Many people treat “life” as something that happens to them. They think they are the victims.
Choose your friends carefully. As they say, “
When you go your own way, everyone will tell you that you’re wrong at first. But when they find actually they are wrong, they will all come back around.
In order to get to where you know you can go, you have to say “no” a hundred times more than you say the word “yes”.
| A．Everybody sets goals. |
| B．They create the life they want to live. |
| C．Some people just don’t know when to quit. |
| D．They will see the life you’ve built for yourself. |
| E．You must be faithful to yourself and your goal. |
| F．When things go wrong, they think it’s someone else’s fault. |
| G．You are a reflection of those who you spend the most time with. |
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【推荐1】A smile makes a person look approachable. You can get the attention of other people by this simple gesture. You may even change someone’s mood for the day.
How Your Smile Affects Other People
A simple smile can make a difference to other people. Your smile can make them happy. Those with bad feelings can immediately change after seeing your bright smile.
A genuine smile can earn other people’s trust. It can make other people see that you are worthy of it. Moreover, they will become responsive to your smile.
These are the effects of your smile on other people. Your smile may be beneficial to anyone who sees it.
How Smiling Benefits You
Smiling is an excellent way to release endorphins, which are the chemicals responsible for feeling happy. In effect, you can have an improved mood and increased positive thoughts. Your smile is also a stress-reliever.
Furthermore, a smile can help you maintain positivity. You can face any situation with calmness.
Above all, smiling can benefit you and the other people surrounding you. In general, it is best to share bright smiles that all of you can benefit from in the long run.
| A．Moreover, your smile can build connections. |
| B．Relieving stress is a good way to make you smile. |
| C．Meanwhile, smiling can give you a win-win situation. |
| D．A smile can influence how other people think about you. |
| E．It can prevent you from showing signs of tiredness or sadness. |
| F．Thus, you’re unlikely to get angry or disappointed with small things. |
| G．The moment they see the sincerity in your smile, their mood can improve. |
【推荐2】Did you know that swimming can provide you with the tools you need for achieving success later in life? The following life lessons aren’t things you can be taught in a classroom. They are drawn from the count-less hours we spend swimming in the clean water.
Having big goals is necessary to achieve success in the pool. Sometimes those big goals can be our worst enemy, however. You need to start with short-term goals. Sometimes taking baby steps can be too slow for some people, making them annoyed, but successful swimmers know that this slow progress provides an accumulated effect that has a huge impact in the mid and long term. Success in the pool — and life — is achieved step by step, mistake by mistake, small win by small win.
Swimming tests your mental limits. I cannot count how many times I watched the coach write a set of training plans on the board and felt myself holding back deep inside, mind racing, with thoughts of how badly I was going to die over the course of the set. But then what happened? I pulled it off. I started the set, and talked myself through it. “Hey, this isn’t so bad.” A little bit later, “Okay, halfway done.” And finally, “I am going to achieve the goal!”
The reality is you never know how tough you are until you are in the race, reaching that goal even though a few minutes earlier you were mentally shaking in your swimming suit. This carries really well into the other challenges you will face in your life. We always think we aren’t capable, that swimming or life finally beats us, but believe it or not, you will always be as strong as you need to be.
1. Why does the author think that sometimes big goals can be harmful?| A．Swimmers will feel annoyed at their slow progress. |
| B．Big goals need a long annoying term to achieve. |
| C．Small but necessary steps can be easily ignored. |
| D．More mistakes are needed to achieve bigger goals. |
| A．Losing his life in the race. | B．Failing to reach the goal. |
| C．Drinking the water in the pool. | D．Finishing the race halfway. |
| A．Left the place. | B．Took it off. | C．Made it. | D．Gave it up. |
| A．Confidence is what you need to reach your goal |
| B．Life lessons you will learn from swimming |
| C．Swimming can make you tough in life |
| D．Small goals add up to big success |
【推荐3】When you want to buy or rent a house, you are expecting not only the good quality of the house but also the nice neighbours who live near you. Almost everyone agrees that it is helpful to live with some good neighbours. However, the standard of good neighbours is different from people to people. In my opinion, a good neighbour should be someone who respects your life, is ready to help others and concerned about the environment in the neighbourhood.
First of all, it is very important for your neighbour to respect you life. Just imagine, if you have a neighbour curious (好奇的) about you, especially your personal life, and tries to know more about it by whatever means, what will you feel? What is more, he or she may also talk with others about your life. Do you want to live with him or her anymore? The answer is definitely negative. You will feel very uncomfortable to have such kind of people in your neighbourbood and you may move as soon as possible.
Next, what you should consider is that a good neighbour is always willing to give you a hand when you need him or her. For example, if you are not at home and someone suspect (可疑的) tries to unlock your door, your neighbour who sees it should call 911, and it will help you to protect your property (财产).
Finally, a good neighbor should be concerned about the environment, especially around your neighbourhood. He or she should throw all the rubbish into garbage and keep the place clean, because a good environment can make people who live in it comfortable and relaxed all the time.
1. The following are the qualities(素质) of a good neighbour EXCEPT .| A．respecting others’ life | B．being kind to others’ pets |
| C．being willing to help people | D．being responsible for the environment |
| A．feel happy | B．know more about him / her |
| C．become his / her friend | D．not be comfortable |
| A．a good neighbor | B．a clean home |
| C．a good environment | D．a deep sleep |
| A．The qualities of a good neighbour |
| B．The differences between good neighbours |
| C．The importance of a good environment |
| D．How to get along with our neighbours |
【推荐1】Sharon downsized her parents’ home and then cleared out her father’s stuff after he died. “So much of it hadn’t been used in years. So I decided that we wouldn’t do the same thing to our children.” Sharon spent six months looking over each object in her home. Each day, she sold, donated or threw one away. “It was liberating,” she said. “Now, life is much simpler and the clutter (杂乱) is gone.”
This process has its own reality TV show, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. Inspired by a best-selling book by Magnusson, 89, three Swedes travel across the Atlantic to help Americans clean house and face death. “A loved one wishes to inherit (继承) nice things from you,” mentions Magnusson in her book, “not all things from you.” If you’re lucky enough to meet your material needs, then letting go of some of your stuff, or not buying it in the first place, can bring immediate benefits. The clutter is linked to stress and anxiety, even depression. Prioritizing relationships and experience over possessions has been proven to boost our happiness.
What is Swedish death cleaning? It isn’t about clearing out closets. It’s about rethinking your relationship with things. Rather than making do with less, it’s about getting more from the things that make you happy. Death cleaning happens to agree with scientists’ understanding of our relationship with things and why we’re unwilling to part with them. Decades of research has shown that we subconsciously see our possessions as physical extensions of ourselves. For most of us, of course, a degree of attachment is healthy, but it’s not the number of things or the quality that matters. It’s about the symbolic meaning of it. That can bring a lot of happiness.
Things take up space in our minds, well beyond what our storerooms and garages hold. By clarifying what’s important and what’s not, you make room. Your loved ones can receive what they might like before you go, relieving themselves of the burden of cleaning up once you’re gone.
1. Why does the author mention Sharon’s experience in paragraph 1?| A．To lead to the topic. | B．To make a comparison. |
| C．To support an argument. | D．To reach a conclusion. |
| A．To reduce the waste. | B．To remember their loved ones. |
| C．To boost their happiness. | D．To make the reality TV show. |
| A．The quantity. | B．The popularity. |
| C．The significance. | D．The degree of attachments. |
| A．Old Stuff: a Heavy Burden or a Sweet Memory. |
| B．Everyone’s Stuff: Physical Extensions of Himself. |
| C．The Way to Deal with Your Belongings: Give Away. |
| D．Swedes’ Secret to Happiness: You Aren’t Your Stuff. |
【推荐2】Beaches have been around in many schools. But a group of school kids in Cork in the south of Ireland are trying to do something a bit different with them. They have created a special bench called Buddy or Friendship Bench.
The idea for the bench came about last year, when Regina Farrell, school counselor at Mclntyre Elementary, was conducting a leadership group to help students overcome shyness and gain confidence. Four fourth-grade students came up with the idea when working with him.
The concept of the Buddy Bench is simple:Students who want to take part in playground games and activities, but may feel hesitant, can take a seat, which suggests to other children on the playground that they may needed an extra boost to participate. It builds kid’s self-esteem(自尊) to ask others to play with them. Likewise, reaching out to a peer who is feeling left out makes a great difference.
But do children actually use the benches? It’s something Sinead Mcgilloway from Maynooth University has been looking at. “We found that 40% of the children had actually used the benches at the time of the study. And over 90% said that they would talk to a child if that child sitting on the bench.”
“Since it was installed on Nov.16, the bench has been effective,” he added. “The simple concept has gained applause from the students, and already has created a more inclusive environment within the school community.”
“Each day, I go and see the Buddy Bench working,”Farrell said. “The lessons they are learning mow will benefit them their entire lives. It is simply a beautiful example of kids wanting to be kind and continue to be kind every day.”
1. From whom the idea for the Buddy Bench originated?| A．Regina Farrell | B．Left-out students. |
| C．Four students. | D．Sinead Mcgilloway. |
| A．A signal. | B．A defence. |
| C．An escape. | D．A boost. |
| A．They think it useless. | B．Their opinions divide. |
| C．Most of them accept it. | D．Most of them don't care. |
| A．Buddy Bench---A Simple Concept | B．Buddy Bench- More Than a Bench |
| C．Buddy Bench---A Beautiful Example | D．Buddy Bench---Everywhere in Schools |
【推荐3】Speaking, writing and reading are necessary to everyday life, where language is the major tool for expression and communication. Studying how people use language — what words they unconsciously choose and combine — can help us better understand ourselves and why we behave the way we do.
Linguists try to decide what is unique and universal about the language we use, how it is learned and the ways it changes over time. They consider language as a cultural, social and psychological phenomenon.
“Understanding why and how languages differ tells us about the range of what is human,” said Dan Jurafsky, chair of the Department of Linguistics at Stanford.
Standford linguists and psychologists study how language is interpreted by people. Even the slightest differences in language use may show the biased beliefs of the speakers, according to research.
For example, a relatively harmless sentence, such as “girls are as good as boys at math,” because of the statement’s grammatical structure, suggests that being good at math is more common or natural for boys than girls, the researchers said. Language can play a big role in how we and others see the world, and linguists work to discover how words and phrases can influence us, unknowingly.
People speak about 7,000 languages worldwide. Although there is a lot in common among languages, each one is unique. Jurafsky said it’s important to study languages besides our own and how they develop over time because it can help linguists understand what lies at the foundation of humans’ unique way of communicating with one another.
Linguists analyze how certain speech patterns influence particular behaviors, including how language can influence people’s buying decisions. Jurafsky said. “Understanding what different groups of people say and why is the first step in determining how we can help bring people together.”
1. How does the author start the text?| A．By giving examples. | B．By raising questions. |
| C．By referring to studies. | D．By stating the main points. |
| A．Misunderstanding is common in daily life. |
| B．People should avoid using harmful sentences. |
| C．Speech patterns can show people’s biased beliefs. |
| D．Some grammatical structures are difficult to understand. |
| A．Researching languages. | B．Learning from linguists. |
| C．Developing good learning habits. | D．Communicating with others frequently. |
| A．To show the power of language. | B．To give an introduction to Jurafsky. |
| C．To teach readers how to learn a language. | D．To call on readers to learn more languages. |
