Dream for Better We all have plans and dreams for a better, more ___1___ life. Yet only a small percentage of people actually achieve their ___2___ .A good question is: why? Recently, I was working with a young man who was ___3___ get on his feet. He had written out his goals, and he had powerful reasons why he wanted to achieve these goals. But after weeks of trying, he was still not much further along. So we took some time to try to understand what was holding him ___4___ .As we examined his average day, it became apparent to me that he was much too ___5__ .He was spending lots of time doing lots of different things. I ___6___ that most of what he was doing was not very important in the greater scheme of things. We did some exercises to ___7___ which activities were important, which ones were urgent and which ones was filling (or killing) time. As it turned out, most of the things he was doing throughout the day were filling time. He wasn't comfortable ___8___ he was very busy, so he created things that needed to be done. He was always working on something—yet at the end of the day, he had rarely accomplished any tasks to move him closer to the life he wanted. This behavior is fairly easy for an outside observer to spot but extremely difficult to self-diagnose. The ___9___ is to slow down and get comfortable with being still, with contemplating what we really want and whether our actions are suitable for our goals. Many of our activities are avoidance activities: we do things to fill up the time and thus avoid having to do more difficult tasks. It wasn't easy, but once the young man finally accepted that he needed to do less overall but more of the important things, his life took a dramatic ___10___ for the better. ___10___内的正确选项为()
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Before, I thought that a man who was wise and good would become rich, but now I know this is not always true. I learned it from my teacher. He is both wise and good, but he is not rich at all. He may become rich if he gives up(放弃) teaching and goes into business. But he likes his job and thinks it,s wonderful to help young people. He stays at school from morning till night and works very hard. He always smiles at us when we go to ask him for help. He is kinder to us than any other teacher in our school. I think it must be easier to learn history or math than to learn how to become a man like him. He scolds(责备 ) us when we do something wrong,but it makes us try to do better.We all wish to study with him as long as possible. But that may be impossible. Some of us may become doctors, some become businessmen, some be- come engineers, some become writers, but we all want one thing very much. It is that we all want to be teachers in the future.
( )21. The writer thinks his teacher is_________.
A. wise and good
B. wise and rich
C. good and rich
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189. What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time. Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more—and eventually we shall need larger ones. This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger. Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life. But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald. Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at. This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own. [共5题]
(1) Future man is likely to be different from us ________.
(A) in quite a few ways (B) in almost every way
(C) in great many ways (D) in one or two ways
(2) The reason for believing that future man will be different is that man ________.
(A) began to change five hundred years ago
(B) never stops changing
(C) never stops growing
(D) has recently begun to change
(3) People’s heads will eventually grow larger. This is because their brains ________.
(A) will grow faster than at present
(B) will need more room than at present
(C) will play an important part
(D) will be in constant use
(4) Future man will probably ________.
(A) have bigger eyes (B) get weaker eyes
(C) see better (D) have to wear better glasses
(5) Future man’s hair will ________.
(A) grow darker (B) stop growing completely
(C) fall out more often (D) get longer
正确答案:A B D C B
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A small boy was walking (51) a street in London. His name was Tom.It was a cold winter day in 1900.(52) he could not have breakfast or lunch. He didn't have any money. His father died(死了)when he was very young. His mother was often ill,so she couldn’t (53) Tom and his brother,Mike. Both of them had to work to help their mother. He was small but his dream(梦想)was very (54) . His wish was to be a famous actor. He worked very hard to sing and dance (55 ) .
One day,a man came to him and asked," (56) in my film?""Certainly,"he answered.
And he did his (57)in it. Many people said,"We have never seen such an (58). film."Thirty years (59 ) ,this boy was among (60) famous people in the world. He made many interesting films,and lots of people admired him.
( )51.
A.along
B.for
C.with
D.to
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A、It is better to accept something small than to reject it and hope to get more later on.
B、If too many people try to do the same thing at the same time, there will be chaos.
C、Anyone who claims more than he has already got is very likely to get nothing at all in the future.
D、There must be something better after every piece of unpleasantness.
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