How to Be a Winner
Sir Steven Redgrave
Winner of 5 Olympic Gold Medals
“In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes（糖尿�。�. Believing my career was over, I felt extremely low. Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing. That was it — the encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner if I believed in myself. I am not saying that it isn’t difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn't finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way.”
Karen Pickering
Swimming World Champion
“I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary. This is the key to success — you can’t follow a career in any field without being well-organized. List what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your goals for the day, however small they are, and you’ll be a step closer to achieving them.”
Kirsten Best
Poet & Writer
“When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I can’t achieve something. Then, there are other distractions, such as family or hobbies. The key is to concentrate. When I feel tense, it helps a lot to repeat words such as ‘calm’, ‘peace’ or ‘focus’, either out loud or silently in my mind. It makes me feel more in control and increases my confidence. This is a habit that can become second nature quite easily and is a powerful psychological tool．”
小題1:What does Sir Steven Redgrave mainly talk about?
A．Difficulties influenced his career．
B．Specialists offered him medical advice．
C．Training helped him defeat his disease．
D．He overcame the shadow of illness to win．
小題2:What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary?
A．Her sports career．
B．Her achievements．
C．Her daily happenings．
D．Her training schedule．
小題3:What does the underlined word “distractions” probably refer to？
A．Ways that help one to focus．
B．Words that help one to feel less tense．
C．Activities that turn one's attention away．
D．Habits that make it hard for one to relax．
小題4:According to the passage, what do the three people have in common?
A．Self-confidence．B．Hard work．
C．Devotion．D．Courage．

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
文章舉了三個人的例子向我們說明面對困難，不要放棄，對自己有信心就一定能成功。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)第一部分可知他患了糖尿病，但是他沒有退縮，沒有放棄，頑強地與病魔斗爭，故D正確。
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二部分I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary.可知D正確。
小題3:猜測詞義題。根據(jù)下文such as family or hobbies. The key is to concentrate.可知這里是指那些能讓你不集中注意力的事物。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章可知這三個人對自己的成功都很有信心。故A正確。
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Effective prevention comes from long-term education for life instead of temporary intervention to meet an emergency，said Hu Yi’an．Hu delivers a course of lectures on life and death at Guangzhou University．He worries that universities have paid little attention to education for life．有效的預(yù)防來自于長期的生命教育，而并非遭遇緊急狀況時的臨時干預(yù)，胡毅安（音譯）說。他在廣州大學(xué)教授以生命和死亡為主題的課程。他為各大高校給予生命教育的關(guān)注少之又少而擔憂。
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According to Hu，the principles can be incorporated into everyday teaching．胡毅安還表示，這些觀念可以融入到日常教學(xué)中去。
Hu is also concerned that some universities are conveying discriminatory message that will hold back students from seeking help．胡老師也很擔心一些大學(xué)傳遞出帶有歧視性的信息會使得學(xué)生們不愿去尋求幫助。
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D．researchers at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management carried out an experiment about why group buying sites entered the market successfully, such as Mercata and MobShop.
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A．American people like sitting with people they don’t know.
B．A hostess always seats a small group at a large table.
C．American people never sit with people they don’t know.
D．American people will not light a cigarette if the people who sit at the same table mind their smoking.
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A．They take the food home with a doggie bag for their dogs.
B．They leave the food on the table and go away.
C．They take the food home with a doggie bag and enjoy the food later.
D．They ask the waitress or waiter to keep the food for them.
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Everybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life. This time, which took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened.

He took the shirt and put it on bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the funeral. Then he closed the drawer and turned to me, “Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you’re alive is a special occasion.”
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A．She waited for a special occasion to wear it on.
B．She wanted to keep it for someone else.
C．She saved it till she grew up.
D．She would give it to herself as a gift some day.
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A．Treasure.B．Waste.C．Own.D．Save
小題3:What does the author write this passage for?
A．To show how to make good use of everyday in life.
B．To explain the true meaning of his brother-in-law’s words.
C．To tell people to cherish every day and find the meaning of life.
D．To encourage people to waste time and enjoy themselves in life.
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A．Every Day IS a Gift
B．My Sister Jan
C．What Is the Meaningful Life like
D．The Most Important Time in Your Life

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