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Four books that will change your life
Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do — Amy Morin
Do you struggle to get over your failures or pay much attention to things that are out of your control? Getting over these troubles can have an important influence on your daily life. Morin shares her most successful ways to overcome these difficulties.
How Will You Measure Your Life? — Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon
What do you think would make you happier at work? Perhaps high pay might be nice, or maybe some more admiration from fellow colleagues. Are you keeping a good balance in life? While career achievements can be satisfying, ignoring your family and friends can be harmful in the long run.
Finding Your Element — Ken Robinson
Have you ever felt pressured to live your life in a certain way? Society often encourages you to graduate from high school at 18, enter university, and then become a professional person, get married and have children. This may work for some people, but for many people it can be limited. Everyone has a passion. Find out how you can break society’s strict rules and find your position in life.
Emotional Intelligence — Daniel Goleman
Do our feelings hold us back? Would we do better if we became unfeeling creatures? You probably let feelings cloud your judgment more often than you know. Goleman explains how you can avoid letting your feelings rule you and make better decisions in life.
1. The first book is intended for readers ____________.
A. who want to be popular among colleagues
B. who want to control their feelings
C. who are experiencing failures
D. who want to get high pay
2. Which book suggests keeping a balance between work and life?
A. Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do.
B. How Will You Measure Your Life?.
C. Finding Your Element.
D. Emotional Intelligence.
3. What do we know about Emotional Intelligence?
A. It helps us make wise decisions.
B. It shows us the importance of emotions.
C. It teaches us the way to live a different life.
D. It tells us how to break society’s strict rules.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇应用文。主要介绍了四本可以改变人们生活的书籍。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段中Do you struggle to get over your failures or pay much attention to things that are out of your control? Getting over these troubles can have an important influence on your daily life.（你是否挣扎着从失败中走出来，或者过多地关注那些你无法控制的事情?克服这些困难会对你的日常生活产生重要的影响。）可知第一本书是为那些正在经历失败的读者准备的。故选C。
2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中Are you keeping a good balance in life? While career achievements can be satisfying, ignoring your family and friends can be harmful in the long run.（你在生活中保持着良好的平衡吗?虽然事业上的成就可能令人满意，但从长远来看，忽视你的家人和朋友可能是有害的。）可知How Will You Measure Your Life? 建议在工作和生活之间保持平衡。故选B。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段Goleman explains how you can avoid letting your feelings rule you and make better decisions in life.（戈尔曼解释了如何避免让你的感觉支配你，在生活中做出更好的决定。）可知Emotional Intelligence帮助我们做出明智的决定。故选A。
