Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it’s other people – society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course.We were brainwashed.We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us.As Oscar Wilde puts it,“Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions,their lives a mimicry(模仿),their passions a quotation.”
So when people tell us how wonderful we are,it makes us feel good.We long for this good feeling like a drug—we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can.Therefore,we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives,failing to do the things we really want to.Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting theirfix(一剂毒品),we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.
But just as with any drug,there is a price to pay.The price of the approval drug is freedom--the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think.People have their own agenda,and they come with their own baggage and,in the end,they’re more interested in themselves than in you.Furthermore,if we try to live by the opinions of others,we will build our life on sinking sand.Everyone has a different way of thinking,and people change their opinions all the time.The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.
So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way--make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think.We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—not values imposed from the outside by others,but innate values which come from within.If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others,we will live a more authentic,effective,purposeful and happy life.
67.What Oscar Wilde says implies that_________.
A.we have thoughts similar to those of others
B.most people have a variety of thoughts
C.other people’s thoughts are more important
D.most people’s thoughts are controlled by others
68.What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?
A.Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.
B.We may lose ourselves to please others.
C.We need to pay for what we want to get.
D.The price of taking the drug is freedom.
69.It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A.  it’s better to do what we like
B.we shouldn’t care what others think
C.we shouldn’t change our own opinions
D.it's important to accept others’ opinions
70.The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by________.
A.analyzing causes and effects         
B.providing examples and facts
C.discussing questions               
D.making suggestions

CONCORD, N.H.—Torrential rain forced hundreds of people from their homes in parts of New England on Sunday, as water flowed over dams and washed out roads.

The governors of New Hampshire and Massachusetts declared states of emergency. Maine’s governor also declared a state of emergency for one county. “It’s a very serious situation,” said New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, adding that forecasters were predicting 12 to 15 inches of rain by the end of the storm in parts of southern New Hampshire. “It continues to change and the situation continues to worsen.”

In some towns, police and fire crews used boats to get people out of their homes and stranded cars after hundreds of roads were damaged. Others got around in kayaks(皮船). Some towns shut down, not letting anyone pass except emergency vehicles. “The town is cut right in half,” said Glenn Laramie, police chief in Andover, N.H.

A dam in Milton, N.H., was in danger of failing, which could send a 10-foot wall of water downstream, the National Weather Service said in a bulletin. People downstream were being evacuated from the town.

In Massachusetts, cars were pulled from flooded streets in downtown Peabody, about 20 miles north of Boston, and about 300 people were evacuated from an apartment complex for seniors. Businesses stacked sandbags at their doors, trying to prevent damage from water that at one point rose to waist-deep.

Some parts of New Hampshire had seen 7 inches of rain by midday Sunday and forecasters said up to 5 more inches might come during the day. About 100 residents were evacuated from their homes in Wakefield, N.H., because of concerns about two dams in the area.

Flooding in New Hampshire in October killed seven people, carried off homes and washed away miles of roads down to bedrock.

In Maine, flooding was reported on 60 roads in the southern part of the state, said governor’s spokeswoman Crystal Canney. More than 50 homes in Sanford and several in Kennebunk also were evacuated, state officials said.

1.Which is NOT true according to the article?

A. The situation in N. H. is very serious.

B. New England is a region of the U.S.

C.A state of emergency was declared in three whole states.

D. Seven people lost their lives in New Hampshire in October.

2.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Two dams failed in New Hampshire.

B. Flood in New Hampshire.

C. State of emergency in New England.

D. Severe floods in three U.S. states.

3.In paragraph 4, the underlined word “evacuate” most probably means“    ”.

A. rescue   B. trapped  C. send away   D. wash away

4.Which is NOT a part of New Hampshire?

A. Peabody   B. Concord   C .Milton   D. Andover

5.What was mentioned to cope with the situation?

A. Some towns shut down.    B. Some dams were open.

C. People all left their homes.  D. Some temporary houses were built.

 

Who's in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it's other people-society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿),their passions a quotation.”

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug-we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品),we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom-the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot-control what other people think. People have their own agenda(日程安排), and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probable pleasing no one in the process.

 So how can we take back control? I think there's only one way-make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values-not values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic(真实的), effective, purposeful and happy life.

1.What Oscar Wilde says implies that       .

  A. most people's thoughts are controlled by others.

  B. we have thoughts similar to those of others.

  C. most people have a variety of thoughts.

  D. other people's thoughts are more important.

2. What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?

  A. The price of taking the drug is freedom.

  B. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

  C. We may lose ourselves to please others.

  D. We need to pay for what we want to get.

3. It can be concluded from the passage that      .

  A. it's important to accept others' opinions.

  B. it's better to do what we like.

  C. we shouldn't care what others think.

  D. we shouldn't change our won opinions.

4. The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by      .

  A. making suggestions.                      B. analyzing causes and effects.                     

  C. providing examples and facts.        D. discussing questions                                 

 

Who's in control of your life? Who's pulling your strings? For the majority of us, it's other people-society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this, good feeling like a drug—we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval (赞同) of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品), we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted (tired) and probably pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—not values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others; we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.

1.What Oscar Wilde says implies that________.

A. most people have a variety of thoughts

B. we have thoughts similar to those of others

C. other people's thoughts are more important

D. most people's thoughts are controlled by others

2.What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?

A. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

B. We may lose ourselves to please others.

C. We need to pay for what we want to get.

D. The price of taking the drug is freedom.

3. It can be concluded from the passage that_______.

A. it's better to do what we like

B. we shouldn't care what others think

C. we shouldn't change our own opinions

D. it's important to accept others' opinions

4.The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by________.

A. analyzing causes and effects      B. providing examples and facts

C. discussing questions              D. making suggestions

 

I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge ---36--- and hardly any income. ---37---, I stopped giving and became very bitter.

Several years later, things started to ---38---. I became ---39--- enough to have a home, and ---40--- a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the ---41---, “ Will work for food. ” I ---42---. My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in ---43---. I replied, “ Honey, they just use that money for ---44--- or other bad things. ” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.

Three days later, I was ---45--- to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside ---46--- me to help him. So I stopped my car , and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “ God bless you, I only need 77 cents. ” I ---47--- into my ashtray and ---48--- enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.

Greatly shocked by this ---49---, I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He ---50--- with joy and tears in his eyes, “ You just made it ---51--- for me to see my mom for Christmas ! The bus offering this great sale is ---52--- right away ! ” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best ---53--- in life_____giving. It also ---54--- me that nothing is a coincidence, ---55--- everything has meaning.

                   

1.

A.

debt

B.

duty

C.

shadow

D.

pressure

2.

A.

In fact

B.

In a word

C.

As a result

D.

All in all

3.

A.

develop

B.

worsen

C.

vary

D.

change

4.

A.

fortunate

B.

wealthy

C.

generous

D.

successful

5.

A.

even

B.

still

C.

yet

D.

only

6.

A.

decoration

B.

expression

C.

sign

D.

announcement

7.

A.

got by

B.

pulled out

C.

passed on

D.

passed by

8.

A.

emergency

B.

danger

C.

need

D.

panic

9.

A.

food

B.

alcohol

C.

medicine

D.

entertainment

10.

A.

driving

B.

jogging

C.

wandering

D.

cycling

11.

A.

directed

B.

challenged

C.

permitted

D.

drove

12.

A.

reached

B.

turned

C.

broke

D.

searched

13.

A.

amusingly

B.

strangely

C.

awkwardly

D.

naturally

14.

A.

incident

B.

condition

C.

state

D.

coincidence

15.

A.

poured out

B.

turned out

C.

broke out

D.

burst out

16.

A.

necessary

B.

difficult

C.

possible

D.

suitable

17.

A.

queuing

B.

leaving

C.

setting

D.

operating

18.

A.

gift

B.

time

C.

favor

D.

honor

19.

A.

impresses

B.

informs

C.

persuades

D.

reminds

20.

A.

or

B.

and

C.

so

D.

however

 

 

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