Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I’d be twins!” He was a natural motivator.

One day I went up to Michael and asked him, “I don’t get it. You can’t be positive all the time. How do you do it?”

Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself ‘Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or a bad mood.’ I choose the first. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.” Michael continued, “Life is all about choices. The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live life.”

Several years later, Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower. I saw him about six months after the accident. I asked him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

He said, “I first thought of my soon-to-born daughter and then remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live. I knew I needed to take action. So when a nurse kept shouting questions at me asking if I was allergic to anything, I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Gravity’. Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I’m choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.”

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.

Which of the following statements is true?

A. Michael is a person whom people don’t like very much.

B. Michael knows how to learn from bad things in life.

C. Doctors thought Michael was dead.

D. The author didn’t think Michael was a happy person.

According to Michael, when someone complains to you, you should ____________.

   A. share your own experiences with him

   B. just listen to what the person says and feel sorry for him

   C. tell the person to look at the happy side of life instead of just listening

   D. discuss with the person and tell him to reflect on the complaints

The author quotes Michael’s words “If I were any better, I’d be twins!” to tell us ____________.

   A. Michael wants to have a twin brother

   B. Michael is not satisfied with his present life

   C. Michael is always optimistic

   D. Michael likes to change his mood

Which of the following best summarizes the main idea?

A. Accidents will happen.

B. When God shuts a door, he opens another.

C. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

D. Attitude is everything.

完形填空 ( 共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分 )
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意。然后在各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was recently invited to lecture on anxiety to several hundred mental-health professionals. My talk was scheduled to ____21__those of a number of famous psychiatrists. When my turn came, I was especially ___22__ because the speaker before me had been particularly impressive and charming. As I approached the podium(讲台), my heart pounded and my mouth went completely ___23__.
What am I doing here? I asked myself. To make matters worse, my presentation partly __24___ with fear of public speaking. To ___25__ myself, I tried an unusual way. I asked the audience,” How many of you feel nervous__26___ you give a speech. Nearly every hand __27__. “Well, that’s exactly _28__ I feel right now!”
The audience___29__ with laughter. I relaxed and was able to get on with my __30__.
__31__, we all find ourselves in a __32___ that makes us nervous. Perhaps you’re afraid of saying __33___things at a drinking party, stumbling over a presentation at work or having your __34__go blank during a test. For some of us the anxiety is so __35__ that it is personally and professionally incapability.___36__ the years, my work with hundreds of patients has taught me that __37__ can increase his or her social ___38___, even in the most stressful situations. And I have a few simple but helpful___39__, such as tackling your fears one step at a time; focusing on others; ___40__anxity into energy and stopping comparing yourself, which I think are of great value to us in our work.

【小题1】
A.takeB.followC.observeD.learn
【小题2】
A.worriedB.eagerC.nervousD.anxious
【小题3】
A.sweetB.wetC.badD.dry
【小题4】
A.dealtB.wentC.stayedD.left
【小题5】
A.comfortB.calmC.enjoyD.delight
【小题6】
A.duringB.whileC.beforeD.when
【小题7】
A.went upB.raisedC.liftedD.brought up
【小题8】
A.whatB.howC.whenD.why
【小题9】
A.shoutedB.criedC.respondedD.answered
【小题10】
A.jobB.ideaC.speechD.nervousness
【小题11】
A.At timesB.At any timeC.All the timeD.At one time
【小题12】
A.stateB.conditionC.situationD.position
【小题13】
A.foolishB.wonderfulC.believableD.false
【小题14】
A.headB.mindC.heartD.brain
【小题15】
A.importantB.valuableC.difficultD.strong
【小题16】
A.ForB.ThroughC.DuringD.Over
【小题17】
A.anyoneB.someoneC.noneD.no one
【小题18】
A.positionB.experienceC.knowledgeD.confidence
【小题19】
A.tipsB.ideasC.meansD.abilities
【小题20】
A.puttingB.turningC.forcingD.getting

Jerry was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say.
One day, I went up to Jerry and asked him, “You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Every time someone complains to me, I can choose to accept his complaints or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.”
Several years later, I heard that Jerry was shot by three armed robbers. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the hospital. Finally Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body. About six months after the accident, I saw him. I asked him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
“The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,” Jerry replied. “Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I choose to live.”
“Weren’t you scared?”
Jerry continued, “The doctors and nurses were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, ‘He’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take action.”
“What did you do?” I asked.
“Well, there was a big, strong nurse shouting questions at me,” said Jerry. “She asked if I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes’, I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets!’ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
56. Which of the following words can be used to describe Jerry?
A. Impolite.             B. Concerned.               C. Stubborn.          D. Optimistic.
57. What did Jerry first think of when the robbery happened?
A. He might be shot by the armed robbers.   
B. He shouldn’t have left the back door unlocked.
C. How he could call the policemen.             
D. He might be robbed of many things.
58. From the expressions of the doctors and nurses, Jerry realized that _______.
A. they didn’t want to save his life            B. he wasn’t seriously wounded
C. they thought he had little chance to live     D. he was treated as a dead man

It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a

chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.

“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”

As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.

I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.

As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.

1.From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________.

A. changed a lot in the past              B. had only a couple of tables

C. started its business 70 years ago.               D. had only women shoppers.

2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?

A. miserable life

B. wonderful experience

C. long career

D. time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)

3. The writer implies all of the following except that _________.

A. the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life

B. the writer had more problems than the old lady

C. the old lady was very lonely and sad

D. the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life

4. Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?

A. She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer.

B. She considered the young man pitiable.

C. She was to be pitied for her old age.

D. People should not be allowed to live when they are too old.

5.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A. To tell us the life of old people

B. To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit.

C. To show the difference between the old and the young.

D. To make the reader have a pity on the old people.

 

Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. It was his attitude  21  made the waiters follow him. He was a natural motivator (鼓舞人心的人). If a(n)  22  was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him/her how to look on the  23  side of the situation.

This attitude really made me  24, so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person  25. How can you manage it?”

“Every time something bad happens, I can choose to  26  it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining and I can 27  the positive side of life. Why don’t we just do that later?” Jerry said.

Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience. One day he left the back door of his restaurant  28  and was robbed by three men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from  29 , slipped off the combination (开启号码的号码组合). The robbers got angry and  30 him.

31 , Jerry was found quickly and taken to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of care, Jerry  32  with fragments (碎片) of the bullets (子弹) still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the  33 . I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. “Did you lose consciousness? Weren’t you  34 ?” I asked.

“No,” Jerry said, “35  when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.”

“A nurse asked if I was allergic (过敏的) to anything. ‘Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped  36  as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘37 !’”

“Over the laughter, I told them, ‘Please  38  on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”

Jerry survived  39  the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. Attitude, after all, is  40 .

1.

A.which

B.that

C.what

D.why

 

2.

A.adviser

B.performer

C.actress

D.employee

 

3.

A.right

B.dark

C.same

D.positive

 

4.

A.regretful

B.curious

C.bored

D.content

 

5.

A.up to now

B.all the time

C.now and then

D.sooner or later

 

6.

A.insist on

B.get close to

C.refer to

D.learn from

 

7.

A.point out

B.pick up

C.build up

D.take up

 

8.

A.open

B.closed

C.shut

D.locked

 

9.

A.happiness

B.eagerness

C.nervousness

D.anger

 

10.

A.shot

B.killed

C.beat

D.hit

 

11.

A.Immediately

B.Fortunately

C.Obviously

D.Suddenly

 

12.

A.died

B.disappeared

C.recovered

D.escaped

 

13.

A.robbery

B.murder

C.sickness

D.meeting

 

14.

A.astonished

B.delighted

C.excited

D.frightened

 

15.

A.so

B.and

C.but

D.or

 

16.

A.to work

B.working

C.to talk

D.talking

 

17.

A.Pills

B.Flowers

C.Bullets

D.Cakes

 

18.

A.operate

B.focus

C.rely

D.carry

 

19.

A.instead of

B.in spite of

C.in place of

D.thanks to

 

20.

A.something

B.none

C.everything

D.any

 

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