小卷速测(十二) 完形填空+阅读理解D+回答问题
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
When I started working, I couldn’t understand why some people seemed to succeed in everything they tried.However, others just couldn’t manage to achieve anything.After a while, I found the biggest 1 lied in setting and reviewing goals regularly.A study shows those who have written goals and review them regularly are among the highest achievers.
What do you do with your desires(渴望) in life? You could pay no attention to them and leave them to 2 in your mind, or start taking action to get what you want.You need to set goals.A goal starts with a simple desire.
Do you use any 3 for not setting goals? Whatever it is, I am sure your excuse is limiting you.If you’re 4 about what you want, you might end up at a certain age with things that you didn’t want.
Setting goals and reviewing them regularly can increase your chances of succeeding.It can give you the right direction and 5 you moving closer to what you want.You will achieve more in months than many people do in years.
If you have a strong desire for something, you will have two 6 :wishful thinking, or taking action.You can wish for a miracle(奇迹), but do nothing.Or, you can get clear on the steps and take them, 7 , one by one until you reach success.
Setting goals is the most important and necessary step to achieve success in any area.It begins with a desire, and then a written goal, 8 by the right attitude and action.Keep reviewing your goals and watch how your wish miraculously turns into your reality.
( )1.A.difference B.surprise C.hope D.sale
( )2.A.sing B.dance C.light D.disappear
( )3.A.tools B.excuses C.stories D.examples
( )4.A.excited B.unclear C.sure D.unhappy
( )5.A.imagine B.feel C.stop D.keep
( )6.A.steps B.decisions C.choices D.wishes
( )7.A.slowly B.suddenly C.luckily D.sadly
( )8.A.decided B.corrected C.followed D.built
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Sometimes, when all our doubts, fears and anxiety fill ourselves up, we always come up with the idea of “I wish I was somebody else”. We often believe that someone or rather, most people are better than us—when in actual, the fact is, most people are more frightened than us.
We look at a young successful businessman and say “Wooh… what else could he ask for?” He looks at himself in the mirror and talks to himself, “I hate my big eyes… I wonder why my friends won’t talk to me.”
Isn’t it funny? We look at other people, envy(羡慕) them for looking so unusually perfect and wish we could trade places with them, while they look at us and think of the same thing.
I have a friend who never gets tired of talking. And in most conversations, she is the only one who seems to be interested in the things she has to say. So all of our other friends don’t like to be in the circles whenever she’s around.
One key to self-improvement is to LISTEN and TALK to a trusted friend. Find someone who you find comforts in opening up with even the gentlest topics you want to discuss. Ask questions like “Do I talk too loud?”, “Does my breath smell?”, “Do I ever bore you when we’re together?” Lend her your ears for comments and don’t give her answers like “Don’t exaggerate(夸大)! That’s just the way I am!”
One of Whitney Houston’s songs says “Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.” True enough! In order to love others, you must love yourself too. Remember, you cannot give what you do not have. Self-improvement makes us better people, we then inspire(鼓舞) other people, and then the rest of the world will follow.
Stop thinking of yourselves as second-rate beings(二等人). Forget the thought of “If only I was richer… if only I was thinner.” and so on. Accepting your true self is the first step to self-improvement.
