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infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have
been gifts in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great courage
can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was born infected with HIV:his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life,
he was dependent on medications to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a tube surgically
inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack
on his back. Medications were hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through this
tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing.
Tyler wasn"t willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not
unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicineladen backpack and
dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon. All of us who knew Tyler marveled at his
pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him. Tyler"s mom often teased him by telling him that he
moved so fast that she needed to dress him in red. That way, when she peered through the window to
check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly spot him.
This dreaded disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo like Tyler. He grew
quite ill and, unfortunately, so did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn"t
going to survive, Tyler"s mom talked to him about death. She comforted him by telling Tyler that she
was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.
A few days before his death, Tyler beckoned me over to his hospital bed and whispered, "I might
die soon. I"m not scared. When I die, please dress me in red. Mom promised she"s coming to heaven,
too. I"ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."
B. Optimistic.
C. Sorrowful.
D. Fearful.
B. red might help to cure him
C. his mom could spot him easily
D. he could find more mates by wearing red
B. A caring mother
C. Mother and son
D. Dying in red
B. an extremely energetic person
C. a rare and beautiful flower
D. a magic and understanding superstar
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When you make a mistake,big or small,cherish(珍视) it like it"s the most precious thing in the world.
Because in some ways,it is.
Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes,beat ourselves up about it,feel like failures,get mad at
ourselves.
And that"s only natural:most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad,that we
should try to avoid mistakes.We"ve been scolded when we make mistakes-at home,school and work.
Maybe not always,but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.
Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be
cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world:they make learning
possible;they make growth and improvement possible.
By trial and error-trying things,making mistakes,and learning from those mistakes-we have figured out
how to make electric light,to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,to fly.
Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler,make speech possible,make works of genius
possible.
Think about how we learn:we don"t just consume information about something and instantly know it or
know how to do it.You don"t just read about painting,or writing,or computer programming,or baking,or
playing the piano,and know how to do them right away.Instead,you get information about something,from
reading or from another person or from observing usually...then you construct a model in your mind...then
you test it out by trying it in the real world...then you make mistakes...then you revise the model based on
the results of your real－world experimentation...and repeat,making mistakes,learning from those mistakes,
until you"ve pretty much learned how to do something.That"s how we learn as babies and toddlers,and how
we learn as adults.Mistakes are how we learn to do something new-because if you succeed at something,
it"s probably something you already knew how to do.You haven"t really grown much from that success-at
most it"s the last step on your journey,not the whole journey.Most of the journey was made up of mistakes,
if it"s a good journey.
So if you value learning,if you value growing and improving,then you should value mistakes.They are
amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.
B．Because it"s a natural part in our life.
C．Because we"ve been taught so from a young age.
D．Because mistakes have ruined many people"s careers.
B．We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.
C．We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.
D．We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.
B．a kindergarten child learning to draw
C．a primary pupil learning to read
D．a school teenager learning to write
B．growing and improving are based on mistakes
C．we learn to make mistakes by trial and error
D．we read about something and know how to do it right away
the present moment . In spite of what happened yesterday or last year,and what may or may not happen
tomorrow,the present moment is where you are-always!
Without question,many of us have mastered the sensitive art of spending much of our lives worrying
about a variety of things-all at once.We allow past problems and future concerns to control our present
moments,so much so that we end up anxious,discouraged,depressed,and hopeless.On the other hand,we
also put off our satisfaction,and put off what we should think of first,and our happiness,often convincing
ourselves that "someday" will be better than today.Unfortunately,the same mental power that tells us to
look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that "someday" never actually arrives.John Lennon
once said,"Life is what"s happening while we"re busy making other plans." When we are busy making other
plans, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are
getting out of shape,and our dreams are slipping away.In short,we miss our life.
Many people live as if life were dress rehearsal(彩排) for someday in the future.It isn"t.In fact,no one
has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow.Now is the only time we have,and the only time that
we have any control over.When our attention is in the present moment,we push fear from our minds.Fear
is the concern over events that might happen in the future-we won"t have enough money,our children will
get into trouble,we will get old and die,whatever.
To fight against fear,the best method is to learn to bring your attention back to the present.Mark Twain
said,"I have been through some terrible things in my life,some of which actually happened.I don"t think I
can say it any better.Practice keeping your attention on here and now.Your efforts will pay off sooner or
later."
A．is out of mind
B．is in peace of mind
C．has forgotten his past
D．will ignore his future
B．attention on the present
C．worry about what might happen in the future
D．anxiety about dress rehearsal
B．remind people to make good plans for their future
C．warn people that their children are growing up
D．remind people that their bodies are out of shape
B．the first time for us to look forward to our future
C．the only time we have and can control
D．the busy time we can make good preparations for the future
to be a loving husband and father.Totally loving.No ifs,ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio.The speaker was quoting a Biblical
passage about husbands and their wives.Then he went on to say,"Love is an act of will.A person can
choose to love." To myself,I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband.Well,for two weeks that would change.
And it did.Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said,"That new yellow sweater looks
great on you.""Oh,Tom,you noticed",she said,surprised and pleased.Maybe a little puzzled.After the long
drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I
thought "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me. " We
walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went.Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director；a visit to the shell
museum though I usually hate museums.Relaxed and happy,that"s how the whole vacation passed.I made
a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment,however.Evelyn and I still laugh about it
today.On the last night at our cottage,preparing for bed,Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
"What"s the matter?" I asked her.
"Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress,"I don"t?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well...that checkup I had several weeks ago...our doctor...did he tell you something about me?Tom,
you"ve been so good to me...am I dying?"
It took a moment for it all to be understood.Then I burst out laughing.
"No,honey," I said,wrapping her in my arms."You"re not dying；I"m just starting to live."
B．Independently
C．Impressively
D．Unconditionally
B．with Evelyn
C．alone
D．with his children
B．he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C．she looked lovely in her new clothes
D．the doctor said his wife was seriously ill
refer to?
B．She insisted on visiting a museum,which he hated.
C．He knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her.
D．He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.
B．he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C．he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D．he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before
__1__to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a__2__hole behind their house.As they were working,a couple of older
boys stopped by to__3__.
"What are you doing?"asked one of the visitors.
"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers__4__excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh,__5__the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth
was__6__.After a long__7__,one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders,worms and a wide variety
of insects.He__8__the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑)__9__.
Then he said quietly and__10__,"Even if we don"t dig all the way through the earth,look what we have
found along the way!"
Their__11__was far too ambitious,but it did__12__them to dig.And that is what a goal is for-to cause
us to move in the__13__we have chosen；__14__to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully__15__.Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship will
endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be completed.
Not every dream will be__16__.
But when you__17__your aim,perhaps you can say,"Yes,__18__look at what I found along the way!
Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"
It is in the__19__that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey,in the end,that truly__20__.
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| 阅读理解. | |||
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually | |||
| 1. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because. | |||
| A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single C. he finds mor  e fun in dating than in mar riageD. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement | |||
| 2. Raising children, in the author"s opinion, is. | |||
| A. a moral duty B. a thankless job C. a rewarding task D. a source of inevitable pain | |||
| 3. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems form -. | |||
| A. hatred B. misunderstanding C. prejudice D. ignorance | |||
| 4. To understand what true happiness in, one must______. | |||
| A. have as much fun as possible during one"s 1ifetime. B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain C. put up with pain under all circumstances D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun | |||
| 5. What is the author trying to tell us? | |||
| A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain. B. One must know how to attain happiness. C. It is important to make commitments. D. It is pain that leads to happiness. |