A
Product Description
Life Without Limits helps you clarify what you want in every area of your life. By using Bassett’s powerful techniques you will change; therefore your life will change. You control your life. And only you can take steps to change it. Life Without Limits helps you take back your power.
Life Without Limits helps you to achieve satisfaction and fulfillment personally, professionally, and financially. Once you have defined what success means for you, you will clarify your dreams and start pursuing them.
Product Details
Published in: 2001-12
Released on: 2001-12-24
Original language: English
Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Binding: Paperback
304 pages
About the Author
Lucinda Bassett is the founder and CEO of one of the most successful self-help companies in the country, the Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety, Inc. Author of the national bestseller From Panic to Power, Lucinda Bassett produces and hosts the award-winning infomercial, Attacking Anxiety. She has shared her techniques with such clients as McDonalds, Chrysler, and AT&T. She has appeared on numerous talk shows, including Operah and The View, and been featured in Family Circle, Reader’s Digest, and many more.
Customer Reviews
This book has helped me to gain hope and courage to cope with all my fears and worries. Lucinda writes with such a great understanding and sympathy. She herself had problems with panic and worry. Her positive thinking tips are easy to follow. I don’t get lost in a lot of mental problems. It’s as if she were holding your hand, sitting right beside you, cheering you on! I believe I can do anything I set my mind to after reading this book. However, there are some other readers holding the contrary views.
1. What is Life Without Limits about?
A. It encourages readers to realize their dreams.
B. It describes how hard the actual life is.
C. It shows readers what Lucinda Bassett is.
D. It implies it is hard to control your life.
2. Lucinda Bassett works as all the following except _______.
A. hostess B. writer
C. teacher D. businesswoman
3. We can conclude from the last paragraph that _______.
A. Lucinda has made a lot of money from the book
B. all the customers have some mental problems
C. all the customers don’t agree with what Lucinda wrote
D. Lucinda talks with the customer face to face
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了女作家Lucinda Bassett写的一本书Life Without Limits，她用自己的亲身绝对经历告诉读者如何摆脱焦虑、不安的情绪，积极地面对生活。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段中Life Without Limits helps you clarify what you want in every area of your life. “Life Without Limits帮助你明确你在生活的每个方面想要什么。”和Life Without Limits helps you take back your power.“Life Without Limits帮助你找回你的力量。”可知，Life Without Limits鼓励读者实现他们的梦想。故选A。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知，Lucinda Bassett有多个身份，但未当过教师。故选C。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一句However, there are some other readers holding the contrary views.“然而，也有一些读者持相反的观点。”可知，并不是所有的读者都赞成书中的观点。故选C。
【点睛】应用文类短文的阅读技巧：
1.各种文章的首要任务就是要抓住文章的主旨大意。如：本文主要介绍了女作家Lucinda Bassett写的一本书Life Without Limits，她用自己的亲身绝对经历告诉读者如何摆脱焦虑、不安的情绪，积极地面对生活。
2.其次，要学会利用小标题进行答题。如：小题1，Life Without Limits讲的是什么，找到小标题Product Description，再根据文章第二段的Life Without Limits helps you to achieve satisfaction and fulfillment personally, professionally, and financially. Once you have defined what success means for you, you will clarify your dreams and start pursuing them.可知，这本书鼓励读者去实现自己的梦想，故选择A项。
3.做题时要结合原文分析
