Many people go to work each day to a job they hate. The harmful feelings influence their entire life, putting a negative cloud over the home, their friends and many of their other activities. There is a better way to live your life. Meaningful purpose is a driving force that adds enthusiasm to your days. Here are a few steps to get the new career rolling:
Do some self-analysis. Ask yourself -- What really matters to me? What problem or wrong would I like to fix? What do I enjoy? Where are my interests and hobbies? What are my priorities? What is my secret passion? What do I want to do with the rest of my life? Reviewing these questions can give you new insight to where you want to go.
Use your unique genius and talents. Every person is born with a unique set of natural abilities. Talents, such as managing, creating, researching, training others, drawing, can all seem like easy work because you have a natural flair(才能)for them. True happiness comes from combining your natural talents, developing and excelling in them, and working in a field, job, industry that you have a passionate interest in.
Make a decision. Only action can change your life. Read a book. Take vocational tests. Use a good career-management professional. Do some career exploration and gather all the information you need. Then make a decision and go forward. Outline the action steps to reach your career goal. Finding meaning, passion and purpose every day you go to work is the wonderful reward, so don’t wait any longer. Begin right now and set in motion your own plan to live a happier, more satisfying life.
1.Which is the best title of the passage?
A.Suggestions on How to Build a More Meaningful Career |
B.Steps on How to Live Happily and Comfortably |
C.Do not Hate Your Job Any Longer. |
D.Find Out Your Natural Talents and Make a Success. |
2.According to the passage, by analyzing ourselves, we can .
A.know the true meaning of our life |
B.understand better about the career we want |
C.find out our own unique genius and talents |
D.improve relations with our family and friends |
3.According to the passage, it’s easier to make success in the work which we .
A.have much experience at |
B.have professional knowledge about |
C.have been performing for a long time |
D.have a natural talent for |
4.The purpose in writing this passage is to _____.
A.persuade people to work hard to make a happier life |
B.reveal some wrong-doings at work |
C.direct people to choose their career |
D.give some solutions to deal with troubles at work |
The last time I saw my mother, she didn’t know who I was. Although having 36 from dementia(老年痴呆症) for many years, mother was never 37 . All our family came to the hospital to spend time with her. She didn’t 38 them either, but we wanted to be there with her.
I have just flown back from Texas. Mother 39 looked at me, or past me, and said “Yeah”. That’s 40 she responded to 41 around her. In spite of this, I held her hand and talked to her.
I told her about the big old house in Highland where I 42 . When we first 43 there from Mascoutah when I was 5 years old, I was 44 of that house. The yard was full of 45 and the house was falling apart. But my father and mother were intelligent and 46 and we eight kids helped to turn it into a home. All of a sudden, I wasn’t frightened any more.
I told her she must have been very 47 when I decided to go to college to study journalism 48 being a priest(牧师), which she thought was the highest 49 for a family. But she didn’t show it. She just saw me 50 with my favorite chocolate chip cookies.
When I told her all about Texas, 51 she and father had been to visit me, mother seemed 52 by that Texas beach on which they had taken a 53 . She 54 the trip and kept the picture in the living room all the time.
We had too many stories to tell. It was time for me to say 55 to mother and I told her I’d see her again. “Yeah,” she answered. But I wasn’t able to.
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While shopping, people sometimes can’t help______ into buying something they don’t really need.
A.to persuade |
B.persuading |
C.be persuaded |
D.being persuaded |
The flowers_______sweet in the botanical garden attract the visitors to the beauty of nature. (2004上海)
A.to smell |
B.smelling |
C.smelt |
D.to be smelt |
As a child, Johnson would sit on the steps alone, _______ the sun ______ down.
A.watched; going |
B.watching; went |
C.watching; go |
D.watched; went |
Hearing the news, he rushed out, the book on the table and disappointed into the distance.
A.leaving; lying open |
B.left; lay opened |
C.left; lain open |
D.leaving; lie opened |