Why is setting goals (目標(biāo)) important? Because goals can help you do and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you,goals allow you to make your life happen.

Successful people in life imagine how their life should be and set lots of goals. 1 It's like having a sign to show you where you want to go.

Think of it in this way. There are two drivers. One has a place to go to clearly in mind which can be found on a map. He can drive straight there surely without any wasted time. The other driver has no goal,or a map. 2 But he drivers aimlessly (無目的地) around,never getting anywhere,just u-sing up oil. Which driver do you want to be?

3 They decide what they want in life and then get there by setting goals and making plans. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set,and they aren^ difficult to reach. 4 You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.

Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more likely to achieve it.

5 They are harder to forget. Also when you write your goals in your own way,you are a-ble to make yourself realize situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，從下面五個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入文中空缺處的最佳選項(xiàng)，使短文意思通順、內(nèi)容完整。

   A. Written goals can be reviewed usually.

   B. He starts off at the same time from the same place.

   C. Ifs up to you to find out what your goals really are.

   D. By setting goals you are taking control of your life.

   E. Winners in life set goals and follow through on them.

1.  2.  3.

4.  5.

(2015河南)

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閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成句子。

Do some colors make you feel calm while others give you energy? Scientists have studied the connection between color and mood (心情) for a long time. Many believe that color can influ-ence our moods.

Warm,bright colors such as yellow and red are positive colors. They can give people a pleasant feeling. Cool colors such as blue,purple,and green are relaxing colors. They help people experience calm feelings.

Many public places are decorated (裝飾) with certain colors in order to create certain moods. Orange makes people feel hungry,and many restaurants are painted in this color.

People use color in their homes to create moods as well. Blue is a peaceful color. It helps you rest,so it is a very good color for a bedroom.

Colors can create bad moods,too. Some types of blue make people feel sad. Red can make people feel angry.

What is your mood right now? Now look at the color of the walls round you. Does it match your mood?

1. Cool colors are relaxing colors and they help people experience .

2. Orange makes people ， and many restaurants are painted this color.

3. People use color in their homes to  as well.

4. Some types of make people feel sad.

5. This passage mainly tells us how color .

(2015天津)

[例2]

Welcome to Youth Radio,your radio. Here we’re proud to introduce three Amazing Kids.

Gina,who is thirteen years old,got first prize in the “Young Cook of the Year” competition and she wants to write a recipe book for kids. "I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use,” she says. Gina learned by watching her father,who's also good at cooking,in the kitchen. She wants to encourage other children to cook,because "everyone needs to eat,so it's a skill that will always be useful!”

Seventeen-year-old Brian used to love running until he was hurt in a serious accident three years ago. He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again. Now he's an athlete who has recently taken part in a long race. “After my accident I wanted to give up ,” he says. “But now l,m happy to be alive and able to continue running."

Helen has always been good at science,but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor. Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town. “That gave me an idea ,” says the clever sixteen-year-old. It took her over a year to invent a small special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming. One company is already interested in selling it'so it may be in the shops soon!

Do you know a child like them? Please e-mail us at amaxingkids@ mail,com and tell us why he or she should be on our radio. Thank you.

(2012山西)

1. What was Gina the winner of?

分析：根據(jù)“got first prize in the ‘Young Cook of the Year’ competition”可以得出答案。

2. Does Gina want to write a children's recipe book? Why?

分析:一般疑問句要先做肯定或否定回答。回答時(shí)候要注意謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞“she wants”。

3. Why is it surprising that Brian is an ath-lete?

分析:這道題需要根據(jù)上下文判斷，得出雖然他失去了一條腿仍然繼續(xù)跑步。

4. What is Helen's new invention used for?

分析:注意for后面用分詞形式。

5. What do you think the three Amazing Kids are like?

分析:這道題雖然原文中沒有明確答案，但是如果綜合三個(gè)孩子的事跡便可以得出答案，只要答到了 creative,brave,bardworking 這樣的形容詞就正確。

[例1]

Sometimes people come into your life and you know that they are there to teach you a lesson,or to help you understand who you are or who you want to become.

You never know these people who may be a classmate,a neighbour or a friend—but when you lock your eyes on them,you know at that very moment they will influence your life in some ways.

Sometimes things that happen to you may seem unpleasant,painful,orfrustratingatfirst. But in another way,you find that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your ability,strength or will power (意志力) .

The people you meet and the success you get help to create who you are and who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact,they are sometimes the most important ones.

If someone loves you,give love back to them in the way you can,not only because they love you,but because in a way,they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.

If someone hurts you,or breaks your heart,forgive (原諒) them,for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being carefui of people around.

Self-confidence is necessary to a person. If you’re not confident,it will be hard for others to believe in you.

Learn a lesson in life each day you live!

(2013山西)

1. Who can influence your life in some ways?

分析:這道題的答案比較明確，在第二段看到influence這個(gè)詞，便可以找到答案。

2. Are unpleasant things good for you?

分析:一般疑問句要做肯定或否定回答。從第三段可以找到答案。

3. Why are bad experiences very important to you?

分析：從原文中“ Even the bad experiences can be learned from. ”可以得出答案。

4. What should you do if somebody hurts you?

分析：從文中If someone hurts you ,…可以找到答案。

5. What does the writer try to tell us?

分析..作者的主旨大意在最后一句明確寫出來了。

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Teenager Jake Deham was skiing (滑雪) with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn't know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain,there was no sign of Jake.

Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere. In the end,he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he cou dn’t work out the right way to go.

It was now getting dark and he was a long way "from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm (鎮(zhèn)定) At home,Jake watched a lot of programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn't blow into it. Outside his hole,the temperature fell to a dangerous - 15°C that night,but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said,^"If you are lost,you should find some one else^'s  tracks (足跡) through the snow and follow them. ” “I wanted to live my life ,” remembers Jake. “So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those." He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski,he found a team of worker who came to save him. He was safe!

His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly,Jake didn't even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.

So,the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time,think of Jake.

Sometimes TV can save your life!

() 1. Jake's parents didn't know that he was missing until .

   A. they reached the foot of the mountain

   B. they began to ski down the mountain

   C. a team of workers found Jake

   D. Jake lost on of his skis

() 2. What was the most important decision Jake made for his safety?

   A. To go skiing with his family in the USA.

   B. To search for the ski that he had lost in the snow.

   C. To take off his other ski and walk down the mountain.

   D. To build a hole in the snow to keep himself warm.

() 3. How did Jake get down the mountain the next morning?

   A. He followed his parents.

   B. He followed the workers.

   C. He followed some ski tracks.

   D. He followed some light.

() 4. What was the correct order in which these events happened?

a. Jake made a hole in the snow.

b. Jake lost one of his skis.

c. Jake finally saw lights.

d. Jake skied with his family.

   A. d—b—a—c

   B. 3—b—c-d

   C. b—0—d—c

   D. c-b-a-d

() 5. Facing the difficulties,Jake Denham was .

   A. polite and hard-working

   B. calm and clever

   C. outgoing and helpful

   D. warm and friendly (2015杭州)

Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well,Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain,but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.

Greg's story began with failure. In 1993,he set out to climb K2,the world's second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days,he stumbled (踉蹌) into the village of korphe in northern Pakistan,injured (受傷) and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days. 

Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry,and some of them were ill. Also,the village school didn't have a roof (屋頂) and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. “ I'll build you a school,” he told the villagers. “I promise. ”

Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money!Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger!Since then,Greg's organization has built around 80 schools and mns many others in Pakistan and other countries,too.

Greg hasn’t finished yet He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes,but ifs the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy!

Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It's an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary (普通的) people can do with courage and determination (決心) ！

() 1. What was wrong with Greg when he got to the village for the first time?

   A. He fell ill.

   B. He was badly hurt and hungry.

   C. He lost his way.

   D. He failed in his business.

() 2. How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?

   A. He raised and saved money.

   B. He did business to make money.

   C. He wrote a book to sell for money.

   D. He borrowed money from his fiends.

() 3. What does the underlined word “this”refer to?

   A. Saving money.

   B. Living in the car. 

   C. Raising money. 

   D. Building the school.

() 4. Whafs the main idea of this passage?

   A. Building schools can help people to have a better life.

   B. We have to do something in return to those who help us.

   C. Ordinary people can make a difference to peopled lives.

   D. Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people.

(2015江西)

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"Where there is a will,there is a way.Perhaps not many students can understand this better than 22-year-old Michael Ha. Because of his story of success,he has become an example to many young people.

Michael Ha was bom in a very poor family. His parents worked in Vietnam before they moved to Britain in 1980. They couldn’t find work in Britain because they spoke little English. The whole family had to live on benefits (救濟(jì)金) and they lived in a small house in Hackney,a poor area in East London. Growing up was not easy for Michael,but he never gave up.

At the age of 10 ,he set his heart on going to Cambridge University. It was not easy,either. Michael studied at a school,which used to be called “the worst school in Britain”. However,young Michael made up his mind to try his best,no matter what kind of school he was studying at.

The smart boy studied very hard and did weil in every subject at school. Once he made a bet (打賭) with his friend to learn further math. As a result,after spending just four months teaching himself from a textbook,he got an A in AS-level further math.  Now Michael is the star medical student at St. John's College,Cambridge and has just won an award (獎(jiǎng)) for his excellent grades. He hopes he will be an inspiration for other young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. 

() 1. When was Michael born?

   A. In 1994.   B. In 1980.

   C. In 1990.   D. In 1984.

() 2. Where did Michaers parents work before 1980?

   A. In Britain. B. In Vietnam.

   C. In Cambridge. D. In Hackney.

() 3. What does Michael learn about in Cam bridge University?

   A. English. B. History.

   C. Geography. D. Medicine.

() 4. Which of the following is TURE?

   A. Michael's parents couldn’t find work in Britain because they had little work experience.

   B. Michael had a dream of studying at Cambridge University when he was eleven years old.

   C. In order to get an A in AS-level further math,Michael spent four months teaching himself.

   D. Michael has won two awards for his excellent grades.

() 5. What is the best title of the passage?

   A. How to deal with the difficulties?

   B. How to become a good student?

   C. From a poor area to Cambridge.

   D. From “worst school” to Cambridge University.

(2015廣東梅州) 

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Many years ago,there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something good for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out if they deserved (值得) his help. So he put a very large stone in the middle of the main road into the town. Then he stood behind a tree,waiting and watching.

Soon an old man came along with his cow. “Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man,but he didn't try to move the stone away. He passed around the stone with some difficulties and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing then another came,and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road,but nobody tried to move it.

Late in the afternoon,a young man came along. He saw the stone and said ,“It will be dark at night. Some people will come along later in the dark and will fall over the stone and get hurt. " The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled and tried everything he could to move it out of the road. But to his surprise,under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message ,“This money is for the person who moves this stone from the road. The person deserves help."

() 1. Who put the stone in the center of the road?

   A. An old man.

   B. A rich man.

   C. A young man.

   D. Another man

() 2. Why did the young man move the stone out of the road?

   A. Because he was strong enough to move it.

   B. Because he knew there was a bag of money under it.

   C. Because he didn't want other people to fall and get hurt.

   D. Because the rich man wanted him to do so.

() 3. When the young man moved the stone,he found .

   A. a bag

   B. a message

   C. a bag full of money and a message

   D. a bag full of message

() 4. All of the people coming along the road did nothing about the stone except .

   A. people of the town

   B. the young man

   C. the rich man

   D. the old man with his cow

() 5. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. If we do well,we will have well.

   B. If we move stones,we will have a lot of money.

   C. The young man was lucky.

   D. Other people were unlucky.

(2015貴州安順)

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A young British man called Luke Cameron has done a good deed (行為) every day for more than a year and he says it has completely changed his life.

Luke made a decision at the beginning of 2014. He started by doing one small good thing every single day from January 1st,2014. For example,he greeted the waiter at a cafe on New Year's Day and he bought food and drink for some homeless people the next day.

He set up a website where he could write down all his good deeds,like helping the neighbor take out the rubbish or spending a few hours in helping a disabled lady pick out a dress for a party.

“I've never thought of any return from helping others. Actually,it has given me happiness and I have become more thankful and grateful for the things I have now.Luke said. He has decided to continue doing good deeds in 2015.

Luke won the competition for the job of National Philanthropy (慈善 ) Manager because of his kind deeds. He will travel all over the UK and help 45 different charities in 2015.

^"I used to work as a parttime worker in a shop. Now I become the National Philanthropy Manager. ” Luke said, “I think I've helped myself by helping others. ”

() 1. Which of the following is NOT a good deed for Luke?

   A. Walkingthedogforhisneighbor.

   B. Cleaning the house for his old neighbor.

   C. Spending his own money buying food for people in need.

   D. Selling things to customers when he worked in the shop.

() 2. How did Luke win the competition for the job of National Philanthropy Manager?

   A. By having a kind heart.

   B. By doing many good deeds.

   C. By writing down good deeds.

   D. By spending all his money.

() 3. According to the passage,we can know that .

   A. Luke was very rich in the past

   B. Luke has done good deeds for over a year

   C. Luke wrote down his good deeds in a notebook

   D. Luke became more thankful when he began to do good deeds

() 4. The passage is probably from

   A. a newspaper

   B. a novel

   C. an advertisement

   D. a scientific book (2015內(nèi)蒙古鄂爾多斯)

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I once knew a man who was rich in his love for birds,and in their love for him. He lived in a grove full of all kinds of trees. He had no wife or children in his home. He was an old man with blue and kind eyes,and a voice that the birds loved.

While he was at work in the grove,the birds came close to pick up the worms (螺蟲) in the fresh earth he dug up. At first,they kept their distance from him,but they soon found he was a kind man,and would not hurt them,but liked to have them near him.

They knew this by his kind eyes and voice,which tell what is in the heart. So,day by day their faith in his love grew in them.

All the birds of the grove were soon his best friends. They were on the watch for him,and would fly down from the green tree tops to greet him with their chirp (機(jī)機(jī)喳喳叫) .

When he had no work to do,he took bread with him,and dropped the pieces on the ground. Down they would dart (俯沖) on his head and feet to catch them as they fell from his hand.

He showed me how they loved him. He put a piece of bread in his mouth,with one end of it out of his lips. Down they came like bees at a flower,and flew off with it piece by piece.

When they thought he slept too long in the morning,they would fly in and

They went with him to church,and while he sang his hymns in it,they sat in the trees,and sang their praises.

 So the love and trust of birds were a joy to the old man all his life long.

() 1 . The birds didn't get close to the old man at first because .

   A. he often hurt them   B. he disliked them near him

   C. they knew little about him   D. they got no food from him

() 2. The underlined word “faith” in Paragraph 3 means in Chinese.

   A. 承諾   B. 祝福

   C. 希望   D. 信任

() 3. Which of the following is the best ex pression to fill in the blank in the passage?

   A. follow him here and there

   B. call him up with their chirp

   C. drop pieces of bread on him

   D. look for worms in the house

() 4. It can be learnt from the story that

   A. birds are human's best friends

   B. everyone gets on well with animals

   C. one can get love in return for giving love

   D. a person who loves birds is warm-hearted (2015浙江嘉興)