When I was 17, I read a quote: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made a(n) 36 on me，and since then，for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the 37 day of my life，would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to 38 something．
Remembering that I’ll be 39 soon is the most important tool to help me make the big choices in life, 40 almost everything—all expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—just falls away in the face of death, 41 only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to 42 . You are already naked．There is no reason not to follow your heart.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to 43 don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever 44 it, because Death is very likely to be the single best invention of Life. It clears out the old to 45 for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will 46 become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is 47 , so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice．Everything else is secondary.
A．surprise B．impression C．choice D．call
A．last B．first C．worst D．best
A．change B．supply C．provide D．achieve
A．dead B．fired C．murdered D．failed
A．despite B．because C．though D．if
A．including B．possessing C．leaving D．facing
A．value B．reach C．gain D．lose
A．sky B．space C．universe D．heaven
A．experienced B．encountered C．escaped D．observed
A．make good B．make up C．make way D．make clear
A．dramatically B．gradually C．regularly D．likely
A．important B．narrow C．perfect D．limited
It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their. This was the beginning of another day in New York City. this day was to be different.
Waiting the crowded streets, on top of a 110 stories high, was Philippe Petit. This daring Frenchman was about to a tightrope (绷索) between the two towers of the World Trade Center.
Philippe took his first with great care. The wire held. Now he was he could do it. only a balancing pole, Philippe walked his way across, a of 131 feet.
Soon the rush-hour began to notice. What a ! There, 131 feet above the street, a figure was walking on air.
Philippe made seven , back and forth (来回). He wasn't satisfied with just . At times, he would turn, sit down, and go on his knees. Once, he had the astonishing to lie down on the thin thread. And thousands of watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.
After the forty-five-minute, Philippe was taken to the police station. He was asked he did it. Philippe shrugged (耸肩) and said, "When I see two tall buildings, I walk."
A．jobs B．homes C．buses D．offices
A．working B．hot C．same D．ordinary
A．And B．So C．But D．Thus
A．for B．in C．by D．above
A．roof B．position C．wall D．building
A．throw B．walk C．climb D．fix
A．act B．landing C．step D．trip
A．sure B．uncertain C．glad D．nervous
A．Through B．Against C．With D．On
A．distance B．height C．space D．rope
A．streets B．crowds C．passengers D．city
A．height B．pleasure C．wonder D．danger
A．great B．strange C．public D．tiny
A．experiments B．circles C．trips D．movements
A．walking B．staying C．acting D．showing
A．almost B．even C．often D．rather
A．spirit B．result C．strength D．courage
A．patient B．terrified C．pleased D．enjoyable
A．show B．trick C．try D．program
A．how B．why C．whether D．when
There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness . But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
A．pointed to B．referred to C．turned to D．kept to
A．lay B．belonged C．stood D．laid
A．apart from B．instead of C．other than D．for fear of
A．house B．boat C．bridge D．school
A．set about B．set down C．set out D．set up
A．sat B．stood C．got D．rowed
A．joy B．sorrow C．curiosity D．hope
A．mustn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．needn’t
A．declared B．thought C．added D．assumed
A．Unless B．Whenever C．Until D．However
A．never B．always C．ever D．seldom
A．cautious B．endless C．hard D．effective
A．experience B．avoid C．enjoy D．deny
A．searching B．seeking C．hoping D．improving
A．spiritual B．nice C．new D．material
A．body B．part C．soul D．head
A．blaming B．praising C．ending D．cursing
A．turn B．put C．divide D．draw
A．time B．energy C．fact D．choice
A．wish B．promise C．bring D．require
Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often. achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a hole behind his house. As he was ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an . “What are you doing？” asked one of the .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy excitedly. The older boys began to ,telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a while,the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is --to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have my life because I tried to do something!” is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the that really makes sense.
A．small B．big C．deep D．wide
A．working B．playing C．moving D．wondering
A．hand B．look C．tool D．order
A．visitors B．girls C．friends D．neighbors
A．dug B．answered C．admitted D．debated
A．laugh B．shout C．attack D．explain
A．dangerous B．illegal C．impossible D．unnecessary
A．took B．gave C．passed D．showed
A．excitedly B．happily C．confidently D．successfully
A．but B．or C．so D．and
A．good B．difficult C．clear D．common
A．with B．on C．for D．in.
A．road B．way C．path D．direction
A．every B．each C．all D．both
A．begin B．end C．start D．finish
A．reach B．fall C．find D．set
A．whether B．when C．where D．what
A．come into B．got into C．devoted to D．turned to
A．That B．This C．It D．There
A．life B．goal C．failure D．journey
Many winters ago I was working at a college when a homeless woman came in wearing only thin clothes. She started as she sat down on a sofa in the student public room . Clearly, she wasn't well. Without too much about it, I went to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find. in the "Lost and Found" box. I gathered her up all clothes and made my way . A co-worker told me I should not help this person. it would only lead to her wanting help. I ignored(忽视) her and carried on, the warnings.
Two weeks later a lovely elderly man came to my and asked to speak with me in private. , I gave him my full attention. He went on to tell me that he had overheard (无意听到) the with the co-worker about helping the woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people, and that was he wanted to give me a check for $1000! I tears, because I really needed the money at the time, but also because I had been recognized in such a way helping someone! We became good friends and, twenty years later, he called me up and told me he wanted to help me my first home! He gave me$ 120,000 to buy my dream house in my home town.
I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large . and he said it was because I was a "giver" and that I deserved(应得) it. I was able to the perfect little home for me, all because one day I a homeless woman without besitation .
A．crying B．coughing C．drinking D．working
A．worrying B．joking C．talking D．thinking
A．clothes B．keys C．bags D．coins
A．out B．forward C．back D．through
A．if B．as C．though D．when
A．little B．less C．much D．more
A．in spite of B．in face of C．in charge of D．in place of
A．home B．bank C．office D．classroom
A．Curious B．Worrying C．Dangerous D．Puzzling
A．quarrel B．discussion C．agreement D．conversation
A．hungry B．sick C．kind D．boring
A．how B．what C．why D．where
A．burst into B．held back C．broke out D．rolled down
A．yet B．still C．already D．never
A．to B．for C．with D．under
A．hopelessly B．carelessly C．unexpectedly D．unwillingly
A．build B．move C．plan D．buy
A．gift B．effort C．home D．friendship
A．live B．stay C．have D．go
A．found B．helped C．adopted D．raised
Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear the walls open. Japanese houses have empty spaces between the wooden walls. As he was tearing them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴) there because a nail(钉子) from the outside had been into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt for it, and at the same time wanted to know more about it.
He knew very well that the had been knocked into the wall ten years before when the house was first . What had happened since then? The lizard had for ten years! To be trapped in a dark wall for ten years without ---it hardly seems possible, and is hard to . Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for ten years without moving a single step since its was nailed! So he stopped his work and began to the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and it had survived.
A short time later another lizard with food in its mouth. He was shocked, and at the same time deeply .Another lizard had been the trapped one for the past ten years.
“What love exists(存在) in this animal! What can love do? It can do ! Just think, one lizard has been taking care of for ten long years, without hope that its partner would be saved,” the man said to himself.
If a small animal like a lizard can like this , just imagine how we could if we tried.
A．finally B．normally C．hardly D．actually
A．left B．packed C．buried D．trapped
A．brought B．added C．knocked D．allowed
A．unfair B．free C．loose D．sorry
A．nail B．case C．door D．food
A．sold B．bought C．built D．ruined
A．slept B．survived C．escaped D．developed
A．bending B．climbing C．moving D．eating
A．accept B．feel C．imagine D．stay
A．head B．leg C．tail D．foot
A．inspect B．charge C．appreciate D．catch
A．why B．which C．when D．how
A．appeared B．prepared C．waited D．answered
A．frightened B．affected C．educated D．worried
A．setting down B．suffering from C．joining in D．looking after
A．weak B．tiny C．wild D．ugly
A．troubles B．wonders C．concerns D．receptions
A．another B．others C．itself D．all
A．looking for B．dealing with C．giving up D．watching over
A．love B．live C．fight D．think