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Twenty-eight years ago, when I was a young man in New York City, I had no Christmas spirit.

I wasn’t a bad person. I didn’t 1 Christmas. But I was like many people: too 2 to really celebrate it. I wanted so badly to be a Broadway 3 that I didn’t have time for anything else. And then I was chosen for a part – one of the greatest parts in the history of Christmas: Ebenezer Scrooge. And it was in a big, wonderful 4 called the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

I also had to play one scene as Santa Claus – the worst possible part, I 5 , because Santa was so good. So boring. But that was OK.

However, nobody 6 about my Scrooge. Don’t get me wrong. Critics loved the show, and the audience cheered, but 7 ever wanted to come backstage to meet Ebenezer Scrooge. No, they 8 to talk to Santa Claus. They loved him.

I’m not just talking about children. Parents would be 9 when they saw me in my costume. Strangers would smile. One time, a news reporter 10 down in tears when I walked into the studio. “I can’t 11 I’m talking to Santa Claus,” she said.

Scrooge was written out of the Christmas Spectacular after only four years, 12 I’ve been Santa Claus for almost 30 years and more than 4,000 13 , and spending that much time as someone 14 you. As I was taking off my beard one night, I said to my stage manager, “I 15 I could wear this Santa suit all the time. If I did, I could 16 be angry or mean.”

It was only a passing thought, but it has 17 with me ever since. Santa Claus is the 18 part of me. He’s not just the role I play; he’s my role model.

Twenty-eight years ago, I wanted so badly to be 19 . I wanted to be Scrooge because Scrooge was interesting. Ebenezer Scrooge, I thought, would make me a 20 actor. Instead, Santa Claus made me a better man.

1. A. like B. expect C. hate D. celebrate

2. A. lazy B. busy C. free D. excited

3. A. model B. actor C. director D. manager

4. A. cinema B. show C. scene D. concert

5. A. saw B. made C. took D. thought

6. A. cared B. worried C. knew D. talked

7. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody

8. A. wanted B. refused C. pretended D. happened

9. A. scared B. annoyed C. impressed D. embarrassed

10. A. put B. made C. broke D. wrote

11. A. prove B. believe C. explain D. admit

12. A. but B. since C. as D. before

13. A. speeches B. reviews C. matches D. performances

14. A. bothers B. confuses C. changes D. upsets

15. A. agree B. wish C. feel D. realize

16. A. just B. still C. never D. even

17. A. fixed B. linked C. combined D. stuck

18. A. best B. worst C. first D. last

19. A. peaceful B. helpful C. successful D. cheerful

20. A. happier B. richer C. busier D. better

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“Don’t you want to consider studying business?” It was 2003 and I was in Class 10. Why did Papa ask me that? He knew I wanted to be a 1 .

“If you’re thinking of studying mass media after Class 12,” Papa added, “ 2 should be more helpful than science.”

“But I 3 to be a cardiologist (心脏病学家), Papa!” I protested.

“ 4 that’s where your heart really lies, I’m sorry I 5 this up,” he said.

In 2006, after I had spent two difficult years trying to study science, I brought up the 6 again with my father, a teacher who 7 his own training institute in Ujjain, MP. “What makes you 8 I’d make a better journalist than a doctor?” I asked Papa.

“You have been my 9 , too,” he said, smiling.

I was just eight years old when I 10 evening classes at his institute. It was very different from regular school. We shared anecdotes (趣闻), made presentations, staged plays, listened to and watched tapes from the BBC.

Always thinking about his students, Papa 11 takes leave but when he absolutely has to, he feels guilty. It 12 him when a student doesn’t show the same enthusiasm.

Every year, Teacher’s Day, the 5th of September, is like a 13 in our house. The phone 14 ringing. Papa takes every call 15 it were the only one he got.

It turned out to be journalism and not cardiology for me. In June 2006, when I joined St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, for my 16 degree in mass media, it felt like Papa’s classes. Soon I was writing regularly for the news magazine Outlook. In 2009, it was Papa again who 17 me decide not to take a post-graduate degree in mass media.

“You’ll only study the 18 things again,” Papa explained. “Sociology is such a lively subject, and if you want to be a good journalist you 19 know about society and people.”

I got my MA in sociology two years later.

This Father’s Day, June 21, when I call him, I will have completed nearly four fruitful years working as a journalist, thanks to Papa’s 20 .

1. A. journalist B. doctor C. businessman D. sociologist

2. A. business B. literature C. sociology D. communication

3. A. hesitate B. refuse C. want D. agree

4. A. If B. So C. When D. But

5. A. picked B. put C. brought D. gave

6. A. concept B. project C. question D. subject

7. A. supports B. runs C. holds D. shares

8. A. feel B. doubt C. hope D. prefer

9. A. son B. student C. fellow D. friend

10. A. chose B. taught C. joined D. received

11. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. hardly

12. A. hurts B. defeats C. strikes D. amuses

13. A. show B. lecture C. meeting D. festival

14. A. keeps B. begins C. continues D. stops

15. A. in case B. as if C. even if D. now that

16. A. bachelor’s B. master’s C. doctor’s D. graduate’s

17. A. saw B. let C. found D. helped

18. A. different B. same C. general D. boring

19. A. may B. could C. would D. must

20. A. nagging B. power C. guidance D. understanding

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The people who excel in any field are people who realize that the moment is there to be seized – that there are opportunities at every turn. They are more alive to the moment.

By Charles Faulkner (1952- , American Neuro-linguistic Programming practitioner, motivational speaker, author)

在各个领域表现杰出的人都明白把握当下的重要性，明白机会存在于每一个转角。他们更重视活在当下。 ——查理斯·福克纳

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Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents’. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the younger one began praying at the top of his lungs (用尽量大的声音): “I pray for a new bicycle ... I pray for a new iPad ...”

His older brother reminded him: “Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn’t deaf.”

To which the younger one replied, “No, but Grandma is!”