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Adversity(逆境) can beat you down,1.probably it also has the ability to make you stronger.The impact and ultimate result depend on 2.you do with the difficulties that come in your way.
Beethoven composed one of his 3.(great) works after going deaf.Sir Walter Raleigh wrote The History of the World during his thirteen-year imprisonment.Had Columbus turned back,no one could4.(blame) him.Of course，no one would have remembered5.,either.Abraham Lincoln made great achievements by his display of wisdom during the Civil War.
Eventually，consider a more recent example.For sixteen years,Mary Groda-Lewis had a difficult time in recognizing and comprehending the written words on account of a learning disorder.She6.(put) in prison on two different occasions and almost died of a stroke when7. (bear)a child. Committed to going to college,she did a variety of odd jobs to save money.When she graduated from high school at eighteen,she was considered as an outstanding and finally entered college 8. (success).Determined to become a doctor，she received many medical school9.(reject) before Albany Medical College finally accepted her.In 1984，Dr.Mary Groda-Lewis，10.was thirty-five years old then,graduated with honors and realized her dream.
What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right?Perhaps you don’t even try any more because you think what you do is not_______enough.
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time,_______whatever it is that we work so hard doing.it seems that there is_______someone else who can do it much better.
I have always enjoyed music and it is_______to me that every musician has a_______of their own.My father_______several instruments and when he played with other people，it was not difficult to_______his sound in a group.Whether it was guitar or another instrument,he had his own_______sound.
I_______read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student,“____________ else can make the sound that you make.”“The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is to say which is____________?It is said that，“____________is in the eye of the beholder(观看者).”Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is“in the ear of the____________”.
Every person has a different tone of voice that____________ only to them,____________ we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of____________that is unique to them.Perhaps it is not the sound of your music or your voice at all.It ____________be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.
Each person has a(an)____________on the world in some way.Someone else can do what you do，but they cannot do it____________ the same way that you do it.The next time you feel____________, remember Nobody else can make the sound that you make.”
1.A. easy B. good C. simple D. hard
2.A. because B. although C. when D. if
3.A. seldom B. always C. never D. merely
4.A. satisfying B. frustration C. worrying D. interesting
5.A. taste B. sound C. life D. song
6.A. play B. designed C. created D. checked
7.A. turn down B. let out C. pick out D. give off
8.A. loud B. powerful C. pick out D. special
9.A. once B. yet C. even D. still
10.A. Anybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Everybody
11.A. bigger B. better C. deeper D. lower
12.A. Beauty B. better C. deeper D. lower
13.A. speaker B. receiver C. listener D. looker
14.A. devotes B. adds C. adapts D. belongs
15.A. but B. yet C. and D. for
16.A. hesitating B. spreading C. jumping D. speaking
17.A. must B. might C. would D. should
18.A. choice B. opinion C. advantage D. effect
19.A. exactly B. skillfully C. cautiously D. seriously
20.A. annoyed B. puzzled C. discouraged D. bothered
The effect of bullying(欺凌) can be serious and even lead to tragedy. Unfortunately，it is still a mostly researched area.
1.That year，two students with shotguns，both of whom had been considered gifted and who had been bullied for years，killed 13 people，wounded 24 and then committed suicide.A year later，an analysis by the US government found that bullying played a major role in more than two-thirds of the campus violence.
2.Numerous invaders throughout history have tried to defend their bullying behavior by claiming that they themselves were bullied. 3. Although there is no justification for bullying，many of the worst humans in history have indeed bullies and victims of bullying.
Since bullying is often ignored,it may provide an important clue in crowd behavior and passer-by behavior.4.Many of them have suggested bullying as one of the reasons of this becoming less sensitive to violence.5.in this sense，bullying affects not only the bullied but his friends and classmates and the whole society.
A.Research indicates that the victim often becomes the bully.
B.Psychologists have been puzzled by the inactivity of crowds and bystanders when crimes occur in crowded places.
C.More attention should be paid to people's reaction to bullying when it happens.
D.Hitler,for example,is claimed to have been a victim of bullying in his childhood.
E.Campus bullying is becoming a serious problem in some high schools in big cities.
F.The friends and classmates of the bully and the victim also accept the violence as normal.
G.The link between bullying and school violence has attracted increasing attention since 1999.
Someone sent me an email urging me to acquire a lot more resources,suggesting could do so much more good if I had an 8 or 9 figure net income of 6 like I’ve been doing for years.He claimed to have acquired a great deal of wealth himself and found it highly beneficial to fueling his path with a heart.
As I consider his suggestion,I find myself not having much clarity(清晰的思维)as to what I'd do with I million or 10 million more money flowing through my life.I put so much attention on creativity,fulfillment,exploration,relationships,etc.that I find it difficult to intelligently imagine how more financial resources could provide extra fuel for that,except in small ways or in ways that aren’t particularly meaningful to me.
Lately I've been considering what it would be like to deliberately reduce my income for a while and see if I could live on much less，just for the experience.What if I capped my net personal income at $10,000 per year,for instance? That isn’t such a big deal to me, though, since I already went through a period of low income like that during the 1990s,and I learned that I could still do what I love regardless of income.
I've never worked in a business environment-the only job I've ever hadwas working for $6/hour in a video game store while I was in college. So I’ve never seen how larger operations allocate resources. That's probably why I haven’t pushed myself to acquire more. As I mentioned in my book.Money and Your Path With a Heart，my main financial goal in life was to make money irrelevant in my life.
I’m not interested in building an empire.What interests me is exploring personal growth and sharing what I learn along the way. In some ways I feel that acquiring and acquiring and allocating more resources could become a big distraction. I’m already doing what I want to be doing,so why rick distracting myself to acquire more resources,especially when I lack the idea about how I should treat such resources? I like having freedom and flexibility，and I don't really see how more resources would meaningfully improve that.
1.Why did the man email the author?
A. To ask the author to fuel his path. B. To lend some money to the author.
C. To share his opinion about wealth. D. To urge the author to earn more money.
2.Which of the following can describe the author's personality?
A. Optimistic and devoted. B. Independent and cooperative.
C. Unfortunate but positive. D. Wealthy but hardhearted.
3.What does the underlined word“capped” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Limited B. Spent
C. Increased D. Distributed
4.The following are true EXCEPTA________.
A. the author might be a professional writer
B. the author is good at designing video games
C. the author is interested in exploring his personal growth
D. the author might be a person who likes sharing his knowledge
Google is consistently rated the best place to work.So you need a degree from Harvard to in the door,right?
Not really，according to Laszlo Bock，Google's Head of People Operations.When the company was small,Google cared a lot about getting kids from Harvard, Stanford,MIT and many other Ivy League schools. But Bock said it was the “wrong”hiring strategy. Experience has taught him there are exceptional kids at many other places,from state schools in California to New York.
“What we find is the best people from places like that are just as good，if not better，as anybody you can get from any Ivy League school，”said Bock，who just authored a book titled“Work Rules!”
Every year，2 million people apply to get a job at Google. Bock himself has seen some 25,000 résumés.
So what else does Google not care about:
Grades:Google's data shows that grades predict performance for the first two years of a career，but do not matter after that.
Brain-teasers:Gone are interview questions such as:Why are manhole covers（井盖)round? or How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?“Our research tells us those questions are a waste of time,”Bock said“They’re a really coachable skill.The more you practice,you get better at it.”
Here's what Google does care about:
Problem solvers:Your cognitive ability(认知能力),or how well you solve problems.
Leaders:The idea is not whether you were president of the student body or vice president of the bank,but rather:“When you see a problem do you step in,help solve it,”and then critically，“Are you willing to step out and let somebody else take over，and make room for somebody else?Are you willing to give up power?”
Googleyness:That's what Google calls its cultural fit.It's not“Are you like us?”Bock said.“We actually look for people who are different，because diversity gives us great ideas.”
“What's most important is that people are intellectually humble,willing to admit when they're wrong,and care about the environment around them...because we want people who think like owners not employess,”Bock said.
The least important thing?Knowing how to do the job.
“We figure if you get the first three right you'll figure it out most of the time.”
1.What does Bock mean in Paragraph 2?
A. People from state schools can be as good.
B. Google no longer hires people from Ivy League schools.
C. Hiring is a hard job for Google.
D. State schools are worse than Ivy League ones.
2.Which question belongs to a brain-teaser?
A. What are your grades like?
B. What is the significance of figuring out target users?
C. How would you improve a Google product?
D. How much toilet paper is needed to cover Texas?
3.Who is a qualified leader according to Google?
A. One eager for power. B. One capable of working independently.
C. One willing to step aside. D. One operating an organization.
4.What is Googleyness?
A. Being unique. B. Being adaptable.
C. Being qualified. D. Being loyal.
This is my son Matthew's last night at home before college.I know that this is good news.I feel proud that Matthew will go to a great school.I know that this is finest hour.But looking at the suitcases on his bed sends me out of the room to a hidden corner where I can't stop crying.
Through the sorrow,I feel a rising embarrassment.”Pull yourself together!” I tell myself.There are parents sending their kids off to battle zones.How dare I feel so shocked and upset?
One of the great gifts of my life has been having my boys, Matthew and Johnowen.Through them,I have explored the mysterious,complicated bond between fathers and sons. As My wife and I raised them,I have discovered the love and loss between my father and me.After my parents' divorce，I spent weekends with my dad in Ohio.By the time Sunday came around,I was unable to enjoy the day's activities because I was already afraid of the goodbye of the evening.
Now，standing among Matthew’s accumulation of possessions,I realize it's me who has become a boy again.All my sadness and longing to hold on to things are back,sweeping over me as they did when I was a child.
His bed is tidy and spare.It already has the feel of aa guest bed.In my mind I replay wrapping him in his favorite blanket.That was our nightly routine until one evening he said,”Daddy，I don't think I need a blanket tonight.”I think of all the times we lay among the covers reading.I look at the bed and think of all the recent times I was annoyed at how late he was sleeping.I'll never have to worry about that again,I realize.
For his part,Matthew has been a rock.He is treating his leaving as just another day at the office.And I'm glad.After all,someone's got to be strong.I'm proud that he is charging into the first chapter of his adult life with such confidence.
1.What does the writer mean by “Pull yourself together!”?
A. Get up. B. Cheer up.
C. Pull up. D. Wake up.
2.We can infer from the passage that___________.
A. the writer is accustomed to sleeping early
B. Matthew doesn't get on well with his father
C. Matthew is ready for his new life
D. the writer wasn't brave enough to face his parents' divorce
3.How does the writer feel about his son's leaving for college?
A. Worried. B. Grateful.
C. Relieved. D. Bittersweet.
4.Which of the following could be the best title of the text?
A. Unavoidable Goodbye B. Sweet Memories
C. Glorious Moment D. Unconditional Love
