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　　The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers．“I know how 　　1　　 you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said．“And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would 　　2　　 not to take the test．

　　Many students jumped up to 　　3　　 the teacher and left the classroom．The teacher looked at the 　　4　　 students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last 　　5　　．” Two more students decided to go．

　　Seven students remained．The teacher then handed out the 　　6　　．There were only three sentences typed on the paper：Congratulations! You have just 　　7　　 an A in this class．Keep believing in yourself．

　　I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test 　　8　　 any teacher could and should give．Students who are not 　　9　　 in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量)．

　　The same is 　　10　　 in real life．The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have 　　11　　 both successes and failures．They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education 　　12　　 from events in their lives, and have become 　　13　　 people．

　　Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80％ of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed．You are a big kid now, and you 　　14　　 that you have some limits(限制)．However, there is 　　15　　 you can’t do or learn or be．Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服)but ourselves．

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　　"What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up your whole life long?" These were the words I heard when I 　　1　　 the TV the other day．They were coming from one of the talk shows 　　2　　 are so popular on TV these days．I started to turn the channel but the words I had 　　3　　 made me stop for a moment．I 　　4　　 the speaker of them．He couldn't have been more than 18 years old, but already he was writing off(认为……已失败)his life as a useless waste．

　　I wanted to shout at him：" You're not 　　5　　 yet!"

　　It is 　　6　　 sad that so many people cannot get beyond(摆脱)their pasts and live 　　7　　 the present．There are so many people like that talk show guest．There are people still in their teen years 　　8　　 that their lives are over．There are people in their twenties who already think they have 　　9　　 the boat to success and happiness．There are people in their thirties and forties who sit around complaining that life has passed them by．I want to shout to them all：" Wake up! You're still 　　10　　! What have you done today?" If you want a happy life, you can't dwell on(细想、纠缠于)your past 　　11　　．If you want joy and love in your life, you have to choose them today．God gives us a new chance at life every time we wake up in the morning．It is up to us to seize it．

　　Today 　　12　　 be the beginning of a new life for each of us．We can choose joy right now．We can share love today．We can live in delight starting at this moment．It doesn't matter how hard our past has been．Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of 　　13　　．It doesn't matter if we are eight 　　14　　 eighty-we can still make our lives 　　15　　．Life isn't over until your last heartbeat．Start today, then, to make your heart beat with joy, love, and light．

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　　The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers．“I know how 　　1　　 you have all worked to prepare for this test, ” he said．“And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would 　　2　　 not to take the test．

　　Many students jumped up to 　　3　　 the teacher and left the classroom．The teacher looked at the 　　4　　 students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? this is your last 　　5　　．” Two more students decided to go．

　　Seven students remained．The teacher then handed out the 　　6　　．There were only three sentences typed on the paper：Congratulations! You have just 　　7　　an A in this class．Keep believing in yourself．

　　I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test 　　8　　 any teacher could and should give．Students who are not 　　9　　 in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量)．

　　The same is 　　10　　 in real life．The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have 　　11　　 both successes and failures．They have learned life's lessons, either from normal education 　　12　　 from events in their lives, and have become 　　13　　 people．

　　Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80％ of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed．You are a big kid now, and you 　　14　　 that you have some limits(限制)．However, there is 　　15　　 you can't do or learn or be．Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It's not the mountain we conquer(克服)but ourselves．

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　　Miners work under the earth to collect coal．They have 　　1　　 jobs because sometimes the earth sinks or falls apart．When this 　　2　　, miners are trapped underground．They are buried．　　3　　 they don't have air to breathe, food to eat, and 　　4　　 to drink, they will die．They cannot go 　　5　　 any of these things for long, but the first is the most important．It is 　　6　　 to figure out where miners are and reach them 　　7　　．Trapped miners dream of being free and don't 　　8　　．

　　In July 2002, nine miners went to 　　9　　 in Pennsylvania．All of a sudden, there was a terrible 　　10　　．A wall broke apart and water flooded the area where the miners were working．　　11　　 came up to their collars．At first, the miners 　　12　　, but no one could hear them．Luckily, people on the surface figured out 　　13　　 the miners were and dug a breathing hole．Later, they 　　14　　 them messages from their families．Many people took part in helping to 　　15　　 them．After a period of several days, they brought the tired miners to the surface alive．

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