Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

This I Believe

I believe in the challenge to accomplish something out of the ordinary. I have ___41__ this belief from the Guinness Book of World Records. That book showed me the value of equal ____42__and competition. It proved to me, early on, that I could rise above anonymity and ___43___ remarkable things.

The Guinness Book of World Records taught me to believe in the “accessibility of the “___44__”. I was attracted by the descriptions in the book: the fastest, the longest, the widest, the most …whatever you can imagine. It opened up the possibility of what I might be able to do.

The Guinness Book of World Records taught me tenacity and perseverance and, more __45___, the desire to do something unexpected. So many people in the book were __46___ by family and friends for what they were doing. Yet they did it. I see them as success stories --- the ___47____ people who did something extraordinary.

I am not saving the world. I am not the best at what I do, but I am only 24 --- there is still time.

The Guinness Book of World Records helped give me a different ___48___ on the impossible, and encouraged me to try something unusual. I believe in making the “dream ” a ___49____, and I hope to someday break a few records myself.

The laptop on the teacher’s desk is not yours. It b_____ to Harry.

While shopping, we always b______ with the shopkeeper in order to reduce the price.

The children waited until the policeman s_________ to them to cross the street.

I don’t know how to choose a mobile phone. Science and t________ is changing so fast!

I really a________________ it that you helped me so much when I was in need.

When people found the missing boy in the forest, they all smiled in r__________.

On hearing the funny story, the whole class burst into l___________________.

To be h______________, to start a business of my own is not as easy as I expected.

When I opened the letter, I found some photos a__________________ it.

The p_____ we saw last night was really wonderful. It was worth my time and effort.

Complete the passage by choosing the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

What is your dream? What is the goal that you have set for yourself and are working to achieve? Realizing your dreams is not an easy ___1___.

Last fall I decided to write a new book for my publisher. Writing a book is a __2___ goal, which got off to a terrific start last October. The writing is flowing well. Then I got sick. In fact, I got ill that I needed surgery and the ___3___ was long and exhausting. I did not work from the first week of November until the second week of January. By then I was nervous about meeting the April deadline for submitting the new manuscript to my publisher.

Worried, I asked my author friends for some help, and they gave me this key piece of advice, “Let’s start writing!" they all said. So I did. It was not an immediate ___4___ to my depression, but after a few weeks of ___5___, I got back to normal. Several people in my circle of supporters helped me make some good connections and I got the book ___6___, and to the publisher on time. It was an exciting goal for me to reach, so I took my family to Hawaii as my ___7___.

Sometimes you ___8___ your own dreams because of self-doubt, fear, or external complications. You can think of many different excuses to        ___9___ those dreams aside, but, if you go after your dreams, your world will become more exciting and you will begin to live a more passionate and meaningful life.

So, now, take a minute to write down three goals you want to accomplish this year.

【小题1】English plays an important part in our life so we a__________________ great importance to learning English well.
【小题2】In order to lose weight, she has been on a d__________ recently.
【小题3】There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a day’s work, went late at night to d____________ a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.
【小题4】The book Lin Qiaozhi wrote was one that explained how to cut the death r___________ from having and caring for babies.
【小题5】Dr. Yuan has another dream: to ___________ (输出；出口) his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.
【小题6】It is generally accepted that smoking is h____________ to our health.
【小题7】People say Vancouver is Canada’s most beautiful city, s_______________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
【小题8】I went to American embassy to s____________ help, but I failed.
【小题9】China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people can a___________ the moon and in China enjoy moon cakes.
【小题10】He is wearing sunglasses to p____________ his eyes from the sun.
【小题11】 Most scientists believe that water doesn’t e______________ on the surface of the moon.
【小题12】Mohandas Gandhi was a great leader of India, who helped gain India’s i______________ from Britain.

1.English plays an important part in our life so we a__________________ great importance to learning English well.

2.In order to lose weight, she has been on a d__________ recently.

3.There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a day’s work, went late at night to d____________ a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.

4.The book Lin Qiaozhi wrote was one that explained how to cut the death r___________ from having and caring for babies.

5.Dr. Yuan has another dream: to ___________ (输出；出口) his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.

6.It is generally accepted that smoking is h____________ to our health.

7.People say Vancouver is Canada’s most beautiful city, s_______________ by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

8.I went to American embassy to s____________ help, but I failed.

9.China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people are a___________ the moon and in China enjoy moon cakes.

10.He is wearing sunglasses to p____________ his eyes from the sun.

11. Most scientists believe that water doesn’t e______________ on the surface of the moon.

12.Mohandas Gandhi was a great leader of India, who helped gain India’s i______________ from Britain.