【推荐3】Jessie’s Glove

I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores._______the topics we discuss is the retention (保持) of quality employees -- a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale (薪水标准) in the service industry. During these discussions, I asked the participants, “What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?” Some time back a new _______took the question and _______ said, “It was a $19 baseball glove.”

Cynthia told the group that she _______ took a Circle K clerk job as an interim (过渡时期) position _______ she looked for something _______. On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that _______a single mother, money was very _______, and her first check would _______ go for paying ________. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check..

When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that ________as an office. Cynthia ________if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused.

Patricia handed her a box. “I overheard you talking to your son ________,” she said, “and I know that it is hard to   ________ things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how ________ he is, even though you have to pay bills ________you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we ________ care, and I want you to know you are important to ________.”

The thoughtfulness, sympathy and ________ of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer ________ than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.

1.

A．Of

B．Among

C．In

D．About

2.

A．employee

B．student

C．manager

D．teacher

3.

A．loudly

B．quickly

C．slowly

D．angrily

4.

A．originally

B．generally

C．mostly

D．recently

5.

A．during

B．while

C．after

D．until

6.

A．larger

B．easier

C．better

D．safer

7.

A．to

B．for

C．like

D．as

8.

A．small

B．low

C．useful

D．tight

9.

A．have to

B．like to

C．stick to

D．attend to

10.

A．calls

B．bills

C．meals

D．education

11.

A．worked

B．regarded

C．looked

D．served

12.

A．imagined

B．wondered

C．realized

D．doubted

13.

A．yesterday

B．last week

C．today

D．just now

14.

A．introduce

B．instruct

C．explain

D．speak

15.

A．important

B．helpful

C．hopeful

D．wonderful

16.

A．after

B．before

C．when

D．since

17.

A．can

B．do

C．have

D．need

18.

A．him

B．her

C．us

D．them

19.

A．love

B．expectation

C．choice

D．wish

20.

A．has

B．does

C．cares

D．says

【推荐1】Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device (装置) on your desk. And they’ve never actually ____ you. Everything they know about you ____ through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away. ____ they feel they can know you ____ from the sound of your voice. That’s how powerful the ____ is.

Powerful, yes, but not always ____. For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom I’d never met ____, got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really ____ me. I sometimes wished to ____ another agent.

One morning, I had to ____ an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I ran into Rani’s office ____. The woman sitting at the desk, ____ my madness, sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a ____ smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the ____ immediately. ＂What a wonderful lady! ＂ I thought.

Rushing out ____ I called out over my shoulder, ＂By the way, what’s your name?＂ ＂I’m Rani,＂ she said.   I turned around and saw a ____ woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was ____! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so ____.

Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s ____ — her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’ ____ — were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires.

1.

A．accepted

B．noticed

C．heard

D．met

2.

A．came

B．moved

C．ran

D．developed

3.

A．Thus

B．Yet

C．Then

D．Indeed

4.

A．rather

B．also

C．just

D．already

5.

A．telephone

B．voice

C．connection

D．impression

6.

A．direct

B．useful

C．easy

D．accurate

7.

A．in person

B．by myself

C．in public

D．on purpose

8.

A．annoyed

B．interested

C．discouraged

D．confused

9.

A．promote

B．train

C．find

D．know

10.

A．arrange

B．postpone

C．confirm

D．book

11.

A．for the first time

B．at any time

C．from time to time

D．in good time

12.

A．expecting

B．seeing

C．testing

D．avoiding

13.

A．shy

B．comforting

C．familiar

D．forced

14.

A．bill

B．form

C．ticket

D．list

15.

A．hopefully

B．disappointedly

C．gratefully

D．regretfully

16.

A．careful

B．serious

C．nervous

D．pleasant

17.

A．amused

B．worried

C．helpless

D．speechless

18.

A．calm

B．nice

C．proud

D．clever

19.

A．forgiveness

B．eagerness

C．friendliness

D．skillfulness

20.

A．explanation

B．attitude

C．concept

D．behavior

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        When I was growing up my dad would often give me small tasks to finish to help out around the house. Some were easy but the three I remember the most were the three ____ of all. The first was helping to weed the four ____ we had. It was ____ work. I would rather ride my bike than crawl (爬行) in the dirt on my hands and knees ____ the thousands of weeds in our gardens. The second was piling firewood for ____ . It was tough work and I got more than my _____ of pieces. I would rather walk in the woods than piling it in rows. The third was ____ water from a mountain spring to our house ____ our well water had too much iron in it to ____ .
        Over the years, though, I learned to see the ____ in all the things my dad had made me do. Having fresh vegetables for dinner was a delight. ____ a cold glass of iced tea made from the mountain spring water was a pure ____. Standing by the wood stove on a snowy December day was a wonderful way to ____. I saw as well that all this work my dad had given me had ____ made me a better, stronger and more caring man. Most of all, I ____ that when I did my work with a(n) ____ heart, it didn’t feel like work at all .
        Over the years I have learned something else too. When we do the work for our Heavenly Father with a ____ spirit, it doesn’t feel like work, either. Every act of kindness, word of encouragement, and gift of love we share will only make our lives better, make our hearts happier, and bring out souls ____ to Heaven.
        I am so ____ to both my dad and my Father in Heaven. They showed me the ____ of work and more importantly they showed me the pricelessness of love.1.

A．simplest

B．toughest

C．strangest

D．wildest

2.

A．schools

B．companies

C．gardens

D．streets

3.

A．boring

B．exciting

C．interesting

D．relaxing

4.

A．controlling

B．keeping

C．pushing

D．pulling

5.

A．festival

B．winter

C．holiday

D．marriage

6.

A．share

B．charge

C．point

D．dream

7.

A．protecting

B．borrowing

C．carrying

D．conducing

8.

A．because

B．unless

C．although

D．but

9.

A．boil

B．match

C．get

D．drink

10.

A．requirements

B．attention

C．rewards

D．experience

11.

A．Designing

B．Enjoying

C．Performing

D．Developing

12.

A．desire

B．challenge

C．surprise

D．pleasure

13.

A．turn up

B．warm up

C．stay up

D．set up

14.

A．unluckily

B．immediately

C．gradually

D．temporarily

15.

A．remembered

B．ignored

C．regretted

D．realized

16.

A．honest

B．happy

C．brave

D．modest

17.

A．loving

B．complaining

C．hating

D．punishing

18.

A．closer

B．farther

C．politer

D．warmer

19.

A．kind

B．lucky

C．grateful

D．vital

20.

A．key

B．way

C．goal

D．value

【推荐3】I was out for my usual morning run and found myself in the late summer heat, ________. If only I had taken a water bottle. After I stopped under a bridge to shelter myself from the sun for a moment of ________, I saw two young, ________ men standing next to their sleeping bags. One smiled and gently raised his hand as if he were about to say hello, but he didn’t say a word. He wasn’t asking for ________. I smiled and raised my hand, too.

As I started back on my running, I thought about how much we all ________ to connect with other people. At that moment, this man seemed to want to connect with someone else ________ he wanted food or money.

We have all had ________ of feeling separate and lonely. I once felt lonely being in a relationship that ________ an emotional connection. Feeling separated doesn’t have anything to do with being alone, ________ is about the human desire to feel connected by being seen and valued by another person.

We all ________ from connection. That homeless man affected my day. After meeting him, I felt more grateful and it made me ________ all that I have. He made me feel concerned for him. I had the choice to move toward separation or connection. Separation is looking at the homeless person and focusing on how ________ he looks. Connection is understanding that he influenced my day by ________ to me. I can reflect on times in my life when, like him, I was in a situation I had never expected. There have been times when I felt down, and times when I needed someone to ________ what he was doing and say hello to me.

Pay attention today and notice whether you tend to move toward separation or toward connection. If your tendency is to spend time alone, ________ saying “yes” to invitations. Practice moving toward rather than away from people.

1.

A．hot

B．tired

C．breathless

D．thirsty

2.

A．peace

B．joy

C．shade

D．breath

3.

A．handsome

B．homeless

C．disabled

D．tall

4.

A．anything

B．nothing

C．everything

D．all

5.

A．need

B．have

C．try

D．seek

6.

A．other than

B．less than

C．rather than

D．better than

7.

A．expectations

B．purposes

C．experiences

D．worries

8.

A．lacked

B．contained

C．enjoyed

D．valued

9.

A．or

B．and

C．so

D．but

10.

A．benefit

B．recover

C．suffer

D．come

11.

A．lose

B．question

C．recognize

D．appreciate

12.

A．kind

B．neat

C．unhappy

D．unclean

13.

A．reaching out

B．giving in

C．turning

D．replying

14.

A．continue

B．accomplish

C．handle

D．stop

15.

A．keep

B．practice

C．deny

D．imagine

【推荐1】Growing up in Melbourne, Australia, I was one of those naughty(淘气的) little kids that never, ever stopped asking “Why?”. I used to ask my mum the most annoying questions. As a “why” kid, I thought everything _______ can be changed and I could make the world better.

When I was in my high school, I _______ the chance to go to the Philippines to learn more due to my good _______ at school. It was there that I became friends with Sonny, who lived on “Smoky Mountain”. But don’t let the romance (浪漫) of that name _______ you, because it was _______ a pile(堆) of steaming garbage where kids like Sonny spent hours every single day finding anything of _______.

Those days with Sonny changed my life forever. I thought to myself, “Why should anyone have to _______ like this while I have so much? Why should Sonny’s life be _______ by where he was born?”

I later _______ that the poverty (贫穷) I’d seen in the Philippines was the result of decisions made or not made. That’s ________, a few years later, I joined with a group of college friends in bringing the Make Poverty History campaign to Australia. And to our ________, the Australian government heard our voices and agreed to double investment and fix the problem miles outside of our borders.

Over all these years, I’ve tried to reconnect with Sonny. ________, I’ve been unable to. I’d love to sit down with him, wherever he is, and ________ with him how much the time I spent on “Smoky Mountain” ________ me. Thanks to him and so many others, I came to understand the importance of being part of a group of people who are ________ to make the world better, who stand together and embrace (拥抱) the amazing future of the world we share.

1.

A．simple

B．unfair

C．new

D．unfinished

2.

A．found

B．obtained

C．missed

D．lost

3.

A．performance

B．character

C．English

D．habit

4.

A．affect

B．bother

C．impress

D．fool

5.

A．originally

B．hardly

C．actually

D．certainly

6.

A．beauty

B．cleanness

C．interest

D．value

7.

A．live

B．say

C．work

D．study

8.

A．changed

B．created

C．determined

D．challenged

9.

A．admitted

B．explained

C．doubted

D．understood

10.

A．where

B．why

C．how

D．when

11.

A．disappointment

B．confusion

C．amazement

D．regret

12.

A．Sadly

B．Luckily

C．Surprisingly

D．Obviously

13.

A．discuss

B．debate

C．share

D．cooperate

14.

A．cheated

B．inspired

C．attracted

D．amused

15.

A．hesitant

B．shocked

C．afraid

D．willing

【推荐2】My name is Alice. Early last year, I was _________ by an anxiety that lowered my ability to do anything. My perfectionist tendencies were the main root of this: I wanted to be _________at whatever I did, which_________ in life is not possible, but it consumed me.

One day, I _________ a presentation by wildlife conservationist Grant Brown at my high school. His presentation not only _________ me, but also helped emerge an inner desire to _________ in the world. I joined a pre-presentation dinner with him, which built up my _________ to speak one-on-one with him — an idea that had seemed completely impossible.   

A month later, Brown _________ me to attend the World Youth Wildlife Conference. Looking back, I now see that this would be the first in a series of timely _________ that my old self would have let pass, but that this __________ and more confident Alice enthusiastically seized. Shortly after I __________ his invitation, applications to join the Youth for Nature and the Youth for Planet groups were __________ around through my high school. I decided to commit to completing the __________, and soon I was a part of a growing global team of young people working to protect __________. Each of these new steps continued to grow my __________.

Six months passing, I’ve realized that my __________ obstacle (障碍) this whole time was myself. It was that voice in the back of my head telling me: I can’t. They say __________ things come to those who wait; I say: __________ every opportunity with everything you have and be __________. After all, nature does not require our patience, but our__________.

1.

A．frightened

B．controlled

C．threatened

D．troubled

2.

A．excellent

B．successful

C．perfect

D．considerate

3.

A．obviously

B．naturally

C．generally

D．eventually

4.

A．discovered

B．attended

C．held

D．funded

5.

A．disturbed

B．amazed

C．inspired

D．confused

6.

A．make a living

B．make a difference

C．take a rest

D．take a chance

7.

A．business

B．courage

C．reputation

D．pressure

8.

A．forced

B．advised

C．invited

D．informed

9.

A．messages

B．lessons

C．measures

D．opportunities

10.

A．new

B．original

C．strange

D．gentle

11.

A．folded

B．noticed

C．spotted

D．received

12.

A．checked

B．sent

C．filled

D．spread

13.

A．experiments

B．tasks

C．applications

D．reports

14.

A．nature

B．ocean

C．fortune

D．wood

15.

A．belief

B．energy

C．wisdom

D．confidence

16.

A．simplest

B．highest

C．biggest

D．smallest

17.

A．good

B．unique

C．rare

D．common

18.

A．recognize

B．test

C．witness

D．seize

19.

A．insensitive

B．impatient

C．uncreative

D．independent

20.

A．action

B．strength

C．spirit

D．power

【推荐3】完形填空，阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Hold Everything You Own!
An old farmer had lived on the same farm all his life. It was really a good farm with fertile soil, but with the passing of the years, the farmer began to think that maybe there was something ______for him. Every day he found a new _____for criticizing some feature of his old farm. Finally, he decided to _____it. He listed the farm with a broker (经纪人) who quickly _____an advertisement emphasizing all the _____of the farm.
When the broker read the ad to the farmer for his ____ of placing it in the local paper, the farmer listened_____ . When the broker had finished, the farmer cried out, “Hold everything. I’ve changed my _____ I’ve been looking for such a place all my life!”
I think you’ll _____that each of us, from time to time,_________about things such as our home, our car, or our job. As human beings, it is ____ to want the best things in life.
The next time you find yourself _________ the relationship you have with your family, a neighbor or a friend, don’t worry. Human relationships have their ups and downs, so it is natural to _____t times if you might be better off with someone else. If you ever find yourself in this mood, sit down in a _____ place and write an “obituary (讣告)” for that _________. Experience the powerful emotions that will surely overcome you when you____ having to sum up a loved one’s life in a few paragraphs that could ____a newspaper obituary. Notice how easy it is to come up with nice things to say about the person. Notice how much _____there “was” in this person. Some day you may actually have to ____ this exercise “for real”, wipe the tears and then go and spend quality time with that person______ the moment and realize how lucky you are to have such a person.1.

A．cheaper

B．briefer

C．better

D．easier

2.

A．example

B．method

C．place

D．reason

3.

A．sell

B．give

C．move

D．admit

4.

A．found

B．prepared

C．answered

D．placed

5.

A．history

B．sides

C．edges

D．information

6.

A．interest

B．sense

C．approval

D．coincidence

7.

A．happily

B．carefully

C．proudly

D．nervously

8.

A．mind

B．style

C．question

D．suggestion

9.

A．prove

B．state

C．agree

D．predict

10.

A．worries

B．thinks

C．complains

D．talks

11.

A．popular

B．difficult

C．important

D．natural

12.

A．analyzing

B．forgetting

C．exploiting

D．questioning

13.

A．forgive

B．wonder

C．apologize

D．learn

14.

A．quiet

B．safe

C．familiar

D．convenient

15.

A．scientist

B．person

C．farm

D．broker

16.

A．imagine

B．adopt

C．avoid

D．discuss

17.

A．bring in

B．hand out

C．fit in with

D．put up with

18.

A．energy

B．power

C．expense

D．goodness

19.

A．begin with

B．decide on

C．belong to

D．go through

20.

A．Enjoy

B．Save

C．Review

D．Expect