I think the majority of people would agree th...

I think the majority of people would agree that it’s unhealthy to live in the past. After all, we’re all familiar with the new age philosophy, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift.1.. Living in the past holds us back from being able to enjoy the present moment. But are there any benefits of revisiting a previous time? Actually, yes. The past has several advantages:

Learning from our mistakes: We all know that poor choices can be some of life’s greatest teachers.2..

3.: By revisiting an unfavorable event from our past, we can often view it from a different perspective as time has passed. Being older and wiser, we are now able to reevaluate the experience and gain deeper insights and understandings of what happened and why, and how it has impacted us since. What once scarred us can now be healed through a newly-found awareness and no longer be a negative force in our lives.

Motivated by earlier successes:4.. Other times life has been difficult. Remembering the past when we were at our best can help motivate us out of our current slump(低谷) and put us back on track for success. Use your past successes to propel(推动) you on to newer and greater things.

While it’s evident that revisiting the past has several advantages, there is a warning. Just like an amusement park, it’s fine to visit but you cannot stay there forever. At some point, the park closes and all visitors are asked to leave. Enjoy the past when necessary but don’t always stay there. Use it for living in the present and planning for the future.5..

A. Moving beyond

B. That’s why it’s called the present

C. In that way, it will serve you well

D. See the mistakes as a step on the road to a solution

E. There are times when we have all enjoyed success on a variety of levels

F. Recalling times when we made mistakes can help us make better future decisions

G. So, failure is the mother of success

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In most people's opinion, the tiger is not an animal that we would ordinarily think of as being chicken. However, one tiger, which lives in an English zoo, turned out to be more cowardly（胆小的）than his keepers could ever have imagined.

Tanvir, a two-year-old Bengal tiger, got stuck at the top of a new 5m-high activity tower in the zoo, after climbing it for the first time.

The wooden tower had been designed to provide mental exercise for Tanvir by testing his ability of dealing with troublesome situations, but after climbing it in just a few seconds, he lost his courage when it came to coming back down. Tanvir went on to spend nearly two days at the top of the tower trying to collect the courage to attempt to get down.

A spokesperson for the zoo said that several days before Tanvir had taken half an hour to get down a lower tower only 1.5m high, and the taller tower had clearly been too much challenging for him.

"Every time he got to the edge, he looked out, put a paw over, and thought, ‘no, I cannot make it!" ’laughed Samantha Cordrey, Tanvir's keeper. In the end Tanvir's hunger defeated his fear, and after almost 48 hours he made his way down. Burying himself in a big meal just like a hungry pig, Tanvir seemed to forget such a shameful experience for a while.

It appears that his experience would not be the worst in Tanvir's life if he continued to act like a chicken. It is not known whether he will take courage to go back up his exercise tower again.

The whole episode（插曲）only serves to show the difficulties faced by zoo staff in creating environments that will improve animals' living ability in enclosed space.

1.When speaking of Tanvir's shameful experience, Samantha Cordrey might feel it was　　　　 .

A. funny　　 B. surprising　　 C. exciting　　 D. unbelievable

2.What made Tanvir get down the 5m-high activity tower at last?

A. The coldness of the weather.　　 B. The direction from his keepers.

C. The sufferings of being hungry.　　 D. The fear of being alone.

3.Why does the author say "this experience would not be the worst in Tanvir's life if..."(Paragraph 6)?

A. Because Tanvir's keepers will design more difficult exercise for him.

B. Because Tanvir is so cowardly that he has little courage to meet greater challenges.

C. Because Tanvir's bad health will bring him much trouble in practice.

D. Because Tanvir is always careless and often causes trouble by accident.

4.The zoo designed the 5m-high activity tower to　　　　 .

A. make Tanvir become brave　　 B. improve Tanvir's performance skills

C. let tourists watch Tanvir better　　 D. improve Tanvir's living ability

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The majority of the people were in favour of the plan. However, I ____ the plan on the grounds that it is too expensive.

A. approved of        B. objected to         C. prepared for      D. apply for

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The majority of the people were in favour of the plan. However, I ____ the plan on the grounds that it is too expensive.

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A recent survey ___ that the majority of people are worried about the present high price of apartments in cities.

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A recent survey ______that the majority of people are worried about the present high price of apartments in cities.

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Some people maintain that watching violence on TV is one of the major causes of _____ behavior and crime in society.

A．artificial           B．automatic         C．aggressive         D．allergic

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Many people agree that never in history _________a more splendid opening ceremony than that of the Beijing Olympics

A．there were        B．has there been     C．there has been     D．were there

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---It is not a secret that CEOs of major companies earn a large amount each year.

--- I agree. ____ the hard economic times, it seems that their salaries have remained the same.

A. Apart from          B. Thanks to             C. Regardless of      D. In regard to

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---It is not a secret that CEOs of major companies earn a large amount each year.

--- I agree. ____ the hard economic times, it seems that their salaries have remained the same.

A. Apart from　　 　　 B. Thanks to

C. Regardless of　　 D. In regard to

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