On a cold winter day,I waited in line to see my hero,Jack Canfield,the author of The Success
Principles
During his talk,Jack__1__his wallet,pulled out a hundreddollar bill,and said,"Who wants this?"
__2__shot up in the audience;people leaned forward to see whom Jack would__3__.But I
jumped up,ran up the__4__to the stage,and grabbed the bill.As I was launching myself in the
air,thoughts__5__through my mind-was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people?
Would they__6__security guards and take me from the stage?__7__my desire for bold action
was louder than any__8__voice.
As I got the bill from his hand,he said,"That"s it!We can"t wait for the__9__to come to us.
We must take action to__10__what we want!"
After his talk,I managed to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his__11__email
address.Over the next months,I sent him emails__12__my vision and dreams with him.He
kindly emailed back lots of encouragement.But my life got__13__with other things.I stopped
emailing Jack.
A year later,my dreams had worn away.I thought Jack would inspire me into action,like
a giant__14__that would show me the way.
I emailed him,and then again-but got no__15__.As I sat down at my computer to check
my emails,I__16__woke up.What was I doing?I was waiting!Now I remembered the crowd,
most likely__17__that hundreddollar bill,while they sat__18__to their chairs.
Usually we all have a "Jack"for whom we wait-whether it"s a person,a place or a thing.
We__19__believe the gifts of life are just around the corner,and that everything will come
in a(n)__20__way.So we don"t try.We give up.But as Wayne Gretzky said:"You"ll always
miss 100% of the opportunities you don"t take!" So I stopped waiting and started my
writing career.
Now what are you waiting for?
My parents influenced us with the concepts of family,faith and patriotism when I was
young.Even though we struggled to make ends meet,they stressed how fortunate we were
to live in a great country with limitless opportunities.
I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad,Benjamin,injured his back working in a
cardboardbox factory and was retrained as a hairstylist.He rented space in a little mall
and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben"s Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the
parking lot three nights a week,which meant getting up at 3 am.To pick up trash,Dad
used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower.Mom and I emptied garbage cans
and picked up litter by hand.It took two to three hours to clean the lot.I"d sleep in the
car on the way home.
I did this for two years,but the lessons I learned have lasted a lifetime.I acquired
discipline and a strong work morality,and learned at an early age the importance of
balancing life"s competing interests-in my case,school,homework and a job.This really
helped during my senior year of high school,when I worked 40 hours a week flipping
hamburgers at a fastfood joint while taking a full load of collegeprep courses.
The_hard_work_paid_off.I attended the US Military Academy and went on to
receive graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard.Later,I joined a big Los
Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly.In these jobs and in
everything else I"ve done,I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.The
experience taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to
provide for themselves and their families,that is something we should honor.
A.he is lucky to have many chances to get a job
B.it is difficult to find a job to make ends meet
C.his parents are full of complaint about their life
D.it is not acceptable to live in such bad conditions
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He met her at a party.She was outstanding;many boys were after her,but nobody paid any__1__to him.After the party,he invited her for coffee.She was surprised.In order not to __2__rude,she went along. __3__they sat in a nice coffee shop,he was too__4__to say anything.Suddenly,he asked the waiter,"Could you please__5__me some salt?I"d like to put it in my coffee." The girl stared at him.He turned red,but when the salt came,he put it in his coffee and drank.__6__,she asked,"Why salt with coffee?" he__7__,"When I was a little boy,I lived near the sea.I liked playing on the sea...I could__8__its taste salty,like salty coffee.Now every time I drink it,I think of my__9__and my hometown.I miss it and my parents,who are still there." She was deeply__10__.A man who can__11__that he"s homesick must love his home and__12__about his family.He must be__13__. She talked too,about her faraway hometown,her childhood and her__14__.That was the start to their love story. They continued to date each other.She found that he met all her__15__.He was kind, warm,and careful.__16__to think she would have missed the__17__if not for the salty coffee. So they married and lived happily together.Every time she made coffee for him,she put in some salt,the__18__he liked it. After 40 years,he_19__away and left her a letter which said,"My dearest,please forgive my lifelong lie.Remember the first time we dated?I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of sugar.If I could live a second time,I hope we can be together again,__20__it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life. | |||
( )1.A.money ( )2.A.show ( )3.A.As ( )4.A.eager ( )5.A.lift ( )6.A.Mysterious ( )7.7A.explained ( )8.A.taste ( )9.A.boat ( )10.A.touched ( )11.A.afford ( )12.A.mind ( )13.A.smart ( )14.A.family ( )15.A.friends ( )16.A.And ( )17.A.sight ( )18.A.method ( )19.A.moved ( )20.A.as if | B.attention B.look B.Because B.proud B.take B.Moved B.argued B.feel B.friend B.hurt B.realize B.care B.intelligent B.school B.requirements B.When B.train B.style B.passed B.now that | C.visit C.seem C.Since C.nervous C.carry C.Curious C.stated C.smell C.playmate C.pressed C.recognize C.know C.responsible C.relatives C.needs C.Or C.catch C.manner C.died C.even if | D.respect D.appear D.Though D.anxious D.bring D.Excited D.claimed D.sense D.childhood D.interested D.admit D.attend D.flexible D.house D.standards D.But D.home D.way D.walked D.so that |
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When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I"ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shootups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn"t let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down. Mr. Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr Clark said, "You"re all going. " On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn"t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but we always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit the orphanages (孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It"s now my dream to one day start a group of women"s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds. | |||
1. Without Mr Clark, the writer________. | |||
A. might have been put into prison B. might not have won the prize C. might have joined a women"s club D. might not have moved to Atlanta | |||
2. The Essential 55 is________. | |||
A. a show B. a speech C. a classroom rule D. a book | |||
3. How many students" names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark? | |||
A. None. B. Three. C. Fiftyfive. D. All. | |||
4. What can we learn from the passage? | |||
A. It was in Harlem that we saw The Phantom of the Opera for the first time. B. Mr. Clark taught us not to talk with our mouths full, and we did. C. Mr. Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year in Los Angeles. D. In 2003, Mr. Clark moved to Atlanta, and he always kept in touch with us. | |||
5. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that________. | |||
A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women"s clubs C. a good teacher can help raise his or her students" scores D. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students | |||
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Nick Campbell sat at the side of the road and wondered what to do next.He looked at the secondhand Harley Davidson he"d bought from a backstreet garage back home in Miami at the beginning of his trip six weeks before. For years he had dreamt of crossing the United States from east to west by motorbike and he"d finally decided that it was now or never.He"d given up his job,sold his car and set off for the journey of his dreams.He"d been lucky,or so he thought,to find this old Harley Davidson and had bought it for a very reasonable price-it had cost him just $600.But five kilometres from Atlanta,he had run out of luck.The motorbike had broken down. He pushed the bike into town and found a garage.The young mechanic told him to leave the bike overnight and come back the next day.The following morning,to his surprise,the man asked if the bike was for sale."Certainly not," he replied,paid his bill and hit the road. When he got to Kansas the old machine ran out of steam again.This time Nick thought about selling it and buying something more reliable,but decided to carry on.When the bike was going well,he loved it. However,in Denver,Colorado the bike broke down again so he decided to take it to a garage and offer it for sale.The mechanic told him to come back in the morning. The next day,to his amazement,the man offered him $2,000.Realising the man must be soft in the head,but clearly not short of money,Nick asked for $3,000.The man agreed and they signed the papers.Then the mechanic started laughing.In fact it was several minutes before he could speak and when he could he said,"That"s the worst deal you"ll ever make,boy." He removed the seat.On the underside was the inscription (铭文): "To Elvis,love James Dean." | |||
1. Harley Davidson here refers to a________. | |||
A. car B. truck C. garage D. motorbike | |||
2. Which of the following did Nick value most? | |||
A. Harley Davidson. B. His job. C. His dream to travel. D. His car. | |||
3. Nick was unwilling to sell his Harley Davidson because he thought it was________. | |||
A. lovely B. valuable C. reliable D. old | |||
4. The underlined word soft in the 6th paragraph is closest in meaning to________. | |||
A. clever B. crazy C. honest D. kind | |||
5. At the end of the story,Nick must have felt very________. | |||
A. sorry B. delighted C. excited D. moved |