Leaving for work one morning, I noticed that my newspaper hadn’t been delivered yet．Since I always took it to work, it me that I would have to stop at the store and pick one up．I was already running late, but figured I could make it if I hurried．It was putting me in a mood．
As I pulled into the parking lot of the to get a newspaper, I noticed a young man in a wheelchair who seemed to be with his wheelchair．“I’m sure he’s all right”, I thought, “or if he’s not, someone else will help him．”
by the customers and cars that were passing him by, I guessed they were thinking the thing．I got out and walked over to see what the was．
“Is there anything I can do?” I asked．I noticed he wasn’t able to , and was still struggling with the wheelchair．
I at the wheelchair and noticed that the clamp(夹锁) holding the electronic keyboard and chair controls had loosened, causing the equipment to slip down, out of his reach．
I pulled it back into ．His hand pulled over to the keyboard and he hit a single key．An electronic voice said, “Thank you．”
I felt a wave of gratitude come over me． I was truly blessed to have the physical that allowed me to live a normal life．The young man helped me gain a new way of thinking in life．
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Mark Twain said that “habit is habit, and not to be flung(扔) out the window by anyone, but coaxed (劝诱)downstairs a step at a time.” The chances of successfully changing negative behavior when you make gradual changes that give you time to negative patterns for positive ones.
On any given day, countless numbers of us get out of bed and to begin to change a given behavior “today.” Whether it be exercising more, drinking less, managing time or some other change in a negative behavior, we start out with high . In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail and are soon doing it was they thought they shouldn't be doing.
After considerable research, some researchers believe that behavior changes usually do not if they start with the change itself. , they believe that we must a series of “stages” to adequately prepare ourselves for that change. Once you have analyzed all the factors that what you do, you must decide which behavior-change technique will work best for you.
According to the psychologist Albert Ellis, most problems and related behaviors arise from irrational (不理性的) statements that people make to when events in their lives are different from what they would like them to be. For example, suppose alter doing on an exam, you say to yourself, “I can't believe I failed that easy exam, I’m so stupid.” By changing this irrational “catastrophic” self-talk into rational, statements about what is really going on, you can increase the that positive behaviors will occur.
Positive self-talk might be as follows: “I really didn’t study enough for the exam. I just need to prepare for the next .”
Such self-talk will help you to recover quickly from and take positive steps to correct the situation. Some other technique like purposefully or stopping negative thoughts and refusing to dwell on(沉湎于) negative images can also spare you wasted energy, time and emotional resources and move on to positive changes.
A．decline B．remain C．disappear D．improve
A．substitute B．cancel C．find D．ignore
A．refuse B．determine C．hesitate D．advocate
A．more B．better C．worse D．less
A．values B．requirements C．expectations D．levels
A．whichever B．however C．wherever D．whatever
A．succeed B．fail C．exist D．fade
A．Nevertheless B．Otherwise C．Instead D．Moreover
A．look through B．break through C．go through D．pull through
A．initial B．temporary C．instant D．eventual
A．involve B．influence C．explain D．adjust
A．emotional B．physical C．technical D．professional
A．all B．others C．someone D．themselves
A．poorly B．carefully C．completely D．slowly
A．positive B．ridiculous C．negative D．explicit
A．danger B．awareness C．amount D．probability
A．written B．phrased C．listed D．captioned
A．research B．test C．talk D．problem
A．tiredness B．habits C．disappointment D．burdens
A．recalling B．starting C．blocking D．holding
I'd gone from a tiny village school with a total of 60 students, to a huge school, with thousands of pupils．I was a little fish in a very big . I lived too much of my first year doing anything wrong．I just decided to be the wallflower when it discussion and answering questions．I was always the one that Class didn't look the teacher in the eye they asked me to answer．I listened well, and everything in, but I always liked to be a spectator（旁观者）．It's hard not t0 what others may think of you when you are speaking in front of many ．It did take long for me to feel teachers and make friends with classmates．Some people with straight into a new learning environment．
Some people straight into a new learning environment. , most are nervous and feel they don't fit in．It's completely , so it should not be a worry to you．Be and you will adapt to the new school．School life is you make obit．Some it; some Iike it．-But it's only when you leave that you can really appreciate how school you into the person you become．
It's so important to yourself out of your comfort zone．If you're shy, tell yourself you’ I raise your _ at least once every lesson; if you're quick-minded, try to give other people a （n） In time, you will ___it will do you benefit from it .
A．class B．school C．lake D．house
A．in fear of B．in favor of C．in honor of D．in danger of
A．got to B．referred to C．turned to D．came to
A．sharply B．purposely C．hopelessly D．searchingly
A．in case B．so that C．the moment D．soon after
A．wrote B．brought C．took D．got
A．doubt B．apply C．check D．care
A．teachers B．classmates C．adults D．friends
A．angry B．popular C．disappointed D．comfortable
A．slide B．fit C．change D．turn
A．Therefore B．Instead C．However D．Meanwhile
A．normal B．strange C．awkward D．interesting
A．proud B．practical C．private D．positive
A．what B．how C．which D．when
A．like B．ignore C．accept D．hate
A．forces B．develops C．places D．teaches
A．push B．take C．kick D．remove
A．voice B．question C．hand D．head
A．answer B．chance C．hug D．smile
A．forget B．forgive C．realize D．remember
For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It’s not always the ____ ring, but it’s always a ring that has ____ on it so that when I look at it, I’m ____ or reminded of something important. I have made a ____ of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as ____ to someone like Jennie.
I first met Jennie in the ____ waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her and ____ how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very ____ condition. She told me that she didn’t know what to do more because it seemed none of the ____ from the doctors was good. They weren’t at all sure her son was going to ____ the accident that had hurt him so badly. With ____ in her eyes she said, “They’re ____ my hope.”
I knew then that it was ____ just a coincidence(巧合)that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she ____ to talk, I ____ slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand. I told her to wear it to remember that God loved her and He would be with her ____ all of this. ____ Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly, ____ the word written on the ring was “HOPE”.
The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She ____ and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I ____ have Hope!”
A．special B．expensive C．same D．valuable
A．words B．pictures C．names D．symbols
A．admired B．encouraged C．trusted D．puzzled
A．plan B．point C．list D．habit
A．gifts B．prizes C．awards D．thanks
A．railway B．school C．hospital D．airport
A．asked B．explained C．thought D．found
A．favorable B．normal C．serious D．excellent
A．advice B．news C．instructions D．comfort
A．defeat B．experience C．predict D．survive
A．apologies B．tears C．anger D．doubt
A．keeping up B．bringing down C．cutting off D．taking away
A．other than B．rather than C．more than D．less than
A．continued B．refused C．attempted D．started
A．cautiously B．quietly C．nervously D．shyly
A．over B．beyond C．through D．within
A．Until B．While C．Since D．When
A．for B．so C．yet D．and
A．shouted B．waved C．cheered D．hesitated
A．ever B．only C．still D．Just
Immediately I got up and dressed, I stuck my violin under my jacket and went out into the streets to try my . I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely , feeling as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a try.
I felt tense and . It was the first time, after all. I drew the violin from under the jacket like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains rattling overhead, that I was about to myself. One moment I was part of the hurrying crowds, the next I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the before me, the violin under my chin.
The first notes I played were loud and raw, like a declaration of protest, then they settled down and began to run more _ and to stay more or less in tune. To my ,I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any at all. Then an old man, without stopping at all, dropped a penny into my as though getting rid of some guilty evidence.
I worked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually obtaining the truth of the by trial and error. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money---the sight could a kind-hearted man; nor was it wise to it completely, which could also confuse him, giving him no hint as to where to his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a practice and I made sure, between tunes, to take off most of the earnings, but always leaving two behind.
Old were most generous, and so were women with children, shop girls and barmaids. As for men, heavy drinkers were always willing listeners and so were big guys with muscles. But a man with an expensive hat, briefcase or dog: respectable types were the least of all. Except for retired army officers, who would shout "Why aren't you , young man?" and then would over-tip to cover up their confusion.
A．violin B．art C．skill D．luck
A．station B．spot C．street D．bridge
A．played B．wandered C．stopped D．sat
A．nervous B．excited C．lost D．strange
A．shame B．show C．damage D．declare
A．wall B．bridge C．pavement D．road
A．smoothly B．slowly C．angrily D．roughly
A．excitement B．sorrow C．astonishment D．surprise
A．money B．pity C．notice D．rest
A．hat B．pocket C．hand D．bag
A．people B．trade C．performance D．music
A．encourage B．help C．support D．discourage
A．fill B．empty C．tear D．hide
A．make B．get C．drop D．earn
A．modern B．regular C．timely D．economic
A．pennies B．dollars C．pounds D．euros
A．workers B．teachers C．doctors D．ladies
A．never B．often C．always D．sometimes
A．generous B．comfortable C．handsome D．selfish
A．playing B．working C．cheating D．shopping
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more____ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him __much in repairs that he decided that he had better __it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_ _ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so__ of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was __ when they met one evening, and said, “What's __, Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may __more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's__was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, __ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no __.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to__ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be__or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll __my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to __ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, __ to wait there for the people who had__ his advertisement. Even Dave had to __that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean__ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this __ to us yet, sir?”?
A．directly B．safely C．easily? D．properly
A．such B．so C．very D．too?
A．keep B．repair C．sell D．throw?
A．lucky B．anxious C．ashamed D．generous?
A．some B．neither C．most D．none
A．delighted B．upset C．calm D．astonished?
A．on B．it C．that? D．up
A．learn B．miss C．find D．get
A．message B．advice C．request D．description?
A．loses B．uses C．has D．spends
A．doubt B．help C．answer D．trouble
A．see B．tell C．agree D．call
A．exact B．early C．suitable D．late
A．follow B．meet C．introduce D．bring
A．recognize B．gain C．admire D．test
A．happening B．turning C．meaning D．failing
A．read B．inserted C．answered D．placed
A．forget B．admit C．disagree D．show
A．that B．as C．so D．such
A．bargain B．sale C．result D．accident