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"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
You probably heard those lines in grammar school, but do you really agree that harsh (严厉的) or negative words do not harm us? Words have power. Surely we all have had our feelings hurt by something someone said.
We may not say words to hurt others, but the way we interpret (解释) them and how we say them may cause great harm. Here’s an example:
An ancient king dreamed all his teeth had fallen out. He sent for a wise man to explain his dream to him: the dream means that all your relatives will die and you will be left alone!
The king was very angry and threw the interpreter into prison. He then sent for another interpreter who said, "Congratulations! King! You will live many more years. In fact, you will survive all your relatives. Long Live the King!"
Both interpreters gave the same interpretation, but there was a huge difference in the way they said it.
Our speech must be understood by those who hear our words, but the way we say things and the intention behind them have as much power as the words themselves. Words can cause anger or appreciation. Which would you rather receive?
People who say harsh and negative things may not mean to harm, but have you ever known anyone who is a naysayer? They often look at the dark sides of things. They always see the glass as half empty rather than half full. How do you feel when you are around this type of person? Remember words have power. Use them wisely.
小题1:The author mentions the story of the ancient king to show that _____.
A．one dream sometimes has different explanations
B．good words can bring good luck to people
C．people should be careful when talking to a king
D．different ways of saying things have different effects
小题2:The underlined word "naysayer" in the last paragraph refers to a person who always _____.
A．has a negative attitudeB．likes to be praised
C．talks bigD．likes to repeat what others say
小题3:According to the text, how can people understand each other better?
A．By sharing different life experiences
B．By accepting different habits.
C．By properly using words
D．By recognizing different values.
小题4:The author wrote the last paragraph to ______.
A．show how the dark sides of things affect people
B．advise people to see and say things positively
C．show how harsh and negative words hurt people
D．advise people to stay away from negative people
小题5:The passage mainly talks about ______.
A．the power of wordsB．the cruelty of the king
C．how to understand othersD．how to build good relationships

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A

试题分析：棍棒和石头可以打断我的骨头，但语言却不能伤害我，通过举例：对一个梦的同样解释但解释的方式不同得到截然不同的结果。说明的语言的力量，记住：聪明的运用语言。
小题1:D 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的内容：两个翻译给出的是同样的翻译，但解释的方式之间有着很大不同。这是造成国王听完不通的解释后作出的不同的反应的原因，因此D正确。
小题2:A细节理解题。根据划线句子下句：They often look at the dark sides of things. They always see the glass as half empty rather than half full他们总是看到事情的阴暗面，他们总是看到杯子空的那一半而看不到满的那一半说明：他们有着消极的态度。
小题3:C细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句： Remember words have power. Use them wisely.得出人们要更好的彼此理解，用词要恰当。
小题4:B 理解判断题。据最后一段第一句People who say harsh and negative things may not mean to harm 和最后一句Remember words have power. Use them wisely.可以得出B正确。
小题5:A 总结归纳题。根据最后一段得出：尾段点题所以A正确。
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小题2:
A．until afterB．ever sinceC．so thatD．long before
小题3:
A．considerB．argueC．includeD．realize
小题4:
A．suggestionB．explanationC．acceptanceD．discussion
小题5:
A．hardB．bestC．extraD．first
小题6:
A．determinedB．examinedC．experiencedD．introduced
小题7:
A．ActuallyB．GraduallyC．FinallyD．Usually
小题8:
A．helpedB．requiredC．expressedD．mattered
小题9:
A．carefulB．mistakenC．interestedD．prepared
小题10:
A．look upB．take upC．move upD．put up
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A．situationsB．choicesC．directionsD．positions
小题12:
A．thoughtB．replyC．actionD．advice
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A．easierB．newerC．earlierD．higher
小题14:
A．permittedB．countedC．organizedD．enjoyed
小题15:
A．showB．possessC．needD．gather
小题16:
A．lucky forB．slow atC．open toD．afraid of
小题17:
A．think ofB．give awayC．believe inD．turn into
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A．businessB．goalC．fortuneD．growth
小题19:
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When the little girl was growing up, the man usually hugged her and said, “I love you, little girl.” The Little girl would say, “I’m not a little girl any more.” Then the man would laugh, “But to me, you’ll always be my little girl.”
The little girl later left her home and went into the world. No matter where she was, the man would call her and say, “I love you, little girl.”
One day the little girl received an unexpected phone call. The great man became ill. He couldn’t talk, smile, walk, hug or dance.
So she went to the side of the great man. He looked at her and tried to speak, but he could not. She sat next to the great man, and drew her arms around his useless shoulders(肩膀). Her head on his chest(胸膛), she thought of many good memories. She felt sad as she couldn’t hear the words of love that had comforted her.
And then she heard from within the man, the beat of heart. The magic happened. She heard what she wanted to hear. His heart beat out the words that his mouth could no longer say… I love you, little girl… I love you, little girl.
小题1:When the little girl said, “I’m not a little girl any more.” , the great man ______.
A．felt sadB．was happyC．was angryD．couldn’t stand
小题2:What did the man do after the little girl left her home?
A．He left her wife.
B．He learned to sing and dance
C．He left his home and went into the world.
D．He would call her and showed his love to her.
小题3:The little girl went to her father because ______.
A．he became ill
B．she missed her parents
C．she made lot of money outside
D．she didn’t get his father’s calls
小题4:What can we learn from what the girl had done after seeing his father?
A．She knew his father would die soon.
B．She felt sorry for leaving his father.
C．She loved her father deeply too.
D．She was sure his father would be well soon.
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If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesn’t like you might be fearful, or shallow or busy or shy. Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time.
Don’t take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. Although some factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least many factors that will work in your favor.
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The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe it’s the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.
小题1:According to the passage,         plays an important role in making friends.
A．admitting your shortcomingsB．self criticism
C．modestyD．confidence
小题2:If you are not liked by a person,        .
A．you should find the reason in yourself
B．you’d better talk with the person face to face
C．you may not be the one to be blamed
D．you and that person misunderstand each other
小题3:We can learn from the third paragraph that        .
A．your good qualities may make you earn more money
B．your weakness may also be your strengths in some way
C．your negative qualities may cause you to lose friends
D．you’ll have few friends if you don’t share the same interest
小题4: Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?
A．It is important to lose weight.
B．It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends.
C．Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance.
D．If you are not beautiful enough, try to improve your physical beauty.
小题5:What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?
A．How to find your good qualities.B．How to make friends.
C．How to make self criticism.D．How to keep fit.
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We were standing in line for 45minutes to enjoy the    37   up to the watch point. When we got there, we went around the   38    of the tower and saw the hard wire fence 39     to the structure serving as a barrier. We went back inside to look for the glass floor that provided a direct view   40    . As soon as both of us   41    , we stopped before walking onto it. We found that our legs began to   42  . I stopped for a minute 你  who have stood on it before.”I began to  46    that step onto the glass floor. I didn’t look down —  47    not for a few minutes.
I walked on the    48   and looked around and thought about how   49   the experience was. I even found myself jumping up and down. There was no 50   , and it was certainly an illusion.
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A．expressiveB．impressiveC．frighteningD．beneficial
小题2:
A．busB．ladderC．carD．elevator
小题3:
A．outsideB．topC．centerD．surface
小题4:
A．connectedB．surroundedC．referredD．combined
小题5:
A．aroundB．upC．downD．out
小题6:
A．understoodB．approachedC．talkedD．returned
小题7:
A．waveB．moveC．trembleD．wander
小题8:
A．look overB．think overC．look upD．think up
小题9:
A．tighterB．tallerC．weakerD．stronger
小题10:
A．happilyB．simplyC．greatlyD．relatively
小题11:
A．takeB．chooseC．decide D．pick
小题12:
A．at mostB．at leastC．at last D．at best
小题13:
A．fenceB．floorC．edgeD．tower
小题14:
A．gratefulB．usefulC．wonderfulD．helpful
小题15:
A．deathB．warnC．troubleD．danger
小题16:
A．handleB．ignoreC．fearD．hide
小题17:
A．block B．protectC．helpD．separate
小题18:
A．forcedB．advisedC．enteredD．led
小题19:
A．amazingB．worryingC．excitingD．interesting
小题20:
A．cost B．doubtC．regretD．waste
I was eight when my neighbors got a TV. It was small and expensive, but that didn’t matter. IT WAS WONDERFUL. Everyone in the building came up to the fifth floor to see this latest wonder of the modern world. That was in 1948.
Soon, a lot of people got a TV, but not us. My parents didn’t think it was good for children. Being a good son, I didn’t argue with them. But I secretly watch TV—at my friends’ homes.
By 1955, televisions weren’t so expensive and were much larger. My parents still thought they were not good for us, but my sisters insisted, saying they were the only people in the neighborhood who didn’t have one. All their friends talked about certain programs and actors, but they couldn’t. Their friends laughed at them, which made them feel very unhappy. My youngest sister cried, saying she was never going back to school and that life without a TV wasn’t worth living. Nothing my parents said made her feel better. The next morning, without telling us, they went out and got a new TV.
When we were young our parents allowed us to watch TV for two hours a night. And we couldn’t watch until our homework was finished. But after a year or two, TV wasn’t exciting or new anymore. It became just another part of our lives like shoes or soap. My parents still had fears about TV. We were going to forget how to read, and TV was going to fill our minds with violence, they said.
Today people still argue about the value of TV. Nobody can deny the power of TV, which has a powerful influence on our lives. On average, Americans spend 30 hours a week watching TV. Is this influence good or bad? This is an unanswerable question indeed: It is hard enough to measure influence; and it is even harder to decide what is good and what isn’t. What is good, I suppose, is that many people are concerned about TV’s influence and that we have the power to change what we don’t like.
The people of Monhegan Island, 18 kilometers away off the coast of Maine, don’t have electricity, and they decided; once again, that they liked that way. Electricity, they think, would make life too easy and spoil their way of life. Maybe the young people wouldn’t want to go to town dances anymore. Maybe they would be more interested in staying at home and watching TV.
小题1:How old was the author, when their family got a TV?
A．About 15.B．8.C．18.D．About 10.
小题2:The author’s parents finally decided to buy a TV because _______.
A．they wanted to meet their daughters’ needs .
B．the children couldn’t go to school without a TV
C．the sisters would like to be like their friends
D．they had to do as the youngest daughter told them to
小题3:The author thinks “to judge whether a TV’s influence is good or bad” is ________.
A．concerningB．hardC．meaninglessD．important
小题4:The last paragraph is written to show ________.
A．the disadvantage of TV
B．TV influences people a great deal
C．the advantage of TV
D．we can change what we don’t like
In this modern world, we rush around all day with no time for stillness. And when we are   48  to be still, we're in line for something, or waiting at a doctor's appointment, or on a bus or train. This comes at a   49 : we lose that time for consideration, for observing and listening. We lose peace. And   50  yet: sometimes no action is better than too much action at all. You can run around crazily, but get nothing done. Take a moment to think about how you spend your days? Are you always   51  through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your life? If not, take a moment to be still. Don't think about what you have to do, or what you've done already.   52  be in the moment. Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your   53 , and how you'd like it to be. See your life with less movement and less rushing. See it with more stillness and more peace. It's pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. Once you've got   54  to that, try doing less each day. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of waiting for it.
Value the stillness. It's a treasure and it's   55  to us, always.
小题1:
A．forcedB．orderedC．invitedD．told
小题2:
A．costB．risk C．loss D．danger
小题3:
A．laterB．worseC．betterD．deeper
小题4:
A．breakingB．rushingC．livingD．going
小题5:
A．NearlyB．EverC．JustD．Already
小题6:
A．lifeB．beliefC．roadD．future
小题7:
A．addictedB．accustomedC．permittedD．ready
小题8:
A．availableB．convenientC．potentialD．reasonable
When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.
For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫无掩饰的).
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.
In adulthood the things that bring deep joy—love, marriage, birth—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated (复杂的).
My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.
I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband come home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.
Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this what satisfied her.
We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’re so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier.
Happiness isn’t about what happens to—it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have , but enjoying what we do possess.
小题1:As people grow older, they ____.
A．feel it harder to experience happiness
B．associate their happiness less with others
C．will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness
D．tend to believe responsibility means happiness
小题2:What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A．She cares little about her own health.
B．She enjoys the freedom of traveling.
C．She is easily pleased by things in daily life.
D．She prefers getting pleasure from housework.
小题3:What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?
A．Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness.
B．Psychologists’ opinion is well proved by Grandma’s case.
C．Grandma often found time for social gatherings.
D．Grandma’s happiness came from modest expectations of life.
小题4:People who equal happiness with wealth and success ______.
A．consider pressure something blocking their way
B．stress their right to happiness too much
C．are at a loss to make correct choices
D．are more likely to be happy
小题5:What can be concluded from the passage?
A．Happiness lies between the positive and the negative
B．Each man is the master of his own fate.
C．Success leads to happiness.
D．Happy is he who is content.
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It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why．
First of all, mistakes are a clear  36 that you are trying new things．It’s always   37  to try new things because when you are trying new things you are   38 ．If you never try anything new, how can you   39 ? The simple answer is “You can’t”．With few exceptions, every single detail of development is the   40 of someone trying something new．
When you are making mistakes, you are  41  ．Edison failed 10,000 times before he   42  the light bulb．When asked how it felt to  43  that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t  44 ．
Finally, when you make a mistake you are much   45  to success．Why ?
When all is done, you will have tried some number of things before you succeed．  46  you make a mistake you eliminate (排除) one of those things and are one step closer．
But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead   47  considering the consequences of a mistake．Quite the contrary, when you try something new, you   48   be willing to set some reasonable limits, so that in the event that it doesn’t   49  the way you want it to, you will be in a position to try again．
We all have   50  resources in time and money, so don’t blow them all on one   51  to a problem．Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time, and allocate (分配)  these resources properly so you can learn,   52   corrections, and try it again．Only by  53    and using your mistakes in this way, can you make significant  54   in your business or career．
As an old saying goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough．”
So go  55  and make mistakes．And learn．And grow．And succeed．
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A．wordB．signC．markD．signature
小题2:
A．interesting B．funnyC．badD．good
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A．progressB．resultC．strengthD．experiment
小题6:
A．learningB．correctingC．doingD．promising
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A．brokeB．perfectedC．designedD．bought
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A．succeedB．inventC．failD．struggle
小题9:
A．workB．helpC．goD．perform
小题10:
A．furtherB．closerC．familiarD．interested
小题11:
A．Only ifB．Even thoughC．Every time D．As if
小题12:
A．withB．withoutC．intoD．through
小题13:
A．want toB．lead toC．tend toD．have to
小题14:
A．work outB．put outC．run outD．sort out
小题15:
A．enoughB．muchC．limitedD．little
小题16:
A．wayB．approachC．meansD．suggestion
小题17:
A．makeB．followC．takeD．offer
小题18:
A．tryingB．avoidingC．acceptingD．receiving
小题19:
A．useB．contributionC．moneyD．advances
小题20:
A．backB．forthC．offD．out

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