People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution, from the last time they had a 1 problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 2 , they try to find a solution by trial or error. 3 , when all of these methods 4 , the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six 5 in analyzing a problem.
6 the person must recognize that these is a problem. For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 7 that there is a problem with the bicycle.
Next, the person must find the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 8 the parts that are wrong.
Now the person must look for 9 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 10 solutions. For example, suppose Sam decides that his bicycle does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. 11 , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.
After 12 the problem, the person should have 13 suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 14 , his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change old ones.
In the end, one 15 seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the 16 idea comes quite 17 because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a different way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum (口香糖) stuck to a brake. He 18 hits on the solution to his problem: he must 19 the brake.
Finally the solution is 20 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.
1. A. serious B. usual C. similar D. common
2. A. Besides B. Instead C. Otherwise D. However
4. A. fail B. work C. change D. develop
5. A. ways B. conditions C. stages D. orders
6. A. First B. Usually C. In general D. Most importantly
7. A. explain B. prove C. show D. see
8. A. checkable B. determine C. correct D. recover
9. A. answers B. skills C. explanation D. information
10. A. possible B. exact C. real D. special
11. A. In other words B. Once in a while C. First of all D. At this time
12. A. discussing B. settling down C. comparing with D. studying
13. A. extra B. enough C. several D. countless
14. A. secondly B. again C. also D. alone
15. A. suggestion B. conclusion C. decision D. discovery
16. A. next B. clear C. final D. new
17. A. unexpectedly B. late C. clearly D. often
18. A. fortunately B. easily C. clearly D. immediately
19. A. clean B. separate C. loosen D. remove
20. A. recorded B. completed C. tested D. accepted
As soon as the plane took off, it was clear that something was wrong. People their seats and there were already some terrible shouts. It seemed that we were about to .
People cried all around. Although I didn’t shout, I couldn’t have spoken . Then two rows to my left, I heard a calm voice, a woman’s voice, speaking in a normal tone nothing serious was happening. The woman, in her mid-30s, was staring into the face of her daughter, who looked to be four years old. The child so carefully that she seemed unaffected by the sounds of 36 around her.
I suddenly remembered another girl who had a terrible plane crash with the protection of her mother. The mother lost her life. , the little girl had to be treated to get rid of the feelings of guilt and unworthiness that often survivors. She was told time and again that it hadn’t been for her that her mother had gone away. I hoped this situation wouldn’t in the same way.
Finally, I leaned over and heard this soft, voice. Over and over again, the mother said, “I love you so much. Do you know that I love you more than anything else?”
“Yes, Mommy,” said the little girl.
“And remember that no matter what happens, I will always be you. And you are a good girl. Sometimes things happen, and they are not your fault. You are a good girl and my love will always be with you.” Then the mother put her over her daughter’s, fastened the seat belt over both of them and was to crash. Everything seemed hopeless. But , the horror was over in seconds. We landed safely.
That mom showed me what a real looked like. And in those few minutes, I heard the voice of .
A.fitted in with B.got out of C.kept out of D.got away with
A.quit B.land C.crash D.withdraw
A.calmly B.loudly C.clearly D.steadily
A.what if B.even if C.as if D.only if
A.followed B.listened C.nodded D.glanced
A.fear B.sympathy C.regret D.shock
A.escaped B.prevented C.suffered D.survived
A.Instead B.Anyway C.However D.Otherwise
A.stress B.trouble C.possess D.remind
A.honor B.responsibility C.fault D.excuse
A.tend B.turn C.stop D.develop
A.firm B.ugly C.hesitant D.tough
A.as usual B.beyond belief C.at all D.for sure
A.in B.on C.for D.with
A.yet B.only C.still D.again
A.arm B.body C.head D.hand
A.engaged B.devoted C.prepared D.involved
A.fortunately B.accidentally C.ridiculously D.desperately
A.educator B.rescuer C.hero D.sponsor
A.belief B.commitment C.faith D.courage
My son Joey was born with club feet(天生特厚的畸形脚). The doctors promised us that with treatment he would be able to walk , but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were in surgery(手术). By the time he was eight, you wouldn’t know he had a when you saw him walk.
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during , and Joey would jump right in, run and play, too. We told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to as well as the other children. So he didn’t know.
In seventh grade he to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he with the team. He worked harder and ran than any of the others—perhaps he sensed that the that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the chance to points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn’t know.
He to run four to five miles a day, every day —even the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was , so I went to look for him after school. I found him all alone. I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy(目光呆滞的) from his fever. he looked straight ahead and kept running.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were . Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in grade —the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn’t to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it… so he didn’t know. He just did it.
A.quickly B.slowly C.normally D.comfortably
A.spent B.wasted C.suffered D.lost
A.pain B.problem C.treatment D.surgery
A.holidays B.day C.fun D.play
A.seldom B.never C.always D.once
A.study B.run C.walk D.behave
A.decided B.preferred C.refused D.agreed
A.gathered B.camped C.trained D.competed
A.more slowly B.less C.faster D.more
A.ability B.strength C.power D.energy
A.Since B.Because C.After D.Although
A.increase B.score C.hold D.take
A.continued B.stopped C.liked D.hoped
A.sad B.surprised C.angry D.worried
A.running B.resting C.crying D.sleeping
A.tests B.miles C.lessons D.examinations
A.Otherwise B.So C.Yet D.Thus
A.included B.found C.shown D.called
A.sixth B.eighth C.seventh D.fifth
A.manage B.determine C.expect D.attempt
Every morning at eleven, a bright new car drove through the central park in New York.Inside the car a driver and his boss, a well-known millionaire(百万富翁).
Each morning the millionaire a poorly-dressed man on a park bench(长凳).The man always sat staring at the hotel in which the rich man lived.One day the millionaire was so in the man that he asked his driver to stop the car and he to the bench.He said to the poor man, “Excuse me, I just have to know why you sit staring at my hotel every morning.” “Sir, ”said the poor man, “I’m a failure.I have no job, no family and no .I sleep on this bench and every night I dream that day I will sleep in this hotel.” The rich man had .He said to the poor man, “Tonight your dream will come . I’ll for the best room in that hotel for you for .” The millionaire smiled and felt of himself.
A few days , the millionaire went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he himself.To his great , he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench.When the millionaire asked why, the man said, “You see, when I’m here sleeping on the bench.I always dream I’m up there in the hotel.It’s a wonderful dream.But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed I was here on this cold bench.It was dream and I could not get any sleep at all.”
A.stayed B.stood C.sat D.seated
A.had B.noticed C.laughed D.heard
A.thinking B.lying C.sitting D.resting
A.down B.up C.there D.here
A.interested B.surprise C.strange D.nervous
A.rushed B.swam C.raced D.walked
A.but B.so C.and D.because
A.food B.bed C.home D.shoes
A.each B.one C.that D.every
A.a talk B.an advice C.a friend D.an idea
A.easy B.here C.true D.real
A.pay B.look C.work D.prepare
A.the first time B.two days C.two times D.a whole month
A.pleased B.proud C.glad D.sorry
A.past B.ago C.later D.before
A.liked B.enjoyed C.treated D.satisfied
A.joy B.surprise C.anger D.sorrow
A.down B.below C.up D.under
A.much B.still C.even D.besides
A.a terrible B.a surprised C.a moving D.an exciting
What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not enough.
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, however hard we work, it seems that there is someone else who can do it much better.
I have always enjoyed music and it is to me that every musician has a of their own.My father _ several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to his sound in a group.Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own sound.
I heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, " else can make the sound that you make." The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's, but who is to say which is .It is said that, " is in the eye of the beholder .” . Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the .
Every person has a different tone of voice that only to them, we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of that is unique to them.It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all.It be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.
Each person has a(an) on the world in some way.Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it in the same way that you do it.The next time you feel , remember nobody else can make the sound that you make.
A.easy B.good C.simple D.hard
A.because B.although C.when D.if
A.seldom B.always C.never D.sometimes
A.satisfying B.convincing C.inspiring D.interesting
A.gift B.sound C.life D.song
A.played B.designed C.created D.checked
A.turn down B.call up C.pick out D.give off
A.loud B.powerful C.perfect D.special
A.once B.yet C.even D.still
A.Anybody B.Somebody C.Nobody D.Everybody
A.bigger B.better C.deeper D.lower
A.Beauty B.Interest C.Patience D.Honesty
A.speaker B.receiver C.listener D.looker
A.devotes B.adds C.adapts D.belongs
A.but B.yet C.and D.for
A.running B.walking C.jumping D.speaking
A.must B.might C.would D.should
A.choice B.opinion C.duty D.effect
A.exactly B.carefully C.cautiously D.seriously
A.annoyed B.puzzled C.discouraged D.bothered
People say one man's trash(垃圾) is another man's treasure. That comes to me as I the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was , we looked around the house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so all the stuff(东西) left. Like so many of their generation, my parents everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every my parents ever saw, I also many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵) and a world traveler, everything -- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the . The letters he wrote during the war his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I our old kitchen table, which brought back of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I'm realizing all these things my parents' life journey. Each time I go to , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I knew. , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
A.coincidence B.goal C.principle D.thought
A.looked for B.looked through C.looked into D.looked after
A.to B.for C.with D.by
A.retired B.ill C.gone D.injured
A.clean B.strange C.empty D.modern
A.pleased with B.familiar with C.astonished at D.disappointed at
A.saved B.enjoyed C.purchased D.designed
A.decisions B.bargains C.challenges D.responsibilities
A.person B.doctor C.neighbor D.child
A.bought B.discovered C.buried D.lost
A.just B.even C.only D.yet
A.liked B.bought C.kept D.lost
A.countryside B.school C.college D.army
A.receive B.direct C.sense D.describe
A.repaired B.cleaned C.spotted D.set
A.introductions B.memories C.descriptions D.communications
A.represented B.recognized C.instructed D.confirmed
A.the supermarket B.church C.my office D.the house
A.merely B.always C.really D.never
A.Everything B.Nothing C.Anything D.Something