【题目】While working with troubled teens,I used to have them do the Ten Years in the Future exercise. I asked them to write a letter to a friend as if it was ten years in the future. Most of these boys and girls didn’t think about the next week,much less ten years to come. Like the Cheshire Cat says in Alice in Wonderland, “If you don’t know where you want to go,then it doesn’t really matter what road you take!” We had some great conversations as they really thought about what they wanted. For most of them, this was the first time they had ever thought this way!

But the real story is what happened to me. I did the exercise right along with them on many occasions, writing my dreams and visions in detail. In my letter to a friend, I had moved to the country, built my own home,authored a book,and started my own business. Over the next ten years, something magic happened.All my dreams and visions became a reality, almost as if arranged by an unseen hand. I did write books and start my business. We did move to the country and I did build my own home.

This letter to a friend will become a magnetic factor in your life. Your vision will guide you in your yearly goals, your monthly goals,and your daily activities. For example: “Leslie,I just wanted to make contact again and tell you about my life. I started my own gardening business in 2020 and it’s really taken off.

Remember to describe all the details as if they have already happened. Write to a real person who you think may still know in ten years. This will help make it more real for you.

Sit down and write your Ten Years in the Future letter today.

【1】What can we learn from what the Cheshire Cat says?

A. You should have a goal.

B. You had better not copy others.

C. You may do what you want to do.

D. You may have different ideas.

2It seems that the writer’s dreams and visions became a reality because the writer_______.

A. had put something magic in the letter

B. could foresee what would happen

C. was experienced in writing the Ten Years letter

D. took what was written in the letter as a guide in life

3According to the writer,“Leslie” in your letter should be the person that_______.

A. does the same exercise as you

B. will become your friend in ten years

C. you know now and may still know in the future

D. you can imagine when you write your letter

4Which of the topics are included in this passage?

a. The author’s own experience with the Ten Years in the Future exercise.

b. How the author got the idea of the Ten Years in the Future exercise.

c. How to write the Ten Years in the Future 1etter.

d. The author’s experience of working with troubled teens.

e. The difficulty in dealing with troubled teens.

f. How to improve your letter writing skill.

A. a,d,f B. a,c,d C. b,c,d D. a,c,e

【题目】Undoubtedly there are a few positive characters who are able to “rise above” their environment, who are able to impress the people with whom they come in contact in spite of their clothes.

Sometimes we read of some learned woman, who has “made good in her profession,” who says that she has not looked in a mirror for years; but such a woman is a rare exception, and one is not safe in gambling with one’s chances of success by following her. It is not the positive characters with whom we are concerned, however, for they are few and somehow manage to take care of themselves. The vast majority of the race are not so blessed, and we need to observe but little to realize that with them the reaction of clothes is an important factor.

School girls should know that clothes may make a career; happiness and leadership in all the years of high school and college life may be affected by the story a Freshman’s clothes tell. Many a girl with a keen mind, who has a natural disregard for clothes, perhaps, or who has not been trained in the appreciation of beauty in clothes, has lost her opportunities for leadership and self-expression which by right her brain power should have given her.

One of the mental capacities which we all exercise and yet exercise most unconsciously is that of passing judgment on the people we meet. In a majority of cases the judgment is superficial and inaccurate; but the estimate is made. Some people may not get their final judgment till they hear one talk and will judge one by the tone of voice and by what is said as the true index; but the vast majority will form an opinion based largely, if not entirely, on appearance. One tells the world daily of one’s ideals, ambitions or good breeding through dress; and it is told so plainly that “he who runs may read” and, perhaps, he who reads may run.

【1According to the first two paragraphs, few people _______.

A. care about their appearances

B. understand the art of dressing themselves

C. can catch others’ attention by dressing plainly

D. are able to dress properly without professional directions

2】Who is the text intended for?

A. Book writers B. Women

C. Men D. Fashion designers

3】The author thinks it is _______ for most of us to judge the people we meet by what they wear.

A. natural B. foolish C. surprising D. necessary

4】Which of the following can be the best title?

A. Rise Above Your Environment

B. He Who Runs May Read

C. Dress to Impress

D. Art of Dressing

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