Florence Chadwick was a great swimmer. However, not all of her efforts worked out. In addition to working hard, she had a secret for success. At the age of 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. However, in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense that she could hardly see her support boats. Her body was numb(麻木) and she had been swimming for nearly 16 hours. Against the cold grip of the sea, she struggled on—hour after hour—while millions watched on national television. Alongside Florence, in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had… until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out. Still warming her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal. Two months later, she tried again. Despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact（未受影响的）and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it!

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你准备参加学校最近组织的一次英文演讲比赛，主题是“The Value of Goals”。在准备演讲时，你读到上面的文章，给你很大的启发。请准备一份演讲稿。开头部分已给出，但不计入总词数。

1、以约30个词概括短文的要点；

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1）你读完这个故事的感受；

2）谈谈你是如何理解目标在人生当中所起的作用的；

3）鼓励大家要树立目标，并为目标的实现而努力。

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Several days ago, I came across a story about Glorence Chadwick, __________

One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section．A small advertisement held my   36 .It read, “Easy job．Good wages．No experience   37  .” It sounded like the job I was   38   ．Easy job．Good wages．Those four words  39   now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the   40   ．Easy job．Good wages．Easy job．Good wages．Easy ...

    When I got to the place I saw a series of large  41  half filled with water, out of which I noticed   42   the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes． 43  these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches．All had their  44  in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a  45  and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching（刮;擦） the labels on   46  .

    I sat down on a  47   beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle．As the minutes went by I noticed that the  48   of the water started to  49   from my hand to my body．But  50   still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was  51  by the minute into a full?? blown tomato?? colored finger．A numb（麻木的）pain began to be felt  52   from my right thumb．Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.

    After three hours of this I told the manager I’d  53  .He figured I had  54  69 cents at 23 cents an hour．With the money, I left the working place．“Easy job．Good wages.” came to my brain again．Looking at my hands, I  55    myself, “Can easy job get good wages？”

A．eyes              B．attention             C．decision           D．breath

A．necessary          B．relevant           C．practical           D．primitive

A．running after      B．looking for         C．heading for       D．looking after

A．circled         B．moved             C．flashed           D．attacked

A．letter           B．sign             C．advertisement     D．post

A．baskets         B．bowls              C．pots             D．basins

A．hiding          B．sticking            C．rising                   D．breaking

A．In             B．Above             C．Under           D．Around

A．arms           B．hands            C．legs                D．feet

A．knife          B．snail             C．bottle               D．brush

A．that                  B．those               C．them                D．it

A．chair          B．bench             C．bottle              D．sofa

A．smell          B．coldness           C．color             D．steam

A．spread         B．travel            C．recycle           D．accelerate

A．worse         B．better            C．more             D．rather

A．going         B．finding           C．growing          D．becoming

A．now and then   B．here and there     C．one by one         D．little by little

A．adapt          B．equip               C．bargain             D．quit

A．taken          B．offered            C．earned              D．created

A．thought        B．asked            C．found              D．hated

It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance,   36   for the train to take me to my   37   in Boston. The word was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves,   38   their steaming cups of coffee.

Reaching into my pocket as the   39  was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $ 20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was   40  ! I searched through my bag and then I felt   41  . Unless the money dropped from the sky, I’d be   42   there.

“What’s the matter?” A short, elderly man stood before me.

“Oh, nothing…. Well, I   43   my money and now I can’t pay for the ticket. I’m going to   44   my match class, and the train is leaving.”

“Here, use this.”

The man held a $ 20 bill. I looked up,   45  . People just didn’t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their own   46  , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers.

“Thank you, but no, I can’t.”

“  47  it – go!” The man pushed me   48   the train.  I bought a round – trip ticket, and he refused the change I   49  to give him back. I did not know what to say – a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood   50  .

For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through   51  eyes. That man made a difference with such a simple   52  .

A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $ 20   53  I saw the man. And there he was.

“excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this.” I   54  the money into his hand.

Failing to refuse, he said, “Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday.” I smiled, content.

The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a   55  stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness.

1.A．watching             B．looking         C．reaching    D．arranging

2.A．home              B．class          C．office     D．factory

3.A．serving             B．carrying         C．minding      D．making

4.A．chance            B．crowd             C．driver          D．train

5.A．deep                B．empty             C．messy         D．tight

6.A．hopeless            B．useless           C．relieved      D．dissatisfied

7.A．blocked             B．drawn             C．stuck     D．tied

8.A．wasted            B．counted         C．spent     D．lost

9.A．miss                B．skip           C．fail          D．stop

10.A．frightened        B．disturbed         C．surprised   D．concerned

11.A．problems          B．complaints         C．positions    D．challenges

12.A．Seize             B．Get            C．Catch        D．Take

13.A．in                 B．beyond           C．toward       D．on

14.A．offered            B．managed       C．happened  D．attempted

15.A．unconsciously       B．silently           C．seriously    D．uncomfortably

16.A．curious            B．changed          C．bright         D．widened

17.A．task               B．act             C．example     D．performance

18.A．so that            B．even if            C．now that    D．in case

19.A．dropped           B．pushed           C．pressed      D．placed

20.A．giving             B．encouraging       C．promising  D．respecting

I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.

On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.

When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.

Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.

Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.

Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.

Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a well?known doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.

1.A.drafted? B．dismissed

C．invited? D．involved

2.A.well? B．plenty

C．enough? D．heavily

3.A.search? B．provide

C．hope? D．leave

4.A.brought? B．checked

C．gave? D．carried

5.A.remind? B．help

C．devote? D．find

6.A.memory? B．favor

C．possession? D．need

7.A.reality? B．fantasy

C．satisfaction? D．affection

8.A.refusing? B．pretending

C．attempting? D．preparing

9.A.whether? B．how

C．when? D．why

10.A.something? B．anything

C．nothing? D．everything

11.A.as? B．with

C．for? D．at

12.A.sent? B．delivered

C．published? D．released

13.A.But? B．And

C．Then? D．Otherwise

14.A.above? B．around

C．within? D．beyond

15.A.right? B．mean

C．wrong? D．nice

16.A.more? B．further

C．greater? D．better

17.A.in? B．for

C．of? D．on

18.A.ambition? B．dream

C．enthusiasm? D．education

19.A.hunger? B．suffering

C．desperation? D．poverty

20.A.fond? B．proud

C．aware? D．confident

Teens don’t understand the big fuss. As the first generation to grow up in a wired world, they hardly know a time when computers weren’t around, and they eagerly catch the chance to spend hours online, chatting with friends. So what?

But researchers nationwide are increasingly worried that teens are becoming isolated, less skillful at person-to-person relationships, and perhaps numb to the cheatings that are so much a part of the e-mail world. “and a teen’s sense of self and values may be changed in a world where personal connections can be limitless,” said Sherry Turkle.

Another researcher, Robert Kraut, said he’s worried about the “opportunity costs” of so much online time for youths. He found that teens who used computers, even just a few hours a week, showed increased signs of loneliness and social isolation. “Chatting onine may be better than watching television, but it’s worse than hanging out with real friends,” he said.

Today’s teens, however, don’t see anything strange in the fact that the computer takes up a central place in their social lives, “School is busy and full of pressure. There’s almost no time to just hang out.” said Parker Rice, 17. “Talking online is just catch up time.”

Teens say they feel good about what they say online or taking the time to think about a reply. Some teens admit that asking someone for a date, or breaking up, can be easier in message form, though they don’t want to do so. But they insist there’s no harm.

1.She researchers argue that___．

         A．teens may develop a different sense of values

         B．nothing is wrong with teens' chatting online

         C．teens can manage their social connections

         D．spending hours online does much good to teens

2.Teens think that talking online can help them ____．

         A．use computers properly                   B．improve their school work

         C．develop an interest in social skills            D．reduce their mental pressures

3.The text mainly deals with __ _．

         A．teens' pleasant online experience

         B．teens' computer skills and school work

         C．the effects of the computer world on teens

         D．different opinions on teens' chatting online

4.The purpose of the text is to ____．

         A．describe computer research results

         B．draw attention to teens' computer habits

         C．suggest ways to deal with problem teens

         D．discuss problems teens have