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江苏省南京玄武区2019-2020学年初中英语八年级下学期期末考试题

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日期: 2024-11-26
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    People make themselves into winners by their own efforts (努力).

    Many years ago, look the head 1 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

    It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to 2 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, 3 to my disappointment we were beaten. I couldn't believe I had got into such a 4 . Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my team might not be the number one team in Georigia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my attention about their ability and potential (潜力).

    I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed 5 holidays, we meet every day and practiced passing and kicking the football.

    Six months 6 suffering our defeat (挫败) on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory (胜利) for us even if (即使) we 7 the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia and 8 me one of the greatest thrills (兴奋感) of my life!

    From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves  9, and they build themselves into winners.

    Winners are made, not 10.

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    We are told to pay attention to what our mothers tell us. Most of us enjoys listening to our speak. Scientists have found that compared to other people's voices, our brains greatly prefer the voices of our own mothers.

    Scientists at Stanford University, US, recently studied this. They scanned (扫描) children's brains while they were listening to different sounds, including their mothers' voices. They found that 97 percent of the time, children could recognize their mothers' voices at once.

    Hearing their mothers' voices makes children's brains more active. We usually just use one part of our brain to deal with sounds when we hear something. But when we hear our mothers voices, many parts of the brain, including those in charge of (负责) reward (奖赏) and emotion (情感). start to work as well.

    Why do we respond so strongly to our mothers' voices? It starts even before we're born. When children are still in the womb (子宫) or have just been born, they hear their mothers talking. This makes babies feel comfortable and teaches them language and social skills, even though they are still very young. The babies learn to recognize their mothers' voices as a rewarding (奖励性的) sound. Later, when this sound is heard again, more attention is paid to it.

    Some sounds are necessary for our survival or bring us pleasure. These sounds are recognized by our brains as rewarding sounds. Most human voices are not recognized in this way, since we hear them so often. But mothers' voices are different. They bring us a lot of comfort.

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    When I was nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and cried. “Buddy, it's a beautiful, beautiful poem!” My mother poured out her praise.

“What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to show him my poem. My father had begun his movie career as a writer. He would be able to appreciate (欣赏) my poem

even more than my mother. I confidently put the poem right on my father's plate on the dining table.

    My mother said he would be home around 7. But my father got home an hour later than expected. He sat down at the table and noticed his plate. “What is this?” I heard him say.

     “Ben, Buddy has written his first poem. And it's beautiful, so amazing!” Mother said. “If you don't mind, I'd like to decide that for myself,” Father said.

    I kept my face lowered to my plate.It was only 10 lines long. But it seemed to take hours.“I think it's bad,” my father said. I couldn't look up. My eyes were getting wet.

    “Ben, sometimes I don't understand you,” my mother was saying. “This is just a little boy. He needs encouragement.”

    “I don't know why,” my father held his ground. “Isn't there enough bad poetry (诗歌) in the world already? No law says Buddy has to become a poet.”

    I ran from the dining room, threw myself on the bed and cried.

    A few months later, I read that first poem. It was a bad poem. I worked up the courage to show him a short story. My father thought it was not good but hopeful. I was learning to rewrite.

    As I worked my way into other books and plays and films, I realized how lucky I was to have a mother who said, “Buddy, it's wonderful!” and a father who shook his head “I think it's bad.” Both are love that forces me to improve. In fact, all of us in life need both loving force.

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    When you are in a place where you are looking for a new job or career and that there are several things that you should pay attention to. Jobs and careers are fewer than you expect, especially when satisfying (令人满意的) employment is something you need to seriously think about. How are you going to find the job that you want and what should you avoid on your way? When you want to make use of your job search, take a moment and think about the things that you must avoid at all.

    One of the most important rules is never to compromise (妥协) on the things you ask for or it will have a bad effect ( 影 响 ) on your life and peace of mind. Keep in mind your basic expectations of a dream job. They might be something about money or you might find they have something to do with time off. Whatever they are, make sure that you do not accept a job without them. Your requirements (需求) might not be easy to meet, but you have the right to try and achieve them.

    What's more, don't go away from odd (临时的) jobs that might actually take you to the place that you want to be in. Sometimes, finding the right job is a matter of luck and chance after you have been searching and putting in a lot of effort (努力). And if something unexpected happens, remember that taking the chance is of great importance and is something you might want to seriously consider (考虑). As long as you keep your goals in mind, you are going to be doing much better than other people during the job search.

    If you are looking for the right job, another thing that you can do to make sure that you get the right kind of employment is to market yourself. If required, give enough encouragement to yourself and try to confidently look at all that you have. Make sure that you can show your skills and abilities. If the jobs that you have set your sights on are challenging (有挑战性的), set goals for yourself and work hard at them. The more efforts you put in marketing yourself the more your chances of getting the job you like will be.

    Remember that when you are working on a job search, you should not short-change yourself this is because you will only harm yourself by setting low goals.

Title

What to avoid during your job

Brief(简短的)

Satisfying jobs arethan expected.

When  looking  for  a  job,  there  are  several  things  that   should  beattention to.

Important rules

Remembering your expectations

Don't compromise on your requirements or it will have a bad effect on your life. Although your requirements might beto meet, you should try hard.

Taking the chance

Take some odd jobs and this might help youyour goal finally.

When something unexpected happens, taking the chance    is veryand you should consider it seriously.

Marketing yourself

If  required, give yourself enough encouragement and  look at yourself with .

Make sure you areto show your skills and abilities.

If the jobs that you want are challenging, set your goals and work hard.

Conclusion

Don't short-change yourself because low goals may beto you.

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