An old man sat on a train. He was on his way home after he ____1____ his son working in a big city. He was looking at the new shoes happily because his son bought them for him. Suddenly, one of the shoes fell out of the window of the ____2____ by accident. The people around him all were ____3____ for him and they said to him, “Don’t worry! It’s only a shoe. You still have a shoe.” But to their surprise, the old man threw the other ____4____ out of the window. A woman asked, “Why? It’s new.” The old man said with a smile, “Only one shoe is no use for me. But if anyone finds that pair of shoes, he can ____5____ them happily.”
1 . A . saved B . caught C . visited D . invited
2 . A . train B . bus C . plane D . room
3 . A . happy B . sorry C . nervous D . shy
4 . A . coat B . jacket C . shoe D . bag
5 . A . buy B . hide C . fix D . wear
C 2 . A 3 . B 4 . C 5 . D
【导语】本文主要讲述了一个老人在坐火车时不小心把一只鞋掉到了窗外,他竟然把另一只鞋也扔到了窗外,众人不解。但是听了老人的话,大家才恍然大悟。
1 .句意:他拜访了在大城市工作的儿子后,正在回家的路上。
saved 拯救; caught 抓住; visited 拜访; invited 邀请。根据 “He was on his way home after he...his son working in a big city” 可知是拜访他的儿子。故选 C 。
2 .句意:突然,一只鞋子不小心从火车的窗户掉了出去。
train 火车; bus 公交车; plane 飞机; room 房间。根据 “An old man sat on a train” 可知是从火车窗外掉落。故选 A 。
3 .句意:周围的人都替他遗憾。
happy 开心的; sorry 遗憾的; nervous 紧张的; shy 害羞的。根据 “one of the shoes fell out of the window” 可知他的一只鞋掉了,所以人们为他感到遗憾。故选 B 。
4 .句意:但令他们惊讶的是,老人把另一只鞋扔出了窗外。
coat 大衣; jacket 夹克衫; shoe 鞋; bag 包。根据 “one of the shoes fell out of the window ” 并结合语境可知,老人的一只鞋掉到了窗外,他把另一只鞋也扔了出去。故选 C 。
5 .句意:但如果有人找到那双鞋,他可以开心地穿上它们。
buy 买; hide 隐藏; fix 修理; wear 穿。根据 “But if anyone finds that pair of shoes” 可知如果有人找到这双鞋,会开心地穿上它们。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. |