When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late，but it’s not my fault; the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.
Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.
This is what being a winner is all about—creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.
1.According to the passage, winners .
A. blame themselves rather than others
B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives
C. have responsible and able colleagues
D. deal with problems rather than blame others
2.The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. improve B. accept C. avoid D. consider
3.When problems occur, winners take them as ______.
A. excuses for their failures B. chances for self-development
C. challenges to their colleagues D. barriers to greater power
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. A Winner’s Opportunity.B. A Winner’s Problem.
C. A Winner’s Secret.D. A Winner’s Achievement.
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I the same things thousand and one times, do not me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life….When at some moment I lose the memory or the of conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I can not do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your , the same way I did when you gave your first . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to any more — that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, my mistakes, I always wanted the thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent (无奈) for seeing me you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
1.A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took
2.A. repeat B. think C. praise D. criticize
3.A. disturb B. avoid C. look D. interrupt
4.A. when B. after C. until D. since
5.A. rest B. word C. sleep D. shower
6.A. noticed B. discovered C. invented D. assumed
7.A. knowing B. fearing C. enjoying D. consulting
8.A. what B. when C. how D. why
9.A. attitude B. thread C. material D. news
10.A. talking B. appealing C. responding D. listening
11.A. when B. how C. that D. where
12.A. short B. tired C. long D. strong
13.A. hand B. ear C. mind D. leg
14.A. laugh B. step C. pace D. cry
15.A. talk B. sleep C. write D. live
16.A. though B. since C. while D. despite
17.A. last B. best C. first D. most
18.A. against B. behind C. near D. below
19.A. made B. found C. started D. earned
20.A. patience B. mercy C. excuse D. care
— What is that building ______ construction ?
— It looks like a hospital..
A. under B. on C. in D. through
Honestly speaking, I would agree with Shirley, though not ______.
A. entirely B. widely C. possibly D. eventually
Every possible means ______ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.
A. has been used B. have been usedC. is used D. are used
My father and my mother have been married for 30 years, and never once ______ with each other.
A. they have quarrelledB. did they quarrel
C. had they quarrelledD. have they quarrelled
