If you don’t love yourself first, how can you confidently give and receive love? Only when we fully realize who we are and accept ourselves, can we understand the love of someone else.
So let’s start with some questions by asking yourself. Who are you deep down inside? What are your goals, strengths, clever ideas, likes and dislikes? What do you need to control your weaknesses and improve your growth?
Self-discovery can be scary, because most people consider themselves to be unimportant. They would rather become dependent (依靠的) than depend on their own. Is that true in your case?
Loving yourself influences your life. It influences whom you choose to fall in love with and your action in the relationship. If there is no self-esteem (自尊), there will be no love.
A person with high self-esteem is responsible (负责的) for himself or herself, no matter how much love and care there is between that person and others. Such a person is not waiting to be saved and will not place unnecessary dependence on others. He or she is confident of his or her own ability, value and mind. He or she remembers that he or she is the prize.
A person with high self-esteem depends on his or her own happiness, rather than looking for someone else to make him or her happy. Happiness is an "inside" job. When you accept this responsibility for yourself, you build self-esteem, and then you receive love.
1. What is self-discovery according to the passage?
a. Asking others to answer questions.
b. Finding out about one’s own likes and dislikes.
c. Improving one’s own growth.
d. Finding out one’s own hidden facts.
A. abc B. abd C. acd D. bcd
2. Self-discovery can be scary because __________.
A. it can make one feel less confident
B. it is difficult to answer these questions
C. it is bad for one’s growth
D. it makes one not believe others
3. Which of the following is TRUE about a person with high self-esteem?
A. He or she considers others unimportant.
B. He or she doesn’t care about others.
C. He or she has good confidence in himself or herself.
D. He or she depends on others to make decisions.
4. What does the underlined part most probably mean?
A. He or she has got a lot of prizes.
B. He or she is the most important.
C. He or she is always praised by others.
D. He or she is always respected by others.
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Accept Your Weakness
B. Love Yourself and Build Your Self-Esteem
C. Love Others More Than Yourself
D. Life Should Be Happy
1D 2A 3C 4B 5B
‘USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?’ We often hear such discussions. As China opens its door, it is a dream for many Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn about the outside world.
It’s true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Their foreign language skills will be improved and it may be easier to find jobs.
But there are problems that should be considered. Language is the first. Students must spend a lot of time learning another language.
Students must also learn to live without parents’ care and deal with all kinds of things they haven’t had to do before, like looking after themselves. There are reports about Chinese students abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally. When they have to take care of themselves, it is hard for students to study well.
Finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden（负担）to the family. For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it?
We know that there are many famous people who have achieved success through their hard work in China. Liu Xiang is a good example. Once an American teacher invited him there, but he refused. He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games. So when you wonder which country is better to study in, think again.
| Title: Studying at 56 or abroad | |
| Phenomenon（现象） | Studying abroad has become a 57 for Chinese students. |
| Advantages | ◆ It is helpful to the future 58 of Chinese students. |
| ◆ It helps to 59 foreign language skills. | |
| ◆ It enables Chinese students to find jobs more 60 . | |
| 61 | ◆ It 62 Chinese students too much time to learn a fo language. |
| ◆ It’s hard for Chinese students to get used to the life abroad 63 parents’ care. | |
| ◆ Parents may be under pressure（压力）because the cost of studying abroad is very 64 . | |
| Purpose: To tell us studying abroad is not the only way to be 65 by describing Liu Xiang’s example. | |
Choose one you’ve never played before. If you find you like it, you’ll have a hobby for life.
40. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
ked at them. “This is your last chance,” he said. “Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils.
ir seats B. students leaving the classroom
ethods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him. Because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades.