except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome
stuff they call "books".
I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked
The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear!" I cried. "Ten more books to read before I can
go to bed!" We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree
with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too
tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, "Oh God, please help me pass the
exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen." My eyes were so heavy
that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
B. disappointed
C. unhappy
D. hopeful
C. his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn"t keep them open
D. he hadn"t studied hard before the examination
B. He passed the exam all by luck.
C. He failed in the exam.
D. He was punished by his teacher.
B. Working Far into the Night
C. A Slow Student
D. Going Over My Lessons
he took the chair on the exam committee(担任考试委员会主席), the students would be in
fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky
enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students
of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got
seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so
easy to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his
description of which turned to be OK.
Then the professor asked about the cure for illness, and the student, too, answered just
as right.
"Good," said the professor, "and how much will you give the patient?"
"A full spoon", answered the student.
"Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.", said the professor. At the same
time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the
student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. " A full spoon is too
much," he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, "Mr
Professor, I"ve make a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient.He can take only
five drops."
"I"m sorry, sir." Said the professor coldly, "But it"s too late. Your patient has died.
B. their answers often astonished him
C. their answers seldom satisfied him
D. he often misunderstoodthem and give them bad markers
B. not satisfied
C. completely discouraging
D. accepted.
B. his last answer was satisfying
C. he had made a mistake
D. he had not done well in the exam.
B. The doctor will be in trouble if he"s given the patient a full spoon.
C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he
takes only one full spoon at a time.
D. If the patient wants to remain safe, he should take no more than five drops at a time.
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Volunteer victims A man who dined regularly in his favorite restaurant complained about the bread.It wasn"t 1 he said, that other restaurants served lots of 2 . But here he got only one piece. So the next time he came in, they 3 him four pieces. He still said it wasn"t 4 . For his next visit they put a large basket of bread on the table. But still he 5 ,"The other restaurants give all the bread you can 6 ". They decided to be 7 for him the next day. They had 8 an enormous loaf of bread. It was six feet long and two feet wide. Four people carried the loaf to his 9 .They plopped (使掉下) it down in front of him. It took up half the table and over both sides.The chef stood back to see 11 the customer would react. He looked over the loaf and 12 ,"So, we"re back to one piece again, aren"t we?" Like this man, we volunteer to be 13 . We believe life is unfair and people are 14 . We think everyone ![]() The problem is that life sometimes is unfair, 16 the greater truth is that people can decide whether they are victims or 17 . Happy people have learned that they cannot always 18 their circumstances, but they can often decide how they will 19 .What life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us as by the 20 we bring to life; not so much by what happens to us as by our reaction to what happens.You were born to be a victor! You were meant to be happy! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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