TheweddingtookplaceinaBirmingh-优题课

1. 我细细地看了这篇文章，了解到那是为农村妇女写的。
I ___________________the text and realized that it was __________________ women in the countryside.
2. 我发现林巧稚把毕生都奉献给了病人，而自己却选择了独身。
I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi __________ her patients and had chosen not to have a family ___________.
3. 多亏了他的研究，联合国在消除世界饥饿的战斗中又多了些方法。
______________his research, the UN has more tools in the battle ______________.
4. 他们主要是想保持土壤肥沃且免受病害。
They ______________ keeping their soil ___________________.
5. 在人们感到沮丧的时候，他可以使他们开怀大笑，于是他们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。
He made people laugh at a time when they ______________, so they could feel _____________their lives.
6. 不是所有文化背景下的人都以同样方式寒暄，接触陌生人时，距离太近或太远都会使他们不舒服。
Not all cultures ______________________the same way, _____________________ in the same way with
touching or distance between people.

1. The a___________ temperature in Hangzhou last month was 22℃.
2. The little boy was very c____________ about what was in the box and couldn’t wait to open it.
3. An i___________ is a large building for an organization which provides people with help, work, medical treatment or protection, such as a school or hospital.
4. It’s necessary for scientists to o__________ natural phenomena before they can draw a conclusion.
5. The plane was delayed but the passengers didn’t get any e_____________.
6. “Keep quiet!” she w__________ to me when she entered the meeting-room.
7. The postman’s job is to d_____________ parcels and letters.
8. One of the most famous c__________ of Shakespeare is The Merchant of Venice.
9. Would you mind if I r__________ the weight of a parcel by taking something out?
10. It was a good concert but I enjoyed the last song p___________.

Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it’s other people－society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”
So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug — we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品), we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.
But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom — the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our lives on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.
So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way — make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values — not values gained from the outside by others, but values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more effective, purposeful and happy life.
What Oscar Wilde says implies that .

A．most people have a variety of thoughts

B．we have thoughts similar to those of others

C．other people’s thoughts are more important

D．most people’s thoughts are controlled by others

What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?

A．We may lose ourselves to please others.

B．The price of taking the drug is freedom.

C．We need to pay for what we want to get.

D．Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

It can be concluded from the passage that .

A．it’s better to do what we like	B．we shouldn’t care what others think
C．we shouldn’t change our own opinions	D．it’s important to accept others’ opinions

The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by .

A．discussing questions	B．making suggestions
C．analyzing causes and effects	D．providing examples and facts

Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water — drink recycled sewage (污水) or die.
With the drought (干旱) continuing, the country is set to be forced to use purified (净化的) waste water for drinking, even though there is great opposition to the measure.
Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier.
“I think in the end, because of the drought, all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water,” said Peter Beattie.
“These are difficult decisions, but you either drink water or you die. There’s no choice. It’s liquid gold; it’s a matter of life and death.”
Beattie said Australia’s second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.
Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel.
But Australians have never liked the idea.
To try to change the way Australians think, Prime Minister John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have adhered to Queensland’s move.
“I am very strongly for recycling and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely,” Howard said.
“Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water.” added Turnbull, “All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall.”
What is the text mainly about?

A．Australians face the choice of life and death.

B．Premier Beattie is worried about his people’s health.

C．We should avoid drinking recycled water to keep healthy.

D．Continuing drought forces Australians to drink recycled sewage.

What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Australians have never like drinking purified waste water.

B．Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time.

C．Australians can’t depend upon rainwater, which is not suitable for drinking.

D．Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage.

The underlined phrase “adhered to” in Paragraph 9 probably means ______.

A．disliked

B．gone against

C．supported

D．doubted

It can be inferred from what Premier Peter Beattie said that ______.

A．he gives orders to drink purified waste water

B．It is painful for him to see people drink recycled sewage

C．If the decision is made, people won’t survive the drought

D．It’s totally up to you to either make a life or death decision

When something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say，“Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my fault；the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault，but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation，you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.
Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.
This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stop on for success.
According to the passage, winners .

A．deal with problems rather than blame others

B．meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C．have responsible and able colleagues

D．blame themselves rather that others

When your colleague brings about a problem, you should .

A．ask a more able colleague for help

B．blame him for his lack of responsibility

C．tell him to find the cause of the problem

D．find a better way to handle the problem

When problems occur, winners take them as

A．excuses for their failures

B．barriers to greater power

C．challenges to their colleagues

D．chances for self-development

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．A Winner’s Problem.	B．A Winner’s Secret.
C．A Winner’s Opportunity.	D．A Winner’s Achievement.

A．A Wedding Based on love.	B．Two Strangers and a Wedding.
C．A Short--lived Marriage.	D．A Well--Matched Couple.