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When you think of success, you think of relative achievements in your own world. Each element of your world is important to you, and there is no need to compare with others. You cannot affect the success of others; you can affect your own success.

Success is very much achievable to everybody. Believe that and you have taken the first step. If you do not believe in yourself, then building self-esteem is your first task. However, believing in your ability to achieve whatever you want to succeed in is very important if you are not to be held back by self-doubt throughout your journey to success.

There are many things that will affect your ability to succeed, and it is best to focus on those under your immediate control. Once you do that, then the characteristics you develop can be applied to becoming successful in a range of activities.

What is important to you is that, as you start to reach milestones in your ambitions, you should appreciate your own achievements. Appreciating yourself will strengthen your self-confidence and your determination to succeed.

Some of the key characteristics you will find in those who are successful are perseverance, prepared to research, plan, work hard and practice a lot even when things do not seem to be going well, and an ability to recover and learn from setbacks. At the beginning of whatever you are trying to succeed in, a strong vision of your future, planning, and setting yourself achievable tar gets can all play an important role.

All these qualities, skills and characteristics can be learned and developed. But it is up to you to get things started. Those who do not start travel nowhere. For others, life can be a continuous journey of fulfillment.

1.56. According to the passage, if you want to achieve success, what should you do first?

2.57. Why should you appreciate your own achievements according to the passage?

3.58. The underlined word“setbacks”（in paragraph 5）probably means ________.

4.59. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

The following is a father’s advice to his son/daughter, who has just graduated(毕业) from high school:

First of all, congratulations on your graduation! Graduation from high school means that a new stage of life is ahead of you. 1._____.

2.      . After you have messed up（弄乱） something, you should learn to clean it up yourself. Cleanliness is indeed close to good manners.

Don’t mistake knowledge for wisdom（智慧）. No matter how much information or knowledge you have, you will never make right judgments if you don’t have wisdom. 3._____. If you can imagine the possible future outcomes of your present decisions and actions, you can avoid mistakes. And if you can reflect(思考) on the mistake you have made, you can avoid making the same mistakes again and again. Such is wisdom.

Don’t complain(抱怨). When you take up a job, do your best to carry it out. 4._____.

Finally, be an early bird. 5.______. And the sight of the rising sun will warm your heart and give you energy for the day ahead. Besides, being an early bird, you have plenty of time to take exercise or do a lot of work.

A．At the beginning of this new stage, I have some advice for you.

B．If you get up earlier than the sun, you can watch it rise up slowly into the sky

C．Once you start a job, you should try your best to do it well.

D．Clean your own room and do your own washing.

E. Don’t waste time complaining about it, no matter how difficult and boring it is.

F. Get up early and go for some morning exercises to build up your body.

G. Wisdom comes from imagination and reflection.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的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。

A

Bargaining is an art at Xiu Shui Market in Beijing. The following tips can help you get good offers for most things you buy, especially for clothing.

Be aware that the starting price offered by the seller is at least 40% over the general price acceptable. It’s usually 80% over. It can be up to 150% over. So, always try to drop the seller’s offering price as much as possible before opening your mouth with a price.

Have an idea of the value of what you want. You can consult your Chinese friends or the hotel staff about the price. You may not be able to get the lowest prices stated at Xiu Shui Market, especially on weekends or festival seasons when there are lots of tourists around.

Do walk away once you’ve offered your final price while the seller is not ready to accept. If you get called back, you know you are close. If you do not get called back, go to a similar stall(摊位) and try again with a slightly higher price. Note that if you’ve made a deal, you am then expected to buy the item.

You will help your chances at getting a good price by being confident, patient, and friendly. Treat it as a kind of game to get the most out of it—getting angry or rode will never help to bring the price down.

56. When can you get the lowest price at Xiu Shui Market according to the passage?

A. When the sellers are busy.                       B. On crowded weekends.

C. When there’re few buyers.                       D. On festival seasons.

57. The underlined part “a deal” (in Paragraph 4) most probably means      .

A. an appointment with someone                    B. an agreement in business

C. a choice in shopping                            D. a delivery of goods

58. ff the seller accepts your final price, you should       .

A. walk away and wait for the seller to call you back

B. go on bargaining for a lower price

C. go to a similar stall for a better price

D. pay the seller for what you want

59. From the tips we can learn that the seller’s offer may be affected by       .

A. the buyer’s manners    B. the seller’s position   C. Chinese friends     D. hotel staff

                            C

Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it?  Many people are afraid to support themselves. Dr. Robert Albert， author of Stand Up， Speak Out， and Talk Back，thinks it’s because their self-respect is low. “There s always a ‘superior’ (长辈) around ˉa parent， a teacher， a boss—— who knows better.” But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people help themselves. They offer “assertiveness(维护) training” courses——A.T. for short. In the A. T. Course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive (进攻的) without hurting other people. In one way， learning to speak out is to get rid of fear. A group taking an A. T. Course will help the timid (懦弱的) person to lose his fear. But A. T. uses an even stronger motive (动机)——the need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-respect. If someone you face is more “important” than you， you may feel less of a person. You start to doubt your answers to problems. You can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do you can learn to speak out.

1. The problem the writer talks about is that…    

A. some people buy things they don t want

B. some people are afraid to speak out for their rights

C. there are too many superiors  

D. some people don t think enough of themselves  

2.The cause of the problem talked about in this passage is that .

  A. some people have a low self-respect          

B. there is always someone around who “knows better”

C. salesmen talk people into buying things they don’t want

D. people don t share enough              

3. The A.T. Course often                     

A. make people distrust their own answers        

B. make things more favorable for “superiors”     

C. help people know as much as their “superiors”         

D. help people become more important          

4.One thing the A . T. Course don t do is to .        

A. share the need of people                      

B. show they have a right to be themselves         

C. help people overcome fear                      

D. help people to help themselves even if others suffer            

5.A good title for this passage could be .          　

A. The Need to Share                        

B. Talk Back When Necessary                    

C. One Way to Build Self-Respect              

D. One Way to Train Speaking Ability

A microscope is a useful instrument for observing small objects. By producing a bigger image, the microscope reveals details that are undetectable to the naked eye(裸眼).

Before using the microscope, please read the instructions below.

CAUTION: Microscopes are both delicate and expensive and must be handled with care.

1. Always carry the microscope with two hands — one supporting the base and the other on the arm.

2. Avoid stretching the wire of the lamp across a walkway.

3. Keep the stage clean and always use a glass slide for specimens(样本).

4. To avoid crushing the glass slide when focusing, begin with the lens close to the specimen and gradually back off to focus.

5. Keep the microscope covered to prevent the dust while it is being stored.

HOW TO USE THE MICROSCOPE:

1. Plug(接通电源) in the lamp.

2. Place a sample of what you wish to observe on a slide.

3. Adjust the mirror so it reflects light from the room up into the objective lens. When the mirror is correctly adjusted, a complete circle of light iwll appear when you look through the eyepiece.

4. Place your slide with the specimen directly over the center of the glass circle on teh stage. If it is a wet slide, be sure the bottom of the slide is dry.

5. With the LOW POWER objective leans placed over the slide, use the coarse focus knob to lower the lens to the lowest point.

6. Look through the eyepiece with one eye while closing the other eye. Slowly raise the lens until teh focus is relatively clear.

7. Use the fine focus knob to fine -tune(微调)the focus.

8. Without changing the focus knobs, switch to the HIGH POWER objective lens. Once you have switched to HIGH POWER, use only the fine focus knob to make the image sharper.

1.Which of the following is the correct way to use a microscope according to the text?

A．Use one hand to carry the microscope

B．Place a sample directly on the clean stage

C．When stored, the microscope should be adjusted.

D．Look through the eyepiece with one eye.

2.If you want to observe a thin piece of hair, which of the following should you do first.?

A．Switch to objective lens.                  B．Adjust the mirror.

C．Look through the eyepiece.               D．Place the hair on a glass slide.

3.According to the text, you could see a complete circle of light _____.

A．after correctly adjusting the mirror

B．while looking at the specimen on a glass slide

C．after slowly raising the objective lens

D．before positioning the mirror correctly