题目内容
How can we improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, “this is my destiny (命运). I cannot change it.”
Certainly not! You don’t have to suffer too much. Your destiny depends on yourself, not on any other factors.
I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows. Huh! Is this what she calls “doing her best”? She believes she has tried her best. But in fact she hasn’t.
Remember that you get what you pay. You just don’t sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone. Don’t expect your luck to change unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a little failure, but use it as feedback (反馈). Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It’s not enough to think positively (积极地), you also have to act positively.
If someone’s life is in the trouble, do you just hope that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don’t just stand (or sit) there, do something to improve your life.
【小题1】The writer’s attitude towards destiny is that ________.
A.we can change it | B.we can’t depend on ourselves |
C.we must accept it | D.we have to suffer it |
A.Regard it as a little failure. | B.Get your hands off your phone. |
C.Sit around and wait for luck. | D.Do something to solve the problem. |
A.翻转 | B.关闭 |
C.变得 | D.清空 |
A.we only need to hope for the best in our life. |
B.we can get what we pay if we think positively. |
C.the woman has tried her best to improve her life. |
D.maybe our luck will change if we do something about the life |
A.Understand Yourself | B.Improve Your Life |
C.Believe in Yourself | D.Accept Your Life |
【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】B
解析试题分析:这篇短文中作者主要告诉我们,生活中想要成功,想要改善自己的生活,我们不能只是希望它能最好,还要做到最好。遇到麻烦的时候,我们不能安静的等待,而是要采取行动,解决问题。只要我们自己肯努力,我们的命运是可以改变的。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据短文第一、二段中Certainly not! You don’t have to suffer too much. Your destiny depends on yourself, not on any other factors.可知,对于一些人觉得命运不可改变的说法,作者给出了自己的回答,命运可以改变,这一切都要靠你自己。故选A。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据短文第四段中If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a little failure, but use it as feedback (反馈). Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem可知,如果生活中出现了问题,不要把它当做一次小小的失败,而是要用它当反馈,从你的教训中学习,充分利用情势,做些什么来解决问题。故选D。
【小题3】词义猜测题。根据这个短语所在的句子If someone’s life is in the trouble, do you just hope that things will turn out fine可知,如果一个人的生活有了麻烦,你是不是只希望事情自己就会变好?根据这句话的意思可知,turn out 的意思是变得。故选C。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据短文中It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best.可知,只是希望最美好的事情是不够的,你还需要做到最好,故A是不对的;根据It’s not enough to think positively (积极地), you also have to act positively可知,想要成功,我们不仅要积极思考,还要积极行动,故B是不对的;根据短文第三段的例子可知,She believes she has tried her best. But in fact she hasn’t.,作者觉得这位女士并没有做到最好,故C是不对的;根据文意可知,如果我们自己努力,积极,对生活去做点什么的话,也许运气就会得到改变。故选D。
【小题5】主旨大意题。这篇短文中作者主要告诉我们,生活中想要成功,想要改善自己的生活,我们不能只是希望它能最好,还要做到最好。遇到麻烦的时候,我们不能安静的等待,而是要采取行动,解决问题。只要我们自己肯努力,我们的命运是可以改变的。根据这个大意,我们可知B选项Improve your life改变你的生活,这个题目更适合。故选B。
考点:人生哲理类短文阅读。
Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building only was a few feet away from mine. There was a woman lived there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.
Later in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.
【小题1】The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because __________.
A.the woman’s window was dirty |
B.the writer’s window was dirty |
C.the woman lived nearby |
D.the writer was near-sighted |
A.the woman was sitting by her window |
B.the woman’s window was still terrible |
C.the woman did cleaning in the afternoon |
D.the woman’s window was clean |
A.I began to understand it | B.it cheered me up |
C.I knew it grew light | D.it began to get dark |
A.the writer had never met the woman before |
B.the writer often washed the window |
C.they both worked as cleaners |
D.they lived in a small town |
A.one shouldn’t criticize others very often |
B.one should often make his windows clean |
C.one must judge himself before he judges others |
D.one must look at others through his dirty windows. |
One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon(外科医生), had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself
The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls.It was 60 miles away.And it was snowing heavily in the sky.The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat.Gun in hand,the man ordered the doctor to get out.Then the man drove the car down the road,leaving the doctor in the falling snow.
while playing with a gun.
It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before. The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Cunningham,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “this is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who came all the way from Albany to save your boy.”
【小题1】Choose the right order of the events given in the story.
a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.
b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.
c. The boy shot himself.
d. The boy died.
e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.
f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.
A.a,c,f,d,b,e | B.c,e,f,a,b,d |
C.a,c,f,e,d,b | D.c,a,f,e,d,b |
A.Dr. Haydon didn’t to anything to save him |
B.he was too far away from hospital |
C.something was wrong with Dr. Eyck’s car |
D.Dr. Eyck was not able to arrive at the hospital in time |
A.The hospital. | B.The boy’s father. |
C.Dr. Haydon. | D.Dr. Eyck. |
Johnny, a lizard (蜥蜴),lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so that he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny, and he could only escape from their hands by losing his and running to hide.
The children watched his tail moving about, but they soon threw the tail away and left. Johnny came out to his tail, but could find no of it. Feeling so sad, he decided to doing everything else in his life and spending all his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone they had seen his tail. However, there was no news about it.
One day, he asked a boy and the boy replied, “Why do you need two tails?” After hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realised how it had been to waste so much time on a problem like it. Johnny headed for home.
, he suddenly found his old tail on the roadside. Although it terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to his journey. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldn’t look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for .
He then decided to his old tail there, leaving with it all his past worries. As he continued his journey, all he took with him were thoughts of the present and the dreams of the .
As we know, it’s not good to look at the past, unless it helps in the future. Let the past go with the wind.
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More than anything else in the world, Lion liked being King of the jungle. He walked around, showing off his power and pride.
Each day Lion took a long lazy sleep under the shade of his favourite tree. He always dreamed of weaker animals bowing(鞠躬) before him.
One day Mouse ran through the jungle and tripped over Lion’s huge paws. Lion woke up with a start. “How dare you wake me up! ” he shouted angrily. Lion grabbed Mouse with one paw. “On the second thought, I’m in the mood for the snack, and you’ll make a delicious meal.”, he said.
Mouse cried out, “King Lion, please spare(饶恕) me! If you let me live, I’ll always remember your kindness. And, some day, I might be able to help you.”
“ How could such a powerless little mouse ever help me?” That thought made Lion laugh so much that he decided to let Mouse go. A week later, Lion was walking through the jungle on the way to his favourite tree when he stepped onto a hunter’s net. The net scooped him up. No matter how he twisted and turned, he couldn’t escape.
When Mouse heard Lion’s frightened shouts, he raced to help. Mouse quickly chewed(咬)through the ropes to make a hole in the net. Soon, Lion moved out and was free. Lion looked down at the little mouse. “Thank you for saving my life,” said Lion, smiling his widest smile. “I was mistaken. You are not a powerless little mouse. You are a great friend!”
【小题1】 What did Lion do each day?
A.He stepped onto a hunter’s net. |
B.He bowed before weaker animals. |
C.He showed kindness to animals in the jungle. |
D.He had a good sleep under his favourite tree. |
A.He made a hole in the net. |
B.He shouted at Lion angrily. |
C.He tripped over Lion’s paws. |
D.He prepared a delicious meal for Lion. |
A.Because he was trapped in the net. |
B.Because he took Mouse as his good friend. |
C.Because he believed Mouse could save him. |
D.Because he doubted if Mouse could be of any help. |
A.Clever and honest. | B.Silly and lazy |
C.Humorous and stubborn | D.Proud and selfish. |
A.Pride makes you lose what you have. |
B.Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. |
C.Even the small can show great strength. |
D.When the cat’s away, the mice will play. |
A famous study was done in a school by a professor from a university. At the start of the school year, the teachers were given the names of five children. They were told that these five were the most excellent students in the class. But the fact was that these students were only average,and they were not the best students at all. Well, guess what? At the end of the year, all the five average students scored among the highest in the class.
What made these average students change so much to become top students?The only difference was the change in their teachers’ attitude. Because the teachers believed that these five kids were the top students,they expected more from them. And so these five average students began to believe and expect more from themselves. So they worked harder to do as well as they could.
Do you know why? If you expect the best from people, they’ll usually want to give you their best. A great leader said, “Treat a person just how he appears to be on the outside, and you’ll make him even worse. But treat a person like he’s already a success,and you’ll help make him the best he can be.”
Like the true story of 7-year-old Johnny, his teacher got so angry with him that one day she said,“Johnny,you’re the naughtiest boy in this class. I’m sure you’ll never change.” The next year Johnny had a new teacher. And on the first day of class,she met with Johnny after school and said,“Johnny, I’ve heard a lot about you! But do you know that I don’t believe a word of it.” And every day after that, this new teacher treated Johnny as if he was one of the smartest students even when Johnny did naughty things. Later on, Johnny became a school leader. Because that’s the power of our belief and attitude toward children.
【小题1】The professor started his research by _______.
A.teaching the five children himself |
B.asking the five children to find a new teacher |
C.telling the five students to work harder than ever before |
D.telling the teacher the five students were the best in the class |
A.the professor’s study | B.the teachers’hard work |
C.the change in the teachers | D.the change in the teachers’ attitude |
A.Attitude and belief can change a person. |
B.Only teachers can make you a top student. |
C.A professor’s study can help you score highest. |
D.If you want to get more,you should have new teachers. |
When you feel sad, tears will come down from your eyes. When you are happy, especially when you laugh hard, tears will also come down from your eyes. But tears have a more important job than showing your feelings.
Tears keep your eyes clean and healthy. They wash away dirt and germs(细菌) just like bath. Your eyes also need tears to keep them wet. And eyes must be wet so that they can move smoothly. Your eyes are busy looking here and there all day long. They move quickly from one thing to another. If you didn’t have tears, your eyes couldn’t move, and soon you would be blind.
Maybe you don’t like tears, but your eyes can’t do without them.
【小题1】The story tells us ____.
A.what makes people blind | B.why people have tears |
C.why people cry when they are sad | D.what tears are |
A.showing how you feel | B.making your face clean |
C.washing things from your eyes | D.making your eyes bright |
A.look at things clearly | B.laugh and cry |
C.keep clean | D.show your feelings |
A.look at things quickly |
B.wash away dirt and germs |
C.have tears in your eyes |
D.move your eyes quickly |
A.your eyes like having baths very much |
B.your eyes like tears very much |
C.your eyes can’t work without tears |
D.your eyes can’t open without them |
A primary school teacher asked her students to write a composition about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while marking the compositions, she read one that impressed her deeply. Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her, “What happened?”
She answered, “Read this. It is one of my students’ compositions.”
“Dear God, tonight I ask you for something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, and have my family around me. To be taken seriously when I talk, I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruption(打断) or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me close when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring(不理) me. And ...I want my brothers to fight to be with me...I want to feel that my family just put everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, make sure that I can make them all happy and entertain(vt.娱乐) them. God, I don’t ask you for much. I just want to live like our TV. ”
At that moment the husband said, “My God, poor kid, what horrible parents!” .The teacher looked up at him and said, “That composition is our son’s!”
【小题1】Why did the teacher cry?
A.Because a composition moved her deeply. |
B.Because the composition was very bad. |
C.Because the students were lazy. |
D.Because she had a fight with her husband. |
A.student who was with God. |
B.A student who was like a television |
C.A student in her class, but not her son. |
D.A student in her class, in fact, her son. |
A.Everyone will pay attention to him. |
B.He will be interrupted. |
C.No one will pay attention. |
D.His mother will talk to him. |
A.TV can entertain them |
B.TV can catch the attention of his family. |
C.TV can give you answers when you ask question. |
D.TV can receive special care from his family. |
A.naughty | B.lonely | C.happy | D.Wrong |