Here"s one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you"re a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies (适用) to all fields, not just the work-related (与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that"s about 260 hours a year. That"s a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this:
1. I really don"t have the money...
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database (数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.
2. I really don"t have the time...
Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular...
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.
小题1:What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about？| A．Watching TV. | B．Listening to MP3. | | C．Surfing the internet. | D．Reading helpful books. |
小题2:If you’d like to improve your work, you should_______ according to the writer.| A．read work-related books | B．become more energetic | | C．improve your study | D．improve your relations |
小题3:Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day？| A．It will open up your mind. | | B．You will have about 260 hours a year to read. | | C．You will read lots of books and get much useful advice. | | D．It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life. |
小题4:What should you do if you really don"t have the money to read? | A．To buy some books from amazon.com. | B．To download MP3 free. | | C．To visit the public library. | D．To borrow audiobooks and listen to them. |
小题5: What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks? | A．They are more useful. | | B．Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books. | | C．It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding. | | D．Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read. |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
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文章倡导我们每天拿出一小时的时间来看书，这样就会有很长的时间用来充实自己，改变自己。
小题1:D 细节题。根据第一段2,3行Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.说明要把看电视的时间花在读书上，故D正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据文章第三段可知这样的做法适应于所有的领域。故如果你想提高自己的工作，你要读与工作有关的书，故A正确。
小题3:B 细节题。文章在第四段But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that"s about 260 hours a year.可知并不是我们每年只有260小时的时间来看书，故B的说法不正确。
小题4:C 细节题。根据Visit your public library or search the database如果我们没有钱，可以去图书馆里看书，故C正确。
小题5:D 细节题。根据文章倒数第三行Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work.说明电子书是一个对于那些时间不够的人的好方法。 |
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Once upon a time, there was no donkey (驴子) in a small village. One day a merchant (商人) brought one to the village. But the __26__ had a __27__master. So one day it__28__a forest and decided to stay there. But soon a tiger saw it and immediately__29__ at it. At once the donkey started to cry__30__ it could. The tiger was so __31__ by the donkey’s action __32__ it ran away with fright（害怕）.
Not long afterwards the tiger met a fox. __33__ out of breath（上气不接下气）, it told the fox what _34__. Then the tiger_35__ the fox to the place_36__ it had met the donkey. When the fox saw the donkey, it laughed and said, “That’s only a 37__ donkey and it only eats_38__. Come, let’s kill it__39__ supper. When the donkey saw them_40__, it quickly_41__ a plan. “Hello, old friend! How nice to see you, and how nice__42__ you to bring me supper, my favorite food — tiger meat.”
Hearing this, the tiger was very__43__ as well as angry. “I’ll teach you a lesson.” It __44__ angrily at the fox, and __45__ one jump, killed it. Then it ran away as fast as it could.
| 小题1: | | A．monkey | B．donkey | C．tiger | D．fox |
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| 小题2: | | A．cruel | B．good | C．kind | D．selfish |
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| 小题3: | | A．moved to | B．ran away across | C．ran away into | D．went through |
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| 小题4: | | A．stared | B．came | C．saw | D．watched |
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| 小题5: | | A．as loud as | B．so loud as | C．as aloud as | D．so aloud as |
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| 小题6: | | A．surprised | B．pleased | C．excited | D．worried |
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| 小题8: | | A．Hardly | B．Almost | C．Already | D．Mostly |
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| 小题9: | | A．appeared | B．was happened | C．had happened | D．was taken |
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| 小题10: | | A．carried | B．watched | C．showed | D．led |
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| 小题11: | | A．where | B．that | C．which | D．when |
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| 小题12: | | A．dangerous | B．harmful | C．terrible | D．harmless |
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| 小题13: | | A．tiger meat | B．grass | C．animals | D．birds |
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| 小题15: | | A．coming along | B．gone away | C．coming in | D．going along |
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| 小题16: | | A．make | B．got | C．found out | D．thought over |
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| 小题18: | | A．afraid | B．fear | C．frightened | D．horribly |
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| 小题19: | | A．spoke | B．shouted | C．said | D．told |
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I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.__36____ , he didn"t teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was__37___ and ill.
My father was_38__a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness__39__all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is___40___. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started__41____ about life, and I told them about one of my__42_____. I said that we must very often give things up__43____we grow---our health, our beauty, our friends---but it always__44_____that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father__45____up. He said, "But, Peter, I gave up__46_____! What did I gain?" I thought and thought ,but I couldn"t think of anything to say.__47____ ,he answered his own question,"I__48____the love of my family." I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also__49____by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I__50____ remember his words and become___51____. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be__52__to give up my small anger. In this__53__ , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I__54__what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this__55____.
| 小题1: | | A．Afterwards | B． Therefore | C． However | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题2: | | A．tired | B． weak | C． poor | D． slow |
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| 小题3: | | A．already | B． still | C． only | D．once |
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| 小题4: | | A．took | B． threw | C． sent | D． put |
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| 小题5: | | A．impossible | B． difficult | C． stressful | D．hopeless |
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| 小题6: | | A．worrying | B． caring | C． talking | D． asking |
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| 小题7: | | A．decisions | B． experiences | C． ambitions | D． beliefs |
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| 小题8: | | A．as | B． since | C． before | D． till |
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| 小题9: | | A．suggests | B． promises | C． seems | D． requires |
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| 小题10: | | A．spoke | B． turned | C． summed | D． opened |
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| 小题11: | | A．something | B．anything | C． nothing | D． everything |
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| 小题12: | | A．Surprisingly | B． Immediately | C． Naturally | D．Certainly |
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| 小题13: | | A．had | B． accepted | C． gained | D． enjoyed |
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| 小题14: | | A．touched | B． astonished | C． attracted | D． warned |
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| 小题15: | | A．should | B． could | C． would | D． might |
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| 小题16: | | A．quiet | B． calm | C． relaxed | D． happy |
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| 小题17: | | A．ready | B． likely | C． free | D． able |
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| 小题18: | | A．case | B． form | C． method | D． way |
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| 小题19: | | A．doubt | B． wonder | C． know | D． guess |
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| 小题20: | | A．award | B． gift | C．lesson | D．word |
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Warm water freezes more quickly than cold water. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him until 1970. In that year a Canadian scientist George Kill proved the English professor was right. Dr Kill filled an open oil pail(桶) with cold water. He filled another with warm water. He put both in the same low temperature. The warm water froze first. The lack of covers on the pails is the secret. Some of the warm water changed into vapor. This meant that less of the warm water was left to be frozen. And so the warm water froze faster than the cold water even though it had a greater temperature drop to make.
小题1:Hundreds of years ago, Sir Francis Bacon found _______. | A．the temperature of warm water drops faster than that of cold water | | B．warm water is heavier than cold water | | C．warm water has the same temperature as cold water | | D．warm water is not as useful as cold water |
小题2:What Sir Francis Bacon said was right, but people didn"t believe him until _______. | A．late in the 19th century | B．early in the 20th century | | C．three years ago | D．late in the 20th century |
小题3:Leave a pail with warm water and another pail with cold water in the same low temperature, you’ll find that _______. | A．cold water freezes first | | B．warm water turns into ice before cold water | | C．warm water and cold water freeze at the same time | | D．much of cold water is changed into air. |
小题4:Why does warm water freeze first in the same freezing weather? | A．Because some of the warm water turns to vapor, the amount(数量) becomes less than that of cold water. | | B．Because warm water is lighter than cold water. | | C．Because the temperature of warm water is lower than that of cold water. | | D．Because cold water freezes with more difficulty than warm water. |
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2008 sadly saw the worst earthquake in China in over 30 years. The Great Sichuan Earthquake was 8 on the Richter scale and killed around 70,000 people in May, not to mention the tens of thousands who were injured or went missing.
On 26th January, 2009, the biggest earthquake in India took the lives of 25,000 people. In the morning, when everybody was enjoying holiday, the earthquake began, It was about 7.5 on the Richter scale. "There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down. " said one of the villagers alive. " There is no water, no food and no one has come to help."
Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American School, where I was studying, all of the students were safe. They were in the field, so most children didn"t feel anything. The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs Young was also on the second floor, she didn"t feel anything. She didn"t know what happened until a teacher told her about it. Those teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr Emond, the maths teacher from Australia, said that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him, but then another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr Emond felt better. Mrs Davis and Mr Frost didn"t feel anything either.
My mother didn"t feel anything. She didn"t even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many people going out.
小题1:People use Richter scale to tell ______________| A．where the earthquake takes place | | B．when the earthquake takes place | | C．how serious the earthquake is | | D．how long the earthquake lasts |
小题2:The recent biggest earthquake both in China and India killed around ___ people.| A．25,000 | B．45,000 | C．70,000 | D．95,000 |
小题3:From the sentence “ There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more” we learn that______________.| A．India is a large country | | B．the Indian had nothing after the earthquake | | C．there is no tall building in India | | D．the earthquake in India was serious |
小题4:According to the passage, the City of Lahore is in __________________.| A．India | B．Pakistan | C．America | D．China |
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For many years there"s been a debate about rewarding our children. Does it work? Is it effective?
Some people think we should establish a standard with our kids and give them something for meeting this standard as a reward. Punishment is given out in much the same way, but it’s used when certain standards of performance, behavior, etc. have not been met. Kids will often become more dutiful when threatened with punishment, and work harder when promised a valuable reward. The problem is what happens when you aren’t around.
To develop responsible, self-disciplined kids, parents need to promote certain ideas. One of these ideas is that everyone pitches in and helps in your family. Another idea is that there can be enjoyment in doing any task if we choose to make it so. When a task is for a worthy cause (our family can enjoy the house more because I helped clean it), this message can have a big impact.
This is how we help our kids develop a sense of responsibility. When our children develop this responsibility, they’ll be more disciplined, and they’ll control their emotions better. When we give rewards to our kids, we reduce the sense of responsibility. We also create children who may temporarily perform to a certain standard, but who aren’t likely to continue the performance without the carrot hanging in front of them.
“Rewards and punishment can change behavior for a while, but they cannot change the person who engages in the behavior,” said Alfie Kohn, author of Punished by Rewards. “Good values have to be grown from the inside out.” Parents can help give their children a sense of shared responsibility and discipline which can last a life time. The real rewards that your children receive will be their readiness for the complex and demanding world that waits for them—a world that rewards those who have learned the secrets of discipline responsibility. So keep those shiny rewarding to yourself, and let your kids find their own rewards.
小题1:According to the passage, when children are threatened with punishment, ______.| A．they may lose interest in their work | | B．the results will be worse than usual | | C．they may change to another person | | D．they may appear to be well-behaved |
小题2:The underlined part “the carrot” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to _____.| A．apologies | B．aims | C．rewards | D．doubts |
小题3:According to the passage, Alfie Kohn would agree that parents should ______.| A．never pay attention to the way their children do things | | B．show their children how to behave by example | | C．help their children establish good values | | D．never punish their children |
小题4:What’s the best title for the passage?| A．Should parents reward their children? | | B．Do you often reward your children? | | C．When should parents reward their children? | | D．What can parents reward their children with? |
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