题型:任务型阅读 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
甘肃省天水一中2016-2017学年高二上学期英语第二阶段考试试卷
Everyone can benefit a lot from reading books. The following is about various benefits of reading books.
Whenever you read something, you learn information that you wouldn't have known. If you want to learn new words, reading books is a great way to enlargeyour vocabulary.
Similar to solving puzzles, reading books allows your mind to practice its processing skills. Going without books for too long will turn your mind into mess.
One of the primary benefits of reading books is its ability to develop your thinking skills. Wherever you are faced with a similar problem in real life, your mind is able to put its mystery solving skills to a test.
The information in books can be referred to over and over again. For example, reading a cookbook allows you the chance to review the cooking steps whenever you need to. Don't even think about writing the information down because you may lose the paper sooner or later.
These are just some of the wonderful benefits of reading books. If you can't even go outside, you can download free ebooks online and read them on your computer. That way, you can see how useful reading can be for yourself.
A. You can improve your memory by reading.
B. Reading keeps your mind in good condition.
C. Reading books can make you become confident.
D. Reading books provides you with new knowledge.
E. Reading mystery novels, for example, trains your mind.
F. Following the steps from a cooking video will be difficult.
G. Why don't you drop into a bookstore and pick a book up?
CAN-DO PEOPLE |
NO-CAN-DO |
Take initiative to make it happen Think about problems and barriers Act |
Wait for something to happen to them Think about solutions and options Are acted upon |
If you think can-do, and you're creative and persistent, it's amazing what you can accomplish. During college, I remember being told that to fulfill my language requirement, I would "have to" take a class that I had no interest in and was meaningless to me. Instead of taking this class, however, I decided to create my own. So I put together a list of books I would read and the assignments I would do and found a teacher to sponsor me. I then went to the dean of the school and presented my case. He bought into my idea and I completed my language requirement by taking my self-built course.
American aviator Elinor Smith once said, "It has long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
It's so true. To reach your goals in life, you must seize the initiative. If you're feeling bad about not being asked out on dates, don't just sit around and sulk, do something about it. Find ways to meet people. Be friendly and try smiling a lot. Ask them out. They may not know how great you are.
Don't wait for that perfect job to fall in your lap, go after it. Send out your resume, network, volunteer to work for free.
If you're at a store and need assistance, don't wait for the salesperson to find you, you find them.
Some people mistake can-do for being pushy, aggressive, or obnoxious. Wrong. Can-do is courageous, persistent, and smart. Others think can-do people stretch the rules and make their own laws. Not so. Can-do thinkers are creative, enterprising, and extremely resourceful.
George Bernard Shaw, the English playwright, knew all about can-do. Listen to how he said it: "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."
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