题目内容
— I can't believe we did all that work for _______.
B. none
C. nothing
D. anything
People believes that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms(体育馆). Here, people are learning on climbing. The climbing wall goes straight up and small holding places for hands and feet.
How do people climb the wall? To climb, you need special shoes and (保护带) around your chest to hold you. There are ropes(绳索)tied to your. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult is an your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.
Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger.
【小题1】What can we infer from the passage?
| A.People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays. |
| B.It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing. |
| C.People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors. |
| D.It is always easy to see holding places in climbing. |
| A.to tie ropes to your | B.to control your fear |
| C.to move away from the wall | D.to climb straight up |
| A.settlement | B.exercise | C.excitement | D.tiredness |
| A.To tell people where to find gyms. | B.To prove the basic need for climbing |
| C.To encourage people to climb mountains. | D.introduce the sport of wall climbing |
Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had.
Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.
“Surgery(外科手术)”, one replied.
I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates
of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job.
One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows, you can get at least 5cm taller!”
At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!
It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.
No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost.
In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.
【小题1】We can know from the passage that the author works as ________.
| A.a doctor | B.a model | C.a teacher | D.a reporter |
| A.marry a better man\woman | B.become a model |
| C.get an advantage over others in job-hunt | D.attract more admirers |
| A.everyone should purchase perfection, whatever the cost |
| B.it’s right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs |
| C.it is one’s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one’s career |
| D.media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery |
| A.He hates to be called a short man. |
| B.He tries to increase his height through surgery. |
| C.He just accepts it as it is. |
| D.He always wears shoes with thick soles to hide the fact. |
| A.Young Graduates Have Higher Expectation |
| B.Young Graduates Look to Surgery for Better Jobs |
| C.Young Graduates’ Opinion About Cosmetic Surgery |
| D.Young Graduates Face a Different Situation in Job-hunt |
A motivational strategy that parents can employ with their kids, is to frame tasks and responsibilities in the context of what the end benefit is for them.I call this strategy WIIFM ("What's in it for me?" ).
When a teen can combine an understanding of WIIFM with a sense of passion about achieving a goal, barriers will start to fall away.At our teen summer camps, we arrange an event near the end of the 10-day session that helps campers identify an important life goal and mentally break through their biggest barrier to achieving the goal. We pass around 12-by-12-inch pine boards.We tell campers that this activity is not about breaking a piece of wood.It's about how you can get what you want in your life.It's about breaking
barriers to grab on to your goals.
They have the power to break through any barrier.It has nothing to do with body size or physical condition.The skinniest, smallest teens will break through the board almost as easily as the big ones.
We talk to the campers about the reasons they might have had for not reaching their goals in the past.Maybe they got lazy and decided it wasn't worth the effort.Maybe they failed and let their fear of failure hold them back.But this exercise is about putting the past where it belongs.Today is about making new choices.
By this point in the program, we ask them to think of the goal they've set or themselves and write their goals on the boards.Then they write the possible obstacles which may hold them back on the opposite sides.An inch of pine now stands between them and their dreams.
The facilitators and their teammates gather around.The support is strong.One by one,
they break through the barriers and grab their goals! All around us teens are laughing, crying, hugging, and holding up the broken pieces of their boards.The confidence shown on their faces is beautiful.
While arranging such an activity in one's home is almost unrealistic for parents, the value of helping a teen break through a personal hairier simply by being there as moral support can not be overestimated.More help for parents in the form of videos and
articles is available at our website, in our blogs and in a monthly e-newsletter.
【小题1】The 12-by-12-inch pine boards are used as ______.
| A.materials to test one's muscles | B.signs of goals in one's life |
| C.assessments to show one's progress | D.symbols of barriers in one's life |
| A.become hard-working | B.get moral support |
| C.gain confidence | D.set right goals |
| A.The Power of WIIFM | B.What's in It for Me |
| C.The Importance of Goals | D.Motivational Strategies |
| A.teens | B.parents | C.campers | D.tutors |