Question

Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.

But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?

Don’t look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.

Don’t let other people set goal for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀).

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that’s why we call it “the present”. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.

1.The passage tells us not to _________ because everyone is special.

A. be afraid of difficulties

B. be afraid to learn

C. run through life so fast

D. compare yourself with others to look down on your worth

2.The sentence “Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.” means that _______.

A. Nothing is possible

B. If we don’t give up, there is always hope

C. You should learn to give up

D. Although you try, nothing will change.

3.Why can’t we use time carelessly? ___________

A. Because time is too expensive.

B. Because time never returns.

C. Because we are too poor.

D. Because times will get back.

4.If you run through life so fast, you will ____________.

A. lose your own treasure that you can always carry easily

B. lose love by holding it too tightly

C. forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

D. not afraid of the difficulties

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了我们的生活中有五个重要的部分：工作，家庭，健康，朋友和心灵。并且简要介绍了我们在生活中使它们得到平衡的方法。

1. look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.句意为不要因为和别人比较而看不起自己，因为我们每个人都是不同且特殊的，可以推断出我们不能看不起自己因为我们是特别的，故选D。

2. give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.句意为当你还能给予的时候不要放弃，直到你停止努力的那一刻，一切才真正结束，可以推断出这句话是指如果我们不放弃，就还有希望，故选B。

3. use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back.句意为不要随意的浪费时间，因为时间一去不复返，可以推断出不能浪费时间的原因即时间一去不复返，故选B。

4. run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.句意为生活节奏不要太快以至于你不仅忘了你在何地，还忘了你将要去往何处，可以推断出生活节奏不要太快的原因，故选C。

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