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What I like to advise people is to find out what it is that makes them happy. What do you love to do? If you truly love what you do just go ahead and try to make a living by doing it. People will throw money at you to do it. But you will always have to work hard at it. I have to draw every single day of my life. I have to draw about 20 ideas. My advice is to put aside a certain amount of time every day and make you draw or whatever, especially when you don’t feel like it. Only in this way will you be able to perfect your talent.
The first step you take is to go to your local library and ask for the publications issued in the current years. When you get these publications, try to find the names of the top people concerned and their presidents. After you find these, write down their names and addresses. Keep this list and update it every year. Next thing you want to do is to create at least 40 cartoons. Get a grid（格子） from one of the strips in the newspapers, enlarge it to whatever size you wish and draw inside this grid. Now take the best 20 of your ideas and make them into finished pieces. To do this, you would want to copy them in ink because if you were a professional cartoonist, that was what you should do. Now you can reduce the size of the finished cartoons to fit onto a regular comic’s page. By comparing yours with the others already in print, it gives you a good idea of clarity to your cartoon.
The next step is to write letters to presidents of the publication. In the letters, explain who you think would read your work, or in other words, what group do you think you would target. After you complete these, send all of your information enclosed with letters in the appropriate envelope.
Now as soon as you send out these letters, start to create a brand new strip with all new characters. Don’t___________because if your idea gets turned down then you will give up. And always remember. If you receive a rejection from any of them, keep in mind that you are working on something better. You will be working on something new and more exciting and the rejection letter will not have any impact. With this in mind…
【小题1】What is the advice from the writer in the first paragraph when you want to succeed in your life?

A．Stop doing anything until you find something quite suitable for your future career.

B．Put aside a certain amount of time every day to consider how to make a living.

C．Make a living by something that you truly like to do as your profession and work hard at it.

D．Perfect your talent only by drawing some cartoons.

【小题2】The purpose of writing a letter to the president was to ____.

A．get some money to support the later career

B．enclose the information on how to become cartoonists with the letter

C．focus his attention on the work

D．explain who would be the readers of the work

【小题3】The underlined phrase “get married to one idea” in the last paragraph probably refers to ______.

A．having a strong desire to get married

B．fixing all attention on one idea

C．marrying someone is a good ideas

D．refusing one idea to get married

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In modern times, when food is available in grocery stores, finding love is more____in people’s lives. The____is all around us. It is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love. An endless number of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture.
Researchers are studying whether love, a highly valued emotional state, can be____They ask, what is love? Toothpaste companies want us to think attraction is all about clean teeth, but clean teeth go only so far. Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved. You have probably heard that opposites attract but that____attract, too. One thing is certain: The truth about love is not yet set in stone.
First Impression
To help determine the____of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each other’s individuality. Then students were asked to____what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners. After nine weeks, they reported what happened.
As it turned out, their____judgments often held true. Students seemed to____at an early stage who would best fit into their lives.
The____Knows
Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction. Many animals give off pheromones — natural chemicals that can be detected by, and then can produce a response in, other animals of the same species. Pheromones can signal that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling____to partnerships. In contrast, humans do not seem to be as____as other animals at detecting such chemicals. Smell, however, does seem to play a part in human attraction. Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously, we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people.
Face Value
Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors, including seeing something we find attractive. Researchers had people judge faces for____The participants had 0.013 seconds to view each face, yet somehow they generally considered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces. The way we_____attractiveness seem to be somewhat automatic.
When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations, people responded to____words faster after viewing an attractive face. Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking.

C．possibility

A．appearances

C．similarities

A．illustrations

B．implications

C．ingredients

B．investigate

B．distinguish

A．disappointed

B．attractiveness

C．individuality

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One hot night last August, I tried everything I could think of — toys, songs etc. to make him fall into sleep, but he just couldn’t do it. Since I believed that a long night was waiting for me ahead, I had no choice but to bring a TV into his room to kill off the hours until dawn. I was surprised that the moment I turned on the TV the baby became quiet right away and fixed his little eyes brightly on the screen. Not willing to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoed(蹑手蹑脚地行进) out of the room, leaving him to watch the boring TV programs. I heard no more of the baby’s crying that night and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV by himself. I found there was a metaphor(暗喻) in my baby’s behavior(行为) for the new generation. When I gave my boy some books to go over, he only spit upon them; when I read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools with my students. I find that our students don’t read and they look down upon reading and make light of those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have drawn a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight against it? Let them watch what they want！
【小题1】 Why did the father bring a TV set into his son’s room?

A．To enjoy some interesting programs together with his son.

B．To help himself pass the long hours ahead of him.

C．To help his son fall asleep sooner.

D．To keep his son from making noises.

【小题2】The baby seemed to be ______ at the sight of the TV set.

【小题3】This experience with his baby helped the father ______.

A．to know his baby better

B．to know better how to educate his students

C．to change his opinions towards TV

D．to know better about the new generation

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The associates I hired in my bicycle and lawn mower shop like myself were never perfect; however, they were excellent. Working with them as they improved taught me new ways to show forgiveness, understanding, and patience.
One day the placement officer asked me to interview a young man who was having trouble finding a job. He told me that David was a little shy, did not talk much and was afraid to go on with interviews. He requested that I give David an interview just for practice. He plainly told David that I had no positions open at the time and the interview was just for practice.
When David came in for the interview, he hardly said a word. I told him what we did at the bicycle shop and showed him around. I told David to keep showing up because the number one thing an employer wanted in an associate was dependability.
David was very quiet (he was evaluated as a slow learner in school). Every ten days or so, for weeks after the interview, David walked into the bicycle shop and stood by the front door. He never said a word, just stood by the door.
One day, shortly before Christmas, a large truck came to the shop, packed with 250 new bicycles. It had to be unloaded right away or the driver would leave.
It was raining. Some of my workers (without physical limitations) chose not to brave the weather to get into work, so I was shorthanded. It seemed everything was going wrong and on top of it, David came in the front door and just stood there. I looked at him and shouted, “Well, all right! Fill out a time card and help me unload this truck！”
David worked for my bicycle shop for eighteen years. He came to work every day thirty minutes early. He could talk; however, he rarely chose to. He drove my truck and made deliveries. The customers would praise David, saying, “He doesn't talk, but he really shows you how to operate a lawn mower！”
【小题1】The author gave David an interview to ________.

A．give him some practice

B．show sympathy for him

C．find a person who is reliable

D．find a parttime worker in need

【小题2】The author finally hired David because ________.

A．He realized David was dependable

B．there were no other workers in the shop then

C．he needed someone who was willing to work then

D．David kept showing up

【小题3】We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

A．the author prefers David to be more outgoing

B．the author feels lucky to hire David

C．David has had his character changed through work

D．some customers just play jokes on David

同类题4

Last month, my good friend Mark got expensive watch as his birthday present. He showed it to everyone in the class proud. I really envied of him, so I also asked my mum to buy me an expensive birthday present. However, to her disappointment, I only got a second-hand bike on that special day. One day while I am riding my “dear”bike back home from school, I passed the shop that my mum worked. I saw a familiar figure kneeling in front of the shop, cleaned the outside steps. It was my mum! She worked so harder to raise me! Tear in my eyes, I got off the bike but worked together with her.

同类题5

“Are you happy？”I asked my brother，Ian，one day.

“Yes. No. It depends on what you mean，”he said.

“Then tell me，”I said，“when was the last time you think you were happy？”

“April，1967，”he said.

It served me right for putting a serious question to someone who has joked his way through life. But Ian’s answer reminded me that when we think about happiness，we usually think of something extraordinary，a pinnacle（顶点）of delight. And those pinnacles seem to get rarer as we get older.

For a child，happiness is simple，such as playing with friends. In the teenage years，the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement，love and popularity. For adults，happiness is complicated—love，marriage，responsibility and the risk of loss.

My dictionary defines happiness as“luck”or“fortune”，but I think a better definition of happiness is“the capacity（能力）for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have，the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved，the company of friends，the freedom to live where we please，and even good health.

I added up my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I had my breakfast and enjoyed myself in the house. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing，which I love. When the kids came home，I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.

You never know where happiness will turn up next. When I asked friends what makes them happy，some mentioned seemingly unimportant moments.“I hate shopping，”one friend said.“But there’s a shop assistant who always chats and really cheers me up.”Another friend loves the telephone.“Every time it rings，I know someone is thinking about me.”We all experience moments like these. Too few of us think of them as happiness.

Happiness isn’t about what happens to us；it’s about how we think of what happens to us. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have， but enjoying what we do have.

【小题1】It is widely thought that as one grows older，getting happiness seems to be________.

A．out of the question

C．a romantic dream

D．more and more difficult

【小题2】The writer feels it is a pity that we sometimes________.

A．don’t have our own houses to live in

B．ignore the happiness that we have

C．don’t know how to get happiness

D．don’t notice others can cheer us up

【小题3】The writer thinks the key to happiness lies in________.

A．getting something extraordinary

B．being able to enjoy what we have

C．living a simple life

D．pursuing things we don’t have

【小题4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．My Happiness	B．Are You Happy?
C．What Is Happiness?	D．Do What You Like

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