题目内容

Let’s look back all these years you’ve gone through, what have you done for your life? Are you spending your time wisely to make your life worthwhile? Neal Wu shared some ways we should do to make our short time of life meaningful, find out what you need to do next:

a. Make friends as opposed to networking

Your friends will go a lot further than the professional contacts you make, especially since only one of the two groups is invested in your personal happiness.

b. Become an expert by learning as much as you can and deeply seeking out the things you are curious about

Find the things you enjoy and practice the skills you want to develop. If you can achieve expertise then it will be easy to obtain an audience.

c. Volunteer to help out those less fortunate

In the process you will gain a ton of new perspective and will better understand other people’s real problems. In a society that always looks upward, these people are being forgotten easily.

d. Become as independent as possible

Even though you work in a big company, you should constantly make small steps to reduce your dependence on your job. Write a book, build an app, or start a small business on the side. Release your inner entrepreneur.

e. Don’t spend too much time worrying about your personal brand

Accomplish(完成) things, and the recognition will follow.

f. Stop treating life as a competition and do things for their own sake

Genuine(真正的) interest should be what drives you to improve yourself, rather than a desire to beat others. Find a community of people who are interested in the same things as you do, and drive each other to keep improving.

1.How many ways to make life meaningful did Neal Wu share?

A. 4 B. 5

C. 6 D. 7

2.To make your life meaningful, you are advised to __________.

A. protect yourself and hardly help others

B. communicate more with the experts than your friends

C. rely more on your families than friends

D. explore the aspects of life you are interested in

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined words personal brand?

A. one’s particular interest shown in some aspects

B. an impression in the mind of others about an individual or group

C. something you are concerned about

D. private possessions

4.Where can you most likely to find this article?

A. The News of the World B. The New York Times

C. Life D. Scientific World

练习册系列答案
相关题目

Parkside

Pick Your Own

Fancy some fresh fruit and vegetables? At Parkside Farm we grow a wide variety of delicious summer fruits and high-quality vegetables for you to come and pick your own. Why not pay us a visit?

About us

Our family has been farming at Parkside Farm since 1938. Although we no longer keep fields of wheat and other crops. We started growing strawberries for Pick Your Own back in 1979. Since then, we have made the Pick Your Own area larger and we now grow about 20 different crops.

Opening times

The season starts in late June, but opening hours are variable the first week. Please ring our message line to check. From July onwards, we are open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 9 am to 5:30 pm (last entry 5 pm). Opening hours are variable on Sundays. Mondays CLOSED.

Crop calendar

Some crops may be in limited supply at certain times, so always ring the message line for daily updates before setting out.

Strawberries: early June to mid-October Blackcurrants: early July to mid-August

Raspberries: mid-June to mid-August Redcurrants: mid-July to mid-August

Blackberries: mid-July to mid-October Plums: mid-July to early September

Prices

There is a minimum charge of £3 for each adult or child who enters the Pick Your Own area. This means that every person has to spend at least £3 on Pick-Your-Own fruits or they will charged this amount when they leave.

Strawberries: £4.49/kg Blackcurrants: £4.79/kg Raspberries: £6.39/kg

Redcurrants: £4.79/kg Blackberries: £5.39/kg Plums: £ 2.99/kg

Find us

Parkside Farm is in the Enfield of London, north of the city centre.

For more information , please call our message line on 020 8367 2035 or check our website: www.parksidefarmpyo.co.uk.

1.What do we learn about Parkside Farm from the text?

A. It sells fruit and vegetables online.

B. It doesn’t open on Mondays.

C. It’s situated in the south of London.

D. It has a small Pick Your Own area.

2.If a family of three buy 1 kg of strawberries and 1 kg of plums on the farm, they should pay_______.

A. £6 B. £7.48

C. £9 D. £16.48

3.What is the main purpose of the text?

A. To instruct people how to grow crops.

B. To tell readers how to pick fruits.

C. To advise people to grow crops

D. To attract visitors to pick fruits

Could a cave be the place of buried treasure in a small village in Marajgushu, near Navasha, Kenya? A rumor of treasure has some villagers dreaming of wealth, while ohters see it as a cheat. It’s said that in the 1800s a white man left treasure inside the caves.

This system of caves has become the center of excitement in the village. It is unclear where the rumor came from, but some local people believe white settlers hid gold and other precious metals in the cave before leavign the area, many years ago.

Local villager Edward Maina says the rumors have brought a lot of treasure hunters flooding into town to dig in the caves. Villages say original treasure seekers entered the cave nearly two months ago before being arrested by police. Local governmetns closed up the entrance, but they broke back in.

While neither gold nor silver has been found yet, the cave does guard another important resource: water. Many depend on a natural spring coming from the cave and local officials, among them Ward Councilor Gaka Mwaniki, worry the digging could affect or dirty the supply.

“There’s nothing. We’ve seen ourselves there’s nothing in those caves. The cave is natural. It’s the water table that they’re affecting” says Mwaniki.

Local resident James Mbugua Njenga wants the situation brought under control. “If at all there’s treasure inside there, let the government come and dig and protect the water table,”says Njenga.

It might be true. It might be a cheat. Whatever the case, treasure hunters continue to be attracted to the mystery of the caves.

1.What did the treasure hunters do after the cave was closed up?

A. They entered the cave again B. They gave up seeking treasusre

C. They fought again the police D. They looked for anohter cave

2.What does the underlined word “supply” refer to?

A. The treasure B. The water

C. The cave D. The villagers

3.Mwaniki worries about the digging because of _________.

A. the loss of the treasure B. the damage to the cave

C. the pollution to the water D. the flood in the village

4.Njenga thinks that ____________.

A. there is no treasure in the cave

B. the story about treasure must be a cheat

C. treasure seekers should be arrested

D. the government should protect the cave

5.What is the text mainly about?

A. The seeking of hidden treasure in central Kenya

B. A great finding of a cave in central Kenya

C. The life of the villagers in central Kenya

D. The worry about pollution in central Kenya

I was sitting in the far back in a pizza house when I noticed the man, about thirty years old, carrying a pizza box. He sat down at the table to my right and then ______ his large dirty paper bag of clothing down on the floor. Obviously, this man was homeless and ______ a bath. He picked up the one small slice(薄片)of pizza and very slowly, very carefully, he began to eat, taking very little ______.

He finally finished his meal and did something that I would never ______. He turned the box on its corner and slid the few ______ bits into one corner. Then he ______ his index finger(食指)and tried to pick up the small bits.

Oh, how much it hurt me once again to see myself ______ I was thirty years ago. No food, no ______, and no clean clothes. Most of my past life had always been ______ to that of the young man and it all came back to me ______. The muscles in my neck began to tighten and my eyes began to burn and water up. I coughed a bit, trying to clear my ______ and get myself back together.

I got four large slices of pizza from the counter and sat them down on his table, saying, “I thought you ______ like to have a few slices.”

I did not stop at all but walked around behind him. As I passed him, I reached out and ____

him on the back, just one time, very softly with my hand. I hope that man knows that someone, someplace, ______ him as a human being. And I am so ______ that I have never forgotten what it feels like to be down, out, dirty and hungry.

1.A. crashed B. hid C. laid D. replaced

2.A. in fear of B. in support of C. in search of D. in need of

3.A. bites B. blocks C. rolls D. sheets

4.A. believe B. forget C. forgive D. prevent

5.A. filling B. matching C. remaining D. rewarding

6.A. cool B. warm C. dry D. wet

7.A. as B. after C. since D. before

8.A. belief B. baggage C. shelter D. respect

9.A. contrary B. familiar C. similar D. equal

10.A. swiftly B. gently C. properly D. regularly

11.A. neck B. throat C. eyes D. hands

12.A. should B. must C. shall D. might

13.A. hit B. patted C. rubbed D. shook

14.A. cares about B. thinks highly of C. relies on D. watches out for

15.A. curious B. puzzled C. shocked D. grateful

I was invited to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. That evening I found gratitude had amazing ______ to change our attitude and our life.

The young musician Mr. Patrick was ______onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the keys ______ he made 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 birthday, he discovered the piano. When his mom hit any_______on the piano, and within one or two tries, he′d ______. 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 attended ________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 ______ his unbelievable musical talent, it was Patrick′s “attitude of gratitude” that________my soul. On the stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about ____________blessed he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd ______ to their feet and cheered 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 sorry for ourselves,________can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?

1.A. knowledge B. quality C. wisdom D. power

2.A. rolled B. held C. carried D. dragged

3.A. since B. although C. as D. if

4.A. strange B. magic C. bitter D. friendly

5.A. took B. led C. forced D. left

6.A. fitted B. connected C. associated D. filled

7.A. place B. note C. music D. part

8.A. fight it out B. catch it C. get it D. make it

9.A. confused B. amused C. interested D. overjoyed

10.A. parties B. lectures C. classes D. meetings

11.A. worked B. found C. refused D. cancelled

12.A. educator B. hero C. candidate D. sponsor

13.A. instead of B. more than C. rather than D. in place of

14.A. touched B. calmed C. freed D. felt

15.A. why B. what C. how D. when

16.A. rose B. raised C. lifted D. stood

17.A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Besides

18.A. see B. react C. agree D. put

19.A. unconscious B. typical C. tough D. visual

20.A. but B. or C. and D. while

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网