阅读理解。 Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and short

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     Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize
that the seeds of success were  planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power
to make those seeds grow.
     The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the human mind. Success is a choice
and not a chance. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
      You cannot be successful without first developing your self esteem(自尊). Your level of
self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself,
and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem do not believe that they have any power, or
responsibility for their lives. They are leaves tossed(摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with
any sudden change in the weather.
      You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible
for whatever happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident while successful
people realize that they are responsible.
     Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause,we can control the effect.
We are responsible for what we consciously choose to accept and believe. Thoughts and beliefs cause
everything. Our attitudes and actions are a result of habits ingrained in us over a period of time. One
generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our
success depends upon our level of confidence. We are responsible for either reinforcing  (强化) good
habits or kicking bad habits and consciously replacing them with consistently practiced good habits.
      If you associate with positive-thinking people ,you are definitely going to achieve success. On the
contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding , planting , and  nurturing (培育)   the
seeds that contain future victory , born from setbacks.
     In short,in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are
responsible. Once you recognize this , accept it, and firmly believe it,you are on the road to success.

1. People with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they_________. A. are ready to change their minds
B. are easily affected by windy weather
C. don"t have the power to face their fate
D. can"t exercise control over themselves2. Losers would think that____________.    A. success is the result of hard work
B. working hard will lead to success
C. their failure is only because of bad luck
D. they don"t make efforts to succeed3. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that____________.   A. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes
B. developing confidence is the key to future success
C. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind
D. setting our expectations is essential before taking action4. The last paragraph serves as ___________.   A. the proof of the author"s points
B. the conclusion of the argument
C. an introduction to another topic
D. a comparison between two views5. Which is the best title for the text?________.A. Success is a choice
B. The secrets of success
C. Develop our confidence
D. How to achieve success

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完形填空。                                                 If I Were a Boy Again
     If I were a boy again.I would practice perseverance(毅力)more often,and never give
up a thing.If we want__1__,we must conquer(征服)darkness.Perseverance can sometimes
__2__genius in its results."There are only two__3__,"says a proverb,"Who can surmount
(到……顶)the pyramids-the eagle and the snail."
     If I were a boy again,I would school myself into a habit of__4__；I would let nothing
come between me and the subject in hand.I would remember that a good skater never
tries to skate in two__5__at once.
     The habit of attention becomes part of our__6__,if we begin early enough.I often hear
grownup people say,"I could not__7__attention to the book,although I wished to do so"．
The reason is that the habit was not__8__in youth.
     If I were to__9__my life again,I would pay more attention to the cultivation(培养)of
the__10__.It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately,but memory
soon__11__itself,and gives very little trouble.It only needs early__12__to become a power.
     If I were a boy__13__,I"d cultivate courage.Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage；
nothing is so cruel and pitiless as cowardice(怯懦)．Life is very much like a__14__:If you
smile upon it,it smiles back upon you；but if you frown(皱眉)and look doubtful on it,you
will get a__15__look in return.
     Finally,if I were a boy again,I would look on the cheerful side.I"d still try harder to make
others happy.(     )1．A.success
(     )2．A.explore
(     )3．A.creatures
(     )4．A.attention
(     )5．A.ways
(     )6．A.perseverance
(     )7．A.focus
(     )8．A.formed
(     )9．A.enjoy
(     )10．A.lifestyle
(     )11．A.loses
(     )12．A.habit
(     )13．A.over again
(     )14．A.fire
(     )15．A.familiar

B．hope
B．equal
B．birds
B．studies
B．feet
B．result
B．gather
B．got
B．plan
B．memory
B．helps
B．education
B．over there
B．song
B．similar

C．light
C．overcome
C．persons
C．customs
C．shoes
C．genius
C．give
C．schooled
C．live
C．personality
C．wastes
C．cultivation
C．over and over
C．poem
C．different

D．freedom
D．bury
D．heroes
D．mind
D．directions
D．life
D．pay
D．gained
D．consider
D．perseverance
D．takes
D．courage
D．again and again
D．mirror
D．bad

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阅读理解     As the United States continues to argue over the future of the illegal immigrants traveling across its
borders ,I went on a joumey to discover what hardships people crossing the border from Tijuana, Mexico must face.  I worked at a soup kitchen, where I came into contact with many poor citizens who had
recently arrived in Tijuana. One of the people I served was a Guatemalan named Juan , who washed cars
for low pay in the US. After we spoke for 10 minutes,Juan introduced me to his girlfriend,a local stripper who offered to give me a free lap dance if I ever decided to visit the club across the street. I certainly didn"t need to respond to this.
     I also visited a shelter for the recently deported and those who have recently arrived in Tijuana from other Mexican states. Tijuana is home to more than l.5 million people and is populated by many migrants who
arrive and leave mostly for reasons of unemployment. Having dinner at the shelter,l talked with those who planned to stay the night. Seated at my table was a man in his 40s. He had recently been deported from
Los Angeles for not having the proper legal documentation. The only belongings he carried with him were
a few clothes and an album filled with pictures of his wife and three daughters in Los Angeles. I was
surprised by how open he was in sharing his story. I feel bad for not learning his name before I left.
Returning to my country on the final day of my trip awakened a strange feeling inside me.
    I went on this trip with an open mind and heart and was given the chance to communicate with so many
different people that I wouldn"t have met in my everyday life. I felt guilty for taking so many things for
granted, while people a few hundred miles away are already satisfied with the simpler things that they have.1. The strange feeling inside the writer is that_________.

A. he didn"t value the chance to communicate with those people in the shelter
B. he didn"t discover enough hardships the deported experienced
C. he took many things f"or granted
D. so many Mexican people should be refused to enter the US

2. From the selection we know that_________.A. the writer served soup the anyone arriving in Tijuana
B. the United States has decided to take in more immigrants
C. Tijuana has a population of 1.5 million
D. Juan"s girlfriend was a dancing girl3. The illegal immigrants met with the following hardships FXCEPT_________.A. having to be strippers
B. getting low pay
C. finding no work
D. being deported4. We can infer from the selection that__________.

A. washing cars in the US brings in low pay
B. the write showed little interest in strip dancing
C. Juan wasn"t open-minded at all
D. the writer got a real lesson from his journey

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阅读理解。     A brief act of kindness brings an unexpected insight (领悟).I was shopping at a department store and
had just boarded the clown escalator (电动扶梯) when I noticed a woman standing to the side. She
looked about 65, and her expression told me she was scared. I turned toward her and asked, “Do you
need help?"
     As the escalator continued moving, I heard the woman reply softly, “I’m afraid." There was a hint of
doubt in her voice. "Want me to come back and get you?" I called to her. She nodded. But by the time I
reached her, the woman had reconsidered. "I don"t think I can do it", she said.
     I was suddenly aware that I had made a far greater investment than I expected. "I know we can do
it," I said. "I can hold on to you." She looked down at the beast (庞然大物). Then her eyes came
back to mine, looking doubtful "This has never happened to me before," she said, as much to herself
as to me. I felt that her sudden fear had to do with the escalator"s mechanical nature, its basic inhuman
untrustworthiness.
     I took her arm. "Shall we?" She made a little sound of alarm as we stepped on, but we"d passed the
point of no return. She relaxed slightly as the stairs moved us downward. "I don"t understand this at all,"
she said. As we neared the bottom, her grip (紧握) tightened again, but we did fine. "I"m so grateful."She
began. "It was nothing," I said. "I was happy to do it.
     "Happy? Yes. I do very little to help others. I am busy caring for a family and working full time. For
a brief moment, I had a flash of insight into why someone would become a nurse or a social worker
or a priest. When I helped the woman, I felt pure and whole, purposeful. It was a happier moment than
I"d had in weeks.1. Why did the old woman look scared at first? Because ______.A. she was afraid to talk to strangers.
B. she didn"t dare to go down the escalator.
C. she couldn"t carry her heavy things downstairs.
D. she felt she might be robbed of her things.2. What does the sentence "I don"t think I can do it" imply? The old woman couldn"t ______.A. hold on to the escalator.
B. give the author a hand.
C. accept the author"s help.
D. afford to buy necessary things.3. We know from the text that the old woman ______..A. bought so many things.
B. was very thankful to the author.
C. couldn"t go out shopping alone.
D. believed in the author from the beginning4. The author learned from the experience that ______.A. she should become a social worker.
B. she should first perform her own duties well.
C. the most important was to understand each other.
D. people needed other people"s help in the society.

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