Only our courage beats our fear . A. when; can we succeed B. if; we can succeed C. because; will we succeed D. while; we’ll be able to succeed 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Lose-Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.

A girl named Jenny once told me about her 36 in the world of Lose Win during her eighth grade year before she finally broke 37 :

My 38 with my mom all started one day 39 she said to me sarcastically(讽刺地)，“Wow, you’re sure sassy today.” I 40 it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close myself off from her and never 41 back to her. So every time she would say something 42 I disagreed with her I would just say, “Okay, 43 you want, Mom”

But I really got cold quickly. And my 44 began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s 45 ”and then went back to mop the floor.

“Don’t you ever 46 ?”I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was 47 upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I 48 her how important it was to me.

At last, I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to 49 . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s 50 than fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a 51 to her.

After my blowup, we felt like we were 52 all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the time. We discuss things now and I always 53 my feeling with her.

If you adopt Lose Win as your basic 54 toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be 55 your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.

36.A.wanderings B.disappointment C.lessons D.helplessness

37.A.out B.down C.up D.free

38.A.relationship B.problems C.quarrels D.improvement

39.A.as B.since C.when D.before

40.A.regarded B.treated C.received D.took

41.A.fight B.struggle C.talk D.turn

42.A.even if B.only if C.as long as D.as though

43.A.something B.whatever C.so much D.too much

44.A.coldness B.anger C.disagreement D.hope

45.A.true B.impossible C.nice D.important

46.A.care B.see C.say D.listen

47.A.also B.still C.even D.already

48.A.warned B.shown C.asked D.told

49.A.end B.change C.last D.stop

50.A.worse B.easier C.more D.less

51.A.surprise B.pleasure C.gift D.harm

52.A.going B.starting C.thinking D.reviewing

53.A.share B.have C.discuss D.improve

54.A.way B.method C.attitude D.theory

55.A.hurting B.waking C.storing D.hiding

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.

This young man was very 16 . He always continued to work through his break time and 17 that those old folks were wasting time, having to 18 several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by,this young man noticed that 19 he worked through break time and hardly took a 20 , those old folks were chopping the same 21 of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he 22 to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the 23 were even worse.

One day, one of the old folks 24 him for a drink during their break time. That young man 25 and said that he had no 26 time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to 27 chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe（斧子）.Sooner or later you will 28 or be so tired as you have spent too much 29 .”

Suddenly the young man 30 that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were 31 re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that's how they could 32 faster than him, yet spending less time!

What we 33 is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability 34 . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no 35 !

A. weak B. clever C. hard-working D. good-looking

A. admired B. complained C. reminded D. predicted

A. plan B. appear C. work D. break

A. even though B. only if C. because D. unless

A. photo B. rest C. step D. bath

A. weight B. height C. amount D. price

A. failed B. pretended C. agreed D. decided

A. marks B. results C. effects D. conditions

A. invited B. blamed C. thanked D. forgave

A. begged B. argued C. nodded D. refused

A. wrong. B. valuable C. extra D. exact

A. mind B. avoid. C. practice D. keep

A. speed up B. give up C. watch out D. turn out

A. energy B. money C. life D. skill

A. warned B. expected C. realized D. announced

A. also B. hardly C. seldom D. never

A. talk B. chop C. walk D. climb

A. abandon B. introduce C. need D. teach

A. quickly B. curiously C. seriously D. intelligently

A. time B. tool C. job D. patience

A lot of management training each year for Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics we address in our course is the retention（保护力） of quality employees-a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale（标准）in the service industry. During these discussions, I ask the participants（参加者）, “What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?” Some time back a new manager took the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said, “It was a ＄19 baseball glove.”

Cynthia told the group that she originally took a Circle K clerk job as an interim（临时的） position while she looked for something better. On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that as a single mother, money was very tight, and her first check would have to go for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check. When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that served as an office. Cynthia wondered if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused.

Patricia handed her a box. “I overheard you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is hard to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we do care, and I want you to know you are important to us.”

The thoughtfulness, empathy and love of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.

Among many of the problems in the service industry, talked about in this passage, is .

A．how to ensure his employees’ high pay

B．how to attract more customers

C．how to look carefully after the employees

D．how to keep the good employees from leaving

Although a new manager, Cynthia would do her job well in keeping quality employees because she .

A．had mastered all the courses for the manager

B．had already formed good relationship with the employees

C．know the way how to deal with her employees

D．had her own personal experience

This passage shows us that to run a business well it is necessary for managers to let their employees know .

A．how much they can get for their job.

B．what good positions they can get later

C．they are very necessary to the business

D．they are nice as well as useful

The story told in this passage tells us that employees care about .

A．only how large a pay they can get

B．love from the managing people rather than only money

C．if their children could be properly taken care of

D．what position they can be offered

If it’s possible to see red(get angry) about not seeing red, that is what I was doing. We had 26 the timing of our autumn trip to see the changing 27 in the Great Lakes States, and I was really 28 . No matter how I strained my eyes I couldn’t spot red anywhere. Not 29 a bit of golden yellow broke through the dull greenery.

This vacation was a complete 30 . I sat alone in the backseat of our rented car and got 31 as we drove north through the dull, dark green. In the 32 seat my brother and my father chatted merrily, obviously 33 .

Then a motto came to mind: “Happiness is a decision.” It must have been something my mother said. She was always passing on words of 34 . When I was a child, she gave me a black book with 35 pages. On the flyleaf she had written, “Look for a beautiful thing and you’ll find it.” I was supposed to 36 a record of the most beautiful thing I saw each day.

I remembered spending hours discussing what I’d 37 . A baby’s smile? A stone shining with fool’s gold? Pictures in the clouds, or tulips tipping their heads? I found so many beautiful things that it was 38 to pick just one.

Now, on the road, I played Mother’s game again. I took in the all-green 39 . Thick forests lined both sides of the highway. The long hill pines and spruce were seen 40 . Maple leaves danced in the gentle wind. I felt like a little girl again— 41 by beautiful things.

Later in the 42 , after we crossed the Upper Peninsula and drove into Canada, I found the bright 43 plants I had been looking for. But by then I’d already seen a million shades of __44 , the infinite variety and beauty that only our heavenly Father can 45 . And that we can always find—if we look closely enough.

26. A. kept B. missed C. misjudged D. seized

27. A. situation B. weather C. plants D. leaves

28. A. upset B. excited C. happy D. sorry

29. A. yet B. even C. still D. ever

30. A. success B. time C. waste D. pleasure

31. A. sleepy B. mad C. patient D. angry

32. A. front B. back C. right D. left

33.A. unconcerned B. disappointed C. worried D. surprised

34. A. order B. advice C. apology D. help

35. A. nice B. common C. missing D. empty

36. A. set B. break C. keep D. put

37. A. brought in B. written down C. got through D. referred to

38. A. impossible B. valuable C. necessary D. strange

39. A. forests B. leaves C. hills D. scenery

40. A. nowhere B. anywhere C. everywhere D. somewhere

41. A. wondered B. surrounded C. waken D. treated

42. A. trip B. autumn C. course D. game

43. A. leaf B. hill C. highway D. fall

44. A. red B. trees C. green D. plants

45. A. observe B. produce C. find D. provide

I was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn’t be late for! I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries. A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this date.

We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation between strangers. The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile-warm and reassunring-and I retuned her gift by smiling back.

“Must be a special lady,” whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she said.

“Yes, she’s special,” I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out. “It‘s only our second date, but somehow I am just having the feeling she’s‘the one ，’”jokingly, I added, “The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me.”

“Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said .”My husband used to bring me flowers every week-even when tines were tough and we didn’t have much money. Those were incredible days; be was very romantic and-of course- I miss him since he’s passed away.”

I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries. There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her. I touched her on the shoulder and said “You were right, you know. These flowers are indeed for a very special lady.” I handed the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation.

It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased. “You have a wonderful evening,”I said. I left het with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers.

I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story. A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her-that was the night than I won her heart .

41．Why was the writer in a hurry that day?

A. He was to meet his girlfriend. B. He had to go back to school soon.

C. He was delayed by an elderly lady. D. He had to pick up some groceries.

42．What does the underlined phrase “her gift” (Paragraph 2 ) refer to?

A. Her words. B. Her smile. C. Her flowers. D. Her politeness.

43．Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?

A. She told him a nice story. B. She allowed him to pay first.

C. She gave him encouragement. D. She liked flowers very much.

44．What is the message conveyed in the story?

A. Flowers are important for a date. B. Small talk is helpful.

C. Love and kindness are rewarding. D. Elderly people deserve respecting.

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