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Most people have some regret that they just can’t seem to get rid of. But holding on to regret about the past that can’t be changed can have a bad impact on the possibility of a happy future. Regret is a waste of time, emotion and energy. To make sure that your life is a successful one, you need to take action to live in a way that you have no regret holding you back.

Some people make very big decisions with very little consideration at all, and as a result they often regret their decisions. Before choosing a college major, getting married or accepting a job, you must carefully consider all conditions and make a conscious decision rather than a careless one. Big decisions aren’t the only ones that require forethought, though. Before you become angry and say something you will regret later, think about what you’re going to say.

Some of things will be easy to do and some will be hard, but keep your eyes on the prize of living a successful life without regret, and you’ll find that achieving your goals might be easier than you think. But don’t just daydream about those goals — make an actual list, written down in black and white, and refer to it now and then to see what you have left to do.

When you’re feeling happy and full of energy, taking care of yourself isn’t a problem. But in those days when you feel like crawling beneath the bed and never coming out again, you still must take care of yourself. You can do what you want and don’t get angry with yourself about your shortcomings. On the contrary, you just admit them and try to change them and move on. Improving your mental health is just as important as taking care of yourself physically.

Keep those who are important to you very close and be sure to let them know how important they are to you. Family, friends, co-workers and people who are as close as your families are your lifelines that you can depend on whenever you need them to help you remember what’s important in life. You should make sure of repairing your relationships with your friends if something bad happens.

Last but not least, learn to give yourself some relaxation(放松) and not to waste your time regretting things you cannot change. Treat those things properly and move on. Life is hard, but it is precious. Don’t waste time regretting the past, or your future will get here before you know it.

 

Title

Living without regret

Theme

Regret is a normal part of life. What you should do is to take action to make your life a 1.__________ without regret.

2.__________ for getting rid of regret

▲Regret about the past can greatly 3.__________ your possible happy future.

▲Regret wastes time, emotion and energy.

4.__________

5.__________ twice before you act.

Take everything into 6.__________ consideration before making decisions or saying something.

List the things you want to do.

▲Focus your eyes on the things which will bring you happiness.

▲Put your7.__________ into practice.

Take care of yourself.

Make sure that you are in good8.__________ both physically and mentally.

Keep close relationships.

Keep close to those who are 9.__________ to you.

Don’t care about small things.

Don’t regret things that cannot be 10.__________ and treasure the present-day life.

 

 

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The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street.What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric.   21   his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had   22   set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today.He would just  23  

the books in the outside return box.But there was a   24  ;it was locked.

He went into the building,only a few minutes   25   closing time.He put the books into the return box.And after a brief   26   in the toilet,he would be on his way to the playground to   27   Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in   28  —the library lights were off.The place was   29  .The doors had been shut.They   30   be opened from the inside.He was trapped(被困)—in a library!

He tried to   31   a telephone call,but was unable to   32  .What’s worse,the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  33    the sun began to set,he searched for a light and found it.

   34   he could see.David wrote on a piece of paper:“    35   !I’m TRAPPED inside!”and stuck it to the glass door.   36  ,someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,   37  .Rows and rows of shelves held books,videos and music.He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf.He settled into a chair and started to   38  .

He knew he had to   39  ,but now,that didn’t seem to be such a   40   thing.

21.A.but                       B.because                     C.or                             D.since

22.A.ever                            B.nearly                       C.never                        D.often

23.A.pass                            B.drop                         C.carry                        D.take

24.A.problem               B.mistake                     C.case                          D.question

25.A.during                  B.after                         C.over                          D.before

26.A.rest                      B.break                        C.walk                         D.stop

27.A.visit                            B.meet                         C.catch                         D.greet

28.A.delight                 B.anger                        C.surprise                     D.eagerness

29.A.lonely                  B.empty                       C.noisy                        D.crowded

30.A.wouldn’t                     B.shouldn’t                   C.couldn’t                    D.needn’t

31.A.make                    B.fix                            C.use                           D.pick

32.A.get on                  B.get up                       C.get through                D.get in

33.A.If                         B.As                            C.Though                     D.Until

34.A.On time                                                   B.Now and then

C.By the way                                                  D.At last

35.A.Come                   B.Help                         C.Hello                        D.Sorry

36.A.Surely                  B.Thankfully                C.Truly                        D.Gradually

37.A.at most                 B.after all                            C.in short                            D.as usual

38.A.watch                   B.play                          C.read                          D.write

39.A.wait                            B.stand                         C.sleep                         D.work

40.A.bad                     B.cool                          C.strange                      D.nice

 

 

How I Turned to Be Optimistic  

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.  

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.  

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."   

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.  

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.  

1.How did the author get to know America?  

A.  From her relatives.                  B.  From her mother.  

C.  From books and pictures.             D.  From radio programs.  

2.Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.  

A.  confused                           B. excited  

C.  worried                            D  amazed  

3.For the first two years in New York, the author _________.  

A. often lost her way                      B. did not think about her future  

C. studied in three different schools          D. got on well with her stepfather  

4.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?  

A.  She worked as a translator.  

B.  She attended a lot of job interviews.  

C.  She paid telephone bills for her family.  

D  She helped her family with her English.  

5.The author believes that______.  

A. her future will be free from troubles  

B. it is difficult to learn to become patient  

C. there are more good things than bad things  

D. good things will happen if one keeps trying  

 

阅读理解。
     Thackeray was born into a comfortably secure upper-middle-class family, and brought up to expect the
leisured life of "gentleman". However, partly though bad luck and bad financial (财政的) advice, partly through
his own profligacy (荒废) in early youth-he was Cambridge and for some years afterwards a compulsive (上
瘾的) gambler-he had been left with nothing to depend on but his brains and energy. He dreamed of writing a
great novel; but he realized that while he dreamed and wasted time. Writers whom he considered to be nobodies,
such as Bulwer-Lytton,were writing best sellers.
     Writing had not been his first choice of profession. To please his mother he spent some months, studying
law,but his earliest wish was to be a painter. He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent
was too small for him to be anything but an amateur (业余的) painter, though he continued to draw
professionally, and illustrated (给…画插图) most of his own novels He then turned to journalism. In 1836,
while he was still struggling to make his way, he married penniless girl of eighteen, strongly against his mother's
will.
     With considerable courage, Thackeray began to make a living for his growing family from various
contributions to any newspapers and magazines that would take his work often he did not know where the next
five pounds was coming from Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters,the second of whom died as a
child, hut after the birth of the third, in 1840, she became incurably mad and had to be cared fat away from her
family for the rest of her long life-she outlived her husband by over thirty years.
     This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray. It was, too, an extra financial load and for some years he was
forced to part with his daughters, who were brought up by his mother in France. While he struggled to make
a living in London, still chiefly by Journalism. His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry
Lynden, published serially in Fraser's Magazine in 1844 made so little impression oil the public that it was not
published in book form until twelve years later.
1. Thackeray was born into a family _____.
A. that had bad luck
B. that he could not rely on
C. that was quite rich
D. that expected him to be a writer
2. What did his mother want him to study?
A. Art
B. Law
C. Writer
D. Journalism
3. After he got married, Thackeray made a living by _____.
A. writing best sellers
B. drawing and illustrating his own novels
C. publishing a book which made him famous
D. writing for newspapers and magazines
4. After he got married, Thackeray made a living by _____.
A. writing best sellers
B. drawing and illustrating his own novels
C. publishing a book which made him famous
D. writing for newspapers and magazines

    Thackeray was born into a comfortably secure upper—middle—class family,and brought up to expect the leisured life of “gentleman However,partly though bad luck and bad financial(财政的)advice,partly through his own profligacy(荒废)in early youth—he was Cambridge and for some years afterwards a compulsive(上瘾的)gambler—he had been left with nothing to depend on but his brains and energy.He dreamed of writing a great novel;but he realized that while he dreamed and wasted time.writers whom he considered to be nobodies,such as Bulwer-Lytton,were writing best sellers,

Writing had not been his first choice of profession.To please his mother he spent some months,studying law,but his earliest wish was to be a painter.He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent was too small for him to be anything but an amateur(业余的)painter,though he continued to draw professionally,and illustrated(给·…··画插图)most of his own novels  He then turned to journalism.In 1836,while he was still struggling to make his  way,he married “penniless girl of eighteen,strongly against his mother’s will

    With considerable courage.Thackeray began to make a living for his growing family from various contributions to any newspapers and magazines that would take his work often he did not know where the next five pounds was coming from Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters,the second of whom died as a child,hut after the birth of the third,in 1840,she became incurably mad.and had to be cared fat away from her family for the rest of her long life—she outlived her husband by over thirty years.

    This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray It was,too,an extra financial load.and for some years he was forced to part with his daughters,who were brought up by his mother in France。while he struggled to make a living in London,still chiefly by Journalism.His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry Lyndan,published serially in Fraser’s Magazine in 1844.made so little impression oil the public that it was not published in book form until twelve years later.

68.Thackeray was born into a family      .

    A that had bad luck              B,that he could not rely on

    C that was quite rich            D.that expected him to be a writer

69.What did his mother want him to study?

    A.Art              B,Law             C Writer        D.Journalism

70.After he got married,Thackeray made a living by          .

    A writing best sellers                    B drawing and illustrating his own novels

    C· publishing a book which made him famous  D writing for newspapers and magazines

7I.Because of financial difficulty,Thackeray had to          

    A.publish his novel in book form 12 years later

    B.publish Barry Lyndon as a series in a magazine

    C,send his children to his mother

D make a living by writing novels    .

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