(41)Tell me what you think about and Ill tell you about your life. Emerson had it right when he said “A man is what he 21 about all day long.” Our thoughts have a very powerful influence on our lives. 21. A. wanders B. cares C. thinks D. dreamsThey 22 how we see ourselves, how we 23 other and how we see the world. 22. A. determine B. suggest C. indicate D. order23. A. regard B. comprehend C. appreciate D. viewThoughts can imprison us in fear and doubt or 24 us from pain and suffering. They can make life a 25 existence or a living nightmare.24. A. imprison B. punish C. liberate D. involve25. A. ordinary B. magical C. inferior D. trifleThe way we perceive life truly determines our reality. We often think that we describe the world we see but in 26 we see the world we describe. Consider two people waiting in a doctors office. One person thinks of this as a(n) 27 that always happens to them and sees the delay as a major problem. 26. A. reality B. contrast C. common D. conclusion 27. A. misfortune B. destiny C. disease D. inconvenienceThe other person 28 that this is a great 29 to relax, unwind(放松放松) and catch up on some work. Same delay, two different people with two different perceptions and two very different 30.28.A. supports B. decides C. misunderstandsD. agrees29. A. place B. treatment C. opportunity D. condition30. A. worlds B. situations C. values D. realities (42) It had been a bad day for Amy Shinn. The mother had been up all night with her 3-year-old daughter, who was miserable with a high fever and body rash. The doctor 21 scarlet fever （猩紅熱）（猩紅熱）and wrote several prescriptions, including one for an expensive antibiotic（抗生素）（抗生素）.21.A. judged B. diagnosed C. concluded D. suggested “We were really 22 on money that week,” recalls Shinn, who had missed two 23 because of Taylors illness.22.A. mean B. generous C. helpless D. tight23.A. friends B. workdays C. trains D. jobsShinn spoke at length with her pharmacist(藥劑師藥劑師), who said hed try to get a 24 rate. “When I went back to pick up the 25, he said it was 26. 24.A. reduced B. normal C. special D. medical25.A. medicine B. note C. prescription D. daughter26.A. sold out B. free C. missing D. absentI just stood there, shocked,” she says. “He told me a gentleman in line had 27 us talking and just paid for my prescription in 28 .”27.A. observed B. overheard C. followed D. noticed28.A. half B. all C. relief D. fullShinn began crying in the store and, even a year later, gets emotional 29 the act of kindness. “To this day, I dont know who it was. But I want to thank that person from the 30 of my heart,” she says.29. A. reconnecting B. reconsidering C. recalling D. rewriting 30. A. depth B. entirety C. faith D. bottom (43)When a baby sees a ball, the baby may reach out for it. If the baby is very young, and you 21 the ball behind a pillow (枕頭枕頭), then the ball 22 exists for the child. As the child grows older, the child will move the pillow to get the ball. Even though the child cannot see the ball, the ball still exists. This is an early example of “l(fā)earning to see the 23”.21. A. put B. play C. find D. take 22. A. still B. no more C. no longer D. even 23. A. visible B. invisible C. ball D. childJust about all of us have 24, so we all think we can see. But, in 25 we are all blind to probably 99% of the world. Because26 people realize this, few people make the attempt to learn more, in order to see more. Just like a child, what we dont see doesnt exist. 24. A. ears B. noses C. balls D. eyes25. A. return B. reality C. short D. case26. A. many B. few C. some D. a lot of 27, because most of us are blind to 99% of the world, we rely on others to give us the answers. Corporate (法人的法人的) media is education with blinders. They only show you the 28 picture, and, in this way, they control public opinion. 27. A. Unfortunately B. actually C. fortunately D. strangely 28. A. big B. little C. clear D. new29 needs to turn to noncommercial television, radio, and Internet world news to get the big picture. Everyone needs to know more in order to 30 the political spin and lies.29. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No one30. A. see to B. look out C. see through D. look for(44) Can you sleep yourself thin? No, not quite. But an 21 study of 68,000 women conducted at Harvard Medical School reveals that 22 who sleep five hours a night are 32 percent more likely to gain 30 pounds or more as they get older than women who sleep seven hours or more.21. A. burning B. frustrating C. amazing D. interesting 22. A. women B. men C. children D. adults Common sense says that someone whos 23 and running around should be 24 up more calories than someone whos in bed. Running around should make them skinnier, right? 23. A. awake B. happy C. angryD. asleep24. A. cleaning B. using C. eating D. makingBut the 25 , conducted over a 16-year period, reveals that even when the women who slept 26 ate more, they still gained less than women who slept less.25. A. survey B. investigation C. reportD. study26. A. shorter B. less C. more D. longerIts true that the group that 27 longer also tended to exercise a little more. And it could be, admitted the 28 , that people who are a bit sleep deprived (剝奪剝奪) could metabolize (使新陳使新陳代謝代謝) calories less 29 than those who are better rested.27. A. slept B. wrote C. worked D. traveled28. A. researchers B. teachers C. scientists D. professors29. A. badly B. efficiently C. successfully D. slowly But no one 30 for sure. Until they do, think twice before you cut back on sleep. Over the long haul, it may make you fat.30. A. smiles B. does C. cries D. knows (45) Another of my patients, a successful businessmen, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was “having the 21 ”. If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didnt 22 the cookie, life wasnt worth a damn. 21. A. candyB. cookie C. cake D. chocolate22. A. have B. eat C. buyD. likeA year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate（前列腺）（前列腺）cancer he sits 23 his head ruefully. “ When I give my son a cookie, he is 24 . If I take the cookie away or it 25 , he is unhappy. Its taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long. ”23. A. cutting B. bumping C. shaking D. washing24. A. disappointed B. angry C. happy D. excited25. A. loses B. disappears C. changes D. breaksMy 26 laughs and says cancer has changed him. For the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he 27 or loses at golf. “Two years ago, cancer asked me, Okay, whats important? What is really 28 ?26. A. doctor B. patient C. classmate D. colleague27. A. loses B. wins C. defeats D. laughs28. A. important B. neccessary C. useful D. hardWell, 29 is important. Life. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie, but it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the time?” He pauses 30 . “Damn, I guess life is the cookie.”29. A. loveB. job C. lifeD. family30. A. thoughtlesslyB. proudly C. bravelyD. thoughtfully (46) A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the 21 they had an argument, and one friend 22 the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand： “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.”21. A. distance B. journey C. voyageD. period22. A. attackedB. slapped C. kickedD. scoldedThey kept on 23 until they found an oasis（綠洲）（綠洲）, where they decided to take a 24 . The one, who had been slapped 25 , got stuck in the mire and started drowning, 23. A. walkingB. running C. climbingD. smiling24. A. restB. look C. breathD. bath25. A. politelyB. heartily C. angrilyD. slightlybut the friend 26 him. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a 27 ：“TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.”26. A. abandonedB. ignored C. murderedD. saved27. A. stoneB. sand C. paperD. oasis The friend who had slapped and saved his 28 friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”28. A. handsome B. ugly C. best D. worstThe other friend replied： “When someone 29 us, we should write it down in sand where winds of 30 can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave（雕刻）（雕刻） it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”29. A. hurtsB. kills C. complainsD. abuses30. A. happinessB. forgiveness C. illnessD. coldness