Have you ever complained (抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes　 36 dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and　 37　 all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiling to you.

On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk to relax yourself. Just before you go out, it 　38 starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why　 39 sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(庄稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).

40　 everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way to success.　 41　 difficulty isn't terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is 42　 a spring (弹簧). If you are 　43　 , it will be strong. So when you meet difficulties, don't give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile.

Attitude 　44　 everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and 45 . If you want to be happy, try to remember these five easy rules. Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect less. The quickest way to receive happiness is to smile, the fastest way to lose it is to complain.

36. A. seem B. seems C. seemed

37. A. cry B. smile　 C. complain

38. A. suddenly B. finally　 C. hardly

39. A. don't　 B. not　 C. didn’t

40. A. But B. For　 C. Although

4l. A. In fact B. From early on　 C. For example

42. A. unlike　 B. likes　 C. like

43. A. powerful B. weak　 C. confident

44. A. decides 　 B. deciding　 C. to decide

45 A. please　 B. pleased　　 C. pleasant

When something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say，“Well, it’s so-and-so’s mistake.”or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my mistake；the car broke down.”It is probably not your mistake，but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation，you are a loser You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.

　Winners are good at dealing with problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car checked more regularly. Or, you might start to carry the useful phone numbers with you, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague(同事) causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t depend on the person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.

　　This is what being a winner is all about-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose mistake it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stop on for success.

1.According to the passage, winners___________ .

A. have responsible and able colleagues

B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C deal with problems instead of blaming others.

D. blame themselves instead of others

2.The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to__________ .

A．避免             B．接受             C．改善             D．考虑

3.When your colleague brings about a problem, you should______________.

A．find a better way to deal with the problem

B．blame him for his lack of responsibility

C．tell him to find the cause of the problem

D．ask a more able colleague for help.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．A Winner’s Secret.                     B．A Winner’s Problem.

C．A Winner’s Opportunity.                 D．A Winner’s Achievement.

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

　　If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love: 12+15+22+5=54, and luck: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t , either.

　　Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.

　　Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible if you will have a change for the better after you have changed your attitude. When you change your manner and become friendly to others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.

1.In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?

A. Hard-work.        B. Knowledge.        C. Money.            D. Attitude.

2.Which of the following has the highest mark?

A. Hard-work and knowledge.       B. Knowledge and luck.       

C. Love and hard-work.            D. Hard-work and luck.

3. According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way to solve them is to     

A. ask for help from others.                      B. ask your math teacher for help.

C. change your attitude.                      D. ask your parents for help.

4.From the passage, we can learn that        

A. Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude.

B. Nothing is more important than love.  

C. Hard-work has a full mark.

D. Our math teacher can solve the problems easily.

5.Which number can you use to represent “money” according to the passage?

A. 70            B. 72           C. 74.            D. 76.

从方框内选择合适的短语，并用其适当形式完成句子

ask for, fix up, take after, work out, run out of

1.Five days passed. They 　　  　    all the money.

2.Mr Green has two children. His son looks like him and his daughter 　　  　    his wife.

3. We will meet with some problems, although everything 　　  　    fine now.

4. They 　　  　    the house before they moved in.

5. Whenever you have any problems, you can 　　  　    help.