七选五练习

七选五练习

Born to Win生而为赢

Each human being is born as something new, something that never existed before. Each is born with the capacity to win at life. Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking. Each has his or her own unique potentials---capabilities and limitations. Each can be a significant, thinking, aware, and creative being---a productive person, a winner.

The word “winner” and “loser” have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, __1__ To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.

Winners do not dedicated their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, _2__ between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.

Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don‟t pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. _3__, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them.

Winners do not play “helpless”, nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives. They don‟t give others a false authority over them. __4_

A winner‟s timing is right. Winners respond appropriately to the situation. Their responses are related to the message sent and preserve the significance, worth, well-being, and dignity of the people involved. Winners know that for everything there is a season and for every activity a time.

Although winners can freely enjoy themselves, they can also postpone enjoyment, can discipline themselves in the present to enhance their enjoyment in the future. Winners are not afraid to go after what he wants, _5_. Winners do not get their security by controlling others. They do not set themselves up to lose.

A winner is not isolated from the general problems of society, but is concerned, compassionate, and committed to improving the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international adversity, a winner‟s self-image is not one of a powerless individual. A winner works to make the world a better place.

A.but they do so in proper ways

B . we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. C. between being stupid and acting stupid,

D. Although winners can admire and respect other people E. Winners are their own bosses and know it.

F. A winner cares about the world and its peoples.

G.Each person has a unique way of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and thinking

Life is What We Make It

Are you dissatisfied with today‟s success?__1_ Do you dream of a golden morrow? You will reap what you are sowing today. We get out of life just what we put into it.

Nature takes on our moods: she laughs with those who laugh _2__. If we rejoice and are glad, the very birds sing more sweetly, the woods and streams murmur our song. __3_ a sudden gloom falls upon Nature‟s face; the sun shines, but not in our hearts; the birds sing, but not to us.

The future will be just what we make it. _4__ One‟s resolution is one‟s prophecy. Leave all your discouraging pessimism behind. Do not prophesy evil, but good. _5_-

A.Men of hope come to be front.

B.It is the harvest from yesterday‟s sowing C.the birds sing, but not to us. D.and weeps with those who weep E.But if we are sad and sorrowful,

F.Our purpose will give it its character. G.We get out of life just what we put into it.

A Wet Sunday In A Country Inn

A wet Sunday in a country inn ! Whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my

situation. The rain pattered against the casements; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of something to amuse the eye;_1__. The windows of my bed-room looked out among tiled roofs and stacks of chimneys, while those of my sitting-room commanded a full view of the stable yard. I know of nothing more calculated to make a man sick of this world than a stable yard on a rainy day.

The place was littered with wet straw _2__. In one corner was a stagnant pool of water, surrounding an island of muck; there were several half-drowned fowls crowded together under a cart, among which was a miserable, crest-fallen cock, drenched out of ail life and spirit; his drooping tail matted, as it were, into a single feather, along which the water trickled from his hack; near the cart was a half- dozing cow, chewing her cud, and standing patiently to be rained on, with wreaths of vapour rising from her reeking hide; a wall-eyed horse,_3_ was poking his spectral head out of a window, with the rain dripping on it from the eaves; an unhappy cur, chained to a dog-house hard by, uttered something every now and then between a bark and a yelp; a drab of a kitchen wench tramped backwards and forwards through the yard in pattens, _4__; everything, in short, was comfortless and forlorn, excepting a crew of hardened ducks, assembled like boon companions round a puddle and _5_. A. but it seemed as if I had been placed completely out of the reach of ail amusement B. that had been kicked about by travellers and stable-boys C. making a riotous noise over their liquor D. looking as sulky as the weather itself

E.I know of nothing more calculated than a stable yard on a rainy day. F. tired of the loneliness of the stable,

G.along which the water trickled from his hack

打开心门拥抱生活

We often close ourselves off when traumatic events happen in our lives; instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. We try to deflect the hurt and pain by pretending it doesn‟t exist, but _1__, we can‟t hide from ourselves. We need to learn to open our hearts to the potentials of life and let the world soften us.

Whenever we start to let our fears and seriousness get the best of us, we should take a step back and

re-evaluate our behavior. ____2_____

1. Breathe into pain: Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt. When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it. _3__. We take an emotion that‟s fleeting and make it a solid event, instead of something that passes through us

By utilizing our breath we soften our experiences. If we dam them up, our lives will stagnate, but when we keep them flowing, we allow more newness and greater experiences to blossom

2. __4__: We all know what that twinge of anxiety feels like. We know how fear feels in our bodies: the tension in our necks, the tightness in our stomachs, etc. We can practice leaning into these feelings of discomfort and let them show us where we need to go.

The initial impulse is to run away — to try and suppress these feelings by not acknowledging them. B.Constant learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel C.learning should be a never-ending process D.in times of uncertainty

E.with the times in the information age F.With the world changing so fast

G.Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization

Companionship of Books

A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company,______1______

When we do this, we close ourselves off to the parts of our lives that we need to experience most. The next time you have this feeling of being truly uncomfortable, do yourself a favor and lean into the feeling. Act in spite of the fear

3. Ask your heart what it wants: We‟re often confused at the next step to take, making pros and cons lists until our eyes bleed and our brains are sore. Instead of always taking this approach, what if we engaged a new part of ourselves that isn‟t usually involved in the decision making process?

I know we‟ve all felt decisions or actions that we had to take simply due to our “gut” impulses: when asked, we can‟t explain the reasons behind doing so — just a deep knowing that it had to get done. __5__

To start this process, take few deep breaths then ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?”See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome. A.Take a step back

B.When we run away from sadness that‟s unfolding in our lives, it gets stronger and more real C.Embrace the uncomfortable

D.This instinct is the part of ourselves we‟re approaching for answers.

E.The items listed below are the ways you can open your heart more fully and completely. F.See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome. G.although we can try this all we want, in the end

Learning: a Lifelong Career

As food is to the body, _1__. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate

nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity. _2__for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and reliable warrant of success _3__.

Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. _4__, to cease learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What's worse, the animal instinct dormant deep in our sub-conscious will come to life.weakening our will to pursue our noble ideas, undermining our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. _5_. Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career. A.so is learning to the mind A good book may be among the best of friends.__2_____. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age. Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book ___3____ „Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this:” Love me, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.

A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man‟s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. __4____ the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.

Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. __5____, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author‟s minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time have been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive e but what is really good. A.Time is of no account with great thoughts B.whether it be of books or of men.

C.and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe. D.Thus the best books are treasuries of good words,

E.just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb,

F.Books introduce us into the best society

G. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change

\"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite...\"

_1____,but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it.We can take the mysterious,hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine,___2___

We are all in the position of the farmer.___3___.If our seed is poor and full of weeds,we reap a useless crop.If we plant nothing at all,we harvest nothing at all.I want the future to be better than the past.___4___by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled.We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives. The past is gone and static.___5___.The future is before us and dynamic.Everything we do will affect it.Each day brings

with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we will only recognize them.We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor. A.I do not know who wrote those words

B.just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone. C.I don't want it contaminated

D.If we plant a good seed,we reap a good harvest E.if we will only recognize them F.Nothing we can do will change it G.Anything we can do will change it