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One of the more common and destructive mental tendencies I"ve seen is that of focusing on what we want instead of what we have. We want this or that. If we don"t get what we want, we keep thinking about all that we don"t have and we remain dissatisfied. If we do get what we want, we simply recreate the same thinking in our new circumstances. So, despite getting what we want, we still remain unhappy. Happiness can"t be found when we are yearning (向往,渴望) for new desires. Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have. Rather than wishing you were able to take a vacation to Hawaii, think of how much fun you have had close to home. The list of possibilities is endless! Each time you notice yourself falling into the "I wish life were different" trap, back off and start over. Take a breath and remember all that you have to be grateful. When you focus not on what you want, but on what you have, you end up getting more of what you want anyway. If you focus on the good qualities of your spouse (配偶), she"ll be more loving. If you are grateful for your job rather than complaining about it, you"ll do a better job, be more productive, and probably end up getting a raise anyway. If you focus on ways to enjoy yourself around home rather than waiting to enjoy yourself in Hawaii, you"ll end up having more fun. If you ever do get to Hawaii, you"ll be in the habit of enjoying yourself. And, if by some chance you don"t, you have a great life anyway. Make a note of yourself to start thinking more about what you have than what you want. If you do, your life will start appearing much better than before. For perhaps the first time in your life, you"ll know what it means to feel satisfied. | |||
1. Why did the author say that focusing on what we want is destructive? | |||
A. If we don"t get what we want, we remain dissatisfied. B. If we do get what we want, we simply recreate the same thinking. C. If we desire what we want, we would be unhappy. D. All of the above | |||
2. How do you understand the underlined expression "I wish life were different" in the second paragraph? | |||
A. Focusing on what you want. B. Focusing on what you have. C. Focusing on ways to enjoy yourself around home. D. Focusing on being able to take a vacation. | |||
3. The passage implies that ______. | |||
A. getting what we want, we would be happy B. if we focus on what we have, we would have a better life C. it is more fun than you have had close to home D. focusing on what you want, you end up getting more of what you have anyway | |||
4. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage? | |||
A. If we focus on what we want, we may remain dissatisfied and unhappy. B. Changing our thinking from what we want to what we have would make you happy. C. Focus on the good qualities of your wife, she"ll be more loving. D. It is more fun to around home than taking a vacation to Hawaii. | |||
阅读理解。 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 | |||
Facebook (a social networking service) makes it far too easy to make new friends-Unfortunately, reality is not like that. 1 The difference here is that we don"t get to choose our families; friends, on the other hand, are picked, selected and developed through our life. It is quite funny how your best friends know exactly what your are thinking without even telling them. 2 This friend"s sixth sense is something that takes time to develop through many long-lasting experiences that your go through. I was once asked: which one would be the worst thing, to lose all your loved ones or to lose all your friends? 3 I believe that I couldn"t live a day if I had lost all my friends. Respect, loyalty (忠诚), and support are few of the qualities that will form a good friendship. There are many others for sure, but it is enough for you to get these. 4 The ability to trust someone and therefore, be trusted, can be only built with a lot of effort and time. I hate that ugly Facebook"s message "Add to your friends?" It is like a friends was something that you could simply add to your "portfolio (文件夹)" without feeling. 5 | |||
A. My answer was certainly the latter. B. This is definitely not the way to make friends. C. This is not something that happens overnight. D. Life without friends is just like soup without salt. E. We need friends to help us when we meet with difficulties. F. Trust is also one of the major features of a good relationship. G. Friends sometimes are just as important to us as our families. |