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If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.

Every year it’s the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get l ost in your busy life.

Here’s a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it’s so hard for us to reach it,” said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it.”

“Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes (态度). During World War Ⅱ, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding (重建) Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”.

Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything.

36. At the end of December, people usually______.

A. fail to make big changes B. plan for the last year

C. think about the new year D. try to lose their ideas

37. Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us ______.

A. we should do everything in big steps

B. how to change one’s life with one small step

C. we should try a lot of sudden changes

D. how to find a small step without any excuse

38. The underlined words “increase productivity” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.

A. 提高生产率 B. 增加成本 C. 增加出口量 D. 提高待遇

39. The writer of the passage suggests we should ______.

A. make changes at the end of the year B. do few experiments with “kaizen”

C. do things with hard-to-achieve goals D. take a tiny step to achieve big goals

40. Whic h of the following is TRUE from the passage?

A.You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.

B.Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.

C.You can’t find any excuse not to reach a big goal.

D. “Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World War Ⅱ.

B

Charlie Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London. Charlie, as he was called, used to do his mother’s job in the theatre when she was ill.

When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to the USA. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. He developed the character of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.

From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period.

Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin, his wife and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. He was named Sir Charlie Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.

41. Chaplin used to when his mother was ill.

A. look after her B. do the housework

C. do his mother’s job D. do his father’s job

42. From Paragraph 2, we can know that .

A. Chaplin went to the USA when he was 24 years old

B. Chaplin became famous when he was 17 years old

C. people liked Chaplin because he was a homeless gentleman

D. Chaplin did many silly things to make people laugh in the street

43. Chaplin made his most famous films.

A. From 1889 to 1936 B. From the 1920s to the 1950s

C. From 1953 to 1975 D. From the 1950s to the 1980s

44. We can infer from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of .

A. his family B. his work

C. the US government D. the Swiss government

45. Chaplin won the Oscar for when he was 83 years old.

A. the acting B. the art C. the film D. the music

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