Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.
The seeds and the power to grow them are contained in the human mind. Success is a choice but not a chance. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem （自尊心）.Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for whatever happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident while successful people realize that they are responsible.
Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we consciously choose to accept and believe. Thoughts and beliefs cause behavior. Our attitudes and actions are a result of habits rooted in us over a period of time. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success depends upon our level of confidence.
If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks.
In short, in all areas of your life, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.
1.Which could be a good title for the passage?
A.Cause and Effect. B.No pain, no gain.
C.Success is a choice. D.Failure is the mother of success.
2.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A.You'll succeed as long as you develop your self-esteem
B.Proper control over yourself contributes to building self-esteem
C.Associating with negative people is likely to bring success
D.Success sometimes isn't a choice but a chance
3.Which of the following is NOT a "cause and effect"?
A.One's habits, attitudes and his actions.
B.One's thoughts, beliefs and his behavior.
C.One's confidence and his success.
D.One's expectations and his responsibilities.
When Allison Winn was eight and her family adopted a dog named Coco, they had no idea how much the little creature would change her life. "Coco helped me feel better," says Allison, who was recovering from 14 months of treatment for a brain cancer at the time. “She would cuddle （偎依）with me when I didn't want to play." Allison loved Coco so much that she told her parents she wanted to help other sick kids find the same kind of comfort.
She started small, raising money by selling lemonade and homemade dog biscuits in front of her house. Her first customer was the mailman. By the end of that summer, she had raised nearly $1,000, enough to adopt and train two dogs and give them to children with cancer. Now, a little more than two years later, some groups gather to make dog treats for Allison's cause.
Her organization, the Stink Bug Project, named after a picture she drew in memory of the end of her treatment, is run and managed in partnership with the Morgan Adams Foundation. Stink Bug helps families adopt pets from the Trained K9 Companion Program, where the rescued dogs are taught commands. Allison's mother, Dianna Litvak, who helps run Stink Bug, hopes to extend the pet-adoption program statewide and continue donating some of the money to help fund children's cancer research.
"Allison has figured out how to help — in a way that no one else has," Litvak says. "We involve her younger sister, Emily, her friends, the adopting families, and some others. It took the love of a little girl to wrap all that together into one amazing package."
Go to stinkbugproject, org to donate or to buy Allison's dog biscuits.
1.At the beginning, Allison's family _____.
A.didn't expect a dog could change her so much
B.didn't know the sufferings of fighting a cancer
C.thought a dog's company would harm her health
D.wanted other sick children to get the same comfort
2.How did Allison start her cause?
A.She helped advertise lemonade and homemade dog biscuits.
B.A mailman donated some money to her.
C.She earned some money by doing small business.
D.Some groups gave her a hand.
3.The name of Allison's organization, the Stink Bug Project, is from _____.
A.one of her drawings B.her dog
C.her homemade biscuits D.her friend
4.According to Paragraph 4, Allison's mother feels _____.
A.calm B.proud
C.embarrassed D.worried
5.What's the passage mainly about ?
A.Helping to make dog treats. B.Adopting a dog for your child.
C.Giving dogs and love to kids with cancer. D.Raising money to train pets.
We can stay young forever. That is the message Dr. Shen Ziyin wants to give the world. And the Chinese doctor claims that he has found an answer to the problems of aging.
His solution is a herbal medicine to slow the process of aging.
Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditional Chinese medicine. And, he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging. He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called "shen".
According to Shen, it is the kidney (肾脏)which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. Studies conducted by Dr. Shen show that herbal medicine based on the shen system slow the aging process, says a report in The Telegraph newspaper.
We notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness in general, and wrinkles, among others. This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. These T-cells contain a particular substance called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves.
So the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eat low calorie food. Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells. But, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young?
This is where Dr. Shen's herbal medicine comes in. But how effective it will be, only time can tell.
1.How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?
A.By studying Western medicine.
B.By learning traditional Chinese medicine.
C.By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.
D.By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.
2.What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen?
A.Medical treatment. B.People's good kidney.
C.Level of people's activity. D.Positive life attitude.
3.The reason why people become old is that _____.
A.they become weaker and weaker
B.their bodies are unable to fight diseases
C.they have reduced strength, loss of hair
D.their bodies produce T-cells
4.We can probably learn from the passage that _____.
A.eating more low calorie food can allow people to keep young
B.the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for health
C.people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the body
D.Dr. Shen's herbal medicine is very effective
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1.All the following are included in the price of ¥ 12,000 EXCEPT _____ .
A.transport between the airport and the hotel
B.a double room for every two tourists
C.the service of guides to tourists
D.telephone calls made by tourists
2.If you don't like sharing a room with others, you have to pay .
A.¥ 12,000 B.¥ 14,000
C.¥2,000 D.¥ 10,000
3.Who is the advertisement intended for?
A.Quiet people. B.College students.
C.Potential tourists. D.Old people.
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1.We should like to offer our ________ for the delay to your flight today.
2.Among all these countries, Britain played a ________ role in the negotiations.
3.The best ________ for a fever is to rest and drink a lot of water.
4.You must send your ________ to the university before the end of the month.
5.It is ________ to drive through a red light, for it may endanger someone's life.
6.Thanks to his parents' ________ and support, he finally realized his dream.
7.I do not doubt your ability to ________ and solve problems.
8.His unclear explanation only made me feel more ________ than ever.
9.The real ________ to the waste problem is to produce less waste.
10.Mike was too ________ to remember what had happened that night.
Making decisions when shopping is often a tough call. Even if you're satisfied with the first dress you try on, would you go on looking for alternatives, comparing styles and prices ,until dropped dead?
Psychology researchers have studied how people make decisions and concluded there are two basic styles. " Maximizers" like to take their time and weigh a wide range of choices, sometimes every possible one —before choosing." Satisficers" would rather be fast than thorough
1.So even if they see what would seem to meet their requirements, they can't make a decision until after they've examined every option to make sure that they're making the best possible choice. Researchers followed 548 job-seeking college seniors at 11 schools from October through their graduation in June. They found that the maximizers landed better jobs.2.
"The maximizers is kicking himself because he can't examine every choice and at some point had to just pick something, " they say." Maximizers make best decisions and end up feeling bad about hem.3."
Satisficers also have high standards, but they are happier than maximizers. Maximizers tend to be more depressed and to report a lower satisfaction with life, his research found.
Faced with so many choices in our lives, we need to learn how not to waste time and energy on our decision- making. 4.For instance, if you're picking a restaurant for lunch meeting, first deciding on a certain part of town or type of cuisine can narrow your choices.
Once you've arrived at a decision,stick with it. 5.To limit the number of choices you can set a time for decision-making. Say you are buying a new bag, you could spend an amount of time studying features, price and value but if you give yourself only five minutes to make a decision,and there are only bags you can consider, you'll save time.You'll be happier with your decision, too.
A.Firstly, decrease your range of choices.
B.Maximizers are people who want the best.
C.Just accept no decision is ever completely perfect.
D.Comparing is often a must when you make a decision.
E.Satisficers make good decisions and end up feeling good.
F. The other is to make decisions more accurately at the beginning.
G.Their starting salaries were 20 percent higher but they felt worse about their jobs.
