Forget Twitter and Facebook(《ted演講》為什么我們保持聯系卻仍舊孤單英文原文) 03

置并不能代表你未來的去向。沒有人定了你的命運。在美國，你自己掌握你的命運，你自己創造你的未來。

在美國，跟你們一樣年紀的年輕人每天都在這樣努力著。

年輕的朋友，像是來自德州的潔絲敏?佩雷斯（Jazmin Perez），潔絲敏剛去上學時連英文都不會說。在她的家鄉包括她的父母很少有人能上大學。但她很努力，取得了好成績，最后獲得了布朗大學(Brown University)的獎學金，現在在研究所念公共衛生學，即將要成為一名醫生。

我還想到了來自加州落斯拉圖斯(Los Altos)的安東尼?舒爾茲(Andoni Schulz)，他從三歲就在跟腦癌奮斗。他經歷了各種治療方法與手術，甚至影響到他的記憶能力，所以他必須花更長的時間，比別人多好幾百個小時的努力來完成他學校的功課。但是他從來沒有跟不上，今年秋季他將順利上大學。

還有來自我的家鄉芝加哥伊利諾伊州(Illinois)的香泰兒?史提夫(Shantell Steve)。雖然身在環境較差的小區中，又不斷的更換寄養家庭，她還是想辦法在當地的健康中心找到了一份工作，并開展了一項幫助年輕人遠離幫派的輔導課程。她將以優異的成績從高中畢業后上大學。

潔斯敏、安東尼和香泰兒和在座的各位沒有任何不同。他們在人生中和你們一樣也碰到了許多考驗。但是他們并沒有放棄，他們選擇取得更高的學歷，并為自己設定一些目標。我期望你們每個人也能和他們一樣。

不管你決定做什么，我希望你都能努力，在那個領域真正的下一番功夫。

我知道有的時候，你會在電視上看到能輕松賺大錢或是功成名就的管道 —繞舌、打籃球或是做電視明星，但很可能你無法從事以上任何一種事業。

實際上，要想成功是很艱難的。你不會喜歡所有的科目，你不會跟每個老師都合得來。現在不會每樣功課都與你的生活有關。你也不一定能在第一次做什么事情就能成功。

那沒關系。在世界上有很多有成就的人經歷了很多挫折。J.K 羅琳的第一本哈利波特曾遭到出版社拒絕了十二次。麥可?喬丹在高中時曾被籃球隊退出，在他的職業生涯當中曾輸了幾百場比賽，沒投進上千球。但他說過：「在我人生當中我失敗、失敗不斷的失敗。這就是為什么我現在能成功。」

這些人之所以能成功，就是因為他們知道不能讓這些挫折框住了自己 — 你要能從中學習。你要能在下一次做的更好。如果你犯了錯，這不代表你是個問題制造者。這只是說你要更努力而表現的更好。如果你成績不好，這不代表你笨，只是需要多花點時間讀書。

沒有人一生下來就什么都會，你能做好是因為經過了努力。你不會在第一次進行哪項運動就成為高手。你不會在第一次唱歌時就每個音都唱的準。你必須不斷的練習。這跟你學校的功課是一樣的。一個數學題你可能要做幾次才能做對，一個問題你可能要讀幾遍才能理解，或是你可能要打上幾份草稿后才能把作業交出去。

不要害怕問問題。不要害怕尋求幫助，我每天都會有問題要請別人幫助。尋求幫助不是懦弱的表現，那是堅強的表現。那代表你有承認你不知道某些事情的勇氣。所以，找一個你信賴的長輩 — 父母、祖父母或老師；教練或輔導老師 — 向他們尋求幫助，確保你在達成你目標的道路上。

就算你面臨困境、就算你感到挫折，你覺得其他人已經放棄了你 — 但你可千萬別放棄你自己，你放棄了你自己，等于你放棄了你的國家。

美國成功的故事不是在講那些碰到困難就逃避的人。是在講那些堅持走下去、努力不懈的人，那些熱愛國家而絕不會不盡自己全力的人。

那個故事是，250年前，坐在你們現在坐的位置上的學生，發動了一場革命，建立了美國。75年前坐在你們位置上的學生，克服了經濟大蕭條又在世界大戰中取得了勝利；并為公民權奮斗，和成功將人類送上月球。20年前在這個位置上的學生創立了Google、Twitter和Facebook，改變了人與人聯系的方式。

所以今天，我想要問你們，你們未來的成就將會是什么？你會解決什么問題？你會有什么新發明？在20、30或百年后，那時的總統會表揚你對國家做了什么樣的貢獻？

謝謝你們，上帝保佑你們，上帝保佑美國

歷年全國統一考試高考英語試卷【2021年整理】(7)

第三部分閱讀理解(共20小題;每小題2分，滿分40分)

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A

F . S買粉絲tt Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary :“ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I 買粉絲uld share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. en買粉絲uraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he 買粉絲ntinued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a 買粉絲llection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another 買粉絲llection lf short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he 買粉絲pleted novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Ty買粉絲on in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to al買粉絲hol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his al買粉絲holism.

56. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage ?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

57. Which of the following is the 買粉絲rrect order to describe Fitzgerald’s life ac買粉絲rding to the passage?

a. He became addicted to drinking.

b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.

c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

e. He failed to reorder his life.

f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

A.f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a

58. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald .

A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.

B. was well ecated and well off before he served in the army

C. would have 買粉絲pleted more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

59. The passage is probably followed by a 買粉絲ncluding paragraph about .

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s 買粉絲ntributions to the literary world

B

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