根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。

What is a big dream ? (71)      Or , is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.

    The Self

Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego(自我). It’s there for protecting and should be listened to. (72)     Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.

  (73)      

   Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.

  The World

  If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. (74)      In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.

   The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well.(75)    

A.      Family and Friends

B.      How Big Dreams Die

C.      Does a big dream show one’s future ?

D.     They simply fail until they succeed.

E.      It is the last and the most terrible barrier.

F.      Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong.

G.     And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.

  For those who have lonely nights and have trouble falling asleep, he is proving the ideal partner. This is a man who does not snore (打鼾) in bed. And he is happy to wrap a comforting arm around his dearest until morning arrives.

    He does exist. He is the body-shaped pillow, the latest sleeping aid from Japan.

    This pillow comes without a head and is filled with foam. It’s made by Kameo and has a “body” and a flexible arm that can be curled around its owner.

    About 1,000 of the pillows have been sold since they went on sale in Japan last year and many buyers say they are pleased with their sleeping companion.

    “This pillow makes me feel relaxed because I can hold the arm and feel something warm at my side,” said 34-year-old radio DJ Junko Suzuki.

    But according to Kameo, the pillow is more than just an emotional help for those tired of spending the night alone. And it is shaped, the firm says, to support its partner on both sides to ensure a night of good sleep.

    The idea is to curl up in between the body and the flexible arm. The head just rests on the pillow’s “arm muscles”.

    “My grandmother used to say that there is no more comfortable pillow than another person,” said the firm president, Tomoki Kakehashi. “So I thought that maybe people would want to sleep on a pillow shaped like an arm.”

    The pillows, on sale only in Japan for the moment, cost 8,500 yen(around US$80) each and come with shirt-or shirt-shaped pillow covers in blue, pink or green.

68. Which of the following statements isn’t mentioned in the text?

A. Many buyers are satisfied with the body-shaped pillow.

B. The pillows are sold only in Japan at present.

C. The inventor decided to develop new market in the US.

D. The idea of body-shaped pillow is from what an old lady said.

69. The underlined word in paragraph 3 and 6 “Kameo” may be the name of _____.

    A. a manager B. the firm   C. a buyer   D. another radio DJ

70. The purpose of the passage seems_____.

    A. to introduce the latest sleeping aid, the body-shaped pillow

    B. to advise people to use the body-shaped pillow

    C. to tell how the body-shaped pillow is invented

    D. to tell how the body-shaped pillow works

Four Simple Keys to Transform Your Life

The Power of Choice.Every one of us makes countless choices every day.Every choice we make has an impact on our lives.Even insignificant choices can affect what we experience and how we feel.When hunger strikes, we can reach for a healthy, nutritious snack, or we can choose the sugar high of junk food.The more important the decision, the greater its effect.For instance, how do I act towards that person who treated me badly? Do I generally choose to be passive, or do I actively set clear intentions and create what I want in my life? Every choice we make, however big or small, affects us in some way.

How Do You Make Choices? If you are interested in living a richer, fuller life, there is a foundation upon which you can base all of your decisions which can make life better not only for you, but also for those around you.This foundation is to choose based on what's best for all.Imagine a world where every parent, spouse(配偶), friend, teacher, businessperson, and politician truly did their best to choose what's best for all involved in every decision they made. We would certainly live in a more caring, supportive world.

It’ the Intention. "But how do I know what is really best?" you might ask.The answer is simple.It doesn't matter.What matters is not the choice you make, but rather the intention behind your choice.What matters is that whatever decision you make, you are clear in your intention of choosing based on what's best for all.If it later turns out that you made what appears to have been a bad choice, there's no need for guilt.Knowing that you did your best to choose with a sincere desire for what's best for all, your conscience stays clear and open.This then allows you to more easily learn from your mistakes, and to live with a clear heart and mind.

What's Best for Me, Too! Choosing what's best does not mean you have to always sacrifice yourself for others.An overly(过度的) exhausted mother can lose her temper easily.Some time off for this mother might seem selfish, yet in the long run, it can help her to be a better mother to her children.So as we move through each day of our lives, let us remember to include ourselves as we do our best to choose what's best for all.

64.Which of the following is FALSE?

       A.Whenever hunger strikes, we will reach for a junk snack.

       B.Every choice, however big or small, has an influence on us.

       C.Even small choices affect how we feel.

       D.We make choices every day.

65.How should we make choices?

       A.To be interested in a richer, fuller life.

       B.To make life better for ourselves.

       C.To imagine a world where everyone did their best.

       D.To choose based on what's best for all.

66.Why does the author say, “What matters is not the choice you make, but rather the intention behind your choice.”?

       A.Because the choice you make is not important.

       B.Because you may have made a bad choice.

       C.Because this allows you to stay clear and improve.

       D.Because there is no need for guilt.

67.How to choose what is best for us?

       A.We need to devote all our life to others.

       B.We need to put away some time for ourselves.

       C.We need to sacrifice ourselves for others.

       D.We need to be selfless every minute.

Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people --- myself included --- usually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

   My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

   I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply.

   Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television,cell phones, electricity, heaters and ovens and air-conditioners, cars, computers.

   Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”

60. The best title for the passage would be _________.

A. Break away from Modern life                B. Touched by the Moon

C. A Bottomless well of Silence                     D. The Pleasures of Modern Life

61. The writer felt sorry for himself because __________.

A. there was too much pollution.          

B. there were too many accidents on the road.

C. he didn’t adapt to modern inventions 

D. he failed to see the fullest moon.

62. Modern things are mentioned mainly to ___________.

A. show that the writer likes city life very much.

B. explain that people have less chances to enjoy nature.

C. tell us that people greatly benefit from modern life.

D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them.

63. The author wrote the passage to __________.

A. show the love for the moonlight.

B. express the feeling of returning to nature.

C. advise modern people to learn to live.              

D. want to communicate longing for modern life.

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