In a small village, there was a middle-aged postman, who just turned 20 years old and started delivering ( 投递 ) all kinds of happy or sad stories to each home day after day for 50 kilometers. 20 years flew by, and so many changes took place, but the road from the post office to the village always hadn’t had any trees and nothing but the flying dust ( 尘土 ) could be seen.
“How long shall I go along this lonely road?”
As soon as he thought he must spend his life riding the bike on the dusty road with no flowers or trees, he felt somewhat sorry.
One day, when he finished delivering the letters and was ready to return, he happened to pass by a flower shop.“Right, that’s it!” He walked into the shop, bought a handful of wild flower seeds ( 种子 ), and from the next day on put these seeds along the roadside. Thus, after one day, two days, one month, two months... he always kept putting the wild flower seeds along the roadside.
Before long, on the lonely road, where he had come and gone for 20 years, grew up a lot of little flowers, in all seasons endlessly.
For the villages, the flowers were more enjoyable than any mail the postman delivered in all his life.
On the road without dust but full of petals ( 花瓣 ), the postman rode his bike, losing himself in the sweet smell and not feeling lonely and anxious any more.
1 ． How old was the postman when he started his job?
A ． About thirty years old. B ． About twenty years old.
C ． Over forty years old. D ． Over fifty years old.
2 ． What was the road like before?
A ． Covered with flowers. B ． Covered with trees.
C ． Full of flying dust. D ． Full of seeds.
3 ． What did the postman buy at the flower shop?
A ． Wild flowers. B ． Bikes. C ． Wild flower seeds. D ． Petals.
4 ． According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A ． The villagers showed no interest in the flowers.
B ． The postman enjoyed the road full of flowers.
C ． The villagers helped buy the flower seeds.
D ． The postman still felt lonely in the end.
5 ． What does the writer want to express in this passage?
A ． Little things make a big difference.
B ． Failure is the mother of success.
C ． Practice makes perfect.
D ． Old habits die hard.
1 ． B
2 ． C
3 ． C
4 ． B
5 ． A
【分析】
文章讲述了一个邮递员每天要经过没有花和树却尘土飞扬的小路给村民们送信，他感到悲伤，后来他去花店，买了花种子，撒在路边，后来路边开满了野花，邮递员在开满鲜花的路上愉快地骑着自行车，他不再感到孤独焦虑。而对于村民来说，鲜花比邮递员一生中寄出的任何一封邮件都更令人愉快。
1 ．
细节理解题。根据 “n a small village, there was a middle-aged postman, who just turned 20 years old and started delivering ( 投递 ) all kinds of happy or sad stories to each home day after day for 50 kilometers.” 可知，邮递员刚开始工作的时候是差不多 20 岁，故选 B 。
2 ．
细节理解题。根据 “ but the road from the post office to the village always hadn’t had any trees and nothing but the flying dust ( 尘土 ) could be seen” 可知，路上没有树，尘土飞扬，故选 C 。
3 ．
细节理解题。根据 “He walked into the shop, bought a handful of wild flower seeds ( 种子 )” 可知，邮递员在花店买了野花种子，故选 C 。
4 ．
推理判断题。根据 “On the road without dust but full of petals ( 花瓣 ), the postman rode his bike, losing himself in the sweet smell and not feeling lonely and anxious any more.” 可知，在没有灰尘但满是花瓣的路上，邮递员骑着自行车，沉浸在甜蜜的气味中，不再感到孤独和焦虑。故选 B 。
5 ．
主旨大意题。根据 “For the villages, the flowers were more enjoyable than any mail the postman delivered in all his life.” 以及整个文章的理解可知，邮递员随手撒下野花种子这个小小的举动，给村民们带来了无比的愉悦，即小小的事情会带来很大的影响，故选 A 。
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It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome（克服）it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
| 59． to overcome fear | |||
| Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
| Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60． than you breathe in. You’ll be 61． that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
| Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62． for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63． the thinking brain and make you 64． fearful. | ||
| Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65． but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66． to face the coming events. | ||
| Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67． It’s worth 68． though it takes efforts. | ||
