题目内容
13.I had lunch with a friend of mine the other day and she said something that I found surprising:"Work is paid slavery."My friend wanted more control over her work hours,income,etc.,but you can imagine that if"work is serving someone,"she won't have much luck until that belief changes.When I asked her where that belief came from,she said her father.Most of us spend many of our waking hours at work.How we think about those hours will determine how good or bad we feel about our lives.
How would you complete the sentence:"Work is…"?How many of us say that work is fulfilling?How many say work is fun?
Changing Limiting Beliefs
Almost everyone I talk to has limiting beliefs about money or work.I worked with my friend using the walking belief change described in Debug Your Mental Software.When it came time to come up with a new belief,she struggled.She even asked me:"What's the opposite of slavery?"So strong was the old belief that she couldn't think of the opposite.
What's Your Work Belief?
If you think work is bad,you'll end up working in an unfulfilling job regardless of how much it pays.If you think work is freedom,you'll enjoy your work because it fulfills you.I call it"soul work."If you're doing the work you love,it will be energizing,freeing.
Much of our work ethic(职业道德规范) starts in childhood by watching our parents.How did they talk about work?Did they hate it,or did they love it?The truth is probably somewhere in between.Many of us say we don't want a job"like my parent had"or a job where they're stuck inside a small room.But many of us end up with jobs like that.Sometimes it's how we approach the tasks of our jobs that make the difference.
It's possible to make even the most ordinary job meaningful and fulfilling.If it isn't possible for you to do that,then it is time to think about"evolving out of the job".Sometimes just quitting a job because it's boring is the wrong thing to do,but thinking about where you want to be and if you need more education is a good idea.
Some young people seem to have trouble starting jobs or finishing college.Has our economy discouraged them?A recent movie I saw had a grown man (over thirty) telling his friends that he's a"stay-at-home-son."Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.
I had breakfast at my local Perkins yesterday.Kristin took my order.She was bubbly and full of energy compared to the other waitresses.I watched as she remembered everything a family of four staying at a neighboring hotel had ordered the day before.Kristin loved people and loved her job.She has the kind of attitude and work ethic that employers crave.
What's your work belief?Does it limit you?Could you tune it up to live a better life right now?If most of us are going to spend 30years working,shouldn't we try to make it enjoyable?Could it be that work is freedom or right work is energizing or something even better?
50.It's implied in the third paragraph thatC
A.theory always comes from a lot of practice
B.few people know the real meaning of work
C.few people feel pleased when they are at work
D.the harder you work,the deeper you know about it
51.According to the writer,what determines the nature of work?B
A.Appropriate pay B.Your inner feeling
C.Your life goals D.The environment around you
52.The underlined part"evolving out of the job"(Para7)probably meansD.
A.leaving someone else to deal with the job
B.giving up the job and finding a new one
C.seeking something outside the job itself
D.doing something to improve yourself
53.The writer's attitude shown in the eighth paragraph isB.
A.supportive B.disappointed C.satisfied D.indifferent
54.The writer thinks highly of Kristin becauseD.
A.she treats every customer equally B.she is good at memorizing things
C.she is a close friend of the writer's D.she has positive job attitude.
分析 以积极的态度对待工作,工作才会变得更加充实、有力、自由,你也会更加开心.
解答 50-54 CBDBD
50题答案:C考查细节推理,根据第三段的How would you complete the sentence:"Work is…"?How many of us say that work is fulfilling?How many say work is fun?你会怎样完成这些句子:工作是…?我们有多少人会说工作是充实的?我们有多少人会说工作是有趣的?可知本题答案为C选项.
51题答案:B考查细节推理,根据文章中的If you think work is bad,you'll end up working in an unfulfilling job regardless of how much it pays.If you think work is freedom,you'll enjoy your work because it fulfills you.I call it"soul work."If you're doing the work you love,it will be energizing,freeing.如果你认为工作不好,那么你最终会在一份不充实的工作中工作不管他能带给你多少报酬.如果你认为你的工作是自由的,那你会因为它充实了你而爱上你的工作.我将之成为"灵魂工作".如果你做的工作是你所爱的,那么它将会是给人以力量和自由的.可知"工作的本质取决于你的内心感受",故本题答案为B选项.
52题答案:D考查细节推理,根据后面的but thinking about where you want to be and if you need more education is a good idea.想着你想要去那儿还有是否你需要更多的教育是个好主意.可知横线处的意思是"做些事情来提升自己",故本题答案为D选项.
53题答案:B考查细节推理,根据文章中第八段的Some young people seem to have trouble starting jobs or finishing college.Has our economy discouraged them?有些年轻人找工作或者是完成大学都有困难,使我们的经济使他们没了信心吗?可知作者对于年轻人的这种行径是很"失望的",故本题答案为B选项.
54题答案:D考查细节推理,根据后面的She has the kind of attitude and work ethic that employers crave.她有雇主渴望的工作态度和工作道德.可知本题答案为D选项.
点评 本文是一篇人物故事类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对 性找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确的答案.
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A.There are few statues in the Middle East. B.Art is a good means for people to know about religions. C.Artists express their feelings and opinions in their works. D.People know more about our culture through learning art history. E.Art is more objective than history itself. F.Art history provides information of different places and people. |
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes.Most typical history courses concentrate on politics,economics and war.But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people,but also religious beliefs,emotions,and psychology.
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In addition,information about the daily activities of our ancestors-or of people very different from our own-can be provided by art.In short,art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place,and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books.
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In history books,objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is,facts about politics are given,but opinions are not expressed.Art,on the other hand,is subjective:it reflects emotions and opinions.The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly"political"artist.In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808,he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people.Over a hundred years later,symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso's Guernica to express the horror of war.Meanwhile,on another continent,the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera,Jose Clemente Orozco,and David Alfaro Siqueiros-as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martins-depicted these Mexican artists'deep anger and sadness about social problems.
(64)B
In the same way,art can reflect a culture's religious beliefs.For hundreds of years in Europe,religious art was almost the only type of art that existed.Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible.Although most people couldn't read,they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls.
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By contrast,one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images.This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are unholy.That's why no figures can be found in or around places of interest in these regions.
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