What is Strengths Finder
Do you have the opportunity to do best every day?
Chances are you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go undeveloped. We devote more time to fixing our disadvantages than to developing our advantages.
In 1998, the Father of Strengths Psychology, Donald O. Clifton, Ph. D. (1924～2003), along with Tom Rath and a team of scientists at The Gallup Organization, created the online Strenghths Finder assessment (评估).
To help people develop their talents, in 2001, Gallup introduced the first online assessment, Strengths Finder, which led to a global conversation and helped millions to discover their top five talents. In 2004, the assessment’s name was formally changed to Clifton Strengths Finder in honor of its designer.
In 2007, Rath and Gallup scientists released (发行) a new edition (版本) of the assessment called Strengths Finder 2.0. Rooted (扎根) in more than 40 years of research, this assessment has continued to help millions discover and develop their natural talents.
In its latest national bestseller, Strengths Finder 2,0, Gallup releases the new and improves its popular assessment and much more. While you can read this book, you’ll use it as a reference for decades.
With hundreds of ways to apply your strengths, the new book and website will change the way you look at yourself—and the world around you—forever.
Available in Strengths Finder 2.0
*A popular price: $ 20
*A special price: Save 20% for students
You can know about its information on www.gallup.com/press/176429/strengthsfinder.aspx.
1.When was the first strengths Finder online assessment introduced?
A.In 1998. B.In 2001.
C.In 2004. D.In 2007.
2.How much should a student pay for the two books strengths Finder 2.0?
A.16 dollars. B.20 dollars.
C.32 dollars. D.40 dollars.
3.Why did Gallup introduce strengths Finder?
A.To help People develop their natural talents.
B.To tell People to find out their disadvantages.
C.To help People discover their interests.
D.To tell people to realize their dreams.
假定你是李华，来自美国的交流生 Peter 在你班学习半年，与你成为好朋友。目前，他即将学成回国，请你用英语给他写一篇临别留言。要点包括:
1. 祝贺 Peter 学习汉语取得的成绩。
2. 取得成绩的原因。
3. 你们的友谊和对他的祝愿。
注意:1.词数 100 左右。
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共 10 处语言错误，每句最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。
Dear Jane,
Hello, Jane. I want to tell you something about your trip. Yesterday it was sunny and a little wind. I went to a park for a trip with my classmates. Since a park is far away, we took a bus to there. What beautiful the park was! We swam in the pool then played volleyball. We took a lot of food and eat it for lunch under a big tree. Then we listened to musics and had a rest. In the afternoon, we went fish and took lots of photos. Both of us had a great time in the park.
Yours,
Gina
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
On Sunday, a bus in Chongqing fell into the Yangtze River, 1. left 15 people dead. The accident 2.(cause) by a fight between an angry passenger and the bus driver.
A woman passenger failed 3.(get) off at the right bus stop. She asked the driver to stop the bus and let her get off, but the driver refused. A quarrel then occurred, with both sides using unkind 4.(word). Five minutes later, she struck the driver on the head with her smartphone, and the driver fought back with his right hand. Within two seconds, the driver took back his hand. However, he 5.(lose) control of the bus before he realized it. The bus hit a red car, and fell into the river.
6. is very basic common sense that the lives and safety of the whole bus depend upon the driver, but the woman attacked the driver because of her own fault. On 7. other hand, the driver didn’t stay calm. As a driver 8.(responsibility) for the whole bus, he should have stopped the bus by the roadside to ensure safety while under attack. It was 9.(extreme) reckless(鲁莽的) to fight back.
I wonder why none of the passengers took action to stop the fight. 10. any one of the passengers had stepped forward bravely, the tragedy might have been prevented.
Alonzo Johnson stopped. He decided to help a(n) _________ elderly man down an escalator (自动扶梯) in a Massachusetts shopping mall last week, _______ the 23-year-old could never have predicted that his simple, random act of kindness would win him the _______ of thousands of people on line.
An old man _______ at the top of an escalator and a few people started gathering _______ to get on. It was clear he was feeling _______ as to whether to step on to the escalator or not. Johnson spotted the senior citizen hesitating and _______ the simplest kindness. He reached out a(n) _________ and asked with a smile on his face, “Can I help you, sir?”
The old man quietly started to _______ to the young man that he had gotten stuck on an escalator once and was a little __________. The young man gently offered his assurance, they __________ each other eye to eye for just a moment and the old man ________ his arm. Everyone else remained ________ and waited.
Paula Picard and a friend were standing nearby and ________ to take a touching photo of the pair linking arms as they ________ the escalator together. She posted the ________ on Facebook and it spread __________ with more than 420,000 likes and 25,000 comments in just a few hours.
Johnson said he never ________ his action would reach so many people.
“He looked very afraid and I thought maybe I could __________.” Johnson said, “My Mom always tells us to be nice and do the ________ thing. It’s really the way I was brought up and how I was raised.”
1.A.busy B.frightened C.injured D.blind
2.A.so B.if C.but D.because
3.A.praise B.blame C.happiness D.anger
4.A.stopped B.worked C.read D.fell
5.A.running B.pushing C.shouting D.waiting
6.A.hopeful B.convenient C.unsure D.uncomfortable
7.A.offered B.sold C.wanted D.took
8.A.eye B.arm C.rope D.stick
9.A.promise B.prove C.apologize D.explain
10.A.excited B.surprised C.scared D.disappointed
11.A.argued with B.listened to C.looked at D.ran into
12.A.accepted B.shook C.refused D.left
13.A.anxious B.patient C.interested D.worried
14.A.manage B.avoided C.asked D.failed
15.A.talked about B.ran towards C.went down D.searched for
16.A.message B.comment C.example D.photo
17.A.differently B.quickly C.strangely D.completely
18.A.meant B.admitted C.understood D.expected
19.A.help B.follow C.see D.smile
20.A.easy B.famous C.right D.perfect
Life isn’t always a walk in the park. 1. These tips are small things that happy people do to make life just a little bit better, and now you can too.
1. They turn mistakes into lessons.
2. While it’s easy to be upset when a new job just isn’t working out or a relationship falls apart, focusing on learning from what went wrong will help you turn a mistake into something productive.
2. They go offline.
Addiction to social media sites is a bad habit, and looking at pictures of other people’s amazing vacations and delicious desserts isn’t doing anything for you. Make a promise with yourself to remove them every day—you can read a book or call a friend. 3.
3. They ignore the small stuff.
Bad days happen. 4. You accidentally fall over a banana skin...There are plenty of cases where anger, disappointment, and anxiety are totally reasonable reactions, but they don’t have to be your final reactions. Learning to let go of the little things you can’t control will allow you to focus better on the positive aspects of life.
4. They plan trips.
Even if you can’t afford an overseas trip, there are plenty of affordable ways to get out there and see the world. Experiencing a new culture or food or a change in scenery is a great way to bring a little extra happiness into your life.
5. 5.
Instead of waiting for opportunities to fall into your lap, take control. Putting yourself out there can feel like a challenge, but once you take a risk, you will certainly be rewarded.
A. They ignore risks.
B. They take chances.
C. Mistakes are an inevitable part of life.
D. So how do happy people get through a rough day?
E. You spill coffee down your shirt before you are running out of the door.
F. So who can you turn to for help when you plan trips?
G. Just staying away from the Internet allows you to live your life instead of watching other people live theirs.
