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Ten years ago, I used to be very fit. ____ I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days, I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing.
____ The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like that any more.
There’s a lot of stress (压力) in my job. Perhaps that’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top. Then I had another glass, and then another. __ __ I never used to smoke at all.
Two months ago, I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. “I’m too young.” I said. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. I was in hospital a few days and they did a lot of tests. ____ He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! __
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Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something like I used to do. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
A.Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. |
B.My job takes everything out of me! |
C.I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. |
D.Drinking became part of my life. |
E. I started smoking a lot, too.
F. Ten years later, I lost my first job.
G. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less.
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Facing the Enemies Within
We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear.Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions.Fear can destroy fortunes.Fear can destroy relationships.Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives.Fear is one of the many enemies living inside us.
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The first enemy we face is indecision(优柔寡断).Indecision is the thief of opportunity.__ Take a sword to this enemy.
The second enemy inside is doubt.___ But you also can’t let doubt take over.Many people doubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt the government, doubt the possibilities and doubt the opportunities.Worst of all, they doubt themselves.I’m telling you, doubt will destroy your life and your chances of success.It will empty both your bank account and your heart._
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Do battle with the enemy.Do battle with your fears.___ Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.
A.Sure, there’s room for healthy doubt.You can’t believe everything |
B.Build your courage to fight what’s holding you back, what’s keeping you from your goals and dreams. |
C.Let me tell you about two of the other enemies we face from within. |
D.Below are the ways which might be useful for us to overcome our fears. |
E.Doubt is an enemy.Go after it.Get rid of it.
F.It will steal your chances for a better future.
G.Some people doubt everything.
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Winter begins in the north on December 22nd.People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months,Sqzeirrels,for example,have been busy gathering nuts from trees.__________
They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana.The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut(黑胡桃)trees.__________The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.
Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen,a former Purdue student nowat the University of New Mexico.The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels.Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way.Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places.________So some nuts remain in the ground.Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring.Red squirrels,however,store large groups of nuts above ground.
________But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture.Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year,unlike walnut trees.They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade(涌入)Indiana.____
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A.Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. |
B.But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. |
C.Red squirrels bury nuts in a different way. |
D.The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. |
E.Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.
F.Scientists are worried that they will drive away the gray squirrels.
G.Well,scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.
Many times, we find it very amusing to see people who can keep a smile on their face all the time.It’s kind of annoying, isn’t it?___Let’s see some tips on how to have a positive attitude and see how that can change our lives.
__ It really works! If you’re stuck in a terrible situation or a negative stage of your life, all you have to do is to think of the good times that are going to come after your bad stage gets over.Hope for the best and you will get the best.
We always feel good when we help others in some way, right? There’ a sense of achievement, satisfaction and positivity associated with giving and helping.
Being grateful for what you have can help you to be positive.If you’re the type to be whining, complaining and groaning about the things you don’t have, we must say that you need a reality check. Look around you and see other people who don’t have enough resources like you do.
Forget the regrets of your past.Are you in a depressed mood all the time because you are carrying the burden of a trouble past with you? Then you must realize that every moment you think of a dark past with negativity, you will lose one bright moment of your present and the future.Letting go of your past is the only way you can have a positive attitude all the time.Keeping fit and healthy is a critical tip in having a positive attitude.You might have all the money, success and the luxury in the world, but you won’t be able to enjoy anything if you don’t have good health.
A.So try to do a good deed a day and help others with your strengths. |
B.Being unsatisfied will also be a barrier in helping you to have a positive attitude. |
C.That’s because we don’t know the advantages of having a positive attitude all the time. |
D.It’s no use complaining because you have already had a good life. |
E.Think of the good times you are going to have.
F.Make sure you know the importance of good health.
G.Try to think about terrible and negative things in your life.
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Questions:
A.Do you think people should be decisive in the wild?
B.How to make hunting tools?
C.Do you think people should send an SOS while they are in danger?
D.How to make a fire in the wild?
E.How to set a trap to hunt animals?
F.How to build a shelter in the wild?___________
Answer: If you are in a desert environment, try to build an underground shade shelter to avoid prolonged sun exposure, obviously only for hot climates.So you can be more comfortable in cooler temperatures to avoid sweating.If your environment is damp, use branches laid and criss-crossed on top of one another to create a solid and dry foundation for an open bed pad.Raise the foundation above ground level as much as possible._________
Answer: Yes, I think so.For example, if you think the best survival course of action is to look for help and civilization, don’t wait 4 or 5 days before you come to this conclusion.Take action on the 1st or 2nd day if possible while you still have strength and endurance working for you._________
Answer: Use dry wood and sticks to start your fire.Fire is started by using three kinds of wood: tinder, kindling, and fuel.Tinder is any kind of flammable wood shavings, usually light and wispy.You can take two pieces of dry wood, sharpen one of them and use it to drill into the other piece.Place any highly flammable objects you can find next to the drill bit.The moment the flammable object catches a spark, use a rock to swiftly tip the object onto a nest of leaves and little branches.__________
Answer: Get an ordinary block of wood and hit it with a rock repeatedly until the wood sharpens.In this case, use the rock as your sharpener.You could also take a rock and break off some of the edges and then use another rock and some water like a wet stone and sharpen.In an ideal situation, obsidian stone would be used for its infamous sharpness.___________
Answer: Use two more sticks to hold up a “teepee”, similar to your shelter.Place an item of your choice you think an animal will come after, if you’re lucky, the animal will be trapped.Dig a hole in the ground about 2m-3m deep and 1m-2m across.Take two thin branches and place them criss-crossed across the hole.Cover it with leaves and put something the animals like to eat.You can also put a few wooden spikes sharpened by your knife at the bottom.Don’t forget to build a ladder or you might not be able to climb out of the hole.
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There is an English saying:“________.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body._____
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Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body.People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles.It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.________.If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs.The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program._______.
______.They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
A.Laughter can prolong one’s life. |
B.As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. |
C.The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain. |
D.It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet. |
E.Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F.Laughter is the best medicine.
G.They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health