Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family,
health, friends and spirit (精神) and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is
a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these,
it will be broken. They will never be the same You must understand that and try to have balance in your
life. How?
Don"t look down on your worth loy comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different
and each of us is special.
Don"t let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.
Don"t give up when you still have something to give. (3) Nothing is really over until the moment you
stop trying.
Don"t be afraid to fight difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don"t shut love out of your life by saying it"s impossible. (4) The quickest way to receive love is to
Sive it; the fastest way to lose iove is to hold it too tightly (紧紧地); the best way to keep love is to
give it wings.
Don"t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you"ve been,but also where you
are going.
Don"t be afraid to learn.Knowledge is weightless.It"s a treasure (珍宝) you can always carry
easily.
Don"t use time or words carelessly. You can"t get them back.
Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery (秘密), and today is a gift: that"s why we call
it "the present".
A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. What are the five balls of life?
_______________________________________
2. Please say something about knowledge according to the passage.
_______________________________________
B. 将短文中画线的两个句子译成汉语。
3. _______________________________________
4. _______________________________________
C. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题.
5. ______________
1. They are work, family, health, friends and spirit.
2. Knowledge is weightless. It"s a treasure you can always carry easily.
3. 直到你停止努力的那一刻事情才会真正结束。
4. 最快捷地得到爱的方法是给予爱;最快速地是去爱的方法是过紧地握住爱。
5. Five Balls of Life
(答案不唯一)
Will you be happy if you have a new Nike T-shirt on? Probably you will. But what if you see
a friend 1 a more fashionable (时髦的) and more beautiful one? You may not feel as satisfied
2 you expect to and the feeling of happiness may disappear in a minute.
Why are we not so happy as we should be? The secret is: we focus on (专注) what we want
instead of what we have. We keep making our list of desires(愿望) longer and longer. As a result,
we are not pleased with what we have 3 owned. We say to ourselves, "I"ll be happy when this
desire is satisfied. " However, another desire appears when this one is met. So we still don"t feel happy
though we have got what we want. Happiness 4 when we always have new dcsires hard to satisfy.
Luckily, there is a way to be happy. Think more about what we have than what we want. Rather
than wish you were 5 to have an enjoyable vacation on the beach, think of 6 fun you have
had near home. Similarly, instead of hating to do much homework, 7 teachers for making you have
the chance to practice more. The list of what you have can also be endless. Each time you find yourself
falling into a "I wish life were different" trap (陷阱), take a deep breath and think of 8 you have ever
had.
Pay more attention to what you have, and you"ll probably get more of what you want. 9 example,
your good attitude toward doing homework can bring excellent grades in exams because 10 makes
perfect. Start to focus on what we have! The more we feel satisfied,the more happily we"ll live.
( )1. A. wearing ( )2. A. very ( ) 3. A. already ( )4. A. can"t be found ( )5. A. used ( )6. A. how ( )7. A. thank ( )8. A. everything ( )9. A. As ( )10. A exercises | B. to wear B. as B. yet B. can be found B. sad B. what B. refuse B. thing B. For B. grade | C. wore C. too C. far C. can find C. able C. whose C. dislike C. nothing C. on C. practice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
完形填空。 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There is a park near my home. But I don"t go there very often. One afternoon I went into 1 and found it was really small. In the park, there were two different ways. One was wide and clean. There were 2 flowers on both sides. 3 was narrow (狭窄的) and dirty. Wild grass grew everywhere. But finally I decided to follow the dirty way. Ah! There was a small 4 there. It was the most beautiful garden I had ever seen. There were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was 5 part of the park. Many people 6 me that there was nothing to see in the park. Now I tell them 7 they followed the right way, they would feel the difference. When I"m telling them, 8 just smile at me without answering. I know they don"t believe me. My trip to the park that day made me understand something about 9 . Don"t be 10 to choose a different way. Be brave. You may get a big surprise! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|