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See in your mind’s eye where you really want to be in ten years’ time.Choose your own values, activities, and relationships rather than copying tubers.
While working with troubled teens, I used to haste them do a Ten Years game in the Future exercise.I asked them to write a letter to a friend as if it was ten years in the future.Most of these boys and girls didn’t think about the next week, much less ten years to come.This lack of “foresight”was a major reason why their lives were pretty messed up.But the real story is what happened to me.I did the exercise right along with them on many occasions, writing my dreams in detail.In my letter to a friend, I had moved to the country, built my own home, authored a book, and started my own business.
Over the next ten years, something magic happened.All my dreams became true, almost as if orchestrated (精心安排) by an unseen hand.I realized that something very powerful was happening, more powerful than expected.I did write books and start my business.We did move to the country and I did build my own home.
This letter to a friend will become a magnetic factor in your life.Your vision will guide you in your yearly goals, your monthly goals, and your daily activities.
You must write your letter as if it has already happened.For example:
“Leslie, I just wanted to make contact again and tell you about my life.I started my own gardening business in 2012 and it’s really taken off.”
“Dear Harold, I met the love of my life in 2016 and we moved to Hawaii where Frank works in a bookstore and I give surfing lessons everyday.We love it.”
Remember, describe all the details as if they have already happened.This will help you make it more real for you.
Sit down and write (or type) your Ten Years in the Future letter today.
60.It seems that the author’s dream and vision became a reality because the author .
A.had put something magic in the letter
B.could foresee what would happen
C.was experienced in writing the Ten Years letter
D.took what was written in the letter as a guide in life
61.According to the author,“Leslie”in your letter should be the person that .
A.does the same exercise as you
B.will become your friend in ten years
C.you know now and may still know in the future
D.you can imagine when you write your letter
62.The author advises you to write the Ten Years in the Future letter .
A.as soon as possible
B.in ten years’ time
C.when you have time
D.as often as possible
63.Which of the following covers the topics in this text?
a.The author’s own experience with the Ten Years in the Future exercise.
b.How the author got the idea of the Ten Years in the Future exercise.
c.How to write the Ten Years in the Future letter.
d.The author’s experience of working with troubled teens.
e.The difficulty in dealing with troubled teens.
f.How to improve your letter writing skill.
A.a, d, f B.a, c, d C.b, c, d D.a, c, e
A little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill and as she grew she would play in the small garden. There, she was able to see over the garden fence and across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers. Although she loved her parents and her family, she yearned to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.
When she got to an age when she gained enough skill and sensibility to go outside her garden fence, she asked her mother if she could go for a bike ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she should keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.
As she dismounted her bike and leaned it against the gate post, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were plain and rather dirty, reflecting nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that was derelict.
So sad she didn't go any further and turned, and heart broken as she remounted her bike. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.
She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the 'golden house'. Everything she dreamed was right there in front ofher nose!
【小题1】Why did the girl long for the house on the hill?
A. Because there was a small garden. | B.Because it’s magic. |
C. Because it’s ordinary. | D.Because its windows looked golden. |
A. The girl’s mother finally allowed her to go to the golden house alone. |
B. The golden house was on the hill where the girl lived. |
C.What disappointed the little girl was that the house was locked. |
D.Actually , the windows of the golden house were common and covered with dirt. |
A. Her home was another golden house |
B. There was no golden house indeed |
C. She could see the golden house only when she looked up |
D. The golden house disappeared when the sun shone on it |
A. The mother thought that she needn’t keep an eye on her daughter. |
B. The girl was determined to go to the golden house at the beginning. |
C. The girl had no idea where she was heading after leaving home. |
D. The girl didn’t love or care for her parents . |
A. girls often have amazing imagination |
B.not all dreams will come true |
C. what we dream of may be just around us |
D.nothing is impossible to a willing heart |
A
Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes. One day he decided to get the sweetest mango from the very top of the tree. Mangoes which are exposed to the sun the most are the sweetest.
So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up a few sweet reddish fruits, but, in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught the branch as he was falling and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.
Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived — a well-known sage (a wise person) who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people’s problems in the area and sometimes very complicated ones.
He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man.
Everybody was surprised. The hanging mango lover started to shout: “What are you doing?! Are you crazy? Do you want me to break my neck?” The sage was silent. Then he took another stone and threw it at the man. The man was very angry: “If I could just come down, I would show you!”
That’s what everybody wanted. Then he was coming down. But how? Now everybody was tense about what would happen next! Some wanted to blame the sage, but they didn’t. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more forcefully. Now the man on the tree was even more angry and developed a great determination to come down and take revenge (复仇).
He then used all his skill and strength and somehow reached the branches which were safe to start going down. And he made it! Everybody was amazed.
However, the rescued man found the sage gone. He stood there, realizing that the man really saved him because he induced (引诱) him to try his best and save himself.
“I should be thankful and not angry.”
【小题1】From the story we know that the sweetest mango must be the one ______.
A.on the very top of a tree | B.hidden in the middle of a tree |
C.on the tree for the longest time | D.exposed to sunlight less often |
A.He slipped and fell to the ground suddenly. |
B.He was climbing down quickly but carefully. |
C.He remained hanging helplessly on the tree. |
D.He shouted loudly for help but no one helped. |
A.He was nervous. | B.He kept silent. |
C.He felt surprised. | D.He was angry. |
A.Courage. | B.Revenge. | C.Carefulness. | D.Assistance. |
A.Anger saves one’s life. | B.Wisdom does count (很重要). |
C.Skill and strength count. | D.Anger is the biggest enemy. |
D
It is hard to predict(预言)how science is going to turn out, and whether it is really good science, it is impossible to predict.If the things to be found are actually new, they must be unknown in advance.You cannot make choices on this matter.You either have science or you don’t and if you have it you have to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and useful bits.
The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we don’t know enough about nature.Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology.It is, in its way, a clear piece of news.It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century to be told by any of us how little we know and how strange the way ahead seems.In earlier times, they either pretended to understand how things worked or simply made up stories to give answers.Now that we have begun exploring seriously, we are catching sight of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered.Because of this, we are sorry.It is not so bad being ignorant(无知的)if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some details the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not so bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted.
But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction.There are probably no questions we can think up that can’t be answered, sooner or later.Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention.
51.Acoording to the writer, really good science________.
A.would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century.
B.will help people to make the right choice in advance
C.will produce results which cannot be predicted
D.will bring about disturbing results
52.It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century________.
A.thought that they knew a great deal and could deal with most problems of science.
B.knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about nature
C.were afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific research
D.did more harm than good in man’s understanding of nature
53.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about scientists in earlier times?
A.They falsely declared to know all about nature.
B.They did not believe in results from scientific observation.
C.They paid little attention to the problems they didn’t understand.
D.They invented false rules to explain things they didn’t understand.
54.What is the writer’s attitude towards science?
A.He is sorry because of the ignorance of scientists.
B.He is delighted because of the latest scientific findings.
C.He is doubtful because of the great difficulties in scientific research.
D.He is confident though he knows well the great difficulties in scientific research.
55.The writer believes that sooner or later________.
A.man can’t deal with all the problems he can find because of the limits of human knowledge.
B.man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up
C.questions concerning nature are outsiede the field of scientific research
D.man can think up all the questions and answer them all.
D
There is probably no field of human activity in which our values and lifestyles are shown more clearly and strongly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of "sign language" that communicates a set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed. Traditionally, a concern for clothes was considered to be an affair of females, while men took pride in the fact they were completely lacking in clothes consciousness(意识).
This type of American culture is by degrees changing as man dress takes on greater variety and color. Even as early as 1995, a researcher in Michigan said that men attached rather high importance to the value of clothing in daily life. White-collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol of ability, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in the work situation. The white-collar worker was described as extremely concerned about the impression his clothes made on his superiors(上司). Although blue-collar workers were less aware that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would be made fun of by fellow workers.
Since that time, of course, the patterns have changed; the typical office worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, and the laborer a white shirt, but the importance of dress has not become less. Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various levels and in different social and economic status groups(阶层).
68.From the passage we know that______.
A.the Americans' values and lifestyles can't be shown clearly in their activity
B.the Americans' values and lifestyles are from the sign language
C.the clothes the Americans choose to wear have something to do with their values and lifestyles
D.the clothes the Americans choose to wear depend on a set of information
69.Traditionally, the Americans usually thought that______.
A.men should care much for clothes
B.women should concern greatly about what they wore but men shouldn't
C.both men and women must pay great attention to their clothes
D.neither men nor women didn't have to show interest in clothes
70.Blue-collar workers pay attention to their clothes because______.
A.they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their superiors
B.they know clearly that people will judge them on the basis of their clothing
C.they want to impress and influence others
D.they don't want to be laughed at
71.The passage mainly suggests that______.
A.the Americans pay great attention to the importance of clothes
B.now men in America have made more progress in clothes consciousness
C.now men in America care about clothes more than women do
D.the American culture is greatly changing