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a few of them think that we would all be ha鄄
ppily 11 if we would only learn software
engineering.
I understand that not everyone can go in鄄
to space, star in Hollywood movies or fill sta鄄
diums with 12 , however everyone is good
at something. It took me hundreds of rejection
emails to 13 that I had to focus on finding
a job where I could actually be 14 .
And now, I finally have that job. It蒺s not
the best 15 , but it蒺s not bad for a start ei鄄
ther.
( )
1. A. step B. hide
C. live D. play
( )
2. A. difficult B. special
C. constant D. impossible
( )
3. A. details B. photos
C. opinions D. thanks
( )
4. A. dragged B. motivated
C. figured D. handed
( )
5. A. surprise B. good
C. fun D. use
( )
6. A. population
B. unemployment
C. poverty
D. education
( )
7. A. duty B. project
C. task D. fault
( )
8. A. accuse B. remind
C. rob D. warn
( )
9. A. chosen B. occupy
C. led D. told
( )
10. A. hands B. spirits
C. feet D. minds
( )
11. A. praised B. fired
C. employed D. admired
( )
12. A. tourists B. students
C. astronauts D. fans
( )
13. A. forget B. remember
C. respect D. realize
( )
14. A. successful B. average
C. rich D. lazy
( )
15. A. end B. story
C. salary D. start
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas
基 础 巩 固
一、 词性转化
1. person
(
n.
) 人
→
(
adj.
) 个人
的
→
(
n.
) 个性
2. invest
(
v.
) 投资
→
(
n.
) 投资
→
(
n.
) 投资者
3. equip
(
v.
) 装备
→
(
n.
) 设备
4. value
(
v.
) 珍视
→
(
n.
) 价值
→
(
adj.
) 有价值的
5. object
(
n.
) 物体
/
目标
→
(
adj.
)
客观的
→
(
adj.
) 主观的
二、 单句语法填空
1. Nowadays, the elderly in the country
(
face
)
with many challenging problems.
2. Recent headlines
(
see
)
more and
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more teens maxing out their parents蒺 credit
cards on games or other online activities.
3. In contrast the big spenders, there
are teens who prove age is no barrier to
making good use of money.
4. receiving the gift, the aged wo鄄
man could not helping crying.
5. However you intend to make good use of
your money,
(
manage
)
it seems
to be a challenging job.
6. It was from then on his grandchil鄄
dren started to be in control of to
do with the money they received.
7. It is to you to decide whether you
spend your money or you save it for the fu鄄
ture.
8. Teenagers are encouraged to think more
(
object
)
about money and the
things that it can do.
三、 短语英汉互译
1.
此时此刻
2.
自我管理方法
3.
从那时起
4.
花光
/
刷爆
5.
控制
6.
对……负责
7. barrier to
8. put aside money
9. have no access to
10. spending habits
11. make informed choices
12. manage one蒺s money
四、 句子英汉互译
1. The spending power of young people varies
from person to person.
2. A lack of education is a barrier to many
jobs.
3. Mr. Smith is the person in control of all
medical decision at the hospital.
4. These items helped to make the lives of the
poor and homeless people a little bit easier.
5. On hearing the good news, he couldn蒺t help
crying and rushed home to inform the
whole family.
6. A 2016 study said 17 states of the US re鄄
quire high school students to take courses in
personal finances.
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7. Whether you want to help out a friend or
give money to an animal charity, it is your
money to give to whatever cause you be鄄
lieve in.
8.
就是从高中起他就开始参加志愿者工作,
通过众筹来帮助那些需要帮助的人。
9.
他在给他的孙子孙女们提供终身树立正确
价值观的机会。
10.
“消费” 罐子关注的是眼前和当下, 而
“储蓄” 罐子则为你提供了未来的愿景。
五、 句式转换
想想看, 教材中是怎样表达相同意思
的? 都使用了什么句子结构或表达方式?
1. No matter how people intend to use their
money, it seems important for younger gene鄄
ration to manage it.
2. The grandchildren were given three jars
when they turned 13. Just from then on,
they started to be in control of what they
could do with the money they receive.
3. You are responsible for your own happi鄄
ness. The value is taught with the Spending
jar.
4. The Investing jar represents a vision for the
future and it also gives the opportunity to
build for the future.
六、 小练笔
结合你在本文中学到的, 你认为哪个
“罐子” 最重要? 给出你的理由和实例, 并
联系自身实际, 思考如何理财。
拓 展 训 练
Ⅰ.
完形填空
I used to be a very self鄄centered person,
but in the past two years I have really
changed. I have started to think about other
people 1 I think about myself. I am happy
that I am becoming a different person.
I think my 2 started when I was at
Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get
my 3 and be left alone. I thought I was
smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever
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4 to anyone in my classes. By the end of
my first semester
(学期)
, I was really 5 .
It seemed as if everyone but me had made
friends and was having fun. So I tried a
(
n
)
6 . I started asking people around me how
they were doing, and if they were having trou鄄
ble, I 7 to help. That was really a big step
for me. By the end of the year, I had several
new friends, and two of 8 are still my best
friends today.
A bigger cause of my new 9 , how鄄
ever, came when I took a part鄄time job at a
Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who
had Alzheimer蒺s disease became my 10 .
Every time I came into her room, she was so
happy because she thought I was her daughter.
Her real daughter never 11 her, so I took
her place. She let me 12 that making others
feel good made me feel good, too. When she
died, I was 13 , but I was very grateful to
her.
I think I am a much better person today
than I used to be, and I hope I will not 14
these experiences. They have taught me to
care about other people more than about my鄄
self. I 15 who I am today, and I could not
say that a few years ago.
( )
1. A. after B. since
C. unless D. before
( )
2. A. education B. career
C. change D. tour
( )
3. A. interest B. degree
C. friendship D. homework
( )
4. A. talked B. wrote
C. lied D. reported
( )
5. A. considerate B. enjoyable
C. lonely D. curious
( )
6. A. game B. defence
C. argument D. experiment
( )
7. A. dared B. offered
C. argued D. distracted
( )
8. A. us B. which
C. them D. whom
( )
9. A. luck B. access
C. hope D. attitude
( )
10. A. friend B. partner
C. guide D. assistant
( )
11. A. promoted B. answered
C. visited D. trusted
( )
12. A. see B. guess
C. look D. explain
( )
13. A. useless B. hopeless
C. homeless D. heartbroken
( )
14. A. contrast B. forget
C. improve D. remember
( )
15. A. like B. miss
C. wonder D. expect
Ⅱ.
七选五
Daily Habits of Naturally Productive People
When it comes to being more efficient at
your job, you know the basics. But research
shows a whole new side of productivity you
may not have realized. 1.
Focus on being happier.
2. Even if a low mood does not
completely disable you from functioning, it
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can decrease your productivity to make you
far less efficient. Also, don蒺t hesitate to seek
help. Not only will this help you achieve a
more stable work鄄life balance, but a new out鄄
look can also open you up to new opportuni鄄
ties and necessary changes.
Prioritize fitness.
You know the countless benefits of exer鄄
cise. 3. Even 30鄄minute moderate鄄to鄄
high physical activity just three to four times a
day can go a long way in helping you accom鄄
plish your personal and professional goals. If
you蒺re really not a fan of the gym, join a
group class to keep yourself motivated.
4.
Pressing pause is important. Studies show
that prolonged tasks that require high levels of
focus, energy, and attention can cause you to
become less productive and focused over time.
Take brief mental breaks. When we take
“
health breaks
”
we are much more focused
and engaged in our next work; in contrast,
when we try to work continually on a project
without breaks our quality of work tends to
deteriorate.
Don蒺t try to do everything at once.
People believe the more we can do at
once, the better. 5. In fact, the more
we multitask, the less efficient and productive
we become. Instead, to increase productivity,
focus on one task at a time until it蒺s comple鄄
ted and then give all of your attention to the
next task.
A. Take breaks at times.
B. Make productivity first.
C. However, research shows the oppo鄄
site.
D. Have a look at these habits of natu鄄
rally productive people.
E. Studies find happier people are more
productive.
F. It improves your mood and increases
your brain蒺s productivity.
G. Research shows that daylight im鄄
proves your levels of activity.
Ⅲ.
语法填空
Today蒺s festivals have 1. wide
range of origins, 2.
(
include
)
the
seasons of the year, famous figures, important
events and religions. All festivals have the
spirit of 3.
(
share
)
joy, gratitude,
love, or peace in common.
The harvest festival is one of the 4.
(
much
)
popular festivals and is cele鄄
brated in many cultures. In China, families
gather 5.
(
admire
)
the shining moon
and enjoy delicious mooncakes during the Mid鄄
Autumn Festival. Customs play a significant
role in festivals, 6. they can change
over time. For example, some Chinese cities
no longer allow firecrackers during the Spring
Festival, as they can increase air 7.
(
pollute
)
. However , these days , festivals
8.
(
become
)
more and more
commercial, with people 9.
(
spend
)
more money on gifts, which results in different
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Section Ⅴ Presenting ideas
基 础 巩 固
一、 词性转化
1. anger
(
n.
) 生气
→
(
adj.
) 生气
的
→
(
adv.
) 生气地
2. reflect
(
v.
) 反思
→
(
n.
) 反思
/
反射
3. affect
(
v.
) 影响
→
(
n.
) 影响
→
(
adj.
) 有效的
二、 单句语法填空
1. The boy hammered so many nails
his father had to give him a whole new
bag.
2. Finally, the day came the boy did
not lose his temper.
3. He told his father, said that he
should pull out one nail for each day.
4. The superior man must be
(
watch
)
over himself when he is alone.
5. No man is free who is not master of
(
he
)
.
6. Change your
(
think
)
and you
change your world.
7. You have exactly the same number of hours
per day that
(
give
)
to Helen
Keller.
8. What
(
improve
)
have you made
in understanding different cultures?
三、 短语英汉互译
1.
改善
2.
生气地
3.
传递信息
4.
自己的主人
5.
信用卡
6. hold one蒺s temper
7. be gone
8. change one蒺s thoughts
9. make improvements
10. effective ways of learning
四、 句子英汉互译
1. No man is free who is not master of
himself.
2. Change your thoughts, and you change your
world.
3.
从前有个男孩脾气非常差。
opinions.
Festivals are an important part of society.
They reflect people蒺s wishes, beliefs, faiths,
and attitudes towards life. They are 10.
(
occasion
)
that allow us to relax and
enjoy life.
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4.
每次他发脾气, 他就得在栅栏后面钉一个
钉子。
5.
你道歉多少次都没用了。
五、 大练笔
你可以在以下两个题目中任选一个, 作
为本单元的写作大练笔。
①
写一篇日记记录你高中生活第一周的
见闻和感受。
②
向你的校长提出学校建设改进意见,
并说明理由。
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1. messaging 2. finished 3. had been occupied
4. had forgotten 5. being distracted 6. fifth; constantly
7. giving; to check 8. tired; wanting 9. worse; spending;
catching 10. a; has been raised
三、 短语英汉互译
1. on average 2 . reduced sleep time 3 . sports
equipment 4. be occupied with 5. throw in the towel
6.
打开装置
7.
更新状况
8.
遗漏
/
失去机会
9.
核实
/
结账离开
10.
除了
四、 句子英汉互译
1.
如今 , 脱瘾活动已结束 , 他们纷纷开启电子设
备, 重返网络。
2.
我就像缺少一只胳膊一般。
3.
但一番反思后, 我也意识到平日花在看手机上的
时间太多了。
4.
哥哥觉得我应该充分规划好没有手机的日子, 因
此他带我去了我们当地的体育中心。
5. Not eating for two days would have been easier!
6. Awareness of just how much we rely on social me鄄
dia can help us step away from it and communicate with
each other better.
7. In the end
,
I turned on my phone to check, but
couldn蒺t resist having a quick look at my social media ac鄄
counts.
五、 句式转换
1. The average age of social media users in China in
2017 was 33.1 years old
,
as against 32.4 in 2016.
2. They had been promised money by family and
friends for each day spent without using social media.
3. What
,
if anything
,
has been learnt from the expe鄄
rience?
4. We would usually have posted pictures and updated
our profiles.
5. An hour蒺s sport each day left me tired out and
wanting to go to bed early.
拓展训练
阅读理解
1~5 CBDDA
Section Ⅲ Using language
基础巩固
一、 词性转化
1. assignment 2. inspiring; inspiration 3. promotion
4. deliberately 5. statement
二、 单句语法填空
1. relaxed; to relax 2. was inspired; inspiring 3. To
begin; called 4. honesty 5. involved 6. had been put;
spotlessly
三、 短语英汉互译
1. meet the deadline 2. put off doing sth. 3. values
education 4. distribute books 5. in one piece 6.
改过
自新
7.
依次
8.
待办事项清单
9.
换一种说法
10.
轻松的气氛
拓展训练
Ⅰ.
七选五
1~5 FGCDA
Ⅱ.
完形填空
1~5 CAADA 6~10 BDACD 11~15 CDDAD
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas
基础巩固
一、 词性转化
1. personal; personality 2. investment; investor
3. equipment 4. value; valuable 5. objective; subjective
二、 单句语法填空
1. are faced 2. have seen 3. to 4. On 5. managing
6. that; what 7. up 8. objectively
三、 短语英汉互译
1. here and now 2. methods of self鄄management
3. from then on 4. max out 5. in control of 6. be re鄄
sponsible for 7.
……的阻碍
8.
存钱
9.
无法得到
10.
消费习惯
11.
做出明智选择
12.
理财
四、 句子英汉互译
1.
年轻人的消费能力因人而异。
2.
缺乏教育是很多工作的障碍。
3.
史密斯先生是医院所有医疗决策的负责人。
4.
这些物品让贫穷和无家可归的人生活得稍微轻松
了一些。
5.
听到好消息, 他情不自禁地哭了, 立即跑回家通
知家里人。
6. 2016
年的一项研究表明, 美国有
17
个州要求高
中生修个人理财的课程。
7.
无论你是想要接济朋友, 或是为动物慈善机构捐
款, 这都是你的钱, 你可以把它捐给任何你相信的事业。
8. It was from senior high school on that he took up his
volunteer work and helped those who needed help through
crowd funding.
9. He is giving his grandchildren the opportunity to
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learn lifelong values.
10. While the Spending jar is about here and now
,
the
Saving jar gives you a vision for the future.
五、 句式转换
1. However people intend to use their money
,
mana鄄
ging it seems to be important to younger generations.
2. The grandchildren were given three jars when they
turned 13. It was from then on that his grandchildren started
to be in control of what to do with the money they receive.
3. The value taught with the Spending jar is that you
are responsible for your own happiness.
4. The Investing jar not only represents a vision for the
future
,
but
(
also
)
gives the opportunity to build for the fu鄄
ture.
拓展训练
Ⅰ.
完形填空
1~5 DCBAC 6~10 DBCDA 11~15 CADBA
Ⅱ.
七选五
1~5 DEFAC
Ⅲ.
语法填空
1. a 2. including 3. sharing 4. most 5. to admire
6. but 7. pollution 8. are becoming 9. spending
10. occasions
Section Ⅴ Presenting ideas
基础巩固
一、 词性转化
1. angry; angrily 2. reflection 3. effect; effective
二、 单句语法填空
1. that 2. when 3. who 4. watchful 5. himself
6. thoughts 7. were given 8. improvement
三、 短语英汉互译
1. make improvements 2. in anger 3. convey me鄄
ssages 4. master of oneself 5. a credit card 6.
忍住不发
火
7.
不见了
8.
改变想法
9.
改进
10.
有效的学习
方式
四、 句子英汉互译
1.
不能主宰自己的人是不自由的。
2.
改变你的思想, 你就改变了你的世界。
3. There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
4. Every time he lost his temper
,
he must hammer a
nail into the back of the fence.
5. It doesn蒺t matter how many times you say sorry.
Section Ⅰ Starting out
基础巩固
一、 词性转化
1. preferable
;
preference 2. experienced
;
inexperi鄄
enced 3. mess
二、 短语英汉互译
1. what else 2. think about 3. by sail 4. on social
media 5. up to 6.
一个更快的生活节奏
7.
在最近的
几十年里
8.
用不整洁的钢笔
9.
高速地
10.
过着某
人的生活方式
三、 句子英汉互译
1. It蒺s up to you to choose how you live your lifestyle.
2. I prefer a slower pace of life.
3.
你能想到在最近几年已经变化的其他东西是
什么?
Section Ⅱ Understanding
ideas
基础巩固
一、 词性转化
1. competition
;
competitor
;
competitive 2. inde鄄
pendence
;
depend 3. attractive
;
attraction 4. dust
5. creativity
;
create
;
creation
;
creature 6. delivery
二、 单句语法填空
1. competition 2. shelves 3. for 4. furniture
5. independence 6. dusty 7. Delivery 8. attractive
9. creative
三、 短语英汉互译
1. a bunch of 2. pop up 3. wave goodbye to
4. drop in/ by 5. take over 6.
网店折扣
7.
坐在……
上
8.
永远
9.
经营有方, 富有创意
10.
结合创造力
的集体智慧
四、 句子英汉互译
1. Why not drop in for a chat?
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