题目内容
one of the most famous scientists in the future.
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B. ambition
C. appointment
D. agriculture
It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Capitan, a huge mass of rock almost three-quarters of a mile high in California’s beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark’s dream to climb El Capitan for as long as he could remember. But how could a person without the use of his legs hope to try to climb it?
Mark knew he couldn’t finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter, an expert rock climber, would be there to lend a helping hand. He and Mark thought that it would take seven days to reach the top.
Peter climbed about 100 feet up and hammered a piton(岩钉) into the rock. Fastening one end of a 165-foot rope to the piton, he let one end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt with a special instrument. This instrument would allow Mark to move upward, but would prevent him from falling even as much as a single inch. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-shaped bar to the rope, using the same kind of instrument.
Mark took a deep breath, pushed the T-bar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first of the 7, 000 pull-ups needed to reach the top. High above, Peter let out a cheer. “You’re on your way.”
Seven years before, at the age of twenty-one, Mark had fallen while mountain climbing, injuring his backbone. The fall cost him the use of his legs, but he never lost his love of adventure or his joyful spirit.
For the first four days the two men progressed steadily upward without incident. But on the fifth day an unbearably hot wind began to blow, and as time went by, it became stronger and stronger, causing Mark to sway(摇摆) violently on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. In spite of that, he had to admit that he felt a lot better when the wind finally died down and his body touched solid rock again.
It took them one day more than they had expected, but on July 26 at 1:45 in the afternoon, the crowd of people waiting on the top went wild with joy as the two heads appeared. Mark Wellman had shown that if you set your heart and mind on a goal, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.
【小题1】What had Mark Wellman long desired to do?
A.To finish one of the most difficult rock climbs in the world. |
B.To be the first to climb El Capitan. |
C.To climb the highest mountain in California. |
D.To help his friend Peter climb El Capitan. |
A.He fastened the rope to his wheelchair. |
B.He hammered in pitons so that he had something to hold on to. |
C.He held on to the T-bar and Peter pulled him up. |
D.He pulled himself up using a T-bar and special equipment. |
A.He lost his footing and fell from the side of a mountain. |
B.He fell during his first attempt on El Capitan. |
C.His legs were broken by falling rocks. |
D.While working out in the gym, he injured his backbone. |
A.He struck against the rock and hurt his arms. |
B.A strong wind blew him away from the rock. |
C.He kept falling several inches. |
D.While swaying in space, he became terrified. |
A.He admitted that he was frightened. |
B.He often worried about his friend’s condition. |
C.He was able to remain clam and determined. |
D.He was joking to cheer himself up. |
A few years ago I received a postcard from a friend Jackson, who wrote, “I am skiing with abandon!” I believe he meant he was skiing skillfully, joyfully, peacefully and confidently. Although I have no hopes of ever skiing that way, I do dream of living with abandon. I believe that men and women through the ages who have led successful lives have captured these secrets of living life to the fullest.
1. Have a self you respect. This means having a deep sense of responsibility for your thoughts and actions. It means keeping your word, and being faithful to self, family and work. It means believing in what you do and working hard. It means setting your own standards, and not comparing yourself to others. It's not a question of being better than someone else; respect and integrity demand that you be better than you thought you could be.
2. Turn disappointments into strengths. Individuals who live with abandon have discovered that personal trials make them more sensitive and loving, while building character. They have learned that achievements worth remembering are stained (给...染色) with the blood of diligence and marked with the scars of disappointment.
The pages of history are filled with the heroic stories of men and women who overcame disabilities and difficulties to demonstrate victorious spirits. Raise him in extreme poverty, and you have an Abraham Lincoln. Make her blind and deaf, and you have a Helen Keller.
3. Enjoy life’s process, not just life’s rewards. We live in a goal-centered society that wants problems solved now. We want three-minute coffee, one-hour dry cleaning, and instant success. But to live with abandon, we must live one day at a time, enjoying the little victories, realizing that life is an endless journey in self-discovery and personal fulfillment.
4. Become involved in something bigger than yourself. I do not believe you will live happily if you set out to live life for yourself alone. Choose a cause bigger than you are and work at it in a spirit of excellence. It will become a part of you as you see your goals through to the end. Measure success not by what you've done, but what you could do.
Title:76.________ of enjoying life
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Details |
77. _______ yourself |
It means: ☆ being very 78. ________ for your thoughts and deeds; ☆ keeping your promise, and having faith in yourself, family and work; ☆ having 79.________ in what you do and working hard; ☆ setting your own standards instead of comparing yourself to others. |
Turn disappointments into strengths |
☆ People 80. ________ with abandon believe personal trials make them sensitive and loving and are good for 81. ________ character. ☆ Examples of Abraham Lincoln and Helen Keller in history show 82. ________ can be made through diligence. |
Enjoy the 83. ________ of life |
☆ People are eager to succeed 84. ________ in the present goal-centered society. ☆ What we have to do is to enjoy our life journey by discovering ourselves and fulfilling our personalities. |
Set a goal bigger than yourself |
☆ Living life for yourself alone won’t make you happy. ☆ Success is not 85. ________ by the things you have done but your abilities. |