Success does not belong to a select group of individuals(个人). Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.
Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be plain, clear, and it must also be exciting.
Show up. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You can’t have a best seller, if you have never written a book. You can’t get your dream job, if you’re afraid to turn in an application. Showing up doesn’t guarantee(保证) success, but if you don’t show up, you won’t succeed.
Fail. Unless you’re willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success won’t happen. To have success you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do something right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula（公式）for success is to double your rate of failure (失败). So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.
Work Harder. Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day. Success is not about doing what the common person can’t do. It’s about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, it’s about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. It’s the habit of doing things with excellence that causes success.
Enjoy the Journey. Success is a journey, not a destination(终点). Success is not a certain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.
Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” You have to change…you will change, you will succeed.
1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in achieving success?
A. Good education. B. Working hard.
C. Strong desire. D. Enjoying failure.
2.What does the writer really mean by saying “Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day.”?
A. It’s not easy for people to develop their health.
B. Keeping working harder is necessary when you go after success.
C. You are sure to meet with some difficulty in your life.
D. Most people don’t want to spend too much time running.
3.What does the writer mostly want to tell us in the fourth paragraph?
A. Failure is the mother of success.
B. Many hands make light work.
C. Every dog has its day.
D. Actions speak louder than words.
4.Which of the following is TRUE about success according to the passage?
A. If you want to succeed, you should have special talents.
B. If you want to succeed, you’d better not show up.
C. Success means the enjoyment of your gain or loss on the journey.
D. Success is about doing what the common person can’t do.
5.The best title of the passage might be_______________.
A. The Importance of Success
B. The Meaning of Success
C. Success or Failure
D. The Five Main Steps to Success
Different vitamins are found in different foods. Then which foods should be eaten to keep us healthy? Let's look at some important vitamins for the answer.
Vitamin A helps to protect skin from becoming dry. It is also helpful to the eyes. Without vitamin A, you cannot see well in darkness. Vitamin A is found in animal liver and yellow part of eggs. Sweet potatoes, carrots and other dark colored fruit and vegetables have something that the body can change into vitamin A. |
Vitamin B changes foods into energy and helps the heart and nervous system (神经系统) to work smoothly. Without it, we will be weak and will not grow. It is found in grains and other foods like beans, nuts, meat and fish. Vitamin B helps to produce red blood cells. It is found in foods like eggs, meat, fish, milk and green leafy vegetables. |
Vitamin C is needed for strong bones and teeth, and for healthy blood vessels (血管). It also helps wounds to heal (愈合) quickly. The body stores little vitamin C, so we must get it in foods like oranges, and cabbage. |
Vitamin D increases the levels of calcium (钙) in the blood. Calcium is needed for verve and muscle (肌肉) cells to work normally, as well as to build strong bones. Fish liver oil has vitamin D. In some countries, milk producers add vitamin D to milk so that it will be good for children. |
1.Without ________, we cannot see well in darkness.
A. vitamin A B. vitamin B
C. vitamin C D. vitamin D
2.According to the passage, vitamin B can be found in ________.
A. fish liver oil
B. oranges and cabbage
C. grains, meat and fish
D. animal liver and eggs
3.From the passage, we know that vitamin C is good for ________.
A. blood vessels B. the heart
C. the skin D. nerve and muscles
4.Some milk producers add vitamin D to milk mainly to help children to ________.
A. have good eyesight
B. get enough calcium
C. produce blood cells
D. heal wounds quickly
5.According to the passage above, which of the following is “TRUE”？
A. We can get vitamins from everything.
B. We can live healthily with few vitamins
C. Vitamins are not important to our health.
D. Different vitamins help us in different ways.
Have you ever returned a book late to the library before？If so，you may pay a small fine（罚款）．How much would you have to pay if the book is returned 65 years late？
A high school in Washington，US had to deal with such a problem recently．A copy of Gone with the Wind was finally returned to its library 65years late．However，the school said that it would not ask Wayne to pay the fine，though that would be about $475．
The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school in 1949，and disappeared until it was found in Maine，US by Wayne．Wayne found the book in his father’s basement（地下室） and then offered to send it back to the school．
“I feel very sorry about that，”Wayne said．
“We’re very pleased to have the book back．Wayne did the right thing,” Lori Wyborney，headmaster of the school said．
1.The book was borrowed out of the library of the high school ．
A．in 2014 B．in1975 C．in1965 D．in 1949
2.Gone with the Wind is the name of ．
A．a book B．a school
C．a magazine D. a library
3. offered to send the book back to the school．
A．Wayne B． Wayne’s father
C．Lori’s headmaster D．Lori．
A
1.Julia is at Racine. She wants to go to Baseball Field. She should change lines at .
A. Reno B. Cliton C. Grand D. Randolph
2.To go to Airport from Youth Centre, you should take underground lines in this order: .
A. Red Line → Blue Line → Green Line
B. Blue Line → Green Line → Red Line
C. Blue Line → Red Line → Green Line
D. Red Line → Green Line → Blue Line
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通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do the most _______ jobs.
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people and _______ the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robots will also be fun to watch.
But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be _______ for a robot to do the same things as a person. _______ , it's easy for a child to wake up and know where he or she is. Mr. White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people _______ 25 to 50 years.
Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots _______ in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored. But robots will _______ get bored.
In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have _______ work to do. New robots will have many different _______. Some will look like humans, and others might look like _______. After an earthquake, a snake robot could help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!
1.A. unpleasant B. pleasant C. bored D. interesting
2.A. to do B. doing C. do D. did
3.A. easy B. possible C. exciting D. hard
4.A. Such as B. For example C. Instead D. However
5.A. after B. before C. about D. in
6.A. work B. working C. to work D. worked
7.A. no B. ever C. never D. always
8.A. less B. a little C. fewer D. a few
9.A. names B. colours C. sizes D. shapes
10.A. turtles B. snakes C. frogs D. spiders
— Never give up. If you keep practising speaking English every day, you’ll make great progress.
—Thanks for encouraging me. I know _______.
A. practice makes perfect
B. it never rains but it pours
C. many hands make light work
D. the grass is always greener on the other side
