chance, come up with, athlete, go up, steady, run through, that, send up |
The Great Wall Marathon
The Great Wall of China is one of the new wonders of the world, with breathtaking views. In 1998 Soren Rasmussen
The Great Wall marathon is considered to be one of the toughest in the world. The part of the route that is actually on the Great Wall includes two exhausting up-and-down sections about 8 km long with 5,146 steps. It’s such a steep climb in parts
So who does the marathon? Surprisingly, the marathon attracts both professional
A. overwhelm B. discipline C. honesty D. integrity E. countries F. ability G. outweighing H. corporate I. intelligent J. territories |
For CEOs, creativity is now the most important leadership quality for success in business,
The study is the largest known sample of one-on-one CEO interviews. Over 1,500
A manager at IBM Global Business Services expressed surprise at this key finding, saying that it is very interesting that coming off the worst economic conditions they’d ever seen, CEOs didn’t return to traditional management
About 60 percent of CEOs polled cited creativity as the most important leadership quality, compared with 52 percent for
Other key findings showed a large gap between views of North American CEOs and those from other
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I’ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing
Trying to criticize writing while it is still in progress is most possibly the single greatest
The practice that can help you pass your
Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you’ve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadline draws near.
Instead of staring at a blank screen, start filling it with words no matter how bad they are. Halfway through your
A. learned B. processes C. revise D. create E. parallel F. available G. barrier H. captured I. objective J. finished K. flowing |
The eighth chapter is exceedingly brief, and relates that Gibbons, the amateur naturalist of the district,
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A. then B. while C. as D. down E. that F. but G. away H. within |
The eighth chapter is exceedingly brief, and relates that Gibbons, the amateur naturalist of the district,
A. need explanation B. abandoned C. managed to make D. pilot airplanes E. without chewing F. instead G. experiment on H. as a matter of fact I. digesting an elephant J. exhausting for children K. put myself on his level L. in the course of my life |
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book about a jungle, called True Stories. It showed a boa constrictor swallowing a wild beast.
In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole,
In those days I thought a lot about jungle adventure, and eventually
I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if the drawing scared them.
They answered: " Why be scared by a hat?"
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor
The grown-ups advised me to put away my drawings of boa constrictors, the inside or the outside, and apply myself
So then I had to choose another career, and learned to
So I have had,
Whenever I encountered a grown-up who seemed to me at all enlightened, I would
All competitive ski and snowboarding events now take place largely on man-made snow. Unlike its natural
The snow “cannons” or “guns” that manufacture snow
Many resorts now use sophisticated computer systems that automatically adjust the air and water
There are other reasons for snow manufacturing to be in demand, beyond the benefits of having a snow whose properties can be ordered up. Some predict that the need for snow will