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They find themselves ________by colourful rocks, fishes, seashells and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters．
- A.to surround
- B.surrounding
- C.surround
- D.surrounded
Tell a story and tell it well,and you may open wide the eyes of a child,open up lines of communication in a business,or even open people’s mind to another culture or race.
People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them.For example,most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources,cultures,and times.They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education,but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.
“Most local stories are based on a larger theme,”American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says,“Cinderella(灰姑娘),or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness,appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.”
Working with students in schools,Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories.She works with prisoners too,helping them know who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write,direct,and act in their own lives.If they don’t like the story they are living,they can rewrite the story.Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers.“For every advance in business,”she says,“there is a greater need for communication.”Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship,she says.
Pugh spent several years in Nigeria,where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there.The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere,she says.
“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,”she says.“What I do is to focus on the value of stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs.We are all storytellers.We all have a story to tell.We tell everybody’s story.”
【小题1】What do we learn about American storytellers from Paragraph 2?
| A．They share the same way of storytelling. |
| B．They prefer to tell stories from other cultures. |
| C．They learn their stories from the American natives. |
| D．They find storytelling useful for both children and adults. |
| A．start a new life |
| B．settle down in another place |
| C．direct films |
| D．become good actors |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
| A．Storytelling can influence the way people think. |
| B．Storytelling is vital to the growth of businesses. |
| C．Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school. |
| D．Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others. |
Have you ever wondered: What drives successful people? Take a look around and talk to your friends and seniors who are very successful, you will see all of them have adopted certain values which have proved vital for their success.
It is evident that successful people take initiative (主动性). When they find something needs to be done, they just do it instead of waiting. They believe that responsibility is taken, not given. They weigh immediately what has to be done and then do it with pleasure, thus strengthening their reputation.
Successful people are enthusiastic about the things they do, especially when they believe in what they are doing. They are motivated by their own satisfaction and the joy they get from doing their work. They work hard even when no one is watching and they throw themselves into their work.
They do not fear failure. Failures and disappointments in life are unavoidable. It is failure that teaches us much more than success. Successful people pick themselves up after a fall and try again with more determination and commitment and learn from each failure. They associate with those they can learn from and enjoy the company of those who appreciate their achievement.
Having good IQ often gets a person what he wants but it’s really the EQ that keeps him there and helps him enjoy a high reputation. Successful people are polite to everyone and treat others with respect. By giving respect to others, they command respect for themselves.
Another important quality of successful persons is that they never complain. It’s better to praise others and win favor with them. So instead of complaining about a situation, successful people always try to solve it.
To put it shortly, take initiative and be enthusiastic about them. Do not be afraid to fail, but get up and start again. When you do so, success will be just around the corner.
Title: What Makes People Successful?
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Brief introduction |
Successful people all have adopted certain values which are（1）__________ for their success. |
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（2）_________ of successful people |
Taking initiative |
◆They take immediate action without hesitation. ◆They take responsibility for what has to be done and do it（3）__________. |
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Being self-motivated |
◆They’re enthusiastic about the things they do with a（4）_______ in what they are doing. ◆They devote themselves to their work. |
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（5）__________ from failure |
◆They get up and start again after a failure. ◆They keep company of those (6)__________ their achievement. |
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Giving respect to others |
◆They are polite to everyone and treat others respectfully. ◆They earn respect in （7）_________ by giving respect to others. |
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Making no（8）________ |
◆They praise others and win favor with them. ◆They always try to find any possible （9）__________ to the difficult situation. |
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Summary |
When you can combine the above into your action plan, you’ll have （10）___________ to success soon. |
Experts say it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “ Culture shock” is the term these experts use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the experts. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.
There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems---the telephone, post office ,or transportation --may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.
Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.
Culture shock causes a feeling of disorientation (迷惘）. This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience--these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.
1.According to the passage, the more successful you are at home, _________________.
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A．the fewer difficulties you may have abroad |
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B．the more difficulties you may have abroad |
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C．the more money you will earn abroad |
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D．the less homesick you will feel abroad |
2..Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage?
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A．“Culture shock” is a term used to describe the feelings that people experience in a new environment |
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B．In the second stage of “ Culture shock”, people may hate the life in the new environment |
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C．When you are homesick, you had better not stay at home all the time |
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D．Every one of us doesn’t feel culture shock in this way or that |
3..What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
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A．Escape unfamiliar environment |
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B．The feeling of homesickness |
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C．The best way to overcome (克服、战胜）culture shock: get familiar with the new culture |
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D．Homesickness can solve the problem of culture shock |
Did you know that a turtle（乌龟）can lay 12 eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.
Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs, they spend their whole lives in the water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females(雌性) swim to land.
They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find their way back there is unknown.
When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark. Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountain climbers.
When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs.
The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protects the eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake. You may see tiny black balls coming out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles!
1.Which sentence expresses the main idea?
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A．Sea turtles have interesting life habits. |
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B．Sea turtles swim to shore to lay their eggs. |
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C．Large sea turtles lay their eggs in special ways. |
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D．Sea turtles enjoy staying in the sand. |
2.The first sentence lets us know that this passage is about __________.
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A．turtles |
B．oceans |
C．time |
D．speed |
3. Turtles bury their eggs to protect them from ____________.
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A．deep water |
B．danger |
C．heat |
D．bad weather |
4.We can conclude from this passage that ___________.
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A．many turtles die while swimming to shore |
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B．female turtles protect their babies |
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C．once turtles land, they never return to the sea |
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D．the job of laying eggs takes great strength |
5.The writer compares turtles to climbers ___________.
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A．because they lay their eggs in mountain areas |
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B．to give you a picture of how hard they work |
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C．to tell you that they like to climb |
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D．to show that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles |
There are three branches of medicine. One is called "doctor medicine," or "scientific medicine." Scientific doctors try to observe sicknesses, look for logical patterns, and then find out how the human body works. From there they figure out what treatments may work. This kind of medicine is believed to date from the 4th century BC. Although nowadays it is successful, in the ancient world this approach probably did not cure many patients.
A second kind of medicine is called "natural cures," or "folk medicine," in which less educated people try to cure sicknesses with various herbs. These folk healers also use observation and logic, but they are not so aware of it. They try things until they find something that seems to work, and then they keep doing that. Folk medicine flourished（繁荣） long before the development of scientific medicine and was more successful in ancient times than doctor medicine.
The third kind is called "health spas," or "faith healing." Sometimes this may be as simple as touching the holy man and being immediately healed. Other times, a magician may make you a magic charm, or say a spell, to cure you. Some religious groups organize special healing shrines（圣坛） for the sick. In these places people rest, get plenty of sleep, eat healthy food, drink water instead of wine, and exercise in various ways. They also talk to the priests and pray to the gods. If you are feeling depressed or you have been working too hard, going to these places may be just the right thing to make you feel better.
1.Doctor medicine __________.
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A．has a longer history than folk medicine |
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B．has been practiced for around 1,600 years |
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C．bases its treatments on observation and logic |
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D．was very successful in curing sicknesses in ancient times |
2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT used in health spas?
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A．Magic power. |
B．Various herbs. |
C．Religious faith. |
D．A healthy life style. 高#考￥资@源网 |
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
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A．Folk healers choose different herbs to cure diseases without any sound basis. |
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B．People who practice folk medicine need lots of formal education on herbs. |
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C．The success of folk medicine led to the development of doctor medicine. |
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D．Natural cures worked better than scientific medicine in ancient times. |
4.The author's primary purpose in this passage is to __________.
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A．describe different types of medicine |
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B．argue for the importance of medicine in health care |
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C．show the crucial role religion plays in medical treatments |
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D．compare the educational background of three different types of patients |