·Do not change or stop your dose before talking to your doctor. ·Do not start new medicines before talking to your doctor. 1. Taking Lipitor is helpful for . A. breast-feeding women B. women who are pregnant C. adults having heart disease D. teenagers with liver problems
2. If it has been over 12 hours since you missed a dose, should .
A. change the amount of your next dose B. eat more when taking your next dose C. have a dose as soon as you remember D. take the next dose at your regular time
3. Which of the following is a common side effect of taking Lipitor? A. Face swelling. B. Upset stomach. C. Kidney failure.
D. Muscle weakness.
4. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To teach patients ways for quick recovery. B. To present a report on a scientific research. C. To show the importance of a good lifestyle. D. To give information about a kind of medicine. Ⅲ. 任务型阅读
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Could you believe that the ideal person is never the best at anything? Our heads are so full of ambitions about wealth and power that we spin our wheels until we burn ourselves out and are left hopeless and exhausted.
There is great pressure to attain the highest level of achievement. By satisfying our vanity(虚荣)we do ourselves more harm than good. The only way to achieve sustainable happiness is to practice the Golden Mean.
The idea of the Golden Mean has existed for thousands of years. It is at the centre of both Eastern and Western philosophy and has more influence than the teachings of Aristotle and Confucius. The idea is simple. Every quality has extremes at both ends. The Golden Mean is the natural balance between these extremes. At this harmonious point goodness and beauty are achieved.
Socrates used the example of extreme devotion to athletics versus(与…相比)extreme devotion to music to illustrate this idea. The athlete becomes overly aggressive and cruel, while the musician becomes overly soft and womanish. The ideal is someone who practices both athletics and music and acquires a harmonious mixture of both qualities.
Consider an example from modern times that I’m sure everyone has observed. The first person is extremely career-driven. Each day he
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focuses on advancing himself. He spends long hours at the office, competes mercilessly with his coworkers, and flatters his superiors. As a result he has almost no personal life. The second person’s only pursuit is leisure. He likes to waste time with his friends watching television and playing video games.
Which of these persons is superior? Many people would argue for the hard worker. But at second glance his life is rather cold. His obsession(痴迷)with success has conflicted with his coworkers and left him without a family. He may become rich, but how will he enjoy it? The second man is no better. He has wasted his life in laziness. He has refused to develop himself and exists as a lazybones. Both men are worthy of pity.
I think we’d all agree the ideal would be somewhere in between these two people. So how do we find the abstract Golden Mean?
It all starts with setting the right goals. Whenever you make a goal you need to do it with the right intention. Don’t set goals with the intention to command other people. Instead, try to start with a goal that is in between total selfishness and total selflessness.
The next step to reaching the Golden Mean is knowing your limits. You need to know when one more project is going to stress you out. The idea is to maintain balance at all times.
Another step to achieving the Golden Mean is being aware of your
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personal needs. Sure we need money and success, but having good relationships with friends and family are just as important.
I know the Golden Mean is hard to live by, but it is the key to finding your inner confidence. Ben Franklin said, “The wise keep learning from the mistakes of others, fools, scarcely from their own. ”Next time you find yourself willing to do anything to be the best of the best, take a moment to reconsider. You may find it is better to be the best “you” you can be.
What is the Golden Mean? Passage outline Passage details ?We(1) so much about wealth and power that we can burn ourselves out. ?People are in pursuit of their extremes under Problems and solution great(2) . ?The only way to solve these problems is to practice the Golden Mean. The Golden Mean is the natural(3) between Explanation of the Golden these extremes which exist at both ends of every Mean quality. ?By(5) the athlete and the musician, Socrates Supporting(4) believed the ideal person should acquire a harmonious mixture of both qualities.
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?The career-driven person is(6) to his office work, competing with his colleagues and flattering his superiors. ?The leisure-seeking person wastes his life in laziness. Both deserve pity. ?Set the right goals, which are neither totally selfish nor totally(8) . (7) to achieving the Golden Mean ?Know your limits and(9) balance at all times. ?Know your personal needs. Money and success are needed, but having good relationships with others also(10) . 【语篇随练】多练一点 技高一筹 用阅读理解中的词汇填空
side effects, right away, along with, harm, lead to 1. I told him what I thought of him.
2. There is no doubt that stress can physical illness. 3. Tom was arrested eleven other men.
4. The government insists that the dam will not the environment. 5. It is said that the treatment has no significant .
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