You feel happiest when you create a healthy balance between giving and receiving. If you give and give without making time to fill your own needs, then it’s likely you will burn out, or feel upset .When you take and take without giving anything back ,you never feel fulfilled, so you are always searching for ways to fill the void in your life.
The way to create a healthy balance between giving and receiving is to know and then live by your values .I break values up into two groups which I call being and having values. Your being values are the character traits of the ideal person you would like to be. I suggest to my clients that they choose three being values that they are willing to make a commitment to live by. An example of some being values are: kind, loving, generous, inspirational, peaceful, wise and even powerful. By acting on these values you give to others through your actions and you inspire others by being a positive role model. Mastering being these character traits becomes your life purpose.
Your having values are the feelings you need to create in order to be happy. These could be companionship, achievement, support, being valued or financial security. This is what you receive. You take responsibility for filling your own needs by taking steps to create these feelings and conditions in your life.
When you make a commitment to live by your being values, it becomes easier to make conscious choices rather than reactionary ones. If your usual pattern is to talk about your problems, you could choose to think and act like a calm person. A calm person might go for a walk, meditate, or set a time limit before responding. If your usual pattern is to worry, you could choose to act like a responsible or wise person. In other words, you would act like the person you choose to be—this is the key to personal power.
When you choose to act on your values, you not only feel good about yourself, you reinforce your chosen beliefs. Over time acting in this way changes how you see the world, and in turn the way other people think of you

  1. 1.

    The main purpose of this passage is to_____.

    1. A.
      persuade the readers to make a commitment
    2. B.
      inform the readers how to be truly happy
    3. C.
      explain to the readers what personal values are
    4. D.
      instruct the readers how to make wise choices
  2. 2.

    According to the text, living by your own values, you will_____.

    1. A.
      gain a lot of power
    2. B.
      fill your own needs
    3. C.
      seek all human virtues
    4. D.
      form positive personality
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “void” in Paragraph 1 means_____.

    1. A.
      a feeling of emptiness
    2. B.
      an absence of one’s mind
    3. C.
      a break of continuity
    4. D.
      a state of confusion
  4. 4.

    Which of the following does not belong to “your having values”?

    1. A.
      your success in the competition
    2. B.
      the help from your friends
    3. C.
      your own peaceful mind
    4. D.
      the friendship
  5. 5.

    What can be inferred from the text?

    1. A.
      Having values are better than being values
    2. B.
      The way other people think of you decides who you are
    3. C.
      A calm person does not choose to complain
    4. D.
      A responsible person does not care about financial security
BDACC
試題分析:本文論述了保持給予和索取平衡的重要性和如何保持平衡的方法。
1.主旨大意題。只有保持平衡合理,才能使人感到舒適快樂,真正幸福,因此介紹保持平衡的方法是幫助讀者獲得真正的快樂,所以選B
2.細節(jié)題。由第二段的By acting on these values you give to others through your actions and you inspire others by being a positive role model.可知,因為養(yǎng)成一種快樂積極的個性,才能使一個人愉快的與他人交流合作,才能實現(xiàn)自我價值,所以選D
3.詞義理解題。根據(jù)上下文這句話的意思是你總是在尋找填補生活中空虛的方法,void意為空虛,所以選A
4.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段These could be companionship, achievement, support, being valued or financial security. This is what you receive. You take responsibility for filling your own needs by taking steps to create these feelings and conditions in your life.唯一沒提到的是your own peaceful mind,所以選C
5.推斷題。從第四段的A calm person might go for a walk, meditate, or set a time limit before responding可推斷出一個冷靜的人總是會沉思,找出缺點或錯誤所在,而不是怨天尤人,所以選C
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