| A. Decide to Be Happy B. Lower Your Expectations C. Learn to Enjoy the Moment D. Look for the Good in Everything E. Let People Deal with Their Own Problems F. Focus More on What You Can Control Than on What You Can"t |
| 1-5: ABEFD |
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| Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future and for motivating yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality. The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to get in life. By knowing exactly what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate your efforts. You"ll at a quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course. More than this, properly-set goals can be incredibly motivating, and as you get into the habit of setting and achieving goals. You"ll find that your self-confidence builds fast. Goal setting techniques are used by top-level athletes, successful business people and achievers in all fields. They give you long-term vision and short-term motivation. They focus your acquisition of knowledge, and help you to organize your time you"re your resources so that you can make the very most of your life. By setting sharp, clearly defined goals you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind (苦差事). By setting goals you will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your ability and competence in achieving the goals that you have set. Goals are set on a number of different levels:First you create your "big picture" of what you want to do with your life,and decide what large-scale goals you want to achieve. Second you break these down into the smaller and smaller targets that you must hit to reach your lifetime goals. Finally, once you have your plan, you start working down to the things you can do today. Start moving towards them so that you can achieve your goals step by step. |
| 1. The underlined word "lure" in paragraph 1 can be replaced by _______. |
| A. take B. manage C. arrange D. promise |
| 2. In order to feel a sense of achievement, you should _________. |
| A. turn a long pointless task into what you like B. compare what you have done with your goals C. predict progress you hope to make in advance D. set specific goals and manage to achieve them |
| 3. What is the last paragraph mainly about? |
| A. The way to create the ideal of future B. The different types of personal goals C. The process of setting personal goals D. The different levels for lifetime goals |
| 4. What is the best title for the passage? |
| A. Self-confidence Tips B. Personal Goal Setting C. How to Achieve Success D. Different Levels of Goals |
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| Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been h anded to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you." but you knew you had missed the mark. Why do presents sometimes go wrong? And what do your choices (good and bad) reflect about your personal qualities? Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe. It calls for empathy -the ability to put yourself into someone else"s head and heart. We"re all able to do this; in fact, we"re born with a kind of natural empathy. After the earliest period of childhood, however, it needs to be reinforced (加强) by our parents, teachers, friends. When it isn"t, we"re not able to understand other people"s feelings as sharply. This can show in the gifts we select, and so can many other emotional qualities. Think back to the presents you"ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping, and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world. Of course, you may express yourself differently with different friends, relatives, and other people you know. We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Ignoring the tradition won"t make it go away. If you really dislike such a tradition, tell your friends ahead of time. |
| 1. The underlined expression "you had missed the mark" means "you had failed to ______". |
| A. make her feel better B. keep your friendship C. receive a present in return D. get the expected effect |
| 2. Which of the following is the main idea of the second paragraph? |
| A. Natural empathy needs to be reinforced. B. Emotional changes influence one"s choice of gifts. C. Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with. D. Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers. |
| 3. In the third paragraph, the author tells us that ______. |
| A. attention should be paid to the receiver"s responses B. one learns from what he did in the past C. the choice of gifts reflects one"s emotional qualities D. one should spend more time choosing gifts |
| 4. The best possible title for this passage is "______". |
| A. Ways of Choosing Gifts B. An Important Tradition C. Exchanging Presents D. Message in a Gift |
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| Competition. It"s a simple word, yet a very complex word that covers many angles when it comes to how gasoline prices are determined. It seems so easy to explain, but don"t let that trick you-it"s incredibly difficult to explain and adequately understand. Say you"re on a Sunday afternoon drive, and notice a gas station near you charging $3.50. Down the road a few miles, that price could easily be 10 or more cents higher or lower. The question is "how" or "why" is that? Think of it this way. Are you more likely to get a better deal on a car if there are two similar car dealers next to each other? Perhaps, because the dealers are too close. Say there is a third similar car dealer miles away. Is he going to be at the same level of competition and sell his cars for the same price as the two dealers next to each other? Likely not. He may charge more or less. Maybe people don"t know there are two other dealers down the road. Maybe the dealer is almost outside of the city and the land value isn"t as high, so his taxes aren"t as high. These situations do take place at gas stations. And more factors can impact what a station will charge. Timing can greatly impact what price a station charges as well! Many motorists fail to realize that the price a station pays for gasoline changes daily. If one station gets lucky and buys gas on Monday and the cost goes up Tuesday, the station that bought on Monday doesn"t necessarily have to raise prices like the station that bought on Tuesday. Maybe the station that got caught buying for a higher price on Tuesday will pass that higher cost on by raising its gas price. Perhaps the difference is what brand the station is-branded stations usually pay a slightly higher cost for their gasoline. In return for paying a higher cost, those stations are guaranteed first supply in case of emergency situations. Independent stations don"t pay as much, but aren"t guaranteed supply. While competition sounds easy to understand, there are always a large number of factors that could influence what one station charges. Keep in mind how many variables (变数) there are next time you fill up. |
| 1. What could be the best title for the passage? |
| A. How Competition Impacts Gas Prices B. Gas Prices Go Up or Down C. Competition---a Very Complex Word D. We Can"t Stress Enough the Need for Competition |
| 2. The example of car dealers is used to show ________. |
| A. car prices are determined by car dealers B. location is an important factor in pricing C. the quality of service matters most D. dealing strategy should be flexible |
| 3. The gas prices of a station always change partly because _______. |
| A. a gas station always wants to charge more B. the gasoline is in great demand C. the cost of the gas the station buys varies daily D. gas is in greater need on Monday |
| 4. According to the passage, branded stations _______. |
| A. spend less money on their gasoline B. have more staff than independent stations C. charge less for high quality oil D. offer a steady oil supply |
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| Free On-line Short Stories For Kids: Trevor The Taxi In this children"s story, suited to younger children, we have an adventure with Trevor. He is a taxi. Trevor loves his life: "Sometimes he takes patients to the nursing home, where they can get better after being ill, and sometimes he takes people home when they have been shopping, and Stan puts all their packages inside Trevor"s boot, so they will not get wet or broken." The black cab, in this adventure, goes far beyond the call of duty whilst he achieves his wildest dreams! What could this be? Well you will just have to read this short story for yourself! Free On-line Short Stories For Kids: The Girl Who Believed In Fairies The fairy queen is upset and the elves just don"t know what to do: "Oh , oh ," sobbed the queen, getting her hankie all wet with her constant crying. For the twelfth time that day, Elgie the chief elf took her hankie and wrung it out on to the carpet of grass that grew all around the palace." How will they manage to help the queen? Why was she so unhappy? There is only one person that can help! Can she do it? This is a lovely fairy tale that will glow the embers of your heart - only for young little princesses! Free On-line Short Stories For Kids: The Envious Kings This story is suitable for 6 years and upwards. Unfolding in the story pages of this recommendation is a children"s story about two kings who were competing with each other: "In spite of the easy life that the two kings had, they were not happy, for each of them kept thinking that the other one had a bigger and better palace, or owned more horses, or had more jewels or even had creamier milk." They were both petty and, through their envy, they caused themselves much trouble. Who do you think saved the day? Well, you will just have to read the story to find out! Free On-line Short Stories For Kids: The Wise Old Woman This story is probably suited to the 8 years old age range and upwards, although would appeal to adults, alike. Here I introduce you to one of my kids on-line stories listed on the writing and literature section of Hubpages. In this parable you will find a magical world of wisdom involving trees, people and someone very special. "As she stood and watched, the knowledge melted into her and the sapling grew...The magical transition took her breath away and as she watched on with ore, she noticed something strange." So, what was this strangeness and magical transition? Let me leave you with wonderment ... and a click of the link! Free On-line Short Stories For Kids: Unusual Stories - Faffenburger"s Odyssey This story is probably more suited to the older child. So who is Faffenburger? Well with one of these free on-line short stories for kids, we enter into a different realm. A world of nonsense as Faffenburger moves within alpha and omega. This is a rather unusual story as you will find out! "My friend, Henry Faffenburger stomped down the long lane on his short stumpy legs, moonlight glancing off his bald-spot, which was a little surprising as there was no moon that night. As he rounded the bend, he saw a pair of headlights coming toward him. They drew level, and stopped. A small man with yellow eyes emerged from the darkness behind the lights, and enquired if Faffenburger would like a lift. "Where are you going ?" asked my friend. "Wherever you want to go", replied the owner of the yellow eyes." So, the adventure begins! Where will they go? Alpha, Omega or just the middle? After all, it was a long summer - especially the middle! Take a closer look at this - you might find something a little more strange and a little more hidden that you have noticed before. Intrigued? Well you should be with Faffenburger"s Odyssey! |
| 1.Which story is more well-received by young girls? |
| A.Trevor The Taxi B. Faffenburger"s Odyssey C.The Wise Old Woman D. The Girl Who Believed In Fairys |
| 2.You can find the description of a night scene in _______? |
| A.The Envious Kings B.The Girl Who Believed In Fairies C.The Wise Old Woman D. Faffenburger"s Odyssey |
| 3. According to the passage, the kings in "The Envious Kings" can be described as_______? |
| A. Jealous B. powerful C. rude D. ugly |
| 4.Who will most probably find the passage useful? |
| A. parents with children B. children who love to surf the Internet C. teachers in high school D. experts who concern children |
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| Half of the world"s population is affected by Asian monsoons (季风), but monsoons are difficult to predict. American researchers have put together a 700-year record of the rainy seasons, which is expected to provide guidance for experts making weather predictions Every year, moist (潮湿的) air masses,known as monsoon,produce large amounts of rainfall in India, East Asia, Northern Australia and East Africa. All this wet air is pulled in by a high pressure area over the Indian Ocean and a low pressure area to the south. According to Edward Cook, a weather expert at Columbia University in New York, the complex nature of the climate systems across Asia makes monsoons hard to predict. In addition, climate records for the area are too recent and not detailed enough to be of much use. Therefore, he and a team of researchers spent more than fifteen years traveling across Asia, looking for trees old enough to provide long-term records. They measured the rings, or circles, inside thousands of ancient trees in more than 300 places. Rainfall has a direct link to the growth and width of rings on some kinds of trees. The researchers developed a document they are calling a Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas. It shows the effect of monsoons over seven centuries, beginning in the 1300s. Professor Cook says the tree-ring records show periods of wet and dry weather. "If the monsoon basically fails or is a very weak one, the trees affected by monsoons at that location might put on a very narrow ring. But if the monsoon is very strong, the trees affected by that monsoon might put on a wide ring for that year. So, the wide and narrow ring widths of the chronology that we developed in Asia provide us with a measure of monsoon variability." With all this information, researchers say they can begin to improve computer climate models for predicting the behavior of monsoons. "There has been widespread famine and starvation and human dying in the past in large droughts. And on the other hand, if the monsoon is particularly heavy, it can cause extensive flooding." said Eugene Wahl, a scientist with America"s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "So, to get a sense of what the regional moisture patterns have been, dryness and wetness over such a long period of time in great detail, I would call it a kind of victory for climate science." |
| 1.What"s the passage mainly about? |
| A. The effects of Asian monsoons. B. The necessity of weather forecast. C. The achievements of Edward cook. D. A breakthrough in monsoon prediction. |
| 2. It is difficult for experts to predict Asian monsoons because _______. |
| A. it is hard to keep long-term climate records. B. they are formed under complex climate systems. C. they influence many nations. D. there is heavy rainfall in Asia. |
| 3. What can be inferred from the passage? |
| A. Long and detailed climate records can offer useful information for monsoon research. B. The Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas has a monsoon record for about 1,300 years. C. The trees affected by monsoon grow fast if the monsoon is weak. D. The rainfall might be low although the monsoon is strong in monsoon-affected areas. |
| 4. According to Professor Cook, the rings of the trees _______. |
| A. determine the regional climate. B. have a great influence on the regional climate. C. offer people information about the regional climate. D. reflect all kinds of regional climate information. |
| 5. What do we know about the research according to Eugene Wahl? |
| A. It is a great achievement in climate science. B. It should include information about human life in the past. C. It has analysed moisture models world wide, D. It will help people prevent droughts and floods. |
| 6. Which of the following best describes the tone of this passage? |
| A. Matter-of -fact B. Pessimistic C. Humorous D. Friendl |