1 . Simple Tips to Increase Self-Confidence

Having confidence begins with having a mind full of confident thoughts. A mind is controlled by you, therefore believing only the things that will bring you things you desire. Almost anyone in the world can have confidence.     1    . It is a matter of following these easy steps.

Set goals

It’s a great idea to keep a “Goals Book” and every time something enters your mind you’d like to achieve, list it in the book. Soon you’ll see a pattern among all your goals.     2    , you begin to see simple changes in your life. There is no greater joy in life than to realize a goal.

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People usually can’t tell you how you should live your life when it’s just an expression of their own shortcomings. Don’ allow the shortcomings of others to affect your life negatively. No one but you knows your interests and ambitions. Work in the direction of your true loves and ignore everything that enters your mind going against your own desires.

Challenge your beliefs

    4    . If they are not, cross them out. You may find it difficult to get rid of some of the deep-rooted beliefs, but with true desire you can abandon negative beliefs about yourself and you will realize enormous benefit in growing self-confidence and self-esteem.

Get started

Don’t expect changes right away and have patience in knowing that it takes time to be the person you wish to be. The wonderful thing about becoming a more self-confident person is that little benefits start taking shape almost immediately.     5     — as long as you continue to keep a positive outlook and display your confidence.

As you achieve confidence, and find little moments of confidence coming closer and closer, all the things you desire will come to you easier than you ever imagined.

A．Follow your heart

B．They keep coming one after the other

C．Believe in a power greater than yourself

D．When you make conclusions about your goals

E．If you maintain a confident position long enough

F．And, it is entirely easier than you may have once believed

G．Examine all of your beliefs and determine if they are in line with the life you desire

2 . 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 _________ the classroom with a nice new watch. I loved it so much that I _________ it from him. As soon as my friend _________ he had lost his watch, he reported it to our teacher, who was you, _________. You went to the class, “This student’s watch was missing during classes today. Whoever has taken it, please _________ it.” At that time, I was _________ to raise my hand.

Then you shut the door and told us all to get up and began to _________ our pockets one by one. But you _________ us to close our eyes.

You went from pocket to pocket, and when my _________ came, you found the watch and took it. You __________ searching everyone's pockets until you finished, you asked us to open our eyes. It was the most __________ day of my life. But this was also the day my __________ was saved. You never __________ anything about the incident later, nor even gave me a right or wrong lesson, but I received your __________ clearly. I understood what a real educator needs to do.

If an educator must make students lose the __________ of other people, he doesn’t know how to teach.

1.

A．watched

B．cleaned

C．entered

D．designed

2.

A．borrowed

B．stole

C．learned

D．heard

3.

A．imagined

B．feared

C．realized

D．regretted

4.

A．immediately

B．hopefully

C．possibly

D．luckily

5.

A．change

B．share

C．throw

D．return

6.

A．forced

B．glad

C．grateful

D．afraid

7.

A．fill

B．search

C．exchange

D．use

8.

A．encouraged

B．expected

C．allowed

D．required

9.

A．turn

B．choice

C．chance

D．result

10.

A．considered

B．continued

C．started

D．stopped

11.

A．interesting

B．confident

C．shameful

D．dangerous

12.

A．goal

B．fame

C．business

D．dream

13.

A．mentioned

B．described

C．argued

D．complained

14.

A．reason

B．excuse

C．report

D．message

15.

A．admiration

B．help

C．respect

D．support

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

How can people live in a country for years and not learn the language? I’d heard of such people and, if I’m    1    (complete) honest, I judged them. Then, the time came for me to move to China and I decided I wouldn’t waste my opportunity    2    others.

After two years, I’m embarrassed to report that I’ve not made significant progress.    3    I work mostly with Chinese colleagues    4    offer to help me, I simply don’t make the time. Why, though? How is it possible? Well, life is so interesting in Beijing that I get     5     (catch) up in anything and everything else.

One would think that living in a foreign country would practically press you    6     (study) the language, but it’s more complex than that. First, when your job is to use your native language, the majority of your day     7     (spend) in and around native language material. Second, let’s not forget that we live in the     8    (advance) era (时代) of translation apps. Yes, it is easy indeed to go about the majority of your day and not hear or need to use much Chinese at all. Thirdly, it must be recognized that learning    9    new language takes time.

In short, it has taught me how to abandon my opinions about how people “should” interact with the world. It has increased my     10     (able) to empathize(共情).

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everyone wants to live their dream life, but sadly, most people fail     1    （achieve）it.

If you have a choice to turn back time, what would you do     2    （different）that will make your life better today? Or are you already living the     3    （wonder）life you wanted?

Most people take things for granted（把一切视为理所当然）. They think that they have all the time in the world and they neglect（忽视）    4    （they） dreams. They say things like "later", or “there will always be tomorrow”. The fact is that we don't have all the time in the world. Later soon becomes never.

The same goes for     5    （live）your ideal（理想）life. You have to understand that what you want in life     6    （be）a choice. You are where you are right now because     7    the choice you make. You have a choice and you can choose. And because you have a choice, you get to choose how you want to live. Living your dream life starts with making a     8    （decide）.

And if you want to live your ideal life, you must say “no" to the things     9    will pull you away from it. And     10    is time to make a change. Dare to be different and dare to follow your heart.

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

The Summer I Learned to Really See

It was a muggy(闷热)end-of-summer dog day in Missouri. I was preparing to go after the mail—about a mile's distance, through fields and forests, across a river, from our farmhouse, in which three generations of my family lived.

“Take the bucket with you,” my grandmother said, handing me the very familiar bucket.

“What for?” I asked, petulantly(使小性子). The berries had been picked, and it was too early for wild grapes, too late for roasting ears(穗).

“You'll find something to fill it with,” she said, her blue eyes sparkling with anticipation.

I didn't want to take the bucket. It would be a burden to me. Twice a day I'd carried a bucket for milking. With it I'd carried feed to the chickens, salt to the cows, sugar to the neighbors. I'd had enough with carrying with the bucket!

Nevertheless, I took the bucket. Halfway to the mailbox, I set it down beneath a pokeberry bush(胡桃树). I needn't carry it the whole way, I reasoned. There was no mail. When I got back to the bucket, I saw that a few ripe pokeberries had fallen into it. With childish ill humor, I picked off enough clusters(花串) to fill the bucket, even though I thought they were good for nothing.

“Aren't they just lovely!” Grandma exclaimed admiringly when I set them on the kitchen table. She squeezed out the juice of the berries and we used the lovely red ink to paint rings on our fingers and pen letters to distant cousins.

When I went to mail the letters the next day, Grandma again told me to take the bucket along. This time I carried the bucket a little farther than the previous day before setting it down. There was only a sale catalogue in the mail. When I got back to the bucket, I dropped it in. But I felt vaguely uncomfortable, remembering the pokeberries. I caught sight of a bunch of peppermint(薄荷) growing close to the path. Funny, I had passed it every day and never noticed it before. Peppermint just doesn't spring up overnight. I picked a bucketful, its fragrance seeming to cool the day. Grandma was pleased with the peppermint. She liked to chew it and make tea with it.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡上的相应位置作答。
The daily routine to take the bucket along was repeated for weeks, and I began to see more.
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One day when I went home, I didn't have anything in the bucket.
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6 . Today, we are talking about money. I can share a bit about my history with money and my new view when it comes to using green paper.

I made a web page with links to posts about our financial (财政的) journey where you can look for more details of where we've been and how we got where we are now. It was a big part of my story in the past and was a huge part of our downsizing（精简） journey. We got out of debt and stayed out of debt.

So I feel eager（渴望的）to share the benefits of being on this side. It takes more planning and more careful thought whenever a dollar is spent now than it did when I had a wallet full of credit cards. I now like to think all of my dollars doing the job. So many of us work for money and don't consider that money should work for us, too. Make your dollars do the job of helping you live the life you want.

Each time money is spent or saved, it should be going toward something that you purposefully want for your life. Last week I was out and I spent $ 20 on food in 3 days. It made me angry because afterward I thought about eating is not at all what I want for my life.

On the other hand, there are times I spend $ 20 while out with my family and it doesn't bother（使烦恼）me one bit. An afternoon out with my kids during which we stop for ice cream, and do something fun together has a completely different feel.

In the end, I want the dollars I spend to have purpose like I can enjoy life while still planning and saving for the future.

1. The underlined words “green paper” in Paragraph 1 refer to“________”.

A．money

B．work

C．newspaper

D．book

2. You can learn about the writer's history with money________.

A．by reading posts about their financial journey

B．by going on a financial journey

C．by making a web page

D．by writing to him

3. In the writer's opinion,________.

A．more credit cards should be used in our daily life

B．we should work hard to make more money

C．money should help us live better

D．saving money is very easy

4. Why does the writer feel happy with the money spent with his family?

A．Because the money is spent on food.

B．Because the money is spent in doing something fun.

C．Because eating is what he wants for his life.

D．Because the money goes toward something that he wants for his life.