题目内容
If we really want to be happy, why do we complain all the time in our daily life? We can be active in our life by setting goals and going1what we want. But if we’re always expressing complaints, we can not really live2.
If you don’t believe me,3how many times you complain about something or other in one day. Whether it is being stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, or whatever it is, there are endless4where you can find a reason to complain. But it’s not just outside circumstances5we complain about. We also complain about6. We complain constantly that we don’t have enough time, that we don’t have enough money and that we’re not7enough, cool enough, or just enough.
Most of us have experienced plenty of unpleasantness8complaining about things we can’t control, so do I. And I9really thought about it much until I found the website about “living in a complaint-free world”, which10my attitude towards life.
Imagine how11you would be if you simply stopped being a complainer.12of what you complain of is outside of your control anyway.13, it is no use thinking about something you have no power to change. When you14that you’re complaining, stop and ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy.
In our daily life, we have many choices. As Dale Carnegie puts it, any fool can criticize and complain but it takes character and15for the wise persons to live a complaint-free and happy life.
- 1.
- A.without
- B.against
- C.after
- D.over
- A.
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- A.effectively
- B.normally
- C.casually
- D.honestly
- A.
- 3.
- A.scan
- B.evaluate
- C.witness
- D.count
- A.
- 4.
- A.effects
- B.cases
- C.consequences
- D.anecdotes
- A.
- 5.
- A.that
- B.which
- C.where
- D.what
- A.
- 6.
- A.yourselves
- B.themselves
- C.oneself
- D.ourselves
- A.
- 7.
- A.clumsy
- B.attractive
- C.neat
- D.awesome
- A.
- 8.
- A.due to
- B.in addition to
- C.by means of
- D.in spite of
- A.
- 9.
- A.ever
- B.even
- C.never
- D.once
- A.
- 10.
- A.reflected
- B.strengthened
- C.abandoned
- D.changed
- A.
- 11.
- A.awkward
- B.confident
- C.awful
- D.cheerful
- A.
- 12.
- A.Few
- B.Little
- C.Much
- D.Many
- A.
- 13.
- A.Therefore
- B.However
- C.Otherwise
- D.Anyway
- A.
- 14.
- A.guarantee
- B.determine
- C.realize
- D.recommend
- A.
- 15.
- A.dignity
- B.self-control
- C.judgement
- D.affection
- A.
Grown-ups know that people and objects are solid. At the movies, we know that if we reach out to touch Tom Cruise, all we will feel is air. But does a baby have this understanding?
To see whether babies know objects are solid, T. Bower designed a method for projecting an optical illusion(视觉影像) of a hanging ball. His plan was to first give babies a real ball, one they could reach out and touch, and then to show them the illusion. If they knew that objects are solid and they reached out for the illusion and found empty air, they could be expected to show surprise in their faces and movements. All the 16-to 24- week -old babies tested were surprised when they reached for the illusion and found that the ball was not there.
Grown-ups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back. But does a baby realize that a ball that rolls under a chair does not disappear and go to never-never land?
Experiments done by Bower suggest that babies develop a sense of object permanence when they are about 18 weeks old. In his experiments, Bower used a toy train that went behind a screen. When 16-week-old and 22-week-old babies watched the toy train disappear behind the left side of the screen, they looked to the right, expecting it to reappear. If the experimenter took the train off the table and lifted the screen, all the babies seemed surprised not to see the train. This seems to show that all the babies had a sense of object permanence. But the second part of the experiment showed that this was not really the case. The researcher substituted a ball for the train when it went behind the screen. The 22-week-old babies seemed surprised and looked back to the left side for the train. But the 16-week -old babies did not seem to notice the switch. Thus, the 16-week-old babies seemed to have a sense of “something permanence,” while the 22-week-old babies had a sense of object permanence related to a particular object.
1.The passage is mainly about _____.
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A.babies' sense of sight |
B.effects of experiments on babies |
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C.babies' understanding of objects |
D.different tests on babies' feelings |
2.In Paragraph 3, “object permanence” means that when out of sight, an object _____.
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A.still exists |
B.keeps its shape |
C.still stays solid |
D.is beyond reach |
3.What did Bower use in his experiments?
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A.A chair. |
B.A screen. |
C.A film. |
D.A box. |
4.Which of the following statements is true?
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A.The babies didn't have a sense of direction. |
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B.The older babies preferred toy trains to balls. |
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C.The younger babies liked looking for missing objects. |
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D.The babies couldn't tell a ball from its optical illusion. |
There is no doubt that much of the profit of a business—sometimes the whole of its success—depends upon the use of the odds and ends.The odds and ends are various small things,which are left over when the main things are produced.But they possess a real value of their own.
If a business,big or small,looked down upon these odds and ends,it would mean a big difference in the amount of the benefit of the business.Take a meat factory for instance, there are countless odds and ends—bones and hair,which can be made into glue and rope to increase its profit greatly.
Then,if we are college students,what about our odds and ends—the odd moments? Take time for example.Every one of us has the exact same amount of it.Everyone's success or failure depends on the use of their time.But everyone uses the time more or less in the same way.However,why many great men in science or art have made huge successes for themselves in the world?Because they have made best use of their odd moments.Take Thomas A.Edison, he never allowed his odd moments to slip by.He thought,planned,and tried his inventions.He always worked twenty hours out of each twenty-four.His inventions made him famous all over the world,and provided valuable wealth for the human beings.
So, remember this axiom:very busy people always find time for everything.However,people with great spare time find time for nothing.Is it very strange?Not at all!The question is how to gather up fragments of time and make full use of them.As many big businesses have found,that the real profit is in using the odds and ends.We also must do in this way to make best use of our odd moments and manage to be successful in something that we do.
1. What are odds and ends?
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A.They are nothing useful. |
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B.They are various small,but valuable things. |
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C.They are the main things that factories produce. |
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D.They are odd moments students deny to gather up. |
2. Why should the odds and ends be made full use of ?Because ____ .
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A.lots of factors in success or in failure depend on the best use of odds and ends |
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B.they control to possess a value of their own |
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C.they are various small things people don't want |
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D.they are useless things left over when the main things are produced |
3.What does the word “Axiom” in the fourth paragraph mean?
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A.clear and evident without proof |
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B.statement accepted as true without proof of argument |
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C.statement that can be argued |
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D.regulation accepted in scientific usage |
4. “Fragments of time” equals “____ ”in the above passage.
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A.the odds and ends |
B.immense leisure |
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C.the main things |
D.the odd moments |