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With the reform of Chinese higher education, more and more colleges and universities put emphasis on nurturing students' abilities. 16 a consequence, elective courses are 17 (avail) not only for excellent academic performers but also for students of the average level. Certainly, students have different reasons 18 (choose) their own electives. For some, practical skills are the essence (本质) of college education, and therefore, courses on computer science, marketing, and finance 19 (prefer). On the other hand, 20 may hold the idea of liberal education and electives concerning literature, history, and philosophy are the most welcome.
Take me as 21 example: being a disciple of free education, I stand for the idea 22 university is not a place for survival skills, 23 a palace of knowledge and critical reasoning. 24 my major is chemistry, the electives I attend most frequently are English literature, an Introduction to Classic Music, and Different Schools of Western Painting. 25 really widen my horizon.
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When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him, __16___made some noise. This soon wakened the lion. ___17___ (lose) his temper, he caught the mouse in his paws and was about to kill it. The mouse, terrified, pleaded to the lion to spare ___18___life.
"Please let me go," it cried, "and one day I will repay you for your _19_(kind)." The idea of so small a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much _20_he laughed aloud. He thought, “How could this little mouse help me?” ___21_, he lifted his paws and let it go.
But the mouse's chance came after all. A few days later, when the lion was wandering in the forest, he __22___ (catch) in a trap. The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, __23___he tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed ____24___, and saw the sad lion. It went up to him and soon gnawed away (啃断) the ropes. “Was I right?” asked the little mouse. This lion ___25___ (nod) his head and thanked the little mouse.
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I was always told that the three Ps, patience, positive thinking and perseverance, were a sure path 16______success.But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 17______was originally to be held in our classroom, 18______ (change) to the library at the last minute. This, 19______, didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 20____. But my mood changed quickly when I saw the first question. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay 21____(positively) and persevered 22___I finally found the solution. With the problem 23____(solve),I felt proud of my achievement.24_____(fortunate),I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left 25______ (complete) the rest.
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Recently I failed an exam．However, 16 I came out of my teacher's office, I told myself: "Smile! It's not so serious. “I smiled a big smile and 17 worked a little, really．
Everyone gets 18 （frustrate） sometimes．I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits．But one day I came 19 a sentence in the Bible: “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will he anxious for itself．Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day．" It suddenly struck me: " 20 （worry） about a problem doesn't help．Why not just give a big smile and face up 21 the trouble?"
Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that 22 （laugh） is better than tears and anger．I 23 _ （convince） that there's something magical about a smile．A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me 24 courage to move on．
Remember, whenever you're faced with a setback, whenever you've been treated unfairly, all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again．Smile at life, 25 it will shine on you
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I had an unusual conversation with a woman about physical limitations. Nancy suffered 16 a serious disease and she could no longer walk. She spent her 17 (wake) hours in a wheelchair. “I’m not ‘confined ()’ to a wheelchair,” she insisted one day. “It doesn’t confine me but 18 (set) me free.” She asked me, “Do you want to know 19 reason for living?”
“What is it?” I wondered. “To liberate people. To set them free. Before I got my wheelchair,” she explained, “I had trouble getting around. Now I can go places! However I can free people, I want to do 20 .”
“People speak of being ‘shut in,’” she continued. “People 21 are confined to a room or a house or a bed are not ‘shut in.’ they’re ‘shut out’ – shut out of activities and shut out of people’s lives. So my aim is to liberate people, to set them free, however I can.”
Because of her disease, Nancy now helps people find ways of gaining more physical 22 (free). Listen to these words from Darwin P. Kingsley: “You have powers you never dreamed 23 . You can do things you never thought you 24 do. There are no limitations in 25 you can do except the limitations of your own mind.”
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Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you get a ___16____(close) look you will notice one of them is blind.
Instead of abandoning him, his owner has made him a safe and comfortable barn to live in. And if you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the sound of a bell____17___(come) from ____18____ smaller horse. Attached to ___19___ (it) halter is a small, copper-colored bell assisting the blind friend to follow him.
____20____you watch them, you'll find the horse with the bell always checking on the blind one, and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and then slowly walk to ____21____ the other one is, trusting he will not _____22____( lead ) astray. When the horse with the bell returns to the barn each evening, he will stop ____23____ (frequent) to look back, making sure that the ____24___ isn't too far behind to hear the bell.
Life does not throw us away just because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges. Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by the little ringing bell of our acquaintances; ___25____other times we are the guide horse, who helps others to find their way.
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During an 19 F4 tornado (龙卷风) in Missouri, three people, Miss Moorehouse, Mrs. Webster, and her son were caught up in the storm. They ___16___ (carry) nearly one mile, but were let down so gently ___17___ none of the three was seriously injured. Here is Moorehouse’s ___18___ (describe) of her unbelievable flight.
‘‘I was conscious all the time when I was flying through the air, and ___19___ seemed a long time. I seemed to be lifted up, ___20___ (go) up to a great height. At one time I was far above the church towers, and seemed to be carried to a ___21___ (distance) place. As I was going through the air, I saw a horse, ___22___ was a white one and had a harness (马具) on, floating about with me. By the way ___23___ horse kicked and struggled as it was thrown about, I knew it was alive. I was afraid that it would knock into me, ___24___ it did not. Finally, I was mercifully landed ___25___ the ground unharmed, saved by luck.”
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It was New Year's Night. An aged man raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white flowers on the surface of a clear calm lake. He had already passed sixty of the stages 16 (lead) to his certain goal — the tomb, and he had brought from his journey nothing 17 mistakes and regret. Now his health was poor, his mind empty, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.
The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled 18 serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads — 19 leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with beautiful flowers, fresh fruits; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, 20 was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes crawled.
21 this New Year's night, he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him. But they had made their way to 22 (success) and were now honored and happy.
The clock in the church tower 23 (strike) and the sound made him remember his parents' early love for him. They had taught him 24 prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. His darkened eyes were full of 25 (tear), and with a desperate effort, he burst out a cry: "Come back, my early days! Come back!"
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When very small dinosaur bones were found in a Germany mine people thought they were from baby dinosaurs. __31__ scientist Martin Sander's work shows that they were probably fully __32__ (grow) and belong to the smallest giant dinosaur species ever found.
Growth marks on dinosaur bones are similar _33__ growth rings on trees. The rings are far apart while the animal is young and growing quickly. _34_ get closer as growth slows. "It is_35__ (exact) these tight ring marks that we found in the fossil (化石) bones," says Sander. So the fossils must have been from adult animals.
__36__ was this German dinosaur so much smaller than other giant dinosaurs, which grew up to 45 metres long and weighed as much as a thousand humans?
150 million years ago, most of Germany was underwater. Scientists think that __37_water levels rose, there was less and less land and food available. The dinosaur __38__ (force) to adapt and evolved into a smaller animal __39__ (need) less space and food.
Since 1998, scientists have dug up more than 1,000 dinosaur fossils in the mine. It is one of the few places in the world __40_the bones and footprints of dinosaurs have been found together.
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It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn’t ask for any help. The wait seemed 31 (end). Then came another rider, the old man 32 _(catch) his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?”
Stopping his horse, he replied, “Of course.” Almost 33 (freeze), the old man could not get 34 the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, 35 to his home. “Sir, you didn’t even ask the other riders for help, why? What 36 I had said ‘no’ and left you there?” the horseman asked.
The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked into their eyes, I found they didn’t care, 37 told me it would be useless, but when I looked into 38 , I saw kindness.”
These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for 39 you’ve said, I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” With that, Thomas Jefferson, the 40 (three) president of the US, turned his horse around and went away．
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