Jack is a successful businessman because he is kind and honest. He never lies to his partners and always keeps his promise. 1 . As a result, people like doing business with him and he has made many friends during his career (职业生涯) .
One cold October day, Mark, a man from outside town came up to Jack and wanted to do business with him. At the very beginning, Jack was not sure whether to work with him. However, Mark was so good at talking that Jack chose to believe him. 2 .
About three weeks later, Jack found Mark had cheated him. 3 . What was worse, he was terribly ill. People in the neighborhood heard the news and all wanted to help him. They went out of their way to support him with great encouragement. They even offered him plenty of money with little expectation in return. With the help of his neighbors and other business partners, 4 .
Whenever Jack is asked about the key to his success, he always smiles and replies, “ 5 . ”
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A . He decided to work with Mark in the end.
B . Jack got his business up and running again.
C . He even thinks about others more than himself.
D . Honesty is the most important.
E.Jack lost a lot of money and his business was in trouble.
1 . C
2 . A
3 . E
4 . B
5 . D
【分析】
杰克是一个善良诚实有很多好的品质的人,虽然被合伙人马克欺骗,损失了钱也生了病,但是他的邻居和其他商业伙伴都愿意无条件帮助他,他又东山再起,他认为诚实是最重要的。
1 .根据 “Jack is a successful businessman because he is kind and honest. He never lies to his partners and always keeps his promise. ” 可知,此处都是在描述杰克的好的品质,选项 C“ 他甚至为别人考虑得比自己多。 ” 符合语境,故选 C 。
2 .根据 “Mark was so good at talking that Jack chose to believe him.” 可知,杰克选择相信马克,选项 A“ 他最后决定和马克一起工作。 ” 符合语境,故选 A 。
3 .根据 “About three weeks later, Jack found Mark had cheated him.” 和 “What was worse, he was terribly ill.” 可知,杰克发现马克欺骗了他,并且有了困境,选项 E“ 杰克损失了很多钱,他的生意陷入了困境。 ” 符合语境,故选 E 。
4 .根据 “With the help of his neighbors and other business partners” 可知,邻居和其他商业伙伴都帮助杰克,选项 B“ 杰克重新开始了他的事业。 ” 符合语境,故选 B 。
5 .根据 “Whenever Jack is asked about the key to his success” 和前文 “Jack is a successful businessman because he is kind and honest.” 可知,杰克因为善良诚实东山再起,选项 D“ 诚实是最重要的。 ” 符合语境,故选 D 。
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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. |