1.Human relationships would become difficult without forgiveness. It’s a necessity for building ___________relationships and achieving our own well-being. Very often we may think _________ we’ve been hurt too deeply to forgive. But __________, It’s those of us who’ve been most hurt that really need to forgive. ________ the truth is that unless we can forgive, we can never __________. For some people forgiveness seems impossible because they have no idea how to___ ________ it. The first and most important thing you need to _________ is that the act of forgiveness is not going to be easy. In fact, it will probably be the hardest thing most of us ever have to do. It seems totally __________ that we should have to forgive when we’re the ones _________ have been hurt. And that’s the central and most important part of __________. That’s why, sometimes, the initial act of forgiveness may seem relatively easy, but _________ _______ the emotions can be harder. True forgiveness is not a one-off act, it’s a constant __________ confrontation. So if you think you’re right and can’t find it in yourself to forgive, ask yourself this question: would you rather be right or happy.
2.Many of us have read interesting and exciting stories in which the main _________ has only a limited time to live. Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar ____________. Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day ______ ______ we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the _________ of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation _________ are often lost when time stretches before us in the __________ panorama of more days to come. Most of us take life for __________. We seldom think of it. We go about our petty tasks, hardly __________ of our listless attitude towards life. The same listlessness ___________ the use of our faculties and senses. Only the deaf __________ hearing, only the blind realize the blessings that lie in sight. But those _______ have never suffered loss of sight or hearing __________ seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were __________ blind and deaf for a few days at some time __________ his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
3.There’s a difference between “being a writer” and writings. As a matter of fact, many who wish to be writers are longing ________ wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at the type-writer. They are not __________ of the fact that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying __________. I remember when I became a freelance writer, I had no _________ at all. What I did have was a friend and a small __________ room in an apartment building. It didn’t even __________ that it was cold and no bathroom. Immediately I bought a used manual typewriter and _________ myself into writing. After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t received a _________ and began to doubt myself. Then one day I was __________ a job earning 6000 a year. As the dollars were _________ in my head, something _________my senses. From deep inside a bull-headed resolution _______ ____ I heard myself saying, “I’m going to _________ it out and write.” I realized that you had to make __________ and live creatively to keep working at your dreams. Then, in 1970, 17 years after I left the Coast Guard, Roots was published. The shadows had turned into dazzling limelight.
4.Optimism and pessimism are powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want, so as to shape our outlook and our expectations. From which ＿＿＿＿＿ do we want to view life? Will we look up in hope or down in ＿＿＿＿＿? An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a ＿＿＿＿＿. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, ＿＿＿＿＿, and how well you will get along with others. ＿＿＿＿＿＿, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations feed on themselves; they become a self-fulfilling ＿＿＿＿. Pessimism creates a sad and hopeless place＿＿＿＿ no one wants to live. When the world is seen ＿＿＿ a hopeful, positive place, people are more likely to ＿＿＿＿. Optimism doesn’t need to be naïve. You can be an optimist and still ＿＿＿＿ that problems exist and that some of them are not ＿＿＿＿ ＿＿＿＿ easily. Yet optimism makes a difference in the ＿＿＿＿of the problem solver! Optimism draws our attention away from negativism and ＿＿＿＿ it into positive, constructive thinking. When you’re an optimist, you’re more ＿＿＿＿＿＿ with problem-solving than with useless fault-finding. To tackle a big problem, one needs both optimism and persistence.
5.What is character? Character is composed of those principles and values that give our life direction, meaning and depth. These __________ our inner sense of what’s right and wrong _________ not on laws or rules of conduct but on who we are. They include such ________as integrity, honesty, courage, fairness and generosity ________ are formed in the long process of life. So wrong is ___________ in doing wrong, not in getting caught. Yet some people __________ if our inner values matter anymore. After all, haven’t many people succeeded in every visible way, __________ their moral weakness? This question demonstrates a __________ of our modern life. Many have come to believe that the only things we need for success are _________, energy and personality. Success has become more a _________ of charm, skills and techniques that lubricate the process of human ___________. Instead of making efforts to deal with difficult ________ of right and wrong, we turned to making things go smoothly. But many noted __________ have taught us that who we are is more Important than ________ we appear to be and we can only experience true success and happiness by making __________ the guideline of our lives. While skill is certainly needed for success, it can never guarantee happiness and fulfillment.
6.Creative people have a great deal of physical energy, but they are also often quiet and at rest. They can work long hours with great ____________ while remaining fresh and enthusiastic all the time. When necessary, they can ________ it like a laser beam; when not, creative types immediately _________ their batteries. Creative people seem able to use well two _________ ways of thinking: the convergent and the divergent. Convergent thinking involves __________well-defined, rational problems that have one correct answer. Divergent thinking involves the ability to __________ a great quantity of ideas, or the ability to __________ from one perspective to another. In current psychological research, extroversion and ___________ are considered to be the most stable personality traits that __________ people from each other. Creative individuals seem to exhibit both _________ at the same time. Most creative people are very passionate about their work, _______ they can be extremely objective about it as well. Without the __________, we soon lose interest in a difficult task. Yet without __________ objective about it, our work may suffer and lack credibility.
Perhaps the most important _________, the one that is most consistently present in all creative individuals, is the ability to enjoy the process of creation for its own sake.
7.In many job interviews, a common question is whether the interviewee is a “team player”. But what does _________ a team player really mean? On the most basic level, a team player is someone __________ can work within a group of people. Therefore it is an ___________ requirement of any employment that any potential __________ is a team player. On a deeper level, a team player is someone who can play a _________ in the team, to achieve and support the _________ set and agreed upon by the team. Every member of the team should have __________ roles and responsibilities in view of achieving their _________ goals. The success of the team relies completely _________ every member of the team carrying out their roles and responsibilities in __________ with the direction of the leader. Being a team player does not __________ that you do not have any ideas of your own. It does not mean you should always __________ with the rest of the team. Don’t be afraid to ________ new ideas even seemingly crazy ones. Everyone in the team should feel free to come up with new ideas and not worry about them being dismissed.
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