It’s not ____________ that we want to talk about at the moment; let’s change the subject.

A. anything         B. something        C. nothing        D. everything

There is, for many of us, a moment in life when we make a choice that changes us forever. This moment marks a turning point, when we realize that the life we're living is not a mirror of who we really are.

For some, the moment comes as a result of something dramatic: the sudden loss of a job, or the death of a loved one. For others, they have to deal with difficult situations, such as financial hardship. In these challenging times, it's more critical(關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻的) than ever for us to seize the possibility of positive change. As I travel and talk to people about their lives, I often see a distant, vacant look in their eyes -- a look that says “I’m so busy trying to survive my life that no soul left to live it”.

As a result, we end up feeling lonely. Yet we keep on going the way we've been going. We tolerate high levels of stress at work, take important relationships for granted, or put our health needs on hold. We get so caught up in the details of living that our busyness becomes an excuse from the inner voice that begs us to listen. When you finally pay attention to that little voice and begin to make even small changes, you will slowly improve yourself.

To start positive change, you need the power of your mind. I've come up with a five-step strategy that will help you. You will be able to identify what you want and then go after it. It's easier than you might think.

1. Reset your happiness set point. Don't limit yourself! When I decided that I wanted more control over my life, I set goals in physical, emotional, financial, professional, material, and play. I challenged myself to consider every possible choice. Imagine things you've never believed you could achieve. Don't let your past determine your future.

2. Trust your courage. Too often, when you're first learning to take control of your life, you doubt yourself. It's important to develop a strong connection with your inner guidance system. I've heard many stories about the persistent voice inside your head.

3. Take action. Once you have set goals, adjusted your beliefs, and got ready, you can start making things happen. Again, turn to those people you respect -- the ones achieving what you desire -- for support and guidance. They will both inspire you and give you practical advice on what steps you need to take.

4. Have faith. Believe that the positive energy of grace will support your efforts to improve your life. When you've done all you can, let go and trust that the right result will occur. When we have faith, we give up the need to be in control, and we set ourselves up to actually enjoy the process of change.

5. Be patient. This can be the toughest step. It's not easy to trust that your life will improve in a best way. Remind yourself of the benefits of patience. In my experience, those life changes are always worth the wait.

What does the author intend to say in the second paragraph?

A. The start of some turning points in one’s life is caused by crisis.

B. Loss of a job or the death of a loved one are all dramatic things.

C. No one can live a life without any turning points.

D. No one can predict his future of being good or not.

In the author’s opinion, we should ______________.

A. adjust our beliefs from time to time B. always control ourselves for anything

C. keep on going the way we are going   D. seize the challenging times to live an active life

The author suggests that when setting your happiness set points, you should _______.

A. know the limitation of your set point        B. build self-confidence without doubt

C. limit your goals in different ways           D. consider every possible choice with care

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. When you've done all you can, you may believe that the right result will occur.

B. When you set goals, and take action, it is possible to make things happen.

C. When you first learn to take charge of your life, you will always doubt yourself.

D. If things do not happen in a way that is best, patience is always worth the wait.

There is, for many of us, a moment in life when we make a choice that changes us forever. This moment marks a turning point, when we realize that the life we're living is not a mirror of who we really are.
For some, the moment comes as a result of something dramatic: the sudden loss of a job, or the death of a loved one. For others, they have to deal with difficult situations, such as financial hardship. In these challenging times, it's more critical(關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻的) than ever for us to seize the possibility of positive change. As I travel and talk to people about their lives, I often see a distant, vacant look in their eyes -- a look that says “I’m so busy trying to survive my life that no soul left to live it”.
As a result, we end up feeling lonely. Yet we keep on going the way we've been going. We tolerate high levels of stress at work, take important relationships for granted, or put our health needs on hold. We get so caught up in the details of living that our busyness becomes an excuse from the inner voice that begs us to listen. When you finally pay attention to that little voice and begin to make even small changes, you will slowly improve yourself.
To start positive change, you need the power of your mind. I've come up with a five-step strategy that will help you. You will be able to identify what you want and then go after it. It's easier than you might think.
1. Reset your happiness set point. Don't limit yourself! When I decided that I wanted more control over my life, I set goals in physical, emotional, financial, professional, material, and play. I challenged myself to consider every possible choice. Imagine things you've never believed you could achieve. Don't let your past determine your future.
2. Trust your courage. Too often, when you're first learning to take control of your life, you doubt yourself. It's important to develop a strong connection with your inner guidance system. I've heard many stories about the persistent voice inside your head.
3. Take action. Once you have set goals, adjusted your beliefs, and got ready, you can start making things happen. Again, turn to those people you respect -- the ones achieving what you desire -- for support and guidance. They will both inspire you and give you practical advice on what steps you need to take.
4. Have faith. Believe that the positive energy of grace will support your efforts to improve your life. When you've done all you can, let go and trust that the right result will occur. When we have faith, we give up the need to be in control, and we set ourselves up to actually enjoy the process of change.
5. Be patient. This can be the toughest step. It's not easy to trust that your life will improve in a best way. Remind yourself of the benefits of patience. In my experience, those life changes are always worth the wait.
【小題1】What does the author intend to say in the second paragraph?

There is, for many of us, a moment in life when we make a choice that changes us forever. This moment marks a turning point, when we realize that the life we're living is not a mirror of who we really are.

For some, the moment comes as a result of something dramatic: the sudden loss of a job, or the death of a loved one. For others, they have to deal with difficult situations, such as financial hardship. In these challenging times, it's more critical(關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻的) than ever for us to seize the possibility of positive change. As I travel and talk to people about their lives, I often see a distant, vacant look in their eyes -- a look that says “I’m so busy trying to survive my life that no soul left to live it”.

As a result, we end up feeling lonely. Yet we keep on going the way we've been going. We tolerate high levels of stress at work, take important relationships for granted, or put our health needs on hold. We get so caught up in the details of living that our busyness becomes an excuse from the inner voice that begs us to listen. When you finally pay attention to that little voice and begin to make even small changes, you will slowly improve yourself.

To start positive change, you need the power of your mind. I've come up with a five-step strategy that will help you. You will be able to identify what you want and then go after it. It's easier than you might think.

1. Reset your happiness set point. Don't limit yourself! When I decided that I wanted more control over my life, I set goals in physical, emotional, financial, professional, material, and play. I challenged myself to consider every possible choice. Imagine things you've never believed you could achieve. Don't let your past determine your future.

2. Trust your courage. Too often, when you're first learning to take control of your life, you doubt yourself. It's important to develop a strong connection with your inner guidance system. I've heard many stories about the persistent voice inside your head.

3. Take action. Once you have set goals, adjusted your beliefs, and got ready, you can start making things happen. Again, turn to those people you respect -- the ones achieving what you desire -- for support and guidance. They will both inspire you and give you practical advice on what steps you need to take.

4. Have faith. Believe that the positive energy of grace will support your efforts to improve your life. When you've done all you can, let go and trust that the right result will occur. When we have faith, we give up the need to be in control, and we set ourselves up to actually enjoy the process of change.

5. Be patient. This can be the toughest step. It's not easy to trust that your life will improve in a best way. Remind yourself of the benefits of patience. In my experience, those life changes are always worth the wait.

1.What does the author intend to say in the second paragraph?

A. The start of some turning points in one’s life is caused by crisis.

B. Loss of a job or the death of a loved one are all dramatic things.

C. No one can live a life without any turning points.

D. No one can predict his future of being good or not.

2.In the author’s opinion, we should ______________.

A. adjust our beliefs from time to time   B. always control ourselves for anything

C. keep on going the way we are going D. seize the challenging times to live an active life

3.The author suggests that when setting your happiness set points, you should _______.

A. know the limitation of your set point      B. build self-confidence without doubt

C. limit your goals in different ways         D. consider every possible choice with care

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. When you've done all you can, you may believe that the right result will occur.

B. When you set goals, and take action, it is possible to make things happen.

C. When you first learn to take charge of your life, you will always doubt yourself.

D. If things do not happen in a way that is best, patience is always worth the wait.

Dear Michelle:

     Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

    He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

    His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

    I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!

                                                            A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:

    Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye

Birdie"?

    Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.

    Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it.

    Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with

intelligence and you have given her good Values.

    When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee.

    It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all.

    Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

    Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter             

    A. is being fooled by the boy      B. has fallen behind in her studies

    C. doesn't talk much with her mother  D. has chosen which college to attend

According to Michelle; 17-year-teenagers               .

    A. are too young to manage their life

    B. are old enough to live their own life

    C. should have managemnent before experience

    D. have reached the age of an adult

The underlined word"puppy-love"refer to          

     A. false love     B. foolish love     C. pure love       D. adolescent love

Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          

     A. come up with the right decision

     B. follow her boyfriend's advice

     C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons

     D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

The best title for the passage would be          

     A. College of kids' own choice

     B. How can I help my girl?

     C. How to manage teenagers' life?

     D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother

Dear Michelle,
Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.
I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!
A worried mother
Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,
Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.
When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.
Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.
Michelle

1. 1.

   From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter              .

   1. A.
      is being fooled by the boy
   2. B.
      has fallen behind in her studies
   3. C.
      doesn't talk much with her mother
   4. D.
      has chosen which college to attend
2. 2.

   According to Michelle, 17-year-old teenagers              

   1. A.
      are too young to manage their life
   2. B.
      are old enough to live their own life
   3. C.
      should have management before experience
   4. D.
      have reached the age of an adult
3. 3.

   The underlined word "puppy-love" refer to          .

   1. A.
      false love
   2. B.
      foolish love
   3. C.
      pure love
   4. D.
      adolescent love
4. 4.

   Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          .

   1. A.
      come up with the right decision
   2. B.
      follow her boyfriend's advice
   3. C.
      worry her parents for unconscious reasons
   4. D.
      influence her boyfriend's behavior
5. 5.

   The best title for the passage would be           .

   1. A.
      College of kids' own choice
   2. B.
      How can I help my girl?
   3. C.
      How to manage teenagers' life?
   4. D.
      A 17-year-old girl and her mother

                 What’s the Matter with Kids Today?

Dear Michelle,

   Why can’t my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and a top student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back. He uses up every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talk(對(duì)花言巧語) her as well.

   His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choices will be limited.

   I want to save her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy, and now this! Help!

                                                         A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old girl,

  “Hmm…. What’s the matter with kids today?” Remember that song from Bye Bye Birdie?

  Well, if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the young age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be. Both the conditions and the skills for life-management result from life experience, and if management goes before experience there would be little of it.

   Your daughter is a top student for good reasons. She is smart and studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.

   When the time comes for her to choose her college, and she visits the ones that were designed for students at the top of their game, she will most probably break away from her boyfriend’s influence.

  Few top students would change their life path just because of puppy love(早戀).

  That being said, there might be some childish wisdom in what she is doing after all.

  Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for the reason that she does not know herself. Being such a good girl and being always a source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

  Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. It’s not unreasonable for her to break from perfection.

                                                               Michelle

56. From the mother’s letter we know that the 17-year-old girl ____.

  A. is staying with the boy day and night             B. wants to stay with the boy at college

  C. is falling behind in her studies                       D. does not like to talk with her mother

57. According to Michelle, a 17-year-old girl is too young to ____.

  A. fall in love                                                 B. have life-management skills

  C. fail life-management problems                    D. experience anything

58. Michelle seems to believe the 17-year-old girl will finally ____.

  A. come up with the right decision                    B. be persuaded by her boyfriend

  C. take her mother’s advice                           D. make her boyfriend follow her choice

59. By saying “childish wisdom”, Michelle means the girl might be trying to show her parents that she _____.

  A. has become tired of studying hard                  B. can’t be always obeying them

  C. likes her boyfriend very much                        D. is always perfect

Tess was a precocious(早熟) eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad taling about her little brother,Andrew.____ __she knw was that he was very sick and they were completely _____money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didn’t have the money for the doctor’s bills and their house .Only a(n) _____could save him now.

??? Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly(果凍) jar from its hiding place. She poured all the ??? out on the floor and counted carefully. Three times, even. The total had to be absolutely exact. No ??? here for mistakes. After carefully placing the coins back in the jar, she slipped out of the back door, and ??? her way six blocks to a chemist’s.

??? She waited patiently for the pharmacist (藥劑師) to give her some ??? ,but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her ????? with the most awful sound she could muster. No good.

??? Finally the pharmacist asked in an ???? tone of voice, “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago ???? I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.

??? “Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “His name is Andrew and he has something bad ???? inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”

“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry, ????? I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said, his voice ????? a little.

There was a man there whose clothes were admirable. He asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know” Tess replied with tears in her eyes. “I just know he's ????? sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay ????? it, so I want to use my money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered.

“A dollar and eleven cents ― the ????? price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man, “Take me to ????? you live. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神經(jīng)外科). The operation was completely ????? charge and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again and did well.

Mom and Dad were happy but they wonder how much the operation would have ????? . Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the ????? of a little child.?????

1.A. As????????????? ??? B. All????????????? ?????? C. All what????????????? D. That

2.A. in need????????????? B. in short????????????? ?? C. out of ????????????? ????? D. sort of

3.A. miracle????????????? B. doctor????????????? ?????? C. God????????????? ????? D. operation

4.A. change????????????? B. jellies????????????? ?????? C. candies????????????? ????? D. cookies

5.A. way ????????????? ??? B. doubt????????????? ?????? C. chance????????????? ????? D. wonder

6.A. drove????????????? ??? B. fought????????????? ?????? C. made????????????? ????? D. struggled

7.A. pills????????????? ??? B. attention????????????? ?? C. medicine????????????? ? D. tablets

8.A. mouth ????????????? B. eyes????????????? ???? ? C. ears????????????? ?????? D. throat

9.A. anxious????????????? B. exciting????????????? ?? C. annoyed????????????? ?? D. tired

10.A. who????????????? ??? B. where????????????? ?????? C . because????????????? ?? D. which

11.A. finding????????????? B. planting????????????? ?? C. showing????????????? ?? D. growing

12.A. and????????????? ???? B. or else????????????? ?? C. but?????? ????????????? D. or

13.A. soft ???? ????????????? B. soften????????????? ?? C. softened????????????? D. softening

14.A. really ????????????? ???? B. real ????????????? ?????? C. firm????????????? ??? D. firmly

15.A. back????????????? ???? B. for????????????? ?????? C. off????? ????????????? D. up

16.A. actual????????????? ???? B. exact????????????? ?????? C. average????????????? ??? D. true

17.A. the place????????????? B. the apartment????????????? C. the complex????????????? D. where

18.A. free????????????? ???? B. free of????????????? ??? C. not ????????????? ??? D. no

19.A. spent ????????????? ???? B. paid ????????????? ???????? C. cost ????????????? ??? D .took

20.A. thought ????????????? B. value????????????? ???????? C. patience????????????? D. faith

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