First lady of California, Kennedy family member, TV journalist, bestselling author Maria Shriver has had her share of fame. But when she read that kids' main goal these days is “to be famous”， she had to speak up. The speech below, delivered at her nephew's high school graduation last June, is included in her new book, Just Who Will You Be?

“Famous people always seem to look happy. They always look rich. But for whatever it's worth, fame isn't a worthy goal. Fame can't make you happy, in and of itself. It can't make you feel worthy. It can't give you a life of meaning and joy. That,_I've learned, is strictly an inside job. The only way you can come to feel good about yourself and to find a life of meaning and joy is to find your own path. Live your own life, not an imitation of someone else's.”

“We live in a world that seems to put a premium on (重視) the trappings of fame. But figuring out who you are and fulfilling your own dreams— that's a worthy goal. The people I've met who are happiest in their lives, famous or not, have done just that.”

“So ask yourself what you want to be famous for. And set your sight high—because you can be famous for doing something great in this world, something that matters, something that makes life better. We need famous people with integrity (誠實), character, and vision, people who want to lead, who want to make the world a more peaceful and compassionate place—where people feel accepted and valued for who they are.”

1．The passage is mainly about ________.

A．Maria Shriver's life

B．Maria Shriver's opinion on what a worthy goal is

C．Maria Shriver's books

D．Maria Shriver's attitude toward famous people

2．What can we know about Maria Shriver?

A．She is the wife of the governor of California.

B．She is the daughter of President Kennedy.

C．She likes traveling around the world.

D．She mainly writes children's books.

3．The underlined word “That” in the second paragraph refers to “________”．

A．fame 　　　　　 B．happiness

C．a(chǎn) worthy goal 　　　 D．a(chǎn) life of meaning and joy

4．Which of the following will Maria Shriver agree with?

A．We should learn from famous people in order to be famous.

B．Famous people are happier than rich people.

 

C．Doing things to make our world a better one is a worthy goal.

D．Being happy about whatever you do is important.

 

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　What is self-control?

　Well, 　1　you have a ticket 　2 　an exciting film which you 　3 　to see for 　4 　, but unfortunately, you will have to 　5 　for an exam tomorrow. What will you do? 　6 　the film or prepare for the exam? If you can give up 　7 　the film and 　8 　hard at your lessons, we say you have self-control.

　Self-control is not 　9 　you have 　10 　your birth. It needs 　11 　in your life. 　Sometimes you are attracted by one of the novels that 　12 　not worthy 　13 　. You must 　14 　your time, you shouldn't waste your time reading 　15 　kind of book, or you will feel 　16 　afterwards.

　Do not go to bed too 　17 　because of a new TV film, 　18 　you'll go late 　19 　school. Neither 　20 　stay in bed too late 　21 　cold winter mornings, for it is a waste of valuable time.

　Everyone of us has some habits, a few of 　22 　might keep us 　23 　progress in life. Then we must use our self-control to 　24 　them.

　Remember it is necessary 　25 　to cultivate (開發(fā)培養(yǎng)) self-control.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1．A．with	B．want	C．suppose	D．happen	[　　]
2．A．for	B．of	C．on	D．about	[　　]
3．A．have eager		B．have been looking forward
C．have longed		D．are waiting		[　　]
4．A．sometime	B．some time	C．sometimes	D．some times	[　　]
5．A．seat	B．prepare	C．sit	D．get	[　　]
6．A．To see	B．See	C．Seeing	D．Seen	[　　]
7．A．to see	B．see	C．seeing	D．seen	[　　]
8．A．work	B．to work	C．working	D．worked	[　　]
9．A．something	B．some things	C．anything	D．everything	[　　]
10．A．in	B．with	C．until	D．on	[　　]
11．A．to cultivate		B．to be cultivating
C．being cultivated		D．to be cultivated		[　　]
12．A．is	B．are	C．be	D．has	[　　]
13．A．of reading	B．reading	C．to read	D．of being read	[　　]
14．A．make good use of		B．take good care of
C．look after well		D．keep out of		[　　]
15．A．such	B．such a	C．a such	D．such an	[　　]
16．A．sorry	B．sorrow	C．sick	D．sadly	[　　]
17．A．later	B．latter	C．late	D．lately	[　　]
18．A．when	B．while	C．until	D．or	[　　]
19．A．for	B．to	C．in	D．by	[　　]
20．A．you should	B．should you	C．you shouldn't	D．shouldn't you	[　　]
21．A．in	B．at	C．for	D．on	[　　]
22．A．that	B．which	C．it	D．when	[　　]
23．A．making	B．to make	C．in making	D．from making	[　　]
24．A．get rid of	B．get on with	C．get away from	D．take part in	[　　]
25．A．to you	B．of you	C．for you	D．with you	[　　]

Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be , music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, --that petty fears and petty pleasure are but the shadow of reality. This is always exhilarating and sublime. By closing the eyes and slumbering, by consenting to be deceived by shows, men establish and confirm their daily life of routine and habit everywhere, which still is built on purely illusory foundation. Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure. I have read in a Hindoo book, that “there was a king’s son, who, being expelled in infancy from his native city, was brought up by a forester, and, growing up to maturity in that state, imagined himself to belong to the barbarous race with which be lived. One of his father’s ministers having discovered him, revealed to him what he was, and the misconception of his character was removed, and he knew himself to be a prince. So soul, from the circumstances in which it is placed, mistakes its own character, until the truth is revealed to it by some holy teacher, and then it knows itself to be Brahme.” We think that that is which appears to be. If a man should give us an account of the realities he beheld, we should not recognize the place in his description. Look at a meeting-house, or a court-house, or a jail, or a shop. Or a dwelling-house, and say what that thing really is before a true gaze, and they would all go to pieces in your account of them. Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man. In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all ages. And we are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us. The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had as fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.

The writer’s attitude toward the arts is one of

[A]. admiration. [B]. indifference. [C]. suspicion. [D]. repulsion

The author believes that a child.

[A]. should practice what the Hindoos preach.

[B]. frequently faces vital problems better than grownups do.

[C]. hardly ever knows his true origin.

[D]. is incapable of appreciating the arts.

. The author is primarily concerned with urging the reader to

[A]. look to the future for enlightenment. [B]. appraise the present for its true value.

[C]. honor the wisdom of the past ages. [D]. spend more time in leisure activities.

The passage is primarily concerned with problem of

[A]. history and economics. [B]. society and population.

[C]. biology and physics. [D]. theology and philosophy.