When something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say，”Well,it’s so-and-so’s fault.”or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my fault；the car broke down.”It is probably not your fault，but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation，you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However,you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.
Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on the person. You should accept that the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.
This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stop on for success.
1.According to the passage, winners .
A. deal with problems rather than blame others
B. meet with fewer difficulties in their livesC. have responsible and able colleagues
D. blame themselves rather that others
2.The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .
A. avoid
B. accept
C. improve
D. consider
3.When your colleague brings about a problem, you should .
A. find a better way to handle the problem
B. blame him for his lack of responsibility
C. tell him to find the cause of the problem
D. ask a more able colleague for help
4.When problems occur, winners take them as
A. excuses for their failures
B. barriers to greater power
C. challenges to their colleagues
D.chances for self-development
5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. A Winner’s Secret. B. A Winner’s Problem.
C. A Winner’s Opportunity. D. A Winner’s Achievement.
When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously ,did not give her good service ,pretended not to
Understand her ,or even acted as if they did not hear her .
My mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she . I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人).I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs.Tan..”
And my mother was standing beside me ,whispering loudly, “Why he don’t send me cheek already two week lone.”
And then , in perfect English I said : “I’m getting rather concerned .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.”
Then she talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately , I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”
The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs.Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.
When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
1.Why was the author’s mother poorly served? A.She was unable to speak good English.
B.She was often misunderstood.
C.She was not clearly heard.
D.She was not very polite.
2.From Paragorph 2, we know that the author was .
A.good a pretending
B.rude to the stockbroker
C.ready to help her mother
D.unwilling to phone for her mother
3.After the author made the phone call, .
A.they forgave the stockbroker
B.they failed to get the check
C.they went to New York immediately
D.they spoke to their boss at once
4.What does the author think of her mother’s English now?
A.It confuses her.
B.It embarrasses her.
C.It helps her understand the world.
D.It helps her tolerate rude people.
5.We can inter from the passage that Chinese English . A.is clear and natural to non-native speakers
B.is vivid and direct to non-native speakers
C.has a verv bad reputation in America
D.may bring inconvenience in America
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或受用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。
A young man,while traveling through a desert，csme across a spring of clear water.____1.____water was sweet.He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder ____2.____ had been his teacher .After a four-day journey, the young man____3.___.(present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled____4.____(warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water.The young man went home____5._____a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let __6.___student taste the water. He spit it out, __7.___(say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher,” Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like ___8.____?”
The teacher replied,” You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be ___9.___ (sweet).”
We understand this lesson best ____10.___ we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe on a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Every country has its own culture.
Even though each country uses doors. .Doors many have 1functions and purposes which lead to 2differences.
When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different 3and they had distiFnct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to 4the building. This was new to me, because we use the 5door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.
The way of using school bus doors was also 6to me .I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, 7who were getting off the bus should get off first , and students who were getting on should get on 8. In south Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus ,and when the bus doors opened, I 9tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally 10,and my face went red.
1.A.different B.important C.practical D.unusual
2.A.national B.embarrassing C.cultural D.amazing
3.A.exits B.entrances C.signs D.doors
4.A.enter B.leave C.open D.close
5.A.main B.same C.front D.back
6.A.annoying B.hard C.satisfying D.strange
7.A.parents B.students C.teachers D.drivers
8.A.sooner B.later C.faster D.earlier
9.A.politely B.patiently C.unconsciously D.slowly
10.A.embarrassed B.annoyed C.unsatisfied D.excited
假设你是李华，福建省某中学高中学生，今年暑假将前往澳大利亚参加主题为WATER FOR LIFE“的交流活动。请你以参访代表的身份，根据以下图片提示，用英语写一篇发言稿。
注意：
1． 根据图片的内容适当展开，以使行文连贯；
2． 开头与结尾已写好，不计入总词数；
3． 文中不能出现考生的具体信息；
4． 词数：120左右
参考词汇：短缺 shortage ; 资源 resource
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning, I’m Li Hua from Fujian, China, It’s my great honor to be here to say something about the global water shortage and ways of dealing with it.
__________________________________________________________ That’s all. Thank you.
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Dear editor, I am Evan from Canada. Being the eldest child in the family has its 1._______ disadvantages. First of all, I have to share all my ______（玩具）with my 2.________
younger sisters . Of course, they don’t n ____ to return the favor because 3.________
I’m totally uninterested in their things ._______（除……之外）that, 4.________
they are always hanging around me . I just can’t get a moment’s p_____ 5.________ At meals, I have to eat whatever is _____the plate regardless of 6.________
the taste .My sisters only try one bite if it’s not ______favorite food. 7.________
In addition ,w____ it comes to practicing our musical instruments,. I have to 8.________
practice ______than double the time. Worst of all, I get a larger quantity 9.________
of homework,_____(对比)to them. I’m feeling rather annoyed. Can you please g_____ me some advice? 10.________ Yours truly Evan Smith
