《2025年走进重高培优讲义九年级英语全一册人教版浙江专版》

Ⅲ.任务型阅读
阅读下面的短文,从方框中所给的A~F六个选项中选出符合各段意思的小标题,其中有一项是多余选项。
I'm forty now. I left school twenty-two years ago. Here's my list of five things I hope to share with you teenagers at school.
1. I always wanted to be the best, and one way of feeling good about myself was to see how much better I was than others. There was only one problem with this. When I saw they were better than me, I felt terrible. Now I compare me with myself. I ask myself if I do things as well as I could.
2. How much time do you spend worrying about the future? I used to worry a lot. Now I know most things I fear will usually never happen. They're just monsters in my own mind. Even if they happen, they will often not be as bad as I expected. In six months, I probably won't remember most of the things I worry about now.
3. When I was young, I often failed to start things I expect to do because I thought they'd take too long to finish. I always wanted to write a book, for example. But when I thought it might take me more than a year, I lost my enthusiasm(热情). It seemed such a long time. Now I know a year is nothing. If I'd started that book when I was 16, I might have written 10 more by now. I'm upset with myself for not even trying.
4. As a young child, you try many new things. If you fail, you try again and again until you learn. But at school you are usually encouraged to do things right. Then you stop trying new things in case you get them wrong. You are losing chances to challenge yourselves. I always remind myself: I had fallen off the bike many times before I learned to ride it.
5. I hated losing when I was younger. Of course, it's nice to win sometimes and to be the best at something. But we can't be winners all the time. Learning to lose is one of life's most important lessons. If you try your hardest, then you should never be angry with yourself.
A. It's not a big deal even if you lose.
B. Start the things you want to do right now.
C. It always takes time to be a winner.
D. You can always learn something when trying.
E. Don't worry! It'll probably never happen.
F. Don't compare yourself with others.

答案： 1.F 2.E 3.B 4.D 5.A