When I was a child, my parents taught me the difference between good and bad behavior by showing me specific examples. My mother told me that you don’t 36 other kids because you would not like 37 if they hit you. That makes 38 . But, if my mother told me to be “nice” to someone, it was too vague for me to 39 . But if she said that being nice 40 delivering daffodils to a next door neighbor, that I could understand.
I believe that doing practical things can 41 the world a better place. When I was in my twenties I thought a lot about the meaning of life. At the time, I was getting started in my 42 of designing more humane facilities for animals at big farms and slaughterhouses(屠宰场). Many people would think that to even work at a slauterhouse would be inhumane, but they 43 that every human and animal 44 dies. In my mind, I had a(n) 45 of a way to make tht dying as 46 as possible.
Back in the 1970s, I went to fifty different feedlots and big farms in Arizona and Texas and 47 them work cattle. I cataloged the parts of each facility that 48 effectively. I took the best loading ramps, and other components and 49 them into an ideal new system. I get great 50 when a farmer tells me that my corral (畜栏) 51 helps cattle move through it quietly and 52 . When cattle stay calm, it means they are not scared. And that makes me feel I’ve 53 something important.
Some people might think if I could snap my 54 I’d choose to be “normal”. But, I wouldn’t want to give up my 55 to see in beautiful, precise pictures. I believe in them.
1.A. knock B. hit C. beat D. strike
2.A. this B. which C. it D. that
3.A. sense B. difference C. sail D. way
4.A. recognize B. realize C. know D. understand
5.A. meant B. minded C. missed D. admitted
6.A. give B. turn C. make D. take
7.A. job B. career C. trade D. industry
8.A. regret B. remember C. forgive D. forget
9.A. constantly B. eventually C. immediately D. directly
10.A. description B. scene C. picture D. image
11.A. peaceful B. calm C. quiet D.silent
12.A. required B. asked C. promised D. helped
13.A. solved B. worked C. acted D. conducted
14.A. collected B. gathered C. assembled D. met
15.A. satisfaction B. expectation C. explanation D. presentation
16.A. aim B. intention C. plan D. design
17.A. hardly B. difficultly C. easily D. happily
18.A. reached B. accomplished C. adapted D. polished
19.A. fingers B. hands C. arms D. feet
20.A. skill B. possibility C. talent D. ability
It was only a very short time _______ the young lady found her cellphone stolen as she got on the crowed bus.
A. before B. when C. since D. after
When television was first introduced, the extent _______ it would affect society could not have been foreseen.
A. of which B. of what C. to which D. in which
He thought the jar made ______ earth ______ little value and let me have it ______ only 5 dollars.
A. of; of; for B. from; of; by C. from; with; for D. of; of; by
--- I recommend you first give up smoking, and then try to find a job so that you’ll start a new life.
--- _______.
A. Not in the least B. Easier said than done
C. It’s up to you D. That all depends
The conservation area is very important for preserving many animals and plants, which would ______ run the risk of becoming extinct.
A. otherwise B. therefore C. though D. instead
