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A
I was always told that the three “P”s, patience, positive thinking and perseverance (毅力), were a sure path ___26___ success. But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, ___27___ was originally to be held in our classroom, ___28___(change) to the library at the last minute. This, ___29___, didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax ___30___.
But my mood quickly changed when I saw ___31___first question. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay positive and persevered ___32___ I finally found the solution. With the problem ___33___ (solve), I felt proud of my achievement. ___34___ (fortunate), I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left ___35___ (complete) the rest!
B
The Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, consisting of millions of pages of data. In 1969, DARPA, 66____ ___ US defence organization, developed a way for all their computers to “talk” to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers and only the US army could use 67___ ____ in the following 15 years. Then in 1984, the US National Science Foundation started the NSF network, also known 68____ ___the Inter-network or ”Internet”. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. The World Wide Web, 69____ ___ (invent) in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, is a computer network that makes the information from millions of websites accessible to computer users. At the moment, about
80 % of web traffic is 70____ ___English, but by 2020, Chinese could take the lead. Obviously, it was Berners-Lee 71____ ___made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just the universities and the army. He designed the first “web browser”, 72____ ___allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. With the web and the Internet 73____ ___ (grow), the number of Internet users rose 74____ ___ (rapid) from 600,000 to 40 million within 5 years.
So far, the Internet 75____ ___ (create) thousands of millionaires all over the world, but Berners-Lee is not one of them.
C
Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play ___51___ he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many ____52____ (success) films and TV shows but he is most famous ____53___ his Superman films.
___54___ (lucky), disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and ____55__(break) his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. ____56___, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on ___57___ own. He would never walk again but he started____58__ new life with great courage.
The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money _____59____ (promote) medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people ___60____ (live) with all kinds of problems.
D
When I was growing up, I do not recall hearing the words “I love you” from my father. When your father never says ___56___ to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him ___57___ (say) those words as he gets ___58___ (old). To tell the truth, I could not honestly remember ___59___ I had last said those words to him either. I decided to set my ego (自我) aside and make the first move. ___60___ some hesitation(犹豫), in our next phone conversation I blurted out (突然说出) the words, “Dad … I love you!”
There was a silence at the ___61___ end and he ___62___ (shy) replied, “Well, same back at you!”
I laughed and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready, I know you ___63___ (say) what you want to say.”
A few weeks later, Dad ended our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the t ears were rolling down my cheeks ___64___ I finally “heard” the love. As we both sat there in tears we realized that this special moment ___65___ (take) our father-son relationship to a new level.
E
