科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external (外在的) result or a product that can easily be identified and measured.The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language—all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast (對照) , the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way.The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feelings people have , and their caution or courage, as they meet with new experiences and unexpected difficulties.In this process, the journey never really ends;there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first.How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow.Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to unfamiliar experiences.Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt change or that we’re not smart enough to deal with a new challenge.Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.
These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow.If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing.We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.
In the author’s eye, one who views personal growth as a process would ______.
A.succeed in climbing up the social ladder
B.grow up from his own achievements
C.face difficulties and take up challenges
D.a(chǎn)im high and reach his goal each time
Which of the following can be viewed as the process of personal growing?
A.Our manager was always willing to accept new challenges.
B.Jane won the first prize in the speech competition.
C.Jerry picked up French during his stay in Paris.
D.Father’s salary rose from 5, 000 to 7,000.
For personal growth, the author is in favor of all the following EXCEPT _______.
A.being curious about more changes
B.being quick in self-adaptation
C.having an open mind to new experiences
D.staying away from failures and challenges
The best title for this passage should be ______.
A.Facing New Challenges B Growth—Product or Process
C.Two Basic Ways of Growth D Overcoming Internal Fear
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科目:高中英語 來源:江西省南昌市2010屆高三下學(xué)期4月聯(lián)考 題型:完型填空
三、完形填空(共30分)
In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and reading message. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no 36 for stillness.
And when we are 37 to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often 38 something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re 39 .
This comes at a 40 : we lose that time for 41 , for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And 42 yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get 43 done.
Take a moment to think about 44 you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering 45 checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always 46 through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your 47 ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be 48 . Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. 49 be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d
50 it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more 51 .
Then be that vision.
It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. 52 you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too 53 . slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of 54 for it.
55 the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.
36. A .place B. chance C. freedom D. time
37. A. forced B. ordered C . invited D. told
38. A. have B. find C. buy D. get
39. A. familiar with B. curios about C. used to D. interested in
40. A. cost B. risk C. loss D. danger
41.A. play B. food C. sleep D. consideration
42. A. further B. worse C. farther D. deeper
43. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
44. A. how B. where C. why D. whether
45. A. questions B. problems C. phones D. messages
46. A. walking B. rushing C. stepping D. going
47. A. school B. youth C. work D. life
48. A. silent B. patient C. still D. quiet
49. A. Nearly B. Ever C. Just D. Already
50. A. like B. decide C. choose D. need
51. A. activity B. research C. study D. peace
52. A. Because B. Until C. Once D. Unless
53. A. frequently B. slowly C. fast D. quickly
54. A. asking B. sending C. calling D. waiting
55. A. Value B. Miss C. Owe D. Hold
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年江蘇省高三下學(xué)期期初考試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:其他題
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Made In The USA: An Export Boom
In his State of the Union address two years ago, President Obama argued that in order to recover from the economic recession, one of the few things the U.S. needed to do was to export more goods around the world. That night, the president unveiled a new goal: to double U.S. exports over the next five years. It would be an increase that the president said would “support two million jobs in America.”
Most economists dismissed the promise at the time as something unrealistic, but two years later, the U.S. is on pace to meet that goal. American exports are up 34 percent since the president gave that speech, and the number continues to rise.
Competitive In A Global Market
Marlin Steel, a metal working business in Baltimore, makes parts that ship all across the world. “We export to 36 countries,” owner Drew Greenblatt tells All Things Considered Host Guy Raz.“We're working around the clock, and we're growing.”
It's not just advanced manufacturing exports on the rise, but pork, cattle and all kinds of agricultural exports are up as well. Even American craft beer has found an export market.
Flying Dog CEO Jim Caruso says that increasingly, people all over the world are trying the beer from the Maryland-based brewery. Caruso says,“Even in those top beer-producing countries, a competitive American product is finding a market.”
Services Are Exports, Too
Another place exports are coming from is New York City—in particular, the 30th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper on 5th Avenue and 52nd Street. That's where the consulting firm Kurt Solomon lies. It doesn't actually produce a product for export; it provides management advice and strategy.
“Four out of every five Americans is now employed in the service industry,” the nation's top trade official, Ron Kirk says, “Services are a significant part of our exports, and make up about a quarter of our exported goods.” These services can include everything from legal consulting, finance, information technology and even engineering.
And There Are Other Factors
So why has there been an increase of more than 30 percent for exports in almost everything? Part of the increase, at least for the manufacturing side, is due to better technology, says Tyler Cowen, an economist. “A lot of it is being driven by smart machines,” he tells Raz,“The U.S. has high wage rates, which is a disadvantage, but if machines are doing a lot of the work, that doesn't matter.”
China factors a lot in America's export economy, too.“Wages in China have been going up as the country becomes more productive. Thus China is losing the cheap labor advantage it has held for some time.” Cowen says.
Will Jobs Grow, too?
“Companies have become more productive by dismissing workers and lowering costs.”Cowen says.“So I don't view exporting as a way of creating a very large number of jobs, but it will create more profits.”
So not every business or worker is necessarily benefiting from the export boom in the U.S., and Cowen says that could ultimately lead to a polarization(兩極) of economic outcomes.
Made In the USA: An Export Boom
Outline |
Details |
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The purpose of increasing exports |
*To help America make a (1)______ from the economic recession *To help raise the nation's (2)______ rate |
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The current situation |
*American exports have risen (3)______ thirty-four percent up to now *There has been an increase in exports in everything *The export boom does not necessarily (4)______ every business or worker |
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(5)______ contributing to the export boom |
(6)______products |
Even in those top beer-producing countries, people try craft beer from Flying Dog, a brewery (7)______ in Maryland |
Various products |
A variety of products are provided around the world,services (8)______ for 25% |
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Lower costs |
*(9)______ take the place of labor, helping companies reduce wages *China, who used to take (10)______ of cheap labor, has given way to America in exports to some extent because of its increasing production |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆江西省高一下學(xué)期第三次月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
Half a century after the March of Dimes (a US charity organization that collects money for children) put the 20th century’s most feared childhood disease on the road to eradication (根除), Bill Gates declared polio (小兒麻痹癥) his important job and challenged world leaders to finish the job.
India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan now have active transmission (傳播) of the disease. Gates says the biggest problem with the success of the Global Polio Eradication program in those countries and elsewhere is lack of money.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to increase its $200 million annual contribution (每年的捐款) by $102 million this year, Gates says. Gates recently met privately with Pakistan’s President in Washington, D.C., to try to persuade him to provide full support for Pakistan’s eradication plan.
Children in the USA also are at risk, experts say. Parents who don’t vaccinate (給某人接種疫苗) their children because they are fearful of vaccine side-effects create a large number of children who are likely to be harmed by the virus.
“If you increase the number of unvaccinated children, you increase the chance that this virus will find new subjects,” says David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prized-winning author of Polio: An American Story.
“We’ve got to get this vaccine into the mouths of children,” says Bruce Aylward, head of the World Health Organization’s eradication program.
In 1988, when the World Health Organization launched the Global Polio Eradication program, the disease killed 350,000 children a year worldwide. By last year, the total dropped to fewer than 1,500 worldwide, Aylward says.
If Gates provides the final push for polio eradication, he may be remembered as much for helping prevent polio as for founding Microsoft, Oshinsky says.
“As long as there’s polio anywhere, people everywhere are at risk,” Aylawrd says. “We’re still not out of the woods.”
1.According to the text, the success of the Global Polio Eradication program mainly depends on .
A.the World Health Organization’s policy |
B.the development of a new vaccine |
C.the local governments’ support |
D.the collection of funds. |
2.What do we know about polio according to the text?
A.People in Nigeria don’t take it seriously. |
B.It’s now the most serious childhood disease. |
C.Great progress has been made in preventing it. |
D.There are few organizations helping to prevent it. |
3.According to Oshinsky, .
A.Gates should devote more time to Microsoft |
B.polio eradication is a very important cause |
C.vaccine side-effects should not be ignored |
D.polio has been brought under control |
4.According to the passage, which of the following about Bill Gates is TRUE?
A.He is the founder of the Global polio Eradication program. |
B.He persuades some of the world leaders to support the eradication plan. |
C.His foundation contributes $302, 000 to eradicate polio every year. |
D.He works harder on preventing polio than founding Microsoft. |
5.The underlined part “We’re still not out of the woods” means “ ”.
A.We get lost in the woods |
B.We’re not free from trouble |
C.we have no idea where to go |
D.We’re unable to eradicate polio |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2010年遼寧省高二下學(xué)期第一次月考英語 題型:閱讀理解
Do your spirits soar (猛增) on a sunny day? Do you relax at the sound of flowing water?
Some scientists suggest that these contacts with nature are good for your health. In one study, hospital patients with a view of trees had shorter hospital stays and less need for pain medications. Another study indicated that prisoners with a view of the outdoors had fewer doctor visits.
“Why do we desire nature? Maybe we’re programmed to need it, since our ancestors’ survival was so dependent on their connection with nature,” suggests biologist E.O. Wilson.
Want to find out if contact with nature improves your outlook on life? Try a few of these ideas.
Hang out a bird feeder and watch the birds that visit it.
Sit down in the backyard or a nearby park. Close your eyes. What do you hear? Birds singing? The wind in the trees? Crickets (蟋蟀) chirping?
Find an anthill. Sit down and watch the ants work.
Take a walk right after a rainstorm. What looks different? Smells different?
Go barefoot on a sandy beach.
Open the curtains and the window, if the weather allows it.
On a windy day, watch the trees.
Go to a creek, river or park fountain. Listen to the sound of water in motion.
Camp out in the backyard or at a nearby state park. Use a tent or sleep on the ground.
Find a wide-open space to study the stars. Learn about the different constellations (星座).
Raise a garden. Or plant some seeds in a flowerpot.
Go hiking with your family. Talk about all of the colors you see in nature.
Take a camera and capture your nature experience.
1.From Paragraph 2 we can learn that ______.
A.prisoners don’t like to go to the doctor when ill |
B.trees can be used as pain medications |
C.prisoners should often get out of prison to come into contact with nature |
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D.contacts with nature are very helpful for hospital patients |
2.According to E.O. Wilson, we desire nature probably because ______.
A.it can help us feel relaxed |
B.we have inherited (繼承) from our ancestors who were dependent on nature |
C.people have lived with nature for thousands of years |
D.contacts with nature can improve a person’s outlook on life |
3.The author gives us many ideas in order to let us ______.
A.find out if contacts with nature improve our outlook on life |
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B.hear birds sing and watch ants work |
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C.talk about the colors we see in nature |
D.capture our experience in nature |
4.From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A.studying the constellations is important to everyone |
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B.you can know all the colors only by going hiking |
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C.nature is quite important to us |
D.walking in a rainstorm can be very helpful |
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Go hiking with your family. |
B.Let nature nurture you. |
C.Visit your doctor less. |
D.Watch the trees more often. |
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