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（同事） 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 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 lives
C. 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.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. A Winner’s Problem
B. A Winner’s Secret
C. A Winner’s Opportunity
D. A Winner’s Achievemen
A man accused (指控)of failing to return more than 700 children’s books to five different libraries was allowed to get out of prison yesterday after a book publisher agreed to pay his bail(保释金)of $1,000. The publisher said, “ There’s a story here. This is a man who books. He just can’t them. He hasn’t stolen a(n) book. So what’s the crime ? We think that Mr Barush has a story to tell. We plan to his story.”
When asked why he didn’t return the books, Mr Barush said, “ Well, how could I? They became to me. I was afraid to return them because I knew that kids or dogs would get hold of these books and chew them up, them around, tear the , spill soda on them, and drown them in the toilet.”
He continued, “ Books are people, too! They talk to you, they take care of you, and they enrich you with and humor and love. A book is a member of my family. How could I kick it ? I repaired torn pages. I the dust on them with a cloth, I turned pages so they could and get some fresh air.”
“ Every week I them on their shelves so they could meet new friends. My books were HAPPY books. You could tell just by looking at them. Now they’re all back in the library, on the floors, at the of all those runny-nosed kids. I can hear them calling me! I need to them. Excuse me. I have to go now.”
1.A. loves B. hates C. sells D. repairs
2.A. take care of B. get along of C. let go of D. look up to
3.A. interesting B. expensive C. single D. thick
4.A. retell B. include C. discuss D. publish
5.A. home B. teacher C. family D. enemy
6.A. throw B. turn C. show D. invite
7.A. words B. pages C. headlines D. shapes
8.A. chance B. respect C. wisdom D. direction
9.A. out B. up C. above D. below
10.A. ignored B. covered C. replaced D. cleaned
11.A. soft B. colorful C. dirty D. strong
12.A. dance B. swim C. breathe D. sing
13.A. discovered B. reorganized C. remembered D. introduced
14.A. mercy B. charge C. center D. request
15.A. borrow B. rescue C. answer D. recognize
He was in the mountain for a year. He felt as if he was ________ from the outside world.
A. cut out B. cut in
C. cut off D. cut up
Most Year 3 students in high schools are working hard day and night for the 2015 college entrance examinations, hoping to gain __________ to their dream universities.
A. application B. admission
C. connection D. agreement
______ I toured Zhangjiajie, I was deeply impressed with its beautiful scenery.
A. For the first time B. At first
C. It was the first time D. The first time
Was it in the village ____we used to live _____ the accident happened?
A. that; where B. which; that
C. where; that D. which; where
