Another Way to Study English: Online Movie Rentals

It is generally accepted that the best way to learn a language is to totally involve yourself in its culture by living in the country where it is spoken.     51     . Fortunately, many aspects of a country's culture have made their way to our lives in the form of various media and entertainment outlets(娱乐场所). Have you heard of online movie rentals? If not, there might be an option for you to increase your language skills and enjoy some entertainment at the same time.      52       

Most companies require customers to operate on the following model:
●Select and sign up for a payment program online, which will determine how many movies you can rent and hold at any one time.
●       53       . You can look up movies by title, actor or director. Then movies will be sent to you within 1-3 days, and shipping is covered by the company.
●Watch the movies, often with no late fees. If you haven't finished on time, you can delay returning.
●      54       . The envelope is prepaid and provided by the rental service.

●Check the sites for specific and up-­to­-date details because new companies and terms of service are always changing.

Once you receive the movies, how can you improve your language skills with them? Well, just sitting in front of the TV with a drink in one hand isn't a bad way to relax, but you won't learn much. You should take notes of new expressions while watching a movie. Write them down and look them up in a good English­-English dictionary to understand their possible meanings.       55        . If you don't know how to use words, learning vocabulary will lose all meaning.
  A. Return the movies in a return envelope.
  B. Watch movies as long as you have nothing to do.
  C. Please make the best use of time to watch movies.

D. Then, think of some sample sentences for each word.

E. Choose the movie you want to watch, generally 1-3 at a time.

F. But many find packing up and moving to a country is not a practical option.

G. Now, more companies are offering customers the chance to rent movies online

Once when there was a famine (饥荒), a rich baker sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and said to them, “In this basket, there is a loaf (一条面包) for each of you.   51   it, and come back to me every   52   at this hour till better times come.”

The hungry children   53   eagerly around the basket, and quarreled for the bread,   54    each wished to have the largest loaf. At last they went away without even   55   the good gentleman. But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not   56   or struggle with the rest, but remained   57   modestly in the distance. When the ill-behaved children had left, she took the   58   loaf, which alone was left in the basket,   59   the gentleman's hand, and went home.

The next day the children were as   60   as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf only nearly half the   61   of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the   62   open, and then many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it. Her mother was very much   63  , and said, “Take the money back to the good   64   at once, for it must have got into the loaf   65  . Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick!”  

But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother's   66  , he said, “No, no, my child, it was no   67  . I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to   68   you. Always be as contented (满足的), peaceable, and   69   as you now are. Go home now, and the   70   is your own.”

51.A. Take          B. Buy          C. Order            D. Smell 

52.A. month         B. week         C. day          D. year

53. A. stood            B. sat          C. gathered     D. looked 

54. A. but          B. so           C. since            D. because 

55.A. hearing       B. thanking     C. thinking     D. looking 

56.A. play          B. laugh            C. quarrel      　　D. speak 

57.A. crying            B. standing     C. quarreling   　　D. singing 

58.A. best          B. oldest       　　C. largest      　　D. smallest 

59.A. kissed        B. took         C. seized       　　D. waved 

60.A. hungry        B. angry            C. eager            D. rude 

61. A. size         B. number       C. length       　　D. amount 

62.A. letter            B. bread            C. basket       　　D. bag 

63.A. surprised     B. pleased      C. terrified        D. excited 

64.A. policeman     B. teacher      C. gentleman    　　D. child 

65. A. by accident  B. by heart     C. by hand      D. by itself 

66. A. letter       B. note         C. money        　　D. message 

67.A. luck          B. use          C. good         D. mistake 

68.A. test          B. reward       C. thank            D. attract 

69.A. careful       B. grateful     C. beautiful        D. enthusiastic

70. A. loaf         B. basket           C. world            D. money 

    假如你是李华。你将要参加本周六主题为An unforgettable Experience in High School的英语演讲比赛。你写了一篇演讲稿，请外教Jason给予指导。请根据以下要点，给他写一封邮件。

    1．说明情况；

    2．指导内容（词汇，语法，结构等）；

    3．回复时间；

    4．表达感激。

    注意：1．词数100左右；

          2．信的格式已给出，不计入总词数；

          3．适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jason,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

      Li Hua

Music is one of the most important and powerful things in my life. _41___(listen)to music can help motivate me in hard times.

   When I was younger, I didn’t have the great love __42___music as I do now. I _43___(main) listened to what my parents were listening to. I didn’t have much of care for musical compositions. Whether I was in the car, the home, __64___anywhere else, there was sure to be some Beatles, Buddy Holly, or the Dubliners. Now as I’m _45___(old), I enjoy it as it allows me _46__(remember) my childhood.

   I believe music __47___(have)the ability to convey all sorts of feelings. The effect that music can have on our _48____(emotion) is unbelievable, as it can bring people to floods of tears or bursts of laughter.

   I believe music affects people in many different ways. To me music is more than just _49__we listen to or play. It’s something to feel. In my life, it is music which is extremely important__40____ brings me closer to my friends and family. I also feel that it helps me to get through things.

He was educated at the local high school, _______he went on to Beijing University.

A. after that    B. after which     C. in which     D. in that

 —Was ______ Bill, ______ played basketball very well, ______ helped the blind man cross the road?

—Yes, of course. He is always ready to help others.

A. it; who; that B. this; who; that C. which; that; that D. it; that; who

The Fitting-in of Suzy Khan

The first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was really small for her age of 12. The boys in my class often    51    about her and laughed their heads off. She would open a book, pretending to read, with tears dropping on the open page.

All I knew was that she was an orphan (孤儿) from Africa. She had just been adopted (领养) by a family in town who   52   that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with American kids. I looked down at this   53  girl and promised myself that somehow I would help her.

But how could I help her   54   in with us? There had to be a     55   .

One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had  56   her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n)    57    copy.

I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming   58    show. So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had   59   . “Why, it’s wonderful,” said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted  60  the talent show. “I need more of these, but I just don’t have enough    61  . Could you help me, Suzy?”

On the day of the talent show, Suzy’s  62  were everywhere——all over the hall and all over the school, each one different.

“And finally,” said Mr. Brown, the schoolmaster, at the end of the show, “we have a(n)  63  award. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded. “One of our own students    64  them.”

 I could hear everyone whispering. “Who in our school could draw   65   well?”

       Mr. Brown waited a while before saying, “   66   this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a  67  , too. Our mystery(神秘) artist is our new student——Suzy Khan!”

    Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist’s set. “Thank you,” she cried.

     I  68  , at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she’d probably never    69    anything in her whole life.

       Everyone started to   70   their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.

51. A. joked                           B. cared                    C. trains                          D. worried

52. A. reported                      B. decided                 C. complained                 D.questioned

53. A. rich                             B. proud                        C. tiny                            D. popular

54. A. come                     B. fall                         C. fit                          D. tie

55. A. manner                  B. pattern                         C. choice                         D. way

56. A. read                       B. taken                     C. opened                        D. put

57. A. free                             B. perfect                   C. final                       D. extra

58. A. are                         B. talk                              C. quiz                            D. talent

59. A. colored                       B. written                         C. carved                         D. drawn

60. A. at                                B. after                     C. for                              D. around

61. A. room                     B. time                       C. paper                          D. interest

62. A. gifts                            B. books                         C. photos                        D. posters

63. A. special                         B. academic                    C. national                  D. royal

64. A. painted                  B. found                          C. printed                        D. collected

65. A. very                       B. that                             C. quite                       D. too

66. A. If                           B. Though                       C. Unless                    D. Since

67. A. prize                      B. rank                            C. rest                         D. place

68. A. replied                   B. realized                  C. remembered           D. regretted

69. A. offered                  B. valued                    C. owned                    D. controlled

70. A. clap                       B. wave                           C. raise                       D. shake

Friendship is one of the most important things in everyone’s life. __41__ is very difficult to find a better definition(定义) of friendship. A true friend is the person___42___ can share all our ___43___(sad) and double all our ____44____(happy). In time of trial(尝试) , he or she is always at our side to give us his or her help and ___45_____. (comfortable).

 ____46____（know） how ___47___ (value) friendship is, we should be very ___48____(care) with our choice of a friend. We should choose those people with a good character ___49___ our friends, but we must try to avoid ___50___ (make) friends with a bad man. Besides, we should forgive their mistakes and try to help them as much as possible.

Secret codes（密码）keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.

    People have used secret codes for thousands of years.   36    Code breaking never lags（落后）far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.

    There are three main types of cryptography.   37   For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”

      38   You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Let’s number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message “Meet me” would read “135520135.”

    A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book.   39   For example, “bridge” might stand for “meet” and “out” might stand for “me.” The message “Bridge out” would actually mean “Meet me.”   40    However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently.

  A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.

  B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.

  C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.

  D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.

  E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.

  F. With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.

  G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

   增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

   删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

   修改：在错的词下划一横线（___），并在该词下面写出修改的词。

   注意:1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

       2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 

Yang Li, a five-year-old girl living next door to me, very clever. Because she is too old to go to school, she often asks me to teach herself to read, write and draw. She studies hardly and soon she learns a lot of. One evening last month I was doing my English homeworks when she came to my house. She asked me how I learned English. “You would find English a bridge to so much knowledge,” I said. She then wanted to learn English, either. She has learned many English words so far, but her parents are very grateful to me.

 Many excellent graduates are writing ______the advertisement for the position as an English teacher in our school.

   A. in honor of               B. in favor of

   C. in return for              D. in response to

September 21, 2050----At a press conference today it was announced that the first tourist heading for Mars will be the 38-year-old US businessman Patrick Clifford. He will leave the earth in the  launching window of June 2052 and set his foot on the surface of Mars in November, together with the other 6 astronauts assigned for the mission to further explore the planet.

Patrick has now two years of training ahead of him to get ready for the trip. Not only will he spend five months in getting to Mars, but another 600 days there before he can go back home.  Patrick was of course very excited, “ This has been my dream since I was four, and seeing the first man on Mars 20 years ago made me realize that it was possible.”

To be able to pay the $ 1. 3 billion for his ticket for the trip Patrick sold his majority stake (股份) in the company his father had built. “I know that my father would have been proud of me if he had still been alive today, he knew what this means to me”, says Patrick. There is no risk though that you will find Patrick begging in your street corner when he comes back, but it is said that he was paid twice as much for his part of the company.

So, how is he going to spend his 600 days on the red planet? “Well, since I don’t have a job when I get back after selling the company, I have plenty of time to come up with a new business idea”, he says and laughs. If he brings a shovel（铁锹）he can start building the first hotel there, but maybe he shouldn’t expect too many guests until someone can offer a cheaper ticket.

13.How long will Patrick Clifford be away before he comes back?

A. About five months     B. About two years   C. About 600 days     D. About 750 days

14.The underlined part in Paragraph 3 means that          .

A. the trip will turn Patrick into a beggar   

B. Patrick will get much money from the trip

C. we needn’t worry about Patrick’s economic condition

D. it’s likely that Patrick will be very poor after he comes back

15.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Patrick is an optimistic man

B. A total of six people will go to Mars

C. Patrick’s father felt excited at the news  

D. Patrick will spend all his money on the trip

A. Attraction  B. originally  C. enthusiastically  D. command  E. satisfy

F. favorable   G. approval   H. treasured      I. viewed     J. developed 

K. considerable

Public image doesn't make money directly, nor is it anything visible. However, excellent public image is such an important thing that it is   19   desired by every company, enterprise, institution, etc. Public image refers to how a company is   20    by its customers, suppliers, and stockholders (股东), by the financial community, by the communities where it operates, and by federal and local governments. Public image is controllable to   21  extents, just as the           product, price, place, and promotional efforts are.

A firm's public image plays a vital role in the   22   of the firm and its products to employees, customers, and to such outsiders as stockholders, suppliers, creditors (贷款方), government officials, as well as different special groups. With some things it is impossible to23                all the different publics: for example, a new highly automated plant may meet the  24    of creditors and stockholders. However, it will undoubtedly find resistance from employees who see their jobs threated. On the other hand, high quality products and service standards should bring almost complete approval, while low quality products and false claims would be widely looked down upon.

   A firm's public image, if it is good, should be   25    . It is a valuable strength that usually is built up over a long and satisfying relationship of a firm with publics. If a firm has  26   a quality image, this is not easily imitated by competitors. Such an image may enable a firm to charge higher prices, to win the best distributors, to attract the best employees, to expect the most    27   creditor relationships and lowest borrowings costs. It should also allow the firm’s stock to   28     higher price-earnings ratio(比例) than other firms in the same industry with such a good reputation and public image.

Wouldn’t you want to travel more often without breaking the bank? If you are interested, read on to find out how you can do simple things to save money next time you go on vacation.

Airfares

Plan in advance and visit discount websites to see if there are better deals. If you are planning to stay in two countries and an airline makes you change planes on those countries anyway, you might be in luck. Check pricing on the flights to see if you can stay a few days at the country of the flight change instead of changing planes right away since airlines often let you do that for the same price.

Accommodations

Sometimes the smaller towns close to where you are going have hotels that are much less expensive. If you don’t mind the 15-minute ride, you might just save a large amount of money. Home exchanges are pretty cool and popular especially in Europe. If you are of the adventure type, this could be exciting and refreshing. Sometimes smaller hotel chains are willing to give you free upgrades or even free nights. If you are staying at a destination for at least a few days, consider a vacation home instead of hotels. They are often more comfortable and your cost will probably be cheaper.

Eating

Figure out where you will be and eat before you actually go out. Avoid breakfast from the hotels because chances are good that the breakfast from the hotel is expensive and isn’t great. It probably pays to walk out the front door in the morning and find a local cafe. You might just discover the local favorite unexpectedly. Want a breakfast that costs nothing? Ask for some bread to-go at the restaurant the night before. In addition, fancy lunches are often much less expensive than dinners. If you eat a big lunch and a light dinner, it’s also healthier.

21. The text is mainly about ______.

   A.trips in different countries           B. tips on economical travel

   C. dos and don’ts during a trip         D. budgets for a package holiday

22. What kind of travelers will choose a vocation home?

   A. Those who dislike small hotel chains.

   B. Those who want an adventure trip.

   C. Those who plan to live in one place for few days.

   D. Those who don’t mind long-distance trips.

23. To save money on eating, you are expected to ______.

   A. eat more for dinner than lunch

   B. have three meals in the hotels

   C. buy bread from restaurants

   D. try a local cafe for breakfast

With the help of Gloria ,his wife ,Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets, stereo systems, and home appliances. Tom developed an excellent    1  with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service. He was proud of his high percentage of repeat    2  .
   About five years ago, Tom was  3    by the owners of a competing company, Stereo Super Stores. They wanted him to   4    them out. The price was very attractive. Everything looked good. Before making his final    5  Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase. She told him that   6  the numbers looked good it didn't feel  7    to her. However, Tom was so self-confident and so convinced that this was a rare    8  , he went ahead and made the     9 . Within months he discovered that he had made a big  10   .He had paid too much for a   11   company. He tried as hard as he could to make it work out, but he couldn't turn things   12   . He was forced into bankruptcy（破产）. He was about to lose everything, including his   13  business.
    Tom was embarrassed, but he is a survivor. He looked at his situation. He decided to   14  admit his mistake and, rather than getting stuck in lawsuits(诉讼), he would focus his   15   on saving and rebuilding his original business. He saw also that he had made a mistake by not listening to his  16  , and that he needed to learn from this   17  .He dealt with the crisis in a way that delighted  people, who in turn    18   respect for him. Old customers poured into his store. He and Gloria   19  _to changes in retailing(零售) and have built an even better business than before.
    In the business world, it is natural to gain and lose, of   20  Peterson’s experience is an example.  Only those who regard their mistakes as gifts and learn from them attract endless profits.

1. A．popularity               B．reputation      C．cause            D．foundation

2. A．customers               B．assistants             C．friends           D．visitors

3. A．appointed               B．approved              C．approached D．appreciated

4. A．sell                   B．pay                C．buy                D．check

5. A．decision           B．choice           C．determination       D．judgement

6. A．as though              B．now that               C．even though        D．in case

7. A．terrible             B．fair                 C．right              D．attractive

8. A．possibility         B．occasion               C．event             D．opportunity

9. A．profit                B．purchase              C．reservation    D．appointment

10. A．difference             B．discovery       C．commitment   D．mistake

11. A．dying                    B．controversial        C．clumsy           D．tiring

12. A．in                   B．around          C．down             D．up

13. A．original          B．various          C．unique           D．precious

14. A．quietly            B．loudly            C．openly           D．secretly

15. A．beliefs            B．spirits            C．attempts               D．energies

16. A．producer               B．wife                C．relative          D．adviser

17. A．experience            B．enterprise      C．process         D．history

18. A．won                B．showed          C．achieved              D．earned

19. A．belonged              B．adapted         C．adopted               D．appealed

20. A．them                     B．what              C．that                      D．which

    假设你是李华，你和你班的交流生Tom约好晚上一起去看电影。但你的叔叔突然打电话说他出差路过你们城市，让你去车站接他。请你给Tom发一封电子邮件，要点如下:

1. 表示歉意；

2. 重新约定。

注意： 词数100左右

The sharing economy has grown in recent years to include everything from apartment sharing to car sharing to community tool sharing. Since 2009, a new form of sharing economy has been emerging in neighborhoods throughout the US and around the world—— Little Free Library. The libraries are boxes placed in neighborhoods from which residents can withdraw (取出) and deposit (存入) books. Little Free Libraries come in all shapes and sizes. Some libraries also have themes, focusing on books for children, adults, or tour guides.

   In 2009, Tod Bol built the first Little Free Library as a gift to his mother, who was a devoted reader. When he saw the people of his community gathering around it, exchanging conversation as well as books, he knew he wanted to take his simple idea further. “I think Little Free Libraries open the door to conversations we want to have with each other,” Bol said. 

Since then, his idea has become a movement, spreading from state to state and country to country. According to Little FreeLibrary.org, there are now 18,000 of the little structures around the world, located in each of the 50 US states and 70 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.

   The Internet has helped to spread Little Free Libraries. But an Atlantic article says the little structures serve as a cure for a world of e-reader downloads. The little wooden boxes are refreshingly physical and human. For many people, the sense of discovery is Little Free Libraries’ main appeal. “A girl walking home from school might pick up a graphic novel that gets her excited about reading; a man on his way to the bus stop might find a volume of poetry that changes his outlook on life,” says the Atlantic article. “Every book is a potential source of inspiration”.

28. How do Little Free Libraries get their books?

A. The communities bought them.               B. Tod Bol donated them.

  C. US government provided them.                  D. Citizens shared them.

29. Why did Tod Bol want to build more Little Free Libraries?

  A. They can offer neighbors more chances to talk.  B. He was inspired by the sharing economy.

  C. He wanted to promote his idea worldwide.      D. They are a gift to please his mother.

30. What does the author of the Atlantic article believe?

  A. Little Free Libraries are more popular than e-reader downloads.

  B. E-reader downloads are undoubtedly beneficial.

  C. Little Free Libraries are physical and human.

  D. The Internet has helped to spread Little Free Libraries.

31. Little Free Libraries attract readers most in that ________.

  A. they are in various shapes and sizes           B. they are located all over the world

C. they connect strangers together                  D. they may give readers a sense of discovery

One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of Brutus in the death of Julius Caesar. “Brutus was not an honorable man,” he said. “He was a traitor（叛徒）. And he murdered someone in cold blood.” The agreement was that Brutus had acted with cruelty when other options were available to him. He made a bad decision, they said—at least as it was presented by Shakespeare—to take the lead in murdering Julius Caesar. And though one of the executives acknowledged that Brutus had the good of the republic in mind, Caesar was nevertheless his superior. “You have to endeavor,” the executives said, “our policy is to obey the chain of command.”

During the last few years, business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare’s wisdom for profitable ends. None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman, well-known advisers to the White House, who started up a training company called “Movers and Shakespeares”. They are amateur Shakespeare scholars and Shakespeare lovers, and they have combined their passion and their high level contacts into a management training business. They conduct between 30 and 40 workshops annually, focusing on half a dozen different plays, mostly for corporations, but also for government agencies.

The workshops all take the same form, focusing on a single play as a kind of case study, and using individual scenes as specific lessons. In Julius Caesar, for example, Cassius’s sly provocation（狡诈的挑唆） of Brutus to take up arms against Caesar was a basis for a discussion of methods of team building and grass roots organizing.

Although neither of the Adelmans is academically trained in literature, the programmes, contain plenty of Shakespeare tradition and background. Their workshop on Henry V, for example, includes a helpful explanation of Henry’s winning strategy at the Battle of Agincourt. But they do come to the text with a few biases (偏向): their reading of Henry V minimizes his misuse of power. Instead, they emphasize the story of the youth who seizes opportunities and becomes a masterful leader. And at the workshop on Caesar, Mr. Adelmans had little good to say about Brutus, saying “the noblest Roman of them all” couldn’t make his mind up about things.

Many of the participants pointed to very specific elements in the play that they felt related. Caesar’s pride, which led to his murder, and Brutus’s mistakes in leading the traitors after the murder, they said, raise vital questions for anyone serving in a business: when and how do you resist the boss?

66. According to paragraph 1, what did all the executives think of Brutus?

A. Honorable.        B. Superior.         C. Cruel.          D. Rude

67. According to the passage, the Adelmans set up “Movers and Shakespeares” to ________.

A. help executives to understand Shakespeare’s plays better

B. provide case studies of Shakespeare’s plays in literature workshops

C. guide government agencies to follow the characters in Shakespeare’s plays.

D. give advice on leadership by analyzing Shakespeare’s plays

68. Why do the Adelmans conduct a workshop on Henry V?

A. To encourage masterful leaders to plan strategies to win.

B. To highlight the importance of catching opportunities.

C. To illustrate the harm of prejudices in management. 

D. To warn executives against power misuse.

69. It can be inferred from the passage that ____.

A. Shakespeare has played an important role in the management field. 

B. executives feel bored with too many specific elements of Shakespeare’s plays.

C. the Adelmans will make more profits if they are professional scholars.

D. the Adelmans’ programme proves biased as the roles of characters are maximized.

70. The best title for the passage is _____.

A. Shakespeare’s plays: Executives reconsider corporate culture

B. Shakespeare’s plays: Dramatic training brings dramatic results

C. Shakespeare’s plays: a lesson for business motivation

D. Shakespeare’s plays: An essential key to business success

Goal setting seems to be a hot topic, yet it’s easy to know but difficult to practice.

People set goals, work hard at them for even a few months, and then   41   them. Next year, they set the   42   goals. But why do so many people do it? They may be making goals too 43 . But that isn’t to say that they aren’t  44  goals. They need to be broken apart into smaller and   45   pieces. Make spoon-size goals and you’ll accomplish them  46  .

Many people are probably unwilling to   47   you to reach your goals. They’re   48  with you when you have your own goals. They may even be enthusiastic about your   49   to change something or accomplish something new.  50  , as you change and accomplish, they may not like it. Why? It’s usually because your changes and accomplishments   51   them that they could be doing it, too    52   they aren’t!

You may have filled your  53  with so many things that there’s little  54  for your goals to grow. We must be careful not to confuse busyness with   55 ，as goals are always achieved step by step. Be  56  about how you use your time and what you focus on. Success often comes when you know what to  57 , rather than what to include in your life.

Goal setting is like the pig and chicken walking out early one morning. The chicken became really   58   when she saw a sign:“Ham ＆ Eggs, ＄20.99”. She said to the pig, “Look, we’ve got double billing again.” The pig said,“That’s  59 for you to say! For you, it’s all in a day’s work. For me, it’s total commitment.” Goal setting is all in a day’s work. Goal   60 is total commitment.

41．A．leave                 B．forget          C．change       D．store

42．A．opposite       B．common       C．valid            D．same

43．A．general       B．strict            C．vague                 D．realistic

44．A．simple        B．reliable         C．achievable          D．clear

45．A．equal                 B．specific        C．regular        D．unusual

46．A．slowly                        B．accurately   C．easily                 D．immediately

47．A．follow                 B．specific        C．force          D．support

48．A．familiar               B．happy         C．careful        D．patient

49．A．desire               B．means      C．skill             D．energy

50．A．Therefore         B．Besides     C．However      D．Otherwise

51．A．remind          B．convince    C．inform              D．warn

52．A．and               B．or                C．but           D．for

53．A．notebook         B．file             C．case         D．schedule

54．A．room             B．hope                  C．aspect             D．doubt

55．A．process                B．progress    C．aspect             D．promotion

56．A．optimistic          B．curious        C．doubtful     D．selective

57．A．leave out         B．figure out     C．take out      D．send out

58．A．confused               B．upset                  C．excited       D．worried

59．A．strange                B．natural        C．necessary          D．pitiful

60．A．development      B．assessment      C．management       D．achievement

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Three years ago, I became a student in an ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, I find the teachers patient and considerate. Besides, I enjoyed the friend atmosphere in class. I decided to make the best for it. I worked hardly and got along well with teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were always available. Soon, I became one of the top student in my class, what greatly increased my confidence and I got more motivated.

My experiencee tells me that it is not what you are given but that how you use it that determine who you are.