Sleep earlier. You might be used to staying up late, perhaps watching TV or surfing the Internet. However, you just might fall asleep much sooner than you think.
Put your alarm away from your bed. You have to get up out of bed to shut it off. By then, you"re up.
Now you just have to stay up.
Go out of the bedroom as soon as you shut off the alarm. Don"t find an excuse to go back to bed. My
habit is to force myself into the bathroom. By the time I"ve washed my hand, and the toilet of course, and
looked at my ugly face in the mirror, I"m awake enough to face the day.
Allow yourself to sleep in once in a while, as long as it"s not a regular thing. I do it maybe once a week or so.
Make it a reward. At first you"re forcing yourself to do something hard, but if you do something
pleasurable as part of your morning routine, soon you will look forward to waking up early. My reward used to be to make a hot cup of coffee for myself and read a book. Now I look outside (or better yet, get
outside!) and watch the sky turn light. It"s beautiful. It"s now my favorite time of day.
Getting up early is a reward in itself for me and so will it be for you.
B. Shut off TV and the Internet, and face the day.
C. Get up at the same time every day to keep the habit.
D. Do something enjoyable in the morning to begin the day.
B. we really need a cold wash
C. the alarm clock needs to be shut off
D. that will make ourselves completely awake
B. making a cup of coffee for himself
C. watching the daybreak
D. sleeping late, and thinking in bed
B. give tips for becoming an early bird
C. persuade people to get up early
D. help get rewards from getting up early
efficiency of their reading.Some proceed very slowly throughout; others clash along too quickly
and then have to regress(退回).Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their
manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it.
A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter.
He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of
what the text is about without really reading it.In reading more difficult material, with the intention of
taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating
on the key words and passages, perhaps rereading them several times, and pass more quickly over the
remainder.A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads.
Consequently, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly.But this
pace may be too fast for really difficult material.
A type of reading which necessitates careful attention to detail is proofreading (校对), in which the
reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he
reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text.This is extremely difficult for most
people since they are accustomed to overlooking such details.In fact, considerable practice is required
to practice this task efficiently and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying less attention
to the general meaning of the text.
B.among all readers
C.among different poorlyeducated adults only
D.among different highlyeducated adults only
B.changes his speed according to the kind of text
C.always reads slowly but carefully
D.changes his speed according to his liking for the book
B.have practice in efficiency
C.pay no attention to the general meaning of the text
D.grasp the shape and order of letters and words as he reads
kind children?" My answer is "to begin by being a__1__adult".When your child__2__you go the extra
mile to help a friend, he will naturally__3__this as the right way to live.
We are mirrors for our__4__.When children observe our examples of kindness,they"ll know__5__to
begin.One day,I mentioned that I had a __6__,and my 8yearold daughter__7__upstairs to run a bath
for me.You know who__8__her stomachaches in just such a way.
Kindness is a quality that isn"t often__9__in our schools, so we must make a strong effort to
acknowledge(认可)it __10__.A busy mother I know is making a(an)__11__to acknowledge her young
son"s kindness.She says,"Once I was with my son on a bus, and he sat next to a classmate using a
wheelchair, I was amazed at__12__helpful and considerate he was, and I was __13__ to praise him when we got home."
Kindness,compassion(同情),and love__14__from understanding and respect, and in turn create more of__15__.It would help to acknowledge kids" thoughtfulness instead of __16__competition.In an
achievementoriented(成绩导向型)culture,we may focus more__17__grades and sports victories than on
__18__of the heart.__19__the time to acknowledge kind actions as having true worth.We can__20__
kindness in our everyday lives,for example, by creating a"kindness board".
( )2. A.sees
( )3. A.think
( )4. A.students
( )5. A.when
( )6. A.headache
( )7. A.walked
( )8. A.had treated
( )9. A.given
( )10. A.in public
( )11. A.plan
( )12. A.what
( )13. A.quick
( )14. A.leave
( )15. A.both
( )16. A.increasing
( )17. A.in
( )18. A.weight
( )19. A.Spend
( )20. A.push
B. watches
B. consider
B. kids
B. why
B. fever
B. moved
B. was treating
B. rewarded
B. in secret
B. trick
B. how
B. late
B. give
B. none
B. reducing
B. with
B. values
B. Cost
B. form
C. stares
C. respect
C. parents
C. where
C. cold
C. rushed
C. has treated
C. received
C. at home
C. promise
C. so
C. slow
C. make
C. neither
C. preventing
C. for
C. easiness
C. Waste
C. throw
D. inspects
D. look
D. adults
D. what
D. stomachache
D. stepped
D. would treat
D. accepted
D. on a bus
D. effort
D. such
D. sorry
D. grow
D. all
D. filling
D. on
D. satisfaction
D. Take
D. make
It"s 5:00 in the morning when the alarm (闹钟) rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk
blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house
is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for
a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD,Insanity.Sweat pours down my face
and into my eyes. My heart races as I force my body to finish each movement. As I near the
end of the exercise,I feel extremely tired, but a smile is on my face. It"s not a smile because the
DVD is over, but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.
Some people enjoy shopping, smoking, food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise
to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others
get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother"s chocolate cake. They raise
their eyebrows, surprised by my "no thank you," or by my choice to have a salad. Over the
years, I have learned it"s okay to just say "no." I shouldn"t feel sorry for refusing food that I
don"t want to eat.
So what drives me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.?What gives me the reason to just say
no to ice cream? Commitment. A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daily
anxiety,increases selfconfidence and energy,extends life and above all improves my body shape.
This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my
favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right.It"s through commitment and sweat that I can make a
difference within myself inside and out.
B.Because she finishes her favorite exercise.
C.Because she enjoys the interesting DVD.
D.Because she feels a sense of achievement.
B.She likes to make others surprised.
C.Others don"t understand what she does.
D.Others try to help her by offering her food.
B.Firm belief.
C.A strong power.
D.A regular habit.
B.She wants to look different from others.
C.She aims to develop a good body shape.
D.She has difficulty getting along with others.
to travel there with Western tours,__2__I decided to go travelling with a Chinese tour. Besides
the affordability, the truth is that I am a__3__traveller. Making all the reservations and connections
is a nightmare for me, so I am__4__to sacrifice autonomy(自主权)__5__security.
This does, however,__6__that one should always follow its leader. In most aspects of my life,
I am extremely__7__. No one carries my purse and parcels. I have gone bravely into wildly different
life changes,__8__when it comes to__9__, show me a flag and I"ll follow it.
The group leaders were a bit nervous at first. But I promised them that my not speaking Chinese
was not a problem. I"d just go__10__they pointed. There was one little__11__however. I wouldn"t
be eating Chinese food with them. I would find an eatery(小餐馆) nearby and enjoy local cuisine. It
worked out fine.
Since I was single, I usually__12__a room with another woman. On my first trip, to Egypt, I
couldn"t have been__13__. They paired me up with Shelley, who__14__fluent English and we adored
each other almost instantly. The second time, my potential roommate took one look at me and said
she"d rather sleep with her friends on a rollaway in__15__room. I was__16__at first, but then realised
I"d have a room to myself, so why got upset?
Travelling in a group meant that the first day we were all__17__, but we got familiar__18__each
other on the bus and__19__each other"s faces quickly in a crowd. We got__20__comfortable with
each other and soon a family atmosphere developed.
( )2.A.and
( )3.A.good
( )4.A.fine
( )5.A.in
( )6.A.promise
( )7.A.dependent
( )8.A.but
( )9.A.play
( )10.A.where
( )11.A.issue
( )12.A.gave
( )13.A.disappointed
( )14.A.talked
( )15.A.their
( )16.A.happy
( )17.A.strangers
( )18.A.by
( )19.A.looked for
( )20.A.frequently
B.because
B.nervous
B.ready
B.with
B.attract
B.independent
B.and
B.rest
B.once
B.question
B.lived
B.disappointing
B.spoke
B.our
B.interested
B.familiar
B.in
B.found
B.much
C.so
C.ambitious
C.possible
C.for
C.recommend
C.helpful
C.then
C.travel
C.how
C.thing
C.shared
C.lucky
C.said
C.her
C.upset
C.friends
C.among
C.found out
C.less
D.since
D.kind
D.never
D.by
D.require
D.helpless
D.so
D.sleep
D.when
D.problem
D.divided
D.luckier
D.told
D.my
D.angry
D.families
D.with
D.searched
D.increasingly
relationships. One strength of the human conditions is our possibility to give and receive support from
one another under stressful conditions. Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among
people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to
deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social ties live longer and have better
health than those without such ties. Studies over types of illnesses, from depression to heartdisease, show
that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness, and the absence of
such support makes poor health more likely.
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives and coworkers may let us
know that they value us. Our selfrespect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our
faults and difficulties. Second, otherpeople often provide us with informational support. They help us to
define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social
companionship supportive. Taking part in freetime activities with others helps us to meet our social
needs while at the same time distracting(转移注意力)us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other
people may give us instrumental support-money aid, material resources, and needed services-that
reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.
B. smooth away daily problems
C. deal with life changes
D. cure types of illnesses
B. has much to do with the amount of support they get from others
C. depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles
D. is related to their courage for dealing with major life changes
B. makes up of
C. lessens the effect of
D. gets rid of
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