根据短文内容,选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. Travel as often as possible B. Provide great value to the world C. Work hard and face great challenges D. Make the very best of every situation E. Spend time with friends who improve you F. Work on something every day that moves you |
Everyone hopes to live a long life. But how can you make your long life happy and meaningful? You can read on to find answers. Go traveling wherever you want and go to see one part of the world you’ve never seen before. You will not regret it. Traveling has less to do with seeing things, as it does with experiencing them. It has less to do with discovering something, as it does with discovering yourself. You run into all the good things and bad things about yourself on a daily basis if you travel to new places, and you are provided with the opportunity to grow far beyond your years.
You can go through life and make new friends anytime, but no one can take the place of those persons who truly improve you. They are the most important people you will ever meet because they tear down the invisible walls you have built in your mind. In other words, they come into your life and help you develop your potential that you would never have been aware of without them.
The road to greatness is far from easy. You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are getting weaker from struggle, you are in fact growing stronger than you ever have been before. The more difficulties you meet and solve on your lifelong journey, the more meaningful your life story will be.
One of the great secrets of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is doing the best you can with what it done to you. It’s all about how you choose to respond to different situations. This simple choice makes a world of difference. If you find your situations tolerable, by all means tolerate them; if you find them intolerable, break through them. Eventually you are free because you alone are responsible for your thoughts and how you use them to improve your growth.
The best way to get ahead in this world is not to complete with others, but to serve them. If you want to get a promotion at work, be good to your boss. If you want to build a successful business, be of service to your potential customers. Provide unmistakable value. Value is what makes relationships, businesses, and personal efforts grow. At any age, in any situation, for every possible life path, there is value you can provide. Success and happiness will come when you choose to work for the world.
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首先请阅读下列英语读物的封面及基本信息:
A.National Geographic Complete Birds of the World
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C.National Geographic Adventure Magazine
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America's most sought-after expert reveals what dogs truly need to live a happy and fulfilled life.
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E. National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide Photography, 2nd Edition
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Thoroughly updated for 2009, straightforward and entertaining, this is the ultimate source for people seeking real how-to advice from the editors and photographers of National Geographic. It is carefully designed to lead the amateur photographer to better pictures and is comprehensive in scope, explaining the entire process from choosing a camera to taking the pictures to printing, scanning, and archiving the images.
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下面是读者的简要内容。请把相关的内容与它们的书名匹配起来。. Hinny is filled with hope and inspiration to celebrate and protect the world's environments. Looking through the book, he knows that every beautiful sight that meets his eyes is a precious dreamland worth preserving a special place that feels like “Heaven on Earth”.
Jumpy is pleased that his newly-bought book is a fascinating colorful guide to all the birds on the planet, their identification, structures and plumages, habitats, behaviors, and ranges.
Pope is using a film camera for his part-time photographs by means of his guide photography. Now he is armed with the practical know how-to get great images.
Jackson will get a wealth of ideas for making adventure a part of his life with the magazine! He likes every issue of this magazine packed with breathtaking photography and compelling features on topics such as diving, snorkeling, skydiving, hang gliding, kayaking, rafting, sailing, climbing, hiking, and more.
Dingy is invited to join an excursion into the rich rhythms and textures of music from the far reaches of the world. He enjoys the diverse mix of memorable music from these special corners of the Earth as he browses through some of the fascinating cultural facts and maps of each region and then sets off for his destination!
There is one thing that everyone wants more than anything else. __1___ They think that when they have enough money to buy such things as houses, farms, and cars, they will have the one thing that everyone wants.
Other people believe that if they know enough they will find this thing. __2___ Still others think that if they have power, they will find this thing. Some people keep telling themselves: “ When I’m a boss, I will no longer have to search for this thing.”
What is it that everyone wants more than anything else? What is it that all of us keep working and striving for( 奋斗 ) each day? ___3___.
Happiness is a strange thing. ____4____ What will make one man happy may not make another man happy. Some men say that happiness comes from helping others; other men say that happiness comes from making life more pleasant for everyone. What do you mean when you say “ That makes me happy.”?
___5___ Perhaps you will learn something that will bring you peace of mind, comfort, money or it may be what you search for—happiness.
A.Happiness means the same to everyone. |
B.Read what different people have said about happiness. |
C.They study all their life in search of it. |
D.When one man feels happy, another man will feel sad. |
E.Some people try to get it by making money.
F.It does not mean the same to all men.
G.It is happiness.
Charley: Come on, Steve. __________61.
Steve: Wait a minute. ___________62.
Charley: OK.
Steve: By the way, can we give my sister a ride home tonight?
Charley: Sure. _____________63.
Steve: Yeah. She wants to take some pictures.
Charley: ______________ 64.
Steve: Yeah. She would like to work for a newspaper some day.
Charley: But I think it might be difficult for her to succeed. _____________65.
A.Well, she always enjoys sports games, doesn’t she? |
B.I didn’t know Eva was interested in photography. |
C.There are a lot of photographers out there. |
D.You mean she is coming to the game, too? |
E.I just have to close up the shop.
F.Eva’s closing the door.
G.It’s time to go.
_1_ One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays.
The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. _2_ Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless.
Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. _3_ All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you.
_4You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That’ll keep you busy for ages.
At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!
Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it.
So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do!
A.That’s easy. |
B.Enjoy your own club! |
C.Invite a designer to join you. |
D.What are you interest in? |
E. Some vacation is just around the corner.
F. Then you need to p ick a name for your club.
G. Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
1One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of the person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays.
The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. 2Pets ,clothes, pop music or dancing groups , sports, making things? The list is endless.
Next you need some friends to be in your club with you . 3All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you.
__4____You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That will keep you busy for ages.
At your first meeting you should make up a rule book . And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little \big brothers or sisters. The best clubs are always secret.
Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself ? That will make the membership card really look like it.
So there you are , get clubbing . Once you get started you will think of loads of more interesting things to do .
A That is easy.
B Enjoy your own club.
C Invite a designer to join you.
D What are you interest in ?
E Some vacation is just around the corner.
F Then you need to pick a name for your club.
G Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.