There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decision
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There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you others. Because while there will be times outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision anyway.
You were with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and the appropriate action, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did, and so I too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to and to life.
| 小题1: | | A．easy | B． ready | C．unwilling | D．hard |
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| 小题2: | | A．lead | B． lend | C．take | D．earn |
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| 小题3: | | A．look at | B．pick up | C．turn to | D．learn from |
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| 小题4: | | A．that | B．since | C．when | D．while |
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| 小题5: | | A．useless | B．useful | C． priceless | D．clever |
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| 小题6: | | A．getting | B． making | C．suffering | D．facing |
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| 小题7: | | A．on one hand | B．on your own | C．on the whole | D．on all sides |
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| 小题8: | | A．born | B．tired | C．satisfied | D．covered |
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| 小题9: | | A．enjoy | B．step | C．plan | D．take |
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| 小题10: | | A．assumption | B．judgment | C．condition | D．fortune |
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| 小题11: | | A．basing | B．depending | C．relying | D．focusing |
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| 小题12: | | A．research | B．search | C．resources | D．activity |
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| 小题13: | | A．poverty | B．laziness | C．richness | D．diligence |
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| 小题14: | | A．used | B．accustomed | C．new | D．old |
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| 小题15: | | A．students | B．brothers | C．colleagues | D．classmates |
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| 小题16: | | A．owed | B．paid | C． gave | D．held |
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| 小题17: | | A．disaster | B．progress | C． failure | D．success |
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| 小题18: | | A．either | B．another | C．each | D．others |
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| 小题19: | | A．think | B．remember | C．realize | D．recall |
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| 小题20: | | A．payment | B．dreams | C．happiness | D．business |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：本文主要讲了在大多数情况下，你应该独自做出明智的决定，不再让自己受其他人的影响。
小题1:考查动词。 根据You will find many people to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), 可知这里意思是你会发现许多人准备给你提出建议。Easy容易；ready准备；unwilling不愿意；hard困难的，故选B。
小题2:考查动词。根据but always remember that the life you is yours and nobody else’s.可知这里意思是但是要记得生活是你自己在过。Lead领导；lend借给；take拿；earn赚，故选A。
小题3:考查短语。根据It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you others.可知这里意思是在你向其他人求助之前。look at看着；pick up捡起；turn to求助于；learn from向……学习，故选C。
小题4:考查连词。根据there will be at least as many times when it proves completely .所以这里填when。That那个；since自从；when当……时候；while然而，故选C。
小题5:考查形容词。根据Because while there will be times outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely . 可知这里意思是有时候，它被证明是完全无用的。Useless无用的；useful有用的；priceless无价的；clever聪明的，故选A。
小题6:考查动词。根据The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are .可知这里意思是面对挑战。Getting得到；making制造；suffering遭受；facing面对，故选D。
小题7:考查短语。根据Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision anyway. 可知这里意思是在大多数情况下，你应该独自做出明智的决定。on one hand一方面；on your own独自地；on the whole大体上；on all sides到处，故选B。
小题8:考查短语。根据with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest.可知这里意思是你天生具有这种能力。Be born with是固定用法，意思是生就。故选A。
小题9:考查短语。根据Most of the time, you will make the right decision and the appropriate action,可知这里填take。Take action是固定用法，意思是采取行动，故选D。
小题10:考查名词。根据and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own . 可知这里意思是违反你自己的判断。Assumption假定；judgment判断；condition情况；fortune财富，故选B。
小题11:考查短语。根据Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision.可知这里填basing。Base on是固定用法，意思是以……为基础，故选A。
小题12:考查名词。根据Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision.可知这里意思是没有进行做出明智决断的有必要的研究。Research研究；search寻找；resources资源；activity活动，故选A。
小题13:考查名词。根据But, being to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did,可知我这样做并不是由于懒惰。Poverty贫穷；laziness懒惰；richness富裕；diligence勤奋，故选B。
小题14:考查分词。根据I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did,可知我是新来华尔街的。Used用过的；accustomed习惯；new新的；old旧的，故选C。
小题15:考查名词。 根据Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision. 可知这里填colleagues。Students学生；brothers兄弟；colleagues同事；classmates同学，故选C。
小题16:考查动词。根据too much significance to their opinions.可知这里意思是我太注重他们意见的重要意义了。Owed归功于；paid付给；gave给予；held举行，故选A。
小题17:考查名词。根据Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions.可知我最终以失败告终。Disaster灾难；progress进步；failure失败；success成功，故选C。
小题18:考查名词。根据and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions.可知这里意思是我不再让自己受其他人的影响。Either任何一个；another另一个；each每个；others其他人，故选D。
小题19:考查动词。根据It took me until I was almost 30 years old to this可知这里意思是直到三十岁我才意识到这些。Think想；remember记得；realize意识到；recall使想起，故选C。
小题20:考查名词。根据it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to and to life.
可知这里填business。Payment付款；dreams梦想；happiness；business商业，故选D。 |
举一反三
My friend Tom came across an accident when driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but in the cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke and then the of the rescue team.
It is almost that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his . “First of all I checked my conditions and found myself not in danger. As there was no to call for help, I leaned（斜靠）back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from . In this way I dozed（打盹）off.”
His story put an end to my regret for the of an exploration that happened last year. A group of young men to explore a mountain cave and got lost. to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of . Finally, they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the team that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to themselves, they would probably have sensed a faint light glowing(发出) not far away.
Don’t you think that you can compare it with itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness. Focus that it’s unclear to you yet and you needn’t put up struggle . It seems to be a negative attitude, a person who can do so must have foresight as well as a great in the first place.
| 小题1: | | A．hopeless | B．worse | C．more | D．best |
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| 小题2: | | A．service | B．way | C．control | D．work |
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| 小题4: | | A．delay | B．success | C．team | D．arrival |
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| 小题5: | | A．untrue | B．unimaginable | C．possible | D．useless |
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| 小题6: | | A．plan | B．decision | C．explanation | D．excuse |
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| 小题7: | | A．physical | B．mental | C．working | D．medical |
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| 小题8: | | A．method | B．way | C．tools | D．strength |
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| 小题9: | | A．rotting | B．spreading | C．bleeding | D．running |
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| 小题10: | | A．loss | B．failure | C．sadness | D．disappointment |
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| 小题11: | | A．had | B．managed | C．tried | D．planned |
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| 小题12: | | A．Willing | B．Unable | C．Determined | D．Deciding |
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| 小题13: | | A．hearing | B．sight | C．feeling | D．direction |
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| 小题14: | | A．rescue | B．village | C．local | D．brave |
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| 小题15: | | A．end | B．top | C．opening | D．side |
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| 小题16: | | A．save | B．help | C．stop | D．calm |
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| 小题17: | | A．adventure | B．work | C．life | D．mankind |
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| 小题18: | | A．really | B．immediately | C．carefully | D．hopefully |
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| 小题20: | | A．courage | B．imagination | C．thought | D．opinion |
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My daughter and I went out for some shopping．While I was waiting to ，my daughter asked if she could wait for me at the door．
Minutes later she returned to ask if she could give the she had just bought to a man in the street, so there she went and her sweets away．Another 2 minutes later, she again to ask me for something else she could give to the man．I told her that I only had some biscuits for dessert，so she took them to the man and came back with a huge on her face．
When we got out of the shop I that the “man”was an old man in his 80"s．It tooked like he was going to the night there. We made eye contact(接触)and he thanked us a lot．
On the way to the parking lot my daughter wanted to buy a drink for the old man, but I had no ．So I went to the cash machine，took some cash and my daughter gave it to the old man，so he could buy a drink．My daughter was over when she came back from the old man．
It was probably my daughter"s first random act of ，and that was amazing．
| 小题1: | | A．order | B．pay | C．leave | D．rest |
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| 小题2: | | A．sweets | B．toys | C．clothes | D．drinks |
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| 小题4: | | A．cried | B．waved | C．returned | D．went |
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| 小题5: | | A．smiie | B．kiss | C．gift | D．feeling |
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| 小题6: | | A．decided | B．realized | C．believed | D．imagined |
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| 小题7: | | A．enjoy | B．make | C．prepare | D．spend |
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| 小题8: | | A．choice | B．idea | C．change | D．plan |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．crazy | C．angry | D．smart |
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| 小题10: | | A．politeness | B．service | C．honesty | D．kindness |
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I was out late watching a movie with a friend in Georgetown．By the time the ended，it was 2 a．m．We walked to my car which was across the street．When we arrived，I noticed something strange-the doors were ．I took a quick of the car and was relieved to find everything undamaged, one thing-my briefcase was gone. After a further search with my friend，I the fact that it was gone, I considered myself incredibly that nothing valuable was taken and nothing else in the car was ．
The next day I a surprising voieemail from a man．He said he had walked his dog in the morning and a pile of papers and bills with my name all over them．I him back immediately．He promised to the materials back or I could pick them up．At first I asked him to send them，but then I ．We were in the same city and plus I didn’t want to inconvenience him．Normally，it probably wouldn’t be to go to a stranger"s house to something up，but he gave me an so I figured I was relatively safe．
I met the man and thanked him very much．He said he would me if he found anything else. Words could not express my of this stranger’s kindness. I thought to myself-there’s so much goodness in the world and there are so many people who that inner goodness through acts kindness. Though it feels good to give kindness, it feels nice to others want to give too.
| 小题1: | | A．party | B．movie | C．meeting | D．night |
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| 小题2: | | A．driven | B．stopped | C．bought | D．parked |
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| 小题3: | | A．unlocked | B．broken | C．scratched | D．changed |
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| 小题4: | | A．charge | B．attempt | C．survey | D．repair |
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| 小题5: | | A．rather than | B．along with | C．as for | D．except for |
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| 小题6: | | A．declared | B．accepted | C．doubted | D．predicted |
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| 小题7: | | A．anxious | B．confident | C．fortunate | D．satisfactory |
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| 小题8: | | A．damaged | B．attacked | C．guarded | D．emptied |
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| 小题10: | | A．made out | B．went through | C．passed down | D．came across |
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| 小题11: | | A．turned | B．fought | C．called | D．wrote |
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| 小题12: | | A．bring | B．find | C．hold | D．mail |
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| 小题13: | | A．reconsidered | B．discussed | C．criticized | D．remembered |
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| 小题14: | | A．honest | B．proud | C．smart | D．true |
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| 小题16: | | A．example | B．excuse | C．order | D．address |
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| 小题17: | | A．meet | B．charge | C．inform | D．greet |
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| 小题18: | | A．appreciation | B．approval | C．sympathy | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题19: | | A．search | B．express | C．drive | D．remove |
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| 小题20: | | A．force | B．challenge | C．help | D．realize |
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Mark Twain said that "habit is habit, and not to be flung（扔） out the window by anyone, but coaxed(劝诱) downstairs a step at a time. " The chances of successfully changing negative behavior when you make gradual changes that give you time to _ _ negative patterns for positive ones.
On any given day, countless numbers of us get out of bed and _ _ to begin to change a given behavior "today." Whether it be exercising more, drinking less, managing time or some other change in a negative behavior, we start out with high . In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail and are soon doing it was they thought they shouldn"t be doing.
After considerable research, some researchers believe that behavior changes usually do not if they start with the change itself. , they believe that we must a series of “stages” to adequately prepare ourselves for that change. Once you have analyzed all the factors that what you do ,you must decide which behavior-change technique will work best for you.
According to the psychologist Albert Ellis, most problems and related behaviors arise from irrational (不理性的) statements that people make to when events in their lives are different from what they would like them to be. For example, suppose after doing on an exam, you say to yourself, “I can not believe I failed that easy exam. I am so stupid.”By changing this irrational “catastrophic” self-talk into rational, statements about what is really going on, you can increase the that positive behaviors will occur.
Positive self-talk might be as follows: "I really didn"t study enough for the exam. I just need to prepare for the next ”.
Such self-talk will help you to recover quickly from and take positive steps to correct the situation. Some other technique like purposefully or stopping negative thoughts and refusing to dwell on (沉湎于) negative images can also spare you wasted energy, time and emotional resources and move on to positive changes.
| 小题1: | | A．decline | B．remain | C．disappear | D．improve |
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| 小题2: | | A．substitute | B．cancel | C．find | D．ignore |
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| 小题3: | | A．refuse | B．determine | C．hesitate | D．advocate |
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| 小题4: | | A．more | B．better | C．worse | D．less |
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| 小题5: | | A．values | B．requirements | C．expectations | D．levels |
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| 小题6: | | A．whichever | B．however | C．wherever | D．whatever |
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| 小题7: | | A．succeed | B．fail | C．exist | D．fade |
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| 小题8: | | A．Nevertheless | B．Otherwise | C．Instead | D．Moreover |
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| 小题9: | | A．look through | B．break through | C．go through | D．pull through |
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| 小题10: | | A．initial | B．temporary | C．instant | D．eventual |
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| 小题11: | | A．involve | B．influence | C．explain | D．adjust |
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| 小题12: | | A．emotional | B．physical | C．technical | D．professional |
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| 小题13: | | A．all | B．others | C．someone | D．themselves |
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| 小题14: | | A．poorly | B．carefully | C．completely | D．slowly |
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| 小题15: | | A．positive | B．ridiculous | C．negative | D．explicit |
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| 小题16: | | A．danger | B．awareness | C．amount | D．probability |
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| 小题17: | | A．written | B．phrased | C．listed | D．captioned |
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| 小题18: | | A．research | B．test | C．talk | D．problem |
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| 小题19: | | A．tiredness | B．habits | C．disappointment | D．burdens |
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| 小题20: | | A．recalling | B．starting | C．blocking | D．holding |
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I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had ___ the office to get something to eat. On the way，I __a busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him. I had some ___ in my pocket，but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would __ use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He___ like that type— young and ragged. ___ what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then ___ I had no right to place myself above ___ just because he was busking.
I ___ and dropped all the coins into his __，and he smiled at me. I watched for a while. As ___ as it sounds，I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of ___ or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened. ___ ,I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of __ .”I thought.
On my way home at the end of the ___ , I saw the busker again and he was __ .I watched him pick up the hat and walk __ a cafe counter. There he poured the ___ contents into a tin collecting __ an earthquake fundraising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity!
Now I donate any ___ I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
| 小题1: | | A．left | B．cleaned | C．prepared | D．searched |
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| 小题2: | | A．led | B．chose | C．saw | D．fooled |
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| 小题3: | | A．chocolates | B．coins | C．tins | D．drugs |
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| 小题4: | | A．almost | B．only | C．rather | D．still |
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| 小题5: | | A．acted | B．looked | C．sounded | D．smelt |
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| 小题6: | | A．Though | B．For | C．Therefore | D．But |
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| 小题7: | | A．declared | B．realized | C．expected | D．guessed |
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| 小题9: | | A．waited | B．followed | C．stopped | D．arrived |
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| 小题10: | | A．rag | B．hat | C．pocket | D．counter |
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| 小题11: | | A．selfish | B．awkward | C．innocent | D．special |
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| 小题12: | | A．happiness | B．sadness | C．love | D．hate |
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| 小题13: | | A．Disappointedly | B．Unfortunately | | C．Coincidentally | D．Comfortably |
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| 小题14: | | A．words | B．effort | C．space | D．money |
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| 小题15: | | A．moment | B．day | C．break | D．event |
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| 小题16: | | A．walking around | B．passing by | | C．packing up | D．running off |
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| 小题18: | | A．chief | B．basic | C．actual | D．total |
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| 小题20: | | A．work | B．time | C．energy | D．change |
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