Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly(蝴蝶). The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis(蛹). Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle(挣扎；奋斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can’t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.
When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father’s death forced him to <u>mature</u> fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.
Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.
1. From the story we know that the butterfly can’t fly because ________.| A．it gets out by itself |
| B．the man feels sorry for it |
| C．it tries to challenge itself |
| D．the man helps it come out |
| A．overcome the difficulties |
| B．take up business early |
| C．become the leaders of tomorrow |
| D．sell clothes from door to door |
| A．wake up | B．give up |
| C．grow up | D．bring up |
| A．Describe where a butterfly comes from. |
| B．Encourage young people to face challenges. |
| C．Suggest how to become a successful businessman. |
| D．Explain what will happen if a person fails the exam. |
| A．Successful People Have a Sense of Achievement |
| B．Young People Must Develop Their Energy Actively |
| C．Countries Should Continue to Become Successful |
| D．Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People |
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【推荐1】Sometimes people come into your life and you know that they were sure to be there at once. They may come for some reasons: teach you a lesson, or help to find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that they will affect (影响) your life in some serious ways.
Sometimes things happen to you. Maybe they seem terrible, painful (痛苦的) and unfair at that time. But later, after getting over those difficulties, you may realize your further ability. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet may affect or change your life, your success, your failure and create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are possibly the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day, even every moment for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, try to learn more, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life, go out and enjoy it.
1. From the passage, we know that bad things may help us ________.| A．meet bad luck | B．realize our further ability |
| C．find no serious success | D．possibly enjoy every moment |
| A．dull | B．boring | C．impressive | D．difficult |
| A．never talk to strange people | B．learn as much as we can |
| C．never get over difficulties | D．not believe ourselves but others |
| A．Create and enjoy your life | B．Hold your head up |
| C．People you meet in your life | D．Things happen to you |
【推荐2】Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten, and I wished her every success. But part of me didn’t. I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process. Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time, which can often be a problematic (存在问题的) victory. First-time success is usually a fluke (侥幸). First-time failure, by contrast, is supposed to be the natural order of things. Failure is how we learn.
In Africa they describe a good cook as “She who has broken many pots.” If you’ve spent enough time in the kitchen to have broken a lot of pots, probably you know a fair amount about cooking. I once had dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time comparing knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how much credibility (可信) their failures gave them.
I earn my living by writing a daily newspaper column. Each week I am aware that one column I write is going to be the worst column. I try my best every day. I have learned to cherish that column. A successful column usually means that I am discussing my familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as anyone else but in a fancy way.
My younger daughter is a trapeze artist. She spent three years putting together a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but she did anyway. She said she was no longer learning anything new and she was bored. And if she was bored, there was no point in subjecting (使……服从于) her body to all that stress. She risked failure and great public embarrassment in order to feed her soul.
My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the beginning.
1. Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?| A．Success is boring though beneficial. |
| B．She would learn more from failure. |
| C．It’s impossible to do everything successfully. |
| D．He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships. |
| A．Negative | B．Worried |
| C．Positive | D．Ambiguous(模凌两可的) |
| A．giving examples |
| B．following the time order |
| C．comparing different opinions |
| D．presenting a cause and analyzing its effects |
When I was a kid, there was only one way my parents would let me stay home from school and that was if I had a high fever. Most of my friends could stay home due to a stomachache or a mild fever — but not me… I had to be dying in order to stay home. By the way, my parents are both doctors. My parents used to say that they were teaching me how to have a good work ethic (职业道德). I didn’t understand the connection until last week.
The other day I was on the train and sat behind a young man who was complaining to his friend about his life. He went on for twenty minutes about how his passion in life was to make movies, but he wouldn’t pursue it because he had no clue if he could make enough money and he didn’t want to waste time because it would take years to make it big. He then admitted to thinking about buying stocks by borrowing money because he thought he could easily make six figures within one year. His friend agreed with him and said, “The stock is good because you can make tons of money and only work for a short time.”
I think they were indulging (沉溺) in the wildest fantasy. Many people these days don’t realize that when things seem to happen immediately, it is only because a lot of effort, determination and time have gone into them and it isn’t due to some miraculous (不可思议的) event. The easier it looks, the more hours go into it. There is no excuse for laziness.
Looking at the two young men, all of a sudden I was having a flashback of being ten years old and watching the television show Fame.
In the show the dance teacher told her students, “If you want fame, fame costs and here’s how you start paying for it … in sweat.” Every time we watched that show, my dad would proudly say how right the teacher was because in order to succeed you have to work hard.
1. Why did the young man on the train give up his dream of making movies?2. What will it take to make lots of money in a short time in author’s opinion?
3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The author’s father thought that in order to succeed we can rely on some miraculous event.
4. Do you agree with the author’s opinion? Give your reasons. (about 40 words)
