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What do you think about the very first thing in the morning? Your thoughts during the first halfhour of the morning will greatly influence the entire day. You may not realize this, but it is a fact. If you set out with worry and depression, you are giving the key note to a day of discord (不和谐) and misfortunes. If you think about hope and happiness, you are sounding a note of harmony and success.
Control your morning thoughts. The first moment on waking, no matter what your mood is, say to yourself, “I will get all the comfort and pleasure possible out of this day, and I will do something to add to the pleasure of the world's happiness or wellbeing (安乐). I will control myself when caused to be unhappy. I will look for the bright side of every event.” Once you say these things over to yourself in a calm way, you will begin to feel more cheerful. The worries and troubles of the coming day will give way.
Do not let it discourage you if the moment you leave your room you come across a trouble or a disaster which usually happens. When a schoolboy boasts (自夸) of his strength, and says he can “beat any boy in school in games”， he generally gets a chance to prove it. When we declare we are brave enough to overcome any fate, we find our strength put to the test at once.
Regard the troubles you come across as the “punching_bags” of fate, given you to develop your spiritual muscle. Go at them with courage and strike them heavily. By and by the troubles will lessen, and you will find yourself the master of your fate.
语篇解读：早晨起床后半个小时的情绪会极大地影响你一天的心情，因此，你在早晨要尽量控制自己的情绪，把事情往好的一面想，认识到自己的优点，使自己有战胜困难的信心。
1．Why does the author say your thoughts in the morning are very important?
A．Because morning is usually the best time of a day.
B．Because you are usually in high spirits in the morning.
C．Because your mood of a day lies in your morning thoughts.
D．Because your morning thoughts affect your fate greatly.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Your thoughts during the first halfhour of the morning will greatly influence the entire day.”可知，一个人起床后半小时的思想会影响他一天的情绪。故C项正确。
2．According to the author your trouble will lessen if you ________.
A．work hard every morning
B．say you'll be happy anyway
C．get up early in the morning
D．say you're an unlucky man
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第二段的内容，特别是“Once you say these things over to yourself in a calm way, you will begin to feel more cheerful.”可知B项正确。
3．The underlined part in the last paragraph is used to refer to ________.
A．a tool used for practising boxing
B．a test in our daily life
C．a tool used for dealing with difficulty
D．the difficulties in our daily life
解析：选D 词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“the troubles you come across”和下文中的“Go at them with courage and strike them heavily.”可猜出，“punching bags”意为“沙袋”，此处指代我们生活中遇到的困难。所以D项正确。
