阅读理解。 Weight-consciousn

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                                                          Weight-consciousness
     For many years, I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it.
     Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing their body will fix everything.
Perhaps their worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved, being special, and being
cherished. We fantasize (幻想) about what it will be like when we reach the long-awaited goal. We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last ,we find ourselves there.
     But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be
different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting
happiness, self-worth, and of course, love.
     It took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty
standards vary with cultures. InSamoa, a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs morethan
200 pounds. More importantly, if it"s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on
the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us strive (努力 ,奋斗 ) hard to change our body,
but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with others and
cherish ourselves.When we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes.

1. The passage tries to make the readers realize the importance of      _________.    A. the body size
B. cultural differences
C. the attitude toward life
D. different beauty standards 2. The underlined word " everything" in the second paragraph    means"_______".   A. all the problems
B. all the efforts
C. the whole world
D. the total truth3. What can be inferred about the author?   A. The author is a Samoan.
B. The author succeeded in losing weight.
C. The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.
D. The author once was troubled by her/his weight.4. According to the author, the common view of those who lost some    weight first and gained it back later is that______.    A. they feel angry about the regained weight
B. they don"t care about the regained weight
C. they feel optimistic about future plans on weight control
D. they think they should give up their future plans on weight control

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阅读理解。     I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people
make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals on
successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had died " full of years", as the Bible
would say. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence(吊唁) calls on the
two families on the same afternoon.
     At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故的)woman said to me, " If only I had sent my
mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It"s my fault
that she died." At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, " If only I hadn"t
insisted on my mother"s going to Florida, she would be alive today.. that long airplane ride, the sudden
change of climate, was more than she could take. It"s my fault that she"s dead."
     You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action
they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course-keeping Mother at home, putting off
the operation-would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There are seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing
need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for
everything that happens that leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist
and where they exist only in our minds.
     The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens , especially the bad things
that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believe that
every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.
     A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen
in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone
comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him , and when he is wet, people change him.
Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.1. What is said about the two diseased elderly women?A. They lived out a natural life
B. They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride
C. They weren"t used to the change in weather.
D. They died due to lack of care by family members2. The author had to conduct the two women"s funerals probably because ______.A. he wanted to comfort the two families
B. he was an official from the community
C. he had great pity for the deceased
D. he was minister of the local church3. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because _____.A. they couldn"t find a better way to express their sorrow
B. they believe that they were responsible
C. they had neglected the natural course of events
D. they didn"t know things often turn in the opposite direction4. According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that_____.A. everything in the world is predetermined
B. the world can be interpreted in different ways
C. there is an explanation for everything in the world
D. we have to be sensible in order to understand the world5. What"s the idea of the passage?A. Life and death is an unsolved mystery.
B. Every story should have a happy ending.
C. Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.
D. In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away

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阅读理解。     Do you know what Fear and Faith have in common? Fear believes in a negative future. Faith
believes in a positive future. Both believe in something that has not yet happened. So I ask you, if
neither the positive nor negative future has happened yet then why not choose to believe in the positive
future?
     I believe during these challenging times we have a choice between two roads: the positive road
and the negative road. And our bus can"t be on two roads at the same time. So we have to make a
choice and this choice determines our belief about the future and the attitude and actions we bring
to the present.
     I"m not saying we shouldn"t have any fear. There are times when fear is a gift. A healthy dose(剂量)
of fear causes us to examine our situation and plan for the future. It moves us to smell the cheese and
expect change. When used wisely it allows us to manage risk and make better decisions. Some fear
is good.
     However, what I have observed lately is a supersized, huge dose of fear that is spreading the
hearts and minds of far too many people. This oversized fear is causing leaders and their organizations
to either act unreasonably or to not act at all. They are either hurrying in a million different directions
because of fear. In both cases, fear is leading them to take the negative road to failure.
     The answer is the positive road paved (铺满) with faith and a belief that your best days are not
behind you but ahead of you. With this belief you make the right choices and actions today that will
create your positive future tomorrow. You stay calm, focused and committed to your purpose. You
look for ways to save money and cut costs without making unreasonable fear-based decisions that
sacrifice your future success. You identify opportunities in the midst of the challenges and you focus
on solutions instead of problems.
     Your faith and belief in a positive future leads to powerful actions today. The future has not
happened yet and you have a say in what it looks like by the way you think and act. Fear or Faith.
     The choice is yours.1. According to the passage, we can know that ________.A. Fear and Faith have nothing in common
B. both Fear and Faith trust something in the future
C. neither negative nor positive future will happen
D. people usually choose to believe in the positive future2. What does the writer mean by saying "our bus can"t be on two roads"?A. We usually choose the negative road
B. We should choose the positive road
C. We must choose either a positive or negative road
D. Our belief about the future depends on our choice3. Which of the following about "Fear" is true?A. We should have fear because it is a gift.
B. Reasonable fear helps to plan for future.
C. Fear can bring cheese and risk to people.
D. Leaders usually have oversized fear.4. If we have faith in future, we will ________.A. have the best days ahead of us
B. be committed to saving money
C. stay away from any challenges
D. take powerful actions today5. What does the writer intend to tell us in the passage?A. Fear is closely related to faith.
B. Life is full of fear and faith.
C. We should have faith in a positive future.
D. Wrong decisions sacrifice our future success.

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完形填空。     While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light
outside my door was burned out and I had   1    finding the keyhole. When I    2   to open the door,
I   3    around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was    4   installed... but no
switch!
     Not discouraged easily, I remembered    5    a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage    6
  in the day. I found the bed in the    7   and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing    8 ! I
thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the   9
    to find another lamp. So I   10 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring!
I finally stumbled(跌跌撞撞地走)around  11 I found a desk lamp which actually  12 !
     That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world   13   be and how necessary
light is! But even more necessary than   14   light is the light that shines from people --the light of  15
and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and  16   place. For someone today just may
be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in   17    of some light. So let your light shine.
Whatever light you  18   may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is
  19 a candle in a forest remember -- there isn"t enough darkness in all the world to   20   the light of
one small candle.(     )1. A. confidence
(     )2. A. managed
(     )3. A. touched
(     )4. A. already
(     )5. A. equipping
(     )6. A. later
(     )7. A. light
(     )8. A. happened
(     )9. A. machine
(     )10. A. wound
(     )11. A. after
(     )12. A. helped
(     )13. A. can
(     )14. A. mental
(     )15. A. existence
(     )16. A. lonely
(     )17. A. short
(     )18. A. make
(     )19. A. not more than
(     )20. A. put out      B. respect
B. failed
B. felt
B. never
B. producing
B. earlier
B. dark
B. operated
B. street
B. forced
B. until
B. affected
B. shall
B. psychological
B. love
B. colourful
B. favour
B. offer
B. other than
B. give out     C. admiration
C. wished
C. sensed
C. still
C. spotting
C. lower
C. room
C. fired
C. room
C. made
C. while
C. worked
C. will
C. electrical
C. truth
C. friendly
C. face
C. take
C. no more than
C . get over    D.  difficulty
D. meant
D. looked
D. once
D. removing
D. upper
D. corner
D. developed
D. car
D. lost
D. since
D. inspired
D. must
D. physical
D. wisdom
D. complex
D. need
D. contribute
D. rather than
D. set up

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阅读理解。     Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above
are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all
good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us to wrong ways.
     My ideal(理想的) friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below-he has no
bad likings, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality(节俭). He studies hard so as not to
waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects
his teachers and shares feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word,
he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. With his help I am free
from all difficulties,
     Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the
existence of the word "failure".1. This passage tells us _      _  .    A. how to make friends with others
B. how the writer" s friend helps him
C. what kind of person the writer"s friend is
D what kind of person we should make friends with2. An ideal friend means          .A. a true friend
B. a false friend
C. an imaginary friend
D. an excellent friend3. From the passage we can learn that             .    A. the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other
B. the writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend
C. the writer"s ideal friend has a lot to learn from him
D. the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend4. From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that              .A. nothing cannot be done with friend
B. only the first sentence is reasonable
C. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend
D. good friends should always help each other

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完形填空。      When I come across a good article in reading newspapers. I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the   1 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the
way to   2 in good health, or a   3 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to   4 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text   5 the title.
Therefore, the scissors would   6 before they start,   7 halfway done when I find out the   8 result.
     Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth you   9 .You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be   10 up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预料) - the
changed situation may not allow you to do what is left   11 . Thus you are   12 in a difficult position and
feel sad. How   13 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen
that your life   14 greatly on you preference of one choice to the other.
     In fact that is what   15 is like, we are often   16 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only   17 we get into another. The   18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I   19
remember a philosopher"s remarks, "When one door shuts, another opens in life." So a casual (不经意)
20 may not be a bad one.(     )1. A. front
(     )2. A. get
(     )3. A. advice
(     )4. A. suffer
(     )5. A. on
(     )6. A. use
(     )7. A. or
(     )8. A. satisfying
(     )9. A. courage
(     )10. A. given
(     )11. A. near
(     )12. A. filled
(     )13. A. dares
(     )14. A. improves
(     )15. A. study
(     )16. A. faced
(     )17. A. before
(     )18. A. following
(     )19. A. still
(     )20. A. treatmentB. same
B. keep
B. news
B. reduce
B. for
B. handle
B. but
B. regretful
B. strength
B. held
B. alone
B. attracted
B. comes
B. changes
B. society
B. supplied
B. after
B. next
B. also
B. action C. either
C. lead
C. theory
C. prevent
C. without
C. prepare
C. so
C. surprising
C. attention
C. made
C. about
C. caught
C. deals
C. progresses
C. nature
C. connected
C. until
C. above
C. once
C. choice    D. opposite
D. bring
D. report
D. cause
D. off
D. stay
D. for
D. impossible
D. patience
D. picked
D. behind
D. struck
D. does
D. goes
D. life
D. fixed
D. as
D. former
D. almo st
D. remark

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