【推荐1】Perhaps you have ever heard the saying: Change is the only constant. Everyone, without doubt, goes through changes in their life, whether it is a physical state of aging or a mental state of emotional maturity. However, some are afraid to make the conscious decision to move or they think it’s too late to have a fresh start.

I have a friend named Jack. At the age of 37, he is a Senior Manager at one of the Big Four. He has a great salary, owns his own apartment and enjoys the fine things in life, but not without the heavy burdens that his job brings. On the surface, it looks like he has got life figured out. Yet when I once asked if he was happy with his work, he answered that he sometimes wished to quit his job to do something less stressful. But he’d become accustomed to this lifestyle and felt that it would be too late to give it up to achieve a new ambition.

For him, the risks are too high, so whether he can’t abide his present job or not, he has to choose to suck it up. You might have come to a similar situation as Jack’s or you might be a Jack. You’re now facing a wall. No matter what it is-the stress of your job or the terrible feeling, it’s time that you had to decide whether you’ll tear down that wall or continue to let it enclose you. I suggest pushing back the boundaries and breaking the fixed patterns. Why do you feel it’s too late to start over?That is simply because you’re comparing yourself with others-younger or more successful individuals. In fact, you should compare yourself with the older version of you.

Don’t become that person who lets life pass by only to regret it when you are making your way into old age. Don’t let your life plateau (停滞不前) and waste away in the daily chores. Don’t give up the potential you still have hidden and be locked away by your current state. Now, you’d better bravely start going after the things you want to do, without abandoning your dreams, ambitions and responsibilities.

1. What kind of people does Jack represent according to the author?

A．Those leading a happy life.	B．Those having an easeful career.
C．Those thinking it’s too late to change.	D．Those having a high ambition to work.

2. What does the underlined word “abide” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Value.

B．Recommend.

C．Understand.

D．Tolerate.

3. What does the author advise us not to do?

A．Let life stand still.	B．Enjoy the present job.
C．Have a small goal in life.	D．Consider ourselves as a failure.

【推荐2】Tips for Conquering Your College Freshmen Fears

It's totally normal to be nervous about starting college. Rest assured that most of your fears will probably fade away after your first few weeks, and even if they don't, most schools have plenty of resources for dealing with common first-year fears like these.

●    1     This is, of course, a possibility, but there's also a good chance you'll get along really well with your roommates. To give yourself the best chance of having a healthy relationship with your roommates, take the time to correspond with them before school starts.     2     You could even go so far as to write the rules down in a roommate contract.

●I'll have problems meeting new people. One important thing to remember is that almost everyone there is new, and virtually no one knows anybody else.     3     You can always consider joining social clubs or a student organization, where you're likely to find others who share your interests.

●I won't be able to cut it academically.     4     But that doesn't mean you will not do well. Prepare yourself for a challenging workload, and if you feel you're underperforming your expectations, ask for help. Your academic adviser can direct you toward relevant resources.

●    5     Don't know how to cook or do laundry? Trying is a great way to learn. And with the wealth of how-to guides online, you should be able to find plenty of guidance for whatever you're trying to do.

A．My roommate will be awful.

B．I don't know how to do basic things.

C．Of course college will be harder than high school.

D．Take a deep breath and introduce yourself to others in your classes.

E．Time management is one of the biggest challenges for college students.

F．College is expensive, and you'll likely have to borrow money to cover your costs.

G．Once you move in, set ground rules for things like cleaning up and keeping quiet hours.

【推荐3】The loveliest house that I’ve ever lived in was one that I lived in with my grandparents when I was a child. The name of the house was Crosslands. And I have some very happy memories of Crosslands.

It was, it seemed, so huge to me as a child. And it had a lovely living room with a piano in it and a lovely sort of hall with lots of carpets and chests and antiques(古董)and so on. And there was a mysterious room. It was the drawing room, and we only used it on Sundays, or Christmas Day or Easter Day, and I used to be amazed about this room because it had the best furniture in it but it was covered up with sheets. It was as if all the furniture was wearing clothes and it seemed to me ridiculous that we couldn't enjoy this beautiful furniture all the week through. And probably my favorite rom was the kitchen. It had a lovely red flagstone(石板)floor, which was always highly polished, and an Aga, you know, one of those big cookers that heats the whole room so it was always warm there. It was a very warm room with baked bread and my grandmother used to make ice cream and we’d eat it in there and … there was a vegetable garden leading from there so I spent a lot of time in the vegetable garden picking peas and eating them — my grandmother used to really cross with me because I used to pick all the vegetables and the fruit for our meals and then I’d eat half of them, because they tasted so delicious coming fresh from the garden.

I went back to it a few years ago and it was a big mistake. They've modernized it inside, they've got rid of those lovely old fire-place … have just gone. And they've knocked a wall down so the drawing room and the living room have become one big modern plastic kind of room. But I think what upset me most about it was the feeling that the house had shrunk. It had become smaller and my memory of this lovely large warm comfortable. house had turned into an old house with modernized rooms inside it. And it taught me a lesson really, that you can’t go back on the past and recapture it. But there's still a beautiful memory there.

1. An Aga (in paragraph 2) is probably the name of ___________.

A．something made of red flagstones	B．an ancient kind of air-conditioner
C．something used for preparing food	D．a place where vegetables are grown

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the drawing room?

A．It was amazing because the beautiful clothes in it

B．It had very good furniture but wasn't used very often.

C．It was the place where the author first learned drawing.

D．It had a mysterious atmosphere on Sundays and festivals.

3. The author thought it was a mistake to go back to the house largely because ________.

A．the house was in terrible condition	B．the house had a new owner
C．she couldn't move back into it any longer	D．it was far from what she had expected