题目
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This was not the first time I’d heard such a statement, but with graduation fast coming close, her words especially struck me. It seemed a bit disappointing to reach one"s life peak at only 22 years of age, but in her opinion, college had been one of the best times in my life so far. I made friends, took classes, and learned a great deal about myself. But I was also excited for the time after college—moving to a new city, starting a new job, and becoming a "real" person. I hoped that my great dreams were practical.
Then, last week I read a column in Real Simple Magazine called 100 Years of Attitude, in which women 100 years or older shared their life experiences and views. I noticed that none of them considered college as the "best" time of their life. Not all of them went to college, but still in most cases their teens and twenties were not the best times of their life. They said some of their favorite times were raising their children, traveling after retirement, and even enjoying their present time and age.
Enjoying one"s present time and age was a clear theme of the interviews. A piece of advice given by the women was about the importance of making the best of all situations. I think it more accurate than that of my friend; I can say with certainty that if I am lucky enough to make it to 100, I refuse to spend the last 80 years of my life plummeting (跌落) downhill, or even leveling off.
I am sure that our eagerness and devotion will make us college students live a meaningful life. We will not just look backwards or miss our college days. We will look forward in excitement about continued journey uphill.
小题1:Which of the following opinions does the writer agree with?
A.College is the best time of one’s life. |
B.Twenties were the best time of the old people. |
C.One should make the best of all situations. |
D.One should not look backwards at their college time. |
A.her achievements in college would be the peak of her success |
B.she is looking forward to living as a “real” person in college |
C.she becomes more and more uneasy with graduation |
D.she is satisfied with the college life but is hopeful for the future |
A.best time of life at youth | B.life experiences and views |
C.different opinions about life | D.favorite time with best friends |
A.she will not spend the rest of her time at college |
B.she will not just obtain a college level certificate |
C.she will not be satisfied with what she has already accomplished |
D.she will not be content with the life in the future |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:作者的一个朋友告诉作者要好好享受大学的最后几周时间,因为大学是最美好的时光。作者更期待大学毕业后的生活。作者在报纸上了解到百岁老人的人生阅历和人生态度,作者认为,作为即将毕业的大学生,未来之路会充满激情,毕业后的人生会更有意义。
小题1:根据倒数第二段“A piece of advice given by the women was about the importance of making the best of all situations. I think it more accurate than that of my friend;”可知,作者更认可的是,充分利用好人生的每一个阶段,活在当下,故选C。
小题2:根据“college had been one of the best times in my life so far...But I was also excited for the time after college—moving to a new city, starting a new job, and becoming a "real" person.”可知,作者认为大学是生命中最美好的时光之一,他更期待毕业后的生活。故选D。
小题3:根据“in which women 100 years or older shared their life experiences and views”可知,这个专栏讲的是百岁老人的生活经历和她们对于人生的观点,故选B。
小题4:I refuse to spend the last 80 years of my life plummeting (跌落) downhill, or even leveling off.如果能活到100岁,作者不甘心自己的后80年走下坡路或停滞不前。作者不满足于目前所取得的成绩,leveling off稳定,故选C。
核心考点
试题【An older friend once gave me a piece of advice, “Enjoy the last few weeks of col】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and devotion to a career. But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs.
My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired. His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer(糖尿病). Despite all this, he insisted on traveling a long way to give a lecture. He probably earned a lot of money that day, but he paid the price. He returned to the hospital soon afterwards and was dead within three months, aged just 58.
It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work. I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs exhausted. As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, physically or emotionally. Not taking my work home didn’t come easily to me at first. After all, I am my father’s daughter. In college, I was the girl who sat on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open. I even dreamt about schoolwork.
My dad once told me he was unable to just gaze at a sunset; he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading, playing chess. You could say he was a success: He was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in many languages. That’s an impressive list, but the thing is I want to gaze at sunsets. I don’t want to meet a deadline during them or be writing a column at the same time, or glance at them over the top of a book.
This raises the question: If I leave work at five o’ clock to watch the sunset, what are the consequences? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off after eight hours probably won’t earn me the best promotion. But hey, leaving work at five o’ clock means I eat dinner with my family. I get to hop on my bike and cycle through the streets of my hometown when there is no traffic.
And I get to take in a lot of sunsets. That’s got to be worth something.
小题1:Which of the following about the author’s father is true?
A.He set a good example to his daughter. |
B.He tried to force his values on his daughter. |
C.He gained much pleasure from his work. |
D.He achieved great success at the expense of his health. |
A.There was so much work to do. |
B.All her colleagues took work home. |
C.She was educated to be a workaholic. |
D.She wanted a promotion in her work. |
A.She doesn’t care about it at all. |
B.She is eager to get promoted |
C.She thinks it’s for the ambitious people |
D.Getting promoted at all costs is not worthwhile |
A.by giving examples | B.by making comparisons |
C.by describing process | D.by order of time |
A.To praise his father’s diligence |
B.To ask us to take time off work to enjoy life |
C.To complain about the strict work ethic |
D.To stress the importance of hard work |
Gratitude, says Robert A. Emmons, a professor of psychology at the University of California, is an important element of happiness. In his recent book, Thanks!, Emmons uses the first major study on gratitude to prove mom’s point.
As one of the leading scholars of the positive psychology movement, he admits gratitude may be difficult to express. He advises you to begin by admitting that life is good and full of events and elements that make daily existence a wonder. Second, recognize that the source of life’s goodness is more than just you. That source may be your mom, a friend, partner, child, colleague at work or play.
Gratitude is always other-directed, notes Emmons. You can be pleased or angry with yourself and feel guilty about doing something wrong, but you can never be grateful to or for yourself.
Expressing gratitude shouldn’t be a reaction; it should be a state of mind. To feel grateful when life is a breeze and you have more than you need is easy. To feel grateful in time of crisis—anger, hatred and bitterness—is easier. Also, too many people are aware of life’s blessings only after these are lost.
It’s crisis and chaos—danger, disease, disability and death—that bring many individuals to realize just how dependent they are on others. Yet it’s the way each of us begins life and ends it. It’s too bad that so many people waste those decades in between laboring under the illusion(幻觉) they are self-sufficient, says Emmons.
The abundance of voices expressing gratitude from his studies of individuals with chronic health problems is many. But Emmons goes beyond his “groundbreaking” science to make his case for gratitude by including the inspirational writings of philosophers, novelists and saints, as well as the beliefs of various religious and their respective scripture(经文). Taken together, these observations are summed up quite nicely by famous humanist Albert Schweitzer, who said the secret of life is “giving thanks for everything”.
To enable and embrace gratitude, Emmons encourages the readers of Thanks! to keep a gratitude diary. He even provides easy-to-follow directions on how to practise and develop gratitude.
I’m not a reader or advocate of self-help books, but I am thankful for the reference I found in a newspaper article to the research Emmons was conducting on gratitude involving organ donors and recipients. The chance discovery led me to this book.
Mom implied that kindness seems to find its way back to the giver because life really is all about giving, receiving and repaying. So I’ll pay attention to her professional advice and say: Thank you, professor Emmons.
小题1:. What is the text mainly discussed?
A.There are many ways of being thankful. |
B.Gratitude is important to happiness. |
C.Mom is great for her being thankful. |
D.Being thankful will keep you fit. |
A. Professor Emmons supports mom’s study on psychology.
B. mom is as great a psychologist as Professor Emmons.
C. Professor Emmons is a famous psychologist.
D. mom is right about her viewpoint on gratitude.
小题3:. It will be easier for you to feel grateful when___________.
A.you live a comfortable life |
B.you receive gifts on your birthday |
C.you get help during your hard times |
D.you are congratulated on your success |
A.It is enough to thank others orally |
B.Whether you are thankful is always up to you |
C.Remember to be thankful anytime and anywhere |
D.It is easier to be thankful for yourself than for others. |
A.one-side | B.reasonable | C.puzzling | D.helpful |
The young musician Mr. Patrick was onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the keys as he beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me most was his smile.
Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the legs, which him lame for life. However, as a child, he was with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first , he discovered the piano. When his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two , he’d get it. By his second birthday, he was playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. His father was . “We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”
When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band! He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his father did it together. His father the night shift(夜班)in order to accompany his daytime band practice. Patrick says, “My dad’s my .”
But even more than his musical talent, it was Patrick’s “attitude of gratitude” that _ my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about how _ he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and for over five minutes.
We all face misfortune in our lives. ,it’s not the hardship but how we to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During times, do we spend too much time feeling for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?
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Now I that in marriages, true love is of all that is. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything; They just the best use of everything they have. isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
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There are main reasons for people leaving their homes: poverty and less affordable houses bad economic conditions. Living without a home people main targets of violence activities and these homeless people have to face the following .
They have to move , carrying their belongings, which makes difficult to help them. They have limited to bathrooms and restrooms and are forced to live in dirty conditions, making them easy to be attacked by . They have limited access to health-care facilities in case of emergency(紧急情况), and no access to education as they have no money. They are often badly treated by society, makes them unfriendly, often ending up being involved(被卷入) in activities connected with crime like selling drugs or guns.
Homelessness is not that happened suddenly --- it has been in the country for . The society usually those living on the street to be mentally(精神上) ill sometimes. This belief is partially true. Most of them are people just like you and me.
The government is doing it can to help but it is not enough, so the ordinary citizens have to help it’s possible. There are various organizations, such as charity organizations that are working all the time to help them and the united efforts have helped of people return to their normal lifestyle. However, there is still a long way to go a better situation is created for all the homeless.
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