_1__.If you give and give without making time to fill your own needs, then it’s likely you will burn out, or feel upset. When you take and take without giving back, you never feel fulfilled, so you are always searching for ways to fill the void in your life.
The way to create a healthy balance between giving and receiving is to know and then live by your values. I break values up into two groups which I call being and having values. __2__I suggest to my clients that they choose three being values that are willing to make a commitment to live by. An example of some being values are :kind, loving, generous, inspirational, peaceful, wise and even powerful. By acting on these values you give to others through your actions and you inspire others by being a positive role model. Mastering being these character traits becomes your life purpose.
__3__.These could be companionship, achievement, and support, being valued or financial security. This is what you receive. You take responsibility for filling your own needs by taking steps to create these feelings and conditions in your life.
When you make a commitment to live by your being values, it becomes easier to make conscious choices rather than reactionary ones. If your usual pattern is to talk about your problems, you could choose to think and act like a calm person. _4__.If your usual pattern is to worry, you could choose to act like a responsible or wise person. In other words, you would act like the person you choose to be ---this is the key to personal power.
When you choose to act on your values, you not only feel good about yourself, you reinforce your chosen beliefs. ___5___.

A.Young people have a different set of values.
B.You feel that you have a responsibility to help them.
C.Your having values are the feelings you need to create in order to be happy.
D.Your being values are the character traits (特征,特点)of the ideal person you would like to be.
E. You feel happiest when you create a healthy balance between giving and receiving.
F. A calm person might go for a walk, meditate, or set a time limit before responding.
G. Over time acting in this way changes how you see the world , and in turn the way other people think of you.

Due to the increasing number of violence acts produced in schools all over the world, more and more parents prefer to have their children educated at home rather than at school. This way they can ensure their safety and well-being, although teachers and school representatives are trying to improve the situation in schools by increasing the number of the persons in charge of the safety of the students.

The main reason for violence acts are the films and cartoons that fill the children’s time. They want to do everything they watch on TV and never think of the consequences, and they may hurt a classmate or a teacher.

On the other hand, parents are not fully satisfied with the children’s results obtained in classes and they consider private classes would have better results. When a teacher has to watch 30 students in class he can’t probably see what each of them is doing, how he is writing, or if he understands the explanations. At home the teacher can explain in details everything the child doesn’t understand as many times as he considers proper. And many times the child grows fond of the teacher at home, who becomes his best friend, and who helps him whenever he needs someone to talk to.

However, the best solution would be a mixture between the education received at school and that at home, because school makes children communicate and socialize. Keeping a child at home for fear there might happen something bad to him only makes the child’s character weak and prevents him from knowing what real life is. Staying in a crystal ball only does harm to the child.

All in all, schools have been created to help children, not to harm them, so it’s best to keep children in these special places, where they learn, laugh, have fun and make new friends

1.The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ________

A.teach parents the ways to keep their children safe

B.show solutions to developing children’s character

C.analyze an education problem and give opinions

D.explain the main reason for violence acts in schools

2.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A.Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Classes

B.Who is to Blame, Parents or Schools?

C.Which Is Better, School Study or Home Study?

D.The Relationship between Teachers and Children

3.What does “a crystal ball” in the passage refer to?

A.A toy that can be used for entertainment

B.A safe and comfortable environment

C.A round object that is made of crystal

D.An obstacle that is hard to overcome

4.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A.violence TV programs have bad effects on children’s behavior

B.the teacher at home is more patient than the teacher at school

C.children today are weak from lack of sense of right and wrong

D.there are too many students in class for a teacher to teach

 

Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation(感觉)of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions—those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh.

Psychologists have known that one person’s perception(感知)of another’s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies’ conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. Classic studies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.

Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.

To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the study’s hypotheses(假设), handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form. The drink was then handed back. After that, the students were asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.

“We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly,” says Bargh.

1.According to Paragraph 1, a person’s emotion may be affected by ______.

A.the visitors to his office                   B.the psychology lessons he has

C.his physical feeling of coldness             D.the things he has bought online

2.The author mentions Harlow’s experiment to show that ______.

A.adults should develop social skills           B.babies need warm physical contact

C.caregivers should be healthy adults          D.monkeys have social relationships

3.In Bargh’s experiment, the students were asked to ______.

A.hold coffee and cold drink alternatively      B.write down their hypotheses

C.fill out a personal information form          D.evaluate someone’s personality

4.We can infer from the passage that ______.

A.abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences

B.feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide

C.physical temperature affects how we see others

D.capable persons are often cold to others

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Physical Sensations and Emotions.

B.Experiments of Personality Evaluation.

C.Developing Better Drinking Habits.

D.Drinking for Better Social Relationships.

 

Welcome to the Ambassador Hotel. To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities(设施) to the full.

Dining Room

Breakfast is served in the dining mom from 8 to 9:30 a.m.. Alternatively, the room staff will bring a breakfast tray to your room at any time after 7 a.m., if you place an order for it by telephone. In this case, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed. Lunch: 12:00 to 2:30 p.m.

Dinner: 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Telephone:48752

Room Service

This operates 24 hours a day. Phone the Reception Desk, and your message will be passed on to the room staff.

Telephone: 48759

Telephone

To make a telephone call, dial 0 for Reception and Laundry (洗衣店), and ask to be connected. We apologize for delays in putting calls through when the staff are very busy. There are also public telephone booths(电话亭)near the Reception Desk. Early calls should be booked with Reception.

Shop

The hotel shop is open for souvenirs(纪念品), gifts and toiletries(化妆品)from 9 a.m. to 5:30p.m.

Telephone: 48687

Laundry

We have a laundry on the premises(附属)and will wash, iron and return your clothes within 24 hours. Ask the room staff to phone the laundrymen to collect them.

Telephone: 48867

Bar

The hotel bar is open from 12 to 2 p.m., and 7 p.m.  to 2 a.m.. The Reception staff will cash cheques and exchange money in many foreign currencies(货币).

1.The announcement(通知) mainly gives us information about ________.

A.facilities in the hotel

B.providing passengers all kinds of service

C.the ways of serving

D.carrying out the promise of the hotel

2.The card in a bedroom of the hotel is to announce that ___________.

A.you should keep silent when walking past the room

B.the passenger of the room is taking a rest

C.the waiters mustn’t enter the room

D.any visitors won’t bother the hotel guest

3.You have arrived to stay at the hotel at 2 a.m., and want a snack(快餐), What should you do ?

A.Go to the hotel shop.

B.Go to the hotel bar.

C.Give a message to the waiter.

D.Phone Reception

 

 

Munish Bansal has amassed(积累)8,500 digital images of daughter Suman, 12, and her brother Jay, 10, since the day they were born. He has enough pictures to fill 600 albums and shows them on a website named “delightful kids”.  

Mr. Bansal, 36, an accountant from Gillingham, Kent: “It started when I took a picture of Suman on the day when she was born. I did the same the following day, and the day after, and the day after that. Before I knew it, she had turned one and I had 365 images. It seemed a shame to stop, so I kept going - and did the same when Jay came along.” Mr. Bansal, who lives with housewife Rita, 39, began the family album on the day Suman was born in 1996. With a digital camera, he takes the picture usually before school or during dinner.

The photographs capture her life from a baby and toddler, through to early school days and into her teens. They include important landmarks like walking, the day she spoke, her first words and the beginning of school. He did the same with her younger brother Jay who was born two years later.

Mr. Bansal admits both Suman and Jay are “quite embarrassed” about the website - and their father. Suman, who turns 13 tomorrow, said: “It's interesting because when I look at the baby photos I don't recognize myself - but I'm not planning on letting Dad do this for ever.” Mr. Bansal has said he will continue until they are old enough to leave home. “As they get older, Sunam and Jay have become quite embarrassed about what I'm doing,” he said. “But I hope that one day both of them will appreciate what I’ve done, and look back on their childhoods with happy memories.”

1. People can see their pictures by ______.

    A. looking at the 600 albums                            B. visiting a website named “delightful kids”

    C. collecting all the 8,500 digital images        D. using all their digital camera

2. When Mr. Bansal started to take the picture, he was ______.

    A. 24 years old    B. 26 years old.   C. 28 years old    D. 30 years old

3. How do Suman and Jay think of what their father has done?

    A. They feel very pleased with what their father has done

    B. They think highly of what their father has done

    C. They feel uncomfortable with what their father has done

    D. They are surprised at what their father has done

4. From the passage we can infer that ______.

    A. Mr. Bansal is sorry for taking so many pictures.

    B. Mr. Bansal will stop taking photos next year

    C. Mr. Bansal wants his children to leave home now

    D. Mr. Bansal love his children very much

 

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