I was really shy in the past. Talking to strangers was my worst fear. But now I am outgoing. Now let me share with you some ways of getting rid of shyness completely. In this step you need to accept your shyness and be comfortable with it. You can start by saying to yourself repeatedly, “Yes, I am shy and I accept it.”
For 99% of us, we become shy when we think if we speak up or stand out, we’ll embarrass (使……尴尬) ourselves. That’s why it’s important to focus on others and place our attention elsewhere. When we stop focusing on ourselves, we will stop worrying about the embarrassment.
This is the most important way. Talk to strangers and force yourself to have long conversations with others. It’s extremely hard in the beginning but each time you do it, the difficulty will decrease (减少). Keep doing it until it becomes a piece of cake.
There will be always someone who is better than you. The more you compare yourself with others, the shyer you will be. It’s no good to you comparing yourself with anybody else.
Before you start a conversation, make sure that you have a small list of things in your mind which you’re going to talk about. I used to get well-prepared before I talked to someone.
| A. Pay attention to others B. Make yourself talk with others C. Prepare for the conversation D. Accept your shyness E. Don’t compare yourself with others |
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Annie lived alone in Chicago. One day, she fell down in her bedroom and broke her leg. So she tried to call her friend Lisa. But she dialed(拨打) a wrong number. The call reached Taylor, an 18-year-old girl. She was a college student and she lived hundreds of miles away from Chicago.
At that time Taylor was reading in bed. She thought it was somebody playing a joke. When she was going to hang up the phone, she heard a woman saying “Help! Help! ” From it Taylor thought something bad must have happened to the woman. After she got the woman’s name and address, Taylor called 911 at once. Then she tried to make Annie feel comfortable. She spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie’s house. At last Annie was taken to hospital in time.
As soon as Annie felt better, she wrote a letter to Taylor to thank her.Who answered the telephone?
How did Taylor help Annie?
Why did Annie write the letter to Taylor?
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A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 A. The party will begin at 2:30pm. B. The party will be held at home. C. The party won’t be interesting. |
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A. the ad B. the news C. rules A. It can’t run over 60km per hour. B. It should have only 7 seats. C. It doesn’t need a GPS. |
Long ago, people lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants and they didn’t need to use money.
As time passed, families had more products(产品) than they needed, such as animals and crops. So they needed to trade(交易) with others. They began to use money to make it easier. However, it was not like the money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt or large stones.
During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. Because they were easier to carry than goods(货物), countries began to make coins as their money.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably in the 11th century. An Italian traveler, Marco Polo, saw the Chinese use paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. After his travel, he told the western people what he saw. But European countries didn’t start using paper money till the1600s.
Today we have many ways to pay for things, such as coins, paper money and cards. Some prefer to pay by card. That’s because paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money. People began to use money because they ______.
A. lived on plants B. raised animals C. needed to tradePeople used ______ as money during the 600s BC.
A. shells B. coins C. cardsWhich country used paper money first?
A. Japan. B. USA. C. China.The passage tells us the ______ of money
A. history B. use C. collection
I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.
Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window? It looks terrible!”
One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including(包括) the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!
The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging(评判) others. How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage?
A. Two years. B. Three years. C. Four years.The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ______________.
A. the writer’s window was dirty
B. the woman’s house was too far
C. the woman didn’t open her windowThe underlined word “ashamed” means _________________.
A. 高兴的 B. 放松的 C. 羞愧的According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to __________________.
A. clean the house B. judge others C. help neighbors
阅读下面的短文，判断文后的句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写“T”，不符合的写“F”，短文未涉及的写“N”。
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was an artist and also anart teacher. He gave little Picasso the first lesson in drawing. The boy showed great interest in it and learned it very quickly. Picasso drew so well that he won a prize — “Science and Charity” for his first important painting at the age of 15. Later he studied in several cities in Spain. But no one could teach him because he had known so much.
When he was 19, he visited Paris. At that time, Paris was the center of the world for artists. Everything in the painting world was new to Picasso. When he was 23, he moved to Paris to live and spent the rest of his life in France.
In his 80s, Pablo Picasso still worked like a young man. He kept on looking for new ideas and new ways to work. He never stopped painting all his life.
Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists in the world, died in 1973. Pablo Picasso was born in Spain.
Pablo Picasso won a prize of “Science and Art” at the age of 15.
Pablo Picasso was the only son of his parents.
Pablo Picasso lived in France for 91 years.