[单选题]Passage1:WhenIwasthirteenyearsold,Icamedownwiththeflu.Iwasstuckinthehouseforaweek,andmygrandmothercametovisitmetoseehowIwasfeeling.Shehadacrazyideathatshewouldteachmehowtocrochet.Shethoughtthatitmighthelpmepasstime.Well,blessherheart,shetried.Shebroughtmeyardsofprettyblueyarnandtwoknittingneedles.Mymomandgrandmasatonthecouchwithme,tryingtoexplaintheconceptof“knitone,pearltwo.”However,itjustdidn’twork.Ipracticedandpracticed.ThemostthatIcouldcomeupwithwasanodd-shapedpotholder.Mygrandmotherandmymothergavemetheimpressionanywomancouldknit.TheyhadmeconvincedthatIcouldhaveanafghaninnotime.Theywereright,ifyouwanttocallanodd-shapedpotholderanafghan.Everyonceinawhile,Ipickupmymom’sneedlesandgiveitatry.Then,thosehorriblememoriescomeback.Iremember:Ican’tdothis,andfurthermore,Idon’tlikeit.Knittingisoneofthose“womanthings”Ijustdon’tget.
[单选题]ItdoesnothavetobeJanuary1sttogiveyourselfachancetomakethemostoutofyourday—andyourlife.Everydayisafreshstarttolearn,grow,developyourstrengths,freeyourselffrompastregretsorhurts,andmoveforwardolderandwiser.Everydaygivesyouachancetoreinvent(彻底改造)yourself.Eachdayisabrand-newandblankpaper.Howwouldyouliketocreateyourday?Whatwouldyouliketopaintonit?Ifyouwakeupinanegativemind,youaremorelikelytopaintadarkpicturethroughouttheday,andyourpicturewillnotreflecthope,joyandhappiness.Ifyoutakeeachdaytothinkpositively,howwouldyourlifebedifferent?Everydayyouwillgiveyourselfthegiftofan“attitudeofgratitude”.Eachdayisachancetolookatthingsinadifferentway.Youcanexperienceeachdayinthebeautyoftheworld.Youfindyourselfchangingfrom“Ican’t”to“Ican.”Withafocusonpositiveintentions,youfeelyouarefullofpowerandmorelikea“winner”thana“loser”.Youpaymoreattentiontothepresent,andyouwillbemorelikelytolivefullyinthepresenteachmomentofeachday.Afterall,thepastisagreatplacetovisit.Butyoudon’twanttolivethere!Sohowaboutstartingeachdaytakingamomenttothinkofapositiveintentionfortheday?Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsus().
