Everybody wants to succeed, but how can we be successful? We must keep working hard to achieve our goals and it always begins first with baby steps. Why do we call them baby steps?
Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith (信念). Faith is the most important in taking baby steps. We see others stepping out and we want to show our ability to walk by following them. As we grow, we continue our development by taking extra (额外的) baby steps. Sometimes we fall; sometimes we fail. After that, all steps become an act of faith; we just become more practiced. If you say to yourself “I don’t want to make a fool of myself” or “I’d better wait until I’m good at this”, you’ll probably never take the baby steps towards your goals and end up lying in self-pity.
As a culture, we focus on results. We think about every risk that must be taken to reach our goals. There are few people who are excellent performers of any tasks the first time they try them. They practice their skills and use their talents through baby steps before they are ready to prove (证明) themselves to the whole world. So take those baby steps to reach the goals.
As your steps become a walk, become more experienced, your baby steps become a walk, then a jump, and finally a sprint. That’s how our baby steps lead us through the marathon (马拉松) of life.
【小题1】What does the writer mainly discuss in the passage?| A．The cause of cultural differences. | B．The power of faith in our life. |
| C．The abilities to achieve success. | D．The importance of baby steps. |
| A．An aim. | B．Support. |
| C．Faith. | D．Practice. |
| A．We can’t expect to succeed without working hard. |
| B．Adults should learn from babies in dealing with hard tasks. |
| C．We must make full of our skills in order to succeed. |
| D．Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith. |
| A．Long jump. | B．Sudden stop. |
| C．Hard climb. | D．Fast run. |
| A．Baby Steps | B．Life Goals |
| C．Practice Makes Perfect | D．How to Succeed |
After I left college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire（雇佣）a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete(运动员)to work for it . I wanted this job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt so frustrated(沮丧). “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”
【小题1】Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?
| A．Because he never graduated from college. |
| B．Because he didn’t work hard in college. |
| C．Because he didn’t have much experience. |
| D．Because he didn’t know about sports. |
a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.
b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.
c. The writer graduated from college.
d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.
| A．cbda | B．cbad | C．bcda | D．bcad |
| A．The writer’s parents didn’ t want him to be a sports announcer. |
| B．There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown. |
| C．The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer. |
| D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last. |
| A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer. |
| B．Disappointment leads to failure. |
| C．He should be proud of himself. |
| D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying. |
In our daily life, the only time we think of unlocking our self-improvement power is when everything gets worst. Unlocking our self-improvement power means unlocking ourselves to make things better and to make ourselves happier.
When do we realize that we need to lose weight? When none of our shirts and jeans fit us. When do we stop eating candies and chocolates? When all of our teeth have fallen off. When do we realize that we need to stop smoking? When our lungs have gone bad. We think about changing only when the whole world is falling apart. We think and feel this way because it is not easy to change.
Happy people don’t just accept change, they embrace it. Sometimes we think that we are just the way we are. It is such a poor excuse for people who fear change.
Jane always tells everyone that she doesn’t have the courage to be with groups of people. She heard her family tell the same things about her to other people. Over the years, that is what Jane has believed. Every time a great crowd comes, she steps back and-locks herself in a room. Jane not only believes in her story, but lives it!
Exercising three times a week would result in a healthier life. Reading books every day would build up knowledge. And only when we are enjoying unlocking our self-improvement, power will we realize that we’re beginning to make things better and become happier.
【小题1】What does the writer want to show by using the three questions in Paragraph 2?| A．We learn our lessons when we experience pain. |
| B．We should deal with the problems we meet. |
| C．Life fails us when we get into the wrong way. |
| D．Life is a long journey full of ups and downs. |
| A．Hug. | B．Put. | C．Lift. | D．Throw. |
| A．She needs to believe in herself. |
| B．She needs to remember why she started. |
| C．She has to know how to get on with people. |
| D．She has to realize she is not what she is in her story. |
| A．The world tells us how to improve ourselves. |
| B．People change when they find it easy to do that. |
| C．Welcoming change can make people’s life better. |
| D．Enjoying the process of self-improvement makes life simpler. |
| A．Have the Courage to Change. | B．Self-improvement might be hard |
| C．Happy People Are Easy to Change | D．Unlock Self-improvement Power. |
The sun has just risen in the morning of another day. What can I wish this day may bring me?
Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the cost of other men, but just those few things which in their coming do not stop me but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength (力量).
I wish that this day could bring me a few friends, who understand me, and yet remain my friends; I also wish that this day could bring me a job to do which has real value.
I wish that this day could bring me a mind brave enough to travel, even though there is no beautiful scenery (风景)，and I wish that this day could bring me a understanding heart.
I wish that this day could bring me a sight of the rolling (连绵不断地)hills and the endless blue sea and of something beautiful which the hands of men have made.
I wish that this day could bring me a sense of humor, and the power to laugh, a little time with nothing to do.
And I look forward to a few moments of quiet, silent thinking in the morning of this day.
【小题1】1 wish the day could bring me friends who are ______________.| A．friendly | B．clever | C．rich | D．understanding |
| A．Money. | B．Delicious food. | C．Free time. | D．Power. |
| A．I lead a really busy life. | B．I am very satisfied with my life. |
| C．I travel a lot around the world. | D．I have a pretty valuable job. |
| A．A Beautiful Morning. | B．Morning Wishes. |
| C．A Lot Of Wishes. | D．Making Wishes. |
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