Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it. I think that is the beginning of failure and that is why what we hate remains around us. If you don’t want to see things around you, don’t just hope it’ll change.
We have such an amazing power of creativity inside us to change the way things work around us. Only lazy people go about and say that is the way things have been working. I’ve come to discover that things around us depend on our actions and inactions. What I mean is that the circumstances that we like depend only on the things we do and the things we don’t do.
Do you want your country to change? Start by changing the small things around you. Before you think too far about any small thing to change, your habit should be the first thing to change. Change what you think about and talk about. Can you remember how difficult it was for you to break a habit that you desired to break some years back? If so, then you must accept that things aren’t just going to change by a magic thought. If it isn’t so easy to change yourself when you want to, it isn’t going to be so easy to change the people around you.
I think the best way I’ve changed people around me is that I changed myself. When you change, they’ll change. Just change yourself and see how many people will tell you later that you are the one who changes them. That’s one simple way young people can change their nations.
小題1: According to the text, why do we fail to change what we don’t like? _______
A．Because we lack the power of creativity.
B．Because we never plan to change them.
C．Because they cannot be changed.
D．Because we don’t have the ability.
小題2:The author can change people around him because he has realized that 　　　　.
A．things around us decide what we do
B．the further you think, the better
C．his actions can affect things around him
D．he has to change the nation first
小題3:The third paragraph aims at 　　　　.
A．telling readers one of the author’s interesting experiences
B．giving an example to show how to change things around us
C．showing readers how to change a nation
D．a(chǎn)sking us to remember to change our nation
小題4:What can we learn from the text? ________
A．Circumstance creates a person.
B．It is never too late to change your habits.
C．A long journey begins with the first step.
D．Changing ourselves means changing others.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D

小題:從文章第一段第一句Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it可得知答案。
小題:從文章最后一段可看出改變周圍的人的最好方式就是改變自己，當(dāng)你改變，他們也會(huì)改變，也就是可以通過自己的行為來影響別人。故選Ｃ
小題:仔細(xì)琢磨本段不難看出作者是舉一個(gè)例子說明我們可以怎樣來改變我們周圍的事物。
小題:綜合全文，要想改變周圍的人或環(huán)境，從自己做起，通過自己的自己的行為來影響別人改變別人。改變我們自己就意味著改變他人。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文論述了要想改變周圍的人或環(huán)境，從自己做起，通過自己的自己的行為來影響別人改變別人。改變我們自己就意味著改變他人
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