Struggling in the US? Move to China!
I graduated from the university with a degree of civil engineer. It is a good field but my heart was not in it. I wanted to be an actor or work in the entertainment industry…living a creative life. My choice of civil engineering was really a mistake but I realized too late. As soon as I graduated, I move straight to Los Angeles----the home of the film and television industry!
For three years, I tried to get a job in that field. I often worked as an extra in movies and TV shows----standing in the background while actors are in the foreground. This was fun for a while, but I wanted a real acting job, where I was speaking! Sadly, in Los Angeles, there is too much competition. Every race and age is represented: old, young, black, white, Asian, and thousands of blondish-red haired Midwestern types like me. Being an extra couldn’t make enough money for me to live in LA. I had to do something else for money.
After three years of trying, I gave up my dream of being an actor and started a different career. I then tried network-marketing, but in the end, that failed. Seven years after graduating from college, I was still in debt, still searching for a satisfactory life. I decided to go back to civil engineering.
However, I was starting to get very disappointed with my life. Why is life not like what I expected?
I expected to have made a lot of money, gotten married, with a house and nice cars, kids, time freedom, etc. Millions of people lead lives with their dreams shelved, existing but not really living. I want my life to be different, more satisfactory, more alive. America was not providing that for me…
In addition, America was too expensive----always worrying about money was a headache. I wanted a life filled with adventure, romance, friendships, successes, and dreams realized.
…
I decided to move to China.
1.How can we describe the writer’s attitude toward life?
A. Practical. B. Passive. C. Disappointed. D. Positive.
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. A lot of people are living but they are not enjoying their life.
B. A lot of people are living with dreams though their life is not that enjoyable.
C. A lot of people give up their dreams and yet are living a good life.
D. A lot of people don’t have dreams, nor do they want to live either.
3.What did the writer do before he finally decided to move to China?
A.
Engineer
extramarketingengineer. B.
Extramarketingengineer.
C.
Engineerextramarketing . D.
Extraengineermarketing.
Nearly thirty years ago, I went rock climbing for the first time with a group in New Mexico. It sounded exciting and 1! Anyone who has ever climbed knows that you can easily 2where there is no place to go, or so. It seems you’re stuck. But 3is not an option. You cannot just stand there and feel 4for yourself. You cannot go back down, so you are 5to become solution minded.
I held on for dear life that day, on my first climb, 6about three quarters of the way to the top. It seemed that there was no place to go, and 7to put my hands or feet so that I could 8upward. But after a few minutes had passed I realized that I had to do 9. I began to look again for a(n) 10. I then noticed a 11sticking out, which I might be able to grab with my hands and 12myself up to where I could have a small foothold. I called to the instructor at the top and asked him if that rock would hold my 13if I pulled myself up. I can 14remember his answer, “I don’t know. Why don’t you try it and see?”
In life we many times feel “stuck”. We wonder how we got into the 15that we are presently in. It is in those times that we need to be careful about how we define(定义)it. Have we failed, 16is it just a setback?
Setbacks, adversity(逆境), or being stuck is never an indication that you are a 17unless you decide that those things define your life as a failure. For people looking for a(n) 18to be a failure, there are always plenty to choose from. But if you want your life to be successful, setbacks, adversity and being stuck are 19stepping-stones to your success. Success minded people 20those kinds of things for what they really are. They know that for them, they are only temporary.
1.A. amusing B. challenging C. boring D. surprising
2.A. put away B. take up C. end up D. lead to
3.A. searching B. regretting C. refusing D. quitting
4.A. sorry B. free C. amazed D. surprised
5.A. unlikely B. forced C. asked D. bound
6.A. shocked B. stuck C. suffered D. struck
7.A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. wherever
8.A. continue B. improve C. promote D. enjoy
9.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
10.A. attention B. appreciation C. solution D. expectation
11.A. track B. sign C. tree D. rock
12.A. turn B. push C. pull D. build
13.A. quantity B. feet C. weight D. burden
14.A. still B. never C. hardly D. ever
15.A. destination B. situation C. location D. occasion
16.A. however B. otherwise C. or D. yet
17.A. learner B. failure C. thinker D. winner
18.A. signal B. excuse C. comment D. imagine
19.A. easily B. hardly C. simply D. nearly
20.A. develop B. deserve C. promise D. accept
—How did you find your visit to the Olympic Park, Tom?
— .
A. By taking a No 3 bus. B. I want there alone
C. Oh, wonderful indeed D. A boy showed me the way
I don’t think Maria will be disappointed at the news, but I will see her she is.
A. as if B. so that C. in case D. even though
—We didn’t find the Blacks the lecture.
—No one had told them about a lecture the following day.
A. to attend; there to be B. attending; there being
C. attended; there be D. attend; there was
If only he quietly as the doctor instructed, he wouldn’t suffer so much now.
A. lies B. lay C. should lie D. had lain
