For many years my parents subscribed to “Reader’s Digest”. Usually I enjoyed reading each issue(期) as much as they did. The _______ in the magazine I liked most was “The Best Advice I Ever Had.”
Even today, one of those best advice stories sticks with me and _______ a great lesson. Writing about his _______. Harry Fosdick—longtime beloved minister of Riverside Church in New York City— _______ a morning when his father was leaving the house. He _______ to Harry’s mother and said “Tell Harry he can cut the grass today, _______ he feels like it.” Then after a few steps the father turned back and _______ a meaningful suggestion: “Tell Harry he had better feel like it.” The reason why I treasure Fosdick’s father’s instruction is that many of us know what we have to do in our _______ tasks —we are told what to do, while the major _______ is that in many cases we delay action until we feel like it.
So think of the ________ that Harry’s father tells him that he “had better feel like it” when we must do the ________ things. Already, I am confident you could add a dozen similar ________ tasks and responsibilities to this list—possibly two dozen. If you ________ until you feel like doing them, tasks will become more difficult. Getting back to young Harry’s task, I can ________ that a small boy pushing the mower(割草机) with great effort back and forth, around flowers and bushes on this ________ day, wiping the sweat from his face until he got the job ________. Let’s be aware that this was one of those long ago mowers, ________ a motor, appropriately called “push mowers.” So the task is ________. Harry got the demanding job finished, because he knew that he “had better feel like it.”
________ you are to finish your task or do your work, you’ll have to feel like it. After you ________ feel like it you’ll surprisingly find it isn’t difficult to finish.
1.A.article B.comment C.picture D.advertisement
2.A.shows B.includes C.implies D.remains
3.A.boyhood B.job C.life D.joke
4.A.spent B.considered C.remembered D.learned
5.A.returned B.moved C.wrote D.turned
6.A.because B.if C.though D.since
7.A.mentioned B.understood C.added D.explained
8.A.given B.daily C.next D.favorite
9.A.fact B.condition C.concern D.problem
10.A.result B.way C.advice D.reason
11.A.unpleasant B.awesome C.aggressive D.supreme
12.A.strange B.annoying C.particular D.easy
13.A.wait B.change C.stick D.resist
14.A.believe B.expect C.imagine D.suppose
15.A.freezing B.hot C.comfortable D.starry
16.A.started B.done C.paid D.offered
17.A.without B.through C.with D.for
18.A.funny B.different C.interesting D.rough
19.A.After B.But C.When D.Unless
20.A.mainly B.really C.naturally D.hardly
—I couldn’t tell Jack from his twin brother.
—Me too, and there is no obvious________between them.
A.contribution B.distinction C.promotion D.expression
Drivers must strictly_______the speed limit when driving on the freeways to keep away from any possible accidents.
A.grasp B.represent C.observe D.reduce
When confronted with the audience’s suspicions, the spokesman found himself _______ for words.
A.lose B.lost C.to lose D.having lost
to the gift was a note on which he expressed his gratitude for our reception during his stay here.
A.Being attached B.Attaching
C.Attached D.having attached
It's an inspirational story, and the well-researched facts really bring the story and characters_______.
A.alive B.living C.lively D.live
