The quest for success always begins with a target.As Berra once said,“You got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going,because you might not get there.”

Too many people wander through life like sleepwalkers.Each day they follow familiar routines,never asking,“What am I doing with my life?’’and they don’t know what they’re doing because they lack goals.

Goal-setting is a focusing of the will to move in a certain direction.Begin with a clear conception of what you want.Write down your goals and date them—putting them into words clarifies them.Rather than concentrating on objects to acquire and possess,focus on fulfilling your desires to do,to produce,to contribute—goal-setting that yields the true sense of satisfaction we all need.

It’s important to visualize(想象)yourself accomplishing your goal.While losers visualize the penalties(不利)of failure,winners visualize the rewards of success.I’ve seen it among athletes,statistics contrasting air and highway safety,but it made no difference.I had read too many articles describing crash scenes and imagined these scenes vividly.I had programmed myself,without realizing it,to stay off planes.

Then one summer I had the opportunity to fly on a private plane with friends to a resort;I didn’t want to miss out on a great vacation.So I spent two weeks imagining a smooth flight on a beautiful sunny day and an easy landing.

When the day arrived,I was eager to go.To everyone’s surprise,I got on the plane and I loved every minute of it,and I still use the techniques I employed that day.

【小题1】According to the passage,if you want to be successful,the first thing for you to do is          .

       A.find the right methods                       B.be careful about everything

       C.know your ability                               D.have a clear goal

【小题2】If you have a target,you will          .

       A.wander like a sleepwalker                         B.know well what you are doing

       C.do the same work every day                  D.put it into words

【小题3】The problem with the author before he overcame his fear of air travel is that          .

       A.he didn’t know air travel is safer than highway travel

       B.he couldn’t imagine himself accomplishing his goal

       C.he read too much about plane crashes and tried to avoid flying

       D.he wanted to take a private plane instead of a public one

【小题4】What would be the best title for this passage?

       A.Define Your Coal

       B.Visualize Rewards of Success

       C.Overcome The Fear of Air Travel

       D.Sleepwalking Through Life

When I was six, my mother placed me in a 36.________ school. For the next nine years, I 37.______ slept in a room that 38.______ less than 30 other kids in it. So, when I was promoted to senior at the high school for my39.___ year there, I had the greatest 40._____ of rooming with just one other classmate, and the added feature of a semi-private bathroom.
We seniors also had the feature of walking around the 41._____ in special hats, we called senior bonnets, so all the other kids would know we were the 42._____ in the high school. As seniors, we frequently went on field 43._____ outside the campus, including city museums, city hall , colleges and theatres. The highlight was a senior class trip to Washington, D.C., 44.______ we sat in on a session of Congress, 45.______ the monument and many other government sites around the city.
Another 46.____ of being seniors was that many of us on athletic and other extra-curricular teams were elected to high ranking for the year. I had the honor and pleasure of47._____ captain of our state championship swim team, while my roommate was voted48.______ of the drama club.
49.______ services were on a sunny day in June. Each of us had looked forward to this moment for ten years. Now we were going out on our own to complete freedom, and we should have been flooded with joy.50.________, to my surprise, I found myself 51._____, something I hadn’t done for years. I noticed many of my 52.______, usually proud of their macho attitudes, were also wiping away tears. We knew we would never be together again as we were on that graduation day. Our senior year 53.______deep feelings of sadness for our54.______, as well as joy for our emerging into a new world 55.____the school campus.

【小题1】
A.teachingB.boardingC.playingD.mixing
【小题2】
A.neverB.notC.occasionally D.frequent
【小题3】
A.livedB.includedC.containedD.put
【小题4】
A.nextB.firstC.finalD.second
【小题5】
A.pleasureB.sorrowC.happyD.merry
【小题6】
A.countryB.cityC.classroomD.campus
【小题7】
A.youngestB.lowestC.oldestD.highest
【小题8】
A.roadsB.tripsC.voyagesD.travel
【小题9】
A.whichB.thatC.whereD.when
【小题10】
A.approachedB.visitedC.managedD.spent
【小题11】
A.benefitB.disadvantageC.profitD.strength
【小题12】
A.being broughtB.being chosen
C.being takenD.being realized
【小题13】
A.memberB.monitorC.secretaryD.president
【小题14】
A.GraduationB.EducationC.VolunteeringD.Population
【小题15】
A.ThereforeB.FortunatelyC.HoweverD.While
【小题16】
A.smilingB.laughingC.cryingD.screaming
【小题17】
A.studentsB.classmatesC.teachersD.friends
【小题18】
A.began withB.ended with
C.bargained withD.associated with
【小题19】
A.lossB.resultC.loveD.hatred
【小题20】
A.overB.outC.beyondD.from

The word “death” is a word many Chinese friends tell me I should not say aloud. They advise me to avoid the word because only speaking of it may bring ill fortune. I deeply believe, however, that to know how to live, we must also know how to die. The problem is how we talk about death.      
Like everyone in Taiwan this week, I have had “Tomb Sweeping Day”. I am proud to be part of a people whose culture sends millions of families to cemeteries on this special day to share memories and endless love.
Today, eight days after the death of Pope John Paul II, millions of people of all backgrounds still grieve(悲痛) his passing away. He was a deeply human person who knew how to laugh and show emotions, a writer with a gift for words a leader who appealed to us by the sheer light of his love for life.
On the same day and only hours before the Holy Father left us, a friend of mine named Veronica McBride died of cancer in a small Wisconsin city. My friend Veronica was 52 years old. She was an attractive, humorous young woman who, as the saying goes, “never married”. She published several humor books with her mother, Mary McBride. She enjoyed traveling, and for years sent Christmas card photos of herself standing beside monuments or odd animals. She fought cancer for five years. She joked about her treatment keeping her pretty because it kept her thin, and told me she didn’t mind losing her hair because of chemo therapy. “I get to wear nice wigs!”
The last time I saw Veronica was when I visited her family on a sunny day in August in 2003. When she burst into the front door later and saw me in the living room, she ignored me completely in her hurry to hug her newest baby nephew, leaving me shaking my head in laughter at her.
As we look to the significance of the Holy Father and his life, surely we must also keep our eyes open to see the wonder and goodness in ordinary people who show us how to live and how to die.
【小题1】The purpose of the article is ___________.

A.to memorize his friend Veronica
B.to talk about the significance of life and death
C.to teach us how to face life and death
D.to compare his friend and the Holy Father Pope John Paul II
【小题2】The underlined phrase “chemo therapy” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A.a medical treatmentB.a kind of cancer
C.a kind of medicineD.the newest machine
【小题3】Why does the writer compare the Holly Father with his friend?
A.Because they are both the persons he admires.
B.Because they have a lot in common.
C.Because he wants to show that ordinary people can be great as well.
D.Because he wants to memorize them both.
【小题4】From the phrase “burst into”, we can see that Veronica is ____________.
A.braveB.sportiveC.humorousD.energetic

A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.

One  1 they arrived to find the schoolhouse was on fire. They dragged(拖) the senseless(无意识的) little boy out of the burning building more dead than alive. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely  2  .

But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his  3 that he would survive somehow, and to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. When the  4 was past, the mother was told that he would be a lifetime cripple(跛子) with no  5  of the lower part of his body at all.

Once more, the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a  6  . He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor(运动神经的) ability. His thin legs were all but lifeless.

Finally he returned from the  7  . Every day his mother would massages(按摩) his little  8 , but there was no feeling. Yet his  9  that he would walk was as strong as ever.

One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the  10 to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He walked his way to the white   11 .With great  12 , he raised himself up on the fence(篱笆) . Then, he began dragging himself along the fence and  13  that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.  14  through his daily massages and his iron determination, he did  15 the ability to stand up, then to walk by himself and then to run. This determined young man, Dr Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!

1.                A.afternoon       B.evening         C.noon D.morning

 

2.                A.die            B.survive         C.fail  D.recover

 

3.                A.mind           B.heart           C.idea D.view

 

4.                A.disease         B.disaster         C.danger   D.failure

 

5.                A.effect          B.use            C.good D.work

 

6.                A.cripple         B.patient         C.trouble   D.winner

 

7.                A.school         B.home          C.factory   D.hospital

 

8.                A.hands          B.legs            C.arms D.feet

 

9.                A.decision        B.dream          C.promise  D.determination

 

10.               A.street          B.school         C.yard  D.shop

 

11.               A.fence          B.wall           C.houses    D.door

 

12.               A.job            B.time           C.effort D.success

 

13.               A.promised       B.decided        C.insisted   D.predicted

 

14.               A.Frankly         B.Finally          C.Actually   D.Secondly

 

15.               A.build          B.improve        C.choose    D.develop

 

 

Do your spirits soar (猛增) on a sunny day? Do you relax at the sound of flowing water?

Some scientists suggest that these contacts with nature are good for your health. In one study, hospital patients with a view of trees had shorter hospital stays and less need for pain medications. Another study indicated that prisoners with a view of the outdoors had fewer doctor visits.

“Why do we desire nature? Maybe we’re programmed to need it, since our ancestors’ survival was so dependent on their connection with nature,” suggests biologist E.O. Wilson.

Want to find out if contact with nature improves your outlook on life? Try a few of these ideas.

Hang out a bird feeder and watch the birds that visit it.

Sit down in the backyard or a nearby park. Close your eyes. What do you hear? Birds singing? The wind in the trees? Crickets (蟋蟀) chirping?

Find an anthill. Sit down and watch the ants work.

Take a walk right after a rainstorm. What looks different? Smells different?

Go barefoot on a sandy beach.

Open the curtains and the window, if the weather allows it.

On a windy day, watch the trees.

Go to a creek, river or park fountain. Listen to the sound of water in motion.

Camp out in the backyard or at a nearby state park. Use a tent or sleep on the ground.

Find a wide-open space to study the stars. Learn about the different constellations (星座).

Raise a garden. Or plant some seeds in a flowerpot.

Go hiking with your family. Talk about all of the colors you see in nature.

Take a camera and capture your nature experience.

1.From Paragraph 2 we can learn that ______.

A.prisoners don’t like to go to the doctor when ill

B.trees can be used as pain medications

C.prisoners should often get out of prison to come into contact with nature

D.contacts with nature are very helpful for hospital patients

2.According to E.O. Wilson, we desire nature probably because ______.

A.it can help us feel relaxed

B.we have inherited (继承) from our ancestors who were dependent on nature

C.people have lived with nature for thousands of years

D.contacts with nature can improve a person’s outlook on life

3.The author gives us many ideas in order to let us ______.

A.find out if contacts with nature improve our outlook on life

 

B.hear birds sing and watch ants work

 

C.talk about the colors we see in nature

D.capture our experience in nature

4.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A.studying the constellations is important to everyone

 

B.you can know all the colors only by going hiking

 

C.nature is quite important to us

D.walking in a rainstorm can be very helpful

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A.Go hiking with your family.

B.Let nature nurture you.

C.Visit your doctor less.

D.Watch the trees more often.

 

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