When I was in college， I heard about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book， and I didn’t like it. I think it was because the title_______I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should focus on only me. I thought I needed to help others and， along the way， I would also help myself. Now， I realize I should have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.
Many years after seeing the book about looking out for number one， I’m realizing number one， me， is the person I should care first. Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question， “Who is the most important person in the world?” Most people answer， “the customer.” He then asks， “If there were only two people left in the world， the customer and you， who would you want to survive (生存)?” Now the answer is me.
It makes sense that if we can’t help ourselves first， we will never be ready to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best decisions for ourselves. That will put us in the position to help others in the future. But many of us are slow to understand this.
It is said that happiness will bring success， but success doesn’t always bring happiness. We all want to be happy and successful. Some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are met and our family are safe. Others will seek for high levels of success， thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of some people who are very successful， according to the world’s standards (标准)， but they appear to be unhappy sometimes. This is because they have been so busy working for somebody else’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.
1.The underlined phrase “turned me off” in Paragraph One probably means “________”.
A. made me bored B. made me excited
C. made me happy D. made me surprised
2.Who does the writer think is the most important person in the world?
A. The customer. B. Others.
C. Jeffery Gitomer. D. Himself.
3.From the third paragraph， we can learn ________.
A. we should help others instead of ourselves
B. actually few of us understand this idea earlier
C. helping others can help us to control our lives
D. we need to help others make the best decisions
4.Sometimes successful people feel unhappy because ________.
A. they seek for too high levels of success
B. they haven’t worked for their own goals
C. their basic needs are not completely met
D. they think success can’t bring happiness
5.The best title for the passage can be ________.
A. Happiness and Success Come Together
B. Always Helping Others First
C. The Most Important People in the World
D. Looking Out for Number One
A
Several months ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long weekend with our five-year-old twin daughters. As we went back and forth about what to do next, our girls jumped in and told us exactly what they wanted to do. “We want to go to the butterfly museum,” said Emily and Hanna.
As soon as we walked into the main area of the museum, we saw thousands of beautiful butterflies. They all flapped their colorful wings.
My girls were jumping up and down, and I knew we had made the right decision to come to the museum. They were having so much fun.
I turned to our museum tour guide because I was curious (好奇的), and asked, “How long do butterflies live?”
She said: “About ten days.”
“What can butterflies do in ten days?” I asked.
The guide stopped, looked at me, and said, “They make the world a more beautiful place.”
“Wow,” I said, “I never thought about butterflies like that. Thank you.”
After we said goodbye, I couldn’t stop thinking about what the guide had said. She was right. We all have something to offer the world with the time we have. When we focus our gifts on taking care of each other every day, we can make a difference.
Appreciate (欣赏) the impact you can have on your family, friends, co-workers and neighbors. Like a butterfly, you have your own way of making the world more beautiful for everyone.
1.There are ________ people in the writer’s family.
A. 5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2
2.Where did the family finally decide to go?
A. To a butterfly museum. B. To another island.
C. To visit friends at the museum. D. Back to their home.
3.How long does a butterfly live on average?
A. A few weeks. B. A month. C. About ten days. D. One day.
4.What did the guide think of butterflies?
A. She thought butterflies could do nothing for the world.
B. She was surprised to know the long lives of butterflies.
C. She felt sorry for the butterflies that live such a short life.
D. She really appreciated what the butterflies do for the world.
5.From the story, the writer tries to ________.
A. advise people to visit the butterfly museum
B. introduce us something surprising about life
C. encourage people to make a difference in the world
D. tell us about a wonderful experience with her family
VI．完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
“I will think of it.”It is easy to say this; but do you know what great things have come from
______? We can not see our own thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them; but we do feel the ______
our thoughts have!
Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden ______ a summer’s evening. He was thinking about something else when he saw ______ fall from a tree. He began to think. In trying to understand why the apple fell, he ______ how the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars were kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireplace, watching the lid (盖子) of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to ______ why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking; and when he became a man, he
______ the steam engine successfully. From then on it could do the work of many horses ______.
Next time when you see a steam boat or a steam mill, remember that it would ______ have been built without the hard thinking of someone.
Boys, when you have a ______ lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged, and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.
1.A. saying B. thinking C. writing D. reading
2.A. power B. method C. pressure D. reason
3.A. in B. at C. on D. for
4.A. a lid B. an orange C. an apple D. a leaf
5.A. described B. invented C. complained D. discovered
6.A. look out B. take out C. find out D. turn out
7.A. increased B. improved C. repaired D. influenced
8.A. hardly B. busily C. heavily D. easily
9.A. never B. ever C. still D. yet
10.A. possible B. difficult C. simple D. useful
Could you tell me ________? My watch doesn’t work.
A. what time it is B. when it was mended
C. where he is from D. how far it is from here
We’d better learn English well. It ________ in many countries around the world.
A. speaks B. is spoken C. was spoken D. spoke
I’m busy now. I ________ to your home after supper.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. will go
