题目内容
Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. __71 just letting life happen to you, goals allow you
to make your life happen.
Successful people __72 how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are __73 your life. It's like having a__74 to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are __75 drivers. One has a destination (目的地) in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any __76 time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, __77 she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just __78 gas. Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making __79 and setting goals. __80 people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set—and they aren't difficult to reach. It's up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must __81 what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.
Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more __82 to achieve it. Written goals can be __83 regularly, and have more power. Like a contract(合同) with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. Also __84 you write your goals in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously __85 situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.
71. A. Because of B. Instead of C. In spite of D. In addition to
72. A. imagine B. discuss C. experience D. show
73. A. going on with B. taking control of
C. getting along with D. taking advantage of
74. A. guide B. friend C. map D. sign
75. A. two B. such C. some D. goal
76. A. free B. dull C. fixed D. wasted
77. A. or B. for C. but D. so
78. A. thinking of B. using up C. turning off D. paying for
79. A. plans B. money C. friends D. maps
80. A. Lucky B. Young C. Ordinary D. Unsuccessful
81. A. practise B. change C. admit D. decide
82. A. willing B. anxious C. likely D. clever
83. A. improved B. achieved C. set D. reached
84. A. although B. until C. when D. unless
85. A. aware of B. worried about C. familiar with D. accustomed to
71--85 BABCA DCBAD DCBCA
解析:
71.制定目标,生活就不会那样漫无目的了。因此要填Instead of(代替)。A项表示“原因;C项表示“尽量”;D项表示“除了”。答案为B。
72.imagine在这里的意思是“设想”。成功者总是根据设想自己的生活应是什么样的而设立一些目标。本题考查固定词组:“imagine+从句”表示“假设/设想/想像某事”。答案为A。
73.B项表示“控制”;通过设立目标而控制自己的生活。A表示“继续某人的生活”;C项表示“与人相处”;D项表示“利用”。答案为B。
74.目标的设立使自己感觉有一张地图在告诉自己应该到哪儿去。答案为C。
75.从下文所举的例子可知,应是两个司机。此题根据下文可找答案。答案为A。
76.由于第一个司机制定了自己的目的地,所以她不会浪费自己的时间。答案为D。
77. 因为是例举的两个相反的例子,所以是转折关系。答案为C。
78.using up 的意思是“使用完”。由于第二个司机漫无目的地开车,最终的结果只能是耗尽汽油。A表示“想出”;C表示“关掉”;D表示“为……而付钱”。答案为B。
79.成功者为了达到自己的目的,他们制定计划和目标。答案为A。
80.与成功者对比的是不成功者。答案为D。
81.一个人必须决定自己在哪些方面可以取得成功。A表示“练习”;B表示“改变”;C表示“承认”。答案为D。
82.likely的意思是“很可能”。一旦制定了目标,就可能会成功。构成词组“be likely to do sth”。答案为C。
83.书面的目标可以容易地达到。“set the goals”文章第一句就出现此词组。答案为B。
84.这是一个时间状语从句。当以特殊的方式写出自己的目标时……。答案为C。
85.aware of的意思是“知道”。当以特殊的方式写出自己的目标时,知道自己距离目标的位置。B表示“忧虑”;C表示“熟悉”;D表示“习惯于……”。答案为A。
We don’t plan to cry, but it just happens. In fact when we feel sad or angry, a good cry is almost impossible to resist. But if you didn’t know what crying was, you’d have to wonder why some strong feelings started water streaming from people’s eyes and why they seemed to feel better afterwards.
Now a US researcher had found there may be more in crying than we think. William H. Frey II, author of “Crying: The Mystery of Tears,” believes it may really be one of the body’s clever self-repair mechanisms. Crying may be a way of getting rid of the by-products of stress, he says.
He has found that tears contain some chemicals which can cause stress. One of these is the hormone prolactin (激素), which is set free when one is feeling stressed. Since women have more of this than men, that might explain why they usually cry more, he suggests.
Unsurprisingly, Dr Frey’s study seemed to prove that most people feel better after a good cry. And sex has nothing to do with it ––– the result was true for women and men. So, next time you feel like bursting into tears, go ahead. If Dr Frey is right, you’ll be doing yourself a favour.
【小题1】The best title of this passage would be ________.
A.Why Do We Cry | B.Crying and Tears. |
C.Dr Frey and Crying. | D.Tears and Chemicals |
A.crying is one of our habits |
B.we can’t control it |
C.crying is one of the body’s self-repair mechanisms |
D.we can get the by-products of stress by crying |
A.their bodies contain less hormone prolactin |
B.their tears contain more chemicals |
C.they are not so full of feelings as women |
D.the chemicals in their tears can’t cause stress |
A.to plan to cry very often |
B.not to cry any more |
C.to go outdoors without hesitation |
D.to cry as we want to |
A.Good cries can make most people feel better |
B.Only women can feel better after crying. |
C.It is easy to understand that people feel better after a good cry. |
D.Crying is sometimes impossible to resist. |
High school graduation is worth celebrating. It marks a big change in the lives of young adults. However, it ought to mean even more. It ought to mean that the graduate is ready for college or career.
In a report issued last year, we found that almost half of recent Illinois high school graduates required remedial courses(补习课) upon enrolling(注册) a community college. These courses require time and money to complete, yet offer no credits toward a degree. Too often, students never get through those remedial courses and end up dropping out of college.
Why is the remediation rate so high? A large part of the reason is that we have not set high enough standards for what our students need to learn from kindergarten to high school. They simply aren’t equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed.
The same is true for careers. In Illinois, good jobs continue to go vacant(空缺) even while we are trying hard to go through tough economic times. This is due largely to the mismatch between the skills and knowledge we provide our students with and what employers in a modern economy need workers to know.
The good news is that in Illinois we have a plan to help get our students ready for life in the real world. We have already taken an important first step by becoming one of the 45 states to adopt the Common Core State Standards and have begun introducing them to classrooms this year. The new standards provide fewer, clearer and higher benchmarks(标准) for academic progress. They focus on deeper knowledge required at each grade level, give teachers the opportunity to explore topics fully and ensure students can apply what they’ve learned.
Research shows that when expectations are raised, students rise to meet them. Adapting to higher standards and raising expectations may prove challenging, but they are the steps we must take so that our students are successful in high school and prepared for college and careers. Readiness is worth a celebration.
【小题1】According to the passage, in most cases, students taking part in remedial courses ___.
A.come from wealthy families |
B.leave college before finishing their courses |
C.are offered credits toward a degree |
D.are likely to develop their academic interest |
A.provide solutions to the rising remediation rate |
B.show the present situation of unemployment in Illinois |
C.suggest knowledge learned in school be put into practice |
D.explain why students aren’t prepared for college and a career |
A.They were first adopted in Illinois. |
B.More benchmarks are required. |
C.They benefit teachers as well as students. |
D.They ensure students’ success in college. |
A.Supportive | B.Critical |
C.Doubtful | D.Worried |
Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesn’t always come home with them. Airline identification tags(标签) can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.
The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They don’t keep them, since they’re not in the warehouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.
So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.
Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran(老练的)shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.
The store’s own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.
The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions(获得物) have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, and a medieval suit of armor.
Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.
【小题1】Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because______.
A.they are forgetful |
B.the owners of some luggage can’t be identified |
C.they are in a hurry |
D.there is no lost and found office in many airports |
A.they have to find the owners |
B.they have to keep the bags as long as possible |
C.some bags are expensive |
D.they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose |
A.visitors may purchase something undervalued. |
B.all thethings there are very cheap. |
C.there's a large variety of goods. |
D.visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there. |
A.A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage. |
B.The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use. |
C.The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small. |
D.People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store. |
A.To introduce an attractive place to tourists. |
B.To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage. |
C.To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage. |
D.To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America. |