Around twenty years ago I was living in York. ___ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find ____ work.
I was ____ a school bus to make ends meet（使收支相抵）and ____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had ____ five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not ___ the job. “Why has my life become so ____?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to ___ a little girl, she handed me an earring ____ I should keep it ___ somebody claimed it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it ____ me -- I had been giving all of my ____ to what was going wrong with my ____ rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a ____ of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to ____ more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for ____ from a lady who was a director at a larger ____. She asked me if I would ___ a one-day lecture on stress (压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My ____ there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of ____ that I completely changed my life.
| 小题2: | | A．successful | B．extra | C．satisfying | D．convenient |
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| 小题3: | | A．driving | B．repairing | C．taking | D．designing |
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| 小题4: | | A．working | B．travelling | C．discussing | D．living |
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| 小题5: | | A．prepared for | B．attended | C．asked for | D．held |
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| 小题7: | | A．hard | B．busy | C．serious | D．short |
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| 小题8: | | A．wave at | B．drop off | C．call on | D．look for |
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| 小题9: | | A．ordering | B．promising | C．saying | D．showing |
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| 小题10: | | A．in case | B．or else | C．as if | D．now that |
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| 小题11: | | A．hurt | B．hit | C．caught | D．moved |
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| 小题12: | | A．feelings | B．attention | C．strength | D．interests |
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| 小题13: | | A．opinions | B．education | C．experiences | D．life |
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| 小题14: | | A．list | B．book | C．check | D．copy |
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| 小题15: | | A．connect | B．turn | C．keep | D．add |
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| 小题16: | | A．her | B．a passenger | C．me | D．my friend |
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| 小题17: | | A．hospital | B．factory | C．restaurant | D．hotel |
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| 小题18: | | A．listen to | B．review | C．give | D．talk about |
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| 小题19: | | A．plan | B．choice | C．day | D．tour |
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| 小题20: | | A．operation | B．speaking | C．employment | D．thinking |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:C
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试题分析：本文讲述了我经验丰富也有学历，但是在找工作的时候却遇见了很多困难。但是一次在车上的经历，改变了我对生活的看法，我们要更多地看到生活中积极的一方面。
小题1:考查连词的含义及用法。A. As因为，正如，B. Though虽然，C. If如果，D. When当…时候，尽管我有许多经验和硕士学位，但还是不能找到满意的工作。选B
小题2:考查形容词词义及语境理解。此处successful成功的； extra额外的；satisfying令人满意的；convenient方便的。尽管我有许多经验和硕士学位，但还是不能找到满意的工作。C
小题3:考查动词辨析。A开车；B维修；C带走；D设计；我开校车来维持生活并且和我的一个朋友住在一起，因为我没了套房。选A。
小题4:考查动词辨析。A工作；B旅行；C讨论；D居住；我开校车来维持生活并且和我的一个朋友住在一起，因为我没了套房。选D。
小题5:考查动词及动词短语的含义。此处attend the interview意为：参加面试。我参加了一家公司的五次面试，但他们说，我不能获得这项工作。选B。
小题6:考查动词词义辨析。此处get the job意为：得到工作。我参加了一家公司的五次面试，但他们说，我不能获得这项工作。选D
小题7:考查形容词词义及语境理解。此处hard艰难的；busy忙的；serious认真的，严重的；short短的。为什么我的生活如此艰难呢？选A。
小题8:考查动词短语的含义及语境理解。此处wave at向. . .挥手；drop off让某人下车；call on号召； look for寻找。当我把车开到路边让那个小女孩下车的时候，小女孩递给了我一个耳环。选B。
小题9:考查动词词义辨析。此处saying作伴随状语，她在递给我耳环的同时说，我应该保存它以免有人认领。选C
小题10:考查状语从句的连接词。此处in case以免，以防； or else否则；as if好像；now that既然。小女孩在递给我耳环的同时说，我应该保存它以免有人认领。选A。
小题11:考查动词词义及语境理解。此处hurt伤害；hit撞击，伤害；catch抓住； move感动。生活使我受到了打击。选B。
小题12:考查名词词义及语境理解。此处feelings感觉； attention注意力；strength力量，力气；interests兴趣。我把一切注意力都集中在了生活的不顺上而没有关注好的方面。选B。
小题13:考查名词词义辨析。此处opinions意见；education教育；experiences经历；life生活。我把一切注意力都集中在了生活的不顺上而没有关注好的方面。选D。
小题14:考查名词词义辨析。此处list清单； book书； check支票；copy拷贝，本。我决定做一个我感到满意的50件事的清单。选A。
小题15:考查动词词义及语境理解。此处connect联系；turn转向；变为；keep保持； add添加。后来我决定向清单中添加更多的事情。选D。
小题16:考查语境理解。此处a phone call for me意为：我的一个电话。那天晚上一位女士给我打了一个电话。选C。
小题17:考查名词词义及逻辑推理。根据后文：给200医疗工作者（200 medical workers）做报告，可知地点在医院。选A。
小题18:考查动词及动词短语的含义。此处give a one-day lecture意为：做一天的报告。她问我是否可以做一天的报告。选C。
小题19:考查名词词义辨析。此处plan计划；choice选择； day白天；tour旅行。我那天进展得很顺利，后来我得到了一份高薪的工作。选C。
小题20:考查名词词义及语境理解。此处operation操作； speaking讲话；employment雇佣；thinking思想。对于这一天，我知道正是因为我改变了我的思维方式，我才改变了我的生活。选D |
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试题【Around twenty years ago I was living in York. ___ I had a lot of experience and 】；主要考察你对
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I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. I felt something ______ had happened. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the ______ at once. She explained that she’d ______ my two boys, George, then five, and Mickey, then four, crying. At first, she had ______ it, but when the crying continued for a long time, she ______ something was wrong. So she came round and discovered my wife, Mary, lying on the ______ floor. She had been emptying the dishwasher ______ a live wire fell and touched her.www. .com
Mary was taken to hospital. When I arrived, doctors were trying to rescue her, but there was no ______. I explained to the boys that Mum had died; I felt it was important to be ______ with them. For a year I was in a suffering ______ of mind. I went through the activities of a father but inside I felt _____. www. .com
Later, I felt I had to honor my love for Mary by not breaking ______. She married me because I was a ______ man and I knew I had to carry on and actively chose to swim rather than ______.
We moved to another city but two years later, I was diagnosed with cancer. The anxiety that had been gone came ______ back—would my boys be left with no parents? ______, the disease was in its early stage and doctors could treat it in time.
______ everything happening to me, I realized merely thinking “why me” doesn’t ______. We have to learn to accept and adapt to the ______it has brought about. It is no use thinking about the past or being worried about the future. Instead, just focus on the ______.
| 小题1: | | A．amazing | B．strange | C．awful | D．exciting |
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| 小题2: | | A．house | B．exit | C．entrance | D．hospital |
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| 小题3: | | A．seen | B．heard | C．recognized | D．sensed |
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| 小题4: | | A．ignored | B．hesitated | C．imagined | D．confused |
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| 小题5: | | A．wondered | B．realized | C．expected | D．predicted |
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| 小题6: | | A．bathroom | B．bedroom | C．toilet | D．kitchen |
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| 小题7: | | A．while | B．when | C．until | D．as |
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| 小题8: | | A．use | B．doubt | C．breath | D．point |
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| 小题9: | | A．clear | B．familiar | C．strict | D．pleased |
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| 小题10: | | A．situation | B．condition | C．state | D．occasion |
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| 小题11: | | A．curiously | B．lonely | C．coldly | D．lively |
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| 小题13: | | A．rich | B．considerate | C．handsome | D．strong |
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| 小题14: | | A．dive | B．sink | C．fall | D．float |
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| 小题15: | | A．flooding | B．returning | C．looking | D．calling |
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| 小题16: | | A．Gradually | B．Hopefully | C．Thankfully | D．Eventually |
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| 小题18: | | A．matter | B．affect | C．count | D．help |
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| 小题19: | | A．changes | B．experiences | C．disabilities | D．decisions |
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| 小题20: | | A．activity | B．honor | C．present | D．life |
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I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth．”
There is an old saying that goes, "Job means "just over broke（***）"．And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because schools do not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers "live within their means"．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn．
When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald"s?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald"s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald"s is excellent at business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
小题1:The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that ．| A．he is just one of the talented people | | B．he is ready to help others | | C．he has a sharp sense of hearing | | D．he knows little about car repairing |
小题2:The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by____ ．| A．spend more than they can afford | | B．1ive within what they earn | | C．1ive in their own circle | | D．do in their own way |
小题3:Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?| A．They don’t work hard enough． | | B．They have no specialized skills． | | C．They don"t make full use of their talents． | | D．They lack financial intelligence． |
小题4:The main purpose of the author is to tell us____ ．| A．how young people can find a satisfactory job | | B．What schools should teach about finance | | C．why so many talented people are poor | | D．how McDonald"s makes much money |
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I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I"ve that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that"s not all. One can never fully today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend Gable one afternoon at the actor"s home. She brought along her son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He he was racing those cars around a great track, which in was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It"s yours.”
The horrified mother . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn"t mean anything to me; it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
| 小题1: | | A．discovered | B．inferred | C．preferred | D．worried |
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| 小题2: | | A．spend | B．live | C．affect | D．enjoy |
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| 小题3: | | A．struggle | B．work | C．succeed | D．concentrate |
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| 小题4: | | A．story | B．fact | C．idea | D．figure |
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| 小题5: | | A．wrote | B．told | C．knew | D．heard |
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| 小题6: | | A．saw | B．recognized | C．met | D．visited |
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| 小题7: | | A．careful | B．small | C．lonely | D．clever |
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| 小题8: | | A．pretended | B．believed | C．insisted | D．suggested |
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| 小题9: | | A．fact | B．case | C．turn | D．need |
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| 小题10: | | A．cared | B．asked | C．won | D．looked |
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| 小题12: | | A．running | B．getting | C．pointing | D．shouting |
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| 小题13: | | A．shouted | B．noticed | C．suffered | D．breathed |
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| 小题14: | | A．selling | B．keeping | C．earning | D．sharing |
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| 小题15: | | A．special | B．comfortable | C．expensive | D．necessary |
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| 小题17: | | A．difficulties | B．events | C．failures | D．achievements |
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| 小题18: | | A．time | B．future | C．body | D．brain |
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| 小题19: | | A．idea | B．meaning | C．dreams | D．thoughts |
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There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.
When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(钟爱). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.
But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”
They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然袭击）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.
Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.
“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.
小题1:When did the couple first meet?| A．In 1940. | B．In 1939. | C．In 1941. | D．In 1942 |
小题2:Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?| A．She is an environmentalist. | | B．She can’t afford a new one. | | C．She values the card very much. | | D．She doesn’t want to waste money. |
小题3:What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?| A．It was first given to Doris on a plane. | | B．It is usually kept in their cupboard | | C．It was made by hand by Mr. Ward. | | D．It is sent to Doris by post every year. |
小题4:By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means __________.| A．The card records their romance | | B．The card will still be used in future | | C．They both treasure the very card | | D．Their affections are still strong |
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Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact(接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?
It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry.
Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey （调查）by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.
Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.
Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.
Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.
小题1:The writer mainly _________ in this article.| A．tells us how to achieve personal space | | B．explains what personal space people need is | | C．introduces some knowledge about personal space | | D．argues for the importance of keeping personal space |
小题2:Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?| A．A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume. | | B．A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time. | | C．A person who hears strange noises when reading at home. | | D．A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him. |
小题3:What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?| A．People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before. | | B．People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times. | | C．There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs. | | D．Food service is better provided than seats on the plane. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses. | | B．If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated. | | C．People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space. | | D．Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space. |
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