一MyfatherwilltakemetotheWestLa-优题课

Many people do not know what to do in face of a decision，big or small．Most decisions aren't life﹣changers．But often，the decision isn't between this or that； it's between acting or not．If this challenges you，here are some tips．

Jog or ride a bike to nowhere．Just start moving in hopes of leaving the familiar．Walk down every street or path you can find until you lose your way．Then，see where you end up．Remember what it felt like to wonder where you were going？Try to lose yourself more often．It'll make you better at making a decision．

Sit outside without any technology for an hour．Let yourself get bored．Can you hear the birds singing？The wind blowing？Yourself breathing？Try to do this once a week，then every other day，then every day．One of the reasons we find it hard to make better decisions is that we keep getting attracted to new things．A break from the noise will lead you to the decision you need to make．

Do something that scares you．People who have trouble making decisions fear mistakes．Tell someone you love them．Laugh out loud in a public place．Give a speech to a stranger．And when you do this，remember how you feel When you're sacred by a risky situation the next time，tell yourself that you didn't lie．And try to trust the process in the future．

Some of these things may seem silly，but the more you do them，the more you'll control yourself．It doesn't matter where you're going．Just go．Once you start moving，you can always change direction．

The art of making（56）
Introduction		People often have to decide if they will（57）　　．
Tips	Going for a jog or a bike（58）	Start moving to leave the familiar and get（59）　　． Do it more often and it will make you（60）　　 at making a decision．
	Stay outside with（61）　　 technology）	Do something outside to get yourself bored． Be away from the（62）　　 for a while daily and you will make better decisions．
	Do something that scares you	Remember your（63）　　 when you do these scary things． Trust the process in the future．
Conclusion		The more you do，the more in（64）　　 you'll feel． Stop worrying about which（65）　　 to go and just start moving．

When Charles Lee handed me the small red notebook in 1974，he changed my life．"While travelling，you should keep notes on the things you see and do．（1）　　，you will forget them some day，"he explained．I was staying in his house when travelling in England．

I took his（2）　　．I wrote in the notebook every day during the home stay and back to university．I recorded weekend trips，my professors and ideas about my life and future．

When I wrote，I wondered about my（3）　　 and purpose．Who would read this？Was I recording events and ideas just as a reminder to memory，or was there some larger purpose for this（4）　　 exercise？

I got a big picture for the task．I was recording events，thoughts，words that were（5）　　 to my life．I（6）　　 a future me sitting down to read the pages．I wondered what it would feel like to read those words later．

I filled the notebook Charles gave me．I bought a new one and（7）　　 it．Then another and another．

Recently， I decided to look through my notebooks in the past 42 years． Charles had been（8）　　．I remembered the big（9）　　，the central happenings，but on each page were details I had（10）　　．I hadn't written every day，but I always picked up the（11）　　 when it felt important．I often wrote in them at school（12）　　 my students were writing．I wanted to pass on the（13）　　 Charles had given me．These writings formed a continuous（14）　　 between my past，present，and future through events in my life．

It took several long evenings to read through my notebooks．As I read，I suddenly realized they are a gift to the（15）　　me. I am now the person I was writing to throughout those years．

（1）A．So	B．Instead	C．Moreover	D．Otherwise
（2）A．donation	B．reward	C．advice	D．promise
（3）A．listeners	B．readers	C．students	D．professors
（4）A．daily	B．weekly	C．monthly	D．yearly
（5）A．common	B．important	C．practical	D．similar
（6）A．imagined	B．remembered	C．enjoyed	D．expected
（7）A．wrote	B．filled	C．gathered	D．increased
（8）A．patient	B．serious	C．right	D．wrong
（9）A．mistakes	B．problems	C．accidents	D．events
（10）A．forgotten	B．avoided	C．kept	D．improved
（11）A．drawing	B．travelling	C．reading	D．writing
（12）A．when	B．until	C．before	D．after
（13）A．notebook	B．house	C．lesson	D．effort
（14）A．production	B．connection	C．instruction	D．situation
（15）A．late	B．past	C．present	D．future

阅读短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词．

One news story is about men pretending（假装） to be women to enter the women's events in modern Olympics．People are arguing（争论）about how fair it is to test women athletes to make sure they are not men．One side argues that men are stronger，so will win any women's event．They say that athletes are tested to make sure they are not using drugs and more importantly，women should be tested to make sure they are not men．The other side argues that this is unfair to women．They say skill is more important than strength．But has this ever really happened？The answer is yes，several times! The most famous case is that of Dora in 1936Olympics．

The 1936Olympics took place in Berlin，Germany，three years after the Nazis came to power．The Nazis wanted to win lots of events at the Olympics．But they had wrong ideas about race（种族）．They did not want black or Jewish people in the Germany team．But many of their best athletes were Jewish．The Nazis thought they might lose was the women's high jump．So the Nazis sent a male athlete，Hermann Ratjen，to compete under the name of "Dora"．Did he get the gold metal？No．Dora came fourth．The winner was a young Jewish women from Hungary．She jumped 1.60metres．Dora only jumped 1.58metres．

How fair is it to（59）　　women athletes to make sure they are not men？

One side：women are（60）　　，so men will win any women's event．

All athletes，especially（61）　　，should be tested．

The other side：strength is not so（62）　　as skill．

The most famous case…

"Dora" in 1936Olympics，which were（63）　　，in Berlin，Germany．

Background：because of Nazis'（64）　　idea about race，black and

Jewish athletes were kept out of the German team，which might lead to the（65）　　，of some events．

The case：the Nazis sent 'Dora'，a man，to compete in the women's（66）　　jump．Dora finished（67）　　．The winner was a young Jewish woman from Hungary．

Conclusion：Men do not always（68）　　!

Detective stories（53）　　（be）popular since Conan Doyle wrote his famous stories about great detective Sherlock Holmes．Readers read this kind of stories mainly for pleasure．

In a story，a man was murdered．Who did it and why？Mr. X hated the dead person and wanted to kill him，but had no chance．He was somewhere else when the murder took place．Mr. Y could do it easily，but seemed（54）　　（have）no reason to do it．Mr. Z had got all the dead man's money，so he had reason for（55）　　（kill）him．Was X，Y，or Z the murder？Or was it somebody else？In the end the detective will find out the answers to all the questions，and the story will not end until the mystery（56）　　（solve）．

The ending is always unexpected．The criminal turns not to be that nice Mr. C，who you（57）______（think）would never hurt an ant! At end of the story，all the clues become clear and you（58）　　（say），"Oh yes，of course，it is the truth．"

Is there any　　（possible）that we will see you this Friday．