I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I"ve that the
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I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I"ve that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that"s not all. One can never fully today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend Gable one afternoon at the actor"s home. She brought along her son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He he was racing those cars around a great track, which in was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It"s yours.”
The horrified mother . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn"t mean anything to me; it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
| 小题1: | | A．discovered | B．inferred | C．preferred | D．worried |
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| 小题2: | | A．spend | B．live | C．affect | D．enjoy |
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| 小题3: | | A．struggle | B．work | C．succeed | D．concentrate |
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| 小题4: | | A．story | B．fact | C．idea | D．figure |
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| 小题5: | | A．wrote | B．told | C．knew | D．heard |
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| 小题6: | | A．saw | B．recognized | C．met | D．visited |
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| 小题7: | | A．careful | B．small | C．lonely | D．clever |
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| 小题8: | | A．pretended | B．believed | C．insisted | D．suggested |
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| 小题9: | | A．fact | B．case | C．turn | D．need |
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| 小题10: | | A．cared | B．asked | C．won | D．looked |
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| 小题12: | | A．running | B．getting | C．pointing | D．shouting |
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| 小题13: | | A．shouted | B．noticed | C．suffered | D．breathed |
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| 小题14: | | A．selling | B．keeping | C．earning | D．sharing |
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| 小题15: | | A．special | B．comfortable | C．expensive | D．necessary |
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| 小题17: | | A．difficulties | B．events | C．failures | D．achievements |
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| 小题18: | | A．time | B．future | C．body | D．brain |
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| 小题19: | | A．idea | B．meaning | C．dreams | D．thoughts |
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| 小题20: | | A．obey | B．permit | C．wish | D．agree |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：过去的失败和过去的成功，究竟哪一个对我们的未来影响更大？在本文中作者用奥斯卡奖的获得者的例子告诉我们过去的成功更会影响我们未来的生活，因为过去的成功会让我们沉溺于温床，而忘记自己的未来。
小题1:A 动词辨析。A发现B推理C宁愿D担忧；我发现充分利用目前最好的方法就是不理睬过去的失败。
小题2:D 动词辨析。A花费B生活C影响D享受；但是当我们在考虑过去的成功的时候，我们也无法完全地享受现在的时光。告诉我们要想享受现在，既要放掉过去的失败，也要放掉过去的成功。
小题3:C 动词辨析。A努力B工作C成功D集中注意力；当人们躺在荣誉上的时候，永远都不会成功。
小题4:B 固定句式。The fact is that…实际上…；实际上有时候成功会比失败更阻碍我们的进步。
小题5:D 动词辨析。A写B告诉C知道D听说；我曾经听说过一个关于奥斯卡奖得主Clark Gable的故事。
小题6:D 动词辨析。A看见B认出C遇见D拜访；一个朋友到Clark Gable家里来玩，来拜访Clark Gable。
小题7:B 形容词辨析。A细心的B小的C孤单的D聪明的；本句是指这个朋友把的小儿子一起带了过来。
小题8:A 动词辨析。A假装B认为C坚持D建议；孩子假装在Clark Gable家里的客厅里玩赛车的游戏。
小题9:A 固定搭配。In fact实际上；in case以防；in turn依次，轮流；in need需要；实际上小孩子玩的游戏是绕着Clark Gable所获得大奥斯卡奖的奖杯。
小题10:C 动词辨析。A关心B请求C赢得D看；这个孩子玩耍的塑像正是Clark Gable所获得的奥斯卡奖杯。
小题11:B 动词辨析。A表演B离开C玩耍D等待；当母亲告诉孩子是应该离开的时候了，孩子就问Clark Gable是否可以带走这个奖杯，孩子以为这是一个他的玩具。
小题12:C 动词辨析。A奔跑B得到C指向D喊叫；孩子指着这个奖杯说：我可以带走这个吗？
小题13:.A 动词辨析。A喊叫B注意到C遭受D呼吸；Clark Gable同意孩子带走这个奖杯，但是孩子的妈妈大喊不能带走。因为这个奖杯太贵重了。
小题14:C 动词辨析。A出售B保持C赢得D分享；Clark Gable说让这个奥斯卡的奖杯在身边不意味着任何事情，重要的赢得奥斯卡奖。也就是不要靠在原来的功劳簿上。要忘记自己的成功。
小题15:B 形容词辨析。A特别B舒服C昂贵D必要；这位演员知道过去的成功是舒服的温床。会让人在上面舒服的休息，会影响我们的斗志。
小题16:.A 动词辨析。A休息B欺骗C停止D坐下；温暖的床会让人想再上面休息。
小题17:C 名词辨析。A困难B事件C失败D成就；为了从现在解放出来，你要学会从过去的失败中走出来。
小题18:B 名词辨析。A时间B未来C身体D思维；本句是一个对比，拿过去和未来进行比较，但是要想从未来的成功中出来我们会忘记过去的成功和失败吗？
小题19:C 名词辨析。A观点B意思C梦想D想法；我认为对未来的梦想要比过去的失败更重要。
小题20:D 动词辨析。A服从B允许C希望D同意；我同意未来的梦想要比过去的失败更重要，因为未来是我们生命中真正重要的方面。 |
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There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.
When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(钟爱). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.
But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”
They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然袭击）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.
Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.
“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.
小题1:When did the couple first meet?| A．In 1940. | B．In 1939. | C．In 1941. | D．In 1942 |
小题2:Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?| A．She is an environmentalist. | | B．She can’t afford a new one. | | C．She values the card very much. | | D．She doesn’t want to waste money. |
小题3:What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?| A．It was first given to Doris on a plane. | | B．It is usually kept in their cupboard | | C．It was made by hand by Mr. Ward. | | D．It is sent to Doris by post every year. |
小题4:By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means __________.| A．The card records their romance | | B．The card will still be used in future | | C．They both treasure the very card | | D．Their affections are still strong |
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Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact(接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?
It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry.
Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey （调查）by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.
Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.
Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.
小题1:The writer mainly _________ in this article.| A．tells us how to achieve personal space | | B．explains what personal space people need is | | C．introduces some knowledge about personal space | | D．argues for the importance of keeping personal space |
小题2:Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?| A．A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume. | | B．A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time. | | C．A person who hears strange noises when reading at home. | | D．A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him. |
小题3:What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?| A．People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before. | | B．People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times. | | C．There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs. | | D．Food service is better provided than seats on the plane. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses. | | B．If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated. | | C．People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space. | | D．Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space. |
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Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery game. To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X. If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables is going to be greater. So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money. Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period. This was a tough decision.
Finally, Sam flipped a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000. Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.
Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $110,000. And the insurance company for the little sports car"s owner sued Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn"t play the state lottery any more. He says it"s better to be unlucky.
小题1:When Sam won the second thing that he’d won in his life, he was ______. | A．25 years old | | B．six years old | | C．76 years old | | D．sixty years old |
小题2:To win the game, the contestants had to make ______ guesses. 小题3:Sam won the lottery because ______. | A．he was lucky | B．he was good at math | | C．he was smart | D．he was tough |
小题4:Sam’s experience shows that ______| A．everything has its time and that time must be watched. | | B．he who risks nothing, gains nothing. | | C．everything comes to him who waits. | | D．he who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday. |
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My name is Margaret. I have been a professional for twenty years. I’m always how sorrow and pain can bring such wonderful gifts as wisdom, patience and love. , we often get so caught up in the daily necessities and routines that we the very things that can bring us and teach us many valuable lessons.
I was hired to a very special lady. I was to prepare meals for her, make sure she took her medicine , do light housekeeping, and provide transportation to and from the market and her doctor’s appointments. All of these were important and necessary so that she could remain . Our focus was just that - her to remain living independently.
It was on a cold rainy night. She turned her little head and smelt her
pillow after she had got into bed. I observed tears running from her eyes. She said, “It’s been such a long time since I’ve had sheets; I love the of fresh clean sheets. I couldn’t the sheets myself anymore. Thank you so much for changing my sheets. ”
Such a simple as smelling clean sheets brought such great joy to her life. That was the day I unconditional care. The next day we sat down and what was important to her, what she liked, and how she had done things all these years. I never knew how much I would enjoy and learn from her her life experiences with me. She was the sunshine in my life.
I’m so for the lessons I have learned - the lessons I almost because I forgot to slow down to look and see the beauty that was right in front of me.
| 小题1: | | A．teacher | B．doctor | C．coach | D．caregiver |
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| 小题2: | | A．worried | B．confused | C．amazed | D．interested |
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| 小题3: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Though |
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| 小题4: | | A．value | B．admire | C．acquire | D．ignore |
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| 小题5: | | A．wisdom | B．joy | C．knowledge | D．wealth |
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| 小题6: | | A．care for | B．look for | C．call up | D．pick up |
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| 小题7: | | A．constantly | B．happily | C．properly | D．immediately |
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| 小题8: | | A．lessons | B．tasks | C．meals | D．gifts |
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| 小题9: | | A．calm | B．confident | C．comfortable | D．independent |
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| 小题10: | | A．helping | B．forcing | C．persuading | D．advising |
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| 小题11: | | A．also | B．even | C．still | D．just |
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| 小题12: | | A．new | B．clean | C．expensive | D．beautiful |
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| 小题13: | | A．style | B．size | C．smell | D．color |
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| 小题14: | | A．make | B．repair | C．change | D．buy |
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| 小题15: | | A．pleasure | B．success | C．offer | D．desire |
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| 小题16: | | A．needed | B．learned | C．took | D．got |
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| 小题17: | | A．dealt with | B．took up | C．carried out | D．talked about |
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| 小题18: | | A．sharing | B．comparing | C．discussing | D．recalling |
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| 小题19: | | A．famous | B．sorry | C．anxious | D．thankful |
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| 小题20: | | A．accepted | B．missed | C．understood | D．gained |
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A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was treated as the apple of their eyes.
One morning, when the boy was around two years old, the husband saw a bottle open. He was for work, so he the wife to cap the bottle and put it in the cupboard. The mother, in the kitchen, totally the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and went to it and, fascinated with its color, drank it all. It to be a poisonous medicine meant adults in small dosages. When the child fell down, the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was shocked; she was . How would she her husband?
When the father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. What do you think those four words were? The husband just said, "I You Darling", which is totally .
Yet, the father did the very right thing. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no in finding fault with the mother. , if only he had taken time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened. No point in attaching . She had also lost her only child. What she at that moment was comfort and sympathy from the husband. That is what he her.
Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who"s to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know and miss out on the in human relationships we could receive by giving each other support.
| 小题1: | | A．medicine | B．milk | C．juice | D．beer |
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| 小题2: | | A．early | B．soon | C．late | D．punctual |
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| 小题3: | | A．asked | B．demanded | C．begged | D．forced |
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| 小题4: | | A．concerned | B．enjoyed | C．fixed | D．occupied |
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| 小题5: | | A．remembered | B．reminded | C．forgot | D．recalled |
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| 小题6: | | A．carefully | B．playfully | C．personally | D．physically |
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| 小题7: | | A．occurred | B．happened | C．used | D．seemed |
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| 小题9: | | A．finally | B．nearly | C．possibly | D．immediately |
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| 小题10: | | A．terrified | B．encouraged | C．embarrassed | D．touched |
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| 小题11: | | A．face | B．scold | C．call | D．inform |
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| 小题12: | | A．kind-hearted | B．broad-minded | C．heart-broken | D．good-natured |
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| 小题13: | | A．Miss | B．Hate | C．Support | D．Love |
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| 小题14: | | A．acceptable | B．respectable | C．unexpected | D．understandable |
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| 小题15: | | A．point | B．wonder | C．use | D．need |
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| 小题16: | | A．Instead | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
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| 小题17: | | A．praise | B．sadness | C．blame | D．insult |
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| 小题18: | | A．thought | B．needed | C．required | D．learnt |
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| 小题19: | | A．gave | B．owed | C．treated | D．left |
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| 小题20: | | A．peace | B．warmth | C．coldness | D．balance |
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