Unit 4 Perseverance and Success-高中英语选择性必修第二册同步练习册(重大版2019)
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| 年级 | 高二 |
| 章节 | Unit 4 Perseverance and Success |
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Reading Actively
Match the words and phrases in the box with the definitions.
unwillingly forgive accumulate sum up in the midst of
inspiration vision grand head for in a way
1. against ones will
2. to go or move towards
3. to stop being angry with sb. although they have done sth. wrong
4. to some extent; not completely
5. while sth. is happening or being done
6. big and very impressive
7. to state the main points of sth. in a short and clear form
8. an idea or a picture in ones imagination
9. a sudden exciting new idea
10. to gradually get more and more of sth. over a period of time
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.
accumulate forgive inspiration willing vision sum believable
1. I had you the time you walked into my room with smile.
2. The of vocabulary plays an important role in deciding your speed of reading.
3. Turning that into a practical reality is not easy.
4. Here is a brief of todays work.
5. An teacher has the magic power to draw students interest.
6. The son agreed not to buy a smart phone but indeed he was eager to get one.
7. The woman had created something of beauty with her hands.
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Study the following sentences and make sentences with the underlined parts.
Example:
Im heading for home as soon as it clears.
Were heading for the park as soon as the movie is over.
1. There is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive
another inch!
2. Before me lay the most glorious sight. (介词短语位于句首的倒装)
3. It looked as though someone had taken a great barrel of gold and poured it down over the mountain
peak and slopes.
4. Carolyn pointed to a small house in the midst of all that glory.
5. Just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, this unknown woman had forever changed the world
in which she lived.
6. My daughter summed up the message of the day in her direct way.
Read the passage and complete the tasks.
Jennifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of
earning a nursing degree. That willpower bore fruit when Jennifer graduated from University of
Wisconsin⁃Eau Claire and became the first in her large family to earn a bachelors degree.
Mauer, of Edgar, Wisconsin, grew up on a farm in a family of 10 children. Her dad worked at a
job away from the farm, and her mother ran the farm with the kids. After high school, Jennifer attended
a local technical college, working to pay her tuition (学费), because there was no extra money set
aside for a college education. After graduation, she worked to help her sisters and brothers pay for their
schooling.
Jennifer now is married and has three children of her own. She decided to go back to college to
advance her career and to be able to better support her family while doing something she loves: nursing.
She chose the UW⁃Eau Claire program at Ministry Saint Josephs Hospital in Marshfield because she was
able to pursue her four⁃year degree close to home. She could drive to class and be home in the evening
to help with her kids. Jennifer received great support from her family as she worked to earn her degree:
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Her husband worked two jobs to cover the bills, and her 68⁃year⁃old mother helped take care of the
children at times.
Through it all, she remained in good academic standing and graduated with honours. Jennifer
sacrificed to achieve her goal, giving up many nights with her kids and missing important events to
study. “Some nights my heart was breaking to have to pick between my kids and studying for exams or
papers,” she says. However, her children have learned an important lesson witnessing their mother
earn her degree. Jennifer is a first⁃generation graduate and an inspiration to her family — and thats
pretty powerful.
1. Match the words and phrase with the definitions.
1) willpower A. to make efforts to achieve sth.
2) pursue B. strong determination
3) set aside C. to aid or help
4) support D. to see sth. happen
5) cover E. to provide enough money for sth.
6) lesson F. an experience or an example
7) witness G. to save or keep money or time for a particular purpose
2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese with the help of a dictionary.
1) There was no extra money set aside for a college education.
2) She was able to pursue her four⁃year degree close to home.
3) Through it all, she remained in good academic standing and graduated with honours.
4) Her children have learned an important lesson witnessing their mother earn her degree.
3. Choose the proper answers according to the passage.
1) What did Jennifer do after high school?
A. She helped her dad with his work.
B. She ran the family farm on her own.
C. She supported herself through college.
D. She taught her sisters and brothers at home.
2) Why did Jennifer choose the program at Ministry Saint Josephs Hospital in Marshfield?
A. To take care of her kids easily. B. To learn from the best nurses.
C. To save money for her parents. D. To find a well⁃paid job there.
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3) What did Jennifer sacrifice to achieve her goal?
A. Her health. B. Her time with family.
C. Her reputation. D. Her chance of promotion.
4) Whats the main information does Jennifers story convey?
A. Time is money.
B. Love breaks down barriers.
C. Hard work pays off.
D. Education is the key to success.
Exploring and Using
Complete the sentences with proper words.
1. My daughter summed up the message of the day her direct way.
2. What might I have accomplished if I had worked away the task through all those
years?
3. He gave in (unwilling) to his mother and handed in his telephone.
4. Genius is one percent (inspire) and ninety⁃nine percent perspiration.
5. We are taught to learn to use the (accumulate) of time when we learn something
new.
6. They ( accumulate) a large number of vocabulary before they started to take
English courses.
7. She said she (forgive) herself after those life⁃changing years.
8. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand⁃lettered sign that (read), “Daffodil
Garden”.
Fill in the blanks with proper tense and then match the sentences with the meanings
they suggest.
The meaning of the past perfect tense:
A. An event occurred before a past time point.
B. An action started and then the state lasted for a period of time in the past.
C. Two actions happened in the past, one before / after the other.
D. The action in the dependent clause happened before the action in the main clause.
Example:
( D ) It looked as though someone had taken ( take) a great barrel of gold and had poured (pour) it
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down over the mountain peak and slopes.
( ) 1. I couldnt help asking myself who (do) this, and how she
( change) the mountain top into something of such unbelievable beauty and
inspiration.
( ) 2. I thought of this woman whom I (meet) before.
( ) 3. By the end of last month, they (finish) half of their work.
( ) 4. We (forgive) her before she made an apology to us.
( ) 5. No one (see) such splendid sight for years and they were shocked.
( ) 6. The woman (live) there for thirty⁃five years when we found her.
Read the passage and choose the proper phrases to fill in the blanks.
had changed had selected had finished decorating had improved
had sold had signed had been had promised
had looked had ordered
When Annie decided to open her own hat shop, she had never worked in a shop before. After she
1. at a lot of shops to rent, she chose a small shop in the centre of the city. Her
friend Josh came to see it and thought it looked great. As soon as she 2. the lease
(租约), she took a train to Paris to visit a factory. There were hats of all kinds, and she had much
difficulty choosing the perfect hats for her shop. She loved the elegant ladies hats, but she
3. herself that she would be sensible and practical and choose hats for the English
weather and the British lifestyle. After she 4. the hats that she wanted for her shop,
she paid for them and then returned to England. While waiting for the hats which she
5. to arrive, she decorated her shop herself. The shop was very small, and before
she rented it, it 6. cards and posters. She decided to paint it in very pale, pastel
colours and, where the counter 7. , she put a modern sofa and a small table with a
mirror on it, so the customers could sit in comfort to try on their hats. When she 8.
the shop, it seemed much smarter and bigger. Josh came to visit the shop again and saw that she
9. it completely. He said that he thought she 10. it
enormously, and that he was sure it would be a huge success.
Read the passage and complete the tasks.
Adelaide Hall was a very popular jazz singer in Britain during the war years. Before she came to
Britain, she 1. (be) a successful singer in America for years. She had come to
London in 1938 to perform and she loved London and the British loved her. She quickly became one of
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Britains best⁃loved entertainers and she decided to stay in England. She stayed
there for over fifty years until her death in 1993. She was important partly
because she had been the first black star to sign a long⁃term contract with the
BBC. Later, she also 2. ( sign) a recording contract with
Decca. By the time of her death she 3. ( record) over
seventy discs. Unfortunately, a bomb destroyed the club which she had bought
in Mayfair in 1940, and she had to move out of London and live in the Surrey
countryside. By the end of 1941, she 4. ( become) the
best⁃paid entertainer in Britain!
If there was an air raid during a concert, she always continued with the performance. On one
occasion, when she 5. ( perform) in Lewisham, and the siren had started, she
asked the audience if anyone wanted to leave the theatre. They all shouted “no”, and she continued to
sing for the next four hours, while bombs fell around them.
When the war ended she was in Hamburg singing to the soldiers, and she went immediately to
Berlin. She was shocked by the devastation. Where there 6. (be) streets there was
nothing but rubble; she saw that people 7. (put up) wooden boards with the street
names written on them to show where the streets had once been. When she 8.
(leave) Berlin, she was feeling very sad.
1. Complete the above passage by using the appropriate tense of each given verb.
2. According to the passage, combine the two sentences with the word in the bracket. One of the two
sentences will be used with the past perfect tense.
Example:
Adelaide Hall came to Britain. She was already famous in America for a number of years. (when)
When Adelaide Hall came to Britain, she had already been famous in America for a number of years.
1) She decided to stay in England. She became one of Britains best⁃loved entertainers. (because)
2) She died in 1993. She lived in England for over fifty years. (when)
3) She signed a long⁃term contract with the BBC. She signed a recording contract with Decca.
(after)
4) She moved out of London. A bomb destroyed her club in Mayfair. (because)
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Listening, Understanding and Communicating
Listen and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
Sally Green — a swimming star
Tom Parker — a reporter
Tom: Is it true that you dont swim at all now?
Sally: Im afraid so. Im too old.
Tom: But youre only 20!
Sally: Thats too old for a 1. . If I swam in an international competition now, I
wouldnt win. So Id rather not swim at all.
Tom: But dont you enjoy swimming? If I were you, Id 2. trying!
Sally: I used to, when I was very small. But 3. I was totally unhappy! I hated
getting up at 6 a. m. to go to the pool. I had to train hard before school, after school and
4. . That was very 5. ! I swam thirty⁃five miles every
week. It was so terrible!
Tom: But you were famous at fifteen. And look at all those 6. . It would be a good
idea for you to
Sally: Its true that I have some 7. memories. I enjoyed visiting other countries,
and the Olympics were very exciting. But I 8. more important things. While
other girls were growing up, I was swimming. What would you do if you were me?
Tom: You know, making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. It
takes 9. , it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of sweats, failure
and 10. along the way. The real test is whether you let it harden or shame
you into inaction, or whether you choose to 11. . So if I were you, I would
hold on to the last.
Sally: Well, your words really sound reasonable and 12. . Thank you very much.
Read the passage and choose the correct answer to fill in each blank.
The Youth Commission meeting (青年委员会) only just started. With piles of homework sitting on
my desk at home, I didnt want to discuss the youth involvement in the annual holiday parade in the
meeting, much less 1 the speech of Ray D.
Ray D. came to every meeting of the Youth Commission. The local papers 2 him as “a thorn
(刺) in public officials side — open, honest and overactive”. He gave himself the 3 of “Citizen
Ray” and even wore a baseball cap with this name printed on the front. He came to the meetings and
4 unsafe bike lanes and noise complaints. 5 they had nothing to do with our 6 and we
could do nothing about them, he always went over the two⁃minute limit for guest speakers, and would
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not stop 7 until one of us told him his 8 was up.
After countless nights of staying up to finish my homework because of meetings that ran 9 ,
largely due to distractions provided by Citizen Ray, I began to hate his 10 . Why did he waste his
time with the Youth Commission, when we couldnt help him with all of his issues? 11 , we
planned youth forums and relayed information about the town government to our peers; we didnt fix
problems or give out building permits that he seemed to need.
It took me several months to 12 understand the motivations of Citizen Ray. Most people in
their late seventies are happy to leave the workplace and live in the relaxation 13 by pension. Ray
D, however, considered participating in the public good as his duty as a(n) 14 . His efforts should
be admired, not hated. After all, Ray is motivated, dedicated and ambitious. His 15 and
determination would prove valuable in any field of study or work, and I realised I should value his
presence.
1. A. depend on B. keep on C. refer to D. listen to
2. A. treated B. characterised C. overturned D. employed
3. A. title B. gift C. position D. award
4. A. picked up B. smiled at C. thought of D. talked about
5. A. Even though B. Unless C. As D. As if
6. A. opportunities B. records C. duties D. tastes
7. A. performing B. guarding C. speaking D. struggling
8. A. show B. time C. power D. topic
9. A. quietly B. frequently C. again D. late
10. A. problem B. presence C. response D. vision
11. A. For instance B. At last C. In all D. After all
12. A. totally B. accidentally C. slightly D. finally
13. A. displayed B. provided C. sharpened D. donated
14. A. citizen B. customer C. guardian D. officer
15. A. resistance B. persistence C. inspiration D. independence
Listening, Speaking and Writing
Listen to the passage for the first time and choose the best choice in each statement.
1. The speaker is now.
A. a teacher B. a management consultant C. a psychologist
2. In the speakers mind, the key to success is .
A. social intelligence B. grit C. good looks
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Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with the proper words you hear.
1. What struck me was that was not the only difference between my best and my
worst students.
2. I was firmly convinced that every one of my students could learn the material if they
and .
3. In all those very different contexts, the key to success wasnt . It wasnt good
looks, , and it wasnt IQ.
4. Grit is passion and perseverance for very . Grit is sticking with your
, day in, day out, not just for the month, but for years, and working really
hard to make that future . Grit is living life like its a , not a
sprint.
5. Grit is usually or even inversely related to measures of talent.
Study the underlined parts of the sentences and use them to describe one of your
experiences about how you overcame your difficulty and what made you succeed.
Describe how you overcame the difficulty Describe what made you succeed
1. When I was 27 years old, I left a very
demanding job in management consulting for a
job that was even more demanding: teaching.
2. What struck me was that IQ was not the only
difference between my best and my worst
students.
3. I was firmly convinced that every one of my
students could learn the material if they worked
hard and long enough.
4. What if doing well in school and in life depends
on much more than your ability to learn quickly
and easily?
1. The key to success wasnt social
intelligence. It wasnt good looks,
physical health, and it wasnt IQ. It was
grit.
2. Grit is passion and perseverance for very
long⁃term goals. Grit is sticking with your
future, day in, day out, not just for the
month, but for years, and working really
hard to make that future a reality. Grit is
living life like its a marathon, not a sprint.
Write about one of your experiences.
Have you ever met any difficulties in life or study? How did you overcome them? What did you
learn from your succeeding in overcoming the difficulties? Now, please share one of your experiences
with your classmates.
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Writing process Tips
Step 1: Describe what your difficulty in life or study is.
Step 2: Describe how you overcame the difficulty.
Step 3: Describe what you learned from this experience.
Step 4: Write the first draft and revise it by yourself.
Step 5: Do peer correction.
Step 6: Write the final draft.
1. Try to describe your difficulty vividly by
adding your feelings to your description.
2. Try to use the expressions you have
learned.
3. When you check, try to focus on if the
content is complete and if you have used
what you have learned.
Reading Further
Correct the mistake in each of the sentences.
1. There were variety of answers to the question.
2. Any rock lying on its way will be overturned.
3. This story tells what powerful the seeds of plants can be.
4. You may think this is so unusual a story to be grasped by the common mind.
5. Physiologists and anatomists have failed to take the bones of a human skull apart however means they try.
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6. Though the little grass has never been said to be Herculean, but the power it shows is matchless in
the world.
Fill in the blanks with proper words.
1. The rock above the grass is not heavy enough to prevent the seed growing.
2. The strong and tenacious grass has the right to smile pride at the potted plants in glassed
green house.
3. The young grass shows such a(n) (resistible) force that any rock lying in its way will be
overturned.
4. The little grass shows an invisible force of life and its power is (match) in the world.
5. The seed shows a tenacious force that will not stop growing until it (grow).
6. The force (display) by a seed is incredible.
Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 这条小路蜿蜒通向山顶。 (wind ones way)
2. 他们的友谊如此紧密,没有什么可以把他们分开。 (tight; take apart)
3. 如果你坚持阅读一段时间,你会成功找到学习的自信。 (keep doing; succeed in)
4. 一个在失败后立即开始奋力拼搏的人,有权对懦夫骄傲地微笑。 (fight ones way out; smile at)
5. 一个悲观的人如果经历了阻力和压力,很可能会停止成长。 (pessimistic; undergo; stop doing)
Read the passages and complete the tasks.
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How to Improve Your Perseverance
If youre familiar with the story of the hare and the tortoise, you know that the tortoise proved that
perseverance is much more important than speed. 1 , but fewer people have the patience and
perseverance of the tortoise. Here are some tips that can help you to improve your perseverance.
• 2 .
If you dont know what you want to accomplish, its hard to persevere. Choose one or two goals that
are most important to you and work towards them, instead of making many projects that may upset you.
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•Make a list of the steps needed to reach your goal, and cross each step off the list as you
complete it.
If you want to master the ability to cook German dishes, youll need to read cookbooks, study the
recipes, buy ingredients (食料) and practise making the dishes. 3 .
•Make a list of the rewards related to any project to encourage yourself to persevere.
When you want to lose 40 pounds, it may seem like a difficult goal. 4 . You can lower your
blood sugar or fit into your favourite pair of jeans. Keep those rewards in mind to encourage yourself to
stick to your diet and exercise program.
•Imagine your success.
Take time each day to sit back, relax and picture the life youll lead once youve reached your goal.
5 . Read them over several times a day to encourage yourself to keep going.
A. Like the hare, many people start off strong
B. And you should focus on every step carefully
C. You cant lose weight only by going on a diet
D. Set goals and write them down
E. But there are big rewards for doing so
F. Write down all these steps and remove each step as you go
G. Or you can write out a paragraph or two about how reaching your goal will change your life
B
Fill in the blanks with suitable words according to the context.
The important thing in life is to have a great goal and the determination to attain it. Living
without a goal is like 6. ( sail) without a compass. Lack of purposes is the cause of most
7. ( failure). When a great aim has been decided on, determination and persistence are most
important.
What separates the successful from the unsuccessful is persistence. Persistence is necessary. If you
are persistent, you will succeed. Ludwig van Beethoven 8. ( undergo) much pressure and
hardship before he reached his peak. He tried to fight his way out after he became 9. ( total)
deaf. If you study his biography, and become familiar with his trails, his hardships, and battles, you
can learn 10. to defeat fate and smile with pride 11. the unfair life. Many
organisational analysts and career consultants consider persistence 12. (be) the grand key to
success at both the organisational and personal level. Successful people also fail occasionally, but they
do not let it defeat 13. spirit. Learning from defeats, they learn lessons, get 14.
( inspire) from failure and revise the strategy as it is needed. They try again and again and again
15. they succeed.
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Accumulating
Recommendation.
Verse Inspired by “Farewell on the Ancient Grassland”
Bai Juyi
Lush, lush grass on the plain,
Once every year it sears and grows.
Wildfire can not burn it out,
Spring breeze blows it back to life.
Distant scent invades the ancient path,
Sunny green joins the arid towns.
Another send⁃off to our wanderlust son,
Sad, sad leave⁃taking exuberant.
Words for Recognition
farewell [ ˌfeəˈwel] n. 告别
lush [lʌʃ] adj. 茂盛的,多青草的
plain [pleɪn] n. 平原,草原
scent [sent] n. 气味,香味,痕迹
arid [ˈærɪd] adj. 干燥的,不毛的;枯燥的,无趣的
wanderlust [ ˈwɒndəlʌst] n. 漫游癖,旅游热
exuberant [ɪˈzju:bərənt] adj. 繁茂的,充满活力的
赋得古原草送别
白居易
离离原上草,
一岁一枯荣。
野火烧不尽,
春风吹又生。
远芳侵古道,
晴翠接荒城。
又送王孙去,
萋萋满别情。
My contribution.
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Unit 4
Reading Actively
Ⅰ. 1. unwillingly 2. head for 3.forgive 4. in a way 5. in the midst of
6. grand 7. sum up 8. vision 9. inspiration 10. accumulate
Ⅱ. 1. forgiven 2. accumulation 3. vision 4. summary 5. inspiring
6. unwillingly 7. unbelievable
Ⅲ. 1. There is nothing in the world except you that can match the beauty of the rose.
2. Before me lay the world⁃famous building — the Great Wall. (完全倒装句)
3. The land was quiet and covered with snow. It looked as though it had been kissed by a white angel.
(景物描写)
4. Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city.
5. We are taught to learn to move towards our goals and desires one step at a time.
6. The teacher summed up the contents of this class in an amusing and inspiring way.
Ⅳ. 1. 1) B 2) A 3) G 4) C 5) E 6) F 7) D
2. 1) 没有额外的钱可用于大学教育。
2) 她能够在离家不远的地方攻读四年制学位。
3)自始至终,她保持了良好的学术地位,并以优异的成绩毕业。
4) 她的孩子们在见证母亲获得学位的过程中学到了重要的一课。
3. CABC
Exploring and Using
Ⅰ. 1. in 2. at 3. unwillingly 4. inspiration
5. accumulation 6. had accumulated 7. had forgiven 8. read
Ⅱ. 1. D; had done; had changed 2. D; had met 3. A; had finished
4. C; had forgiven 5. C; had seen 6. B; had lived
Ⅲ. 1. had looked 2. had signed 3. had promised 4. had selected
5. had ordered 6. had sold 7. had been 8. had finished decorating
9. had changed 10. had improved
Ⅳ. 1. 1) had been 2) signed 3) had recorded 4) had become
5) was performing 6) had been 7) had put up 8) left
2. 1) She decided to stay in England because she had become one of Britains best⁃loved entertainers.
2) When she died in 1993, she had lived in England for over fifty years.
3) After she had signed a long⁃term contract with the BBC, she signed a recording contract with
Decca.
4) She moved out of London because a bomb had destroyed her club in Mayfair.
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Listening, Understanding and Communicating
Ⅰ. 1. swimmer 2. keep on 3. gradually 4. at weekends 5. annoying
6. award cups 7. wonderful 8. missed 9. patience 10. discouragement
11. persevere 12. encouraging
Ⅱ. 1—5 DBADA 6—10 CCBDB 11—15 DDBAB
Script:
Talking about Perseverance
Sally Green — a swimming star
Tom Parker — a reporter
Tom: Is it true that you dont swim at all now?
Sally: Im afraid so. Im too old.
Tom: But youre only 20!
Sally: Thats too old for a swimmer. If I swam in an international competition now, I wouldnt win. So Id
rather not swim at all.
Tom: But dont you enjoy swimming? If I were you, Id keep on trying!
Sally: I used to, when I was very small. But gradually I was totally unhappy! I hated getting up at 6 a.m. to
go to the pool. I had to train hard before school, after school and at weekends. That was very
annoying! I swam thirty⁃five miles every week. It was so terrible!
Tom: But you were famous at fifteen. And look at all those award cups. It would be a good idea for you to
Sally: Its true that I have some wonderful memories. I enjoyed visiting other countries, and the Olympics were
very exciting. But I missed more important things. While other girls were growing up, I was swimming.
What would you do if you were me?
Tom: You know, making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. It takes
patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of sweats, failure and discouragement along the
way. The real test is whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you choose to
persevere. So if I were you, I would hold on to the last.
Sally: Well, your words really sound reasonable and encouraging. Thank you very much.
Listening, Speaking and Writing
Ⅰ. 1. C 2. B
Ⅱ. 1. IQ
2. worked hard; long enough
3. social intelligence; physical health
4. long⁃term goals; future; a reality; marathon
5. unrelated
Ⅲ. & Ⅳ. Omitted.
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Script:
Talking about Grit — The Power of Passion and Perseverance
When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even
more demanding: teaching. I went to teach seventh graders math in the New York City public schools. What
struck me was that IQ was not the only difference between my best and my worst students. I was firmly
convinced that every one of my students could learn the material if they worked hard and long enough. What if
doing well in school and in life depends on much more than your ability to learn quickly and easily?
So I left the classroom, and I went to graduate school to become a psychologist. I started studying kids
and adults in all kinds of super challenging settings, and in every study my question was, who is successful
here and why? In all those very different contexts, the key to success wasnt social intelligence. It wasnt good
looks, physical health, and it wasnt IQ. It was grit.
Grit is passion and perseverance for very long⁃term goals. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day
out, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living
life like its a marathon, not a sprint.
Talent doesnt make you gritty. Our data show very clearly that there are many talented individuals who
simply do not follow through on their commitments. In fact, in our data, grit is usually unrelated or even
inversely related to measures of talent.
Reading Further
Ⅰ. 1. variety 前加 a 或者 variety 改为 varieties 2. on 改为 in 3. what 改为 how
4. so 改为 too 5. however 改为 whatever 6. 去掉 but
Ⅱ. 1. from 2. with 3. irresistible
4. matchless 5. is grown 6. displayed
Ⅲ. 1. The path winds its way up to the top of the mountain.
2. They have such tight friendship that nothing can take them apart.
3. If you keep reading over a period of time, you will succeed in finding confidence in learning.
4. A person who begins to fight his way out right after his failure has the right to smile with pride at the
coward.
5. A pessimistic person who has undergone resistance and pressure is likely to stop growing. /
If a pessimistic person has undergone resistance and pressure, he is likely to stop growing.
Ⅳ. A. 1—5 ADFEG
B. 6. sailing 7. failures 8. had undergone 9. totally 10. how
11. at 12. to be 13. their 14. inspiration 15. until
Challenging Yourself B
Ⅰ. 1. physicist 2. inspiration 3. enthusiastic 4. theoretical 5. pursued
6. whereas 7. from 8. of 9. apart 10. willpower
Ⅱ. 1. exploring 2. realistic 3. If 4. fulfilling 5. inspire
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