Once upon a time, there was a swan( 天鹅 ). She lived in a lake. A woman with her two daughters lived in a small house 1 the lake. They lived a hard life. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to buy food.
The swan was 2 to see that. She wanted to help them. Every day she came to the woman’s house and left a golden feather without 3 anything. The woman sold the feather 4 bought food. She was happy because her life was 5 than before.
But the woman became greedy( 贪婪 ). One day when the swan 6 , the woman caught her and took all her golden feathers. Suddenly the golden feathers 7 the common( 普通的 ) feathers.
The swan said, “I came to help you, but you wanted to kill 8 . I will never come back. Never be greedy.” With these words, the swan disappeared( 消失 ).
1 . A . under B . near C . in
2 . A . sad B . friendly C . happy
3 . A . saying B . taking C . bringing
4 . A . but B . so C . and
5 . A . better B . the best C . good
6 . A . jumped B . came C . cried
7 . A . changed into B . got up C . went way
8 . A . him B . her C . me
1 . B
2 . A
3 . A
4 . C
5 . A
6 . B
7 . A
8 . C
【分析】
文章大意:湖里住着一只有着金羽毛的天鹅,湖边住着一个贫穷的女人,她带着两个女儿过着艰难的生活。为了帮助她们过上好日子,天鹅每天送给她们一支金羽毛,然而贪心的女人却要拔走天鹅所有的羽毛。
1 .
句意:一位妇女和她的两个女儿住在湖边的一所小房子里。
under 在 …… 下; near 附近; in 在 …… 里面;根据 “a small house...the lake” 可知,房子应该是在湖边, near the lake“ 在湖边 ” ,故选 B 。
2 .
句意:天鹅看到这件事很伤心。
sad 伤心的; friendly 友好的; happy 开心的;根据 “Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to buy food.” 以及 “She wanted to help them.” 可知天鹅看到那种情况 “ 很伤心 ” ,故选 A 。
3 .
句意:每天她来到女人的房子,什么也不说,只留下一根金羽毛。
saying 说,后接说话的内容; taking 拿; bringing 带来;根据 “left a golden feather without...anything” 可知,天鹅每天来到妇人的房子什么也不说,只给她留下一根金羽毛,故选 A 。
4 .
句意:那个女人卖了羽毛,买了食物。
but 但是; so 所以; and 和;空格前后句两句之间是顺承关系,应用 and 连接,故选 C 。
5 .
句意:她很高兴,因为她的生活比以前好了。
better 更好的; the best 最好的; good 好的;根据句中的 “than” 可看出,此处用比较级形式,故选 A 。
6 .
句意:一天,当天鹅来了,女人抓住了她,拿走了她所有的金色羽毛。
jumped 跳; came 来; cried 哭;根据 “Every day she came to the woman’s house” 可知,此处指的是天鹅来到那个女人家时,故选 B 。
7 .
句意:突然,金色的羽毛变成了普通的羽毛。
changed into 变成; got up 起床; went away 离开;根据 “ the golden feathers...the common( 普通的 ) feathers” 可知,金羽毛 “ 变成了 ” 普通的羽毛,故选 A 。
8 .
句意:天鹅说: “ 我是来帮你的,但是你想杀了我。我再也不会回来了。永远不要贪婪。 ”
him 他; her 她; me 我;根据 “The swan said...” 可知,此处是天鹅说的话,及 “I came to help you, but you wanted to kill...” 可知,此处是天鹅的自述,应该用第一人称,故选 C 。
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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. |