Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies(适用) to all fields, not just the work-related(与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year. That's a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this:
1. I really don't have the money...
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database(数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.
2. I really don't have the time...
Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular...
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.
| A．Watching TV. | B．Listening to MP3. |
| C．Surfing the internet. | D．Reading helpful books. |
| A．read work-related books | B．become more energetic |
| C．improve your study | D．improve your relations |
| A．It will open up your mind. |
| B．You will have about 260 hours a year to read. |
| C．You will read lots of books and get much useful advice. |
| D．It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life. |
| A．To buy some books from amazon.com. |
| B．To download MP3 free. |
| C．To visit the public library. |
| D．To borrow audiobooks and listen to them. |
| A．They are more useful. |
| B．Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books. |
| C．It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding. |
| D．Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read. |
Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room do not look at him. They don’t ask him to sit at the table.
Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles(微笑) at him. They give him the very good food to eat..Mr. King takes off his coat, and puts it in the food and says, “Eat, coat!”
The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “I’m asking my coat to eat the food. I am wearing my old clothes. You do not look at me. You do not ask me to sit down. Now, I am in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes not for me!”
11.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people in the room don’t look at him,
because ________.
A. he doesn’t come by car B. he is wearing his old clothes C. he is old
12. Mr. King goes home to_______________
A. put on his good clothes B. take off his good clothes C to buy good clothes.
13. Mr. King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him
because ___________.
A. he is wearing his old clothes B. he is wearing his good clothes
C. he comes back in a good car
14. Mr. king takes off his coat, and______________.
A. eats the good food B. asks it to eat the good food
C. asks the other to eat the food
15. Now Mr. King sees the good food is _________
A. for his clothes B. for him C. for his good car
Li Ming is a school boy .He is twelve .He lives in Shanghai .He studies in the No.3 Middle School .He gets up at half past five every day .He reads English and Chinese in the morning .He has breakfast at seven .After that ,he goes to school with his friends .They have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon .In the evening he does his homework at home .But he often watches TV on Saturday evening .Li Ming likes drawing .He draws better than his sister .He likes reading English books .Now he is reading an English book in the room .
6..Li Ming is a ____________. .
A .student B .girl C .teacher D .doctor
7..Li Ming gets up ____________every day .
A .at seven B .at five thirty Cat six D .very late
8.Li Ming does his homework ____________. .
A .At night. B .at school C .at home D .in the afternoon .
9.Li Ming likes____________. .
A .English and Chinese B .playing football
C .growing flowers D .drawing and reading
10.Li Ming has ____________. classes at school every day .
A .four B .five C .three D .six
Mr Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer（工程师）in New York. Mr Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well.
Now Mr Smith is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and he goes to Chinese classes in an evening school. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble (困难) with his Chinese at all, but the Chinese have a lot.
1. Mr Smith works in ____________.
A. a hospital B. a police station C. a school D. a restaurant
2. What’s Mr Smith’s daughter?
A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. An engineer. D. A student.
3. Mr Smith learns Chinese ____________.
A. very well B. with his daughter
C. every morning D. very hard
4. Where does Mr Smith learn Chinese?
A. In an evening school. B. At home.
C. In his friend’s home. D. In a park.
5. We know that Mr Smith is good at ____________.
A. Chinese B. Spanish C. Japanese D. French
Every day when I enter the classroom, I will take a look at the wall beside my seat. You will find nothing special about this old wall if you just look at it. But for the students in my class, it is a special wall. Take a good look at it, and you will get to know the real feelings and thoughts of us, the 9th graders.
In the middle of the wall, there is a big “VICTORY”. It was written in pencil. I guess it must have been written by someone who got a good mark in an exam.
A little higher above the formulas, there is a poem. It only has two sentences. It reads: All those sweet memories have disappeared. Like tears dropping in the heavy rain.
Oh! It must have been written at the end of the last semester in middle school. Classmates had to leave school and good friends had to part. What a sad poem!
If you look at the wall more carefully, you will find many other interesting things, like a crying face, or a happy face, and other patterns(图案). There are still some patterns and letters that I can’t understand, but they all show the feeling of the students who drew them.
For years, the wall has witnessed(目睹) all the things that have happened in the classroom. I don’t know how it will be next year, two years from now, or even ten years from now. But I hope more smiling faces will be drawn on it.There is ____ special on this wall.
| A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．everything |
What was the “VICTORY” written in?
| A．Chalk | B．Pencil | C．Pen | D．Brush |
When has the poem been written?
| A．At the beginning of the last semester. | B．At the end of the year. |
| C．At the end of the last semester. | D．At the beginning of the last month. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word?
| A．部分 | B．分离 | C．和好 | D．聚集 |
What’s the title of the passage?
| A．The Pictures of the Wall | B．The Feelings of the Students |
| C．The Patterns of the Classroom | D．The Hope of the Writer |
Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as “the world’s best.”
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city’s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés.Beautiful mountains are around the city. Lots of people go sightseeing there every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.
HONG KONG, CHINA This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There’s also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That’s why housing is often very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?
| A．The weather. | B．The mountains. | C．The air. | D．The traffic. |
What makes Hong Kong the world’s best according to this passage?
| A．The lively city and the wonderful dishes. |
| B．The large population and the traffic. |
| C．The expensive housing. |
| D．The beautiful temples. |
The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because ________.
| A．it is a small fishing village | B．it is a mix of East and West |
| C．it is a beautiful city | D．there are too many people in the city |
What do the two cities have in common?
| A．They both have beautiful mountains. | B．They both have a large population. |
| C．Air pollution is a problem in both. | D．They are both crowded. |
From the passage, we can know that .
| A．San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world’s best |
| B．San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does |
| C．the weather in both cities is fine |
| D．San Jose used to be small fishing village |
粤公网安备 44130202000953号