Years ago, a critical event occurred in my life that would change it forever. I met Kurt Kampmeir of Success Motivation Incorporation for breakfast. While we were ___36 , Kurt askedme, “ John, what is your 37 for personal growth?
Never at a loss for words, I tried to find things in my life that might 38 for growth. I toldhim about the many activities in which I was 39 . And I went into a 40 about how hard Iworked and the gains I was making. I must have talked for ten minutes. Kurt 41 patiently, but then he 42 smiled and said, “You don’t have a personal plan for growth, do you?”
“No, I 43 .
“You know,” Kurt said simply, “growth is not a(n) 44 process.”
And that’s when it 45 me. I wasn’t doing anything 46 to make myself better. And at that moment, I made the 47 : I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my 48 .
That night, I talked to my wife about my 49 with Kurt and what I had learned. I 50 her the workbook and tapes Kurt was selling. We 51 that Kurt wasn’t just trying to make a sale. He was offering a 52 for us to change our lives and achieve our dreams.
Several important things happened that day. First, we decided to 53 the resources. But more importantly, we made a commitment to 54 together as a couple. From that day on, we learned together, traveled together, and sacrificed together. It was a 55 decision. While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.
36. A. working B. preparing C. thinking D. eating
37. A. suggestion B. demand C. plan D. request
38. A. appeal B. look C. call D. qualify
39. A. involved B. trapped C. lost D. bathed
40. A. lecture B. speech C. discussion D. debate
41. A. calculated B. listened C. drank D. explained
42. A. eagerly B. gradually C. gratefully D. finally
43. A. admitted B. interrupted C. apologized D. complained
44. A. automatic B. slow C. independent D. changing
45. A. confused B. informed C. pleased D. hit
46. A. on loan B. on purpose C. on sale D. on balance
47. A. comment B. announcement C. decision D. arrangement
48. A. life B. progress C. performance D. investment
49. A. contract B. conversation C. negotiation D. argument
50. A. lent B. sold C. showed D. offered
51. A. recalled B. defined C. recognized D. declared
52. A. tool B. method C. way D. rule
53. A. provide B. buy C. give D. deliver
54. A. grow B. survive C. move D. gather
55. A. difficult B. random C. firm D. wise
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Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top 61____ _(attract).
So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I 62____ __（allow）to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be 63____ _(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back _____ _ my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, 65____ _ I was the first Western TV reporter 66___ __ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include 67_____(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.
On my recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by 68_____ _ (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few 69 __ __( day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, 70__ ____ other is with mum-she never suspects.下载本文
