阅读理解。 When you are little,it"s not hard to believe you can change the world.
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When you are little,it"s not hard to believe you can change the world.I remember my
enthusiasm when,at the age of 12,I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit."I am
only a child," I told them."Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on
ending poverty and finding environmental answers,what a wonderful place this world
would be.At school you teach us not to fight with others,to work things out,to respect
others,to clean up our mess,not to hurt other creatures,to share,not to be greedy.Then
why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do.You grownups say you love
us,but I challenge you,please,to make your actions reflect your words."
I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation.Some of the people even
cried.I thought that maybe I had reached some of them,that my speech might actually
spur (刺激) action.Now,ten years from Rio,after I"ve sat through many more conferences,
I"m not sure what has been achieved.My confidence in the people in power and in the
power of an individual"s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.
When I was little,the world was simple.But as a young adult,I"m learning that as we
have to make choices-education,career,lifestyle-life gets more and more complicated.
We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful.We are taught that
economic growth is progress,but we aren"t taught how to seek a happy,healthy way
of living.And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12
was idealistic and naive (天真的)．
Today I"m no longer a child,but I"m worried about what kind of environment my
children will grow up in.I know change is possible,because I am changing,still figuring
out what I think.I am still deciding how to live my life.The challenges are great,but if
we accept individual responsibility and make choices,we will rise to the challenges,
and we will become part of the positive tide of the change.I hope this goal will be
met through our common efforts.Thank you all.
B．find environmental answers and show off
C．focus people"s attention on some social problems
D．find a wonderful place and clean it up
B．A cold and unfriendly welcome.
C．An expression used for greeting.
D．Great applause or cheering.
B．a personal lecture
C．cause and effect
D．listing steps in a process
B．He is an impolite man.
C．He is a man of great worries.
D．He is a man of social responsibility.
答案
举一反三
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.For often,achieving what you
__1 __to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a__2 __hole behind their house.As they were working,a couple of older
boys stopped by to__3 __.
"What are you doing?"asked one of the visitors.
"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers__4 __excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh,__5 __the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was__6 __.After a long__7 __,one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders,worms and a wide variety of insects.He__8 __the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑)__9 __.
Then he said quietly and__10__,"Even if we don"t dig all the way through the earth,look what we have
found along the way!"
Their__11__was far too ambitious,but it did__12__them to dig.And that is what a goal is for-to cause us to move in the__13__we have chosen；__14__to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully__15__.Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship will
endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be completed.
Not every dream will be__16__.
But when you__17__your aim,perhaps you can say,"Yes,__18__look at what I found along the way!
Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"
It is in the__19__that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey,in the end,that truly__20__.
( )2. A.wide
( )3. A.watch
( )4. A.whispered
( )5. A.expressing
( )6. A.unnecessary
( )7. A.silence
( )8. A.folded
( )9. A.volunteers
( )10. A.confidently
( )11. A.idea
( )12. A.make
( )13. A.decision
( )14. A.as a result
( )15. A.achieved
( )16. A.predicted
( )17. A.correspond to
( )18. A.but
( )19. A.searching
( )20. A.regards
B. deep
B. discuss
B. commented
B. explaining
B. impossible
B. intention
B. covered
B. hunters
B. curiously
B. thought
B. expect
B. feeling
B. in other words
B. absorbed
B. grasped
B. head for
B. so
B. digging
B. proves
C. large
C. introduce
C. lectured
C. telling
C. unbelievable
C. recreation
C. removed
C. contributors
C. immediately
C. goal
C. cause
C. chance
C. now and then
C. controlled
C. realized
C. live up to
C. and
C. arranging
C. occurs
D. shallow
D. instruct
D. volunteered
D. arguing
D. incorrect
D. imagination
D. deleted
D. visitors
D. strictly
D. belief
D. force
D. direction
D. all the way
D. decided
D. depended
D. fall short of
D. or
D. discovering
D. matters
naturalist Richard Mabey."Personality shapes your view of the season," he said."You may see it as a fading away,a packing up (结束),or as a time of packing in another sense-the excited gathering of resources
before a long journey."
If this is true,perhaps it tells us a little about,for instance,Thomas Hood,the 19th century English poet.
About November,he wrote:
No warmth,no cheerfulness,no healthful ease
No shade,no shine,no butterflies,no bees
November!
On the other hand,another English poet John Keats,already sensing he was seriously ill,was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language,To Autumn.He wrote
to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about it.
According to Richard Mabey,Keats has the biological evidence on his side.Autumn is not a time of
slowing down,but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures.For example,just at the
moment that Keats"s "gathering swallows" (in To Autumn) are departing for Africa,millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland,Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain.According to scientists,before falling,the leaves transfer their chlorophyll (叶绿素) and
carbohydrates into the woody parts of the tree for safekeeping over winter.What remains are the natural
antioxidants (防老剂) in the leaves:the yellow and orange carotenoids (类胡萝卜素),and another
protective chemical specially produced for autumn,the brightred anthocyanin (花青素)．High color is not a signal of deterioration (退化) and decline,but of detox (排毒的) ability and good health.
A century after Keats,the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal:"Suppose we saw ourselves burning like maples in a golden autumn,and that we could disintegrate (分解) like autumn leaves...dropping their substance like chlorophyll.Would_not_our attitude_towards death_be_different?"
B. he missed the shining summer days very much
C. he had a negative attitude towards autumn
D. he enjoyed butterflies and bees very much
B. Fearful.
C. Doubtful.
D. Realistic.
B. they can"t get enough water from the woody part
C. chlorophyll and carbohydrates have been lost through leaves
D. chlorophyll and carbohydrates have come back to the woody part.
B. Man is different from autumn leaves,which will come again the next spring.
C. Man should treat death calmly,just like autumn leaves fall to the ground.
D. Man should have a positive attitude towards death,quite different from autumn leaves.
Innocence is such a precious gift. It"s explained as freedom from guilt or wrong doing. Just
imagine never having to worry about anything and having a guilt-free mind. Some people wish
to save this kind of innocence from being lost from childhood to adulthood.
What would the world be like if innocence were never lost? One way it would benefit
humanity is the lack of hatred (仇恨) among the world. During youth, there may be an occasional
argument, even a little physical fight, but nothing like firing a handgun at a fellow human being.
And children are blind towards the racial differences of others. A kid will hang out with any
other kid. It is the lack of innocence and the ignorance we learn from adults that influence
children otherwise. Another benefit is the constant desire for fun and adventure. With very little
if any time at all for fun, the adventurous mind is lost in time with the responsibilities placed upon
adults. If innocence were kept alive, these ambitions would never depart from our lives.
However, other people actually hate the idea of innocence lasting for ever. They feel that the
lack of organization and mental power of those with innocence would cause extremely destructive
consequences to society in general. A large number of individuals would never have the urge to
learn, work, and act upon the necessary needs for humanity to survive. Without a proper
education which is usually provided by those who no longer live in a world of innocence, people
would not have the desire to succeed, get a good job in life, or provide income for their families,
which
would hurt the lives of children.
The lack of a good education and career would also harm the economy. As long as
innocence is kept alive, no one would be terribly angry at the lack of effort people put out in
the workplace, resulting in a strong decline(减少) in production and quality of needed goods.
Maybe it is wrong in wanting to save innocence. It sure is a nice thought, though. Perhaps
innocence was meant to be lost. It was god"s will to make things the way they are, and there
is a good purpose for everything. All that remains to be said about innocence is to enjoy it while
it lasts.
B. criticized
C. accepted
D. encouraged
B. there would be no racial discrimination
C. there would be more happy families
D. people would realize their childhood dreams
B. mental ability
C. adventurous ambitions
D. needed goods
CP:Central PointP:PointSp:(次要点)C:Conclusion
asked me the question,"Who said life was going to be fair,or that it was even meant to be fair
?" Her question was a good one.It reminded me of something I was taught as a youngster:life
isn"t fair.It"s a disappointment,but it"s absolutely true.One of the mistakes many of us make is
that we feel sorry for ourselves,or for others,thinking that life should be fair,or that someday
it will be.It"s not and it won"t be.
One of the nice things about surrendering (屈从) to the fact that life isn"t fair is that it keeps
us from feeling sorry for ourselves by encouraging us to do the very best we can with what we
have.We know it"s not "life"s job" to make everything perfect:it"s our own challenge.Surrendering
to this fact also keeps us from feeling sorry for others because we are reminded that everyone is
dealt a different hand；everyone has unique strengths and problems in the process of growing up,
facing the reality and making decisions；and everyone has those times that they feel unfairly treated.
The fact that life isn"t fair doesn"t mean we shouldn"t do everything in our power to improve our
own lives or the world as a whole.To the contrary,it suggests that we should.When we don"t recognize
or admit that life isn"t fair,we tend to feel pity for others and for ourselves.Pity,of course,is a selfdefeating
emotion that does nothing for anyone,except to make everyone feel worse than they already do.When
we do recognize that life isn"t fair,however,we feel compassion (热情) for others and for ourselves.And
compassion is a heartfelt emotion that delivers lovingkindness to everyone it touches.The next time you
find yourself thinking about the injustices of the world,
try reminding yourself of this very basic fact.Youmay be surprised that it can make you out of selfpity and into helpful action.
B．it made him recall something during his childhood
C．like his friend,he also thought life was unfair
D．he learned something from the question as a youngster
B．it"s nice
to surrender to lifeC．we should not feel sorry for everything
D．we should not surrender to life
B．positive
C．selfpity
D．indifferent
B．A Good Question:Why Life Isn"t Fair
C．Do Our Best to Improve Ourselves
D．Surrender to the Fact That Life Isn"t Fair
likely the answer will be "goals". Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. So what
motivates you? Why are you in college? If you are in college because that"s what your parents want, you
may find it difficult to motivate yourself. Sure, it"s possible to succeed with someone else providing the
motivation for you. ("If you graduate from college, I"ll give you a car!" or worse "If you don"t graduate
from college, you won"t get a car.") But motivation that comes from within really makes the difference.
Certainly, you need some intelligence, knowledge base, study skills, and time management skills, but if
you don"t have motivation, you won"t get far. Think about this analogy. You have a car with a full tank of
gas, a well-tuned engine, good set of tires, quadraphonic CD system, and a sleek, polished exterior(外表). There it sits. This car has incredible potential. (Have you heard that before?) However, until a driver sits
behind the wheel, puts the key in the ignition(点火装置), and cranks it up, the car doesn"t function. You
guessed it; the KEY is MOTIVATION.
Interest is an important motivator for a student. So is a desire to learn. When you link these two things together, you create success. Often success in an endeavor leads to more interest and a greater desire to
learn, creating an upward spiral(螺旋形) of motivation toward a goal you have established.
So be honest with yourself. Are you genuinely interested in being in college? Have you set realistic
goals for yourself? How can you develop the internal motivation that really counts? When it comes to
motivation, KNOWING is not as important as DOING.
Why does the writer give the example of a car in the second paragraph? B. Because a good car motivates some college students to study harder.
C. Because a good car is a symbol of being a success.
D. Because motivation leads people to success like it starts a car.
motivation?
B. Internal motivation outweighs external motivation.
C. Internal motivation and external motivation has equal importance.
D. External motivation is enough for people to achieve success.
__________?
B. the desire to learn
C. the knowledge of motivation
D. the sense of success
tever they are doing.B. To motivate college students to set goals for their college life.
C. To imply that the less motivated college students quit the college.
D. To call on parents to give up their over-protection of their children.
B. You needn"t attend college if you are really not interested in it.
C. You should work harder to win praise from others.
D. Honesty is the best policy to solve problems in your life.
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