The quest for success always begins with a target. As Berra once said, "You got

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The quest for success always begins with a target. As Berra once said, "You got to be very careful if you don"t know where you"re going, because you might not get there."
Too many people wander through life like sleepwalkers. Each day they follow familiar routines, never asking, “What am I doing with my life?” and they don’t know what they’re doing because they lack goals.
Goal-setting is a focusing of the will to move in a certain direction. Begin with a clear conception of what you want. Write down your goals and date them—putting them into words clarifies them. Rather than concentrating on objects to acquire and possess, focus on fulfilling your desires to do, to produce, to contribute—goal-setting that yields the true sense of satisfaction we all need.
It’s important to visualize（想象）yourself accomplishing your goal. While losers visualize the penalties（不利）of failure, winners visualize the rewards of success. I’ve seen it among athletes, statistics contrasting air and highway safety, but it made no difference. I had read too many articles describing crash scenes and imagined these scenes vividly. I had programmed myself, without realizing it, to stay off planes.
Then one summer I had the opportunity to fly on a private plane with friends to a resort；I didn’t want to miss out on a great vacation. So I spent two weeks imagining a smooth flight on a beautiful sunny day and an easy landing.
When the day arrived, I was eager to go. To everyone’s surprise, I got on the plane and I loved every minute of it, and I still use the techniques I employed that day.
68．According to the passage, if you want to be successful, the first thing for you to do is _______.
A．find the right methods     B．be careful about everything
C．know your ability           D．have a clear goal
69．If you have a target, you will ________.
A．wander like a sleepwalker       B．know well what you are doing
C．do the same work every day    D．put it into words
70．The problem with the author before he overcame his fear of air travel is that ______.
A．he didn’t know air travel is safer than highway travel
B．he couldn’t imagine himself accomplishing his goal
C．he read too much about plane crashes and tried to avoid flying
D．he wanted to take a private plane instead of a public one
71．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Define Your Coal                  B．Visualize Rewards of Success
C．Overcome the Fear of Air Travel    D．Sleepwalking Through Life

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68-71 DBCA

解析

—本文论述了一个人追求成功的话总是由设定一个目标开始的，有了人生追求的目标，你才会迷失前进的方向。
68．细节理解题。文章第一段第一句说追求成功总是由设定一个目标开始的。
69．推理判断题。文章第二段第二句话许多人不知道自己在做什么是因为没有目标，反之可推断一个人有了自己的目标之后，他就会清楚自己在做什么。
70．判断理解题。由第四段倒数第二句可知答案。
71．主旨大意题。全文作者在论述人的一生中应该有明确的目标，这样你才不至于迷失方向而碌碌无为。

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Working AT home is increasing in popularity as a means of escaping from nine-to-five office life. Why work under the constant watch of your boss when you can work in front of the TV in your carpet slippers? Armed with all the office essentials—telephone, computer, e-mail and fax, many workers believe they can work as effectively as their colleagues in the office. Being able to work wherever you like: from a busy city to a beautiful village, and make working from home an attractive choice, you can even work on a canal boat, like one Internet firm in the Midlands, US.
So what will become of the office of tomorrow? I believe it is likely that many could disappear into cyberspace. To minimize office overheads in inner-city areas, companies will apply a workforce made up of a network of home workers linked by an advanced communication and information system. A central processing computer would be controlled by the manager who sends out work schedules and oversees the activity of each employee.
As a successor to the Web Cam, a video screen would be created, as the need for more natural form of interaction than e-mail or telephone becomes greater. Capturing the mood and expressions of work colleagues, managers would have the ability to view several employees at once on their screen. Employees would be encouraged to feed any information that may be useful to fellow workers into the computer to make the company work more effectively. As the company"s life blood, the computer would contain a record of all conversations and correspondence for future reference, and hold confidential information such as accounts in password protected areas. In the office of tomorrow, with daily life captured in detail, the case for firing employees could be more clear cut.
6．The first paragraph mainly focuses on _________.
A. the office to working at home                       B. preference to working at home
C. working effectively in the office                    D. one Internet firm in the Midlands, UK
7．The office of the future will be ________.
A. in space                                                      B. a network
C. in inner-city areas                                        D. a central processing computer
8．In Paragraph 2, the word “ oversee” probably means “_________”.
A. overlook                  B. organize                   C. make out                  D. watch over
9．A video screen would be built because _________.
A. the Web Cam needs it                                          B. it is useful to fellow workers
C. e-mail or telephone is out of date                   D. managers can clearly spot employees
10．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. You can get accounts without password.
B. Computers would record workers’ blood types.
C. You can get informationg of your fellow workers easily.
D. Firing employees in the office of tomorrow could be largely reduced.

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Prisoner Mitchell King had a visitor— his wife. King was serving a six-year prison term in Auckland, New Zealand for armed robbery. But his wife didn’t want to be away from him for that long. So they held hands and they stuck. She’s rubbed her palms with super glue.
Their new-found closeness was short-lived. And their separation painful. Her technique is not one I"d recommend(introduce) for a closer relationship.
But if you want more closeness; if you desire relationships that are deeper and broader, more meaningful and longer-lasting, then remember the word "TRAVEL."
T is for TRUST. Trust is the glue that holds people together (not Super Glue). A relationship will go nowhere without it.
R is for RESPECT. "Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead; speak them rather now instead," writes Anna Cummins. It"s about respecting others and letting them know that you value them.
A is for AFFECTION. Sometimes affection means love. Sometimes it means a touch. Always it means kindness.
V is for VULNERABILITY(harm). Though we may feel afraid to let another too close, no relationship will go anywhere without risking vulnerability. Entrepreneur Jim Rohn says, "The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy." And the love.
E is for EMOTIONAL INTIMACY(亲密). Learn to be open. Learn to communicate freely. What kinds of relationships you make are largely determined by how openly you have learned to communicate.
L is for LAUGHTER. Victor Borge got it right when he said, "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." It"s also the most enjoyable.
For relationships that can really go somewhere, just remember the word "TRAVEL." Then enjoy the trip!
6．The author intends to _________ by showing us the example in Paragraph One.
A. condemn the wife for her silly behavior
B. introduce new ways for closer relationships
C. tell us King and his wife would never be separated
D. encourage us to follow the wife’s technique
7．The underlined word “it” in Paragraph Four refers to?
A. Trust.                      B. Glue.                       C. Closeness.                D. TRAVEL
8．Which of the following agrees with what Jim Rohn says?
A. Walls should be built to keep out the sadness.
B. It’s unnecessary to avoid vulnerability for closer relationships.
C. Love will be kept out if you let another too close.
D. We shouldn’t let another too close because of vulnerability.
9．What does Victor Borge really mean by his word in the ninth paragraph?
A. Laughter will keep the shortest distance.
B. Laughter will make a closer relationship.
C. No relationship will go without laughter.
D. Laughter is necessary to make friends.
10．What would be the best title for this passage?
A. Relationships.                                       B. The story of a prisoner.
C. A technique for good relationships.         D. Tips on closer relationships.

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Alcohol is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a sign of friendship．So it is    36   to see people toasting with a large glass of alcohol to the health or fortune.   37  , every year, alcohol also ruins thousands of lives and destroys many happy families .
Some people drink alcohol to   38    their tension or pain. They   39   think that through drinking, they can   40    from their problems and worries. But it is never a   41  ．During those hours of drinking, alcohol only numbs（麻木）their senses and makes them forget their worries.   42  , when they wake up, their problems are still unsolved .
A   43   alcohol drinker is running the great   44  of getting heart diseases and liver（肝脏）failure. Too much alcohol taken into the body system, death will    45   occur. Alcohol also affects unborn babies    46  . Those pregnant mothers with    47    alcohol in their blood system risk    48  their unborn babies to suffer from defects（缺陷）at birth.     49   , babies are innocent victims due to their mothers’ mistake. Therefore they should be extremely cautious of any alcohol and it is better to    50   all drinking during pregnancy(***期).
Drunken driving is one of the worst   51   of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost due to   52   driving on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distance   clearly and will find it difficult to control his vision and   53    on the road，so he    54    control over his reflexes. That is    55   accidents occur. Not only does he hurt himself but also other innocent road users.
36.A.normal                 B.common             C.ideal                  D. regular
37.A.Accidently            B. Fortunately        C.Excitedly           D. Unfortunately
38. A. relieve                      B.increase              C.create                 D.produce
39. A.usually                B.surely            C. mistakenly            D. aimlessly
40. A.differ                  B. solve                 C. cancel              D. escape
41. A. success               B. solution            C. fact                  D. decision
42. A. However             B. Meanwhile        C. So                   D. Besides
43. A. social                 B. heavy                  C. addicted           D.light
44. A.advantages           B.possessions         C.risks                  D.measures
45. A. eventually           B. probably           C.hardly                D.strongly
46. A.anxiously            B. disastrously          C. extensively        D.differently
47. A. proper                B.little                  C. excessive           D.no
48. A. causing              B.making                     C. having              D.protecting
49. A.Above all             B.First of all          C.All in all           D. After all
50.A. run out                      B.leave out            C. cut out             D.carry out
51.A. reasons                      B. causes              C. effects              D. examples
52. A. drunken             B.normal               C.careless              D. dangerous
53.A. patience              B.emotion             C. judgement         D.imagination
54.A.manages to           B.tries to               C.refuses to           D.fails to
55.A.when                    B.what                  C.where            D. how

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Safety in the highway is not totally out of hands. Here are four ways we can protect ourselves when we travel.

You are safer in a large car. People in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people traveling in large cars. Factories of small cars are strengthening their products’ safety, which helps. But the mix of large cars and small cars on the road is the main reason of the problem.

Being thrown into glass and metal car parts, or being thrown from the car, can really damage to you. That’s why safety belts should be worn. The safety belt’s main purpose is ___________if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object, or if it rolls over. A belt can reduce the chance of fatal injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%.

Air bags are important. More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. Air bags provide protection in frontal（正面的）crashes—the type of crash that kills the most drivers—when they are also wearing safety belts. Most people are demanding air bags in the cars they buy. But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes; effective as they are, they can’t take the place of safety belts.

Drunk driving crashes are less likely to happen if you don’t drink. Drunk driving is the most serious problem. Many people have realized that drunk driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and other results. There are movements to strengthen penalties（处罚） for drinking and driving.
1. What is the main idea of the passage? （Please answer within 10 words.）

2. Which of the sentences in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Although they are effective, you should still wear your safety belts while driving.

3. Please fill in the blank with proper words to make the sentence completed.（Please answer within 6 words.）

4. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

6. What other suggestions can you offer? Why?（Please answer within 30 words.）

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You may say it’s just a slip of the tongue. But as a senior official and a well-educated person, a professional who is supposed to be expert at using words shouldn’t have made such a remark like “Why did only two teachers commit suicide?” We use “only” to emphasize（强调） how small an amount is or how unimportant the matter is. When talking about death toll, such a word as “only” should never be appropriate.
Of course, it seems unfair to put all the blame on her, especially about the suicide of any individual. We should never indirectly encourage any self-destructive behaviour by making finger-pointing remarks afterwards. Any sensational accusation may help spread a very wrong message which will lead to even more copycat（模仿他人行为者）cases.
As expected, Professor Li has spoken out in her defence, saying that her remarks concerning the two suicides had been taken out of context, adding that she is a caring and warm-hearted person.
However, a seemingly “caring and warm-hearted person” without enough political sensitivity can hardly make a good government official. Mr. Tung used to be described as kind and selfless, but being kind is not enough. It is misleading to say such characteristics as kindness and devotion make somebody fit or capable.
Last time, her saying that students were the least qualified to criticize the Chief Executive had led to much criticism. Then she apologized. This time, a much more widespread furore（公众的***动） has been brought. Again, she apologized. How many times is she going to apologize before she is willing to step down?
We need a more diplomatic（外交的） person to calm teachers, students and parents alike.
1. The purpose of the passage is to _____.
A. encourage teachers to commit suicide
B. criticize professor Li

C. put stress on the official’s remarks
D. show her dissatisfaction with the senior official
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The official used improper words in her remarks.
B. The senior official’s apologies were not sincere.
C. Nobody could comfort the people.
D. The professional tried to mislead the people to continue their suicide.
3. The author thought ________.
A. the official was very fit for her office

B. the official used the word “only” not by mistake
C. it was quite right to blame the official
D. the official won’t make such mistakes any more
4. From the passage we can infer that ______.
A. the officials’ remark led to more suicide committing
B. the official was a sensitive politician
C. the official believed the students had rights to talk about the Chief Executive
D. professor Li showed favor to the official

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