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 the 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. deal with problems rather than blame others

B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C. have responsible and able colleagues

D. blame themselves rather that others

2. The underlined word “remedy” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. avoid  B. accept                    

C. improve  D. consider

3. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should ________.

A. find a better way to handle the problem

B. blame him for his lack of responsibility

C. tell him to find the cause of the problem

D. ask a more able colleague for help

4. When problems occur, winners take them as ________.

A. excuses for their failures

B. barriers to greater power

C. challenges to their colleagues

D. chances for self－development

5. Which of the following is the BEST title for the passage?

A. A Winner's Secret

B. A Winner's Problem

C. A Winner's Opportunity

D. A Winner's Achievement

If you look for a book as a present for a child, you will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Potter.J.K. Rowling's wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children's books, which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lord of the Rings.

Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics, in 1997 23% said they didn't like reading at all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.

Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class. In his pre－budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

Reading Recovery is aimed at six－year－olds, who receive four months of individual daily half－hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation earlier this year reported that children on the scheme made 20 months' progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months' progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school they read well, but read less often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can expect lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success. According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

6. Which of the following is TRUE of Paragraph 1?

A. Many children's books have been adapted from films.

B. Many high－quality children's books have been published.

C. The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.

D. The sales of presents for children have increased.

7. Statistics suggested that ________.

A. the number of top students increased with the use of computers

B. a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading

C. a minority of primary school children read properly

D. a large percentage of children read regularly

8. What do we know about Reading Recovery?

A. An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

B. Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

C. It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

D. Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

9. Reading for fun is important because book－loving children ________.

A. take greater advantage of the project

B. show the potential to enjoy a long life

C. are likely to succeed in their education

D. would make excellent future researchers

10. The aim of this text would probably be ________.

A. to overcome primary school pupils' reading difficulty

B. to encourage the publication of more children's books

C. to remind children of the importance of reading for fun

D. to introduce a way to improve early children reading

 短文改错(浙江省衢州市杜泽中学2011高三第一次模拟考试试卷)

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

　　As the high school student, I like to talk with foreigners to practise my oral English but learn more about other cultures.There were two foreign teachers in our school in this term. They often go to the English corner so that we can have a chance to practise the language. I seize every chance talk with them.However, I sometime find they are not so interesting in what I say, and it's hard for I to choose a suitable topic. I would like some advices about how to communicate proper with foreigners, and what topics to pick.

—Mary, do you want to see the pictures of my holiday in Italy?

—__1__

—Ah, it was great! The food was great! The wine was great! But the traffic was terrible!

—__2__  

—Those Italians are crazy drivers！I don't want to think about it!

—OK, OK. __3__

—Yes, so here's a picture of the Tower of Pisa.

—How nice!

—It was raining that day, but it was still wonderful. We climbed to the top!

—__4__

—That's a photo of the Amo River. That's the “Ponte Vecchio”， the old bridge.

—__5__

—It was very interesting. There were beautiful old buildings in the city, and lots of wonderful museums.

—That's nice.

A. And what' s this?

B. Why was it so bad?

C. Yes, it was wonderful.

D. What was Florence like?

E. Let' s return to the good parts.

F. Sure, what was your holiday like?

G. Well, did you like your hotel there?

1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________

5. ________

你在网络上读到一篇关于“九零后”的英语文章，你打算以“Post－90's  Generation”为题，用第一人称给《二十一世纪英文报》写一篇文章。

注意：1. 词数：120～150左右；

2. 短文必须包括表格中的所有内容；

3. 为了使文章通顺完整，可以适当增加内容。

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