How often do you let other people"s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver，impolite waiter，rude boss，or an insensitive employee 36 your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed 37 the airport．We were driving in the 38 lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us．My taxi driver slammed on his 39 ，slid sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and 40 the other car by just inches!The driver of the other car looked around and started 41 at us．
My taxi driver just 42 and waved at the guy．And I mean he was really 43 ．So I asked，“Why did you just do that?This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call“The Law of the Garbage Truck”．
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks．They run around full of 44 ，full of frustration，full of anger，and full of disappointment．As their garbage 45 up，they need a place to dump it and sometimes they"ll dump it on 46 ．Don"t take it personally；Just smile, wave，wish them well，and move on．
Believe me．You"ll be 47 ．Don"t take their garbage and 48 it to other people at work, at home，or on the streets．Life"s too short to wake up in he morning with 49 . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what"s 50 in your life，Roy Baumeister，a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you 5l bad things more ofter than good things in your life，you store the bad memories more easily，and you 52 them more frequently．
Therefore，love the people who treat you right and ignore the ones who don"t．Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you 53 it!
When you follow“The Law of the Garbage Truck”, you take back control of your life! You make room for the good by 54 go of the bad．Have a marvelous，garbage-free day! The seeds you plant today 55 the harvest you will reap tomorrow．
| 小题1: | | A．enrich | B．obtain | C．spare | D．ruin |
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| 小题3: | | A．latter | B．right | C．opposite | D．free |
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| 小题4: | | A．window | B．door | C．brakes | D．seat |
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| 小题5: | | A．knocked | B．overtook | C．missed | D．lost |
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| 小题6: | | A．laughing | B．throwing | C．glancing | D．yelling |
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| 小题7: | | A．wondered | B．ignored | C．smiled | D．guessed |
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| 小题8: | | A．friendly | B．angry | C．tired | D．disappointed |
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| 小题9: | | A．expectation | B．passengers | C．garbage | D．goods |
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| 小题10: | | A．turns | B．piles | C．holds | D．pushes |
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| 小题11: | | A．roads | B．children | C．you | D．dustbin |
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| 小题12: | | A．upset | B．happier | C．pitiful | D．frightened |
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| 小题13: | | A．eontribute | B．share | C．explain | D．spread |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprise | B．pleasure | C．doubt | D．regrets |
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| 小题15: | | A．funny | B．important | C．strange | D．embarrassing |
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| 小题16: | | A．remember | B．forget | C．value | D．appreciate |
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| 小题17: | | A．recalI | B．exchange | C．enjoy | D．imagine |
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| 小题18: | | A．inspire | B．take | C．mend | D．notice |
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| 小题19: | | A．letting | B．consisting | C．making | D．dreaming |
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| 小题20: | | A．distinguish | B．deserve | C．deliver | D．determine |
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小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:A
小题18:B
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富有哲理的一篇短文告诉我们对待生活要有好的心态，要坦然接受生活中的一切。
小题1:动词辨析。由上文可知不要让不愉快的事情毁了我们的好日子。
小题2:固定词组。Head for 朝….过去。
小题3:形容词辨析。根据句意可知我们是在正确的车道上行驶。
小题4:名词辨析。A窗户；B门；C刹车；D座位；根据常识前方突然有车司机应该紧踩刹车。
小题5:动词辨析。由下文可知并没有撞车，这里是相差了几英寸。
小题6:动词辨析。A嘲笑；B朝…扔；C撇一眼；D对…大喊；由下文可知那个司机对我们大吼。
小题7:上下文串联。由下文可知我们的司机并不生气，反而是微笑着，真是非常友好
小题8:形容词辨析。解析同上。
小题9:名词辨析。由上文可知司机把那些人比喻成垃圾车，车里装满的是垃圾。
小题10:固定短语。Pile up堆积起来。
小题11:上下文联系。当垃圾太多的时侯，他们就要把垃圾倒掉，有时候倒在你身上。
小题12:形容词辨析。与文章第一段形成呼应。句意：你就会幸福。
小题13:动词辨析。根据下文的to other people知道应该使用spread传播。不要把这些不愉快传递给别人。
小题14:上下文串联。根据上文的too …to…太…而不能…可知应该选D，句意：人人很短暂，不要在遗憾中醒来。
小题15:形容词辨析。由上下文可知。我们要聚焦于生活中重要的事情。
小题16:动词搭配。根据下文的good things, bad things可知应该使用动词remember.
小题17:动词辨析。Ａ回忆；B交换；C享受；D想象。由句意可知你经常会回忆起他们。
小题18:动词搭配。Take it 接受它。由上文可知生活是百分之十的创造和百分之90的接受。
小题19:固定搭配。Let go放开,松手.
小题20:上下文串联。由句意可知：你今天种的种子决定了你明天的收获。 |
核心考点
试题【How often do you let other people"s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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The bicycling craze came in when we were just about at the right age to enjoy it．At first even “safety” bicycles were too dangerous and improper for ladies to ride, and they had to have tricycles．My mother had(I believe)the first female tricycle in Cambridge；and l had a little one，and we used to go out for family rides，all together；my father in front on a bicycle． and my poor brather Charles standing miserable on the bar behind lny mother．I found it very hard work．pounding(轰隆隆行进)away on my hard tyres；a glorious，but not a pleasurable pastinle．
Then, one day at lunch, my father said he had just seen a new kind of tyre，filled up,with air，and he thought it might be a success．And soon after that everyone had bicycles，ladies and all; and bicycling became the smart thing，and the lords and ladies had their pictures in the papers，riding along in the park，in straw hats．
My mother must have fallen off her bicycle pretty often，for I remember seeing the most appalling cuts and bruises(青肿)on her legs．But she never complained，and always kept these accidents to herself．However，the great Mrs. Phillips，our cook, always knew all a hout them；as indeed she knew practically everything that ever happened．She used to draw us into the servants" hall to tell us privately：“Her Ladyship had a nasty fall yesterday；she cut both her knees and sprained her wrist．But don"t Iet her know I told you．”So we never dared say anything．Similar little accidents used to occur when，at the age of nearly Seventy，she insisted on learning to drive a car．She never mastered the art of reversing(倒车)，and was in every way an unconventional and terrifying driver． Mrs．Phillips used then to tell us：“Her Ladyship ran into the back of a milk-cart yesterday；but it wasn"t much hurt”；or“A policeman stopped her Ladyship because she was on the wrong side of the road；but she said she didn"t know what the white Line on the road meant，so he explained arld Let her go on．”Mrs．Phillips must have had an excellent Intelligence Service at her command，for the stories were always true enough．
小题1:Women did not ride bicycles at first betause .| A．bicycling demanded too much hard work | | B．bicycling was considered unsafe and unladylike | | C．they preferred to ride tricycles | | D．tricycles could carry young children as well |
小题2:How did the writer feel about tricycles?| A．They were very hard to ride． | | B．Riding tricycles was an enjoyble arnusement． | | C．They were not as fast as bicycles． | | D．They were not proper for women to ride． |
小题3:Cycling became popular when .| A．the writer"s father popularized it | B．air-filled tyres began to be used | | C．noble people started enjoying it | D．newspapers had pictures of cyclists |
小题4:The writer admired Mrs．Phillips because .| A．she was the best cook they had ever had | | B．she was in command of all the setvants | | C．she could keep secrets | | D．she had an outstanding ability to gather information |
小题5:The writer"s mother often had car accidents because .| A．she could not control the car well | B．she was very old then | | C．she ignored the traffic signs | D．she behaved too proudly |
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It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble．That"s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty．
“I was on the way to a personal—injury accident in West Nashville．As I got onto Highway 40，blue lights and sirens(警笛)going，I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway．The driver somehow flustered at the sight of me．He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder．”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him．Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders，so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident．But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove，hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car．As it．turned out，keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult．Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene．
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination。At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene．His help wasn"t needed．Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird，who by this time had developed something new to panic about．
“Just about that time，”Hyde says，“I saw fire coming out from under that car，with blue smoke and oil going everywhere．He"d blown his engine．Now he had to stop．”
“After I arrested him，I asked him why he was running。He told me he didn"t have a driver"s license．”
That accident cost the driver of the Firehird plenty-a thousand dollars for the new engine-not to mention the charges for driving without a license，attempting to run away, and dangerous driving．
小题1:The meaning of“flustered”in Paragraph 2 is related to .| A．shame | B．hate | C．anger | D．fear |
小题2:Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?| A．Because he was racing with another driver on the road． | | B．Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene． | | C．Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him． | | D．Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder． |
小题3:Which of the following statements is true?| A．Someone else was taking care of the injured person． | | B．The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene． | | C．Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car． | | D．The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40． |
小题4:The driver of the Firebird .| A．took a wrong turn on the way | B．had some trouble with his car | | C．was stopped by the police officer | D．paid for the expenses of the accident |
小题5:What is probably the best title for the article?| A．Losing His Way? | B．Going My Way? | | C．Fun All the Way? | D．Help on the Way? |
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I woke up the other day to find that 10 inches of freshly fallen snow was waiting for me outside my door. The flakes were still __36__ heavily too. I didn’t want my little dogs __37__ in it, so I reluctantly __38__ on my heavy coat and grabbed the snow shovel to make a __39__. I had only gotten a bit done, however, _40_ the handle of my old snow shovel __41__ with a “snap”. Laughing and shaking my head, I _42_ to wait out the storm for a while.
It was late in the afternoon when the snow finally __43__ and I trudged(跋涉) over to my Dad’s house to borrow his shovel and _44__ again. By then the 10 inches of snow had turned into a foot and a half. I started out slow setting a steady __45__ and stopping to rest whenever my back started to ache. After a while, though, the __46__ finally broke and the sun peeked out to __47__ me on. The work seemed a lot easier then even though it was still __48__. I even sang a few Christmas carols and __49__ while I cleared out the drives, cleaned off the cars, and shoveled out the paths. After an hour of hard work the job was finally done. _50_, I let the child that still lives __51__ of me fall back into the snow and _52_ a snow angel for the angels in Heaven to see. It felt good walking back to my house after a job well done. It felt even better _53__ around at this wonderful world of white.
I don’t know why life sometimes gives us spring days and sometimes dumps a ton of snow in us. I do know, __54_, that we can pray, laugh, love, and choose _55__ through it all.
| 小题1: | | A．falling | B．floating | C．piling | D．flying |
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| 小题2: | | A．missing | B．running | C．hiding | D．drowning |
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| 小题3: | | A．pulled | B．dragged | C．drew | D．pushed |
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| 小题4: | | A．difference | B．discovery | C．path | D．snowman |
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| 小题6: | | A．crashed | B．bent | C．slipped | D．broke |
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| 小题7: | | A．decided | B．hoped | C．continued | D．hesitated |
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| 小题8: | | A．disappeared | B．froze | C．stopped | D．melted |
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| 小题9: | | A．clear | B．try | C．check | D．think |
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| 小题10: | | A．development | B．rate | C．step | D．pace |
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| 小题11: | | A．clouds | B．shovel | C．sky | D．trees |
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| 小题12: | | A．overlook | B．cheer | C．shine | D．watch |
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| 小题13: | | A．heavy | B．cold | C．warm | D．bright |
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| 小题14: | | A．danced | B．jumped | C．stopped | D．smiled |
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| 小题15: | | A．Laughing | B．Crying | C．Resting | D．Wandering |
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| 小题16: | | A．outside | B．inside | C．beyond | D．above |
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| 小题17: | | A．catch | B．find | C．make | D．pretend |
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| 小题18: | | A．looking | B．walking | C．turning | D．wondering |
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| 小题19: | | A．anyway | B．still | C．then | D．however |
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| 小题20: | | A．fate | B．determination | C．joy | D．luck |
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My 17-year-old daughter went off to college and having her away from home brought back memories of watching Peter Pan when she was little. In the classic TV production, one scene in particular impressed me: when Mrs Darling puts her children into bed. As she turns off the last of the night lights, she takes one last look at the bedroom and says, “Dear night lights, protect my sleeping children.” As a mother, I know how much she loves her children.
It has been several weeks since we took our daughter to college and she seems to be adjusting (适应) well after a short period of homesickness. For us, though, it’s another story. Like most parents, I love checking in on my children at night. But now she’s gone, and I find nighttimes the hardest. I miss her most at night.
In my neighborhood, most of the parents whose kids are off to college are dealing with similar melancholy. My husband is filled with anxiety. One friend talked about getting this sick feeling in her stomach as she prepared for the college drop-off. We complained that many of us were too busy to truly enjoy being with our children while we had them.
For us moms, seeing Toy Story 3 only made the sadness worse as we watched the character Andy, who is the same age as our kids, say goodbye to his childhood as he prepares to leave for college. And it’s not just “first-time” parents like me. Two moms who have kids already well into college said the separation didn’t get any easier. “You feel like something has been taken away from inside you,” said one of them.
I imagine things will get easier with time, especially as I see my daughter adjust to college life. Meanwhile, as I keep my cellphone close to me in bed and text my daughter goodnight and sweet dreams every night, I like to think that messages serve as a night light that keeps her safe.
小题1:The writer was deeply impressed by the scene in Peter Pan because ___________.| A．she watched the scene with her daughter | | B．the scene was very exciting and interesting | | C．the scene taught her and her daughter a good lesson | | D．the scene showed a mother’s deep love for her children |
小题2:After he daughter went to college, the writer ___________.| A．didn’t get used to the change for a long time | | B．often cried as she missed her daughter so much | | C．realized she hadn’t done enough for the daughter | | D．failed to have a good sleep every night |
小题3:What is the underlined word “melancholy” in Paragraph 3 similar in meaning to?| A．Happiness. | B．Anger. | C．Sadness. | D．Excitement. |
小题4:We can infer that watching Toy Story 3 ___________.| A．made the writer know her daughter didn’t want to go to college | | B．improved the relationship between the writer and her daughter | | C．helped the writer realize how important education was | | D．made the writer miss her daughter even more |
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Sometimes teens (十几岁的少年) need to have some time away from their families. They may want to move out of the family or home for a while.
Many parents will say no to this demand. But experts say it might be a good idea to let your teens live with a friend or a relative. “It was the break I needed at the time,” said Richard Lerne. He is talking about the time he spent living with his grandmother when he was 15. “It allowed me to be a more different person than I was with my parents.” Lerne said. He now heads the Institute for Children, Youth and Families at Michigan State University.
Experts say teens living away from their families can test new ways of thinking and getting along with people. They may see new ways to problems. Some teens who want some time away from family attend a structured summer program. Others live for a while with a relative or with the family of a friend.
If there is conflict (冲突) at home, having a teen live elsewhere can benefit other family members. It gives everyone space to develop better relationships.
Joseph Kett teaches history at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He says living at home until the late ten years has become the norm (准则) only in recent times. “In the 17th century, children were often sent to live in other people’s home when they were about 10 or 11”, he said.
Peter Sheras teaches education at the University of Virginia. He says parents should listen when a child wants to move out. They should try to find out why the child wants some time away.
小题1:According to this passage, many parents may think it _____ for their children to live away from them. | A．right | B．happy | C．unsafe | D．reasonable |
小题2:When children seriously disagree with their parents, experts suggest that parents should ______. | A．punish them | | B．let them live away from their family | | C．send for a teacher | | D．keep them in the house |
小题3:In the third paragraph the word “structured” means ______. | A．built | B．stuck | C．organized | D．drunk |
小题4:In history, ______. | A．teens never left their families | | B．teens often left their parents | | C．teens never went to school | | D．teens never make friends with each other |
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