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? Top 5 Ways to Build a Wonderful Life

Live below your means(收入).

??? We all want to buy that new piece of technology, or take out a loan(贷款) for the expensive car we can’t afford. It might feel great at the time but spending too much hurts a lot later on.

Enjoy life’s simple pleasures and save as much as you can. ??? 1.?? Careful spending will bring you greater enjoyment in the long run.

Put your money to work.

??? ?? 2.?? Good investments(投资) can be the difference between retiring in your 40’s or in your 60’s. If a person in their 20’s invests 20% of their income, the interest(利息) they earn will equal their current salary when they reach their early 40’s. They could retire without a drop in income!

Educate yourself.

To be happy we need continuous growth. ? 3.?? ? This doesn’t mean you need to get a doctor’s degree or spend 2 hours every day. Self education can be anything that takes you out of your comfort zone. The important part is keeping an open mind and searching for fresh ideas and perspectives.

??? 4.??? ??

Suppose you had everything you wanted. Would you be happy without anyone to share it with? The personal relationships with friends and family members are the greatest source of happiness in our lives. Don’t forget about them. Without the people you care about you’ll probably be miserable, no matter how successful you are.

Work towards a dream.

??? Even if your life isn’t perfect, you can always build towards a goal. If you aren’t building towards something, you’ll probably stagnating(停滞). ?? 5.??? ??

??? We can’t control everything about lives, but working towards a goal lays the basis for future success. No matter what your dream is, get out there and start doing something.

A. Take care of others.

B. Education builds over time.

C. Develop lasting personal relationships.

D. The best way to grow is life-long education.

E. The best way to avoid this is working towards a goal.

F. Expensive things don’t create lasting happiness and security.

G. Saving is great, but to make the most of your money, you need to put it to work.

People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a ___1___ problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without ___2___; they try to find a solution by trial and error. ___3___, when all of these methods ___4___, the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six ___5___ in analysing a problem.

___6___ the person must recognise that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must ___7___ that there is a problem with his bicycle.

Next the person must ___8___ the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must ___9___ the parts that are wrong.

Now the person must look for ___10___ that will make the problem clearer and lead to ___11___ solutions. For example, suppose Sam ___12___ that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. ___13___, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, ___14___ his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.

After ___15___ the problem, the person should have ___16___ suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example ___17___, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones.

In the end, one ___18___ seems to be the solution ___19___ the problem. Sometimes the ___20___ idea comes quite ___21___ because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a ___22___ way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum (口香糖) stuck to a brake. He ___23___ hits on the solution to his problem: he must ___24___ the brake.

Finally the solution is ___25___. Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.

1. A. serious   B. usual   C. similar       D. common

2. A. practice  B. thinking     C. understanding    D. help

3. A. Besides  B. Instead       C. Otherwise   D. However

4. A. fail B. work   C. change       D. develop

5. A. ways      B. conditions  C. stages  D. orders

6. A. First      B. Usually      C. In general   D. Most importantly

7. A. explain   B. prove  C. show   D. see

8. A. judge     B. find    C. describe     D. face

9. A. check     B. determine   C. correct       D. recover

10. A. answers       B. skills   C. explanation D. information

11. A. possible       B. exact   C. real     D. special

12. A. hopes   B. argues C. decides       D. suggests

13. A. In other words    B. Once in a while 

C. First of all  D. At this time

14. A. look for       B. talk to C. agree with  D. depend on

15. A. discussing    B. settling down     C. comparing with  D. studying

16. A. extra    B. enough       C. several       D. countless

17. A. secondly      B. again  C. also    D. alone

18. A. suggestion   B. conclusion  C. decision     D. discovery

19. A. with     B. into    C. for      D. to

20. A. next     B. clear   C. final   D. new

21. A. unexpectedly       B. late     C. clearly       D. often

22. A. simple  B. different     C. quick  D. sudden

23. A. fortunately   B. easily  C. clearly       D. immediately

24. A. clean    B. separate      C. loosen D. remove

25. A. recorded      B. completed  C. tested  D. accepted

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”.

I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

The clock struck 12. “Oh, dear!” I cried, “ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures ( 可怜的人 ) in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ .

A. asleep             B. working in bed     C. outside             D. quietly laughing at him

2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________. 

A. it was too late at night

B. he was very tired

C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3.What do you suppose happened to the author？

A. He went to a church to pray again

B. He passed the exam by luck

C. He failed in the exam

D. He was punished by his teacher

4.The best title for the passage would be __________ .

A. The Night Before the Examination

B. Working Far into the Night

C. A Slow Student

D. Going Over My Lessons

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have ? ? ? how difficult it is to write a ? ? ? children's book.? Either the author has aimed too ? ? . , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, ? ? ?? the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children's books are ? ? ? very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the ? ? who hears the story and the adult who ? ? ?? it. Unfortunately, there are in fact?? ? ? books like this, ? ? the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not ? ? ? to solve.

This may be why many of books regarded as ? ? ? of children's literature were in fact written for ? ? . “Alice's Adventure in Wonderland” is perhaps the most ? ? ? of this.

Children, left for themselves, often ? ? the worst possible interest in literature. Just? leave a child in bookshop or ? ? and he will more? willingly choose the books ? ? in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics ( 连环画 ), full of the stories and jokes to which both teachers and right-thinking parents? ? .

Perhaps we parents should stop trying to persuade children into ? ? ? our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so ? ? that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the ? books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise（妥协） over that bedtime story.

1.A.hoped????????????? ????????????? B. realized????????????? ????????????? C. told????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. said

2.A.short????????????? ????????????? ??? B. long????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. bad????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. good

3.A. easy????????????? ????????????? ??? B. short????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. high????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. difficult

4.A. and????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. but????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. or????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. so

5.A. both????????????? ????????????? ?? B. neither????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. either????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. very

6.A. child????????????? ????????????? ?? B. father????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. mother????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. teacher

7.A. hears????????????? ????????????? B. buys????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. understands????????????? ????????????? D. reads

8.A. few????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. many????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. little????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. much

9.A. but????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. however???? ????????????? C. so?????????? ????????????? D. because

10.A.hard????????????? ????????????? ??? B. easy????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. enough????????????? ????????????? D. fast

11.A.articles????????????? ????????????? B. work?????? ????????????? C. arts????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. works

12.A. adults????????????? ????????????? B. girls????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. boys????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. children

13.A. difficult????????????? ????????????? B. hidden????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. obvious????????????? ????????????? D. easy

14.A. are????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. show????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. find????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. add

15.A. library????????????? ????????????? B. school ????????????? ????????????? C. home????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. office

16.A. read????????????? ????????????? B. designed????????????? ????????????? C. printed????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. written

17.A. favor ????????????? ????????????? B. interest????????????? ????????????? C. object????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. read

18.A.receiving????????????? ?? B. accepting????????????? ????????????? C. having????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. refusing

19.A.same????????????? ????????????? B. friendly????????????? ????????????? C. different????????????? ????????????? D. common

20.A.common????????????? ????????????? B. average????????????? ????????????? C. different????????????? ????????????? D. same?????????????