A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely und
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A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸张) will do no harm when it shows the person’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely.
A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. Youth however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.
小题1:The underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word ______ in meaning.| A．decoration | B．clarification | C．movement | D．identification |
小题2:It can be concluded from the text that ______.| A．people should be packaged at all ages | | B．people should be packaged in a special way | | C．elderly people also care about packaging | | D．proper packaging makes people attractive |
小题3:For the middle-aged, attractiveness ______ . | A．hardly exists | B．is the strongest | | C．comes from the inside | D．comes from the appearance |
小题4:According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ______.| A．dye your hair | B．make up at a young age | | C．follow the ageing process | D．give up fame and wealth |
小题5:The underlined sentence means that elderly people ______.| A．are usually packaged like a finely-made book | | B．experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life | | C．do a lot of traveling and can give you much information | | D．enjoy reading thick books about beautiful nature and fairyland |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:B |
解析
试题分析：人和商品一样也需要包装，适当的包装会让人更加有魅力，但是过度的包装会适得其反，实际上每个年龄阶段都有自己独特的美，所以作者认为我们要遵循变老的过程，和自然和谐。
小题1:猜词题：从第一段的句子：A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of 可知一个有技巧的包装纸知道怎么增加自然的美不用装饰，所以embellishment 相当于decoration，选A
小题2:细节题：从文章第一段的句子：so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely.可知适当的包装使人们更加有吸引力，选D
小题3:细节题：从第二段的句子：Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain.可知对于中年人来说：吸引力是来自于内在的，选C
小题4:细节题：从第二段的句子：Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness.可知如果你要和自然保持和谐应该遵循变老的过程，选C
小题5:句意理解题：从第二段的句子：这句话将老人比喻成一本厚厚的书，可知这句话是说老年人经历了很多，有丰富的人生知识，选B |
举一反三
My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation(甘蔗种植园) in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed(耕) the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox(牛), guiding him with a broomstick. For $ 1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks.
It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. I’ve never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didn’t want to work.
I was only six years old, but I was doing a man’s job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $ 18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem(自尊心), one of the most important things a person can have.
When I was seven, I got work at a golf course(高尔夫球场) near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed, so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dreamt of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.
The more I dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb(番石榴树枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field — except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.
小题1:The word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _______.| A．easy | B．boring | C．interesting | D．unusual |
小题2:The writer learned that_______ from his first job.| A．he should work for those who he liked most | | B．he should work longer than what he was expected | | C．he should never fail to say hello to his owner | | D．he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for |
小题3:_______ gave the writer self-esteem.| A．Having a family of eight people | | B．Owning his own golf course | | C．Bringing money back home to help the family | | D．Helping his father with the work on the plantation |
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What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I_____an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against _____of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not ______ have scored more than 80. ____, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him -- and he always _____ it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man____questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I"d prove myself a _____. In a world where I have to work with my ____, I"d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man_____.He had a habit of telling ____. One time he said, "Doe. a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man______some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made ______ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He ______ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk ______ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doe. the______man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. ______ do you suppose he asked for them?" I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, "Why, you fool, he used his ______ and asked for them. I"ve been ______ that on all my customers today, but I knew ______ I"d catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Dr. I knew you couldn"t be very______.
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
| 小题1: | | A．failed | B．wrote | C．received | D．chose |
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| 小题2: | | A．an average | B．a total | C．an exam | D．a number |
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| 小题3: | | A．always | B．possibly | C．certainly | D．frequently |
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| 小题4: | | A．Then | B．Thus | C．Therefore | D．Yet |
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| 小题5: | | A．fixed | B．checked | C．drove | D．changed |
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| 小题6: | | A．answered | B．practised | C．designed | D．tried |
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| 小题7: | | A．teacher | B．doctor | C．winner | D．fool |
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| 小题8: | | A．brains | B．effort | C．hands | D．attention |
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| 小题9: | | A．again | B．as usual | C．too | D．as well |
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| 小题10: | | A．lies | B．jokes | C．news | D．tales |
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| 小题11: | | A．bought | B．tested | C．found | D．needed |
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| 小题12: | | A．cutting | B．hammering | C．waving | D．circling |
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| 小题13: | | A．nodded | B．raised | C．shook | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．brought | B．packed | C．sent | D．sold |
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| 小题15: | | A．clever | B．other | C．right | D．next |
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| 小题17: | | A．imagination | B．hand | C．voice | D．information |
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| 小题18: | | A．trying | B．proving | C．practising | D．examining |
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| 小题19: | | A．for sure | B．at once | C．in fact | D．right now |
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| 小题20: | | A．clear | B．silly | C．slow | D．smart |
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Any day we wish；we can discipline ourselves to change it a11．Any day we wish；we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge．Any day we wish；we can start a new activity．Any day we wish；we can start the process of life change．We can do it immediately，or next week，or next month，or next year．
We can also do nothing．We can pretend rather than perform．And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable，we can remain as we are．We can choose rest over labor，entertainment over education，delusion(幻想)over truth，and doubt over confidence．The choices are ours to make．But while we complain about the effect，we continue to nourish(助长)the cause．
As Shakespeare uniquely observed，“The fault is not in the stars，but in ourselves．’’We created our circumstances by our past choices．We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today．
Those who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth .They need the whole truth .And the responsibility to nothing but the truth．
We cannot allow our errors in judgment，repeated every day，to lead us down the wrong path．
We must keep coming back to those basics that make the biggest difference in how our life works out．And then we must make the very choices that will bring life，happiness and joy into our daily lives .
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life—If you don’t like how things are，change it !You’re not a tree．You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life — and it all begins with your very own power of choice．
小题1:The first paragraph tells us that_________.| A．no one wants to be disciplined | | B．we often need some new knowledge | | C．taking activities does good to our health | | D．we want to change all the time |
小题2:We may conclude from the second paragraph that| A．whatever happens, we have to change ourselves | | B．people tend to nourish the cause of bad results | | C．whether we change or not depends on ourselves | | D．most choices we made are not good enough |
小题3:From Shakespeare’s words，we know________.| A．it is our duty to change for the better | | B．we complain a lot about our past choices | | C．sometimes we have to face the fate | | D．we should believe in ourselves in life |
小题4:In the author’s opinion，if。you want a good life，what you need most is_______.| A．self confidence | B．good choices | C．strong wills | D．the truth |
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When I was a small boy my family was very poor. My father always used his savings to my mother to visit her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the house. One evening Dad came home from and there was no food in the house, not a piece of bread. Although we were , my brother and I went to bed without eating anything.
My father had no money, but I knew from the on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He the house and about two hours later returned and quickly us up. He had in his hand two small potato pies, which he gave us to eat. I don"t know where he got the but somehow he to get us something to eat.
My father had not eaten and had worked all day he sat there with great satisfaction watching us eat. This has stayed in my mind and left more of an impression than any amount of he may ever have given me.
At that moment, I felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us .
I guess the I am trying to make is that in difficult times it is not to show weakness but strength and character. If a is the cement (粘合剂) that holds a family together, then the father is that strengthens that cement.
It is his values and and memories that have carried me forward and helped me to my own problems in life. In my own I have learned that it is the valuable time you spend with your children and the values you give to them that will remain with them always.
| 小题1: | | A．force | B．encourage | C．send | D．teach |
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| 小题2: | | A．hospital | B．work | C．school | D．shop |
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| 小题3: | | A．quite | B．just | C．only | D．even |
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| 小题4: | | A．nervous | B．hungry | C．sleepy | D．busy |
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| 小题5: | | A．worry | B．pleasure | C．disappointment | D．surprise |
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| 小题6: | | A．cleaned | B．observed | C．left | D．searched |
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| 小题7: | | A．brought | B．put | C．called | D．woke |
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| 小题8: | | A．chance | B．food | C．support | D．recipe |
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| 小题9: | | A．managed | B．decided | C．agreed | D．waited |
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| 小题11: | | A．normally | B．always | C．shortly | D．softly |
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| 小题12: | | A．cost | B．time | C．salary | D．money |
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| 小题13: | | A．suffer | B．know | C．leave | D．cry |
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| 小题14: | | A．decision | B．promise | C．point | D．apology |
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| 小题15: | | A．strange | B．important | C．difficult | D．common |
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| 小题16: | | A．father | B．brother | C．sister | D．mother |
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| 小题17: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题18: | | A．words | B．records | C．actions | D．failures |
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| 小题19: | | A．work out | B．carry out | C．run into | D．look into |
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| 小题20: | | A．opinion | B．home | C．order | D．turn |
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Have you ever heard the saying “If you want a friend, be one”?
Here is how a new teacher made friends with the girls and boys in her class on the first day of school. As the bell rang, the teacher smiled at each girl and boy. Then she said in a quiet voice, “Good morning. How nice it is to have all of you in my class this year. I"d like to know each of you. I am sure we will enjoy working together.” Everyone felt that she meant what she said because of her sweet voice and her friendly look.
She told the girls and boys her name and wrote it on the blackboard. Then she told them some of the things she liked to do and she was hoping to do with them during the year.
Then she said to the class, “Now you know my name and the things I like and I want to know your names and the things you like. Then I will feel that I know you.”
Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did?
One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to find out more about them. It is often easy to be friends with those people who have the same hobbies with you. You play the same games and go on journeys together.
You may find that some new comers in your class miss their old friends and feel strange and lonely. You can invite them to take a walk or to ride bikes with you. You will find many things in common to talk about. Just talking together in a friendly manner is one good way to make friends.
小题1:What does the underlined sentence “If you want a friend, be one” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．You may have a friend by doing everything for him. | | B．You can make friends by doing what a friend should do. | | C．If you want to have a friend, try to make one be your friend. | | D．When you need a friend, you have to be a friend of yourself. |
小题2:The teacher’s sweet voice and her friendly look _______.| A．made every girl and boy happy | | B．told the girls and boys everything about herself | | C．showed that she would like to be a friend of the girls and boys’ | | D．meant she wanted to tell the boys and girls something interesting |
小题3:A new comer will be your friend if __________. | A．he always thinks of his old friends | | B．you ask him to do something | | C．he knows you | | D．you talk with him in a friendly way |
小题4: If you want to make friends with others, which of the following shouldn’t you do?| A．Learn more about them. | B．Go on journeys together. | | C．Find out your differences. | D．Try to be the same as them. |
小题5:What is the best title for this passage?| A．How to Make Friends | | B．Teachers Can Make Friends with Students | | C．A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed | | D．How to Be Friends with New Comers |
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