27 . ”
I didn’t get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 28 . Holding a grudge（怨恨）doesn’t 29 the person you’re angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.
After my father died in 1991, a (n) 30 came from a fellow I’d had a quarrel with years before to 31 his sympathy. He wrote: “I thought I’d tell you how sorry I am 32 the loss of your father. I know he 33 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts. ”
Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 34 . And then, because he’d 35
our disagreement, I recalled Dad’s inspiring words. “I am my father’s daughter,” I wrote. “And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday.”
| 小题1: | | A．lectures | B．suggestions | C．lessons | D．pictures |
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| 小题2: | | A．forgive | B．persuade | C．forget | D．excuse |
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| 小题3: | | A．vital | B．obvious | C．visual | D．vivid |
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| 小题4: | | A．sister’s | B．mine | C．father"s | D．mother’s |
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| 小题5: | | A．in return | B．in turn | C．by return | D．by turn |
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| 小题6: | | A．relaxed | B．moved | C．interrupted | D．bothered |
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| 小题7: | | A．anger | B．disappointment | C．worry | D．yesterday |
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| 小题8: | | A．reason | B．word | C．philosophy | D．sentence |
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| 小题9: | | A．change | B．hurt | C．upset | D．disturb |
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| 小题10: | | A．news | B．letter | C．message | D．information |
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| 小题11: | | A．explain | B．express | C．produce | D．present |
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| 小题13: | | A．showed | B．represented | C．equaled | D．meant |
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| 小题14: | | A．kindness | B．sympathy | C．understanding | D．consideration |
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| 小题15: | | A．referred | B．mentioned | C．reminded | D．retold |
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I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theater box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o’clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth hearing the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.
小题1:The writer is probably ______.| A．worker | B．a college teacher | | C．manager of a company | D．a clerk |
小题2:He learned ______ that there would be a concert last Friday.| A．from his friends | B．from one of his colleagues | | C．over the radio | D．from the newspaper |
小题3:He could go and buy the ticket ______.| A．any day before work hours | B．both before and after work hours | | C．only during lunch time | D．on Saturday and Sunday |
小题4:The word “relieved” in the last two sentences may best be replaced by “______”.| A．surprised | B．pleased | C．puzzled | D．sorry |
小题5:The story is about ______.| A．a good concert | | B．someone enjoying a good concert | | C．someone trying to buy concert tickets for his friends | | D．someone’s disappointment at not being able to go to the concert |
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Smart job-seekers need to rid themselves of several standard myths about interviewing before they start looking for a job. What follows is a list of some of these untruths and some tips to help you do your best at your next interview.
Myth 1: The aim of interviewing is to obtain (means “get”) a job offer.
Only half true. The real aim of an interview is to obtain the job you want. That often means rejecting job offers you don’t want! So before you please an employer, be sure you want the job.
Myth 2: Always please the interviewer
Not true. Try to please yourself. Of course, don’t be hostile—nobody wants to hire someone disagreeable. But there is plainly a muddle ground between being too ingratiating（逢迎）and being hostile.
Myth 3: Try to control the interview
Nobody “controls” an interview. When someone tries to control us, we resent（憎恨）it. When we try to control others, they resent us. Remember you can’t control what an employer thinks of you, just as he can’t control what you think of him. So he is ready to give and take when being interviewed; never control the interview.
Myth 4: Never interrupt the interviewer
Study the style of the effective conversationalists: they interrupt and are interrupted! An exciting conversation always makes us feel free—free to interrupt, to disagree, to agree enthusiastically. Just hang loose. Try being yourself for a change. Employers will either like or dislike you, but at least you’ll have made an impression. Leaving an employer indifferent（冷漠的）is the worst impression you can make.
小题1:To be your natural self in a job interview will__________.| A．make your interviewer angry | B．please your interviewer | | C．leave an impression on the interviewer | D．leave the interviewer indifferent to you |
小题2: For job seekers, efforts to control the interview are likely to __________.| A．affect the interviewer’s opinion of them | | B．lead to the offer of a job | | C．enable them to express themselves fully | | D．help to create a favorable image of themselves |
小题3:The most important thing to keep in mind when being interviewed for a job is to _________.| A．try to obtain the job | B．reject the job first | | C．qualify yourself for the job | D．see if it is a job you want |
小题4:The right attitude to a job interviewer is to be _________.| A．obedient | B．hostile | C．pleasing | D．agreeable |
小题5: “hang loose” in last paragraph means to _________.| A．stay calm and relaxed | B．become weak and passive | | C．take charge | D．sit back comfortably |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 1 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We’ve called for a (n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.”
Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 3 .
The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they 4 the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames 5 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head.
6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in 7 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 8 scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesn’t mean they won’t 9 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I 10 this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to 11 and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the 12 to give up any plastic surgery (外科手术).
We all have “scars” that 13 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 14 standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your 15 and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
| 小题1: | | A．brought | B．given | C．turned | D．shown |
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| 小题2: | | A．doctor | B．hospital | C．helicopter | D．ambulance |
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| 小题3: | | A．serious | B．terrible | C．dangerous | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．got | B．lit | C．burned | D．moved |
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| 小题5: | | A．took | B．held | C．caught | D．attracted |
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| 小题6: | | A．Personally | B．Technically | C．Sadly | D．Fortunately |
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| 小题7: | | A．shape | B．place | C．fact | D．time |
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| 小题8: | | A．nervous | B．formal | C．obvious | D．amusing |
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| 小题9: | | A．admit | B．notice | C．hate | D．hide |
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| 小题10: | | A．passed | B．kept | C．handed | D．sent |
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| 小题11: | | A．life | B．heart | C．consideration | D．practice |
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| 小题12: | | A．mistake | B．survey | C．decision | D．instruction |
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| 小题13: | | A．invite | B．cause | C．allow | D．impress |
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| 小题14: | | A．false | B．strict | C．similar | D．amusing |
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| 小题15: | | A．head | B．heart | C．sight | D．mind |
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Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity(生物的多样性). It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock.
You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fallen off the edge of the earth and into the rabbit hole. Nothing is as it appears. Moths (蛀虫) are the size of birds. Are those twin pillars (柱) of black rock (a landmark known as Mule Ear Peaks) ten miles (16 kilometers) away or fifty (80 kilometers)? Visibility (能见度) reaches more than a hundred miles on a clear day, and since there are few roads or buildings to use as milestones, distance is difficult to judge.
This is a place where water runs uphill, where rainbows have to wait for rain. The line between myth (虚构的故事) and reality is unclear. Stare long enough at the Chisos Mountains or the Sierra del Carmen, the two mountain ranges, known as sky islands, which lie on the land, and they rise and float above the plain.
The vast Chihuahuan Desert is a land of no people. There is always the chance you’ll die of thirst. The “You Can Die”possibilities are endless, and keep some visitors — 350,000 a year to Big Bend National Park, built in 1944 — from coming back. Those who do return are left to think of the remarkable courage of the brave few who have managed to survive in this terrible environment.
小题1:The underlined word“untamed”in Paragraph 1 means“________”.| A．untouched | B．wild | C．unchanged | D．fresh |
小题2:Why do the twin pillars of black rock seem ten or fifty miles away?| A．They were put so far away. | | B．They lie across the Chihuahuan Desert. | | C．It is difficult to judge the distance, with few milestones. | | D．One lies in the Chisos Mountains, the other in the Sierra del Carmen. |
小题3:How many years are there since the Big Bend National Park was built?| A．350,000 years. | B．350 years. | C．66 years. | D．44 years. |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?| A．The natural wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert. | | B．Everything you see is not what it seems in the Chihuahuan Desert. | | C．The terrible environment of deserts in Texas and Mexico. | | D．A special place where none who go can return. |
小题5:What can we learn from the last paragraph?| A．There are all kinds of living things in the Chihuahuan Desert. | | B．No people live in the Big Bend region. | | C．Nothing is as it appears in the Big Bend region. | | D．Traveling in the Big Bend region is dangerous. |
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Once I went to a railway station near New York. I 36 to take the night train there. 37 of people were pushing into the 38 train. I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car, 39 he said sharply, “No, you can’t. The train is full. Don’t 40 me any more.”
I was very 41 indeed. I said to the friend who was with me, “ he talked to me like this 42 he doesn’t know that I am a famous writer. If he knew…But before I could 43 my sentence my friend said, “Don’t be 44 . How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no 45 seats on the train.” I was 46 he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain. But all he said, “I told you not to trouble me any more.”
Just then I 47 a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me, He whispered something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very 48 , “ Can I help you, sir?” “ I 49 do.” I answered.
The porter took out boxes and we got on to the train. When the porter saw we were comfortably 50 in our places, he said, “Now. Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you 51 .”
After the porter had gone, my friend looked 52 . He said. “I am 53 sorry I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said. “ Oh. Sir, I 54 you immediately”. “Really?” I said happily, “of course”, he said. “I recognized you the 55 I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr Smith, the mayor of New York City.”
| 小题1: | | A．managed | B．failed | C．used | D．happened |
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| 小题2: | | A．Some | B．Most | C．Crowds | D．Many |
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| 小题3: | | A．night | B．busy | C．full | D．leaving |
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| 小题4: | | A．but | B．and | C．though | D．where |
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| 小题5: | | A．ask | B．trouble | C．follow | D．strike |
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| 小题6: | | A．nervous | B．uneasy | C．hurt | D．busy |
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| 小题7: | | A．as if | B．since | C．suppose | D．because |
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| 小题8: | | A．complete | B．continue | C．make | D．speak |
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| 小题9: | | A．upset | B．sad | C．foolish | D．discouraged |
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| 小题10: | | A．more | B．enough | C．our | D．empty |
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| 小题11: | | A．wondering | B．sure | C．told | D．thinking |
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| 小题12: | | A．met | B．noticed | C．remembered | D．knew |
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| 小题13: | | A．loudly | B．calmly | C．politely | D．slowly |
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| 小题14: | | A．can | B．shall | C．certainly | D．must |
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| 小题15: | | A．seating | B．settled | C．sleeping | D．drinking |
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| 小题17: | | A．surprised | B．ashamed | C．sorrowful | D．anxious |
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| 小题18: | | A．awfully | B．much | C．more | D．too much |
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| 小题19: | | A．admired | B．realized | C．recognized | D．respected |
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| 小题20: | | A．moments | B．while | C．minute | D．soon |
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