Changing your life can come in small, easy steps. You can transform yourself and live a better life by making positive changes along the way. Here are some choices that will lead to your transformation.
Choose to change bad habits
Some bad habits seem to stick around without us even realizing it. 1.You can overcome them, find better alternatives, and get through your struggle to become a better you! Do it for yourself more than anything.
Choose to grow
It’s easy to get stuck in a fixed way of life. 2. In choosing to grow, you build character, develop your strengths, become aware of what needs improvement, and turn into the well-rounded person you need to be to succeed.
Choose to seek a balanced life
Where do you need balance? Are you all work, no play? Or the opposite? 3. If you’re spending too much time working or locked away alone, find the time for social interaction and having fun. If you haven’t committed to a schedule in a while, make the decision to start following one.
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This is vital to human existence. We need the loving bonds created by family members and friends. Personal relationships are key to emotional growth and social stability.
Choose to live your passion
Whatever your dream is, you can have it. The person you wish to be and the things you wish to achieve are within you. Make the choice to pursue those passions at whatever cost. It may mean clearing out your schedule or doing something you’ve never done. 5.
A. Choose to spend time with those you love
B. Choose to organize your schedule flexibly
C. Make the choice today that you won’t be ruled by them.
D. Neither extreme will lead you to a pleasant life for very long.
E. However, with re-evaluation and growth comes a beautiful freedom.
F. It’s good to change, and you’ve only got so many years to refresh yourself.
G. However, the reward from success and personal accomplishment will be worth it.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Recently, an Internet slang word Foxi- or “Buddhist”- is becoming increasingly popular as it encourages people, especially 1. young to remain calm and peaceful and avoid conflicts as much as possible- in other words, to live like a Buddha.
The phrase 2. (create) for the first time in 2014 in Japan to describe young men who no longer bother to start relationships with women or follow someone else’s life path. They prefer to stay in their own peaceful world without 3. (disturb) and care little about passion and success.
In this fast-changing and 4. (compete) world, many people are 5. heavy pressure. It’s only natural that people are seeking for a spiritual bay. However, some would compare “foxi” with “demotivational(无动力的) culture”- a phrase 6. describes young people who feel aimless and powerless. They say that foxi actually reflects the reality that young people are losing their will to fight. They are pretending 7. (keep) a healthy and wise attitude towards failure simply 8. they are incapable(无能力的) of succeeding.
All in all, there is one thing that “Buddhist Youngsters” should 9. (basic) keep in mind: You may want to keep a calm mindset, 10. you should never stop fighting for yourselves!
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is one of the world’s largest and finest art museums. Following the suggested route will help you explore the museum.
The Temple of Dendur
This 2000-year-old building stood near the Nile River, surrounded by a wall that no longer exists. But you can still peek through the gateway. Whose “house” is this? It's not for people. It’s for gods. Can you identify them? They face out. A king faces in, bringing offerings.
MetSpeaks
Bringing together some of the most respected thinkers on a given subject, MetSpeaks features lectures, discussions, talks, films, and forums in which compelling voices explore timely issues that connect to the Met’s exhibitions and permanent collection. Program times, audiences, and topics vary.
Time to Sketch
Settle down for a few minutes, pick something in this gallery, and have fun drawing it. Enjoy the chance to look carefully as you create your own sketch. You'll be surprised at how much more you notice, thanks to exploring art by sketching.
MetAccess
Make the Met yours! Choose from a variety of services and exciting programs that are tailored to meet the needs of visitors with disabilities. Program times, audiences, and topics vary.
Ask for the Access Information brochure and Access Calendar at Information Desks, download the Access Calendar (PDF), or call 212-650-2010 or email access@metmuseum.org.
Admission
Fee includes admission to the Main Building and same-week admission to the Cloisters museum and gardens.
| Recommended | Fee |
| Adults | $25 |
| Seniors (65 and older) | $17 |
| Students | $12 |
| Members (Join Now) | Free |
| Children under 12 (accompanied by an adult) | Free |
1.How much is recommended to pay for 3 adult and 2 student visitors?
A. 111 B. 99
C. 87 D. 103
2.What can you know about the Temple of Dendur?
A. A high wall is surrounding the 2000-year-old building now.
B. A king faces out, bringing offerings in the temple.
C. The building is designed for Emperor to live in.
D. The Nile River witnessed the history of the building.
3.Which of the following is TRUE about the Met?
A. Issues connected with economic crisis will be discussed in MetSpeaks.
B. Visitors can choose something in the gallery and have fun drawing it on the wall.
C. Disabled people will find various services and programs offered especially for them.
D. You can email access@metmuseum.org for more Admission information.
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Youth football team members rescued more than two weeks after sudden flooding trapped them in a cave in Thailand are now being well looked after at a hospital in the northern city of Chiang Rai. In addition to treating the boys for potential body fluid loss, inadequate nutrition and lack of oxygen, their doctors also plan to closely monitor them for symptoms of diseases that may have been infected by animals living in the cave.
“The next step is to make sure those kids and their families are safe, because living in a cave provides a different environment, which might contain animals that could transmit…disease,” said the local hospital. The boys and their family members have been told to watch for symptoms such as headache, nausea(反胃), muscle pain or difficulty breathing, the reports added.
Yet based on the location where the boys were trapped—more than four kilometers from the cave complex’s main entrance, past some fully submerged passages—and the fact they have been swimming out wearing full scuba face masks, it seems unlikely that they were living with bats in the cave or breathed in bat-associated bacteria during their rescue, several infectious disease experts said. “It’s hard to imagine bats got that deep into the cave because of all those narrow passageways, but it is possible,” says Ian Lipkin, an animal expert and professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. “It’s unlikely that there would be many animals in there,” notes Jonathan Epstein, a doctor at EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that studies diseases and how to prevent them. Bats typically like to rest in areas they can easily enter and exit, not in places that fully flood, he adds.
Bats in Thailand have been linked with a wide range of viruses that are similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)—Lipkin says. But it seems more likely the boys would have been exposed to infection-causing bacteria when they swam through the dirty water with cuts and scrapes. “If you are trying to prioritize issues with respect to health care for these kids, number one would be psychological damage and second will be bacterial infections from the cuts and scrapes they may have encountered.” Lipkin says.
1.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the potential symptom of the rescued team members?
A. Lacking body water B. Unbalanced nutrition
C. Pain in the head and muscles D. Adequate oxygen
2.The underlined word “submerged” in paragraph 3 means ____________.
A. under the water B. wild and dangerous
C. with animals D. bat-associated
3.Which is true about the caves and the trapped people?
A. Jonathan Epstein thought it possible for the team members to be attacked by bats in the fully-flooded cave.
B. Lipkin argued bats were not able to get deep into the narrow cave where the kids were trapped.
C. Lipkin said the victims might be infected when their body were exposed to bacterial water during the rescue.
D. Lipkin believed the most important issue for the cave-trapped teenagers was infectious bacteria examination.
4.What is the text type of the passage?
A. An academic essay about bats. B. A newspaper article.
C. A medical magazine. D. A Thai website about sports.
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So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have come from an argument, a misunderstanding, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.
An acquaintance of mine, whose health isn’t very good, recently told me that she hadn’t spoken to her son in almost three years. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn’t speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she resisted initially and said, “I can’t do that. He’s the one who should apologize.” She was literally willing to die before reaching out to her only son. After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins.
Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn “small stuff” into really “big stuff” in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn’t mean that you’re wrong. Everything will be fine. You’ll experience the peace of letting go, as well as the joy of letting others be right.
You’ll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be “right,” they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But if for some reason they don’t, that’s okay too. You’ll have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world, and certainly you’ll be more peaceful yourself.
1.The underlined word “rekindle” in Paragraph 1 probably means “____________”.
A. recover B. develop
C. accept D. replace
2.According to the passage, the author’s friend never spoke to her son for three years because ____________.
A. she had got an argument with her daughter-in-law
B. she had disagreed about her son’s marriage
C. she had got an argument about her daughter-in-law
D. she had disliked her son’s wife for many years
3.Which of the following is NOT the reason for people to be unwilling to apologize first?
A. People believe that they are always right.
B. People always wait for others to offer an apology first.
C. People consider the position more important than happiness.
D. People want to get an inner satisfaction.
4.The purpose of the passage is to ____________.
A. instruct the readers how to apologize
B. teach the readers how to gain inner peace
C. inform the readers the importance of being forgiving
D. tell the readers to reach out first when there are painful events.
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A new technology is going to ripe, one that could transform our daily lives, help to form new industries, even remove world economic powers from their present positions. Unlike the wave of industrialization that began in the West and spread later to the rest of the world, the new developments are taking place in research labs all over the globe—and Asians are in the forefront. Physicists are creating a new class of materials that display an amazing property unforeseen even two years ago—superconductivity (超导体技术).
Used today only in specialized equipment, super conductors have the potential to radically change most of the electrical and electronic appliances found in the home, making them smaller, more powerful and efficient. They could free our cities of pollution by replacing petrol and diesel (柴油) vehicles with electric cars, and cut the cost of electricity. The new materials do something that even the best of conductors such as copper and silver cannot—they do away with all electrical resistance. The significances for energy storage are great.
The technology is in its early stage, still accessible to countries that decide to invest brains and money. For 75 years it had remained little more than a scientific curiosity with limited practical use because the phenomenon occurred only at extremely low temperatures. It was first observed in 1911 by a Dutch scientist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who cooled mercury (水银) to temperatures below -269℃ with liquid helium (氦). Then in January last year, two IBM scientists, K. Alex Muller and J. George Bednorz, found a metal oxide ceramic (氧化陶瓷) that superconducted at -243℃. Their report went largely unnoticed until last December, when it was confirmed at a scientific meeting in Boston. Today Japan, India, China and other Asian countries all have their share of experts who spend their days and nights in labs, acting as midwives (助产士) to a new technology.
1.As is indicated in the passage, the technology of superconductivity ____________.
A. has already been developed
B. is still under development
C. will be used only in specialized equipment
D. will be used in daily lives in a few years
2.The new technology differs from the others in that ____________.
A. it began in the East and spread later to the rest of the world
B. it began in the West and spread later to the rest of the world
C. it is being cultivated in research labs around the world
D. it is accessible to physicists who are intelligent and rich
3.From the passage, we may conclude that ____________.
A. Asian scientists gain the lead in the growth of the new technology
B. Dutch scientists kept reporting new findings for the last 75 years
C. IBM scientists' report receive immediate attention all over the world
D. the West was astonished at the new technology developed by the Asians
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Prospect of a New Technology
B. Superconductivity: A New Technology
C. A New Technology: The Key to Change the Way of Our Lives
D. A New Technology: A Joint Effort of Many Countries
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I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as happy wife and business woman. When Mum ______ in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me ______. I was distraught（忧心如焚的）. Some days later, I was ______ that a guy who was working with us that day could probably have made a fortune ______ the necklace he found. ______, he returned it. Hearing how I’d ______ Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be ______ —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”
I come to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and ______ fell in love with it .What was ______ to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip ______ a new life .I kept travelling between London and here and felt ______ than I had in months. In December 2008, I was ______ as a hotel manager and moved here full time.
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn’t want to discuss marriage, because the sadness of losing Mum still felt ______. Paul understood that and never ______ me. But, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his savings, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own ______.
We want to give our guests a ______ feel, so each room is themed(以……为题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom - a tiny chair which ______ be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life and Mum ______ naturally part of it, ______ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the ______ she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.
1.A. died B. came C. returned D. visited
2.A. burned B. disappeared C. broke D. dropped
3.A. shown B. comforted C. persuaded D. told
4.A. hiding B. stealing C. selling D. wearing
5.A. Hopefully B. Naturally C. Accidentally D. Fortunately
6.A. nursed B. cured C. missed D. guarded
7.A. long B. hard C. merry D. free
8.A. suddenly B. finally C. nearly D. immediately
9.A. said B. proved C. supposed D. judged
10.A. turned out B. turned into C. turned down D. turned on
11.A. smarter B. higher C. firmer D. lighter
12.A. honored B. hired C. regarded D. trained
13.A. upset B. painful C. great D. good
14.A. left B. pushed C. surprised D. interrupted
15.A. hotel B. restaurant C. home D. shop
16.A. homely B. lively C. motherly D. friendly
17.A. ought to B. used to C. might D. could
18.A. takes B. keeps C. looks D. feels
19.A. unless B. while C. because D. though
20.A. money B. chair C. house D. necklace
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
When I was young, I was terribly poor in the Chinese. Be afraid of expressing myself was one of the reasons that I rarely did well in school. Once I failed in a mid-term exam. When I got the papers, I realized things could have been better if I listened to the teacher much more attentive. So I turned to my teacher for helps and he told me, “Where there is a will, there is a way. If we are devoted to learning Chinese, you’ll make it.” I couldn’t agree much. From then on, I began to work harder. Out of my expect, I made great progress soon. Today, Chinese is where my strength lies. And I’m grateful for my Chinese teacher.
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假定你是李华，你的朋友Tony刚刚升入高三，因为暑期短他没休息好，所以现在状态很差。面临高考压力，Tony不知所措。请你给他写一封信表示安慰，要点如下:
(1)表示难过和理解
(2)就如何调整状态提出建议
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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