I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession(职业) stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself as the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I want to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(休闲), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist(存在) instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what , today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do you will live it with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.
1.The best title of his passage probably is________.
A.Love Your Friends B. Live a Real Life
C. Don’t Waste Time D. Be a Good Mother and Wife
2.How did the author form her view of life?
A.Through social experience. B. By learning from her friends.
C.Through an unfortunate experience. D. From her children and husband.
3.By the sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to _______.
A.make a living rather than live a real life B.work rather than enjoy life
C.waste a lot in life D.forget the most important lesson in life
4. What’s the author’s attitude(态度) toward work?
A.Do it well to serve others.
B. Earn enough money to make life better.
C.Try your best to get higher position and pay.
D.Don’t let it affect(影响) your real life.
5. It can be inferred(推断) from the passage that ________.
A.the author is a success in personal life
B.the author didn’t try her best to work well.
C.The author spent all her time caring for her children.
D.The author likes traveling very much.
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:030
根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
提示:On a street in downtown Manhattan, Harry Bennett is carrying some flowers. He takes out a piece of paper from his pocket. It reads, “Susan Stewart, 83 Wooster Street, phone #666-9470, 8:00 P.M.” Harry stops to talk to a street vendor (小贩、售货机). He asks him for directions.
Harry:Excuse me. Can you help me?
Vendor:Sure, 1
Harry
:Where is 83 Wooster Street?Vendor
:That's easy. (He points.) 2 Then walk two blocks to the traffic light. Make another left to Wooster.Harry
:Thank you. 3Vendor
:Yeah (=yes). A left. Hot dog? Only seventy-five cents.Harry
: 4 I have a dinner date (晚餐约会)。(A little later. Harry is still lost. He goes to a pay phone and dials (
拨号) Susan's telephone number.)Harry
:555-9470 … and it's busy … Try again. 555-9470 … and it's still busy. (He walks to a grocery store to ask for directions.) 5Woman
:Yes, Wooster Street is two blocks, and 83 is to the right, about two houses.Harry
:Thank you, thank you!Woman
:You're welcome.1
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. Excuse me ma'am. I'm looking for 83 Wooster Street.B
. All right, I'll take one.C
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. To the corner and then a left?F
. There it is.G
. Walk to the corner. Then make a left turn.查看答案和解析>>
科目:高中英语 来源:2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试、英语(福建卷) 题型:022
阅读下面短文,根据以下提示:(1)汉语提示,(2)首字母提示,(3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。
Dear editor,
I am Evan from Canda.Being the eldest child in the family has its disadvantages.First of all, I have to share all my ________(玩具)with my younger sisters.Of course, they don't n________ to return the favor because I'm totally uninterested in their things.________(除……之外)that, they are always hanging around me.I just can't get a moment; s p________.
At meals, I have to eat whatever is ________ the plate regardless of the taste.My sisters only try one bite if it's not ________ favorite food.In addition, w________ it comes to practicing our musical instruments,.I have to paractice ________ than double the time.Worst of all, I get a larger quantity of homework, ________(对比)to them.
I'm feeling rather annoyed.Can you please g________ me some advice?
Yours truly
Evan Smith
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________
5.________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________
9.________ 10.________
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(请将答案写在答题纸上)
Getting to Now: How to Beat the Procrastination Habit
I am a procrastinator(拖拉者). I always have been. I've tried all sorts of things to beat the habit. Here are some techniques I've been using to try to force myself to get to now:
Set aside blocks of time to do things. When I was talking with my wellness coach earlier this year, she asked me why I didn't exercise more often. “ ,” I said. “Something always comes up.” She wasn’t impressed. “J.D.,” she said, “You have to make time. Make an appointment with yourself to run or to go for a bike ride.” The same principle applies to other things you might procrastinate.
. Often I’ll be sitting on the back porch reading a book, and it will occur to me that some chore needs to be done — mending the fence, for example. “ ,” I tell myself. Wrong! What usually happens is that I forget to write it down, and even if I do, I just look at the list and procrastinate for weeks on end. The best move is to actually do the chore when I think of it. (Assuming, of course, that I have the time at that moment,which I usually do.)
Use a timer to bring you back to reality. Part of the reason I procrastinate is that I'm a daydreamer. . One way to keep on track is to use a timer. I use the Ultrak Jumbo Countdown Timer, but not as often as I should. I set it for 48 minutes. When it goes off, : Am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing?
Do not multitask. I often start many things at once, but I never actually do any of them. In order for me to get something done, I need to focus my attention on it. Trying to do several things at once is a sure way to be sure they'll all be unfinished tomorrow.
A. I’m always lost in thought
B. it brings me back to reality
C. If it comes to mind, then do it
D. I don’t have the time
E. it serves as an instant reality check
F. Do it right away if you are asked to do something
G. I need to write that down so I can remember it
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010-2011学年北京市高三上学期期中考试英语卷 题型:其他题
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(请将答案写在答题纸上)
Getting to Now: How to Beat the Procrastination Habit
I am a procrastinator(拖拉者). I always have been. I've tried all sorts of things to beat the habit. Here are some techniques I've been using to try to force myself to get to now:
Set aside blocks of time to do things. When I was talking with my wellness coach earlier this year, she asked me why I didn't exercise more often. “ 1. ,” I said. “Something always comes up.” She wasn’t impressed. “J.D.,” she said, “You have to make time. Make an appointment with yourself to run or to go for a bike ride.” The same principle applies to other things you might procrastinate.
2. . Often I’ll be sitting on the back porch reading a book, and it will occur to me that some chore needs to be done — mending the fence, for example. “ 3. ,” I tell myself. Wrong! What usually happens is that I forget to write it down, and even if I do, I just look at the list and procrastinate for weeks on end. The best move is to actually do the chore when I think of it. (Assuming, of course, that I have the time at that moment,which I usually do.)
Use a timer to bring you back to reality. Part of the reason I procrastinate is that I'm a daydreamer. 4. . One way to keep on track is to use a timer. I use the Ultrak Jumbo Countdown Timer, but not as often as I should. I set it for 48 minutes. When it goes off, 5. : Am I doing what I'm supposed to be doing?
Do not multitask. I often start many things at once, but I never actually do any of them. In order for me to get something done, I need to focus my attention on it. Trying to do several things at once is a sure way to be sure they'll all be unfinished tomorrow.
A. I’m always lost in thought
B. it brings me back to reality
C. If it comes to mind, then do it
D. I don’t have the time
E. it serves as an instant reality check
F. Do it right away if you are asked to do something
G. I need to write that down so I can remember it
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阅读下面短文,根据汉语或首字母提示以及文章内容,在每条横线上填入一个适当的英语单词,使短文意思完整。
I am a poor black worker in South Africa. Without a
passbook, I ________ about whether I would lose my work. It 1.__________
was in 1952 ______ I met Mandela who was a lawyer. He 2.__________
offered _______(指导) to poor black people on legal problems. 3.__________
He was g_______ with his time and helped me a lot, for which 4.__________
I was g________. Because of Mandela I joined the ANC 5.__________
Youth League _______(建立) by him. At that time, black 6.__________
people were treated unfairly in USA. _______ he said: “The last 7.__________
30 years have seen the laws stopping our rights. Until today
we’ve reached a stage ______ we have to fight the government … 8.__________
We first broke the law in a _______(和平的) way. Only when this was 9.__________
not allowed, did we decide to turn to v________ to realize our goal.” 10._________
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