In a cab, a woman seemed in such a hurry. She constantly rushed the cab driver to drive quickly. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts of getting to the airport as soon as possible that she was not aware they were going by a different route.
All of a sudden, a young man got inside the cab. He took her handbag in which she had put her visa, passport, and all the money for the trip.
The cab driver, who was in collusion with the robber, left her in the exactly middle of a dark street. She thought that she was rather unfortunate in the very situation.
During the very night, she was told a piece of shocking news. Tears came down her cheek. Flight 360, the plane that she should have got on board, had crashed. Had she not lost her important belongings, she could surely have lost the thing far more precious——her life.
Sometimes bad things really happen. There are times when nothing seems to go our way. So what should we do about it? We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the faith that we will get what we deserve.
Don’t waste your time and energy on things that can’t be changed. Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you’ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.
What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?
There was a man who won the lottery. He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.
But when he one day made it to the front page of the newspaper again, it was a different story. He had been killed because of his riches. If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it. Life is so unpredictable. You never know what will happen next.
Live one day at a time. We sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble. But please don’t forget: sometimes misfortune can be the source of happiness. Live for the moment. Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine. Believe me. And believe in yourself. As Captain Planet always says, “The power is yours！”
1. The underlined phrase “in collusion with” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________.”
A. was forced by B. was fighting bravely against
C. was doing one’s best to beg D. had cooperated with
2. From the passage, we learn that ________.
A. robbers are sure to get what they want
B. somebody never runs out of good luck
C. the woman was lucky to miss her flight
D. if one feels oneself lucky, he or she will continue to be so
3. The writer presents the second example in order to ________.
A. warn people of the danger of winning the lottery
B. tell people life is unpredictable
C. encourage people to buy lottery
D. persuade people not to be greedy
4. According to the author, which of the following choices is the correct attitude to adopt to life?
A. Never waste any time or energy because time is so limited.
B. One needn’t be worried or feel frustrated. Believe in yourself.
C. Even while everything appears to be going smoothly, we should keep fully alert.
D. Worrying about what you don’t have
5. The passage above is intended to tell us ________.
A. misfortune sometimes is a blessing
B. we should save up for a rainy day
C. fortune just goes with those prepared minds
D. both losses and gains go hand in hand
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous .”
What mother said was absolutely right, as I after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a in radio, then my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that stations couldn’t risk employing a(n) person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I . The job sounded just for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an .
As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me a microphone and told me to an imaginary game.
On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation
1.A. take B. put C. move D. carry
2.A. concern B. doubt C. disappointment D. amazement
3.A. recovered B. discovered C. recognized D. developed
4.A. job B. plan C. trip D. research
5.A. come B. go C. push D. work
6.A. put off B. broken away C. turned down D. fed up
7.A. no B. big C. small D. famous
8.A. selfish B. confident C. inexperienced D. independent
9.A. tip B. reward C. challenge D. chance
10.A. sports B. food C. clothes D. radio
11.A. hesitated B. applied C. refused D. agreed
12.A. right B. important C. boring D. funny
13.A. disappeared B. hidden C. shown D. died
14.A. warned B. reminded C. recognized D. demanded
15.A. athlete B. actor C. announcer D. artist
16.A. aloud B. secretly C. silently D. equally
17.A. while B. where C. after D. when
18.A. within B. before C. beyond D. beneath
19.A. play B. perform C. broadcast D. present
20.A. say B. wonder C. dream D. learn
The child tiptoed quietly to the bird. ________ into the forest when he was about to catch it.
A. Flew it away B. Away flew it C. Away it flew D. Flew away it
He ___________busy yesterday, or he __________you with your experiment.
A. was; had helped B. was; would have helped
C. had been; would have helped D. were; would have helped
He ________ to the cinema last night, for he stayed with me.
A. mustn’t go B. shouldn’t have gone C. could not go D. couldn’t have gone
The project ______ by the end of 2020, will expanded the city’s telephone network to cover 2,000,000 users.
A. being accomplished B. to be accomplished
C. accomplished D. having been accomplished
