Fear can be a wonderful feeling in our lives, protecting us from dangerous situations and keeping us safe. But fear can also limit our lives significantly. While it may not be conscious, fear may make us think we are unacceptable or that what we have to offer isn’t valuable. Fear may make us feel that we are not safe being ourselves.
To avoid feeling fear, we may limit our lives greatly, living in tiny boxes. Living this way gives us the illusion(假象) of safety but leaves us with an unfulfilling life of no passion. If we shine a light on many of our fears, we see they have a very limited view of what is “safe” and how to “protect” us. Many of our fears are concerned only with protecting us from humiliation(羞辱) and failure. While these fears are doing their jobs incredibly well, they are doing so with faulty and outdated programming. Many fears we have as adults are trying to protect us as they protected us when we were children. Indeed, many of our current, automatic reactions to fear were actually formed when we were children.
Even so, it’s important not to judge ourselves for feeling these types of fears. If we judge ourselves, we will bury our fears or disguise them. By denying our fears, however, we also deny our energy, creativity and passion.
So what do we do with fear? We recognize the fear for what it is--- a feeling we’ve experienced many times in the past and a feeling we will experience many times in the future. We become very familiar with our own particular brand of fears and how we allow them to control our lives. It is especially beneficial for each of us to become aware of the particular behavior patterns we’ve adopted when we feel fear, so we can look at our reactions with a sense of humor and compassion. Then, if we wish, we can choose a different response, which can be a scary yet very exciting experience.
1.According to the first paragraph, fear sometimes .
A. protects us when we’ve made mistakes B. makes sure our feelings are not hurt
C. brings great change to our everyday life D. makes us lose confidence in ourselves
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author .
A. thinks it difficult to control our fear B. believes fears protect us negatively
C. thinks it’s good to criticize ourselves D. values the advantages of feeling fear
3.According to the author, the ways we react to fear .
A. vary from person to person B. have been formed since childhood
C. develop during our growth D. will not change until we get old
4.The last paragraph mainly tells us .
A. what is the essence of fears B. usual reactions we have when feeling fear
C. how to deal with fears reasonably D. the importance of humor and compassion
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Is fear managing your life? B. Be calm when feeling fear
C. What do you fear most? D. Passion, chance and fear
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—20题各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had 1 finding the keyhole. When I 2 to open the door, I 3 around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was 4 installed... but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered 5 a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage 6 in the day. I found the bed in the 7 and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing 8 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 9 to find another lamp. So I 10 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled(跌跌撞撞地走)around 11 I found a desk lamp which actually 12 !
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world 13 be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than 14 light is the light that shines from people --the light of 15 and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 16 place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 17 of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you 18 may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is 19 a candle in a forest remember -- there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to 20 the light of one small candle.
1. A. confidence B. respect C. adimiration D. difficulty
2. A. managed B. failed C. wished D. meant
3. A. touched B. felt C. sensed D. looked
4. A. already B. never C. still D. once
5. A. equiping B. producing C. spotting D. removing
6. A. later B. earlier C. lower D. upper
7. A. light B. dark C. room D. corner
8. A. happened B. operated C. fired D. developed
9. A. machine B. street C. room D. car
10. A. wound B. forced C. made D. lost
11. A. after B. until C. while D. since
12. A. helped B. affected C. worked D. inspired
13. A. can B. shall C. will D. must
14. A. mental B. psychological C. electrical D. physical
15. A. existence B. love C. truth D. wisdom
16. A. lonely B. colourful C. friendly D. complex
17. A. short B. favour C. face D. need
18. A. make B. offer C. take D. contribute
19. A. not more than B. other than C. no more than D. rather than
20. A. put out B. give out C. get over D. set up
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科目:高中英语 来源:2015届江西赣州会昌中学高一下学期第二次月考英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Fear can be a wonderful feeling in our lives, protecting us from dangerous situations and keeping us safe. But fear can also limit our lives significantly. While it may not be conscious, fear may make us think we are unacceptable or that what we have to offer isn’t valuable. Fear may make us feel that we are not safe being ourselves.
To avoid feeling fear, we may limit our lives greatly, living in tiny boxes. Living this way gives us the illusion(假象) of safety but leaves us with an unfulfilling life of no passion. If we shine a light on many of our fears, we see they have a very limited view of what is “safe” and how to “protect” us. Many of our fears are concerned only with protecting us from humiliation(羞辱) and failure. While these fears are doing their jobs incredibly well, they are doing so with faulty and outdated programming. Many fears we have as adults are trying to protect us as they protected us when we were children. Indeed, many of our current, automatic reactions to fear were actually formed when we were children.
Even so, it’s important not to judge ourselves for feeling these types of fears. If we judge ourselves, we will bury our fears or disguise them. By denying our fears, however, we also deny our energy, creativity and passion.
So what do we do with fear? We recognize the fear for what it is--- a feeling we’ve experienced many times in the past and a feeling we will experience many times in the future. We become very familiar with our own particular brand of fears and how we allow them to control our lives. It is especially beneficial for each of us to become aware of the particular behavior patterns we’ve adopted when we feel fear, so we can look at our reactions with a sense of humor and compassion. Then, if we wish, we can choose a different response, which can be a scary yet very exciting experience.
1.According to the first paragraph, fear sometimes .
A.protect us when we’ve made mistakes
B.makes sure our feelings are not hurt
C.brings great change to our everyday life
D.makes us lose confidence in ourselves
2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author .
A.thinks it difficult to control our fear
B.believes fears protect us negatively
C.thinks it’s good to criticize ourselves
D.values the advantages of feeling fear
3.According to the author, the ways we react to fear .
A.vary from person to person
B.have been formed since childhood
C.develop during our growth
D.will not change until we get old
4.The last paragraph mainly tells us .
A.what is the essence of fears
B.usual reactions we have when feeling fear
C.how to deal with fears reasonably
D.the importance of humor and compassion
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Is fear managing your life?
B.Be calm when feeling fear
C.What do you fear most?
D.Passion, chance and fear
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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届广东省六校高三第一次联考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend.
No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.
1.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is ____ .
A.repeated without any change |
B.treated as a joke |
C.made some changes by the parent |
D.set in the present |
2.According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is ____ .
A.in a realistic setting |
B.heard for the first time |
C.repeated too often |
D.told in a different way |
3.The advantage claimed (提出) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it ____.
A.makes them less fearful |
B.develops their power of memory |
C.makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of |
D.encourages them not to have strange beliefs |
4.The author's mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that ______.
A.fairy stories are still being made up |
B.there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales |
C.people try to modernize old fairy stories |
D.there is more concern for children's fears nowadays |
5.One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _______.
A.they are full of imagination |
B.they just make up the stories which are far from the truth |
C.they are not interesting |
D.they make teachers of history difficult to teach |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010届黑龙江省哈尔滨四校高三下学期第二次模拟联考英语试卷 题型:完形填空
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分,满分30分)
What a blessing to be alive in a wonderful world of unlimited possibilities.After contracting Hodgkin's disease at seven and being given six months to live,I recovered.I’m not dying of cancer.I’m 36 with it . 37 what comes my way, I don’t have to be afraid any more.
In the second year of high school,the class was scheduled to run the 38 .Due to the swelling and 39 from surgery on my leg,for two years I hadn't worn shorts and lived in 40 .Yet that day,I was ready-shorts,heart and mind.When the coach yelled,“Ready.Set.Go!” I ran faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet, 41 to finish first.As we came around the first of four laps,there were students all over the 42 .By the end of the second and third laps,many of the students had already 43 and were on the ground breathing deeply.By the time I hit the fourth lap,I was 44 .Then it hit me.I realized nobody had given up. 45 ,everyone had already finished.I cried.12 minutes,42 seconds after starting,I 46 the finish line.I fell to the ground, 47 .
Suddenly my coach ran up to me and 48 ,yelling,“You did it,Manuel .You finished,son .”He looked me 49 in the eyes,waving a piece of paper in his hand.It was my 50 for the day,which I had forgotten.He read it aloud to everyone.It simply said,“I,Manuel Diotte,will finish the mile run tomorrow,whatever 51 come.No 52 or frustration will stop me. 53 capable of finishing,and with God as my strength,I'll finish.” My heart 54 and tears went away.It was then 55 I realized winning is not always finishing first.Sometimes winning is just finishing.
36.A.enduring B.studying C.living D.burdening
37.A.Regardless of B.As of C.In terms of D.Let alone
38.A.game B.competition C.match D.mile
39.A.wounds B.scars C.signs D.treats
40.A.fear B.surprise C.anger D.disappointment
41.A.hoped B.determined C.expected D.longed
42.A.trip B.school C.ground D.track
43.A.quit B.gone C.insisted D.left
44.A.annoyed B.confident C.alone D.lonely
45.A.Otherwise B.Instead C.Yet D.Besides
46.A.ran B.walked C.passed D.crossed
47.A.embarrassed B.proud C.amused D.excited
48.A.sent me up B.picked me up C.took me up D.set me up
49.A.up B.over C.straight D.ahead
50.A.opinion B.goal C.belief D.thought
51.A.can B.may C.should D.must
52.A.hesitation B.blame C.pain D.laughter
53.A.Other than B.More than C.Rather than D.Less than
54.A.lifted B.broke C.sank D.beat
55.A.before B.when C.that D.since
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010届湖南省高三下学期3月月考英语试题 题型:阅读理解
Fear can be a wonderful feeling in our lives, protecting us from dangerous situations and keeping us safe. But fear can also limit our lives significantly. While it may not be conscious, fear may make us think we are unacceptable or that what we have to offer isn’t valuable. Fear may make us feel that we are not safe being ourselves.
To avoid feeling fear, we may limit our lives greatly, living in tiny boxes. Living this way gives us the illusion(假象) of safety but leaves us with an unfulfilling life of no passion. If we shine a light on many of our fears, we see they have a very limited view of what is “safe” and how to “protect” us. Many of our fears are concerned only with protecting us from humiliation(羞辱) and failure. While these fears are doing their jobs incredibly well, they are doing so with faulty and outdated programming. Many fears we have as adults are trying to protect us as they protected us when we were children. Indeed, many of our current, automatic reactions to fear were actually formed when we were children.
Even so, it’s important not to judge ourselves for feeling these types of fears. If we judge ourselves, we will bury our fears or disguise them. By denying our fears, however, we also deny our energy, creativity and passion.
So what do we do with fear? We recognize the fear for what it is--- a feeling we’ve experienced many times in the past and a feeling we will experience many times in the future. We become very familiar with our own particular brand of fears and how we allow them to control our lives. It is especially beneficial for each of us to become aware of the particular behavior patterns we’ve adopted when we feel fear, so we can look at our reactions with a sense of humor and compassion. Then, if we wish, we can choose a different response, which can be a scary yet very exciting experience.
66. According to the first paragraph, fear sometimes .
A. protect us when we’ve made mistakes B. makes sure our feelings are not hurt
C. brings great change to our everyday life D. makes us lose confidence in ourselves
67. It can be inferred from the passage that the author .
A. thinks it difficult to control our fear B. believes fears protect us negatively
C. thinks it’s good to criticize ourselves D. values the advantages of feeling fear
68. According to the author, the ways we react to fear .
A. vary from person to person B. have been formed since childhood
C. develop during our growth D. will not change until we get old
69.The last paragraph mainly tells us .
A. what is the essence of fears B. usual reactions we have when feeling fear
C. how to deal with fears reasonably D. the importance of humor and compassion
70.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Is fear managing your life? B. Be calm when feeling fear
C. What do you fear most? D. Passion, chance and fear
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