Too often in life, we focus on the things we cannot do. Sometimes we cannot do things because of financial limitations, health limitations, family limitations, educational limitations, and so on. Sometimes, we end up limiting ourselves from achieving success in reaching our goals. We end up having a negative attitude which limits our ability to achieve success and happiness in our life.
Through the Internet, I have recently met an individual (个人) whom I found to be very inspiring. He has a positive attitude; he focuses on what he can do. To name a few of his accomplishments: he has set a world record, and is in the Guinness Book of World Records; he is an international poet with over 900 publications; he is an advocate (拥护者) for the disabled; he is the founder of Beyond Limitations Week; he is an ambassador (大使) for the Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation; he has created his own website—http://wheelierecord. Tripod. com/ index. html. And the list could go on!
The individual is Robert M．Hensel. You see, Robert was born spina bifida, a disability that affects the sense of balance and also has an influence on the kidneys (肾脏). Robert could have easily used his disability to limit his achievements, yet he has accomplished more than many. His attitude to life is one that, for me, is inspiring! To quote Robert, “I have learned that limitations open doors that have been closed, showing other ways to meet our needs. Now I look beyond what I can’t do and focus on what I can.”
Let Robert be a reminder for changing attitudes. Use his motto of not focusing on what you can’t do, but focus on what you can do！
1.What stops us from achieving success according to the author?
A. Negative attitudes B. Constant changes
C. Too high goals D. Various limitations
2.What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A disease B. A disability
C. An attitude D. A story
3.Why has Robert M．Hensel made many achievements in his life?
A. He has never changed his attitude to life.
B. He always looks beyond his strengths.
C. He takes advantage of his disability.
D. He concentrates on what he can do.
4.How does the author support his idea in the text?
A. By offering examples B. By comparing attitudes
C. By analyzing limitations D. By telling stories
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Too often in life, we focus on the things we cannot do. Sometimes we cannot do things because of financial limitations, health limitations, family limitations, educational limitations, and so on. Sometimes, we end up limiting ourselves from achieving success in reaching our goals. We end up having a negative attitude which limits our ability to achieve success and happiness in our life.
Through the Internet, I have recently met an individual (个人) whom I found to be very inspiring. He has a positive attitude; he focuses on what he can do. To name a few of his accomplishments: he has set a world record, and is in the Guinness Book of World Records; he is an international poet with over 900 publications; he is an advocate (拥护者) for the disabled; he is the founder of Beyond Limitations Week; he is an ambassador (大使) for the Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation; he has created his own website—http://wheelierecord. Tripod. com/ index. html. And the list could go on!
The individual is Robert M．Hensel. You see, Robert was born spina bifida, a disability that affects the sense of balance and also has an influence on the kidneys (肾脏). Robert could have easily used his disability to limit his achievements, yet he has accomplished more than many. His attitude to life is one that, for me, is inspiring! To quote Robert, “I have learned that limitations open doors that have been closed, showing other ways to meet our needs. Now I look beyond what I can’t do and focus on what I can.”
Let Robert be a reminder for changing attitudes. Use his motto of not focusing on what you can’t do, but focus on what you can do！
1.What stops us from achieving success according to the author?
A. Negative attitudes B. Constant changes
C. Too high goals D. Various limitations
2.What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A disease B. A disability
C. An attitude D. A story
3.Why has Robert M．Hensel made many achievements in his life?
A. He has never changed his attitude to life.
B. He always looks beyond his strengths.
C. He takes advantage of his disability.
D. He concentrates on what he can do.
4.How does the author support his idea in the text?
A. By offering examples B. By comparing attitudes
C. By analyzing limitations D. By telling stories
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We do some strange things when we don’t like the way our life is going．Too often we blame(责怪)someone else．‘‘I wish my parents were more understanding．”
“I have such a bad Chemistry teacher!”
“My friends are so boring and self-centered．They make my life worse and worse．’’
Blame! Blame! Blame!
It seems natural to sing this self-pitying song，but the truth is，if you don’t like your life，you should do something about it．No one else knows exactly how you feel or what you need．No one can read your mind correctly．You are the only one with the power to check your life，and if you want it to be different，you can change what you’re doing．
When you’re in trouble，don’t give away your power to decide how you feel about yourself. Choose how you want to think and act．Other people can’t make you unhappy or angry．They only act in their own way and then it’s up to you to decide how you will respond(回应)．For example，your friends go out to lunch without you and you feel very angry．How are you going to act? You may blame your friends，“They are not kind．Who needs them anyway?” Or you may tell your friends how you feel，listen to their explanation，and let them know you’d like to be invited next time．
When you decide everything in your own way，you’re getting hold of your own life and shaping(塑造)it according to your tastes and feelings．You can choose to be happy，to make friends and to build an interesting life．When you blame others for what is or isn’t happening in your life，you have stopped growing or learning．
One of the most important rules is that you can never change another person by your direct action．The only person you have the right to change is yourself．Once you change，the other person has something different to respond to and change is possible．If you want change in your life，begin with yourself．
1.What should we do if we don’t like our life?
A．Change what we’re doing． B．Read our minds correctly．
C．Sing that self-pitying song． D．Tell others what we want．
2.If the writer’s friends have dinner together without him，he may _________.
A．ask somebody else to talk to them
B．do the same thing to them in return
C．talk to them and try to find out why
D．forget it and be still friendly with them
3.What’s the writer’s idea about how to change others?
A．He thinks it’s impossible to change others．
B．He believes our love can change everything．
C．He chooses to talk with others directly．
D．He prefers to change ourselves first instead．
4. At the beginning of the passage three examples are given __________.
A．to support the idea that people often blame others
B．to suggest that there are various problems in people’s life
C．to show that not all chemistry teachers are fit for their job
D．to explain the reason why some people’s life is worse and worse
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Blame! Blame! Blame! B．Who Controls My Life?
C. Change! Change! Change! D．What Makes Me Unhappy?
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We do some strange things when we don’t like the way our life is going．Too often we blame(责怪)someone else．‘‘I wish my parents were more understanding．”
“I have such a bad Chemistry teacher!”
“My friends are so boring and self-centered．They make my life worse and worse．’’
Blame! Blame! Blame!
It seems natural to sing this self-pitying song，but the truth is，if you don’t like your life，you should do something about it．No one else knows exactly how you feel or what you need．No one can read your mind correctly．You are the only one with the power to cheek your life，and if you want it to be different，you can change what you’re doing．
When you’re in trouble，don’t give away your power to decide how you feel about yourself. Choose how you want to think and act．Other people can’t make you unhappy or angry．They only act in their own way and then it’s up to you to decide how you will respond(回应)．For example，your friends go out to lunch without you and you feel very angry．How are you going to act? You may blame your friends，“They are not kind．Who needs them anyway?” Or you may tell your friends how you feel，listen to their explanation，and let them know you’d like to be invited next time．
When you decide everything in your own way，you’re getting hold of your own life and shaping(塑造)it according to your tastes and feelings．You can choose to be happy，to make friends and to build an interesting life．When you blame others for what is or isn’t happening in your life，you have stopped growing or learning．
One of the most important rules is that you can never change another person by your direct action．The only person you have the right to change is yourself．Once you change，the other person has something different to respond to and change is possible．If you want change in your life，begin with yourself．
1.What should we do if we don’t like our life?
A．Change what we’re doing． B．Read our minds correctly．
C．Sing that self-pitying song． D．Tell others what we want．
2.If the writer’s friends have dinner together without him，he may _________.
A．ask somebody else to talk to them
B．do the same thing to them in return
C．talk to them and try to find out why
D．forget it and be still friendly with them
3.What’s the writer’s idea about how to change others?
A．He thinks it’s impossible to change others．
B．He believes our love can change everything．
C．He chooses to talk with others directly．
D．He prefers to change ourselves first instead．
4.At the beginning of the passage three examples are given __________.
A．to support the idea that people often blame others
B．to suggest that there are various problems in people’s life
C．to show that not all chemistry teachers are fit for their job
D．to explain the reason why some people’s life is worse and worse
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Blame! Blame! Blame! B．Who Controls My Life?
C．Change! Change! Change! D．What Makes Me Unhappy?
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How to Make Friends
1. Indeed, there are many things in life which we alone cannot perform.
We need friends’ help. Friends are people who willingly and readily help us when we are in trouble, and show sympathy for us when we are in misery.
2. For example, when we have passed the graduation examination and are looking for a job, we need experienced and reliable friends to guide us and help us on our way. A good friend is also an adviser, because our own points of view towards things may not be always right. 3.
Of course, we can make friends everywhere. However, I think the best place is school, where we are among a big number of boys and girls our own age, so it is easy to get to know one another in a short time. 4.
In order to make friends, we ourselves must be honest, noble-minded and kind-hearted whereby to leave a favorable impression on others since other people observe us the same way as we do.
At the same time, we should avoid bad friends, because they always do harm to us and moreover, they are dangerous to the people around. Worse still, they destroy our friendship with good friends. 5.
A. Indeed, seeking acquaintance with bad friends would be a serious mistake
B. A faithful friend is hard to find.
C. Therefore, it is necessary for us to seek advice from friends.
D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
E. Besides, we can also make friends among the people who work with us in the community.
F. A proverb says “One man is not good enough to live alone in the world.”
G. The benefits of friendship are boundless and sometimes invisible.
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We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. _____1.___. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationships with ourselves?
The problem might be worse than we expect. Maybe we don’t like ourselves without realizing it. Here is a simple checklist: Is there anything you don’t like about yourself from these lists?
Your past: Maybe you have made mistakes in the past which you feel bad about. ___2.___. Even if that happened in distant past, your subconscious mind still has a reason not to like yourself.
Your background: You might wish that you were born in different family, or that you have different background. ____3._____. They seem to get whatever they want effortlessly because of their background.
Your personal traits(特点): You might have some personality traits that you don’t like. For example, you may be an introvert(内向) and you don’t like it; you wish you were an extrovert.
Others might have better achievements than you, and no matter how hard you tried, it might seem impossible for you to match them. ______4.______. Is there anything that resonate(产生共鸣) with you? All these give reasons to you not to like yourself. That in turn makes it difficult for you to be a good friend to yourself.
______5.______. Here are some tips:
Forgive yourself
Accept things you can’t change
Focus on your strengths
Write your success stories
Stop comparing yourself with others
Always be true to yourself
A．That is the crucial(关键) first step if we are to have good relationships with others
B．You might then think that it’s because you are not smart enough or don’t have enough talents
C．You can do something to improve the relationships with others
D．Fortunately, there are always things you can do to fix the situation
E. You might be disappointed with yourself on why you make such mistakes
F. Sometimes you might not believe yourself
G. Maybe you could not accept the fact that you are not as lucky as others
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In our daily life, we have too many things to deal with. It seems as if life is always tiring. However, whenever I feel _______, I’m grateful to everything life_______me and try to make the best of everyday. I learnt this attitude towards life from the story of my friend Joanne.
In middle school, Joanne was always ______ , with a big smile on her face, as if she was always _____with what life offered her. But soon, things _____ changed. She passed away because of a serious______. Her smiles only exist in my memory. The last time I saw her in the hospital, she was terribly ill. However, she still______ a warm smile and was happy about my _____ . I prayed(祈祷)for her recovery. ______ , she lost the battle against ______at last.
This made me think of another story. Maria and Jessie, who were good friends, had a big argument one day and they ______to talk to each other in the following months. Maria, who was deeply sorry for her ______words, intended to call Jessie to ______first but don’t have enough______to do it. feeling quite ____ , she asked her classmates for _______, and even consulted some of her teachers. For many times, she ______her phone but gave up at last.______ one afternoon, she got the news that Jessie had lost her life in a traffic accident.
The lesson I learned is that nobody can ______what will happen in the future. Anytime you feel upset or depressed, why don’t you change your______and value every day!
1.A. bored B. exhausted C. lonely D. angry
2.A. offers B. awards C. impresses D. suggests
3.A. hopeful B. cheerful C. smart D. fortunate
4.A. excited B. surprised C. content D. regret
5.A. completely B. exactly C. frequently D. similarly
6.A. accident B. disaster C. hunger D. disease
7.A. burst B. wore C. forced D. formed
8.A. gift B. words C. behaviors D. visit
9.A. Luckily B. Happily C. Unfortunately D. Angrily
10.A. death B. enemy C. family D. life
11.A. agreed B. refused C. stopped D. continued
12.A. encouraging B. convincing C. rude D. cruel
13.A. forgive B. comfort C. persuade D. apologize
14.A. words B. strength C. courage D. time
15.A. upset B. harmed C. regretted D. respected
16.A. trouble B. excuse C. agreement D. advice
17.A. used up B. picked up C. put up D. came up
18.A. Unless B. After C. Before D. Until
19.A. tell B. observe C. doubt D. ignore
20.A. impression B. feeling C. attitude D. mind
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Do you like spicy food?
What’s your opinion on spicy food? Some people cannot handle even the smallest amount of chili-red pepper-in their dinner while others can’t get enough of it.
Scientists have long been puzzled by why some people love chili while others loathe it. Plenty of research has been done on the subject, dating as far back as the 1970s. Previous results showed that a love of chili is related to childhood experiences, and cultural influences affect our taste buds too. But the latest study has found that a person’s love of spicy food may be linked to his or her personality more than anything else, CBC News reported.
‘We have always assumed that liking drives intake-we eat what we like and we like what we eat. But no one has actually directly bothered to connect these personality traits with intake of chili peppers,’ said Professor John Hayes from Pennsylvania State University, who led the study.
But before you look at the study, you should first know that “spicy” is not a taste, unlike sour, sweet, bitter and salty. It is, in fact, a burning sensation that you feel on the surface of your tongue. This got scientists thinking that maybe a love of spicy food is brought about by people’s longing for thrill, something they usually get from watching action movies or riding a roller coaster.
In the study, 97 participants, both male and female, were asked to fill out questionnaires about certain traits of their personality, for example, whether they like new experiences or tend to avoid risks. They were then given a glass of water with capsaicin, the plant chemical that makes a chili burn, mixed into it.
By comparing the answers to the questionnaire and what participants said they felt about the spicy water, researchers found that those who tended to enjoy action movies or take risks were about six times more likely to enjoy the spicy water.
Interestingly, we used to believe that the reason some people can withstand spicy food is that their tongues have become less sensitive to it. However, this latest study has found otherwise. “It’s not that it doesn’t burn as badly, it’s that you actually learn to like the burn,” Hayes explained.
1.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “loathe” in the second paragraph?
A. dislike B. fear
C. put up with D. adapt to
2.What did Professor John Hayes and his team discover from their study?
A. what we eat actually helps to develop our personalities
B. Males are more likely to enjoy spicy food than females
C. Those trying to avoid risks tend to be less interested in spicy food
D. People are wrong to treat spicy as a kind of taste rather than a feeling
3.Why do some people like spicy food according to the recent study?
A. Because their taste buds have become less sensitive
B. Because they love the burning sensation
C. Because they want to challenge themselves
D. Because the more they try spicy food, the less it burns
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. What he or she likes to eat mainly decides on his or her personality
B. That a person enjoys spicy food depends largely on the personality
C. His or her childhood experiences decide on his or her personality
D. His or her cultural background decides on his or her personality
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短文改错
Failure is common in our life. No one can avoid them. When we fail in doing something, we often feel very depressing. Sometimes failure can make us lose hearts. So no one are willing to fail. On the contrary, success can bring us sense of pride. If one enjoys his continuous success in his career, he will have confidence to himself. Therefore, failure is the mother of success. A failure doesn’t mean one can never be successfully. Those who are always afraid of failure they will never succeed. In a word, as long as we can get some lessons and experiences from our failure, we’ll be sure to succeed.
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Often，even a common thing of the past can ________ the image of life in the ancient time.
| A．describe | B．present | C．express | D．impress |
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What’s your opinion on spicy food? Some people cannot handle even the smallest amount of chili(辣椒)in their dinner while others can’t get enough of it.
Scientists have long been puzzled by why some people love chili while others loathe it. Plenty of research has been done on the subject, dating as far back as the 1970s. Previous results showed that a love of chili is related to childhood experiences, and cultural influences affect our taste buds, too. But the latest study has found that a person’s love of spicy food may be linked to his or her personality more than anything else, CBC News reported.
“We have always assumed that liking drives intake--we eat what we like and we like what we eat. But no one has actually directly bothered to connect these personality traits（特点） with intake of chili peppers,” said Professor John Hayes from Pennsylvania State University, who led the study.
But before you look at the study, you should first know that “spicy” is not a taste, unlike sour, sweet, bitter and salty. It is, in fact, a burning sensation that you feel on the surface of your tongue. This got scientists thinking that maybe a love of spicy food is brought about by people’s longing for thrill, something they usually get from watching action movies or riding a roller coaster.
In the study, 97 participants, both male and female, were asked to fill out questionnaires about certain traits of their personality, for example, whether they like new experiences or tend to avoid risks. They were then given cups of water with capsaicin, the plant chemical that makes chili burn, mixed into them.
By comparing the answers to the questionnaires and what participants said they felt about the spicy water, researchers found that those who were most inclined to enjoy action movies or take risks were about six times more likely to enjoy the spicy water.
Interestingly, we used to believe that the reason why some people can withstand spicy food is that their tongues have become less sensitive to it. However, this latest study has found otherwise. “It’s not that it doesn’t burn as badly, it’s that you actually learn to like the burn,” Hayes explained.
1.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “loathe” in the second paragraph?
A.dislike B.fear
C.put up with D.adapt to
2.What Professor John Hayes said means_________.
A.a love of chili is related to childhood experiences
B.cultural influences affect our taste buds
C.we eat what we like and we like what we eat
D.we ignore eating chili is related to our personalities
3.What did Professor John Hayes and his team discover from their study?
A.What we eat actually helps to develop our personalities.
B.Males are more likely to enjoy spicy food than females.
C.Those trying to avoid risks tend to be less interested in spicy food.
D.People are wrong to treat spicy as a kind of taste rather than a feeling.
4.Why do some people like spicy food according to the recent study?
A.Because their taste buds have become less sensitive.
B.Because they love the burning sensation.
C.Because they want to challenge themselves.
D.Because the more they try spicy food, the less it burns.
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.His or her parents’ diets decide on his or her personality.
B.The latest study shows whether a person enjoys spicy food depends largely on his or her personality.
C.His or her childhood experiences decide on his or her personality.
D.His or her cultural background decides on his or her personality.
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