Allan, my husband, had recently moved up the tennis league's ladder(晋级赛)and would compete against someone at a similar skill level. "Do you know who your opponent is?” I asked him. My husband explained that although he knew his opponent's name, he had never met him. That's when I saw a young man—about twenty years old—at the other end of the reception area.
The young man had large muscular arms and a well-built body. He was using a skip rope at quite a fast pace; I thought he might be warming up for a tennis match. I smiled at my husband and said that might be his opponent. Allan gave me a frustrated(沮丧的)look on his face, remarking it was an unusual way to prepare for a tennis match, as he continued completing his usual warm-up routine.
The league coordinator(统筹者)called out my husband's name, and then she called the young man. I gave my husband a kind of smile that wives give their husbands when they are encouraging them. The coordinator gave them their court number. They introduced themselves to each other, shook hands, and headed off.
The young man was dressed in the latest trendy tennis clothes and looked great. With his muscular body, he could have easily be a star athlete. Allan was at least thirty years older, much less muscular, and dressed in an ordinary tennis shirt and untrendy tennis shorts. Allan's focus had always been on good tennis shoes, socks, and, of course, the tennis racket.
When they walked onto their court, the pre-game warm-up began The young man played with confidence. It was almost as if he was showing his ability. Allan closely observed his various strokes and powerful serves, while casually returning each shot. Then began the game.
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The young man quickly won the first round.
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The young man was visibly frustrated by the end of the match.
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2 . From my earliest childhood memories, my mother was my entire world. Each Sunday morning, I would be
The family meals kept us
My mother’s life revolved around cooking for her
Looking back, my mom was the best version of herself. She exhibited excellent
And my mother’s focus on food excellence taught me a valuable lesson: Whatever your goals in life, perform them to the best of your abilities. Her
A.driven | B.annoyed | C.wakened | D.disturbed |
A.buy | B.eat | C.prepare | D.heat |
A.angry | B.nervous | C.frightened | D.focused |
A.relax | B.cook | C.engage | D.scare |
A.table | B.sofa | C.bed | D.window |
A.cool | B.close | C.warm | D.comfortable |
A.allowed | B.discussed | C.studied | D.limited |
A.Instead | B.Therefore | C.However | D.Otherwise |
A.family | B.children | C.parents | D.friend |
A.fast | B.conveniently | C.firmly | D.seriously |
A.bedroom | B.kitchen | C.bathroom | D.garden |
A.quiet | B.selfish | C.patient | D.generous |
A.contents | B.levels | C.instructions | D.places |
A.speaking | B.learning | C.teaching | D.cooking |
A.book | B.example | C.expression | D.voice |
3 . The biggest misconception that I've ever heard of is that in order for us to find success in anything, we must be willing to give up something else.
Over the years, I've come to realize that isn't true. As I grow, I find several things are truly stopping us from living a more fulfilling life. Below are some.
Place limitations on yourself
On the surface, limitations are the things that stop you from achieving something.
Lack self-control
We all have some aspect about ourselves that we don't like.
Our ability to come up with creative solutions for our problems comes from our ability to learn and adapt. If you're not learning anything, you're not progressing. Leonardo da Vinci once said, "Learning never exhausts the mind." And I believe it.
Final thoughts
When you get stuck on something, you are never truly stuck
A.Lack self confidence. |
B.Lack learning and adaptability. |
C.We shouldn't bottle up our own weaknesses. |
D.Maybe you're someone who drinks a lot of alcohol or smokes. |
E.It means that what you are currently doing isn't enough to get you over the barrier. |
F.Whether it's career or health, one must be sacrificed in order for the other to succeed. |
G.However, limitations are also the things that keep you restricted in the same life cycle. |
4 . As a young child, I had no confidence, mainly because of my foot defect (缺陷). I was
My
I came to
This experience changed my view on life. Life is to give everyone a
A.curious | B.serious | C.calm | D.upset |
A.movement | B.change | C.accident | D.trouble |
A.strange | B.big | C.important | D.unnecessary |
A.awful | B.strange | C.lost | D.new |
A.discover | B.survive | C.develop | D.refuse |
A.need | B.pain | C.advance | D.danger |
A.suffer | B.disagree | C.concentrate | D.understand |
A.lucky | B.disappointed | C.happy | D.talented |
A.believe | B.realize | C.ask | D.expect |
A.hopeful | B.regretful | C.friendly | D.lonely |
A.stared | B.pointed | C.smiled | D.aimed |
A.attracting | B.making | C.contacting | D.satisfying |
A.helped | B.demanded | C.grew | D.held |
A.challenge | B.rule | C.test | D.threat |
A.replace | B.accept | C.admire | D.reward |
5 . A young man came across his old teacher. “I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you,” said the young man and told him the following story:
One day, a friend of mine
Then you shut the door and told us all to get up and began to
You went from pocket to pocket, and when my
If an educator must make students lose the
A.watched | B.cleaned | C.entered | D.designed |
A.borrowed | B.stole | C.learned | D.heard |
A.imagined | B.feared | C.realized | D.regretted |
A.immediately | B.hopefully | C.possibly | D.luckily |
A.change | B.share | C.throw | D.return |
A.forced | B.glad | C.grateful | D.afraid |
A.fill | B.search | C.exchange | D.use |
A.encouraged | B.expected | C.allowed | D.required |
A.turn | B.choice | C.chance | D.result |
A.considered | B.continued | C.started | D.stopped |
A.interesting | B.confident | C.shameful | D.dangerous |
A.goal | B.fame | C.business | D.dream |
A.mentioned | B.described | C.argued | D.complained |
A.reason | B.excuse | C.report | D.message |
A.admiration | B.help | C.respect | D.support |
6 . As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly. Don’t panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!
With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced(平衡的) decisions that will help shape your future. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.
Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. You will probably want to be independent(独立的). But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself. Your family have been with you since you came into this world.
It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens. This period is part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again.
You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!
1. Who is the passage mainly intended for?A.Adults. | B.Teenagers. |
C.Teachers. | D.Young parents. |
A.too hard for the young people to get through |
B.a time of complete freedom to make some choices |
C.a key period for young students to leave their parents |
D.an important time for the young to make the right choices |
A.Attract each other. | B.Push each other. |
C.Leave each other. | D.Impress each other. |
A.Becoming a young adult. | B.The hard choices in life. |
C.Saying goodbye to the past. | D.The key to childhood success. |
I grew up in a small town where elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my house and in an age, not so long ago, when we children could go home for lunch and find our mothers waiting.
Our lunchtime when I was in the third grade will stay with me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had painstakingly practiced my lines(台词)with me. But no matter how easily I delivered them at home, as soon as I stepped on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained patiently that she needed a narrator (叙述者,旁白员) and had written a narrator’s part to the play, and asked me to play the role of the narrator. Her words, kindly delivered, still hurt me especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn’t tell mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my upset, and instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard. It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine( 藤 )was turning green. Under the huge trees, we could see yellow dandelions( 蒲 公 英 ) appearing unexpectedly through the grass in bunches (簇,串), as if a painter had touched our landscape with small amounts of gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one of the bushes. “I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds,” she said, pulling a blossom up by all its roots. “From now on, we’ll only have roses in this garden.” I immediately argued, “But I like dandelions. All flowers are beautiful — even dandelions.”
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“Do you mean that every flower has its own beauty?”asked my mother thoughtfully.
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Having learned what had happened, Mom patted me on the back gently and said,“But you will be a beautiful narrator.”
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8 . With age, and the experience of achieving great success, it has become clear that physical wealth, power, fame and possessions(财产)do not add anything significant to the actually happy life. I find having
I always buy many things, but I find things that make a life worth living cannot be
In my opinion, if the destination is great wealth, I think we will feel happier after
I enjoy the wonderful
A.memory | B.fame | C.wealth | D.success |
A.awful | B.grateful | C.peaceful | D.wonderful |
A.folded | B.contained | C.bought | D.recycled |
A.exercises | B.experiences | C.performances | D.expressions |
A.pretend | B.prove | C.fear | D.choose |
A.pick up | B.make up | C.make out | D.hold up |
A.destination | B.defeat | C.honesty | D.conclusion |
A.keeping | B.begging | C.quoting | D.getting |
A.celebrate | B.control | C.entrust | D.replace |
A.tells | B.posts | C.gives | D.throws |
A.act | B.security | C.prediction | D.liquid |
A.Curious | B.Previous | C.Romantic | D.Generous |
A.request | B.find | C.worry | D.complain |
A.frank | B.energetic | C.kind | D.pleased |
A.lead | B.gather | C.claim | D.organize |
9 . Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours in life than by the narrow road toward goals. I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.
For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents’ home in Boise in nine hours. We traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hate confinement and have strong opinions about everything.
Road trips felt risky, so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to. We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.
But then Banner, our lamb was born. He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise. I had two choices: leave Banner with my husband, or take him with me. My husband made the decision for me.
That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour, let Banner shake out his legs and feed him. The kids chased him and one another. They’d get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.
We explored side roads, catching grasshoppers in waist-high grass. Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway. Here was life. And new horizons.
We eventually arrived at my parents’ doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.
Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight. But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a journey—and the best part of yourself.
1. Why did the author use to take freeways to her parents’ home?A.It was less tiring. | B.It would be faster and safer. |
C.Her kids would feel less confined. | D.She felt better with other drivers nearby. |
A.relax in the fresh air | B.take a deep breath |
C.take care of the lamb | D.let the kids play with Banner |
A.Freeways are where beauty hides. |
B.Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life. |
C.Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits one’s health. |
D.One should follow side roads to watch wild animals. |
A.Charm of the Detour | B.The Road to Bravery |
C.Creativity out of Necessity | D.Road Trip and Country Life |
During last year's summer holiday, I finally realized my dream. I travelled to Europe. What a(n)
After getting to Germany by plane, it took me four hours to get to France on a bus.
After getting off the bus, I saw many people enjoying afternoon tea outside of cafes,
The next day, we got up early for a boat ride on the Seine River. It was wonderful to appreciate the city's scenery from a boat.
Paris is also considered a(n)
Travel not only lets me know how big and beautiful the world is, but also lets me know that there are a lot of things to
A.terrible | B.boring | C.dangerous | D.unforgettable |
A.Arriving in | B.Leaving for | C.looking for | D.Thinking over |
A.built | B.checked | C.cleaned | D.burned |
A.photo | B.park | C.statue | D.sight |
A.painted | B.protected | C.restored | D.tidied |
A.leisurely | B.nervously | C.hurriedly | D.worriedly |
A.Hopefully | B.Gratefully | C.Finally | D.Strangely |
A.crowed with | B.famous for | C.short of | D.free from |
A.treasures | B.views | C.stories | D.copies |
A.shopping | B.entertainment | C.tourist | D.dancing |
A.amazed | B.bothered | C.affected | D.worried |
A.expensive | B.important | C.difficult | D.convenient |
A.ran | B.sat | C.jumped | D.sang |
A.require | B.learn | C.value | D.consider |
A.district | B.countryside | C.town | D.world |