2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一）真题及答案（海天版）
Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) foreach numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
People are, on the whole, poor at considering backgroundinformation when making individual decisions. At first glance this mightseem like a strength that __1_ the ability to make judgments which areunbiased by _2_ factors. But Dr Simonsohn speculated that an inabilityto consider the big _3_ was leading decision-makers to be biased by thedaily samples of information they were working with. _4_, he theorisedthat a judge _5_ of appearing too soft _6_crime might be more likely tosend someone to prison __7_he had already sentenced five or six otherdefendants only to forced community service on that day.
To __8__this idea, they turned their attention to theuniversity-admissions process. In theory, the ____9___ of an applicantshould not depend on the few others___10____ randomly for interviewduring the same day, but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was____11____.
He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews _12_ by 31admissions officers. The interviewers had _13_ applicants on a scale ofone to five. This scale _14_ numerous factors into consideration. Thescores were _15_ used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on theGMAT, a standardised exam which is _16_out of 800 points, to make adecision on whether to accept him or her.
Dr Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in adaily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that ofthe one _17__ that, then the score for the next applicant would_18_ byan average of 0.075 points. This might sound small, but to_19_theeffects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMAT pointsthan would otherwise have been _20__.
1. A grants B submits C transmits D dilivers
2. A minor B external C crucial D objective
3. A issue B vision C picture D moment
4. A Above all B On average C In principle D For example
5. A fond B fearful C capable D thoughtless
6. A in B for C to D on
7. A if B until C though D unless
8. A. test B.emphasize C.share D.promote
9. A.decision B.quality C.status D.success
10. A.found B.studied C.chosen D.identified
11. A.otherwise B.defensible C.replaceable D.exceptional
12. A. inspired B. expressed C. conducted D. secured
13. A. assigned B. rated C. matched D. arranged
14. A. put B. got C. took D. gave
15. A. instead B. then C. ever D. rather
16. A. selected B. passed C. marked D. introduced
17. A below B after C above D before
18. A jump B float C fluctuate D drop
19. A achieve B undo C maintain D disregard
20. A necessary B possible C promising D helpful
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Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions: Read the following fourtexts. Answer the questionsbelow each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWERSHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,MirandaPriestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant forimagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her, Priestly explains howthe deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the yearsfrom fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in whichthe poor girl doubtless found her garment.
This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be moreout of date or at odds with the feverish would described in Overdressed,Eliazabeth Cline’s three-year indictment of “fast fashion”. In the lastdecade or so ,advances in technology have allowed mass-market labelssuch as Zara ,H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly andanticipate demand more precisely. Quicker turnarounds mean less wastedinventory, more frequent release, and more profit. These labelsencourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable-meantto last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that –and torenew their wardrobe every few weeks. By offering on-trend items atdirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashioncycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.
The victims of this revolution , of course ,are not limited todesigners. For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its2,300-pius stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseaslabor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massiveamounts of harmful chemicals.
Overdressed is the fashion world’s answer to consumer-activistbestsellers like Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. “Mass-producedclothing ,like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durableand wasteful,” Cline argues. Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20billion garments a year – about 64 items per person – and no matter howmuch they give away, this excess leads to waste.
Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, aBrooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all ofher own clothes – and beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note,it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can’t beknocked off.
Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curbtheir impact on labor and the environment – including H&M, with itsgreen Conscious Collection line –Cline believes lasting change can onlybe effected by the customer. She exhibits the idealism common to manyadvocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. Vanity is aconstant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when theycan’t afford not to.
21. Priestly criticizes her assistant for her
poor bargaining skill.
insensitivity to fashion.
obsession with high fashion.
lack of imagination.
22. According to Cline, mass-maket labels urge consumers to
combat unnecessary waste.
shut out the feverish fashion world.
resist the influence of advertisements.
shop for their garments more frequently.
23. The word “indictment” (Line 3, Para.2) is closest in meaning to
accusation.
enthusiasm.
indifference.
tolerance.
24. Which of the following can be inferred from the lase paragraph?
Vanity has more often been found in idealists.
The fast-fashion industry ignores sustainability.
People are more interested in unaffordable garments.
Pricing is vital to environment-friendly purchasing.
25. What is the subject of the text?
Satire on an extravagant lifestyle.
Challenge to a high-fashion myth.
Criticism of the fast-fashion industry.
Exposure of a mass-market secret.
Text 2
An old saying has it that half of all advertising budgets arewasted-the trouble is, no one knows which half . In the internet age, atleast in theory ,this fraction can be much reduced . By watching whatpeople search for, click on and say online, companies can aim“behavioural” ads at those most likely to buy.
In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value toadvertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertisers assumethat people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads? Or shouldthey have explicit permission?
In December 2010 America's Federal Trade Cornmission (FTC) proposedadding a "do not track "(DNT) option to internet browsers ,so thatusers could tell adwertisers that they did not want to be followed.Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Apple's Safari both offer DNT;Google's Chrome is due to do so this year. In February the FTC andDigltal Adwertising Alliance (DAA) agreed that the industry would getcracking on responging to DNT requests.
On May 31st Microsoft Set off the row: It said that InternetExplorer 10,the version due to appear windows 8, would have DNT as adefault.
It is not yet clear how advertisers will respond. Geting a DNTsignal does not oblige anyone to stop tracking, although some companieshave promised to do so. Unable to tell whether someone really objects tobehavioural ads or whether they are sticking with Microsoft’s default,some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.
Also unclear is why Microsoft has gone it alone. Atter all, it hasan ad business too, which it says will comply with DNT requests, thoughit is still working out how. If it is trying to upset Google, whichrelies almost wholly on default will become the norm. DNT does not seeman obviously huge selling point for windows 8-though the firm hascompared some of its other products favourably with Google's on thatcount before. Brendon Lynch, M
Microsoft's chief privacy officer, bloggde:"we believe consumers should have more control." Could it really be that simple?
26. It is suggested in paragraph 1 that “behavioural” ads help advertisers to:
ease competition among themselves
lower their operational costs
avoid complaints from consumers
provide better online services
27. “The industry” (Line 6,Para.3) refers to:
online advertisers
e-commerce conductors
digital information analysis
internet browser developers
28. Bob Liodice holds that setting DNT as a default
many cut the number of junk ads
fails to affect the ad industry
will not benefit consumers
goes against human nature
29. which of the following is ture according to Paragraph.6?
DNT may not serve its intended purpose
Advertisers are willing to implement DNT
DNT is losing its popularity among consumers
Advertisers are obliged to offer behavioural ads
30. The author's attitude towards what Brendon Lynch said in his blog is one of:
indulgence
understanding
appreciaction
skepticism
Text 3
Up until a few decades ago, our visions of the future were largely -though by no means uniformly - glowingly positive. Science andtechnology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives offulfillment and opportunity for all.
Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeperappreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike toepidemic flu and to climate change. You might even be tempted to assumethat humanity has little future to look forward to.
But such gloominess is misplaced. The fossil record shows that manyspecies have endured for millions of years - so why shouldn't we? Take abroader look at our species' place in the universe, and it becomesclear that we have an excellent chance of surviving for tens, if nothundreds, of thousands of years . Look up Homo sapiens in the "Red List"of threatened species of the International Union for the Conversationof Nature (IUCN) ,and you will read: "Listed as Least Concern as thespecies is very widely distributed, adaptable, currently increasing, andthere are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline."
So what does our deep future hold? A growing number of researchersand organisations are now thinking seriously about that question. Forexample, the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medicalclock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.
Perhaps willfully , it may be easier to think about such lengthytimescales than about the more immediate future. The potential evolutionof today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlinglycomplicated, and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers andfuturologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage. That'sone reason why we have launched Arc, a new publication dedicated to thenear future.
But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we cansay with considerable assurance. As so often, the past holds the key tothe future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patternsshaping the history of the planet, and our species, to makeevidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendantswill find themselves.
This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospectsseem more likely to be a passing fad. To be sure, the future is not allrosy. But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risksthat threatened the existence of earlier humans, and to improve the lotof those to come.
31. Our vision of the future used to be inspired by
our desire for lives of fulfillment
our faith in science and technology
our awareness of potential risks
our belief in equal opportunity
32. The IUCN’s “Red List” suggest that human being are
a sustained species
a threaten to the environment
the world’s dominant power
a misplaced race
33. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?
Arc helps limit the scope of futurological studies.
Technology offers solutions to social problem.
The interest in science fiction is on the rise.
Our Immediate future is hard to conceive.
34. To ensure the future of mankind, it is crucial to
explore our planet’s abundant resources
adopt an optimistic view of the world
draw on our experience from the past
curb our ambition to reshape history
35. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
Uncertainty about Our Future
Evolution of the Human Species
The Ever-bright Prospects of Mankind
Science, Technology and Humanity
Text 4
On a five to three vote,the Supreme Court knocked out much ofArizona's immigration law Monday-a modest policy victory for the ObamaAministration.But on the more important matter of the Constitution,thedecision was an 8-0 defeat for the federal government and the states.
An arizona.United States,the majority overturned three of the fourcontested provisions of Arizona's controversial plan to have state andlocal police enfour federal immigrations law.The Constitutionalprinciples that Washington alone has the power to "establish a uniformRule of Anturalization" and that federal laws precede state laws arenoncontroversial.Arizona had attempted to fashion state police that ranto the existing federal ones.
Justice Anthony Kennedy,joined by Chief Justice John Roberts andthe Court's liberals,ruled that the state flew too close to the federalsun .On the overturned provisions the majority held the congress haddeliberately "occupied the field " and Arizona had thus intruded on thefederal's privileged powers
However,the Justices said that Arizona police would be allowed toverify the legal status of people who come in contact with lawenforcement.That’s because Congress has always envisioned jointfederal-state immigration enforcement and explicitly encourages stateofficers to share information and cooperate with federal colleagues.
Two of the three objecting Justice-Samuel Alito and ClarenceThomas-agreed with this Constitutional logic but disagreed about whichArizona rules conflicted with the federal statute. The only majorobjection came from Justice Antonin Scalia,who offered an even morerobust defense of state privileges going back to the alien and SeditionActs.
The 8-0 objection to President Obama tures on what Justice SamuelAlito describes in his objection as “a shocking assertion assertion offederal executive power”. The White House argued tha Arizona’s lawsconflicted with its enforcement priorities, even if state laws compliedwith federal statutes to the letter. In effect, the White House claimedthat it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that itdisagrees with.
Some powers do belong exclusively to the federal government,andcontrol of citizenship and the borders is among them. But if Congresswanted to prevent states from using their own resources to checkimmigration status,it could.It could.It never did so.The administrationwas in essence asserting that because it didn't want to carry outCongress's immigration wishes,no state should be allowed to do soeither.Every Justice rightly rejected this remarkable claim.
36. Three provisions of Arizona’s plan were overturned because they
deprived the federal police of Constitutional powers.
disturbed the power balance between different states.
overstepped the authority of federal immigration law.
contradicted both the federal and state policies.
37. On which of the following did the Justices agree,according to Paragraph4?
Federal officers’ duty to withhold immigrants’information.
States’ independence from federal immigration law.
States’ legitimate role in immigration enforcement.
Congress’s intervention in immigration enforcement.
38. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that the Alien and Sedition Acts
violated the Constitution.
undermined the states’ interests.
supported the federal statute.
stood in favor of the states.
39. The White House claims that its power of enforcement
outweighs that held by the states.
is dependent on the states’ support.
is established by federal statutes.
rarely goes against state laws.
40. What can be learned from the last paragraph?
Immigration issues are usually decided by Congress.
Justices intended to check the power of the Administrstion.
Justices wanted to strengthen its coordination with Congress.
The Administration is dominant over immigration issues.
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Part B
Directions:
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. ForQuestions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fitinto each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which donot fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.（10points）
The social sciences are flourishing.As of 2005,there were almosthalf a million professional social scientists from all fields in theworld, working both inside and outside academia. According to the WorldSocial Science Report 2010,the number of social-science studentsworldwide has swollen by about 11% every year since 2000.
Yet this enormous resource in not contributing enough to today’sglobal challenges including climate change, security,sustainabledevelopment and health.(41)______Humanity has the necessaryagro-technological tools to eradicate hunger , from geneticallyengineered crops to arificial fertilizers . Here , too, the problems aresocial: the organization and distribution of food, wealth andprosperity.
(42)____This is a shame—the community should be grasping theopportunity to raise its influence in the real world. To paraphrase thegreat social scientist Joseph Schumpeter:there is no radical innovationwithout creative destruction .
Today ,the social sciences are largely focused on disciplinaryproblems and internal scholarly debates,rather than on topics withexternal impact.
Analyses reveal that the number of papers including the keywords“environmental changed” or “climate change” have increased rapidly since2004,(43)____
When social scientists do tackle practical issues ,their scope isoften local:Belgium is interested mainly in the effects of poverty onBelgium for example .And whether the community’s work contributes muchto an overall accumulation of knowledge is doubtful.
The problem is not necessarily the amount of available funding(44)____this is an adequate amount so long as it is aimed in the rightdirection. Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding shouldnot expect more in today’s economic climate.
The trick is to direct these funds better.The European UnionFramework funding programs have long had a category specificallytargeted at social scientists.This year,it was proposed that system bechanged:Horizon 2020,a new program to be enacted in 2014,would not havesuch a category ,This has resulted in protests from socialscientists.But the intention is not to neglect social science ; rather,the complete opposite.(45)____That should create more collaborativeendeavors and help to develop projects aimed directly at solving globalproblems.
It could be that we are evolving two communities of social
scientists:one that is discipline-oriented and publishing in highly
specialized journals,and one that is problem-oriented and publishing
elsewhere,such as policy briefs.
However,the numbers are still small:in 2010,about 1,600 of the
100,000 social-sciences papers published globally included one of these
Keywords.
the idea is to force social to integrate their work with othercategories, including health and demographic change food security,marine research and the bio-economy, clear, efficient energy; andinclusive, innovative and secure societies.
the solution is to change the mindset of the academiccommunity, and what it considers to be its main goal. Global challengesand social innovation ought to receive much more attention fromscientists, especially the young ones.
These issues all have root causes in human behavior . allrequire behavioral change and social innovations , as well astechnological development . Stemming climate change , for example , isas much about changing consumption patterns and promoting tax acceptanceas it is about developing clean energy.
Despite these factors , many social scientists seem reluctantto tackle such problems . And in Europe , some are up in arms over aproposal to drop a specific funding category for social-science researchand to integrate it within cross-cutting topics of sustainabledevelopment .
During the late 1990s , national spending on social sciencesand the humanities as a percentage of all research and developmentfunds-including government, higher education, non-profit and corporate-varied from around 4% to 25%; in most European nations , it is about15%.
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Part C
Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translatethe underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be writtenclearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)
It is speculated that gardens arise from a basic need in theindividuals who made them: the need for creative expression. There is nodoubt that gardens evidence an impossible urge to create, express,fashion, and beautify and that self-expression is a basic human urge;(46) Yet when one looks at the photographs of the garden created by thehomeless, it strikes one that , for all their diversity of styles, thesegardens speak os various other fundamental urges, beyond that ofdecoration and creative expression.
One of these urges had to do with creating a state of peace in themidst of turbulence, a “still point of the turning world,” to borrow aphrase from T. S. Eliot. (47)A sacred place of peace, however crude itmay be, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is adistinctly animal need. This distinction is so much so that where thelatter is lacking, as it is for these unlikely gardens, the foemerbecomes all the more urgent. Composure is a state of mind made possibleby the structuring of one’s relation to one’s environment. (48) Thegardens of the homeless which are in effect homeless gardens introducefrom into an urban environment where it either didn’t exist or was notdiscernible as such. In so doing they give composure to a segment of theinarticulate environment in which they take their stand.
Another urge or need that these gardens appear to respond to, or toarise from is so intrinsic that we are barely ever conscious of itsabiding claims on us. When we are deprived of green, of plants, oftrees, (49)most of us give into a demoralization of spirit which weusually blame on some psychological conditions, until one day we findourselves in garden and feel the expression vanish as if by magic. Inmost of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation ofplants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem torepresent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution ofcolors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leavesas well as of stuffed animals. On display here are various fantasyelements whose reference, at some basic level, seems to be the naturalworld. (50)It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature thatfully justifies the use of word garden though in a “liberated” sense, todescribe these synthetic constructions. In them we can see biophilia- ayearning for contact with nonhuman life-assuming uncannyrepresentational forms.
46. yet when one looks at the photographs of the gardens created bythe homeless, it strikes one that, for all their diversity of styles,these gardens speak of various other fundamental urges beyond that ofdecoration and creative expression.
47. A sacred place of peace, however, crude it may be, is adistinctly human need, as opposed to shelt which is a distinctly animalneed.
48. The gardens of the homeless which are in efffect homelessgarden introduce from in to an urban environment where it either didn’texist or was not discernible as such
49 . Mast of us give in to a demoralization of spirit which weusually blame on some psychological conditions until one day we findourselves in a garden and feel the oppression vanish as if by magic
50. It is this implicit or explicit reference to nature that fullyjustifies the use of the word garden, though in a “liberated” sense, todescribe these synthetic constructions.
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Section III Writing
Part A
51.Directions:
Write an e-mail of about 100 words to a foreign teacher in yourcollege,inviting him/her to be a judge for the upcoming English speechcontest.
You should include the details you think necessary.
You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the e-mail.Use “Li Ming”instead.
Do not write the address.(10 points)
Part B
52.Directions:
Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing .In your essay,you should
1) describe the drawing briefly.
2) interpret its intended meaning ,and
3) give your comments.
You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.(20points)
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2013年全国研究生入学考试
英语一答案
1.A(grants)
2. B(external)
3. C（picture）
4. D(for example)
5. B(fearful)
6. D(on)
7. A(if)
8. A(test)
9. D(success)
10.C(chosen)
11.A(otherwise)
12.C(conducted)
13.B(rated)
14.C(took)
15.B(then)
16.C(marked)
17.D(before)
18.D(drop)
19.B(undo)
20.A(necessary)
Text 1
21. Priestly criticizes her assistant for her
insensitivity to fashion.
22. According to Cline, mass-maket labels urge consumers to
shop for their garments more frequently.
23. The word “indictment” (Line 3, Para.2) is closest in meaning to
accusation.
24. Which of the following can be inferred from the lase paragraph
Pricing is vital to environment-friendly purchasing
25. What is the subject of the text
Criticism of the fast-fashion industry.
Text 2
26. It is suggested in paragraph 1 that “behavioural” ads help advertisers to:
lower their operational costs
27. “The industry” (Line 6,Para.3) refers to:
online advertisers
28. Bob Liodice holds that setting DNT as a default
will not benefit consumers
29. which of the following is ture according to Paragraph.6
DNT may not serve its intended purpose
30. The author's attitude towards what Brendon Lynch said in his blog is one of:
skepticism
Text3
31·our faith in science and technology
32·a sustained species
33·Our Immediate future is hard to conceive
34·draw onour experience from the past
35·TheEver-bright Prospects of Mankind
Text 4
36. overstepped the authority of federal immigration law
37. States’ legitimate role in immigration enforcement.
38. stood in favor of the states
39. outweighs that held by the states
40. Justices intended to check the power of the Administrstion.
41. These issues all have root causes in human behavior .allrequire behavioral change and social innovations , as well astechnological development . Stemming climate change , for example , isas much about changing consumption patterns and promoting tax acceptanceas it is about developing clean energy.
42. Despite these factors , many social scientists seemreluctant to tackle such problems . And in Europe , some are up in armsover a proposal to drop a specific funding category for social-scienceresearch and to integrate it within cross-cutting topics of sustainabledevelopment .
43. However, the numbers are still small:in 2010,about 1,600 ofthe 100,000 social-sciences papers published globally included one ofthese keywords.
44. During the late 1990s , national spending on social sciencesand the humanities as a percentage of all research and developmentfunds-including government, higher education, non-profit and corporate-varied from around 4% to 25%; in most European nations , it is about15%.
45. the idea is to force social scientists to integrate theirwork with other categories, including health and demographic change foodsecurity, marine research and the bio-economy, clear, efficientenergy;and inclusive, innovative and secure societies.
46. 然而,令人震惊的是,当人们看到又无家可归者建造的花园照片时,由于风格的多样性,所有这些花园显示了超越了装饰与创造性表现的其它各种各样的基本诉求.
47.尽管可能有点简陋,但这一神圣和平之地明显象征着人类需求,就好比外壳明显象征着动物需求.
48. 那些无家可归者的花园实际上是"无家可归"的家园,同花园被引入了城市,在那儿,它们之前即不存在也未曾像这样可以被辨识.
49 . 我们中的大部分人屈服于道德败坏,在某些心理状态下我们通常归咎于道德败坏,直到有一天我们发现自己身处花园,压迫感奇迹般地消失了.
50. 尽管在某种被解放的意义上,但正是这种含蓄或明显的对大自然的引用认可了使用“花园”一词来描述这些被合成的建筑。
51.
Dear Mr. Smith,
As a member of the Students’ Union, I am writing this letter torequest whether you could serve as a judge in the English speech contestto be held in our university next Saturday.
This contest aims at improving the students’ communicative andpractical ability in English, the details of which are as follows. Tobegin with, the participants are mainly the seniors who will step intothe society three months later. In addition, the theme is concerning theutmost significance of future choice after graduation.
It is my sincere hope that you can present yourself in thisextracurricular activity. I am looking forward to a favorable reply atyour earliest convenience.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming
52. 参考范文：
The set of cartoon given above dramatically features a scene ofcollege graduates choosing their future destination. When stepping outof the ivory tower, the would-be graduates will confront with multiplechoices, such as hunting a job, taking part in National EntranceExamination for MS/MA. What is conveyed in the picture carries afar-reaching implication for both us and our society.
The drawing is designed to remind us of the crucial importance ofthe distinctive goal in future development, which is a practical issueconfronting every would-be graduate. On the one hand, for a real road,if stepping on a wrong way, one can return to the original point, butlife is a one-way journey: one cannot start it all over again. Differentchoices in life may make great differences. On the other hand, to someextent, future is a combination of choices and efforts. Some people evenbelieve that one’s success depends more on how intelligently he choosesthan on how diligently he works. With a wrong direction the farther wego, the farther we are away from our dream.
Therefore, positive mental guidance must be popularized among thepublic, especially the young to help them keep a clear mind and makewise choices in the life journey. Besides, every youngster should beeducated to realize his position and the reality and choose his lifegoal in a down-to-earth manner. Only with a right direction anddestination can all the efforts make towards our dream pay off.
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