One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.

When we see something we don’t like, we wish it could be different -- we cry out for something better. That may be human nature, or perhaps it’s something that’s ingrained（根深蒂固的）in our culture.

The root of unhappiness is that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place. We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, as it just is.”

An example: in my recent post（帖子）, A Beautiful Method to Find Peace of Mind, quite a few commentators thought my outlook was negative, pessimistic, or fatalistic（听天由命的）... because I said you should expect people to mess up, expect things to go differently from what you planned. Above all, you should embrace that.

It’s too negative to expect something to go wrong, they said. However, I think it’s only negative if you see it as negative, or if you judge it as bad.

Instead, you could accept it as the way the world works -- as the way things actually are. And try to understand why they are that way.

Does it mean you can never change things? Not at all. But changing things is not because you can’t accept things as they are, but because you enjoy the process of change of learning and growing.

Can we make this world a better place? Again, that’s an assumption that it’s a bad place fight now. But instead, you could say the world is just what it is -- and that’s neither good nor bad. You can say that you’ll continue to try to do things to help others, to grow as a person, to make a difference in this world -- not because you’re such a bad person now, but because that’s the path you choose to take, because you enjoy that path.

As you catch yourself judging, and wishing for different -- try a different approach: accept, and understand. It might lead to some interesting results.

1. Which of the following statements is correct according to the author?

    A. We can never change things because we can’t accept them.

    B. We shouldn’t try to do whatever we can to help others and make a difference.

    C. It’s wrong of you to expect things to go differently.

    D. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

2. What’s the main idea of the whole passage?

    A. The world is a good place for us to live in.

    B. Unhappiness comes from what we want to be different.

    C. You might as well accept the world as it is and try to embrace it.

    D. Let’s make the world more beautiful.

3.Where does the passage probably come from?

    A. A novel.       B. A news story.      C. A travel guide.     D. A magazine.

 

 

—It’s wrong for a student to follow his teachers say.

—It’s true.I can’t agree.

A.whatever;more　　　　　　　　B.no matter what;more

C.whatever;much　　　　　　　　D.no matter what;much

—It's wrong for a student to follow ________ his teachers say.

　　　　—It’s true. I can’t agree ________ .

　　A. no matter what; to much　　　　　B. whatever; much

　　C. no matter what; more　　　　　　D. whatever; more

 

第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，共30分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I went to a birthday party and I remembered what you said. You told me not to drink at all, so I had a Sprite(雪碧)  36  . I felt proud of myself, that I didn’t choose to drink and drive  37  some friends said I should.

I knew I made a wise  38 . Your advice to me was right. As the party  39  ended and the kids drove out of sight, I got into my own  40 , sure to get home at once, never  41  what was coming — something I  42  least. Now I’m lying on the roadside, and I can hear the policeman say:“The kid that caused this accident was  43 .” His voice seems far away. My own blood (血) is all around me. I try hard not to  44 . I can hear someone say: ”This girl is going to die.”

I’m sure the guy had no idea while he was flying  45 . Because he chose to  46 and drive, now I will have to die. So why do people do it since they know that it ruins  47 ? But now the pain is cutting me  48  a hundred stabbing（刺痛的）knives. Tell my sister not to be  49 , tell Daddy to be brave, and if possibly I have to see  50 , put “Daddy’s Girl” on my grave（墓穴）.

Someone should have  51  him that it’s wrong to drink and drive. Maybe if his mom and dad had done so, I wouldn’t be like this. My  52  is getting shorter. I’m getting really scared. These are my final  53  and I’m so  54  .

D. too D. though D. discovery D. simply D. habit D. repeating D. expected D. destroyed D. talk D. highly D. drink D. friendships D. by D. sad D. God D. showed D. happiness D. pleasures D. unprepared D. think

C. either C. unless C. adventure C. finally C. way C. arguing C. cared C. drunk C. smile C. lowly C. sing C. lives C. with C. popular C. the doctors C. taught C. dream C. trouble C. disagreed C. wish

B. instead B. because B. travel B. slowly B. room B. knowing B. considered B. replaced B. laugh B. high B. talk B. opinions B. as B. angry B. Mum B. made B. period B. moments B. disliked B. mean

I wish that you could hold me, Mom, as I lie here and die. I  55  that I could say to you, I love you and goodbye.

36. A. as well

37. A. after

38. A. choice

39. A. firstly

40. A. car

41. A. explaining

42. A. unexpected

43. A. lost

44. A. cry

45. A. low

46. A. smoke

47. A. health

48. A. like

49. A. lucky

50. A. my friends

51. A. asked

52. A. breath

53. A. time

54. A. unknown

55. A. hope

 

Here is a true story about a famous man who worked in the White House and a criminal. They once faced the same thing: their mother gave them apples when they were young.

The criminal said: one day, my mother brought some apples and asked my brother and me: “Which do you want?” “The reddest and biggest one,” my little brother said. My mother stared at him and said to him angrily: “You should learn to give the good things to others; you shouldn’t always think of yourself.” Seeing this, I suddenly changed my idea and then said to my mother: “Mum, please give me the smaller one and give the bigger one to my little brother.” Hearing my words, my mother was very happy. She kissed me on my face and gave the reddest and biggest apple to me as a prize. From then on, I learned to tell lies, fight, steal and rob. In order to get what I wanted, I played hard. As a result, I was sent into prison.

The famous man from the White House said: One day, my mother brought some apples. She said to my brother and me: “You all want the reddest and biggest one, right? Well, let’s have a competition. Now I divided the grassland in front of the gate into two and I will give one to each of you and you must shear(修剪) it well. And I will give the reddest and biggest apple to him who does it the most quickly and best.”

After the competition, I won and I got the biggest apple. In our family, as long as you want to get the best things, you must take part in competition. I think it is fair. No matter what you want, you must pay lots of efforts.

1.The criminal got the reddest and biggest apple because      .

A. he told the truth that he wanted a smaller one

B. he knew how to make his mother happy from her answer

C. elder brother should of course have the bigger one

D. his mother loved him more than she loved the younger brother

2.We can conclude from the passage that      .

A. it’s wrong to ask children to choose apples when they are not old enough

B. it’s important to make children aware that no matter what they want, they must pay work

C. it’s wrong to ask children not to always think of themselves

D. it’s always necessary to have a competition when we give children apple

3.The writer tells the story by      .

A. organizing it in the order of time

B. making a comparison between two men

C. providing some scientific information

D. describing it in the order of space

4.It is implied in the passage that      .

A. we should always try to win competitions which can bring us a lot

B. in order to get what we want, we should play hard

C. a mother’s educational method has a great influence on a child’s growing

D. giving children apples will lead them to become criminals