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　　Russ was a lovable kid with a variety of communication challenges－a speech impediment(语言障碍), dyslexia(诵读困难), and auditory problems．　　1　　 today he is walking confidently, standing tall to make an acceptance 　　2　　 for having been chosen one of the “Outstanding Young Citizens” in Ocean County, New Jersey 　　3　　 his remarkable volunteer service in the town of Toms River．

　　As I listened, I closed my eyes．I found myself 　　4　　 those memorable moments．My mind was full of warm images of Russ as a loving, caring youth, a gentle soul, 　　5　　 his challenges．And now, as he stood at the platform, I knew his heart 　　6　　 be racing．As Russ continued to speak, I thought about the fateful day when he was diagnosed with all those impairments(损伤)and how 　　7　　 his tutors would be if they could see him today．Here he was at twenty-nine, being honored for ten years of service as a volunteer 　　8　　．Russ was 　　9　　 for organizing clothing for the homeless, teaching preschool children about fire safety, and for playing Santa Claus for very sick children by driving up in a fire truck．

　　Russ thanked his parents for providing him with dignity and for teaching him about morals．Then, pausing for a few seconds, he 　　10　　 us by surprise by touching lovingly on the 　　11　　 of his nephew, Austin．Austin was just three years old when he died from an incurable disease．At that moment, I had to close my eyes again 　　12　　 a different set of tears ran down my cheeks．A silence 　　13　　 the room as Russ owed his volunteer award to Austin．

　　He 　　14　　 his address by lifting the audience up with these words, “Austin taught me how to love．”

　　I have never thought of this day．　　15　　, no one had ever thought that Russ would make 　　16　　 as the star of the football team, and he had never been voted “most likely to succeed,” but he 　　17　　 to be a true “star” in his community．Russ became a man of strong character 　　18　　 his unselfish service to others．With so many impairments, Russ now sees and acts 　　19　　 with his heart．His words and deeds inspire everyone who knows him．It is Russ, our son, who has shown us what 　　20　　 is．

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Once I went to a railway station near New York．I 　　1　　 to take the night train there．　　2　　 of people were pushing into the 　　3　　 train．I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car, 　　4　　 he said sharply, “No, you can't．The train is full．Don't 　　5　　 me any more．”

　　I was 　　6　　 indeed．I said to the friend who was with me, “He talked to me like this 　　7　　 he doesn't know that I am a famous writer．If he knew…” But before I could 　　8　　 my sentence my friend said, “Don't be 　　9　　．How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no 　　10　　 seats on the train．” I was 　　11　　 he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain．But he only replied, “I told you not to trouble me any more．”

　　Just then I 　　12　　 a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me．He whispered(低语)something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very 　　13　　, “Do you need help, sir?” “I 　14　　 do” I answered．

　　The porter took our boxes and we got on to the train．When the porter saw we were comfortably 　　15　　 in our places, he said, “Now, Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you 　　16　　．”

　　After the porter had 　　17　　, my friend looked ashamed(羞愧的)．He said, “I am 　　18　　 I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said, “Oh, sir, I 　　19　　 you immediately．” “Really?”I said happily．“Of course,” he said, “I recognized you the 　　20　　 I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr．Smith, the mayor(市长)of New York City．”

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　I'm someone who never went to university but always thought about it．The only way I 　　1　　 was listening to my children talk about their class and all the interesting things they were 　　2　　．University was just a life－long 　　3　　 of mine．I just turned sixty－four years old in September．I still thought about that old dream 　　4　　 one day when there was an Advanced－Age 　　5　　 at the local university．I decided to 　　6　　．

　　The day finally arrived－my first day of school．As I 　　7　　 there, my mind was filled with 　　8　　

　　thoughts, “What am I doing? I'm not smart enough to go to university．The 　　9　　 will laugh when they see me in class．I probably won't live long enough to get a 　　10　　 ．Maybe I should just turn the car around and go home．”

　　Then, 　　11　　, I saw it! A large billboard on the side of the road with a picture of Kermit the Frog．I 　　12　　 a little and read the words next to his picture． “Live your dreams．” Was Kermit speaking me? I didn't turn the car around．

　　I drove a little 　　13　　　on up the highway and there was another 　　14　　．This one had a picture of Albert Einstein with his tongue 　　15　　 out．A line read, “As a student, he was no Einstein．” And there was a word in red, “Confidence” ．A new attitude was 　　16　　　inside me．

　　I was now 　　17　　　the gate of the university and there 　　18　　 still another billboard．This one showed a photograph of a proud 　　19　　 in a cap and gown．Under the picture was her 　　20　　, Nola Ochs, aged 95．Oldest University Graduate．Below it was the words, “Live Life” ．At that moment, my outlook changed completely．

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　　I will never forget the two impressive things that happened last winter．One of my classmates and I were 　　1　　 our project work late at night on my university's campus far from home．Since there was 　　2　　 in the forecast, I had worn a winter 　　3　　 to school that day with a raincoat in my bag．

　　Throughout our work on the project, I could 　　4　　 that my friend was tired from a very long day working．As we stepped outside to begin the 　　5　　 walk home, I 　　6　　 she was shivering(颤抖)．The temperature had dropped to the low thirties(Fahrenheit)and she 　　7　　 had a sweater on．I 　　8　　 offered her my warm jacket．She accepted it and asked me what I 　　9　　 wear then．I told her I had another one and pretended that my 　　10　　 was a jacket．She said later that she 　　11　　 the next morning and the first thing on her mind was feeling moved about my 　　12　　 of the jacket．

　　Coincidentally(碰巧), the next day I went to an open-air play and I was freezing 　　13　　 I didn’t expect it to be so 　　14　　．A person who I hardly 　　15　　 insisted that I wear his jacket．I was 　　16　　 touched by this warm gesture．He was so matter-of-fact(讲究实际的)about me 　　17　　 his coat, too：he simply took it off and handed it to me telling me that I should 　　18　　 it．I used to think that this vast universe was a cold 　　19　　．It turns out that even when the temperature drops low, the people never 　　20　　 to warm each other's hearts．

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　　Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years．

　　Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my 　　1　　 was more manageable, I 　　2　　 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs．　　3　　 that was years ago and times have changed．　　4　　 I live with mother on a country farm．

　　Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 　　5　　 my disability pension(残疾抚恤金)．　　6　　 I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my 　　7　　．I decided that I would consider 　　8　　 to sing in restaurants．

　　My family are all musicians, so I was 　　9　　 when I went into our local music store．I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music．I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of 　　10　　 to get started．And often you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 　　11　　 use．

　　When I told the owner of the shop about my 　　12　　, he gave me a long thoughtful 　　13　　．“This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said．“Come with me．”

　　He led me 　　14　　 the crowded shop and to a bench 　　15　　 a large professional karaoke box on it．He placed his large hand 　　16　　 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here．You can take your 　　17　　 and I’ll record them for you．That should get you started．”

　　I 　　18　　．Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 　　19　　 that I could sing．I have come full circle with his help．

　　His 　　20　　 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance．

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　　Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence．That 　　1　　 two out of every three people simply don’t know the 　　2　　 they already have to be successful when it’s 　　3　　 there in their hands! 　　4　　 if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first．Remember：“No one can make you feel inferior(差的)unless you 　　5　　 them．” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder 　　6　　 he knows he can climb himself．”

　　Many of us have an image 　　7　　, the image(形象)we have of ourselves．　　8　　 one guy put it：“You can’t win a horse race if you think you look 　　9　　 on a horse．” To succeed, the first person you have to 　　10　　 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself．Just 　　11　　 your mind and you’ll change your life．

　　One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life are the two little words：“　　12　　”．You know that people used to 　　13　　 that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would 　　14　　 our circulation(循环)of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that 　　15　　 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today．You’ll never know until you 　　16　　．

　　Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes．But 　　17　　 he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even 　　18　　．Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly 　　19　　 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll 　　20　　 do it．

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　　During a recent business trip there were no trains to the airport and many people were stranded(滞留)and had to buy new tickets for flights and also arrange hotels for the night．I was traveling alone and like everyone else I had to 　　1　　 in very long queues．

　　I had queued for about 30－40 minutes and was looking around 　　2　　 I saw a lady with a small child in her arms near the back of the queue．I knew she had at least 　　3　　 30－40 minutes to wait just to 　　4　　 my position and maybe 10 more minutes from there as I was quite close to the 　　5　　 of the queue．I could also see that she was quite 　　6　　 and the child was heavy and asleep on her shoulder．

　　I 　　7　　 until I caught her attention．Once I got her attention I 　　8　　 her forward and asked the people who were 　　9　　 me if they minded if I 　　10　　 positions in the queue with this lady．So I let the lady into my position and went to the back of the queue myself．

　　At first she said 　　11　　 as I know she was very surprised by this gesture, but when she got to the front of the queue and had 　　12　　 her hotel she looked back and found me in the queue．Her 　　13　　 of relief and gratitude made the rest of my 　　14　　 very easy indeed as I felt very good for the little 　　15　　 I had made．

　　What touched me too was that other people in the 　　16　　 close to me had seen what I did and 　　17　　 it was a nice thing to do．I hope I inspired in them the idea to do 　　18　　 things for others．

　　But I know I made that lady's day just a tiny bit 　　19　　 and allowed her to get her child to a bed sooner and that was 　　20　　 enough for me．

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　　All the birds came to the magpie to ask how to build nests(巢)．The magpie is the 　　1　　 of all at building nests．　　2　　 she put them round her and began to 　　3　　 how to do it．First, she took some mud(泥)and 　　4　　 a round cake with it．

　　“Oh, that's how it's done!” said the thrush, and it 　　5　　 away．Then the magpie took some twigs(树枝)and put them round in the 　　6　　．The blackbird said, “Now I 　　7　　 all about it!” and flew off．Later the magpie put another layer(层)of mud over the twigs．“That's quite obvious!” the owl said and flew away．　　8　　 this, the magpie took some twigs and put them round the outside．“The very thing!” said the sparrow and it went off too．Then the magpie took some features(羽毛)and covered the inside of the nest very 　　9　　 with them．“That suits me!” cried the starling, and off it flew．

　　So it 　　10　　, every bird taking away some 　　11　　 of how to build nests, but none of them waiting to the 　　12　　．

　　The magpie went on working without noticing until the only bird that 　　13　　 was the turtledove．He hadn't paid any 　　14　　 all along, but only kept on saying its silly cry, “Take two, take two-o-o-o!” The magpie said, “One is 　　15　　．” But the turtledove kept on saying, “Take two, take two-o-o-o!” The magpie got 　　16　　 and said, “You just need one, I tell you!” Still the turtledove cried, “Take two, take two-o-o-o!”

　　At last, the magpie 　　17　　 up but she saw 　　18　　 near her except the silly turtledove, and then she flew away and 　　19　　 to tell the birds how to build nests again．

　　That is why different birds build their nests 　　20　　．

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　　No one is perfect．We all mess up(搞砸)now and then．It can 　　1　　 a little bit to remember that most people have been in the 　　2　　 you're in－hurting several people's feelings．What makes the difference is what you do next．　　3　　 can go along way toward healing(治愈)hurt or angry feelings．It takes 　　4　　 to step up and admit what you did was 　　5　　．Try saying, “What I said the other day was 　　6　　 insensitive of me．I shouldn't have said that．I just want to say I'm sorry．”

　　When we say sorry, we 　　7　　 to be sincere to show we feel sorry about how hurt another person may be．If an apology is more about 　　8　　 and how we can benefit, it might not seem true．

　　Another element of saying sorry is to let the person know you're not going to let it 　　9　　 again．You could tell your friends, “I'm going to be more aware of what I 　　10　　 and say about people in the future．I'll make an effort(努力)to be 　　11　　 and more positive about people, and not to 　　12　　 behind their backs－especially when it's my friends．”

　　If you can't bring yourself to have a 　　13　　 in person, write a note．Whichever way you 　　14　　 to communicate, be sure that you'd feel comfortable if anything you say is 　　15　　 with other friends, too．

　　Hopefully, your friends can stop being angry with you．But don't be 　　16　　 if it doesn't happen instantly．Some people are quick to 　　17　　．Others may have to think about what you said and need 　　18　　 to get over hurt feelings or anger , or to regain trust．Do your best with the part that's up to you．The rest is up to them．

　　Stop being angry with yourself, too．You can learn from your 　　19　　．Being too self-critical can't help you．Move forward．Focus your energies on trying to make things right 　　20　　 working on your good intentions!

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　　A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide－the division of the world into the info(information)rich and the info poor．And that 　　1　　 does exist today．My wife and I lectured about this looming(隐现的)danger twenty years ago．What was less 　　2　　 then, however, were the new, positive 　　3　　 that work against the digital divide．　　4　　, there are reasons to be 　　5　　．

　　There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow．As the Internet becomes more and more 　　6　　 , it is in the interest of business to universalize access－after all, the more people online, the more potential 　　7　　 there are．More and more 　　8　　, afraid their countries will be left 　　9　　, want to spread Internet access．Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be 　　10　　 together．As a result, I now believe the digital divide will 　　11　　 rather than widen in the years ahead．And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for 　　12　　 against world poverty that we've ever had．

　　Of course, the use of the Internet isn't the only way to 　　13　　 poverty．And the Internet is not the only tool we have．But it has 　　14　　 potential．

　　To 　　15　　 advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices 　　16　　 regard to foreign investment．Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an 　　17　　 of their sovereignty(主权)might well study the history of 　　18　　 in the United States．When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didn't have the capital to do so．And that is 　　19　　 America's Second Wave infrastructure－　　19　　 roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on－were built with foreign investment．