People say, you can not change the environment, but can change their own; you can not change the facts, but can change attitudes; you can not change the past, but can be changed now; you can not control other people, but can be masters of our own; you can not do everything well, but can be conscientious in everything; you can not about the weather, but you can change the mood; you can not choose looks, but it can show a smile.
Indeed, one key to the success lies in his (her) mind. The difference between successful people and the losers are: winners will be setbacks and difficulties due to personal ability, experience, imperfect, to emphasize the inherent, they are willing to continuously improve and develop the right direction; and the losers will blame on the opportunity, and the environment injustice, emphasizing external and uncontrollable factors that created the position of their life, they always complain, wait and give up!
In many cases, is a humble person who is looked down upon his own. Person's appearance, his family, and so a priori condition that can not be changed, but at least inner state, the spirit of the will is entirely their own control. Mentality, the final decision of life high. There is no absolute bad thing, only the mentality of the absolute poor people. If even the state of mind will not adjust, how they deal with things more complicated than the mentality of it!
No matter what the situation, a person's attitude is very important. Passion put to work, and numbness sluggish to work completely different. Emerson said: "A move toward their goals is always people who gave him the whole world to give way." On the contrary, failure is not because we do not have the strength, but because we are susceptible to all around us, used to go along with the lack of assertive, attitude unstable, easily frustrated reason.
As long as we believe that the strength of mind, change their attitude and courage to face a number of disappointments in life, do not despair, brave go on. I believe the power of mind, mind you're in the height of the final decision.
小題1:The underlined word “humble” in Paragraph 3 probably means _____.
A．ignobleB．optimistic
C．luckyD．stubborn
小題2: Where can you probably find the text?
A．In a popular magazineB．In a tourist guidebook
C．In a physics textbookD．In an official report
小題3:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．You can change nothing.
B．The Power of Mind.
C．The secret of success.
D．The difference between successful people and the losers
小題4: Which best describes the writer’s tone in the passage?
A．Approving.B．Concerned.C．Enthusiastic.D．Encouraged

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了心態(tài)的力量，無論做什么事情，一個人的態(tài)度非常重要。一個朝著自己目標(biāo)永遠(yuǎn)前進(jìn)的人，整個世界都給他讓路。那就是心態(tài)的力量。
小題1:猜詞題：根據(jù)In many cases, is a humble person who is looked down upon his own.這個句子的意思是在許多情況下出身卑微的人是自己看低了自己�？梢圆鲁鰄umble意思是卑微的。Ignoble卑微的；optimistic樂觀的；lucky運氣好的；stubborn頑固的，故選A。
小題2:推測題：這篇文章主要講了一個人能否成功的關(guān)鍵還在于他(她)的心態(tài)�？芍@篇文章最可能出現(xiàn)在很受歡迎的雜志上。In a popular magazine 很受歡迎的雜志；In a tourist guidebook旅行指南；In a physics textbook物理課本；In an official report官方報告，故選A。
小題3:概括題：根據(jù)As long as we believe that the strength of mind, change their attitude and courage to face a number of disappointments in life, do not despair, brave go on. I believe the power of mind, mind you're in the height of the final decision.可知這篇文章主要講了只要我們相信心態(tài)的力量，調(diào)整好心態(tài)，勇敢的去面對生活上的一些不如意，不要氣餒，勇敢的走下去。相信心態(tài)的力量，心態(tài)最終決定你所處的高度。故選B。
小題4:推測題：這篇文章是一篇勵志短文，所以作者的語調(diào)是鼓勵。Approving.滿意；Concerned.關(guān)心；Enthusiastic熱情的；Encouraged鼓勵，故選D。
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C．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
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“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes because he never thought that he had so many shortcomings.
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. “Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said happily.
Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us and see the wonderful things before us?
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C．Because he was sorry that he didn’t find any annoyance about his wife.
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One of the greatest sources of unhappiness，in my experience，is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are．
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This can be applied to whatever you do：how other people act at work，how politics works and how depressing the news media can be．Accept these things as they are，and try to understand why they’re that way．It will save you a lot of sadness，because you’ll no longer say,“Oh．1 wish bad things didn’t happen!’’
Does it mean you can never change things? Not at a11．But change things not because you can’t accept things as they are，but because you enjoy the process of changing，learning and growing．
Can we make this world a better place? You can say that you’11 continue to try to do things to help others，to grow as a person，to make a difference in this world．That’s the correct path you choose to take，because you enjoy that path．Therefore，when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference，try a different approach：accept，and understand．It might lead to some interesting results．
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A．it is our natural emotion in the life
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A．depressingB．frighteningC．delightingD．idealistic
小題3:In Paragraph 4，the underlined word "it" refers to ____________．
A．a(chǎn)cting well at work and in politics
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C．a(chǎn)ccepting and understanding what has happened
D．saying something negative when bad things come
小題4:In the last paragraph，you are advised _____________．
A．to help others and make a difference
B．to enjoy what you have to do in the work
C．to judge yourself and make a wish for you
D．to try a new way when making the world better
小題5:What is the main theme of the passage?
A．Expecting things to be different gives us hope．
B．Accepting can make our life happier and better．
C．Traditional culture becomes root of unhappiness．
D．Judging good or bad is important for our world．

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