it is not good to__1__from problems by giving up or by making__2__for failure.You may
be sure that all young people go through the same__3__process that you are going through
:__4__new situations,developing new skills,and testing their abilities.
In many cases,we only "think" there is no__5__to a particular problem.But__6__we
can overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack. __7__,a boy
wanted to be a debater.When he__8__for the debating team as a freshman,the coach
thought he was _9__.He was shy;he had a high pitched (音调) voice;and his posture
(仪态) was poor.By his junior year,he__10__the school debating team,and in his senior
year he was__11__the team in his state.He achieved his goal because he had made a direct
attack upon his problem.
__12__attack is often the best way to meet problems,we have to be realistic in judging
situations.__13__it is necessary to __14__either the tactics (策略) or the goal.
A boy who wants to be a great football player may be too light and not quite __15__
for football.In this situation,becoming a great football player may be an __16__goal for
him.__17__,he may become outstanding in tennis or golf,and__18__his desire to take
part in sports.
So,although direct attack is often the best way to __19__ problems,it is important to
study the_20__and make a wise decision about what to do.
( )2.A.excuses
( )3.A.different
( )4.A.overcoming
( )5.A.key
( )6.A.often
( )7.A.In fact
( )8.A.tried out
( )9.A.useless
( )10.A.became
( )11.A.at
( )12.A.When
( )13.A.Seldom
( )14.A.change
( )15.A.smart
( )16.A.impossible
( )17.A.Though
( )18.A.satisfy
( )19.A.meet
( )20.A.cause
B.apologies
B.difficult
B.facing
B.answer
B.possible
B.For example
B.went in
B.hopeless
B.made
B.in
B.As though
B.Sometimes
B.rebuild
B.strong
B.unreasonable
B.Ho wever
B.complete
B.deal
B.phenomenon
C.stories
C.easy
C.meeting
C.way
C.fortunately
C.After all
C.went out
C.helpless
C.entered
C.on
C.While
C.Frequently
C.start
C.confident
C.unfair
C.Fortunately
C.achieve
C.handle
C.situation
D.decisio ns
D.unpleasant
D.judging
D.solution
D.ever
D.In o ther words
D.joined in
D.priceless
D.got
D.of
D.As if
D.Usually
D.renew
D.fast
D.unacceptable
D.Thus
D.win
D.treat
D.difficulty
our school board,wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times.Polly"s son,Jim,
had great difficulty in school.He was classified as educationally disabled and required a
great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers.But Jim was a happy kid
with a great smile that lit up the room.His parents acknowledged his academic difficulties,
but always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride.Shortly after
Jim finished high school,he was killed in a motorcycle accident.After his death,his mother
submitted this letter to the newspaper.
Today we buried our 20-year-old son.He was killed instantly in a motorcycle
accident on Friday night.How I wish I had known when I talked to him last that it would be
the last time.If I had only known I would have said,"Jim,I love you and I"m very proud of you."
I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he brought to the lives of the
many who loved him.I would have taken time to appreciate his beautiful smile,the sound
of his laughter,his genuine love of people.
When you put all the good qualities on the scale and you try to balance all the irritating
phenomena such as the radio which was always too loud,the haircut that wasn"t to our liking,
the dirty socks under the bed,etc.,your angry feelings won"t amount to much.
I won"t get another chance to tell my son all I would have wanted him to hear,but,other
parents,you do have a chance.Tell your young people what you would want them to hear
if you knew it would be your last conversation.The last time I talked to Jim was the day he
died.He called me to say,"Hi,Mom! I just called to say I love you.Got to go to work.Bye."
He gave me something to treasure forever.
If there is any purpose at all to Jim"s death,maybe it is to make others appreciate more
of life and to have people,especially families,take the time to let each other know just how
much we care.
You may never have another chance.
B.Jim did very well in his studies
C.Jim"s parents were patient with him
D.Jim failed to finish his high school
B.Jim"s smile cheered up his family.
C.Jim was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 20.
D.Jim wanted to be a motorcyclist after his graduation.
B.aggressive
C.impatient
D.thrilling
B.remind people to be cautious of motorcycles
C.suggest people taking the chance to express their love in time
D.appreciate more of life than ever before
B.Do It Today
C.Walk with Pride
D.AppreciateSmiles
us to answer.But remember,loving someone means accepting his or her success or failure.
Freda Bright says,"Only in opera do people die of love." It"s true.You really can"t love
somebody to death.I"ve known people to die from no love,but I"ve never known anyone
to be loved to death.We just can"t love one another enough.
A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a
raise in salary.All day she felt __1__.Late in the afternoon she gathered the courage to
see her employer.To her delight,the boss __2__ to a raise.
The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table __3__ with their best
dishes.Candles were __4__ glowing.Her husband had come home early and prepared
a festive meal.She wondered __5__ someone from her office had told him about the
__6__,or...did he just somehow know that she would not get __7__?
She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news.They __8__ and kissed,
then sat down to the wonderful meal.Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully
lettered __9__.It read,"Congratulations,darling! I __10__ you"d get the raise! These
things will tell you how much I love you."__11__ the supper,her husband went into the
kitchen to clean up.She noticed that a second card had __12__ from his pocket.Picking
it off the floor,she read,"Don"t __13__ about not getting the raise!You __14__ it
anyway!These things will tell you how much I love you."
Someone has said that the __15__ of love is when you love without measure.What
this man feels for his wife is total __16__ and love,whether she succeeds or fails.His love
__17__ her victories and soothes (减轻) her __18__.He stands with her,no matter what
life __19__ in their direction.
Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize,Mother Teresa said,"What can you do to
promote world __20__? Go home and love your family.And love your friends.Love
them without measure."
( )2.A.allowed
( )3.A.made
( )4.A.quickly
( )5.A.that
( )6.A.raise
( )7.A.turned in
( )8.A.looked
( )9.A.letter
( )10.A.knew
( )11.A.Eating
( )12.A.fallen
( )13.A.cry
( )14.A.received
( )15.A.balance
( )16.A.acceptance
( )17.A.congratulates
( )18.A.tiredness
( )19.A.gives
( )20.A.peace
B.refused
B.set
B.slowly
B.which
B.boss
B.turned down
B.sat
B.diary
B.supposed
B.Following
B.hidden
B.worry
B.understood
B.price
B.forgiveness
B.suggests
B.anxiety
B.does
B.war
C.agreed
C.bought
C.strongly
C.if
C.job
C.turned over
C.asked
C.note
C.pred icted
C.Preparing
C.run
C.laugh
C.deserved
C.value
C .sympathy
C.celebrates
C.wounds
C.things
C.happiness
D.required
D.designed
D.softly
D.why
D.dinner
D.turned up
D.embraced
D.e-mail
D.thought
D.Cooking
D.thrown
D.smile
D.made
D.measure
D.misunderstanding
D.shows
D.fear
D.throws
D.pleasure
That may seem a strange thing to say it.But touching things can help you to see them better.
Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round.But by holding it in your hands,you can feel
how smooth and cool the ball is.You can feel how heavy the glass is.When you feel all these
about the ball,you really see it.With your skin,you can feel better.For example,your fingers
can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket.You can feel a little drop of water
on the back of your hand,too.You can even feel sounds against your skin.Have you ever
wanted to know why some people like very loud music?They must like to feel the sounds
of music.
All children soon learn what "Don"t touch!"means.They hear it often.Yet most of us keep
on touching things as we grow up.In shops,we touch things we might buy:food,clothes.To see
something well,we have to touch it.The bottoms of our feet can feel things,too.You know
this when you walk on warm sand,cool grass or a hard floor.All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling.One way is to close your eyes and try to
feel everything that is touching your skin.Feel the shoes on your feet,the clothes on your body,
the air on your skin.At first,it is not easy to feel these things.You are too used to feel them!
Most museums are just for looking.But today some museums have some things to touch.
Their signs say,"Do touch!"There you can feel everything on show.
If you want to see better,reach out and touch.Then you will really see!
B.you will learn how to reach out your hand
C.you can learn more about them
D.you can tell what colors they really are
B.To See or to Feel
C.To See Better-Feel
D.Ways of Feeling
your pocket?______
B.your eyes
C.your skin
D.your back
B.Darkness.
C.Water.
D.Coins.
B.Our skins may help us enjoy music.
C.People don"t have to learn to feel.
D.Visitors can"t feel the things on show in any museums
I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun. You may think people in
such an attractive, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken
ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness. The truth is that fun and happiness
have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is
what we experience after an act. It is a deep, long-lasting emotion.
Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun
activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But
they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that
happiness has nothing to do with fun. They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy
cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness". But in memoir(回忆录)after
memoir, they expose the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism,
drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less
satisfying. If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For
commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement.
Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun
over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want.
Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night" s sleep. I don"t know any parent who
would choose the word fun to describe raising children.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the
most liberating realizations we can ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more
hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new
car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.
And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were
so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
B. Success and satisfaction.
C. Marriage and commitment.
D. Entertainment and responsibility.
B. long - standing fun may lead to happiness
C. fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting
D. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
B. It means commitment.
C. It affords greater fun.
D. It leads to raising children.
B. won"t place too much value on money
C. will seek for freedom
D. won"t devote himself to his family
moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small 2 appeared. He sat and watched the moth
for several hours as the moth struggled to 3 the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed
to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had 4 as far as it could and it could go no
further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth.
He took a pair of scissors and cut off the 5___ bit of the cocoon. The 6 then came out
easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (无用的) wings. The man continued to
watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and 7
to be able to support the 8 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact,
the little moth spent the rest of its life 9 around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It
was 10 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness 11 was that the small cocoon and the 12__of the moth
to get through the 13 opening was a way to push fluid (液体) 14 the body of moth 15
its wings so that it would be ready to fly 16 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and 17
would come only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth"s
health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to 18 our lives
without any difficulties, we would become disabled. We would not be as 19 as what we
could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for 20 .
( )2. A. opening
( )3. A. push
( )4. A. got
( )5. A. covering
( )6. A. moth
( )7. A. lessen
( )8. A. standing
( )9. A. flying
( )10 A. already
( )11. A. shouldn"t do
( )12. A. crawling
( )13. A. tiny
( )14. A. in
( )15. A. into
( )16. A. after
( )17. A. courage
( )18. A. stand on
( )19. A. great
( )20. A. regrets
B. line
B. draw
B. done
B. remaining
B. butterfly
B. widen
B. flight
B. crawling
B. certainly
B. thought
B. struggle
B. beginning
B. on
B. to
B. once
B. hope
B. get on
B. determined
B. death
C. moth
C. make
C. tried
C. shell
C. cocoon
C. expand
C. themselves
C. walking
C. never
C. did
C. fight
C. right
C. by
C. in
C. before
C. flight
C. go through
C. brave
C. failure
D. butterfly
D. force
D. struggled
D. skin
D. worm
D. shorten
D. body
D. lying
D. seldom
D. didn"t understand
D. force
D. above
D. from
D. onto
D. until
D. survival
D. live
D. strong
D. wishes
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