阅读强化训练(6)

厦门市启悟中学2014-2015（上）英语学科校本作业

高三年级阅读强化训练(6) 高三备课组日期：2014/9 My brother，Mark，died in a traffic accident four years ago. He was my big brother and 36 looked after me. I am 37 today for all of the special times we had as running partners，and times 38 driving to different races，where we had so many 39 about life in general. I 40 these talks terribly at this time of the year.

41 ，I am so happy he shared with me the 42 of his faith. He was always so 43 to people，and I had been with him many times 44 we pulled over to help someone in need，45 a smile and helping them get back on the road. So I was not 46 when he told me of the time when he was 47 in college. It was the end of the month. To make matters worse，it was Friday and he had no 48 in his pocket for the weekend. Payday was Monday and he had no gas money to get home to 49 my dad and no money to buy food but he had faith that helping others 50 helping yourself.

On his way home from classes that day，as he was driving along，he noticed a guy ahead of him 51 his lumber (木材) all over the road as he turned the corner. Mark 52 right over and helped him load the lumber back into his truck. The guy was so thankful and 53 his hand to Mark，and in it was one hundred dollars. Mark couldn’t believe his 54 . He told him that was unnecessary but the man 55 and off he drove.

I still think of Mark sitting there telling me that story, with tears in his eyes, and how faithful he was.

36. A. hardly B. never C. sometimes D. always

37. A. successful B. thankful C. cheerful D. hopeful

38. A. spared B. wasted C. spent D. saved

39. A. questions B. arguments C. differences D. conversations

40. A. miss B. remember C. keep D. fear

41. A. However B. So C. Then D. Therefore

42. A. record B. belief C. story D. secret

43. A. careful B. helpful C. powerful D. grateful

44. A. because B. while C. until D. when

45. A. sharing B. forcing C. recognizing D. understanding

46. A. pleased B. worried C. surprised D. excited

47. A. never B. yet C. even D. still

48. A. food B. money C. paper D. key

49. A. change B. attend C. see D. persuade

50. A. means B. follows C. explains D. agrees

51. A. carry B. lose C. arrange D. place

52. A. pushed B. moved C. pulled D. walked

53. A. raised B. held C. offered D. shook

54. A. eyes B. ears C. mind D. feeling

55. A. complained B. apologized C. regretted D. insisted

A（山东潍坊2013年上期末）

Apart from psychological illness, we are all largely responsible for our own emotional health. What we say to ourselves over and over for days, weeks, months, and sometimes years, has a great effect on how we see ourselves. This also contributes to many mental health disorders.

Many of us have problems with negative（消极的）thoughts playing on the channel of our minds, bust if you′re buried in it and believe it, it could be wearing your sense of self-esteem（自尊）.Here are a few beliefs that indicate you may need to switch the channel: I′m not good enough？/I don′t deserve…？/No one likes me？/I′m a failure.

Negative thoughts remind you of your bad feelings and they bring your focus on your failures, and that gets you nowhere.

What can you do？Here are some suggestions：

Switch the channel when negative thoughts appear. Self-talk（自我暗示）is not so obvious that we often don′t notice its effect on our mood and belief systems. Key things to notice are“if only”or“what if”statements：the former keeps you stuck in the past with regret, while the latter keeps you fearful of the future. There is nothing you can do about the past, and the future isn′t here yet，so stay in the present moment.

Recognize that actions always follow beliefs. You′ll find yourself behaving in ways that are consistent to your beliefs. So，start believing the best about yourself：act as if you believe that you′re a valuable and worthy person.

Develop positive self-talk rather than negative self-talk. Instead of always looking down upon yourself in your head，think of some things you actually like about yourself. What are your strengths? What are you good at? Instead of saying “I′ m a loser”，try saying，“I am capable.／I′m good at…／I accept myself the way I am.”

Thinking poorly about ourselves gets us nowhere and is extremely self-limiting. Decide today to turn off the negative self-talk channel in your mind and develop your true potential.

1. From the first two paragraphs we learn that ______.

A. lots of people have no sense of self-esteem

B. focusing on negative thoughts can lead to failure

C. negative thoughts will strengthen our sense of self-esteem

D. few people have negative thoughts and mental problems

2.The underlined word “wearing” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. strengthening

B. protecting

C. weakening

D. replacing

3.What do the suggestions in the text tell us?

A. Our beliefs always come after actions.

B. Positive self-talk does good to our mental health.

C. Looking down upon ourselves is a sign of modesty.

D. “What if” keeps you stuck in the past with regret.

4. The text encourages us to ______.

A. get rid of negative thoughts

B. get anywhere we like