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No one gets through life without experiencing many disappointments. Strangely, though, most people seem unprepared for disappointment and react to it in negative ways. They feel depressed or try to escape from their troubles instead of using disappointment as an opportunity for growth.

One negative reaction to disappointment is depression. A woman trying to win a promotion, for example, works hard for over a year in her department. Helen is so sure she will get the promotion. In fact, she has already picked out the car she will buy when her salary increase comes through. However, the boss names one of Helen's co-workers for the spot. Deeply depressed, Helen loses her enthusiasm for her job and can barely force herself to show up every day. Helen tells herself that she is a failure and that doing a good job just isn't worth the work.

Another negative reaction to disappointment, and one that follows depression, is the desire to escape. Kevin fails to get into the college his brother is attending, the college that was the focus of all his dreams, and decides to escape his disappointment. Why worry about college at all? Instead, he covers up his real feelings by giving up on his school-work and getting completely involved with friends, parties, and "good times".

The positive way to react to disappointment is to use it as a chance for growth. This isn't easy, but it's the only useful way to deal with an inevitable part of life. Helen, the woman who was not promoted, could have handled her disappointment by looking at other options. If her boss did not recognize her talent and hard work, perhaps she could transfer to another department. Or she could ask the boss how to improve her performance so that she could prepare for the next promotion. Kevin, the boy who didn't get into the college of his choice, should look into other schools. Going to another college may encourage him to be his own person, step out of his brother's shadow, and realize that being turned down by one college isn't a final judgment on his abilities or potential.

Disappointments are unwelcome, but regular visitors to everyone's life. We can feel depressed about them or we can try to escape from them. The best thing, though, is to accept a disappointment and then try to use it somehow: Step over the unwelcome visitor on the doorstep and get on with life.

 

57.In this passage, the author _____.

       A.analyzes the cause of disappointment

B.describes his personal experience in dealing with disappointment

C.criticizes Helen and Kevin's negative responses to disappointment

D.offers specific examples of the ways people deal with disappointment

58.From the context, the word "option" (Para.4) means _____.

A.way                 B.choice              C.place                D.job

59.In the author's opinion, Helen should ______ instead of feeling depressed.

       A.work even harder to get better than her promoted co-worker

B.stand the pressure and competition

C.win a good opinion from the boss by seeking his advice

D.move into another department to have her talent and hard work appreciated

60.Which of the following best expresses the main ides of this selection?

A.Disappointment is an inevitable part of life and we have to handle it in a positive way.

B.Life is made up of a series of disappointments. We have to accept them.

C.There are two kinds of reactions to disappointment.

D.Most people react to disappointment in negative ways.

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Madonna Expresses Herself

I know this was over,but it’s like last week in Spain.For some strange reason,I fail to realize the first leg of the tour during the raining season in Japan.So it’s very strange that the dancers prefer the show in the heavy rain.They were so excited to be performing for the audience that the world could be boiling up and they wouldn’t be frightened.Malisha,my assistant became my only way to the outside world.I think in a lot of ways in New York,the time I spent when I was sick was the hardest on her.And since I was staying in my own apartment in New York,I lost my contact with my dancers completely.

Oh,Los Angeles was hard in that way.I mean I’ve always found it’s a little tiring to be among famous people just because you are famous too.It can cause a lot of trouble.Detroit was definitely the hardest place we went to on the tour.You know people always talk about how stars change you but they never talk about how it can change people that cause them.I hadn’t been to the cemetery since I was a young girl.I used to go right after she died.I don’t know my mother’s death is just a big mystery to me when I was a child.No one really explained it to me.So what I remembered most about my mother was that she was very kind and very gentle and very feminine.I mean,I don’t know,I guess,she just seems like an angel to me,but I suppose everybody thinks their mother is an angel when they are five.I also know she was very religious,so I never really understood why she was taken away from us.It just seems so unfair,I never thought that she’d done something wrong.So often,at times I wonder what I have done wrong.

1.Madonna’s tour was in the following order:________.

A.Spain—New York—Japan—Los Angeles—Detroit

B.Spain—Japan—New York—Los Angeles—Detroit

C.Japan—Spain—New York—Detroit—Los Angeles

D.Japan—New York—Spain—Detroit—Los Angeles

2.The underlined word “leg” in this passage probably means “________”.

A.stop      B.chance      C.suffering     D.performance

3.What does Madonna think of her own life?

A.She is famous all over the world and she lives a very comfortable life.

B.Her life is interesting and colorful and she is admired by anyone else.

C.Although she is very tired,she can tour many places and earn much money.

D.Her life is tiring and hard and she can’t easily contact with the outside world.

4.In Madonna’s opinion,it is fair that ________ have died.

A.people who had done something wrong must

B.people who hadn’t done anything wrong shouldn’t

C.her mother who hadn’t done anything wrong shouldn’t

D.she who had done something wrong should

 

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is  36  who has large bright eyes and fine skin.

When I was in Grade Four, I  37  such a girl. I sat right in front of her and  38  her to see if she was a real beauty. She  39  a beauty in my eyes until the day she  40 with me. She demanded that I  41  her pencil box which I  42  knocked on to the floor. I  43 . Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about  44  each other.

During the years that followed, I came across  45  explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty,  46  that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful,  47  said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I  48  give these a second thought.

I searched for a beauty  49  had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite  50   with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty  51  experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my  52 . She was not very pretty but she was 53 . She was born in a  54  family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the  55  old man had described to me.

36.A. your classmate    B. a girl               C. an experienced girl   D. an ugly girl

37. A. liked                 B. was tired of      C. was against                D. found

38. A. stared at            B. scolded            C. beat                D. laughed at

39. A. wasn’t              B. pretended to be        C. treated himself       D. was

40. A. quarreled           B. talked              C. played                       D. studied

41. A. steal                  B. rob her of        C. like                        D. pick up

42. A. by chance          B. by no means  C. by herself              D. by the way

43. A. agreed                  B. refused              C. was happy                  D. did so

44. A. talking with      B. helping          C. hitting                   D. leaving

45. A. the same            B. different  C. the opposite        D. some correct

46.A. but                       B. or                     C. as                              D. so

47. A. Everyone          B. The others        C. Nobody             D. Others

48. A. did                      B. must          C. didn’t                    D. should

49. A. an old man               B. some people  C. nobody              D. my mother

50. A. lucky                       B. sad                 C. willing                     D. happy

51.A. after                  B. without            C. liking                       D. against

52. A. friend                      B. teacher            C. classmate                  D. girlfriend

53.A. ugly                  B. beautiful  C. lovely                       D. kind

54.A. rich                      B. farmer’s     C. happy                       D. poor

55.A. foolish                  B. kind-hearted      C. wise                      D. honest

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is  36  who has large bright eyes and fine skin.

When I was in Grade Four, I  37  such a girl. I sat right in front of her and  38  her to see if she was a real beauty. She  39  a beauty in my eyes until the day she  40 with me. She demanded that I  41  her pencil box which I  42  knocked on to the floor. I  43 . Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about  44  each other.

During the years that followed, I came across  45  explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty,  46  that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful,  47  said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I  48  give these a second thought.

I searched for a beauty  49  had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite  50  with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty  51  experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my  52 . She was not very pretty but she was 53 . She was born in a  54  family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the  55  old man had described to me.

36.A. your classmate   B. a girl              C. an experienced girl   D. an ugly girl

37. A. liked                B. was tired of     C. was against              D. found

38. A. stared at           B. scolded           C. beat               D. laughed at

39. A. wasn’t             B. pretended to be        C. treated himself      D. was

40. A. quarreled          B. talked             C. played                     D. studied

41. A. steal                  B. rob her of       C. like                       D. pick up

42. A. by chance         B. by no means  C. by herself            D. by the way

43. A. agreed                B. refused             C. was happy                D. did so

44. A. talking with      B. helping         C. hitting                 D. leaving

45. A. the same           B. different  C. the opposite        D. some correct

46.A. but                     B. or                    C. as                            D. so

47. A. Everyone         B. The others       C. Nobody           D. Others

48. A. did                    B. must         C. didn’t                  D. should

49. A. an old man              B. some people  C. nobody            D. my mother

50. A. lucky                      B. sad                C. willing                   D. happy

51.A. after                 B. without           C. liking                     D. against

52. A. friend                     B. teacher           C. classmate                D. girlfriend

53.A. ugly                 B. beautiful  C. lovely                     D. kind

54.A. rich                    B. farmer’s    C. happy                     D. poor

55.A. foolish                B. kind-hearted     C. wise                    D. honest

 

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。

As soon as I learned to say the word “beauty”, I set out to look for it. Before I could find it, I asked my mother what a beauty was like. She said that a beauty is  1who has large bright eyes and fine skin.

When I was in Grade Four, I  2such a girl. I sat right in front of her and  3her to see if she was a real beauty. She  4a beauty in my eyes until the day she  5with me. She demanded that I  6her pencil box which I  7knocked on to the floor. I  8. Suddenly she flew at me and threw me onto the ground and we rolled about  9each other.

During the years that followed, I came across  10explanations given to me by different people. Some said a girl with a thin figure(体形) is a beauty,  11that a girl with a gentle voice is beautiful,  12said it is a girl with hair that is like a waterfall. I  13give these a second thought.

I searched for a beauty  14had told me before, but it was useless. Then I met an old man. He told me that a beauty is a girl who might not be quite  15with natural beauty. However, she becomes a beauty  16experiencing hardship. After a 10-year hunt for a beauty, I found her. She became my  17. She was not very pretty but she was 18. She was born in a  19family and had to take care of herself from young. When we married, I really got the idea about a beauty. She was the one the  20old man had described to me.

1.A. your classmate     B. a girl       C. an experienced girl D. an ugly girl

2.A. liked              B. was tired of     C. was against             D. found

3.A. stared at          B. scolded          C. beat             D. laughed at

4.A. wasn’t        B. pretended to be C. treated himself      D. was

5.A. quarreled          B. talked       C. played              D. studied

6.A. steal              B. rob her of  C. like                 D. pick up

7.A. by chance          B. by no means  C. by herself          D. by the way

8.A. agreed            B. refused       C. was happy           D. did so

9.A. talking with      B. helping       C. hitting                D. leaving

10.A. the same          B. different    C. the opposite        D. some correct

11.A. but              B. or            C. as                  D. so

12.A. Everyone          B. The others  C. Nobody         D. Others

13.A. did              B. must          C. didn’t                D. should

14.A. an old man        B. some people  C. nobody        D. my mother

15.A. lucky             B. sad          C. willing                D. happy

16.A. after             B. without          C. liking             D. against

17.A. friend            B. teacher          C. classmate          D. girlfriend

18.A. ugly              B. beautiful    C. lovely             D. kind

19.A. rich                 B. farmer’s     C. happy              D. poor

20.A. foolish          B. kind-hearted      C. wise               D. honest

 

 

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