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　　2010高考英语生活类阅读理解教案
　　（育才、实验、二中专用）
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　　Listen carefully, working people, we would like to tell you something that could save your precious time and money! Best of all, it is free!
　　It’s “no”.
　　What do you ask? We’ll say it again: “No”.
　　Sweet and simple “no”.
　　Say “no”at your office and see how quickly that pile of worr desk disappears.
　　“Saying ‘no’to others means you are saying ‘yes’to yourself, ”said Leslie Charles, a professional speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.
　　“Time is precious. People are spending money buying time. And yet we are willing to give up our time because we can’t say ‘no’.”
　　Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say “yes”need to say “no”without guilt(内疚)or fear of punishment. “I would rather have someone give me a loving ‘no’than an obligated(强制的) ‘yes’, ”she said.
　　Susie Watson says she feels “no”obligation to give an explanation when she says “no”either socially or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it? “Not at all, ”said Watson, who is director of advertising and public relations at Timex Corp in Middlebury, Conneticut. “Most people are afraid of saying ‘no’…My advice is to say ‘yes’only if you don’t mean ‘no’.”
　　Watson said “no”is the most effective weapon against wasting time. “Every year there are more demands on your time…Other people are happy to use up your time, ”Watson said. Time saving appears to be “no’s”greatest friend.
　　“No”can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take bacr life. “No”may even ta further in the business world than “yes”.
　　“No”is power and strength. “No”now seems pletely correct. “Saying ‘no’isn’t easy. But finally it’s greatly liberating,”Charles said. But, he added, a “no”project needs to be worked on every day because it is hard to change long-term habit.
　　But, he also warns: “Don’t go to extremes. Don’t find yourself saying ‘no’to everything. In return you should learn to hear ‘no’.”
　　1. The sentence “Saying ‘yes’to yourself”means _______.
　　A. you can have more time to play with others
　　B. you needn’t care about other’s feeling if you are happy
　　C. you are selfish and treat others rudely
　　D. you can deal with your business as you have planned
　　2. When you say “no”to others you should say it in a _______.
　　A. secret way　　　B. polite way
　　C. proud way　　　　　D. guilty way
　　3. In Watson’s opinion, people can save mue on condition that _______.
　　A. they say “no”at a suitable time
　　B. they say “no”as much as possible
　　C. they are afraid of saying “no”
　　D. they make others angry at them
　　4. If a person says “no”to everything, the result he or she receive may be that he or she _______.
　　A. enjoys a wonderful life B. makes a lot of money
　　C. faces difficulty in life　　D. forgets to say “yes”in the end
　　【答案解析】
　　本文说明了人们在生活中敢于说“不”的重要性，同时也提醒人们应注意不要走向极端。
　　1. D。推断题。根据Charles 所说的Saying ‘no’to others means you are saying ‘yes’to yourself(否定他人就意味着肯定自己)可推知此题答案为D。
　　2. B。推断题。根据Susie Watson所说的I would rather have someone give me a loving ‘no’(我倒愿意听一声有爱意的否定)可推知此题答案为B。
　　3. A。推断题。对文章倒数第5段最后一句My advice is to say ‘yes’only if you don’t mean ‘no’.反过来理解：只有当你不肯定的时候说“不”，可推知此题答案为A。
　　4. C。推断题。从文章最后一段Charles 所说的Don’t go to extremes. Don’t find yourself saying ‘no’to everything 可知，不然的话就会遇到麻烦，故此题答案为C。
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　　My husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that it’s Christmas again. They can’t see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren’t much good. But Johnny and children can’t see this. What a pity it is that our neighbours have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that we’ve saved isn’t nearly enough.
　　The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They loopon the poor. The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy(糖果)while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldn’t eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer(下水道). Why, is it only because they have money ? There is more to happiness than money in the world, isn’t there?
　　Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isn’t rich, but she knows things. She understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. I’d like to see the children be like Miss Jackson when they grow up.
　　1. This passage mainly suggests that the writer _______.
　　A. is easy to get along with　　　　　　
　　B. is unhappy with the life they are living
　　C. is good at observing and understanding　　
　　D. is never pleased with her neigbours