2008高考英语阅读理解专项练习(及答案)_百度文库
两大类热门资源免费畅读
续费一年阅读会员，立省24元！
评价文档：
45页免费6页免费20页1下载券6页免费6页免费8页免费7页免费8页免费8页免费9页免费
喜欢此文档的还喜欢45页免费45页7下载券72页1下载券17页4下载券18页免费
2008高考英语阅读理解专项练习(及答案)|高​考​英​语​试​题​ ​月​考​ ​模​拟
把文档贴到Blog、BBS或个人站等：
普通尺寸(450*500pix)
较大尺寸(630*500pix)
你可能喜欢您的位置：&>&&>&&>&
I Am Ready to Love - How to Find Out If You Are
kira86 于发布 l 已有人浏览
Have you been into a bad relationship in the past? Did you feel like your world has tumbled down and
Have you been into a bad relationship in the past? Did you feel like your world has tumbled down and you don't want to love again? Have you moved on from it now? Are you ready to love again? There are so many things to consider and realize before you can say, &I am ready to Love again&. You have to see it in yourself if you have indeed picked up the pieces and made yourself whole again. Anyone can say &I am ready to love& but deep inside, it is just their excuse sometimes to save themselves from the pain and humiliation of coming from a failed relationship.
Before you can say &I am ready to love again&, examine yourself properly first. There are times that you can say this immediately but when your old flame comes back, you will crumble down and feel the pain again. You have to be sure because when you are going to declare this to all the eligible bachelors and bachelorette in the world, you're sure of it you will not hurt anyone you are dating along the way.
How will you find out if your heart is ready to open itself to someone who deserves your love? You will know it if you continue reading below.
You are Happy with your Life and you are Contented
Even if your past partner is just around the corner and you see him or her oftentimes but they don't affect you anymore, then you have moved on. Now, if you are happy with what you are doing and you feel contented with yourself and what you do, then you have to open your heart now to someone and love him or her.
You can go out and Meet other People Confidently
If you feel good about yourself and you go out and meet people then you are conditioning yourself to find a potential partner. But, how will you know if you are ready to love him or her? You will know it if you do not hesitate to go out with them, do things with them and allow yourself to enjoy every moment being with them. You are not holding back and having inhibitions means you say to the world &I am ready to love&.
You are not scared to be with someone
Sometimes, when one is not ready to open up his or her heart to someone, they often hold back there feelings and emotions. They put boundaries between the person they are currently dating for fear that they will get hurt again. Fearing that you are too happy being with someone at the moment means that you are not yet ready and you have not yet opened you heart to the world.
You Accept Faults and don't Criticize
Loving is accepting other people and loving them for who they are. If you are on the process of looking for potential partners and are participating in arranged dates but you always find yourself criticizing the person before he or she can show you who they are, then you are not ready to love yet. If you find yourself comparing your date with your ex then you have not yet moved on. Therefore do not declare the &I am ready to love& statement to the world. It is because it is clear that you are not ready to love yet.
相关英语学习内容
提高自己&|&约会短文&|&关系短文&|&积极心理&|&创意短文&|&关系短文&|&婚姻短文&|&
约会短文&|&关系短文&|&约会短文&|&约会短文&|&写作短文&|&关系短文&|&约会短文&|&
匿名发表&&
您还能输入300字
英语短文阅读排行
1111111111
1111111111
1111111111
我们也在这里：介词填空介词填空%s——精品文档，值得购买和收藏！！！！！
扫扫二维码，随身浏览文档
手机或平板扫扫即可继续访问
举报该文档为侵权文档。
举报该文档含有违规或不良信息。
反馈该文档无法正常浏览。
举报该文档为重复文档。
推荐理由：
将文档分享至：
分享完整地址
文档地址：
粘贴到BBS或博客
flash地址：
支持嵌入FLASH地址的网站使用
html代码：
&embed src='/DocinViewer-4.swf' width='100%' height='600' type=application/x-shockwave-flash ALLOWFULLSCREEN='true' ALLOWSCRIPTACCESS='always'&&/embed&
450px*300px480px*400px650px*490px
支持嵌入HTML代码的网站使用
您的内容已经提交成功
您所提交的内容需要审核后才能发布，请您等待！
3秒自动关闭窗口When guys find out I’m a virgin
Dating is hard — especially when you're a 26-year-old woman who wants to save sex until marriage
Love and Sex,
Life stories,
Virginity,
Editor's Picks,
A photo of the author
There’s no good time to tell a guy you’re a virgin. First date? Too much, too soon. Wait until the third date and you risk being considered a tease. Second date? Perhaps, but at this point you’re both still fretting over whether or not to eat an delving into sexual histories (or lack thereof) seems a bit extreme. So: There’s no good time to tell a guy you’re a virgin. Even worse? Telling him you’re waiting until marriage.I should be better at sharing this bit of information by now. I’m a 26-year-old woman with a college degree, a good job, an adorable duplex and no debt. I have a solid group of friends, a supportive family and a clear awareness of who I am and who I want to be. By most accounts, I am a successful human being. Yet the moment I have to tell the guy I’m dating that sex is not an option, I become a squirmy, awkward, fidgety girl who can’t make eye contact or put together a complete sentence. Think junior high dance, only without a bathroom to hide in.The Chat was never really an issue for me until three years ago. I wasn’t like many teens, who consider sex a rite of passage. It’s true I always had a crush on one (or two) boys and had my fair share of boyfriends, but no relationship ever got serious enough where sex was even a thought, let alone a deal breaker. For most of my junior high and high school years, I played the role of the friend — the token girl in a group of boys who were more interested in taking my advice for how to ask a girl to prom than taking me to prom. And given the choice between having just one boy with whom to spend all my time or a group of boys, friends trumped boyfriend.In college there were a handful of guys who probably could have been my first, but things never quite worked out. One guy confessed to having a girlfriend back home just as I started to fall for him. Another had such low self-esteem he wouldn’t make a move until just before he passed out. The most serious contender waited until I was so smitten with him that I would break plans, skip class, call in sick — whatever — to drive hours to visit him, and then dumped me, saying it “just wasn’t a good time for him.”Another reason sex didn’t factor into my coming-of-age years is that I’m a Christian. Not a Bible-thumping, the-world-is-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket Christian, but a (sexually) conservative, Bible-believing, traditionally raised Minnesota Lutheran girl who was taught that sex is for marriage and that’s that. Heck, the first time I even heard of a blow job was when I threw a party in eighth grade and my mom caught a girl going down on a guy in our basement. She was shockingly cool about it (which is saying something: my mom was the Mom of all M the woman all my friends feared, revered and secretly worshiped) and let the party play out until everyone had gone home. Then all hell broke loose — at least that’s how it seemed to my eighth-grade, never-been-kissed self. She sat me down at the kitchen table, folded her hands, looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Let’s talk about oral sex.” I’d thought the birds-and-b this was torture.I don’t know whether it was hearing my mom explain the basics of oral sex, the embarrassment of having not previously known about this particular genre or the fact that she caught two of my friends actually engaging in this in my basement, but let’s just say I never fully recovered from that centuries-long five-minute conversation.Something else that has kept my pants on all these years: Despite my Miss Independent, one-of-the-guys, often cynical/always logical demeanor, I am a hopeless romantic. I believe wholeheartedly that sex and love should coexist. In fact, I believe
that without love, sex is just a Band-Aid fix for something that should be addressed with words rather than walks of shame. What’s more, I’m an obnoxiously picky person who avoids letting go of control, being vulnerable and making mistakes at all costs — a by-the-book Type-A perfectionist. The longer I go without sex, the more build-up there is: the more anxiety and curiosity, fear and desire, anticipation and uncertainty. Basically, what was once just another bit of my identity has, over 26 years, become a defining element of who I am, whether I like it or not.Despite what you may think, abstaining has not made me a miserable, lonely, pleasure-deprived shell of a person. Nor am I anti-sex. In fact, I’m all for sex — from what I’ve heard, it’s fantastic! Life-changing! Glorious! (At least when it’s good.) I cannot wait to have sex someday. Right now, however, I appreciate — and even take pride in — my virginity. It separates me from other women. Not in an “I’m better than them” way, but in the same way that being taller than most makes someone unique, or having two different-colored eyes. As for The Chat, I’ve found that over time it’s become more of a Dude Decoder than Relationship Wrecker. Let me explain:Every guy reacts differently to the No Sex bomb. Some play it cool while calculating how to coerce me into changing my mind. (This usually involves the showing off of foreplay moves, tales of the extreme pleasures I’ve been missing and/or purring that they don’t mind waiting — unless it’s going to be, like, two years, in which case they’re not so sure.) Some bail immediately. Some fake acceptance — and then bail a few dates later. And some truly give celibacy their best shot before breaking down and, yep, bailing.That’s what happened three years ago with Boy One. At the time of The Chat, Boy One and I had been on two official dates, but had liked each other for a lot longer. We were making out on my couch when he went to unbutton my jeans — which was about seven steps beyond what I was ready for, and my body language told him as much. He awkwardly apologized, I awkwardly said it was fine, and we kept kissing, awkwardly. Instead of just sucking it up and telling Boy One why I was being so weird, I decided to be extremely mature and wait until he had left to text him asking if we could talk. He called me and I spent the next half-hour mumbling and stuttering out the truth. I don’t remember his exact reaction, but it was something along the lines of, “It’s not a big deal, why didn’t you just tell me?” At which point I felt relieved, foolish and annoyed with myself for not having had the moxie to say something in person.Unfortunately, because Boy One fell into the celibacy-then-bail category, it was just a matter of time — three months — before the truth came tumbling out. Our relationship ended in a drunken yelling match that spanned from my withholding physical affection (his words) to his withholding emotional intimacy (my words) to us not communicating, period. Turns out, the sex thing mattered.Boy Two was the polar opposite of Boy One: optimistic, bubbly and more excitable than a puppy. We lasted about two months before I bailed. Sex was less of an issue this time, mostly because I knew he was my rebound (yes, I’m a terrible person). I simply told him I was waiting until marriage, didn’t see us going in that direction, and that was that.Boy Three really threw me for a loop. He worked at my church and was completely different from anyone I’d previously dated, a fervently devout and serious Christian with cemented views on pretty much everything. At first, this was attractive: who doesn’t like a man who knows what he wants? Once I figured out what it was he wanted, however — a wife who would bear his children, iron his clothes, laugh at his jokes and agree with him at all times — it was awful.What really shook me about Boy Three, though, wasn’t his traditional values or strict religious beliefs. The thing that threw me was how much he pressured me sexually. Unlike Boy One, who had at least respected me enough to try to abstain, this guy — this man who repeatedly told me he’d chosen to dedicate his career and life to God — forced me into the most uncomfortable sexual situations and conversations I’ve ever endured, pushing and prodding me further and further outside my comfort zone. And every time I would push back and say no, he would throw a tantrum and shut down, making me feel guilty, angry and entirely lost as to what on earth I’d gotten myself into. I stuck around far too long with Boy Three, but when I finally did leave, it was with renewed determination to hang on to my virginity, even if it meant waiting a lifetime.Like I said before, I’m not anti-sex. I’m not immune to desire, either: It’s flattering when the man I’m with wants so badly to rip off my clothes and have his way with me that he has to leave the room in order to respect my decision. It drives me crazy when he whispers in my ear and teases me in all the right ways. And, yes, in situations like those I do waver and wonder whether or not it’s worth holding out for the big I Do.So why do I do it? Why do I stick to my boundaries when it would feel so good to bust through them? Why have I had The Chat so many times it’s become (almost) comfortable? Why do I hang on so tightly to an antiquated lifestyle choice that’s shunned by society and makes people assume I’m a repressed prude?I do it because after 26 years, I’ve come to realize that of all the experiences and opportunities offered in life, to love someone is the most precious. A long time ago I was taught — and chose to believe — that love and sex are intertwined in such a way that to separate them would be to lessen their value. When it comes to my decision to stay a virgin until marriage — to hold out for that one-time-only chance to fully connect with and know and love another person — I want to make sure it’s the right man.Until then, bring on the squirmy no-sex chat.
Ellen Burkhardt is a freelance writer, researcher, traveler, and overthinker in Minneapolis, MN. Follow her @burkcity.
Another sign of the apocalypse: KFC is making a Double Down hot dog
Next Article
You Might Also Like
More Related Stories
The Disneyland outbreak is the anti-vax tipping point
title="Another sign of the apocalypse: KFC is making a Double Down hot dog"
href="//in_other_apocalypse_news_kfc_presents_the_double_down_dog/"
class="plain gaTrackLinkEvent"
data-ga-track-json='["morerelatedstories", "click", "Another sign of the apocalypse: KFC is making a Double Down &em&hot dog&/em&"]'
<img class="lazyLoad" alt="Another sign of the apocalypse: KFC is making a Double Down hot dog" data-source-standard="/2015/01/double-down-dog-e0-150x150.jpg"/>
Another sign of the apocalypse: KFC is making a Double Down hot dog
Lena Dunham on sexism in Hollywood: No one thought Woody Allen was "a real perv"
John Oliver on "50 Shades of Grey": Trailer as "erotic as watching someone drop an unpeeled carrot into a shopping bag"
Howard Stern thinks Sam Smith is "ugly, chubby and looks gay"
"Triggers cannot be unpulled": NYT columnist Charles Blow responds to Yale cop pulling gun on his son
Viola Davis makes a powerful statement on diversity in moving SAG Award speech
"I used to have foreskin anxiety": What it's like to get circumcised as a grown man
I do not care about your baby
"Sponsored" by my husband: Why it's a problem that writers never talk about where their money comes from
Portable vaginas and onaholes: The 7 weirdest sex toys for men
I wish I'd never reported my rape
I won't fear Muslims
Tennis twirls and Page 3 girls: The week in sexism
Anti-vaxxers ruined Disneyland: Why this public health nightmare needs to be stopped
Lena Dunham shares stories about her OCD on the "Late Late Show"
Watch a teacher's crafty solution to Mississippi's draconian sex ed laws
"The Daily Show" hasn't forgotten about Boko Haram and #BringBackOurGirls
Featured Slide Shows
Share on Twitter
Share on Facebook
Fullscreen
Thumbnails
2014's fast food atrocities
: Made with squid ink and bamboo charcoal, arguably a symbol of meat's destructive effect on the planet. Only available in Japan.
2014's fast food atrocities
: Because the laws of competition say that once Burger King introduces a black cheeseburger, it's only a matter of time before McDonald's follows suit. You still don't have to eat it.
2014's fast food atrocities
: It's like regular pizza, except instead of a crust, there's fried chicken. The company's marketing officer calls it "one of the most creative, innovative menu items we have ever had” -- brain power put to good use.
2014's fast food atrocities
: The viral off-menu product containing eight different types of meat that, on second read, was
all along. Horrific, regardless.
2014's fast food atrocities
: A sandwich made by adding a burger patty to the infamous chicken-instead-of-buns creation can only be described using all caps. NO BUN ALL MEAT. Only available in South Korea.
2014's fast food atrocities
: It took two years for Taco Bell to develop this waffle folded in the shape of a taco, the stand-out star of its new breakfast menu.
2014's fast food atrocities
: Only attendees at the San Diego County Fair were given the opportunity to taste the official version of this donut-hamburger-heart attack combo. The rest of America has reasonable odds of not dropping dead tomorrow.
2014's fast food atrocities
: A burrito wrapped in a quesadilla inside an enigma. Quarantined to one store in Oklahoma City.
2014's fast food atrocities
: The people's choice winner of a Canadian pizza chain's contest whose real aim, we'd imagine, is to prove that there's no such thing as "too far." Currently in development.
2014's fast food atrocities
: "For something decadent and artificial by design,"
one impassioned reviewer, "it only tasted of the latter."
Recent Slide Shows
Photos from the Happy Ending Salon
Make Summer More Poetic with These 10 International Works
8 Illustrated Books for Every Age and Every Summer Reading List
10 Great Science Reads That You Can Take to the Beach
Turn Summer into a Literary Field Day with these 9 Collections of Non-Fiction Sports Writing
Travel to Foreign Lands in 10 Newly Translated Novels
Get Lost in 8 Great Biographies – from Lawrence of Arabia to Margaret Fuller
Explore Diverse Cultures Through Varied Genres with These 8 New Works
8 Great Essay Collections for Your Reading Pleasure
Looking for Fresh Fiction for your Summer Reading?
Tough love: An intimate look at Mexico City's retired (and semi-retired) sex workers
Famous literary meals
Stories from a Warming Planet: Wildfires
Seven celebrity "authors" who didn't do it alone
Space porn: These images are (quite literally) out of this world
Related Videos
Loading Comments...
follow salon
brought to you by
From Around the Web
Presented by Zergnet
Mary Chapin Carpenter Revisits Hits on Spring Acoustic Trio Tour
Tom DeLonge Leaves Blink-182
Gretchen Peters Is Among Nashville's Honored 'Poets and Prophets'
16 Bedrooms From Classic Movies That Define Teenagehood
Your Rights Do Not Depend on Your Zip Code (Unless You Are a Woman)
David Tennant Is Your New Marvel Villain In Netflix's 'Jessica Jones'
Kink University Releases List Of Kinkiest Cities In America
You Can Live With A Roommate Of The Opposite Sex (But Read This First)
A Reporter Talks To An Incredible Actor Like He's An Actress, And He Doesn't Like It So Much
NASA Has Released The Most Mind-Blowing Picture Of Space. Seriously. Holy Cow.
In 2 Minutes, 6 Of The Most Amazing Women From History You’ve Never Heard Of