Have you ever heard that “Success is a journey, not a destination(终点)"? As a man aged 30, I believe it's true. It is, in fact, my law of life. In my eyes, what matters is not necessarily where you are in the end, but what you achieve while you are trying along the way. It means that no matter what it is, as long as you try, you can never fail. It means you can learn from your mistakes and continue on the next journey a little more wisely.

I think St. Louis Rams, a professional American football team in Missouri, as a whole shared my law of life. They played every game with their full potential(潜能)instead of letting a few winning games got to their heads. They had the goal of playing in every Super Bowl, a football game played in the US each year on the first Sunday in February. Even though they lost some games, they didn't give up.

It doesn't matter if you don't have the ability to be on top in the end, or to win the game. What matters is that you worked hard the whole time. You should understand that success is a non-ending journey. Everyone should realize that someone will win and someone will lose. But what's important is that both sides need to try their best. After all, it's not who wins or loses, but how well you play the game and you should remember this in your own life.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.What does the writer mainly talk about in Paragraph 1?

A.His biggest success.

B.His dream for the future.

C.His understanding of his law of life.

D.His achievements in the past few years.

2.What does the underlined part “go to their heads” mean in Chinese?

A.去找领导 B.获得一等奖 C.撞到头部 D.冲昏头脑

3.According to the writer, St. Louis Rams___________________.

A.had a difficult goal to achieve B.took every game seriously

C.won the Super Bowl all the time D.used to be the best football team in Missouri

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.We should try our best whatever we do.

B.We must win every game.

C.We should forget what we want.

D.We should hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

5.What's the best title for the passage?

A.Take pride in your work B.Failure is good for you

C.Everyone has a chance D.Success is not final

Do you often listen to music at loud volumes(音量)? You should know that this habit is bad for your hearing, according to the World Health Organization(WHO).

Over 1 billion young people are at risk of hearing loss due to listening to loud noise for long periods of time, WHO said. Listening to music or watching a TV show at loud volumes can harm your hearing.

The United nations has standards for safe listening. It is not safe to listen to sounds that are louder than 85 decibels(dB分贝)for eight hours or 100 dB for 15 minutes. The sound of a busy road is about 85 dB and the sound of a rock concert can be about 100 dB.

Loud noise is harmful to the inner ear(内耳). Most of us are born with about 16,000 hair cells(听毛细胞)in our inner ears. These cells detect sounds. However, listening to loud noise for a long time can make these cells work too hard and cause some of them to die. This is what causes hearing loss.

Some people might think that their music isn’t that loud. But this depends on where you are. For example, if you are in a noisy place like the subway, you might turn up your music too loud without realizing it. Later, when you listen to it at the same volume in a quiet place, you might feel uncomfortable.

WHO said the “safe level” for most sound is below 80 dB for up to 40 hours a week. A level of 80 dB is nearly equal to the noise of a subway.

1.Which of the following is bad for our hearing?

A.Reading books aloud in the morning. B.Talking with friends now and then.

C.Listening to music loudly more often. D.Using smart phones for a long time.

2.Listening to sounds louder than 85 decibels for _________ hours is not safe for our listening.

A.5 B.6 C.7 D.8

3.From the fourth paragraph, we can know that ________.

A.inner ear can stop from the louder noise

B.hair cells in inner ear are very important for people

C.people can hear without hair cells

D.hair cells are not something people are born with

4.The underlined word “detect” in the fourth paragraph probably means “________”.

A.discover B.doubt C.cancel D.remain

5.The best title(题目)for the passage can be _________.

A.The inner ear B.UN safety listening standards

C.Pay attention to protecting our hearing D.The “safe level” for sound

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