Lose-Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.

     A girl named Jenny once told me about her  16  in the world of Lose-Win during her eighth-grade year before she finally broke  17 :

     My  18  with my mom all started one day  19  she said to me sarcastically (讽刺地) “Wow, you’re surely lively today.” I  20  it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close off from her and never  21  back to her. So every time she would say something  22  I disagreed with her I would just say. “Okay, 23 you want, Mom.” But I really got cold quickly. And my 24 began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s  25 ” and then went back to mop the floor.

     “Don’t you ever  26 ?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was  27 upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I  28  her bow important it was to me.

     At last I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to  29 . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s  30  than if fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a  31  to her.

     After my blow up, we felt like we were  32  all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the lime. We discuss things now and I always  33  my feelings with her.

     If you adopt Lose-Win as your basic  34  toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be  35  your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.

16. A. wanderings       B. disappointment         C. lessons            D. helplessness

17. A. out              B. down                       C. up             D. free

18. A. relationship       B. problems                  C. quarrels         D. improvement

19. A. as              B. since                        C. when           D. before

20. A. regarded         B. treated                  C. received        D. took

21. A. fight          B. struggle                    C. talk            D. turn

22. A. even if          B. only if                            C. which          D. as though

23. A. however         B. whatever                  C. so much        D. too much

24. A. coldness         B. anger                       C. disagreement     D. hope

25. A. true            B. impossible                C. nice           D. important

26. A. care            B. see                           C. say            D. listen

27. A. also            B. still                          C. even           D. already

28. A. warned              B. shown                      C. asked          D. told

29. A. end             B. change                            C. last             D. stop

30. A. worse           B. easier                       C. more           D. less

31. A. surprise          B. pleasure                   C. gift          D. harm

32. A. going           B. starting                    C. thinking          D. reviewing

33. A. share           B. have                        C. discuss          D. improve

34. A. way                  B. method                    C. attitude          D. theory

35. A. hurting           B. waking                     C. storing          D. hiding

Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made.In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I would almost always get up late the next morning.

But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early.On those rare occasions when I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher.So I set out to become a habitual early riser.But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep.Eventually some sleep research showed me that I was using the wrong strategy.

The most common wrong strategy is this: you assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier.It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.

There are two main schools(流派) of thought on sleep patterns.The first is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day.The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up.However, I have found both of them are wrong if you care about productivity.If you sleep at set hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough.You’re wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep.

If your sleep is based on what your body tells you, you’ll probably be sleeping more than you need.Also, your mornings may be less predictable if you’re getting up at different times.

The solution for me has been to combine both methods.I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time.So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 am), but I go to bed at different times every night — sometimes at 9:30pm, and other times at midnight.Most of the time I go to bed between 10-11 pm.

However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning is my way.If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.

According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.

       A.people who stay up until the next morning

       B.people who feel sleepy in the morning

       C.people who get up early in the morning

       D.people whose productivity is the highest in the morning

Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?

       A.Because he / she wanted to form the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

       B.Because he / she wanted to see which of the two main schools of thought on sleep patterns was right.

       C.Because he / she had found that his / her productivity was higher when he / she got up early.

       D.Because he / she was told the high relationship between success and rising early.

The passage is mainly about ________.

       A.how to have good sleep  

       B.how to become an early riser

       C.wrong strategies for getting up early     

       D.main schools of thought on sleep patterns

Growing older is unavoidable while growing up is optional. These words have been passed on in the loving __ of Rose.

On the first day of school our professor challenged us to get to know someone, so I  __ to find a little old lady looking at me with a smile. She said, "Hi,handsome! My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a _? " I laughed and _ responded, then followed a giant squeeze. “_ are you in college at such an innocent age?” I asked. "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids..." I was __ what it was that motivated her to be taking on this _ at her age. “ I always dreamed of having a college education and now I _ it!” Later, we became friends.

Rose became a campus celebrity and she easily made friends _ she went. On one _ Rose was invited to speak at our football banquet. Her prepared cards dropped before she _ the speech. A little _ , she simply _ her throat and began," We do not stop playing _ we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are certain secrets to stay _ , being happy and achieving success. You've got to have a dream. When you _ your dreams, you die.”…

At the end of the year Rose finished her college education. One week after graduation Rose died _ in her sleep. Over two thousand college students _ her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by __ that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

Anybody can grow older, which doesn't _ any talent or ability. The key is to grow up by always finding opportunities in change.

 

1.A.  care B.      memory    C.      need         D.      want

2.A.  turned up B.      turned over      C.      turned around  D.      turned away

3.A.  hug   B.      kiss   C.      hand          D.      gift

4.A.  annoyingly         B.      impatiently        C.      absently    D.      enthusiastically

5.A.  Who B.      Why C.      How D.      When

6.A.  curious     B.      positive     C.      obvious     D.      convinced

7.A.  risk   B.      opportunity       C.      challenge D.      invitation

8.A.  like   B.   take  C.      hold D.      make

9.A.  however   B.      whenever          C.      wherever D.      whatever

10.A.         stage         B.      occasion   C.      time D.      event

11.A.         remembered    B.      continued          C.      delivered D.      wrote

12.A.         delighted  B.      embarrassed     C.      fascinated          D.      frightened

13.A.         cleared     B.      checked   C.      cleaned    D.      treated

14.A.         until B.      before      C.      when         D.      because

15.A.         energetic B.      young        C.      alive D.      healthy

16.A.         lose  B.      realize       C.      pursue      D.      obtain

17.A.         secretly    B.      sadly          C.      peacefully         D.      bitterly

18.A. joined      B.      ignored     C.      cancelled D.      attended

19.A. example  B.      directions C.      speech      D.      personality

20.A.         gain  B.      explore     C.      take  D.      appeal

 

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