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A.herdeterminationtochangethe B.herparents’encouragementandM9Unit5Sailingthe第一節(jié)閱讀理解:閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、CD）Indiafirst,collegecanItwasanopportunity19-year-oldJodiSagorinfeltshecouldn’tpassTheCaliforniastudenthadreceivedanadmissionlettertoNewYorkUniversity,butshewantedtofollowacallingtovolunteerinIndia.Whenshegotanoffertodojustthat,shedecidedtherewouldbenobettertimetodoit.“ItmatcheseverythingI’minterestedin,”shesaid.“It’sjustoneofthosethings;itwasmeanttobe.”Lastmonth,SagorinpackedupherbelongingsandheadedovertoUttarPradeshasanintern(實習(xí)生forDrishtee,anorganizationthatworksfortheeconomicandsocialdevelopmentfortheneedyinDuringherstayinIndia—foruptosevenmonths—Sagorinwillhelpwithprogramsinvolvingmicro-finance,entrepreneurship(創(chuàng)業(yè)),healthcareandwomen’sempowerment.Sinceheryoungerdays,Sagorinhadreadinspiringstoriesofchangemakersthroughouttheworldanddecidedshewantedtogetinvolvedsomehow.Shedecidedvolunteeringwouldbethepathshe’dtakeandNYUcouldwait.Shewantedtomakeadifferenceevenwhenotherssaiditwouldn’tbepossible.WhenSagorinbrokethenewsaboutdecidingtoputoffcollege,herparentsfeltpride,nervousness,fearandexcitement.“We’rereallyproudofherofwantingtodothis,”saidMikeSagorin,herfather.“We’realittleconcernedabouta19-year-oldgirlgoingouttherebyherselfandhopeshe’llbesafe.”Sagorinandherfamilyresearchedeverythingtheycouldabouttheorganizationandboughtmorethanadozenbooksaboutthecountry.BeforehertriptoIndia,Sagorinraised$3,500topayforhertravelandlivingexpenses,alongwithsometodonatetothepeopleshewouldworkwithinIndia.Shehaspromisedtosendvariouslevelsofgifts—fromapersonalpostcardtoapersonalizedvideotouringtheTajMahal—tothosewhopledgemoneytowardshertrip.(VisitSagorin’formoreSagorinchosetogotoIndiainsteadofNewYorkUniversity shedecidedthatgoingtouniversitywouldbeawasteofshecouldputoffcollegebutonlyhadonechancetovolunteerinshehadlongdreamedofgoingtoIndiatoworkfortheneedyNewYorkUniversitydidn’tappealtoSagorinbecameavolunteerasaresult Asoldierinthefieldmighthaveresponded“Becarefulwhatyouwishfor”—andthengratefullybitC.thetrainingshe’sreceivedat D.beinginspiredbyDrishteeWhichstatementshowsthatSagorin’sparentssupportedherTheywerealittleworriedabouthersafetyinTheygavemoneyforhertravelandlivingTheyhelpedhertogetmoreinformationaboutTheywereproudofherforchoosingnottogotoTheunderlinedword“pledge”probably A.ask B.decideto C.refuseto D.promisetoWhatisthemainpointoftheToprovehelpingtheneedyisagreatTocallonteenagerstofollowSagorin’sTointroduceavolunteernamedSagorinandthedecisionsheToencouragemorevolunteerstoworkforBChocolatesoapissupposedtobegoodfortheskin.Butit’snotsogoodforthetongue.UnfortunatelyfortheUSsoldiersofWorldWarII,thechocolatebarsthearmygavethemtastedliketheywereintendedforuseinthebath.Inthearmy’sdefense,itwasn’ttryingtowinanycookingawards.Infact,itspecificallyorderedthatitschocolatebarsnotbetoodelicious,sosoldierswouldn’teatthemtooquickly.Thesebarswerecreatedforsurvival,nottaste.“Theywereawful,”JohnOtto,aformerarmycaptaininWorldWarⅡsaid.“Theywerebig,thickthings,andtheyweren’tanygood.Itriedthem,butIhadtobeawfulhungryafterItriedthemAsunappealingasthechocolatebarsweretosome,otherslikedthem.SamuelHinkle,thechemistwhocreatedthechocolatebars,pointedoutthatthenumberofbarsmadewerefargreaterthanthearmyneeded.“ItsoonbecameobviousthatthegenerousAmericansoldiersweresharingtheirvaluedpossessionswiththeirforeignfriends,whethersoldiersofothercountriesorlocalcitizens.”ThebarsturnedmanyhungryEuropeansintofriendsoftheUnitedStates.“Peoplewantedthem,”saidOtto,“You’dgivethemtokids.Insomeplacestheywereveryhungry.AndtheysurehelpedrelaxpeopleaboutAmericansoldiers.”O(jiān)ttosaidheneversawaEuropeanturnhisorhernoseupatthechocolate.“Itwasfood,”hesaid,“Atthattime,everyonewasveryhungry.IsawGermankidsstandingoutsidetheU.S.armykitchen.Theyweren’tbegging,juststandingthereverypolitely.Whenweweredone,thekidswouldeatthefoodoutofthegarbage.Theywerethathungry.”O(jiān)therEuropeansdidnotseechocolateuntilwellafterthewarended.“Wedidn’tseeanyAmericanswhereIwas,”saidElizabethRadsma,whowas25yearsoldwhentheGermansoccupiedhercountry,theNetherlands.“Evenafterthewar,wesawonlyEnglish.MaybetheAmericansgaveoutsomechocolateinthebigcities,butwewereonlyinasmalltown.BeforetheBritish,wesawonlyGermansoldiers.Butchocolate?Don’tmakemelaugh!Maybeinmydreams!”achocolatebar,theonlyfoodavailableforWhatwastheAmericansoldiers’attitudetowardsthechocolateTheywere B.TheytastedC.Theywerenecessaryfor D.ToomanyofthemwereWhichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtotheTheUSsoldiersusedthechocolatebarsasbathTheUSsoldiersdidnothaveenoughfoodduringWorldTheUSarmyproducedmorechocolatebarsthannecessaryforitsEuropeanpeopleregrettedeatingchocolatebarsfromtheUSTheunderlinedexpression“turnhisorhernoseupat”probably A. B. C. D.WhydoestheauthormentiontheGermankids’TotellhowfriendlytheAmericansoldiersTodescribethehungerinGermanyduringtheToproveGermankidscouldbeveryToshowhowmuchtheywereeagerforElizabethRadsmaneversawchocolateduringthewar theUSsoldiershandedoutallchocolatetopeopleinbigtheGermansoldierskeptthemallfortheBritishsoldiersdidn’tshareitwiththelocaltheUSsoldiersnevershowedupinthesmalltownshelivedCIntheearly1950s,researchersfoundthatpeoplescoredloweronintelligencetestsiftheyspokemorethanonelanguage.Researchinthesixtiesfoundtheopposite.Bilingualpeoplescoredhigherthanmonolinguals,peoplewhospeakonlyonelanguage.Sowhichisit?ResearcherspresentedtheirneweststudieslastmonthatameetingoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience.Thelatestevidenceshowsthatbeingbilingualdoesnotnecessarilymakepeoplesmarter.ButresearcherEllenBialystoksaysitprobablydoesmakeyoubetteratcertainskills.EllenBialystoksaid,“Imaginedrivingdownthehighway.There’remanythingsthatcouldcaptureyourattentionandyoureallyneedtobeabletomonitorallofthem.Whywouldbilingualismmakeyouanybetteratthat?”Andtheanswer,shesays,isthatbilingualpeopleareoftenbetteratcontrollingtheirattention—afunctioncalledtheexecutivecontrolsystem.Ms.BialystokisapsychologyprofessoratYorkUniversityinToronto,Canada.ShesaysthebestmethodtomeasuretheexecutivecontrolsystemiscalledtheStroopTest.Apersonisshownwordsindifferentcolors.Thepersonhastoignorethewordbutsaythecolor.Theproblemisthatthewordsareallnamesofcolors.EllenBialystoksaid,“Soyouwouldhavethewordbluewritteninred,butyouhavetosayred.Butblueissosalient(顯著的),it’sjustlightingupallthesecircuits(電路)inyourbrain,andyoureallywanttosay

blue.Soyouneedamechanism(機制)tooverridethatsothatyoucansayred.That’stheexecutivecontrolHerworkshowsthatbilingualpeoplecontinuallypracticethisfunction.Theyhaveto,becausebothlanguagesareactiveintheirbrainatthesametime.Theyneedtosuppress(抑制)onetobeabletospeakintheother.Thismentalexercisemighthelpinotherways,too.Researcherssaybilingualchildrenarebetterabletoseparateawordfromitsmeaning,andmorelikelytohavefriendsfromdifferentcultures.BilingualadultsareoftenfourtofiveyearslaterthanothersindevelopingdementiaorAlzheimer’sdisease.What’sthebesttitleoftheBilingualPeople, B.MonolingualPeople,C.BilingualPeople,Longer D.BilingualPeople,BetteratSomeTheunderlinedword“override”inParagraph6probablymeansA.payattention B.takenonotice C.takeaninterestinD.takecareIntheStroopTest,supposingyouhavethewordyellowwritteninwhite,youwillhavetosayA. B. C. D.WhichgroupofpeoplecanmostlikelypasstheStroopPeoplewhocanspeakonly B.PeoplewhocanspeakonlyC.Peoplewhocanspeakmorethanonelanguage.D.PeoplewhocanspeakonlyWhichofthefollowingstatementsisFALSEaccordingtotheA.AbilingualchildisbetteratseparatingawordfromitsB.AbilingualchildcanmoreeasilymakefriendswithaforeignC.BilingualpeoplearemoreabletomonitorseveralthingsatthesameD.It’snotpossibleforbilingualpeopletodevelopAlzheimer’sDHerearesixquestionsaboutyourapproachtolife.Trytoanswerthemashonestlyasyoucan.Areyouharddrivingandcompetitive?Areyouusuallypressedfortime?Doyouwanttocontrolothers?Doyouhaveastrongneedtodobetterthanothersinmostthings?Doyoueattooquickly?DoyougetupsetwhenyouhavetowaitforIfyouhaveanswered“yes”tomostofthesequestions,thenIcanmakeafewpredictionsaboutyou,basedonarecenteight-yearstudyofnearlytwothousandpeoplewholivethewaythatyoudo.Youlikelyfindthatlifeisfullofchallengesandyouoftenneedtokeeptwoormoreprojectsmovingatthesametime.Thechancesarethatyouhavebeentocollege,thatyouhaveamanagementjobandthatyoubringworkhomeatnight.Youthinkthatyouputmoreeffortintoyourjobthanmanyofthepeopleyouworkwith,andyoucertainlytakeyourworkmoreseriouslythanmostofthem.Yougetangryeasily,andifsomeoneisbeinglong-winded,youhelpthemgettothepoint.Youalsohavetroublefindingthetimetogetyourhaircut.Andthere’soneotherthing.Youareabouttwiceaslikelytohaveaheartattackassomeonewhotakesamoreeasygoingapproachtolife.Thebeginningsofyourhard-drivingbehaviorgorightbacktochildhood.Inschoolyougotrecognitionandperhapsprizesforbeingquickandbright,forbeinganachiever,forcompetingwithothersandforwinning.Youlikelywentonfromschooltogetaseriesofincreasinglybetterjobsagainstprettystiffcompetition.Theywerejobswhereyouhadtocareabouttheresults,whereyouconstantlyhadtopushthingsforwardandgetthingsdone.Inyourpresentjobyoualsofeelsomeconflict,eitherwithtimeorwithotherpeople.Someofthoseyouworkwithdon’tseemabletounderstandthesimplestideas,andtheyoftenputabrakeonwhatyou’retryingtoachieve.Theconflictmaynottakeplaceeveryday.Youprideyourselfonbeingabletokeepthelidon.Butit’salwaysthere,underthesurface.Whichofthefollowingpeopleprobablyhavethehard-drivingPeoplewhowanttocontrolothersandhaveastrongneedtodobetterthanPeoplewhousuallythinkofothersandgetalongwellwithPeoplewhodon’tseemabletounderstandthesimplestPeoplewhodon’tcareabouttheirappearanceandtheresultsoftheirItcanbeconcludedfromthelastparagraphthatthishard-driving hasbeendevelopedsince B.maybechangedbyyourC.willplacenoinfluenceonyour D.willcauseyoumoreWhichofthefollowingwordsisNOTpropertodescribethistypeofA. B. C. WhatdoestheauthormeanbythelastsentenceoftheThelidwillalwaysremainin B.TheconflictmayoccuranyC.Thesituationisalwaysunderyour D.YouareabletosolvetheWecaninferfromthepassagethathard-driving doesgoodtoyour B.helpsyoufitinwiththenewsituationC.getsyoumore D.contributesalottoyourcareer Hehadmoremoneythanhecouldeverspend,andhewasadmiredandlookeduptobyhiscommunity． Hewasn’thappy．Allhislifehehadbeenpursuinghappinessandstriving奮斗)forhappiness,buthehadneverbeenabletofindit.ThenonedayheheardaboutahiddentempleinNepalthathadaspecialroomthatcontainedthesecretofhappiness． Aftermanyyearsofsearchingandcountlesshardshipshearrivedthere．Hewastiredandpenniless,butheknewthatnoneofthatmatterednowbecausehehadfoundthetemple．Heaskedawise,smilingmonk(僧侶)ifhecouldenterthespecialroom．Themonkagreedandshowedhimthestairsleadingtotheroom． HestaredintotheroomwithsunlightsteamingthroughthewindowandsawwhathehadcomesofartofindTherehangingonthewallwasthesecretofhappinessThemangazedathisreflectioninthemirrorandlaughed.

25Happinessisachoicethatwecanmake．Don’tspendtherestofyourlifesearchingtheworldforhappinessthen．Justlookinthemirrorandlaugh．Justletthehappinessflowfromyourheart,mind,andsouluntilitfillsyourlifeandthelivesofallthosearoundyou．HeimmediatelysoldallthatheownedandsetouttofindthishiddenItwasdifficulttofindthetempleinNoonefoundthesecretofhappinessatButheknewthatsomethingwasmissinginhisThereoncewasaverywealthyandsuccessfulHeclimbedthemwithlegsshakingwithexpectationandslowlyopenedtheItistimethatweallrealizedthatwewerethesecretofourown第二節(jié)完形填空Historyisfulloftalesofexpertswhowereconvincedthattheideas,plans，andprojectsofotherscouldneverbe26.However，accomplishmentcametothosewhosaid,“Icanmakeit27.”TheItaliansculptorAgostinoAntonioworkeddiligently28alargepieceofmarble.Unabletoproducehisdesiredmasterpiece，hesaidsadly,“Icandonothingwithit.”O(jiān)ther29alsoworkedthisdifficultpieceofmarble,butinvain.Michelangelodiscoveredthestoneandvisualizedthe30init.His“I-can-make-it-happen”attitude31oneoftheworld’smasterpiecesDavid.TheexpertsofSpain32thatColumbus’splantodiscoveranewandshorterroutetotheWestIndieswasvirtuallyimpossible.QueenIsabellaandKingFerdinandignoredthe33oftheexperts.“Icanmakeithappen,”Columbuspersisted.Andhedid.Everyoneknewtheworldwasflat，butnotColumbus.TheNina,thePinta,theSantaMaria,alongwithColumbusandhissmallbandoffollowers,sailedto“34”newlandsandthrivingresources.EventhegreatThomasAlvaEdison35hisfriend，HenryFord，frompursuinghisinexperiencedideaofamotorcar.36oftheworthlessnessoftheidea,EdisoninvitedFordtocomeandworkforhim.Fordremained37andtirelesslypursuedhisdream.Althoughhisfirst38resultedinavehiclewithoutreversegear(倒車檔，HenryFordknewhecouldmakeithappen.And,ofcourse,hedid.“Forgetit,”theexperts39MadameCurietogiveup.Theyagreedradiumwasascientificallyimpossibleidea.However,MarieCurie40,“Icanmakeithappen.”Let’snotforgetourfriendsOrvilleandWilburWright.Journalists,friends,armedforcesspecialists,andeventheirfather41attheideaofanairplane.“Whatasillyandinsanewaytospendmoney.42flyingtothebirds,’theyjeered.“Sorry,”theWrightbrothers43,“Wehaveadream,andwecanmakeithappen.”Asaresult,aplacecalledKittyHawk,NorthCarolina,becamethesettingforthelaunchingoftheir“ridiculous”idea.26.A.B.C.D.27.26.A.B.C.D.27.A.B.C.D.28.A.B.C.D.28.A.B.C.D.29.A.B.C.D.30.A.B.C.D.31.A.resultedB.believeC.takeD.give32.A.B.C.D.33.A.B.C.D.34.A.B.C.D.35.A.B.C.D.36.A.B.C.D.37.A.B.C.D.38.A.B.C.D.39.A.B.C.D.40.A.B.C.D.41.A.B.C.D.42.A.B.C.D.43.A.B.C.D.44.A.B.C.D.45.A.B.C.D.A (經(jīng)濟拮據(jù)can’taffordmeateveryII

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