3.-I went to the ticket office,but the tickets had been sold out already. -You could have ______ yourself an unnecessary trip by phoning in advance.( )
5.-They don't have much in their house yet. -_____ they're planning to live here only until Bob gets his degree,they don't want to buy much furniture.( )
20.You are a member in a full-time school called "life".Each day here you will have the opportunity to learn lessons.You may like the lessons or hate them,but you have designed them as part of your curriculum. Why are you here?What is your purpose?Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time.What we and our ancestors have to overlook is that there is no one answer.The meaning of life is different for every individual. Each person has his own purpose and distinct path,unique and separate from anyone else's.As you are traveling your life path,you will be presented with numerous lessons you will need to learn in order to achieve that purpose.The lessons you are presented with are specific to you;learning these lessons is the key to discovering and achieving the meaning of your own life. As you are traveling through your lifetime,you may meet challenging lessons that others don't have to face,while others spend years struggling with challenges that you don't need to deal with.You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage,while your friends suffer painful divorces,just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance.The only thing you can count on is that you will be presented with all the lessons that you specifically need to learn. The challenge,therefore,is to arrange yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons.This is one of the most difficult challenges you will face in your lifetime,as sometimes your path will be different from others.But don't compare your path with that of people around you and focus on the differences between their lessons and jye.airs.You need to remember that you will only face lessons that you can learn and are specific to your own growth. Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equality.Life is not,in fact,fair,and you may indeed have a more difficult life path than others around you,deserved or not.Everyone's circumstances are unique,and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently.
(1)According to the passage,how can the meaning of your life be realized?
A.Gathering different opinions from others B.Taking the distinct path from others. C.Learning the lessons presented to you. D.Doing the different things from others. (2)From the passage we can conclude
. A.everyone has his own track to follow B.unexpected things usually happen to the peers C.a painful divorce must lie in financial problems D.a wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage (3)In your lifetime,the lessons you are faced with
. A.are beyond your power B.keep you from growth C.limit your development D.help you with your success (4)Which of the following is TRUE?
A.All things should be equal and justice to everybody. B.You should learn to deal with specific problems differently from others. C.One has to fix his mind on unfairness of circumstances. D.You can complain life is unfair whenever possible. (5)Life is called a full-time school,because
. A.it is full of all lessons to learn B.you have plenty of time to learn lessons C.you meet with specific lessons every day D.you can learn many things helpful to you
21.Cleaning windows is tricky enough at the best of times,but when the glass is on the world's tallest building it is a complete pain.Soaring 2,717 ft into the air above Dubai and with 1,292,500 sq ft of glass to keep clean,the £1 billion Burj Khalifa presented a unique problem for maintenance teams. Dale Harding,the general manager of window cleaning company,said the firm installed £5 million of hi-tech equipment,including unique window-cleaning carousels which they designed,to ensure the Burj Khalifa looks its best.Twelve machines weighing 13 tons carry up to 36 cleaners,who use ordinary soapy water to wash down the Burj's 24,830 reflective windows in a process that takes three months from top to bottom. Mr.Harding said the company,based in Melbourne,Australia,had been working overtime to get the Burj shining for Monday's grand opening ceremony.He said:"It's an incredible construction.People are focusing on the height of the building but the pure size of it,the footprint,is huge.It's really 10-15 conventional buildings." The work,which took more than one month from the start of last August,was so tiring that the team named themselves the "Men Of Steel".Mick said:"We would abseil(沿繩下滑)about 200 ft down.As the building swayed about you were just left bouncing around on all your ropes.It was totally exhausting because you were up and down ladders all day.There was a platform inside where you could eat your lunch but you were a long way from your nearest toilet or water supply." The job is now set to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the highest rope access work ever completed.
(1)The underlined word "carousels" in Paragraph 2 may refer to
. (no more than 3 words) (2)What do the cleaners use to clean the reflective windows of Burj Khalifa?(no more than 10 words)
(3)Why did Harding's company work overtime to clean Burj Khalifa?(no more than 15 words)
(4)How long does it take the workers to wash all the windows?(no more than 10 words)
(5)What do you think of the work of cleaning Burj Khalifa?Please give your reasons.(no more than 20 words)