On the first day of my school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in my marketing class. My
teacher, Mrs. Tolman, suggested I __1__ a national marketing club called DECA attracting many
students with talent and interest in __2__. So I did.
The first __3__ was to raise money for the marketing competition later in the year by selling
candles. Mrs. Tolman said the competition was due in a week and that 40 percent of the __4__ would
go into my personal account.
At the beginning, I tried to sell some candles to my host mom. She said that if I could __5__
confidence and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would certainly buy some. I started my __6__
with a firm handshake. Then I introduced all the different kinds of candles and the special sales I could
offer and __7__ her that our candles were the best choices for gifts and home decorations. Finally
she bought three candles.
Greatly __8__ I decided to sell my candles around the neighborhood. On Saturday morning, with
great courage, I knocked at the door of my first potential __9__.
"I"m a student at Skyline High School and we are __10__ money for DECA. I"m trying to sell..."
"Not today, sorry, " the man interrupted me and __11__ the door.
Embarrassed, I walked away and said to myself the __12__ thing that might happen was being
refused like that again. I couldn"t even count how many times I was __13__ with reasons like "Not
today" , "I don"t have any __14__ money right now" or "I just bought some". __15__, I had to continue
with the day. __16__, a woman kindly bought nearly $ 60 worth of candles. I couldn"t even hide my
__17__ and said "Thank you very much" to her with a bow.
After a __18__ hard work, I turned in my $408 worth of sales of candles, which gave me $163 in
my own account. I was __19__ to find out I was the second highest seller in all classes.
It was the first time that I had worked as a sales person. This experience let me know that __20__
difficulties was only wasting time and a barrier in my way to success.
( )1. A. hold ( )2. A. business ( )3. A. chance ( )4. A. income ( )5. A. express ( )6. A. presentation ( )7. A. told ( )8. A. puzzled ( )9. A. buyer ( )10. A. lending ( )11. A. opened ( )12. A. worst ( )13. A. allowed ( )14. A. more ( )15. A. However ( )16. A. So ( )17. A. anger ( )18. A. week"s ( )19. A. puzzled ( )20.A. overcoming | B. join B. English B. way B. candles B. show B. business B. convinced B. surprised B. seller B. raising B. knocked B. uneasy B. permitted B. extra B. So B. Secondly B. embarrassment B. hour"s B. surprised B. dealing with | C. build C. math C. challenge C. business C. make C. club C. explained C. shocked C. business man C. returning C. burst into C. best C. refused C. little C. Therefore C. Firstly C. happiness C. year"s C. calm C. accepting | D. set D. sports D. choice D. expense D. expect D. interest D. requested D. encouraged D. shop keeper D. borrowing D. shut D. unhappiest D. demanded D. left D. For D. Finally D. sad D. month"s D. lucky D. worrying about | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Much as Robby tried,he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm (节奏).But he dutifully reviewed his lessons.Over the months he tried and tried,and often repeated to me "My mom"s going to hear me play some day." But he seemed hopeless,with no born ability.A real bad advertisement for my teaching!I was so happy when one day he stopped coming. Several weeks later my students were to have a recital (演奏会).To my surprise,Robby came,asking to play in the recital. "But,it is for current pupils,you dropped." "My mom was sick.But I have been practicing.I"ve just got to play!" I didn"t know what led me to agree,maybe... The recital came.I_put_Robby_up_last_to_play_before_my_"curtain_closer",by which,I could save the recital if... The recital went off well.Robby came up on stage,clothes wrinkled and his hair looked like he"d run an eggbeater through it."How could his mom...?" Robby pulled out the piano bench and began.It was Mozart"s work!I was not prepared for what I heard next.Like in a dream,I was then woken up by the wild applause-everybody was on their feet! "I"ve never heard you play like that,Robby!How"d you do it?" Through the microphone Robby explained:"Well,Miss Hondorf,remember I told you my mom was sick?Actually she had cancer and died this morning.She was born deaf,and tonight was the first time she ever heard me play.I wanted to make it special." My eyes were wet.He was not a student of mine,but a teacher! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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A. was fully confident that Robby would perform well at the recital B. thought that Robby would make the recital special C. thought that Robby wouldn"t play at the recital D. had no confidence in Robby at all for the recital | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2. What made the boy succeed in the recital? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Love for his mother. B. Musical talent. C. The writer"s help. D. Regular practice. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3. What made the writer think that Robby was her teacher,not student? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A. That he played better than her in the recital. B. That he loved his mother more than she did. C. That he never gave up. D. That,the audience gave him more applause than her. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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A. The writer"s performance. B. Robby"s performance. C. Robby and his mom"s story. D. The audience"s applause. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jenna,a popular girl from Westwood Middle School,had graduated first in her class andwas ready for new 1__ in high school. __2__ ,high school was different. In the first week,Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders(拉拉队队长). She was competing against very talented girls, and sheknew it would be 3_ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the _4 _ read a list of the girls for a second try-out. Her heart__5__as the list ended without her name. Feeling__6__ ,she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework. Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was__7__. She moved on to English and history, and was__8__ to find that she didn"t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to__9__math for the time being. The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school__10__. Mrs. Biden wasn"t as__11__as Jenna. "I"m sorry, but we have enough__12__for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we"ll talk then. "Jenna smiled__13__and left. "Why is high school so__14__?" she sighed. Later in 15 class, Jenna devoted herself to figu-ring out the problems that had given her so much 16 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she"d continue to try to 17 at her new school. She wasn"t sure if she "d succeed .but she knew she had to 18 . High school was just as her mom had said : "You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 19 a big fish in a small pond . The challenge is to become the_20__fish you can be. " | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas;and as the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that 1 my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in our waiting room and a 2 sent to me by a fellow I was dating - a dozen long-stemmed red roses. Then I was told a lady 3 needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young, tired-looking woman with a 4 in her arms. Nervously, she 5 that her husband - a prisoner in a nearby prison-was my 6 patient. She told me she wasn"t 7 to visit her husband in prison and that he had never seen his 8 . Her request was for me to let the boy"s father sit in the waiting room with her as 9 as possible before I called him for his appointment. I agreed. 10 , it was Christmas Eve. Her husband arrived-with chains on his feet and hands, and two armed guards. The woman"s tired face 11 like our Christmas 12 when her husband took a seat beside her. After almost an hour, I called the 13 to my office. At the end of the 14 , I wished him a Merry Christmas - a(n) 15 thing to say to a man headed back to prison. He 16 and thanked me. He also said he felt 17 by the fact he hadn"t been able to get his wife anything for Christmas. On 18 this, I was inspired with a wonderful idea. I"ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful 19 . I"m not sure who experienced the most joy - the husband in giving, the wife in 20 , or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special moment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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