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ForgivenessTo forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research.________71_______ Try the following steps:Calm yourself. ________72_______ You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.Don’t wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. ________73_______ Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean being friends again with the person who upset you.Take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). Rethinking about you hurt gives power to the person who causes you pain. Instead of focusing on your mounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you.________74_______ If you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender’s point of view.Don’t forget to forgive yourself. ________75_______ But it can rob you of your selfconfidence if you don’t do it.A. Why should you forgive? B. How should you start to forgive?C. Recognize the benefits of forgiveness.D. Try to see things from you offender’s angle.E. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge.F. To make your anger die away, try a simple stressmanagement technique.G. If you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time.13。UrbanizationUntil relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city. The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. 71_ . In fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or intiny rural (鄉(xiāng)村的) villages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society inhistory— a society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.Britain was only the beginning. 72_ .The process of urbanization— the migration (遷移) of people from the countryside to the city— was the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live andwhere they live.In 1990, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today, over 82% of Americans live in cities. Only about 2% live on farms. 73 .Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies. It took about ninetyfive people on farms to feed five people in cities. _74 . Until modern times, those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. Citiessurvived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city.Over the past two centuries, the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 75_ . Today, instead of needing ninetyfive farmers to feed five city people, one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred nonfarmers.A. That kept cities very small. B. The rest live in small towns.C. The effects of urban living on people should be considered. D. Soon many other industrial nations bee urban societies.E. But even 200 years ago, only a few people could live in cities.F. Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.G. Modern cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.16(2013遼寧)第二節(jié)(共5小題;每小題2分,滿分10分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。共 10 分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出正確的填入空白處。tsE. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is toughF .The one thing you don39。re not.A. You aren39。re going to be talking about. 74 . As far as we39。s going to give you lots of dos and don39。t doing well. 72 , so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn39。s right for you.Public Speaking Training and accounting. 74 The third relates to the establishment of standards of work in all departments. Direction is concerned primarily with supervision(監(jiān)管)and guidance by the management in authority. 75 A. Control includes the use of records and reports to pare actual work with the set standards for work.B. In this connection there is the difference between top management and operative management.C. Examples of nonprofit business include such organizations as social service agencies and may hospitals.D. However, some businesses only seek to earn enough to cover their operating costs.E. The second aspect relates to the application of these policies by departments.F. In the theory of business management, organization has two main aspects.G. Planning in business management has three main aspects.14(2013年全國課標(biāo)II)第二節(jié)(共5小題;每小題2分,滿分10分)根據(jù)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能坡入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 sales。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。Evaluating Sources (來源) of health Information Making good choices about your own health requairs reasonable evaluation. A key first step in bettering your evaluation ability is to look carefully at y