Shaking It Off

One day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dry well(井). The poor animal cried for hours before his       finally found him. The farmer tried hard to pull him out from the well but failed. He felt       for the donkey but after carefully thinking about the situation, he       that he would save neither the donkey nor the well. Since the donkey was too       and it was not worth（值得） the trouble of saving. So he invited his neighbors to help him bury(埋葬) the old donkey in the __    so that it would make him end his pain.

      many people coming to help, the old donkey was excited at first. As they began to scoop the dirt into the well with shovels(铲子), he soon       what was happening. He felt upset and cried sadly again. As the farmer and his neighbors continued throwing the dirt on his      , he suddenly had a good idea. Some time later, when the farmer finally looked down into the well, he was surprised at what he saw:      the dirt landed on his back, he would shake it off and take a step up!

Soon, everyone was amazed when the donkey stepped       over the edge of the well and ran away quickly! It seemed that it would       him at first, but it actually helped him later because of the manner in which he faced his adversity(逆境).

That is life! Just like the donkey, life is going to throw dirt on us, all kinds of dirt.      we face our problems in an active way, and refuse to       to any trouble, each dirt is like a stepping stone with which we get out of the deepest wells. This is a key       one of the secrets of life.      stop and never give up. Success is just in its way.

1.A. neighbor                 B. owner                                C. relative                   D. kid

2.A. sorry                    B. lucky                                 C. dangerous                      D. worried

3.A. complained                  B. decided                            C. agreed                         D. meant

4.A. strong                           B. tall                                     C. old                                     D. poor

5.A. water                            B. hole                                  C. well                               D. house

6.A. Heard                            B. Hearing                            C. To hear                    D. Hears

7.A. realized                        B. remembered                  C. discovered                  D. found

8.A. leg                            B. stomach                   C. tail                                     D. back

9.A. any time                  B. every time                        C. one time                          D. some time

10.A. angrily                        B. heavily           C. proudly                    D. sadly

11.A. save                            B. bother                              C. fill                             D. bury

12.A. as soon as                  B. as long as                         C. as far as                            D. as well as

13.A. give up                       B. give out                            C. give in                               D. give off

14.A. to                                 B. of                             C. on                                      D. from

15.A. Always                        B. Never                          C. Sometimes                        D. Hardly

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Self-images are our own mind’s pictures of ourselves. These images（意象）include the way we look, the way we act, the way we talk and the way we think. When we find that believing in ourselves is a bit hard, it is time we build positive（积极的）self-images and learn to have happy lives.

 Interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about us. Unluckily, most of these images are more negative（消极的）than they should be. Thus changing the way we think about ourselves is the key to change our self-images and our whole world.

The best way to destroy a passive（被动的）self-image is to step back and decide to pay attention to our successes. That is, make a list if we need to, but write down all of the great things we do every day. Don’t allow doubts to happen on us.

It very well might be that we are experiencing negative self-images because we can’t move past the weakness that we see about ourselves. Well, make a change of it as our primary tasks. If we think we’re silly because we aren’t good at math, find someone to help us. If we think we’re weak because we can’t run a mile, get more practice. But remember, what we think doesn’t mean it’s true.

The best way to get rid of a negative self-image is to realize that our images are far from the goals, and to actively make ourselves believe that we have positive personalities. Changing the way we think and working on those we need to improve will go a long way to create new positive self-images. When we can pat ourselves on the back, we’ll know we’re well on our way.

64. What are self-images?

65. When do we need to build positive self-images?

66. What’s the key to change our self-images?

67. How can we destroy passive self-images?

68. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?