Failure is a word that no one wants to hear. It is human beings’ biggest fear yet it is faced by every human being. Sometimes, people’s fear of it is their biggest barrier to success.
Never give up. Before starting anything that you think will give you success, promise yourself that you will never give up.
Never think that you've got only one plan. The worst thing you can do after failing in some project is thinking that it was the only plan you could ever think of.
| A．Keep on trying. |
| B．Keep a positive attitude. |
| C．Learn from your mistakes. |
| D．There is always another way. |
| E．Therefore, you need to learn how to deal with failure. |
| F．Just as the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. |
| G．This promise helps make your mind ready for both failure and success. |
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【推荐1】Communication is possibly one of the most important business skills. Good communication makes you more popular.
Listen. Most of us are terrible listeners. Instead of truly listening to what the person is saying, we interrupt, prepare our reply, or think we already know what the speaker is going to say next.
Pay attention to body language. Body language can tell you just as much as what a person says, if not more.
Respect the person you’re trying to communicate with and use the method he/she accepts more easily.
Consider your tone (语气). The problem with email and social media is that it can be difficult to determine the tone.
| A．Try to avoid being too serious. |
| B．You may mean something as a joke. |
| C．Consider communication preference. |
| D．Watch carefully how they act when they talk. |
| E．See how others reply to your communication. |
| F．Yet many of us haven’t been trained in how to communicate with others. |
| G．It’s impossible to understand what someone needs if we don’t pay our full attention to what he is saying. |
【推荐2】Simple Ways to Improve Your Written English
Many people think it is really difficult to improve their writing in English. Don’t worry, though. Here are some simple steps that you can take to improve your written English.
• Increase your vocabulary.
To express yourself clearly, you need a good active vocabulary. That’s not just being able to know lots of words — it means actually being able to use them correctly.
Tip: When you learn a new word, try to learn all the forms of that word.
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People often say that we learn to write best by reading. Reading in English is useful in many ways. It is a great way to get an idea of the different styles of writing and see how to use words properly.
Tip: Choose books or articles that interest you.
• Improve your grammar.
Grammar is very important because it improves the quality of your writing.
Tip:
• Just do it!
The best way to improve your writing is to get a pen and paper and write. Be prepared to write several versions of each text.
Tip: As you practice your writing, be sure to have faith in yourself and always insist on writing,
| A．Know your readers. |
| B．Read widely and often. |
| C．Always check your writing twice. |
| D．Remember, practice makes perfect! |
| E．As we all know, learning shouldn’t be boring. |
| F．Use simpler language and shorter sentences to show your ideas. |
| G．Do this by learning new words with example sentences, not just word lists. |
【推荐3】While the stomach can extremely change the look of a woman, it can also turn out to be one of her worst issues. The woman’s stomach is continuously the focus of her attention. For some women, their attractiveness is measured by the size of their stomach.
Drink lots of water. While drinking plenty of water may not sound attractive, it is important for getting yourself into shape. Water helps break up the body of poisons that live in your fat and skin.
Change your eating habits. You need to eat low-fat, coarse grains (粗粮) to lose stomach fat.
Get enough sleep.
| A．Build your muscle. |
| B．Take regular exercise. |
| C．This can also be the issue for men. |
| D．Moreover, it’s important to keep an eye on the amount of food you consume. |
| E．Unbelievably, when a person lacks sleep, they’ll gain weight around their stomach. |
| F．Among the most effective methods of decreasing stomach fat is to consume lots of water. |
| G．It is no wonder why the majority of women are looking for ways to lose their stomach fat. |
【推荐1】Check your calendar. You will find the third Monday in February is Presidents’ Day, a holiday you may know to recognize the achievements of all past U．S. presidents. Do you know the history behind this holiday?
After George Washington died in 1799, his supporters began recognizing his birthday, February 22, as a day of remembrance for America’s first president.(At least, those who used the Gregorian calendar did. The Julian calendar said he was born on February 11.) Washington’s birthday became a federal (联邦的) holiday for the District of Columbia in 1879 and for the rest of the country in 1885.
Then in 1968, Congress (国会) introduced the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill (法案), which hoped to change certain federal holidays from special dates to Mondays, creating more threeday weekends. The idea was that more long weekends would make people work hard during shorter workdays.
The bill also wanted to combine (结合) Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays into one holiday (some states, like Illinois, already celebrated Lincoln’s birthday, February 12). Illinois Senator Robert McClory suggested this holiday be called “Presidents’ Day”. In 1971, the bill passed, and President Richard Nixon made an order that the third Monday in February should be now a holiday. Here’s the thing though: According to the United States laws, that holiday is still called Washington’s Birthday. The name never officially changed to Presidents’ Day. But since the laws allowed local governments and private businesses to name federal holidays whatever they want, most states call it Presidents’ Day. Many stores also make use of this second name to boost February sales.
Two other presidents celebrated birthdays in February, William Henry Harrison (February 9) and Ronald Reagan (February 6)．
1. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?| A．The beginning of Presidents’ Day. | B．People’s love for George Washington. |
| C．The story behind America's first president. | D．The difference between different calendars. |
| A．To create more federal holidays. |
| B．To give the holiday an official name. |
| C．To celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday. |
| D．To increase the number of longer weekends. |
| A．President Richard Nixon created it. | B．It is the official name for the holiday. |
| C．Illinois was the first state to celebrate it. | D．It's called Washington's Birthday officially. |
| A．Hold. | B．Increase. | C．Record. | D．Show. |
【推荐2】Toilet paper as we know it today is a relatively modern invention that's only been around for about 150 years. It s natural to wonder what was used before modern toilet paper. Toilet paper in its ancient form dates back to China in at least the 6th century. Although paper itself appeared long before that time.
In ancient times, many kinds of materials(材料) were used instead of toilet paper. For example, sand was used by people who settled near the desert(沙漠); grass was used by people living in the grassland. Some other things known to have been used included: fur, leaves, rocks, snow, and so on. Of course, it wasn’t uncommon for people to go to the bathroom in a small river.
They might have used a cloth or their hands to clean themselves afterward. For many people, that might have been preferable to the method used by ancient Romans: a sponge(海绵)on a stick kept in saltwater...and shared by everyone using public bathrooms.
Luckily for us, Joseph Gayetty created the first toilet paper in 1857. His “Gayetty's Medicated Paper” didn’t become popular soon, however, since the public was used to using materials they got for free rather than spending money on toilet paper. The rolled toilet paper we’re familiar with today appeared in the 1880s. It wasn’t necessarily soft like we’re now used to, though. Paper production methods would often leave splinters(刺)in toilet paper. It wasn’t until 1935 that Northern Tissue said they had made “splinter- free” toilet paper.
Other improvements in toilet paper happened over the course of the 20th Century. Larger rolls with softer paper became more popular. Today, take a trip to your local supermarket and you will find many different kinds of toilet paper. For such a widely-used, necessary invention, it isn’t given much thought...until it runs out!
1. What might decide which material ancient people used after using the bathroom?| A．What they did. | B．Where they lived. |
| C．How old they were. | D．How long they used the bathroom. |
| A．Because the paper had splinters. |
| B．Because the paper couldn’t be shared. |
| C．Because people didn't want to pay for it. |
| D．Because people preferred rolled toilet paper. |
| A．By providing examples. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By telling an interesting story. | D．By following the order of time. |
| A．A great invention--toilet paper |
| B．Why was toilet paper invented? |
| C．Toilet paper vs water: which to choose. |
| D．What did people use before toilet paper? |
【推荐3】PRACTITIONERS
| Jacqueline Felice de Almania (c.1322) highlights the suspicion that women practicing medicine faced. Born to a Jewish family in Florence, she moved to Paris where she worked as a physician and performed surgery. In 1322 she was tried for practicing unlawfully. In spite of the court hearing testimonials (证明) of her ability as a doctor, she was banned from medicine. | James Barry (c.1789 — 1865) was born Margaret Bulkley in Ireland but, dressed as a man, she was accepted by Edinburgh University to study medicine. She qualified as a surgeon in 1813, then joined the British Army, serving overseas. Barry retired in 1859, having practiced her entire medical profession living and working as a man. |
| Tan Yunxian (1461 — 1554) was a Chinese physician who learned her skills from her grandparents. Chinese women at the time could not serve apprenticeships (学徒期) with doctors. However, Tan passed the official exam. Tan treated women from all walks of life. In 1511, Tan wrote a book, Sayings of a Female Doctor, describing her life as a physician. | Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831 — 1895) worked as a nurse for eight years before studying in medical college in Boston in 1860. Four years later, she was the first African American woman to receive a medical degree. She moved to Virginia in 1865, where she provided medical care to freed slaves. |
| A．Doing teaching jobs. | B．Being hired as physicians. |
| C．Performing surgery. | D．Being banned from medicine. |
| A．She wrote a book. | B．She went through trials. |
| C．She worked as a dentist. | D．She had formal education. |
| A．Jacqueline Felice de Almania. | B．Tan Yunxian. |
| C．James Barry. | D．Rebecca Lee Crumpler. |
