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4. The box has a label "F ” on it,please handle it with care and don't break it.
4. Fragile
You have the ability to decide if you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice.
You can't depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a les?son I learned early in my marriage. I realized that I couldn't rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on me and not my husband's actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy.
You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within; it can't be forced by outside forces. So how do you choose happiness? The same way you choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit. You choose it because that's what you want to experience in your life.
You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feel good. You wouldn't buy a pair of shoes that you don't like or that don't fit well,right? So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don't make us feel good?
Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choo?sing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings; no one can do that for us. If we let others get to us,influence our emotions―we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain,we are giving them our power.
We need to keep our feelings in check and not react automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what some?one says or does.
Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch your thoughts and feelings from anger,selfdoubt,or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don't dwell on what happens to you un?necessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that,thoughts,feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.
5. What's the best title for this passage?
A. Pretend to be happy B. Choose your emotions
C. Choose to be happy D. Find happiness
6. The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is that .
A. one can't rely on someone else to make himself or herself happy
B. balancing the relationship between the husband and wife is an art
C. she can depend on her husband to find happiness
D. happiness can be influenced by outside forces
7. Why does the writer mention buying shoes?
A. To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes.
B. To show the importance of choosing to be happy.
C. To compare choosing shoes with an outfit.
D. To help to move to the next paragraph easily.
8. The writer suggests that we should .
A. let others control our feelings
B. respond immediately to others' words
C. hold back our feelings properly
D. pay more attention to words than actions
5. 在电脑游戏中，这个男孩偏爱《帝国时代》。
In computer games,that boy The Age of the Empire (preference)
Although Zhang Bichen,a 25-year-old songstress with a power?ful yet delicate voice,took the crown of The Voice of China in 2014? runnerup Parhat Halik,32. seems to have impressed more of the au?dience with his husky (沙ft的) ,natural and,most of all,distin?guished sound.
Despite his unmistakable voice,Parhat Halik's music is also special. General?ly,it's rock―but influenced and mixed by different styles within the genre. Read on and find out where Halik's music gets its inspiration.
Blues rock
Representative artists：Guns N' Roses,The Rolling Stones,John Mayer Blues rock
combines improvisation (即兴创作) with rock 'n' roll style. It be?gan to develop in the mid-1960s in Britain and the US,when rock bands such as the Rolling Stones experimented with music from older African American blues musici?ans. It borrows the idea of instrumental combo (小型爵士乐队) from blues but is played at a faster tempo and louder volume,distinguishing it from the blues. The sound is created with the electric guitar,piano,bass and drums.
As the root for several contemporary rock styles,such as heavy metal and hard rock,blues rock had a rebirth in the early 2000s,with artists including John Mayer and The Black Keys.
Folk rock
Representative artists： Bob Dylan,Simon &. Garfunkel,The Byrds As the name indicates,folk rock is a genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. Also developed in the mid-1960s,folk rock was pioneered by the US band The Byrds,who began playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylanpenned material with rock instruments,in a style heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British bands.
The genre was most popular among teenagers and college students at the time,because it includes both rock 'n' roll's free spirit and the more serious,culturally authentic and socially aware sounds of folk music.
Soft rock
Representative artists： Bryan Adams,Eagles,Elton John,James Blunt Compared to hard rock's loud and aggressive nature,soft rock,or light rock,uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer and less threatening sound. De?rived from folk rock,it uses acoustic instruments (原声乐器) and puts more empha?sis on melody and harmony.
Although the genre gets quite a bad name among hardcore rock fans,who see it as "wimpy"(软弱无力) ，it doesn't mean soft rock is without merit (优点) .Soft rock songs often deal with themes like romantic relationships and everyday life in a thoughtful and complex way that hard rock simply couldn't.
1. Which of the artists played traditional folk music and Bob Dylanpenned material with rock instruments first?
A. The Beatles. B. The Byrds. C. Eagles. D. Guns N' Roses.
2. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the Rolling Stones ignored African American musicians' work
B. soft rock focuses more on melody and culture awareness
C. blues rock gained a second birth in the 2000s
D. all the three rock styles developed in America
3. What is hardcore rock fans' attitude towards soft rock?
A. They quite admire it. B. They can hardly tolerate it.
C. They are indifferent to it. D. They misunderstand it.
4. What's the main purpose of the text?
A. To help readers become rock 'n' roll artists.
B. To inform the readers of the result of The Voice of China
C. To introduce some common rock music to the readers.
Art 1. (influence) by the customs and faith of a people. Styles in Western art have changed many times. During the Middle Ages,the main aim of painters was to represent 2. (religion) themes. A conventional artist of this period was not interested in showing nature and people 3. they really were. A typical picture at this time was full of symbols of religion. However,during the Renaissance,new ideas and values gradually replaced 4. held in the Middle Ages. People began to concentrate less on religion and adopt a more humanistic attitude 5. life. One of the most important discoveries during this period was how to draw things in perspective,which made pictures so6. (real) . As Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial one in the late 19th century,these changes 7. (lead) to new painting styles. The Impressionists were the first painters 8. (work) outdoors. There are a lot of modern art styles,but 9. the Impressionists,many of these painting styles might not exist.No one can predict 10. painting styles there will be in the future.
1. As she is running out the money,her patience is running out as well.
5. If (我年轻十岁) ，I would start again from the beginning.
7. (具体地说) ，the argument in your graduation thesis is logical.
3. How did the E build the pyramids?
