Rich or poor, we all have problems: that unfaithful mate, that irritating(惱人的) colleague, that persistent disease, the investment that is turning into a huge loss.

How do we remain calm, positive and even elegant in the face of all these difficulties of life?

The following suggestions may help.

It comes with the pay. I have a friend who used to complain about her dead-end job and unreasonable boss. Sound familiar? One day I told her. "Look at it this way. You are getting paid for the annoyance as well as the work. It comes with the pay."

This has become my favorite saying for work-related frustrations. "Take every day as a bonus." When we learn to treasure every moment of what we have, we begin to see life in a whole new perspective.

It's all in the mind. Sure, the psychologists tell us it is important we work at resolving problems. But they also say if you try to resolve a problem that would not go away, it would only compound(使更復(fù)雜) the frustration.

If you tell yourself there isn't a problem, there won't be one. It's all in the mind.

Stop thinking about your own problem—help others instead. A lady who is combating a life-threatening disease revealed she coped with her illness by making herself useful, by offering help to others in a similar situation.

She has spoken to at least five other women with breast cancer. She says that the sharing has helped her to find fresh meaning in her own life.

Never give up on your dream. Why do we give in and give up when we meet difficulties? Is it because we have no confidence in our cause and no commitment for what we pursue?

It was said that Albert Einstein's last request on his death bed was to be given his equations and his unfinished statement declining the presidency of Israel.

Einstein first picked up his equations and lamented to his son, "If only I had more mathematics!" What a great persistent spirit!

One strong-hearted lady was the late head of the tragic Kennedy family, Rose Kennedy. She said this on nationwide television one week after losing yet another son to an assassin's bullet—Boddy Kennedy: "And we go on our way with no regrets not looking backwards to the past, but we shall carry on with courage."

Not the end of the world. Do you know something else? I've learned that care as you might, love as you might, some people just don't care back.

And it's not the end of the world. After all, it's not the event that makes a person, is it? It's what we do about that happens to us.

1. Which of the following may serve as an appropriate title for this passage?

A. How to Face Problems.               B. How to Resolve Problems.

C. How to Hold on to Your Dream.        D. How to Remain Cheerful.

2. "Take every day as a bonus" (Para.5, Line 1) is most likely to mean ______.

A. we should see life from a new perspective

B. we should treasure every day in our life

C. we should regard every day as the last day in our life

D. we should enjoy ourselves every day

3. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned by the author?

A. Helping others will make it easier for us to solve our own difficulties.

B. We can learn to see life from a fresh light.

C. We should have confidence in our cause so that we won't give in easily.

D. We should not be overwhelmed by problems in our life.

4. The author seems not to believe that _______.

A. everyone living in this world, poor or rich, has some problems

B. we should not give in and give up in the face of difficulties

C. we must work hard at solving some problems which can't be solved easily

D. we should remain calm and positive when confronted with problems

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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly（蝴蝶） caught in a thorn（荊棘）bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy（仙女）. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”
The fairy leaned（傾斜） toward her and whispered（耳語(yǔ)）in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, afraid that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure（安全的）they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
【小題1】Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan（孤兒） girl     .

A．felt sorrow, but she didn’t help itB．failed to help it release from the thorn
C．fell down on it tooD．helped the butterfly escape from the thorn
【小題2】The butterfly     after being saved by the little girl.
A．flied awayB．was more beautiful than before
C．changed into a fairyD．still died
【小題3】The only thing that the little girl wanted was       .
A．wealthB．parentsC．happinessD．friends
【小題4】The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because      .
A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t want her to die
B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died
C．they wanted to pray for her after her death
D．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

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Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship usually develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends that you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence (影響) your development, maturity (成熟) and sense of responsibility. A familiar expression is “You can tell a lot about a person by knowing who his friends are.” Friendship is based on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends are likely to be athletic (競(jìng)技的). If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do the same.

Some people call you their friends for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial(表面上的) only “friends” on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if it is to their advantage. True friends are there if you are rich or poor. It is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By this time you should be able to separate your friends into the real or the “phoney”.

True friends are most special. They are also difficult to find. You can consider yourself very lucky if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. He or she knows you would do the same for them. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friend have good understanding of each other. True friends support you, take your side, and build up your confidence.

1.The first paragraph tells us _____.

A．how to make a true friend

B．we should make friend in our childhood

C．what is friendship based on

D．friends play a very important part in our life

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．What you value above anything is the friendship developing during childhood.

B．The friendship developing during your school days will be with you for a long time.

C．Only through your friends’ influence will you take the responsibility for your task.

D．If you have no music in you, none of your friends will be a music lover.

3.“So-called” friends in paragraph 2 refer to _____.

A．someone who only wants to be your friend when you are successful

B．those who want to benefit from you

C．the friends who are on the surface only

D．a(chǎn)ll the above

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．You should tell true friends from phoneys.

B．True friendship is too difficult to find.

C．You can share your joys and sorrows with a true friend.

D．A true friend will stand by you whatever happens.

 

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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly（蝴蝶） caught in a thorn（荊棘）bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy（仙女）. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”

The fairy leaned（傾斜） toward her and whispered（耳語(yǔ)）in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, afraid that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure（安全的）they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”

1.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan（孤兒） girl     .

A．felt sorrow, but she didn’t help it          B．failed to help it release from the thorn

C．fell down on it too                       D．helped the butterfly escape from the thorn

2.The butterfly     after being saved by the little girl.

A．flied away                             B．was more beautiful than before

C．changed into a fairy                      D．still died

3.The only thing that the little girl wanted was       .

A．wealth            B．parents           C．happiness         D．friends

4.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because      .

A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t want her to die

B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C．they wanted to pray for her after her death

D．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

 

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Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.

In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid - one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree；they refuse to do what they think "low" work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns…

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work. Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

1.The writer of the passage thinks that _______.

A．education can settle most of the world's problems

B．free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

C．free education won't help to solve problems

D．a(chǎn)ll the social problems can't be solved by education

2.The writer wants to prove that _______.

A．our society needs all kinds of jobs

B．our society needs free education for all

C．a(chǎn) farmer is more important than a professor

D．work with hands is the most important

3.The purpose of education is _______.

A．to choose officials for the country

B．to prepare children mainly for their future work

C．to let everyone receive education fit for him

D．to build a perfect world

4.The passage tells us about _______ of the education.

A．the means

B．the system

C．the value

D．the type

 

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Hey! It's going to be Mother's day again. Have you planned something good for your Mama? If not, try even one of these tips.

Make Your Mama Proud

　　What special talents do you have? Maybe this is the right time to show it to her. She would be very proud and surprised if she'd realized that you have something that she doesn't expect.

　　What's Her Favorite?

　　Most teens don't know what their mama's favorite. You do? Then, what are you waiting for ? Buy her some of her favorite stuff and put a little twist on it. Make it more special.

　　The best time to give her that is while she is sleeping at night. Put it on the drawer next to her so that when she wakes up she'll be surprised to see it. And, maybe, a little tear may fall down from her cheeks.

　　The Memories

　　Our mothers have special memories in mind. Those are the times that they gave birth to their healthy baby. How about you? What's your best moment with her? Maybe you can tell her about the time she got mad at you because you did something that you thought is right but since that day forward you realized your mistakes. Or, you can tell her how happy you are when she was there during your painful days in your life.

　　Be Her

　　What does she look like if she is so exhausted and angry and tired? What does she do for your family? This is the right time to show her the things that she usually does at home. Try to imitate her voice when she is angry. Make your face as if you are her when she is mad.

　　Treat a Queen

　　Your house is a palace with a king and queen (it doesn't matter if you're rich or poor). Our mother is the real queen in our life and in our family though her duties make her look like she is not. Give the lady a day off by being a servant to her.

　　Make-Over Beauty

　　Because of stress and the problems that she is facing right now, especially in the family, she doesn't look great any more. Admit it! Most mothers are not into trends anymore because their focusing on us.

　　Perhaps you could take some of your savings to treat her in a salon or the department store. Then, choose nice clothes that would make her look GLAMOROUS!

　　Have Some of Your Time

　　It's the cheapest but a meaningful way. Most of us are busy from our work, friends, boy/girl friends, school. We stay home late and after several hours, we go out again.

　　Have you ever had a meaningful time with your mother where you don't think or talk about problems and arguments? Have you ever told her how much you thank her from the life she gave to you, the time she took care of you, and for every suffering she'd felt for you? Have you ever told her that you love her?

Life is short. We don't know what will happen tomorrow nor today. Those three words can make her heart jump for joy, you know? Just tell her “I love you!” and it would make her smile so sweetly. Just try! We don't want to miss a thing, right?

 

 

Tips on 71 _________ to make mother happy

Tell your mother your best 77 ______ with her. For example, tell her you were so happy when she 78 ________ care of you during painful days. Imitate her when she is tired or angry and all that she does for the family.
 

Show your mother your special talents so that she would take 74________in you. Buy her something that she likes best and put it on a drawer next to her to 75 _______ her. Maybe she would be moved to

76 _________.
 

Have some of your time.
 

Have a meaningful time with your mother and don’t think or talk about any problems or

80_________. Tell her that you love her.
 

 

 

 

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