Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with 21 problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 22 . But what makes bolgging different from writing in a(n) 23 diary?
The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 24 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 25 that he does not want to 26 with others.
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 27 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her 28 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. 29 I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but 30 in my dairy. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 31 that my sister might read it.
The biggest 32 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 33 about him in my diary, he would never know. 34 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might 35 her blog and get angry.
There are also 36 to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “ Nobody cares about me”, because no one would 37 about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly 38 and tell her how much they 39 her. Blogs help people 40 in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
A．the same B．interesting C．difficult D．daily
A．simple B．special C．similar D．different
A．personal B．ordinary C．meaningful D．traditional
A．attractive B．public C．exciting D．quick
A．thoughts B．puzzles C．ideas D．secrets
A．tell B．share C．publish D．solve
A．instead of B．as well as C．except for D．besides
A．blog B．diary C．report D．web
A．Although B．Since C．When D．Because
A．only B．already C．still D．never
A．angry B．sad C．glad D．worried
A．problem B．doubt C．question D．mistake
A．boring B．wrong C．mean D．funny
A．So B．However C．Therefore D．Then
A．steal B．break C．write D．read
A．reasons B．wishes C．shortcomings D．advantages
A．care B．know C．think D．ask
A．prepare B．begin C．respond D．feel
A．like B．miss C．need D．stand
A．lose B．stay C．leave D．find
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to them but I still needed to write them, I until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was happy to have Marc back. Since I was making lunch for his younger brother, I one for Marc, too. Imagine my when I got a call from my 24-yere-old son, his lunch.
“Did I do something ? Don’t you love me ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I asked him what was wrong.
“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
A．carried B．found C．included D．held
A．difficult B．special C．comfortable D．separate
A．congratulation B．improvement C．explanation D．encouragement
A．loved B．answered C．wrote D．examined
A．lately B．by the way C．by the time D．gradually
A．received B．understood C．enjoyed D．collected
A．copy B．read C．take D．send
A．held up B．gave up C．followed D．continued
A．out B．home C．to college D．to Sacramento
A．organizing B．planning C．comparing D．completing
A．hopefully B．finally C．particularly D．certainly
A．Because of B．Instead of C．Except for D．As for
A．especially B．immediately C．equally D．generally
A．once B．again C．still D．even
A．packed B．fetched C．bought D．filled
A．fear B．surprise C．anger D．disappointment
A．waiting for B．worrying about C．caring for D．asking about
A．wrong B．funny C．strange D．smart
A．any more B．enough C．once more D．better
A．interestingly B．bitterly C．politely D．Laughingly
Tom with his friend Jack went to his favorite newspaper stand. Jack the salesman selling the newspapers gently, but in return he received poor . The salesman never even looked up at his customer when he the late-night edition. Accepting the , Jack politely smiled and wished the salesman a pleasant weekend. The salesman made an unclear sound and seemed that the two men had completed their business. As the two friends walked down the street, Tom asked, “Does he always treat you so ?”
“Yes, , he does,” Jack responded. “And are you always so and friendly to him?” “Yes, I am!” Jack as they turned a corner. “Why are you so nice when he is so unfriendly to you?” Jack , “Because I don’t want him to decide how I am going to .”
Who how you are going to act? Is it your circumstances or the difficult people in your life that determine your ? When we allow our conflicts to us, we behave as if getting rid of our difficulties is our only priority. , it doesn’t really matter how we treat one another. For example, we’ll say, “This is causing me problems right now so I don’t care about exercising , self-control, and loving kindness. Instead, I want to let him know how I am because of his action.”
We forget our difficulties will eventually weaken. But the way we handle conflicts will influence our for a long time. Will you only respond to the momentary crisis or will you be more concerned about the of what kind of person you are becoming? Who decides how you will behave when the pressure is on?
A．praised B．paid C．greeted D．invited
A．harvest B．service C．instructions D．scores
A．asked B．completed C．requested D．printed
A．newspaper B．record C．radio D．food
A．relieved B．disappointed C．encouraged D．worried
A．separately B．seriously C．rudely D．quickly
A．strictly B．unfortunately C．originally D．finally
A．content B．smart C．polite D．energetic
A．struggled B．hesitated C．watched D．continued
A．ordered B．explained C．advised D．wondered
A．behave B．work C．arrive D．write
A．imagines B．decides C．answers D．doubts
A．growth B．appearance C．responses D．printed
A．control B．wound C．cheat D．kill
A．Instead B．Therefore C．Again D．Besides
A．exam B．trip C．person D．enemy
A．pressure B．patience C．duty D．power
A．proud B．angry C．glad D．fearful
A．team B．experiments C．friendship D．lives
A．time B．value C．use D．nationality
I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He he was racing those cars around a great track, which in was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to ，the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” to the Oscar.
“Sure，” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
A．discovered. B．inferred C．hoped D．worried
A．spend B．live C．understand D．enjoy
A．struggle B．work C．succeed D．learn
A．story B．fact C．idea D．news
A．wrote B．told C．knew D．heard
A．saw B．recognized C．met D．visited
A．careful B．small C．lonely D．clever
A．pretended B．believed C．insisted D．suggested
A．reality B．case C．turn D．need
A．cared B．asked C．won D．looked
A．act B．leave C．play D．wait
A．running B．getting C．pointing D．shouting
A．objected B．noticed C．suffered D．breathed
A．selling B．keeping C．earning D．sharing
A．special B．comfortable C．expensive D．necessary
A．rest B．cheat C．stop D．sit
A．difficulties B．events C．failures D．achievements
A．time B．future C．body D．brain
A．idea B．meaning C．dreams D．thoughts
A．obey B．permit C．wish D．agree
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like the lottery (彩票), but better you get both fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything last week in Beijing.
I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without it.
“You are a white man,” she said when she got to our table.
“Yes.”
“Can you speak ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest .
The woman, a talent agent, had a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to . She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one . My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line or walk without tripping, but I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so . I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou. , it seems that my “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English. , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the . If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me in my way to stardom (星途).
A．accepting B．bargaining C．winning D．predicting
A．although B．because C．if D．unless
A．changed B．began C．disappeared D．improved
A．amazed B．curious C．worried D．guilty
A．admitting B．imagining C．pretending D．realizing
A．cautiously B．breathlessly C．proudly D．surprisingly
A．Chinese B．French C．English D．Cantonese
A．cinemas B．nightclubs C．schools D．restaurants
A．signed B．needed C．persuaded D．introduced
A．come across B．fit in C．make out D．show up
A．around B．away C．beyond D．up
A．search B．name C．recognize D．enter
A．find B．turn C．offer D．stick
A．quickly B．simply C．reasonably D．properly
A．eventually B．hopefully C．obviously D．unfortunately
A．brave B．talented C．strange D．interesting
A．In return B．In brief C．In fact D．In turn
A．only B．last C．best D．other
A．Instead B．Besides C．Otherwise D．However
A．expression B．connection C．background D．meaning
A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane. , before we took off, we heard the pilot’s voice throughout the plane. “Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no on the plane. We have a generator (发电机), and we are going to 43 the engines with it. We will in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens.”
See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At this point, one woman started crying. “Oh, no! We are going to !” There were sighs of desperation and spreading throughout the plane, and we hadn’t even yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again, “Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are , so are we. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time.”
There was crying we had walked into a grave (坟墓). But, the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his was to get up in the air, and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air and happened. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone for still being alive.
Although I do sincerely like to have a plan “see what happens”, which really isn’t such a bad life strategy (策略), all too often, I would see people pursuing their goals with inaction just because they don’t have success. Actually, success will never be guaranteed. The thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens.
If you are planning to learn a new skill, get up in the air, and see what happens! It might not be as as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought. It could be ! So don’t stay there trying nothing just because there is no 60 of guaranteed success.
A．Hopefully B．Unfortunately C．Excitedly D．Thankfully
A．service B．water C．power D．fuel
A．start B．fix C．change D．shut
A．speed up B．pack up C．light up D．get up
A．wait B．crash C．delay D．suffer
A．anxiety B．rumor C．disease D．smoke
A．looked over B．taken off C．got across D．gone out
A．sitting B．checking C．watching D．boarding
A．puzzled B．patient C．embarrassed D．desperate
A．even if B．what if C．as if D．only if
A．comment B．complaint C．plan D．promise
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．escaped B．cheered C．sighed D．praised
A．less than B．other than C．better than D．more than
A．satisfied B．annoyed C．concerned D．frozen
A．realistic B．organized C．potential D．guaranteed
A．best B．common C．same D．last
A．interesting B．surprising C．challenging D．encouraging
A．pain B．fun C．sorrow D．trouble
A．sign B．meaning C．action D．reward