科目:初中英语 来源:2013届北京市密云县中考二模英语卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.
In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright(害怕). If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?
In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists(心理学家) call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.
The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
【小题1】We can infer from the passage that the author________.
A.finds it difficult to make decision |
B.has found out what causes anxiety |
C.was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright |
D.no longer feels anxious about new experiences |
A.a person’s loss of confidence little by little |
B.the natural development of a child’s abilities |
C.the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations |
D.the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety |
A.Anxiety can be a positive drive |
B.Hesitation leads to depression. |
C.Avoiding anxiety reduces depression. |
D.Depression is a signal that one is growing up. |
A.Confidence: Key to Success |
B.Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name |
C.Depression: A Psychological Appearance |
D.Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2012-2013学年北京市密云县中考二模英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.
In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright(害怕). If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?
In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists(心理学家) call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.
The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
1.We can infer from the passage that the author________.
A.finds it difficult to make decision
B.has found out what causes anxiety
C.was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright
D.no longer feels anxious about new experiences
2.What does the word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means?
A.a person’s loss of confidence little by little
B.the natural development of a child’s abilities
C.the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations
D.the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety
3.Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?
A.Anxiety can be a positive drive
B.Hesitation leads to depression.
C.Avoiding anxiety reduces depression.
D.Depression is a signal that one is growing up.
4.What's the best title for the passage?
A.Confidence: Key to Success
B.Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name
C.Depression: A Psychological Appearance
D.Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression
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科目:初中英语 来源:同步题 题型:完形填空
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As the train came to the seaside town, I happened to 1 the seat behind mine. Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbor. I remembered it took hours to 2 him once he began a talk. I was not at all 3 when he went to live in another part of London. We hadn't met since then, 4 to meet him again. Fortunately at that moment he was much too busy talking to the man opposite him 5 me. I turned back, took down my two suitcases (行李箱) and carried them to the far end of the train in order to get off 6 it stopped. When I reached the hotel, I went 7 to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner. Then I went down to the dining-room and ordered a drink. I had hardly raised the glass to my mouth when an all too familiar (熟悉的)_ 8 said hello to me. I 9 my tiresome neighbor after all. He grasped me by the hand and insisted that we should 10 a table in the dining-room. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
In America, people don’t keep their old people at home. At a certain age they put them away. In my country, the old people stay in the home until they ____80____. But here, things are not like that. It’s surprising to me that they put them away. The first thing they think of is a nursing home (养老院). Some of these people don’t need a nursing home. If they had their own bedroom at home, they would watch ____81____ or listen to the radio or have themselves busy doing something interesting.
Right now there’s a lady here, nothing wrong with her, but her children put her away. They don’t come to see her. The only time they come to see her is when she says, “I can’t breathe.” She wants some ____82____. And that way she is just aging. When I came here, she was a beautiful woman. She was looking nice. Now she is going down.
We had another lady here two years ago, she had two sons. She fell and had a ____83____ leg. They called the eldest son. He said, “Why call on me? Call the little one. She gave all the money to that little one.” That was bad. I was right there.
All these people are not helpless. But just the family ____84____ them. There is an old man here. His children took him for a ride one day, pushed him out of the car, let him walk and wander (徘徊) by himself. He couldn’t find his way home. His children try to ____85____ all that he has. They are trying to make him sign papers and things like those. There is nothing wrong with him. He can dress himself, cook his own meals, take a walk… They signed him in here, made the lawyers sign him in. They are just in for money.
How can these children treat their old people like that? How awful!
80. A. fail B. disappear C. die D. hate
81. A. films B. pets C. television D. children
82. A. attention B. freedom C. invitation D. trouble
83. A. frozen B. broken C. weak D. terrible
84. A. have pity on B. deal with C. rely on D. get rid of
85. A. take away B. give up C. dream of D. care for
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