1 . “Why do you always apologize before you ask a question?” my colleague, Dan asked. I looked at him
“There’s no reason for it; you shouldn’t do that,” he said. “Sorry if it annoys you,” I responded. I probably annoyed him again by
This happened over 35 years ago, but I still
I figured out some
I don’t think it occurred to me at the time, but it did years later, that it also probably related to being
Besides, I became conscious of not implying
Before Dan’s comment, I hadn’t thought about it
A.blankly | B.sadly | C.hopefully | D.impatiently |
A.concern | B.annoyance | C.excitement | D.relief |
A.arguing | B.resisting | C.escaping | D.apologizing |
A.account for | B.reflect on | C.call for | D.take up |
A.simple | B.surprising | C.clear | D.logical |
A.choices | B.decisions | C.reasons | D.actions |
A.doubt | B.loss | C.achievement | D.plan |
A.strengthen | B.soften | C.change | D.keep |
A.weak | B.positive | C.female | D.reasonable |
A.impressing | B.fighting | C.chasing | D.blaming |
A.approval | B.defence | C.connection | D.judgment |
A.bad | B.lazy | C.responsible | D.creative |
A.refusing | B.insisting | C.denying | D.acknowledging |
A.crazily | B.fast | C.consciously | D.bitterly |
A.failure | B.disadvantage | C.virtue | D.barrier |
2 . Learning to forgive those who have “wronged us” may not always be easy, but it’s definitely worth it. Here’s why.
First, forgiveness has absolutely nothing to do with the other person at all. Forgiveness is about one thing and one thing only: it’s about how you feel. This is why it doesn’t matter if the offense was large or small. When you hold on to the anger, when you get stuck in blaming the other person and refuse to move on, you are hurting no one but yourself.
You may have been taught to “turn the other cheek”, which can be interpreted as letting those who have harmed you in some way walk all over you. Don’t fight back, and just let it happen. But is that really what we’re supposed to do? No. Forgiving is neither about playing the martyr (自我牺牲的人) or victim, nor about being a doormat (忍气吞声的人). You can forgive what others have done to you, but you should not sacrifice your own interests.
For example, should you let your colleague get away with taking credit for your work, while you sit in silence? No. First, you can choose to forgive his action so that you can calm down. Then you can calmly explain to your boss who actually did the work on that project, without seeming overly emotional or like you have any kind of agenda other than to set the record straight.
Of course, if it’s something trivial, you can just choose to forgive and let it go.
It’s important to note that this also (and especially) applies when it comes to forgiving yourself. Since thoughts of self-blame or self-hatred are the worst thoughts we can have, staying stuck in that vibration will cause more harm than any other emotion. Move into anger, stabilize there, and then move up the emotional scale until you gradually but consistently feel better. You owe it to yourself.
1. What is forgiveness mainly about according to the author?A.Controlling our own feelings. | B.Making ourselves feel better. |
C.Lessening the harm of an offence. | D.Repairing relationships with others. |
A.Turn the other cheek. | B.Calm down and let it go. |
C.Ask for help from others. | D.Fight back in a proper way. |
A.unimportant | B.unique | C.unusual | D.uninteresting |
A.The way to get along well with others. |
B.The importance of learning to forgive. |
C.The reason to forgive ourselves. |
D.The way to fight back against dishonest colleagues. |
3 . For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜) across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I
It had been with me as I
As an old Chinese saying goes, “Stress is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the
Don’t be a tortoise or a rabbit when it
A.forgot | B.missed | C.offered | D.finished |
A.speed | B.height | C.place | D.time |
A.clearer | B.lower | C.closer | D.smaller |
A.happiness | B.sadness | C.success | D.friendship |
A.studied | B.fought | C.exercised | D.worked |
A.lonely | B.sick | C.tired | D.hungry |
A.courage | B.chance | C.wisdom | D.strength |
A.real | B.perfect | C.common | D.colorful |
A.comes to | B.turns to | C.gets to | D.goes to |
A.still | B.ever | C.never | D.already |
4 . In the first class of college, our teacher gave us a special task — get to know someone we didn’t know before. When I looked around, I found a wrinkled, little old lady
From that day on, we became
At the end of the term, Rose was invited to
Finally, Rose finished the college degree successfully. A month after graduation Rose died
A.improving | B.approaching | C.reminding | D.donating |
A.jokingly | B.absolutely | C.entirely | D.obviously |
A.sensitive | B.scared | C.awkward | D.curious |
A.consequence | B.application | C.challenge | D.strategy |
A.general | B.distant | C.instant | D.generous |
A.addicted | B.interested | C.excited | D.moved |
A.character | B.arrangement | C.opportunity | D.experience |
A.remove | B.deliver | C.inform | D.protest |
A.calls for | B.contributes to | C.turns up | D.lies in |
A.journal | B.profit | C.talent | D.image |
A.complaints | B.regrets | C.wishes | D.goals |
A.impress | B.survive | C.fear | D.confirm |
A.peacefully | B.patiently | C.faithfully | D.sincerely |
A.in favor of | B.in honor of | C.in spite of | D.in charge of |
A.phenomenon | B.destination | C.comment | D.lesson |
I was lying in bed in the dark ready for sleep I got the heart-broken news that my parents lost their lives in the flight accident. I couldn’t accept the news for a long time, since nobody would stay with me in the empty house. In the weeks that followed, with depression and grief, I decided to continue seeing the counselor on my own. One day, he gave me a homework assignment: I was to write down a list of one hundred life goals in my rest of my life.
It took me two weeks to complete the task. When I finally handed over the list, I was instructed me to pick one goal and take two small steps toward it before the following week. Looking over my list of one hundred goals, I chose. “Fly an airplane.” I bought a flying magazine. That was one step. Then I went to a local airport and arranged with a flight instructor to take a low-cost “Discovery Flight.”
And so began my journey to become a pilot, starting from scratch. No knowledge. No experience. When I bought $300 worth of textbooks, I began to question what I’d gotten myself into. Then came the fear that accompanies every new challenge thrown at one while flying.
That’s when I realized I needed to adjust my mental attitude. Somewhere along the way, I had read that people should tell themselves they were the best at whatever they were attempting to do. I took this to heart. With that well-hidden confidence. I sought the help of flight instructors and ground instructors. The instructors encouraged me to believe that I was born to be a super pilot and just to recover all this “lost” ability. No way would I ever miss a flying training class.
Eventually, the time came for my first flight check with the chief instructor, an airline pilot with 11,000 hours. As if I wasn’t nervous enough already, one of my classmates told me that he’d recently been through the same routine. Not only did he fail but he actually cried. But passing the test is a must to get the pilot certification.
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The chief informed me that it’s my turn to accept the order and the check.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Several years later, a terrible earthquake happened in my hometown. And I was invited to help teenagers regain confidence after the disaster.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . One night several years ago, after filling up my car at a gas station and pulling away, I notice a strange sound behind me in I traffic. It sounded to me like someone was dragging a bumper (保险杆) , so I started looking for the car to alert the driver. But no matter how fast or slow I moved, or where I turned, I couldn’t locate the car.
At this point I noticed people on the sidewalk pointing and laughing at me. I stopped and found the gas hose (软管) still attached to my car. I immediately pull out the hose and drove back to the gas station, where I was educated on the economics of breaking a gas pump (泵) .
My memory of that night is odd because I was judging the behavior of another person, who then turned out to be me. Philosophers might say that in these rare minutes, my “I-self” (the seer of things around me) and “me-self” (the one seen) were mentally separated.
This kind of separation is unnatural. Making it your permanent state of mind would be difficult and perhaps even undesirable. Each of us can, however, purposely change the balance of time we spend as observers and as the object of observation—even without doing something as ridiculous as I did. And working to observe more than you think about being observed can be an excellent way to get happier.
We think constantly about how other see us; we look in every mirror; we check our mentions on social media; we obsess over our identity. This brings trouble. Research has shown, for example, that focusing on the world outside yourself is linked to happiness, while focusing on yourself and how others see you can lead to your moods going up and down like a yo-yo. The good news is that you can certainly increasing your happiness by adopting conscious practices that help lower the mount of time you spend in an objectified state.
1. What happened to the author that night?A.He was probably fined. | B.He damaged the bumper. |
C.He got trapped in traffic. | D.He knocked into the sidewalk. |
A.The hose. | B.The people. | C.The author. | D.The pump. |
A.Separate yourselves from the outside. | B.Spend more time being an observer. |
C.Avoid being an object of observation. | D.Work bard to increase happiness. |
A.How to be aware of happiness. | B.How to spend our spare time. |
C.How to reduce the state of “me-self”. | D.How to adjust our moods. |
7 . As the youngest kid in the family, I used to be told, “No, do it this way.”I knew my family members were all trying to
One weekend, I went to help Grandpa with
Then I took a pair of regular scissors and cut the bush. Little branches fell to the ground. I took a step back to
I was
”No. Your way works just fine,“ Grandpa said.
I was so happy my
A.blame | B.trust | C.teach | D.ask |
A.confused | B.threatened | C.strange | D.wrong |
A.planning | B.gardening | C.cooking | D.cleaning |
A.cover | B.replace | C.watch | D.cut |
A.waited | B.forgot | C.happened | D.promised |
A.proud | B.aware | C.afraid | D.sure |
A.look after | B.depend on | C.go after | D.check on |
A.shared | B.lifted | C.exchanged | D.improved |
A.failed | B.ended | C.refused | D.mattered |
A.remember | B.support | C.examine | D.continue |
A.better | B.taller | C.greener | D.more |
A.nervous | B.determined | C.upset | D.surprised |
A.model | B.way | C.track | D.word |
A.praise | B.copy | C.greet | D.persuade |
A.formally | B.safely | C.slowly | D.differently |
8 . I was 12 years old when my life changed forever. It was just before the end of the school day, and my teacher told me that my mum had asked me to go home immediately. There was a police car in the
Then my uncle
It took me a very long time to be able to get to a place where I could remember the happy times with my dad. It’s as if your brain won’t let you remember, because it’s too
During the past few years I’ve found that talking and writing has been a big help. It’s helped me
For someone who has just gone through an unbearable loss, please take it easy on yourself. I’m not sure whether time is a
A.route | B.driveway | C.trail | D.track |
A.held | B.put | C.let | D.sat |
A.exploded | B.crashed | C.collapsed | D.panicked |
A.going through | B.relating to | C.arguing against | D.taking back |
A.decode | B.concern | C.seize | D.clarify |
A.stabbed | B.hit | C.struck | D.hammered |
A.fascinating | B.bloody | C.difficult | D.painful |
A.project | B.trick | C.routine | D.mechanism |
A.betray | B.dismiss | C.acknowledge | D.process |
A.suspect | B.question | C.complain | D.scold |
A.pattern | B.consequence | C.form | D.schedule |
A.fixable | B.stable | C.suitable | D.achievable |
A.mirror | B.reminder | C.witness | D.healer |
A.complex | B.essential | C.unique | D.universal |
A.location | B.spot | C.point | D.situation |
The Beautiful Game
I have a favorite footballer. His name is Chris Bush and he is a defender for the National League team Boreham Wood in Hertfordshire. He’s 31, and he plays in the number 5 shirt, and... well, I can’t tell you that much more about him, really, because, in general, I struggle to focus when it comes to football.
My disinterest in “he Beautiful Game” has been lifelong. At primary school, my classmates spent lunch break playing football, while I was in the library getting kicks from books and computers. In Games lessons, like all fat kids, I was put “in defence” which involved chatting to my friends and occasionally pretending to be bothered about where the ball was. I pretended to be expert in the game, cheering when a goal was scored, although I didn’t understand the rules.
As I got older, I stopped trying to fake it. In fact, I wore my aversion to football as a badge of honor, a fundamental part of my identity. I didn’t understand why so many people loved this sport. “It’s only a game!” I’d tell Dad, as he excitedly urged me to watch the game. When a big game was on, I’d go shopping instead of watching the game like most of the people around me. But, occasionally when meeting a friend’s father, I’d meet questions like “Who do you support?” And I would feel my heart sink, having no idea how to answer that.
This attitude of mine had stopped me from hours of conversation, and even entire friendships with people that I might otherwise have enjoyed. I couldn’t change the fact that I found football boring, but was coming to regret that I was an outsider. I never had the chance to go and watch a game and sometimes I would wonder what it would be like to watch a game and feel the atmosphere of the fans.
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And then I became a dad, and I didn’t want my two boys to be outsiders like their father.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Not only did we enjoy watching the game, we played it too._
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . “Hey, lady! You can move your ugly car up now!” The silver-haired driver behind me in a fancy truck rudely yelled at me. Without much thought, I yelled back at the man, “What? Are you in a rush or something?”
I was waiting in line at the drive-through to order our breakfast on a Sunday morning. There were only 12 inches or so between me and the car in front of me. There were also three additional cars in front of that one. We were getting nowhere fast. What was he hoping to gain by yelling at me?
I wanted to let my own anger go after this ridiculous exchange. But the more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I was angry that he yelled at a mother in front of two kids. My daughter and my son were both confused and saddened by what they had just witnessed. We were on our way to a soccer tournament, and we had a bonus day free from school and work. Probably, there was nothing in the world to be upset about. Then this man let his anger out.
I told my kids I was so mad that I had to roll my window up so that I wouldn’t keep yelling at this guy. Then, I stopped and looked back. I had moved up the 12 or so inches at his “suggestion”, while he hadn’t moved an inch. Suddenly, I felt sympathy for him. He must have been suffering in some way. As my kids and I slowly made our way to the pick-up window to pay for our order, I had an idea.
“I heard how rude that man was to you, and I wanted to apologize to you for having to put up with that. He isn’t worth paying for,” the cashier said to me. “My kids support me in doing that,” I answered the cashier, adding that hate cannot drive out hate.
1. Why was the driver angry with the author?A.Her car cut in. | B.She screamed at him. | C.She held up his truck. | D.Her car stopped suddenly. |
A.What her kids’ reaction was. | B.Why her anger kept growing. |
C.How she calmed herself down. | D.Why she ordered the breakfast. |
A.She taught her kids a lesson. | B.She apologized to the driver. |
C.She paid for the driver’s food. | D.She gave the cashier some advice. |
A.Respond to hate with kindness. | B.Deal with a man as he deals with you. |
C.Put distance between your car and another. | D.Never go to the drive-through at rush hours. |