英语作业

I. Reading in Depth (25 minutes)-3A

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one work for each blank from a list of choices give in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You’d better not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

You should know that everything starts from your mind. If you want to be successful today, you will need to possess the success mindset. Similarly, if you want to be a millionaire, you need to adopt the (1) ______ [1].

’s mindset. It is your mindset that determines your decision and it is your decision that (2) ______ [2].

your life today.

Therefore, if you want to be successful today, start from your mind. Model and adopt the mindset and qualities of successful people. Below are the top 3 qualities of successful people. Adopt them in your life and you will move one step ahead to (3) ______ [3].

what you want.

1. All successful people are doers. You know that action (4) ______ [4].

results. Without taking any action, nothing will ever happen. And if you want to have results in your life, then take massive （a.巨大的）and (5) ______ [5].

action. Successful people take a lot of action. Most people fail in their life because they did not take the necessary action that can bring them to their (6) ______. [6].

2. All successful people take responsibility. When the economy is down, they will never (7) ______ [7].

the economy. Instead, they will take the responsibility that they are not doing it well enough and they are using a (8) ______ [8].

approach. Hence, if you want to be successful today, take responsibility. Don’t blame others and don’t give excuses. The moment you do so, you are giving away the power to control your destiny （n.命运）.

3. All successful people put in 100 percent commitment （n.献身）in achieving success. Think about it, success will never come (9) ______. [9].

You need to be committed and take a lot of action to make it come true. In

your journey to success, you are going to face a lot of (10) ______ [10]. limiting beliefs and fear, so if you are not committed to it, you will give up very soon. Do the things that you should be doing and don’t procrastinate (v.耽搁), put in 100 percent commitment, and success will eventually be yours.

[A] achieve [B] admire [C] automatically [D] blame [E] changing

[F] consistent [G] criticize [H] destination [I] determines [J] finally

[K] honors [L] millionaire [M] obstacles [N] products [O] wrong

Section B

Directions: There are two passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A],[B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice.

Passage One

Basically without the possibility of failure there is little possibility of success. Education is in danger of becoming a branch of the entertainment industry. While education should indeed be entertaining where possible, it cannot always be fun. Often, it needs the “hard yards”.

It appears that some educationalists feel that if something causes worry it

should be avoided at all costs. I would disagree. Facing up to challenges helps develop an individual. Avoiding challenges can severely limit their potential. Tougher individuals are able to try and fail. The less tough may simply fail to try anything new.

I am in now way advocating putting children under pressure simply for the sake of it. The real debate is perhaps what pressures are unavoidable. While operating slightly outside your comfort zone can be life enhancing, traumatic (a.创伤的) events are always destructive. It’s not about “throwing people into the deep end”, but rather encouraging them to put their foot in the water and giving them the skills to float.

This latter approach is basically the work I and my team do at the University of Hull. Firstly, we measure mental toughness and then provide interventions to enhance this. These interventions include psychological skills such as goal setting, relaxation, visualization and thought control. They are simple and straightforward, and have a proven track record of helping a range of people in stressful situations. So, for example, many children will say: “What happens if it goes wrong?” we work hard to rephrase this so that the sentence reads: “What happens if it goes right?” oen word difference, but a world ways when thinking about challenges.

We try to help children deal more effectively with life using a three-step approach. Firstly, it is important to find out what the child really wants. In other words, setting appropriate goals. This is complex. Children lacking confidence will often set really low goals or, perversely, really high ones. It is important to set

realistic and achievable goals. Then it is a matter of finding out what factors are helping the individual to achieve these goals and what factors are working against this. The final step is to indentify which of these factors can be controlled, or at least influenced, and what factors the child is in reality stuck with. Redirecting children’s energies to movable obstacles can produce huge life changes.

However, I think that for most of us we have become stress-averse (a.厌恶的)and overreact to it. It has always been there, and it has always been the case that some people thrive (v. 兴旺) on it, some need help to deal with it and some people’s lives are ruined by it.

Showing our children that stress can be confronted （v.直面）and beaten offers them a way forward. The more a fear is avoided, the bigger it gets.

11. Which of the following statements about education is true according to the passage? [11].

A. Education should always be fun.

B. Education is in danger of becoming a branch of the entertainment industry.

C. If something causes worry, it should be avoided at all costs.

D. The more challenges, the better for the children.

12. Why would the author disagree with some educationalists’ opinion that if

something causes worry, it should be avoided at all costs? [12]. A. Because he believes that challenges helps develop an individual.

B. Because some children are less tough.

C. Because some pressures are avoidable.

D. Because some children are unwilling t try anything new.

13. What is the work that the author and his team to at the University of Hull? [13].

A. Recording what people do in stressful situations.

B. Teaching the children some skills to deal with stress.

C. Putting the children under pressure by giving them challenges.

D. Giving the children challenges and the skills to deal with them.

14. Which one is the implied meaning of the last sentence in Para. 4, “One word difference, but a world away when thinking about challenges”? [14].

A. If one thinks about challenges negatively, he or she will face them with

confidence.

B. If one thinks about challenges positively, he or she will always be afraid to fail.

C. If one thinks about challenges incorrectly, he or she will lose a world.

D. Two different ways of thinking about challenges will lead to totally different world.

15. What is the correct attitude towards stress according to the author? [15].

A. We should try out best to avoid stress.

B. We should put ourselves to the test in stressful situations.

C. We should love stress because stress is unavoidable.

D. It is beneficial to us to experience and learn skills to deal with stress.