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I know how easy it is to start smoking and how difficult it is to stop. During adolescence, I became 79 to cigarettes. When l was young, I didn't know that it could do 80 to my heart and lungs. Neither did I know that my cigarette smoke could affect the 81 of non-smokers. However, what I did know was that my girlfriend thought I smelt terrible and that she wouldn't go out with me again 82 I stopped. 1 also noticed that I became breathless quickly. Then I knew 83 was time to quit smoking. I'm sending you some advice to help you 84 your resolve. Every time you feel like 85 (smoke), remind yourself that you are a non-smoker. I know it is not easy to get rid of the 86 , but millions have managed 87 (quit) and so can you. Keep trying, and you will 88 eventually.
When I was an official of a school in Palo Alto, California, Polly Tyner, the president of our board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times. Polly’s son, Jim, had great difficulty in school. He was classified as the educationally handicapped and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers. But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room. His parents knew his difficulties, but they always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride. Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident. After his death, his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper.
“Today we buried our 20-year-old son. He was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday night. How I wish I had known that the last time I had talked to him would be the last time. If I had only known that, I would have said to him, ‘Jim, I love you and I’m always so proud of you.’ I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he had brought to the lives of the people who loved him. I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, his laughter, and his genuine love to other people.
“When I put all the good things on the scale and try to balance them with all the irritating (恼人的) things such as the radio that was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc., I find that the irritations really don’t amount to much.
“I won’t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, do have a chance. Tell your young people what you would want them to hear as if it may be your last conversation. The last time I talked to Jim was the morning of the day when he died. He called me to say, ‘Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. You have to go to work now. Bye.’ That day, he gave me something to treasure forever. ”
If there is any purpose at all for Jim’s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate life more and to tell people, especially family members, that they should take the time to let each other know just how much they care. You may never have another chance. Do it today!
【小题1】What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “the educationally handicapped”?
A.The learning difficulty. |
B.The physical problems. |
C.The psychological problems. |
D.The communication difficulty. |
A.He was always sad about his school marks. |
B.His parents always scolded him about his bad school marks. |
C.His study needed more attention from his parents and teachers. |
D.He was killed in a car accident. |
A.He was a lovely boy with a beautiful smile who always loved others. |
B.He was physically sick but always happy. |
C.He was an irritating boy with some bad habits. |
D.He seldom expressed his love for his parents. |
A.memorize her son |
B.teach parents to appreciate their children |
C.teach children how to be good boys |
D.give some advice on how to deal with children’s problems |
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ is about, It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life—style of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories, He called it ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ because ‘Jones’ is a very common name in the United States.’ Keeping up with the Joneses’ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are ‘Joneses’ in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.
A. want to be as rich as their neighbors
B. want others to know or to think that they are rich
C don’t want others to know they are rich
D. want to be happy
2.It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.
A. live outside New York City
B. live in New York city
C. live in apartments
D. have many neighbors
3.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.
A. an important name
B. a popular name in the United States
C. his neighbor’s name
D. not a good name
4.If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.
A. do as the poor persons around him do
B. do everything he likes to do
C. do as his neighbors do
D. do as the rich people around him do
5. According to the writer, it is ___________ to keep up with the Jonese.
A. Good B. correct C. interesting D. impossible
I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”.
But in memoir(回忆录) after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.
The way people stick to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.
What does the author want to tell us? He wants to tell us .
A.he lives in Hollywood, so he feels not happy
B.the true meaning of happiness
C.in fact, famous people are not very happy
D.happiness is not equal to fun
What is many intelligent people’s viewpoint about happiness?
A.Happiness just means having fun. B.Happiness is not equal to fun.
C.Happiness means doing what you like. D.Happiness means being rich.
What does the underlined word “equate” in the second paragraph mean? It means .
A.compare B.think
C.similar or connected D.match
According to the passage, the author may agree .
A.amusement park can bring us happiness
B.fun will bring some happiness to us
C.pain will bring us happiness
D.efforts can bring us happiness
—Your sister’s plan is not quite practical.Why not try to persuade her to give it up?
—My sister is very stubborn,so it is________to try to change her mind.
A.by chance? B.in vain
C.on purpose? D.for sure
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