20.Do you know what Fear and Faith have in common?Fear believes in a negative future.Faith believes in a positive future.Both believe in something that has not yet happened.So I ask you,if neither the positive nor negative future has happened yet then why not choose to believe in the positive future?
I believe during these challenging times we have a choice between two roads:the positive road and the negative road.And (our bus can't be on two roads) at the same time.So we have to make a choice and this choice determines our belief about the future and the attitude and actions we bring to the present.
I'm not saying we shouldn't have any fear.There are times when fear is a gift.A healthy dose(劑量) of fear causes us to examine our situation and plan for the future.It moves us to smell the cheese and expect change.When used wisely it allows us to manage risk and make better decisions.Some fear is good.
However,what I have observed lately is a supersized,huge dose of fear that is spreading the hearts and minds of far too many people.This oversized fear is causing leaders and their organizations to either act unreasonably or to not act at all.They are either hurrying in a million different directions because of fear.In both cases,fear is leading them to take the negative road to failure.
The answer is the positive road paved (鋪滿) with faith and a belief that your best days are not behind you but ahead of you.With this belief you make the right choices and actions today that will create your positive future tomorrow.You stay calm,focused and committed to your purpose.You look for ways to save money and cut costs without making unreasonable fear-based decisions that sacrifice your future success.You identify opportunities in the midst of the challenges and you focus on solutions instead of problems.
Your faith and belief in a positive future leads to powerful actions today.The future has not happened yet and you have a say in what it looks like by the way you think and act.Fear or Faith.The choice is yours.
41.According to the passage,we can know thatB.
A.Fear and Faith have nothing in common
B.both Fear and Faith trust something in the future
C.neither negative nor positive future will happen
D.people usually choose to believe in the positive future
42.What does the writer mean by saying"our bus can't be on two roads"?C
A.We usually choose the negative road.
B.We should choose the positive road.
C.We must choose either a positive or negative road.
D.Our belief about the future depends on our choice.
43.Which of the following about"Fear"is true?B
A.We should have fear because it is a gift.
B.Reasonable fear helps to plan for future.
C.Fear can bring cheese and risk to people.
D.Leaders usually have oversized fear.
44.If we have faith in future,we willD.
A.have the best days ahead of us B.be committed to saving money
C.stay away from any challenges D.take powerful actions today
45.What does the writer intend to tell us in the passage?C
A.Fear is closely related to faith.
B.Life is full of fear and faith.
C.We should have faith in a positive future.
D.Wrong decisions sacrifice our future success.
分析 本篇文章分析了人的兩大心態(tài),然后告訴我們它們對我們生活的影響,呼吁我們以積極的心態(tài)面對未來,這樣才能信心百倍地做好今天的事情.
解答 41:B 細節(jié)理解題.由第一段中的"Do you know what fear and faith have in common?Fear believes in a negative future.Faith believes in a positive future."可以看出,fear和faith的共同之處就是對未來的某種篤定.注意選項中的trust和原文中的believe in的同義替換.
42:C 句意理解題.上文告訴我們未來有兩條路可以選擇:the positive road and the negative road,再結合下文的內容"So we have to make a choice"可以看出,畫線句的意思就是,這兩條路我們只能選擇一條.
43:B 細節(jié)理解題.第三段中的"A healthy dose(劑量) of fear causes us to examine our situation and plan for the future."告訴我們,健康劑量的恐懼能幫助我們更好地計劃未來.故選B項.
44:D 細節(jié)理解題.由最后一段中的"Your faith and belief in a positive future leads to powerful actions today."可知答案.
45:C 推理判斷題.文章首先分析了人的兩大心態(tài),然后告訴我們它們對我們生活的影響,最后一段呼吁我們以積極的心態(tài)面對未來,這樣才能信心百倍地做好今天的事情.
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