题目内容
We are too tired. How about _______ a rest?
A. to have
B. have
C. having
D. has
One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people 16 be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of 17 would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek(小溪)that has no 18 . We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the 19 at night. Our patio(院子)reaches to the front yard and they have the 20 horizon(地平线). We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go 21 our sight. We buy our food, but they grow 22 ."
With this the boy's father was speechless (无语的) .
Then his son added , "Thank dad for showing me how 23 we are."
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on(集中注意力)what we don't have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession (财富). It is all 24
on one's opinion. Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty(恩赐)we have, 25 worrying about wanting more . Take joy in all you have.
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| A.must | B.can | C.should | D.need |
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| A.dark | B.darkness | C.stars | D.day |
| A.beautiful | B.full | C.longer | D.whole |
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| A.poor | B.rich | C.lucky | D.happy |
| A.basing | B.to base | C.bases | D.based |
| A.instead | B.instead of | C.more than | D.less than |
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 (精神) 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 jump 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 the 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 goals 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. We learn how to be brave by taking chances.
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 (紧紧地); the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
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 (珍宝) 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 (秘密), and today is a gift; that’s why we call it “the present”. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.
【小题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 |
| 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. |
| A.Because time is too expensive |
| B.Because time never returns. |
| C.Because we are too poor |
| D.Because times will get back. |
| A.Nothing is impossible. |
| B.Glass balls are easy to be broken. |
| C.Things you can’t do. |
| D.Treat your life in a right way. |
“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life. Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.
For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best-seller. It was later put into 28 languages.
Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book.
1. Be friendly and polite. Always greet with a smile. Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please”, when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
2. Go out of your way to be nice. Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.
3. Remember names. They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
4. Be open-minded. Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
5. Listen patiently. When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.
1.The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely isolated life” means “______” in this passage.
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A.No one can live a hard life |
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B.No one can live without difficulty |
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C.No one can live alone |
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D.No one can live on an island |
2.Some of us feel it not easy to make friends because ________.
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A.we are afraid to make bad friends |
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B.we are too shy to take the first action |
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C.we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends |
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D.we feel sure that we already have enough friends |
3.We can learn from this passage that ________.
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A.John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie |
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B.friends are always friends |
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C.few people bought Carnegie’s book |
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D.the writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie |
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Carnegie’s book?
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A.Say “excuse me” before you ask. |
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B.Don’t visit your neighbor too often. |
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C.Think more about others. |
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D.People enjoy hearing their own names. |
5.The best possible title for this passage should be “________”.
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A.How to Make Friends |
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B.A Famous Book |
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C.About Friendship |
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D.John Donne and Dale Carnegie |