LESSON 2 TOP FIVE SECRETS OF SUCCESS
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Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．The prime minister rejected (拒绝接受) any idea of reforming the system.
2．How did the team prepare for the team championship (冠军)?
3．A minimum (最低限度) of 2 people is required for online booking.
4．If we cannot ll more goods, we'll have to cut back on the production (产量)．
takecareof5．The book really does great credit to the publisher (出版商)．
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6．The music was a hybrid (混合体) of western pop and traditional folk song.
7．You need to convince (使确信) them of your enthusiasm for the job.
8．Actually, continuous eye contact is limited (限定) to lovers only.
9．Imagination is a valuable quality and motivating (起激励作用的) power, and stimulates achievement.
10．He managed to dingage himlf from the contract (契约)．
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1．Without direction and motivation (motivate), a person would not know what to do.
2．If successful (success), it could lead the way for new products that keep our hair full of color for years to come.
3．My mother had always challenged the doctors' prediction心不在焉的反义词 (predict).
4．The man received many letters of congratulations (congratulate) after he won the prize.
5．There have been veral movements (move) for reform in this country over the last century.
6．He is an influential (influence) figure in early 20thcentury.
7．We appreciated his devotion (devote) of time and money to the project.
8．She faced many difficulties on the way to becoming an astronaut, starting with rejection (reject) of her first application!
9．So far there is no convincing (convince) evidence that there exists life in outer space.
10．You must reject distraction (distract) and concentrate on your work at hand.
Ⅲ.选词填空
1．Here lived a wealthy man devoted to the pursuits of literature.
2．Everyone has a story. It teaches that when you're down and out, never give up.
3．We have been speaking to a number of companies interested in熊猫简笔第一部纪传体 building them, but no
decisions have been made yet.
4．They made up for their inexperience by careful preparation for each lesson.
5．One of the biggest problems for the elderly is lack of money.
Ⅳ.补全句子
1．The missing boy was last en playing near the East Lake.
人们最后一次见到那个失踪的男孩时，他正在东湖附近玩。qq评论
2．Having suffered from heart dia for years, Professor White has to take some medicine with him whenever he goes.
患有心脏病多年后，怀特教授不得不随身带药。
3．Plea bring me the book whenever it's convenient.
请你方便时把那本书带给我。
4．Once he made up his mind to do something, there was no stopping him.
他一旦下定决心做某事，没有什么可以阻止他。
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5．Since the war broke out, the phones at donation centres have been ringing off the hook.
自从战争爆发以来，捐款中心的电话一直响个不停。
[B级——话题语篇练]
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
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Many studies link music study to academic achievements. But what is it about rious music training that ems to associate with great success in other fields?
I put the question to topflight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all
of whom had rious (if often littleknown) past lives as musicians. Alan.Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Rerve, was a professional saxophone (萨克斯管) player. The billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took class at Juilliard. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements. Mr. Greenspan says, “I can tell you as a statistician, the probability that that is mere chance is extremely small. That's all that you can judge about the facts. The important question is: why does that connection exist？”
Paul Allen, the billionaire cofounder of Microsoft, offers an answer. He says music “builds up your confidence in the ability to create”. The music had the emotional(情感的) similarity to his day job, with each giving a different type of motivation. The NBC chief White Hou correspondent Chuck Todd, who attended college on music scholarships, says there is a connection, between years of practice and competition and what he calls the “drive for perfection”. He adds: “The group playing trains you, quite literally, to play well with others, to know when to solo (独奏) and when to follow. ”
For many of the high achievers I spoke with, music functions as a “hidden language”， as the former World Bank president James Wolfensohn calls it, one that improves the ability to connect diver or even contradictory ideas. According to him, music may not make you a genius, or a better person. But it helps train you to think differently, to process different points of view — and most importantly, to take pleasure in listening.
