On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles, who was going to deliver a speech on his new book.

During his talk, Jack   41   his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, ‘‘Who wants this?”   42   shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would   43  . But I jumped up, ran up the   44   to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air,   45  raced through my mind — was I about to be humiliated(羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they   46   security guards and take me from the stage?    47   my desire for bold （大胆的）action was louder than any   48  voice. As I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the   49   to come to us. We must take    50    to create what we want!’’

After his talk, I   51   to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his personal e-mail address. Over the next months, I sent him emails   52   my points of view and dreams with him. He kindly e-mailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got busy   53  other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.

A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant arrow that would show me the way.

I e-mailed him, and then again — but got no   54  . As I sat down at my computer to 55   my e-mails, I  56   woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely   57   that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat glued to their chairs.

Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait — whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We   58   believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)   59   way. So we don’t try. We  60  . 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?

1.A. brought in                    B. reached for                     C. took over                         D. handed in

2.A. Cheers                                   B. Shouts                              C. Heads                     D. Hands

3.A. offer                              B. trust                                  C. like                                   D. choose

4.A. path                               B. road                                  C. steps                                 D. route

5.A. thoughts                       B. opinions                           C. ideas                      D. plans

6.A. ask                                 B. call                                    C. demand                            D. order

7.A. And                               B. So                             C. But                                    D. Or

8.A. noisy                             B. doubtful                           C. meaningful                      D. helpful

9.A. opportunities                  B. consequences                  C. results                              D. aims

10.A. step                         B. measure                           C. way                       D. action

11.A. expected                            B. tried                                  C. permitted                        D. managed

12.A. stating                       B. describing                        C. presenting                       D. sharing

13.A. with                             B. in                                  C. about                                 D. over

14.A. news                                    B. message                           C. response                          D. reaction

15.A. check                                   B. examine                           C. inspect                             D. review

16.A. gradually                    B. suddenly                          C. immediately           D. slowly

17.A. desiring                               B. claiming                            C. begging                            D. dreaming

18.A. particularly                         B. honestly                           C. falsely                               D. correctly

19.A. difficult                B. impressive                C. early                         D. natural

20.A. give up                                B. put up                         C. take up                     D. set up

 

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从34-- 53各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _34_ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d  35  ?” Just when I started to  36  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 37 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of  38  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed(尴尬) when I returned to school. I wasn’t  39  . Somebody had thought  40  of me to bring me a gift.

      Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  41  Christmas there special and memorable, I  42  remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  43  for as many children as I could possibly reach.

      So I 44  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,  45  with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were  46  . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   47  them that they couldn’t open their presents  48 every child had come forward. Finally the  49 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles  50  up the room. The  51 in the room was obvious, and 52  wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew  53  that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 

1.  A. sending        B. receiving        C. making      D. exchanging

2.  A. found         B. prepared         C. got         D. expected

3.  A. doubt         B. hope            C. suggest      D. accept

4. A. broke in       B. settled down      C. turned up    D. turned in

5.  A. relief         B. loss             C. achievement  D. sadness

6.  A. remembered    B. loved           C. forgotten     D. affected   

7.  A. highly         B. little           C. poorly       D. enough

8. A. present        B. first            C. recent       D. former

9.  A. hardly        B. immediately      C. regularly     D. sometimes

10. A. strength       B. independence    C. importance    D. safety

11.  A. kept up with    B. caught up with   C. came up with  D. put up with

12.  A. none          B. few            C. some        D. each

13. A. fine           B. special         C. helpful       D. useful

14.  A. reminded      B. insisted         C. proved       D. promised

15. A. after          B. until           C. when        D. since

16. A. chance        B. gift            C. moment      D. reward

17. A. lit            B. took           C. burned       D. cheered

18. A. atmosphere    B. pity            C. calmness     D. joy

19.  A. it            B. such           C. something    D. everybody

20.  A. by           B. till             C. for         D. from

 

A funny story circulated recently about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle clearly told of a time when he climbed into a    1    in Paris. Before he could    2     a word, the driver turned to him and asked, “Where can I     3     you, Mr. Doyle?”

Doyle was    4    . He asked the driver if he had ever seen him before.

“No, sir,” the driver responded. “I have    5    seen you before.” Then he    6    : “This morning’s paper had a story about you being on     7     in Marseilles. This is the taxi stand where people who return from Marseilles always arrive. Your    8    color tells me you have been on vacation. The    9     spot on your right index finger suggests to me that you are a  writer. Your clothing is very English, and not French.    10    up all those pieces of information, I    11    that you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”

“This is truly amazing!” the writer    12    with excitement. “You are very like my    13    creation, Sherlock Holmes!”

 “There’s one other thing,” the driver said.

 “What’s that?”

 “Your    14     is on the front of your suitcase.”

Perhaps the     15     was no master detective, but he was observant! He paid attention and paying attention is an important part of living    16     .

Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of    17    . A life lived to the full is lived from moment to moment,    18     from milestone to milestone. It is more of a series of days in which we truly pay attention, than a few    19    events along the way.

Pay attention to the things of life, to people, to events, to your senses, even to the ordinary. Your life will never    20    beauty. By making the most of the moments, you make the most of the years.

1. A. train                 B. taxi               C. bus             D. plane

2. A. write                 B. hear              C. say             D. read

3. A. take                  B. meet              C. wait            D. leave

4. A. pleased               B. scared             C. disappointed     D. surprised

5. A. just                  B. never              C. ever            D. always

6. A. admitted            B. started             C. explained        D. remembered

7. A. business               B. duty              C. holiday          D. work

8. A. skin                  B. hair               C. clothes          D. shoes

9. A. blood                 B. dirt               C. mud             D. ink

10. A. Making              B. Taking             C. Putting          D. Adding

11. A. concluded             B. realized            C. imagined        D. expected

12. A. sighed               B. screamed           C. whispered         D. roared

13. A. mental           B. physical            C. fictional         D. psychological

13. A. license               B. address            C. resume           D. name

15. A. driver                 B. writer             C. detective         D. waiter

16. A. well               B. fully               C. happily          D. peacefully

17. A. stages               B. steps               C. periods          D. moments

18. A. more than            B. less than            C. rather than       D. other than

19. A. small                 B. major              C. personal          D. social

20. A. lack                  B. create              C. appreciate         D. enjoy

In the near future，we may be using our eyes to operate our smart-phones and tablets，even when it comes to playing popular games like Fruit Ninja．

The Gaze Group has been developing eye-controlled computer technology for nearly 20 years．But those devices have been firstly designed to help those with disabilities，and are very expensive．

“After a while，we figured out that probably the best way is to go for a mass-market way，” says Gaze’s Sune Alstrup Johansen．“where everybody would have this available．"

Johansen and some of his colleagues have formed a new company，the Eye Tribe，which is hoping to develop the technology on a mass commercial level．

The technology works with the help of the computing device toward the user’s face． After making sure of the user’s eye movements，the technology is then able to easily find where a person’s eyes are moving，and then allow the eyes to control a cursor（光标）．

“Our software can then determine the location of the eyes and know where you’re looking on the screen to make sure what you’re looking at，“reads an explanation on the Eye Tribe site．

There has been a gradual change toward hands-free technology in recent years， particularly in the gaming world．Recently Xbox released the Kinect device，which lets users control their Xbox and play certain games using only their hands，legs and voices． But still，most of these devices have been more of a gimmick than a practical way to use one’s hands to control a mobile device．Johansen said a replaceable filter（滤光器）would be a cheap，convenient way for most consumers．

And even as companies like The Eye Tribe work to create such a product for the average user, making the eye-controlled technology more accessible and less expensive will have similar benefits for physically disabled users.

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1.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A．An introduction of a new device．

B．An introduction of smart-phones．

C．An introduction of eye-controlling technology．

D．An introduction of a new technology for the disabled．

2.The underlined word“gimmick” probably means          .

A．a trick      B．a way  C．a lie     D．a dream

3.According to the passage，we can learn that       .

A．the eye-controlling technology was first developed for the blind

B．the present developing 0f the technology will bring no good

C．there is no such a phone as we can use only with our eyes at present

D．the eye-controlling technology is only intended for the disabled people

4.This passage is probably taken from          .

A．an experiment report         B．a science fiction

C．a school textbook                  D．a science website

 

There is an old story about an army of frogs that went jumping through the forest one day when two of them suddenly fell into a deep   1 . All of the other frogs gathered around to look  2 at their two fallen friends. They all began to   3  shake their heads and croak out warnings. “It­­­’s too deep!”said one frog. Another said that there was no   4  they would ever be able to get out   5 .

The two fallen frogs began to continuously jump as they   6  to get out, but the frogs that were   7  kept croaking louder at them that they might as well stop   8  they were as good as dead and just   9  their time. One of the two frogs finally gave up,  10  their advice and died.

The other frog just kept on jumping harder than ever   11  all the loud croaks of disapproval from the frogs around the top of the hole. They kept croaking at him to   12  jumping and save himself from all the   13  and suffering as he jumped and fell back down to the bottom   14 .

Finally, to the   15  of all the other frogs, he jumped right out of the deep hole. The other frogs asked him, “Why did you keep jumping   16   we yelled and croaked at you to stop?” The frog explained to them he was   17  at that time and that he had thought they were cheering for him and yelling words of   18  to him the entire time!

A little encouragement can go a long way. We don’t often think about the   19   that our words have upon others. Our words do have the power to hurt or to   20 .

1.                A．hole           B．river           C．well D．valley

 

2.                A．up            B．down          C．over D．around

 

3.                A．violently        B．gently          C．sadly D．doubtfully

 

4.                A．wonder        B．doubt          C．Problem  D．way

 

5.                A．alone          B．alive           C．aware    D．awake

 

6.                A．attempted      B．chose          C．preferred D．failed

 

7.                A．helping         B．jumping         C．watching  D．cheering

 

8.                A．if             B．because        C．though   D．until

 

9.                A．saving          B．spending        C．killing    D．wasting

 

10.               A．ignored        B．offered         C．followed   D．rejected

 

11.               A．in spite of       B．as a result of     C．in terms of D．instead of

 

12.               A．try            B．practise        C．imagine   D．quit

 

13.               A．stress          B．pain           C．panic D．trouble

 

14.               A．here and there   B．now and then    C．over and over  D．neck and neck

 

15.               A．delight         B．disappointment  C．embarrassment D．surprise

 

16.               A．even though     B．now that        C．as though  D．in case

 

17.               A．blind          B．deaf           C．numb D．clumsy

 

18.               A．warning        B．trust           C．wisdom   D．encouragement

 

19.               A．pressure       B．magic          C．effect D．force

 

20.               A．help           B．protect         C．prevent   D．create