Everyone wants love，money，success and so on in life．Yet too many people fail to achieve their goals, and nearly all of them are for the same reason．Generally speaking，getting what you really want out of life is just a matter of the following simple steps．
You have to decide what it is you want the most．But do not make a list of wishes． 1. .If you’re not sure about where you want to go，you’d better think it over first and not hurry to perform．
2. ．This will be your map for getting from“where you are now”to“where you want to go”．You know what you want，and what steps you are going to take to get it．For example，if you want a better job，start with a skills assessment and maybe some extra training．You’11 need to sell yourself and your skills to your new employer．
Other goals will require a bit more thought．Some will really get you lost without a clue of how to get there． 3. ．
The final step is to carry it out． 4. ．Take the steps you outlined on your road map and keep going on all the time．If you run into some people who are against you，simply ignore them．
5. ．Keep pushing．Whatever you do，do not lose heart before you have what you desire in your hands．Never think that you can’t turn your dream into a reality．
A．Do what you have planned．
B．Hold a right attitude to what you’ve achieved．
C．Never give up the goal．
D．Try to focus on one thing at a time．
E．Not to worry，though，books can be of great help．
F． Make an action plan with care．
G．Form a good habit，whatever the result may be．
Cambridge graduates are the most employable in the world，according to a global league table．The ancient university is the best at producing graduates who are‘ready to work’，a poll of major employers found．
Oxford slipped to fourth place in the rankings having taken top spot last year．Harvard and Yale—part of the US‘Ivy League’of universities—were second and third respectively．
Five British universities were ranked in the top 20—one more than last year—and 12 were in the full list of 150．
But the UK as a country came third—behind the US and Germany—when companies were asked to name the best nation for producing work—ready graduates．
The table—the Global Employability(就业能力)University Ranking published by the International New York Times—also showed that universities in Asian countries were rapidly gaining ground on their western counterparts (对手)．
Asian universities claimed 20 percent of the top 150 places in 2014 compared with only 10 percent when the tables were first published in 2010．
The other British universities in the top 20 were University College London，in 14th place，Imperial College London，in 15th，and Edinburgh，18th．
The table showed the gap between a small number of top UK universities and less famous institutions．
Laurent Dupasquier，managing partner at Emerging，a French human resources consultancy，said：“The top tier players．global brands (which tend to be all American and British)．continue to lead，while other Anglo—Saxon universities，those that are mainly regional players，tend to develop less well，with an average of five places lost in comparison with last year．”
“Like the Premier League(英超联赛)，the champions have an international community of students and think internationally，unlike their more locally oriented counterparts．”
The table was made following a survey of 2,500 major companies in 20 countries．Employers were asked to rank universities against a range of criteria including their production of graduates who are ready to work and their links with business．
The study claimed that‘the days of ivory towers are over’．
1.Which university had the best work-ready graduates last year?
A．Cambridge． B．Oxford．
C．Harvard． D．Yale．
2.The underlined phrase“gaining ground”in Paragraph 5 probably refers to ____________．
A．falling behind
B．coming into conflict
C．making room
D．becoming more successful
3.What can we learn about the UK universities from the text?
A．There are many quality gaps between UK universities．
B．The UK produced the most work-ready graduates this year．
C．Universities in the UK make up most of the top 20．
D．Almost all UK university graduates are employable．
4.Why do regional UK universities tend to develop less well this year?
A．They couldn’t raise enough education fund．
B．They have students from all over the world．
C．They lack international students and think locally．
D．The UK government didn’t support them at a11．
A team of scientists from University of Freiburg in Germany are developing a shoe with a sensor to automatically tie its laces(鞋带)that could be taken off when users click their heels together．
It’s been 26 years since we saw them magically tightening Marty McFly’s Nike boots in the film Back to The Future．
Now，self-tying shoelaces could actually become a reality this year，proving right one of the film’s fantastical predictions for what 2015 would be like．
Engineers have designed a shoe that can automatically lace up，adjusting itself to the shape of your foot．
Simply slip the controller on and pressure sensors will tell the ‘smart shoe’ when your foot is in position，triggering(触发)a tiny motor in the heel that pulls the laces tight.
When you want to take off the shoes，you click your heels together twice and the motor will release a spring(弹簧)in the shoe’s tongue，which loosens the laces enough for you to slip them off．
And the invention doesn’t even need to be plugged in to charge or have its battery replaced because it runs on power generated by the swing of your foot as you walk.
Engineer K1evis Ylli，of the Institute for Micromachining and Information Technology in southern Gemany，said the shoes could help a variety of different people.
“One focus is that it could be used in shoes for elderly people who have mobility problems，”he said．“But it could also work for children，or as a lifestyle product．”．
The design，which is still in a prototype(雏形)stage，cleverly gets the energy of the foot’s swing when opposing magnets in each shoe move past each other. It then uses that power to charge a battery．An hour of walking is enough to tighten the laces once，and it requires no energy to undo the shoes because that relies on the spring alone.
1.Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A．A fantastical prediction
B．A great invention in Germany
C．A shoe with self-tying laces
D．A popular lifestyle product
2.What can we learn about the shoes?
A．They can automatically take off．
B．They can adjust themselves to your foot．
C．They need to be charged once．
D．They have been in design for 26 years．
3.From the last paragraph we can know ____________．
A．the shoes have been put into use
B．the shoes need power to take off
C．the shoes promise to be popular
D．how the shoes work to produce energy
Amazon just released its list of the 10 best-selling books of 2014，and chances all you’ve already seen people reading them on the train．It's not too late to read—or reread—the bestsellers of the year．The following are the top four of them．
“The Invention of Wings”by Sue Monk Kid
Set in the south in the early 1800s，this Oprah Book Club book follows the complicated relationship between Handful，a slave，and Sarah，her owner，as they grow up together from childhood．Their confusing friendship，in the face of politics and societal norms，becomes a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changes over time．
“Gray Mountain”by John Grisham
When the economic recession(萧条)causes Samantha Kofer to lose her Wall Street law firm job．she takes a job at a legal aid clinic in Virginia until she can hopefully get back to big law．But while her new job，for the first time，puts her front and center in the court room，it also puts her in terrible danger．
“All the Light We Cannot See”by Anthony Doerr
This National Book Award Finalist follows both Marie—Laure，a blind French girl living with her father during World War II，and Werner，a German orphan with a skill for building and fixing radios．As their paths cross，this moving story will question how life and art are influenced by war．
“Twenty Seconds Ago(Jack Reacher，#19)”by Lee Child
After years of being out of the Army，Jack Reacher is pulled back into service at the CIA and State Department after someone tried to shoot the president of France．In Child’s latest Jack Reacher installment(系列丛书)，Reacher finds himself face to face with all old enemy and old memories．
1.If you prefer emotional(情感)stories，you’ll choose _______________.
A．The Invention of Wings and Gray Mountain
B．All the Light We Cannot See and Twenty Seconds Ago
C．The Invention of Wings and All the Light We Cannot See
D．Twenty Seconds Ago and Gray Mountain
2.What is Samantha Kofer?
A．A lawyer． B．A doctor．
C．A merchant． D．An official．
3.Which book has won the top honor?
A．The Invention of Wings
B．All the Light We Cannot See
C．Gray Mountain
D．Twenty Seconds Ago
4.What type of writing is this text?
A．A test report． B．An announcement.
C．A book review． D．Introduction of books．
Exhausted，covered in mud and desperately hungry，a team of Swedish athletes sat down for a meal as they prepared to take on a dangerous 20-mile trek through the Ecuadorian rainforest．
As they opened their canned meat，a tired Mikael Lindnord noticed a miserable stray dog staring at him out of the corner of his eye．
Feeling sorry for him，he fed the dog a meatball and thought nothing of it，but as the team stood up to continue their race the animal started to follow them—and he didn’t stop．
As the group of four navigated the final two stages of the 430-mile Adventure Racing World Championship，the dog befriended them and was eventually given the name Arthur．
Every tiring task the team face，Arthur would do the same．He swam alongside them while they kayaked down rivers，dragged himself up hills during hikes and pulled through knee—deep mud during treks．
Even when the team tried to get rid of their new member out of concerns for his safety—he refused to leave．This meant when he was tired they stopped for a break and when he got stuck in the mud they pulled him out．
After six days the team finished the race，and the dog had suffered．They therefore decided to take him to a vet(兽医)while still in South America to have him checked out．
During that time Lindord thought to himself that after their experience，they could not leave Arthur，so he decided to adopt him and take him back to Sweden．He applied to the Swedish Board of Agriculture and was made to wait to see if his application was successful．After a tense few days，the team arrived at the airport with Arthur and boarded the plane with him back home．
Lindord said：“I came to Ecuador to win the World Championship．Instead，I got a new friend．”
1.After meeting the dog，the team ______________．
A．abandoned the dog immediately
B．fed the dog with enough food
C．adopted the dog for convenience
D．continued the race with the dog
2.Why did the team try to get rid of the dog during the race?
A．They were concerned about his safety．
B．They couldn’t afford the race with him．
C．The dog was a burden to the team．
D．The dog couldn’t follow the team successfully．
3.Which of the following can best describe the team?
A．Friendly and caring．
B．Helpful and generous．
C．Risky and harsh．
D．Cautious and sensitive．
4.What can we infer from the text？
A．The dog was sad to have suffered from the race．
B．The team won the World Championship many times．
C．Lindord was overjoyed to befriend the dog．
D．The team felt tense to take Arthur to the airport．
假如你是学生会主席李华，你校学生会将于12月12日下午4点在学校报告厅举办高一、高二年级英语短剧大赛。请你根据以下信息，用英语写一篇书面通知。内容如下：
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