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.

 

 

To save money,____________.

A．every means must be tried

B．it’s important not to buy expensive things

C．not to waste money matters a lot

D．we decided to take his advice

 

__________ full preparations, we decided to put off the meeting till next week．

       A．We did not make                      B．Having not made

       C．We had not made                      D．Not having made

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I live in a big city. It’s noisy and dirty and I got very  36 .At the weekends I like to leave the city and get some  37  air and a good rest. A few weeks ago I decided to go to see my  38 . I was really looking forward to it.

My parents live a long way  39 .I went to see them with James, a friend, and we drove on Friday night. In the middle of the  40  it began to rain. The road become very  41  and it was difficult to drive. We arrived home just after midnight, feeling very  42 .The next  43  it was still raining. James took his  44  to a garage which was very good.

In the afternoon the  45  improved, we wanted to go for a  46 . My parents lent us their car. That was no good. Their car didn’t  47 .We rang up the garage. “Oh,” They said, “Your car  48  be ready till tomorrow.” So it wasn’t  49  to go for a drive. We decided to play a word game. When we didn’t agree  50  a word we looked for a dictionary. It wasn’t there.  51  my mother remembered, “I lent it to your sister. She took it with her when she left.” The word game wasn’t any good  52  a dictionary.

On Sunday my mother dropped a heavy box on her  53  and we had to hire a  54  to take her to hospital. When James and I drove back we got stuck in a car accident. Next time I want a rest, I’ll stay  55 .

1.          

A．angry

B．surprised

C．tiring

D．tired

2.          

A．warm

B．cool

C．cold

D．fresh

3.          

A．comrades

B．friends

C．parents

D．hometown

4.          

A．away

B．here

C．there

D．far

5.          

A．day

B．night

C．journey

D．road

6.          

A．narrow

B．wet

C．dirty

D．dry

7.          

A．happy

B．excited

C．tired

D．thirsty

8.          

A．morning

B．day

C．afternoon

D．evening

9.          

A．clothes

B．car

C．books

D．machine

10.      

A．car

B．clothes

C．weather

D．work

11.      

A．drive

B．look

C．trip

D．walk

12.      

A．move

B．roll

C．begin

D．work

13.      

A．mustn’t

B．couldn’t

C．wouldn’t

D．won’t

14.      

A．interesting

B．necessary

C．possible

D．wonderful

15.      

A．on

B．over

C．for

D．with

16.      

A．Luckily

B．Suddenly

C．Gradually

D．Quickly

17.      

A．for

B．in

C．with

D．without

18.      

A．foot

B．leg

C．head

D．floor

19.      

A．truck

B．taxi

C．bike

D．bus

20.      

A．in the country

B．in the city

C．in my office

D．in the garage

 

单词拼写

1.He went through all kinds of h_______(苦难) in the old society.

2.We decided that we should e_______ (选举)a new sales manager.

3.The brothers d________(不同；相异) widely in their tastes.

4.She u______(承担) full responsibility for the failure of the project..

5.The a ______(突然的) change of the schedule gave me lots of trouble.

6.I cannot b______(忍受) the smell of burnt sausage on the barbecue.

7.You are very much m________(错误的) if you think that people will agree to these changes.

8.People work in libraries spend a lot of time c______(分类) books..

9.I’m sorry to i______(打断) you but how could they live there?

10.Some flat mates are neat and tidy while others are very m_______(脏乱的).