Dear Maggie,

I have a problem! I really don’t know what    21    (say) to people when I meet them for the   22   (one) time. I find it hard   23    (talk) to new people because I think they might laugh at me. I’m not as interesting, clever or funny as my friends. If people   24    (start) talking to me, they’ll realize I’m just   25   (bore). Please help!

                                                      Anna

Anna

Don’t worry. You are not alone. We have all   26   (feel) this way before.  If you enjoy   27   (do) things like acting, find a course to join. It can make you  28    (feel) better about yourself, or join a sports or hobby club. These can help you have fun and meet people. But remember, if you are really  29  (interesting) in someone, they  30   (not think) you are boring. So ask them lots of questions about themselves, and smile, and they’ll think you are great!

                                                               Maggie

21.___________ 22.___________ 23.__________  24.__________  25.___________

26.___________ 27.____________28.__________ 29.___________  30.___________

“Would you tell me which way I should go from here?” asked Alice.

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.

“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.

“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

--- from “ Alice in Wonderland ”

My name is David. And I have a brother called Mike.

One day, my brother called me and asked me for some advice. He was trying to decide between two job offers:

Job 1 – The first job was your typical 40 hour a week “office” job.

Job 2 – The second job was more of a career in the insurance industry(保險(xiǎn)業(yè)), where he would start at the bottom, and after many years and many long hours eventually rise to the top (if he was good).

The second job did not pay as well as the first job (at the beginning), but the pay-off of the second job (in the future) was much greater than the first job. So which job should my brother take? Well the answer is…it depends.

Just like the Cat was trying to tell Alice, which road you take depends a great deal on where you want to end up.

Begin with the End in Mind

I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose was to “teach,” but he wanted to make a lot of money first. I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose. I then asked him which job best supported his end result of “teaching.” He said the first job best supported his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would give him spare time to teach. He continued on to say, “but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make more money, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life.” I again advised him to “focus” on his purpose, not money. Things don’t end wrong, they begin wrong!

You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well

It would be very difficult to have a successful teaching career while you’re working 70-80 hours a week in the insurance business; no one can ride two horses well. As they say, you can do anything, but not everything. I advised him to get started today by choosing the job that best supported that decision.

Tomorrow Never Comes

My brother was thinking that he could always start teaching later in life, but the reality is, tomorrow never comes. Unless you decide right now to follow your feelings, they will probably never be completed. You only live once, don’t go to the end of your life with one regret.

The Money Will Come

My brother seemed to be overly concerned with making money. I told him not to be anxious about making money. You will always have greater money when you’re doing what you love.

In a word, whenever you’re at a cross-road, be sure to make the decision that best supports the goal of your life. If you do, then you will be well on your way.

1.Mike ___________ David one day.

A．visited            B．met              C．made a telephone call to   D．found

2.Mike was trying to ____________.

A．look for a job                          B．start a career

C．wok in an office                         D．decide between two job offers

3.As for the life’s purpose, Mike ______________.

A．wanted to teach first                     B．wanted to make a lot of money first

C．wanted to work in the insurance industry     D．wanted to work 40 hours a day

4.You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well means _____________.

A．you’d better have two horses

B．you can only ride one horse well

C．you can do everything well.

D．you can’t do two things well at the same time

5.The best title of the passage is ______________.

A．How to choose a better job

B．It is more important to begin than to end

C．How to make a better decision

D．Make more money because tomorrow never comes

用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給動(dòng)詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。

1.I will visit my grandparents if it ___________(not rain) next Sunday.

2.The railway station was there three years ago, but it_________(change) a lot over the years.

3.Come here if your homework _________(finish).

4.I really don’t know where _______(go).

5.Mum _________ (cook) when I got home a moment ago.

6.__________Simon __________(ask) to clean the classroom after school yesterday afternoon?

7.Look! The teenagers are making cards _________ (show) love to their mothers.

8.Great Changes _________ (take) place in my home town in the past ten years.

9.Mary ________ (not fall) asleep until her parents came back last night.

10.I wonder if they ________ (go) to the park on foot tomorrow.

The math problem is so hard. I really don’t know     .

A. how to do it  B. how to do C. what to do it D. where to do it

---Which colour do you prefer, red or pink?
--- _________ . I really don’t mind.