In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and
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In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no 36 for stillness.
And when we are 37 to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often 38 something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, other will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re 39.
This comes at a 40 : we lose that time for 41 , for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And 42 yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get 43 done.
Take a moment to think about 44 you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering 45 checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always 46 through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your 47 ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be 48 . Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. 49 be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d 50 it to be. See your life with less move anent, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more 51 .
Then be that vision.
It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. 52 you’re gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too 53 . slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of 54 for it.
| 小题1: | | A．place | B．chance | C．freedom | D．time |
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| 小题2: | | A．forced | B．ordered | C．invited | D．told |
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| 小题4: | | A．familiar with | B．curious about | C．used to | D．interested in |
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| 小题5: | | A．cost | B．risk | C．moment | D．danger |
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| 小题6: | | A．play | B．food | C．sleep | D．consideration |
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| 小题7: | | A．further | B．worse | C．farther | D．deeper |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题9: | | A．how | B．where | C．why | D．whether |
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| 小题10: | | A．questions | B．problems | C．phones | D．messages |
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| 小题11: | | A．walking | B．rushing | C．stepping | D．going |
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| 小题12: | | A．school | B．youth | C．work | D．life |
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| 小题13: | | A．silent | B．patient | C．still | D．quiet |
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| 小题14: | | A．Nearly | B．Ever | C．Just | D．Already |
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| 小题15: | | A．like | B．decide | C．choose | D．need |
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| 小题16: | | A．activity | B．research | C．study | D．peace |
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| 小题17: | | A．Because | B．Until | C．Once | D．Unless |
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| 小题18: | | A．frequently | B．slowly | C．fast | D．quickly |
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| 小题19: | | A．asking | B．sending | C．calling | D．waiting |
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答案
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:C
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解析
小题1:D考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。我们没有时间（time）静下来。
小题1: A考查动词词义辨析。当我们被强迫（forced）静下来，是因为我们在等待什么或等待医生的预约或在公共汽车、火车上。
小题1: B考查动词词义辨析。我们常常能找到（find）事情可做。
小题1: C考查介词短语的含义。我们不习惯于（used to）静下来。
小题1: A考查名词词义辨析。这要付出代价（cost）。
小题1: D考查名词词义辨析。我们失去了思考（consideration）、观察和倾听的时间。
小题1: B考查副词的词义。还有更糟糕的（worse）是。
小题1: C考查代词的用法。你可能疯狂的四处奔跑，但什么都没（nothing）做成。
小题1: A考查宾语从句连接词的用法。考虑一下如何（how）度过你的日子。
小题1: D考查名词词义辨析。根据文意应为：读或回短信（messages）。
小题1: B考查动词词义辨析。此处rush through意为：仓促完成。
小题1: D考查名词词义辨析。你就想这样度过你的一生（life）吗？
小题1: C考查形容词词义。根据前文选still，这是返指法。
小题1: C考查副词的用法。只（Just）处在这静止的时刻。
小题1: A考查动词词义辨析。你喜欢你的生活是什么样子（like）的。
小题1: D考查名词词义辨析。根据前文可知应是：更加平和（peace）。
小题1: C考查连词的用法。一旦（Once）你习惯了这种做法。
小题1: C考查副词词义。当你感到心跳快的（fast）时候，你就深呼吸。
小题1: D考查动词词义辨析。寻找幸福而不是等待（waiting）它。
小题1: A考查动词词义辨析。珍惜（Value）宁静，它是一种财富，我们可以得到。 |
举一反三
No one wants to look stupid or do the wrong thing at a new job. It is important to make the right impression from the very first day. You will face new  people. You will be in a new place.
It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:
1. First impressions can last forever. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code (rules about what you can wear to work). If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.
2. Get to work on time. Give yourself an extra15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.
3. Pay attention to introductions. One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
4. Ask plenty of questions. Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.
5. Never be the first one to leave. Observe(观察) what your co-workers do around quitting time (下班时间). It does not look good for you to be eager to leave.
小题1: Before you arrive at work on the first day, you should __________.| A．dress in a right way | B．introduce yourself | | C．know your duties | D．know your co-workers well |
小题2:According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? | A．You should be the first one to arrive at work. | | B．You should ask your co-workers about your duties. | | C．You should not be eager to go back home after work. | | D．You are required to arrive 15 minutes earlier. |
小题3:According to the passage, your supervisor is most likely your _____________.| A．visitor | B．teacher | C．workmate | D．leader |
小题4:What is the best title for this passage?| A．Getting a New Job. | B．Tips on How to Work. | | C．The First-day Work. | D．The Importance of Co-workers. |
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While getting ready for school today, my 16-year-old daughter came into my room to give me a big hug an d kiss. I asked her, “What do you want?” She said, “36 Mum, you always tell us to have a good day 37 we leave the house, but I was 38 about who tells you to have a good day and lets you know how mu ch you are 39.”
I am so 40 by the capacity of love and understanding that 41 my children. My 15-year-old son asked me last night if there was a(n) 42 for him to get a summer job this year in order to help us to pay our bills. 43, in our area, he must be 16.
44 of my children depend on me so much because I am a 45 parent, but just when I pay the 46 that I will not be able to provide for them, they come up with ways to 47. I completely understand that I will 48 have to find a way to pay th e bills as I do not want my children to take up anything. But for now the 49 that they have stepped up and 50 to help without anyone asking touches me.
When my daughter was two, I remember rushing to get to 51, getting to the front door and asking her to 52 and come. Then she appeared at the door with a bag that she was holding open. I said, “We don’t have 53 for this.” She stopped me and said, “Fill it with love, Mum.” I 54 to my knees and hugged her and then kissed her. From then55 she would bring the bag and I would bring the love to the door before we left for school and work.
| 小题1: | | A．nothing | B．anything | C．something | D．everything |
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| 小题2: | | A．after | B．until | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题3: | | A．complaining | B．thinking | C．talking | D．quarreling |
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| 小题4: | | A．hated | B．punished | C．changed | D．loved |
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| 小题5: | | A．interested | B．surprised | C．touched | D．worried |
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| 小题6: | | A．comes from | B．goes to | C．agrees with | D．cares for |
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| 小题8: | | A．Happily | B．Unfortunately | C．Luckily | D．Generally |
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| 小题9: | | A．All | B．None | C．Both | D．Neither |
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| 小题10: | | A．single | B．strong | C．rich | D．noble |
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| 小题11: | | A．salary | B．gifts | C．books | D．bills |
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| 小题12: | | A．stay up | B．get up | C．help out | D．break down |
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| 小题13: | | A．already | B．still | C．even | D．yet |
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| 小题14: | | A．fact | B．reason | C．excuse | D．phenomenon |
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| 小题15: | | A．begged | B．managed | C．pretended | D．offered |
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| 小题16: | | A．church | B．shop | C．work | D．hospital |
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| 小题17: | | A．wake up | B．hurry up | C．turn up | D．look up |
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| 小题18: | | A．time | B．room | C．space | D．chance |
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| 小题19: | | A．dropped | B．lost | C．fell | D．missed |
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My wife passed away a few years ago, and I went through the worst time in my life. I even wanted to kill myself. Just for kids, I had to continue to live and work as small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland, and I was alone. Then they asked me to have a family trip.
On our trip, we turned on the TV at the motel and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. Seeing it falling down, I said to my kids: “I’m going to Afghanistan”. And a few weeks later, international Medical Corps sent me to set up 20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care. In these field clinics surrounded by frightening shoots or deadly bombs, we were eventually serving 27,000 patients a month in a very busy schedule. Tired and nervous, I gradually had a sense of achievement, a sense of purpose, and my depression went away.
In the years to follow, I went to Indonesia after the tsunami, Pakistan after the earthquakes, Sudan after the civil warm and Iraq after more and more bombs. Each time after disasters one after another, hundreds of people were killed, wounded and many more had to flee. We once set up movable clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees, and it was supposed to hold 13,000 originally. Flu broke out, one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps, and it spread like wildfire. Water and food were also serious problems. “Adventures or not?” I often asked myself.
When my wife passed away, I thought my life was done. But in reality, it was just getting started. At the end of her life, she went unconscious. I held her head in my hands and told her of all the places we would visit and the exciting adventures we would have.
I think about the moment many times during my “adventures”. I didn’t know how predictive those words would be. But I know that she is still with me.
小题1:Where has the doctor been in the past few years?| A．Some countries where he could set up clinics. | | B．Some African countries where flu broke out. | | C．The places where the earthquakes happened. | | D．The places that the horrible disasters struck. |
小题2:How would the doctor describe his life after he had worked in Afghanistan? | A．Tired and troublesome. | | B．Busy and risky. | | C．Meaningful and helpful | | D．Frightening and depressing. |
小题3:The underlined word “refugees” means people_______________.| A．who are robbed, killed, or wounded | | B．who suffer from flu in movable clinics | | C．who like to take adventures | | D．who have lost homes because of disasters. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．the doctor’s wife encouraged him to work in foreign countries. | | B．What the doctor said to his wife before her death became reality. | | C．The doctor’s adventures made him understand the love of his wife. | | D．With the true love of his wife, the doctor started to change his life. |
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If you"re into sports, you"ve seen it happen． You"ve probably even experienced it: basketball players shaking hands after four quarters of knocking each other around, tennis players leaping over the net to shake hands with their oppone nts （对手） after a hard-fought match, soccer players exchanging sport shirts after an intense 90 minutes, even boxers touching gloves at the beginning of each round, then hugging each other after beating each other into a pulp for 12 rounds． It seems like competitors in every event, from spelling bees to hockey, behave this way． What"s going on?
It"s all part of sportsmanship, a great tradition in sports and competition that means playing clean and handling both vict ory and defeat with grace, style, and dignity．
What is sportsmanship? Sportsmanship is defined as: playing fair, following the rules of the game, respecting the judgment of referees and officials, treating opponents with respect．
Some people define good sportsmanship as the "golden rule" of sports --- in other words, treating the people you play with and against as you"d like to be treated yourself． You demonstrate good sportsmanship when you show respect for yourself, your teammates, and your opponents, for the coaches on both sides, and for the referees, judges, and other officials．
But sportsmanship isn"t just reserved for the people on the field． Cheerleaders and fans also need to be aware of how they behave during competition． Sportsmanship is a style and an attitude; and it can have a positive influence on everyone around you．
Learning good sportsmanship mea ns finding that the positive attitude learned on the field carries over into other areas of life． At school, for example, you"re able to appreciate the contributions made by classmates and know how to work as part of a team to complete a project． You may enjoy more success at work as well, because a big part of learning good sportsmanship is learning to be respectful of others, including customers and co-workers．
小题1:The author introduces the topic of the passage by___________．| A．showing an interesting discussion | | B．comparing several sport events | | C．explaining some game rules | | D．giving some specific examples |
小题2: When players play clean, ____________．| A．they play in fresh air | B．they play in a skilled way | | C．they play within the rules | D．they play without hurting each other |
小题3:The purpose of writing this passage is to ____________．| A．advise readers to take some exercise | B．provide some basic sport knowledge | | C．show the meaning of sportsmanship | D．expect players to compete actively |
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What time is it？Most people are pretty accurate in their answer. And if you don’t know for sure, it’s very likely tha t you can find out. There may be a watch on your wrist; there may be a clock on the wall, desk, or computer screen; or maybe you’re riding in a car that has a clock in the dashboard .
Even if you don’t have a timepiece of some sort nearby, your body keeps its own beat. Humans have an internal clock that regulates (调节) the beating of our heart, the peace of our breathing, the discharge (排出) of chemicals within our bloodstream, and many other bodily functions.
Time is something from which we can’t escape. Even if we ignore it, it’s still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “who’s in charge？” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally.
By taking control of how you spend your time, you’ll increase your chances of becoming a more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote to your studies, the more time you will have to spend on your outside interests.
The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to permit us to make informed choices as to how we use our time. Rather than letting the day go by, largely without our awareness, what we are going to discuss next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes.
小题1:The underlined word “ally” in Para.3 most likely means somebody or something that is____________.| A．your slave and serves you | B．your supporter an helps you | C．un der your control and obeys you | D．under your influence and follows you |
小题2:The author intends to tell us that time __________.| A．could be regulated by a timepiece such as a clock or a watch | | B．could be managed by the internal clock by human bodies | | C．should be well managed for our own interest | | D．should be saved for outside interests |
小题3:In the next part, the author would most probably discuss with you ________.| A．how to keep up with the times | B．how to make up for lost ti me | | C．how to have a good time | D．how to make good use of time |
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