| Title | The power of independent will |
| Theme | Independent will makes self-management (1) ____ . |
| Reasons | The example given to (2) power of independent will is amazing. Power of independent will helps to make one"s (3) every day. (4) is very important to develop our independent will. It"s our ability to have our promises made and (5) . |
| Suggestions | Effective managers should know (6) should be done first. Effective managers with discipline should (7) to their promises. |
| (8) | You (9) your deep values. Your feelings and moods are able to be (10) . |
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| I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching (紧握) at one another"s hands for reassurance. They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up huddled (聚在一起) round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thusandsuch a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (蚕茧) into a larger_cocoon. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today"s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don"t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come-with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really counts. 1. In this passage, the author wants to tell ________. A. teenagers to try to pursue their real selves B. readers to try to be popular with people around C. parents to try to control and guide their children D. people to try to understand and respect each other 2. The author disapproves of rebelling teenagers ________. A. growing away from their parents B. following the popularity trend C. walking a new way on their own D. turning to their friends for help 3.The phrase "larger cocoon" at the end of the second paragraph refers to ________. A. the distractive and variable society B. the dazzling music world C. the parental care and love D. the popularity wave in the society 4. What does the author think of advertisements? A. Convincing. B. Instructive. C. Influential. D. Authoritative. | |
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| Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy.Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable occupations.Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs.Even judges are softer on attractive defendants(被告).But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability. While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were thought as having more integrity than plainer men；effort and ability were thought to account for their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones；their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives.Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of attractive overnight successes. Why are attractive women not thought to be able?An attractive woman is thought to be more feminine and an attractive man more masculine(有男子气概的)than the less attractive ones.Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine positio n appears to lack the"masculine"qualities required. This is true even in politics."When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, "says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates.She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness.The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices.They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men, but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes. 1.The underlined word "liability"(in Para.1)most probably means "________". A. misfortune B. instability C. disadvantage D. burden 2. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness________. A. reinforces(加强)the feminine qualities required B. makes women look more honest and capable C. is of primary importance to women D. often enables women to succeed quickly 3. Bowman"s experiment reveals that when it comes to politics, attractiveness________. A. turns out to be an obstacle to men B. affects men and women alike C. has as little effect on men as on women D. is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women 4. It can be inferred from the passage that people"s views on beauty are often________. A. practical B. prejudiced C. oldfashioned D. pessimistic |