【推荐1】Failure is a word that no one wants to hear. It is human being’s biggest fear yet it is faced by every human being.     1     Therefore, you need to learn how to deal with failure. Here are some tips which can help you get on the positive side of life.

    2     Before starting anything that you think will give you success, promise yourself that you will never give up. This promise helps make your mind ready for both failure and success. Remember that it is never too late to do so.

Learn from your mistakes. This is the opportunity that you should not let go of. Suppose you are on a football ground, you strike the ball for 9 times in a row and fail.     3     The tenth attempt proves that you have somehow learnt from your mistakes.

Never think that you’ve got only one plan. The worst thing you can do after failing in some projects is thinking that it was the only plan you could ever think of. There is always another way.     4     If you are into achieving something, no one or nothing in this world can stop you.

Keep a positive attitude. This is the most important thing that you need to live a happy life. Always think positive. Never let yourself down.     5    

A．Never give up.

B．Keep confident all the time.

C．But at the tenth attempt, you succeed.

D．If Plan A fails, turn to Plan B or Plan C.

E．Sometimes, people’s fear of it is their biggest barrier to success.

F．Positivity is all we need to grow and establish ourselves in this world.

G．What if nothing comes to you but missing the kick after you try the last shoot?

【推荐2】My boss recently asked me, “Do you know why I hired you? Because you didn’t sell yourself. You didn’t tell me, ‘Look how experienced I am.’ You emailed me and said, ‘I researched your website and saw how many amazing vets (兽医) you have, and I want to learn from them,’ and that’s why I hired you. You showed vulnerability (弱点).”

So, what is vulnerability? For me, vulnerability means putting your fear of embarrassment aside and allowing personal growth. I believe vulnerability is a pathway to success. Vulnerability has traditionally been viewed as a weakness in the workplace. The very thought of exposing your weaknesses is terrifying. However, we can change the views surrounding it.

After graduation, I started working in a clinic where I thought I would have support. However, I didn’t have the help I required. I quickly became exhausted. Within 18 months, I didn’t want to work there anymore.

During this period, I realized without the support I wanted, I was potentially making mistakes I wasn’t even aware of. Was I treating patients effectively? I wouldn’t know, because I had no one to ask or help.

I decided to be vulnerable. I accepted that I was unhappy, living with poor mental health and lacking important knowledge. I wanted to find somewhere I’d be able to continue building my knowledge, not as an average vet, but as a good one. After two and a half years, I have finally found a place where I get the support I need.

My point is: don’t stay where you are unhappy. Be vulnerable and have the courage to accept when you’re unhappy. Find somewhere that will support you and push you to do better. Vulnerability shouldn’t be considered a weakness because it allows personal growth. Being vulnerable is the ability to show people that you are human.

1. Why did the author’s boss hire her?

A．She was experienced.

B．She researched the website.

C．She spoke highly of herself.

D．She was honest about her weakness.

2. What is vulnerability viewed traditionally?

A．A fear of embarrassment.

B．A pathway to success.

C．A way to personal growth.

D．A weakness in the workplace.

3. Why did the author want to quit her first job within 18 months?

A．Because she was tired and unhappy.

B．Because she made mistakes.

C．Because she needed support but couldn’t get.

D．Because she wanted a new workplace.

4. What does the author think of being vulnerable?

A．Necessary.

B．Foolish.

C．Normal.

D．Embarrassing.

【推荐3】One day I got in a taxi, and we left for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly，a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stopped his car at once. The tire made a very loud noise, and at the very last moment our car stopped just one inch from the back of the other car.

I was frightened. But then I couldn’t believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head and started yelling at us. I couldn’t believe it! But my taxi driver just smiled at the guy. So I asked,“Why did you just do that? This guy almost sent us to hospital.”

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, “The Law of the Rubbish Truck.” He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of rubbish, full of anger. As their rubbish piles up, they look for a place to throw it away and sometimes they’ll throw it at you. Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their rubbish and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.

Successful people never let rubbish trucks change their moods. Life is too short to wake up in the. morning with regrets, so love those who love you and pray for those who don’t.

1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the first paragraph?

A．The writer went to the airport by taxi that day.

B．The taxi driver stopped his car in time.

C．The black car jumped out and crashed into the taxi.

D．A car accident nearly happened on the writer’s way to the airport.

2. The underlined word ‘yelling’ in the second paragraph means ______ in Chinese.

A．道歉

B．傻笑

C．吼叫

D．告别

3. From the passage, we can tell that the taxi driver is ______.

A．silly and dishonest	B．wise and friendly
C．helpful but nervous	D．modest but impatient

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Fight with people like rubbish trucks.

B．Make friends with people like rubbish trucks.

C．Have a quarrel with people like rubbish trucks.

D．Don’t let rubbish trucks change our moods.

【推荐1】T-shirts out; uniforms in

School uniforms are becoming more and more popular across the U.S.A. That’s no surprise, because they offer many benefits. They immediately end the powerful social sorting and labeling that come from clothing. If all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing, and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes.

Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule — wanting to look just like their friends. The difference is that the clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers; school uniforms tear those barriers down.

As in other places, uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties. For example, when a man or woman puts on a police uniform, he or she becomes, for a time, the symbol of law and order. The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to everyone the wearer meets. People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another. For students, the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an education.

Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children’s “creativity.” First, as noted above, the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily express their individuality. They just copy their classmates. Second, students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they’re in school, their job is to master reading, writing, and maths; this should take up all the creativity they have. Mastery of those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way.

1. In Paragraph 1, the word “benefits” probably means ________ .

A．tasks

B．messages

C．advantages

D．differences

2. From the passage we learn that uniforms in general________.

A．help the wearers keep their duties in mind	B．prevent the wearers from being laughed at
C．are seen as a symbol of power	D．help to create social barriers

3. Some people are against school uniforms because________.

A．they think that school uniforms are too popular

B．they believe that uniforms will make students less creative

C．they don’t agree that uniforms can remove social barriers

D．they fail to realize that students have accepted the uniforms

4. The author would probably agree that________.

A．it makes no difference whether to wear school uniforms or not

B．students’ individuality may not come from school education

C．students’ creativity is related to the clothes they choose

D．school uniforms help to create equality among students

【推荐3】We have studied in Songpu High school for several months. When I first went into the school gate and saw my new classroom and teachers, I thought I would have a new start. The school life is very busy and exciting. There are many activities in our school, such as Sports Meeting, Science Week, Art Week and so on. We all take an active part in them. I have made many new friends and we often help and learn from each other in study.Our teachers have taught us a lot. They not only teach us how to study but also teach us how to be a useful person in society. They tell us which thing is worth doing.Habit is a second nature.Our teachers often remind us to form a good habit.

People often said: There is no royal to learning. Now I feel it is true. The study now is far more different than before. I often find there is something difficult to understand at once. At this time, you must spend a lot of time studying by yourself or you won't make progress. Of course study is hard but when you make progress you'll find it is interesting.

Our school is clean and beautiful. There are many trees and flowers around it.In order to make our school more and more beautiful we should try our best to keep it clean.

Today we are proud of Songpu. Tomorrow Songpu will be proud of us.

1. ________ is also important besides studying hard according to this passage.

A．Being a useful person	B．Good studying habit
C．Taking part in activities	D．Making progress

2. The attitude of the author to his/her school is ________.

A．thankful	B．enthusiastic
C．loving	D．exciting

3. The life of the students in this school is ________.

A．boring	B．harmonious (和谐的)
C．terrible	D．quiet

4. The best title for this passage is ________.

A．An Attractive School	B．My School Life
C．I Like My School	D．My Teacher

【推荐2】John Farish, an engineer who was staying at the St. Francis, one of the city’s finest hotels, remembered the very early morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906: I was awakened by a loud noise, which might be compared to the mixed sounds of a strong wind flowing through a forest and the breaking of waves against a rock. In less time than it takes to tell, a shake, similar to that caused by a nearby explosion (爆炸), shook the building to its bases and it began a series of the most lively movements. Together with a frightening sound, it was followed by big crashes (碰撞) as the neighboring buildings and chimneys fell to the ground.

A few blocks away, in a comfortable room in the Palace Hotel, the world’s greatest singer, Enrico Caruso, was asleep after a good performance at the Opera House the night before. He awoke to find: Everything in the room was going round and round. The light was trying to touch the ceiling and the chairs were all chasing each other. Crash — crash — crash! It was a terrible scene. Everywhere the walls were falling and clouds of yellow dust were rising. My God, I thought it would never stop!

And at the same moment, in another part of the city, Jesse Cook, a policeman, reported: The whole street was undulating (起伏波动). It was as if the waves of the ocean were coming toward me, and waving as they came.

It was, of course, an earthquake, one of the largest ever to hit North America, and the first of 27 separate quakes that day. The first shock — at 5:12:05 a.m. — lasted more than 40 seconds. It was by far the largest, about 8.3 on the Richter scale; its epicenter (震源) was just off the coast, around the Pacific.

1. When the earthquake happened, Caruso was _____.

A．looking at the waves rushing against the rock

B．giving a performance at the Opera House

C．listening to the sounds of wind flowing

D．sleeping in the comfortable Palace Hotel

2. How did Jesse Cook describe the earthquake?

A．The street was flooded with ocean water.

B．The street was dancing like ocean waves.

C．The chairs in the room were chasing each other.

D．The light was falling to the ground heavily.

3. What can we know about the earthquake according to the passage?

A．It was followed by 26 quakes that day.

B．It caused the most deaths in history.

C．It came from the center of the Pacific.

D．It struck the place at midnight.

4. The purpose of writing this passage is to _____.

A．teach us how to protect ourselves in an earth-quake

B．find out why the earthquake happened

C．describe the happenings of a strong earthquake

D．introduce what harm the earthquake did to people

【推荐3】Sirine Jahangir has been singing, writing and performing music since she was a little girl. She lost all her vision in one eye by the time she turned 5, so now the teen uses her gift “as away to—not escape, but to help me through.” Not only did her passion get her through some difficult times, but when she was 14 it also brought her to the “Britain’s Got Talent” stage, where she impressed everyone with her performance.

Sirine has a rare condition that left her completely blind by the times she was 10 years old. While her parents and doctors have tried to find treatments for her, there isn’t much they can do. So her parents focused on helping her adjust to her new life, which was when her dad said she was first introduced to music “I remember one day, we were driving in the car. This is about when she was getting to the stage where she couldn’t look out the window anymore to see things, and I didn’t know what to do. I just put the music on really loud. She started singing in the car, and she was so happy. And then she just found happiness every time I put it on,” her father said.

It didn’t take long for them to realize Sirine has tremendous talent. When she appeared on “Britain’s Got Talent”, she told everyone just how much her passion means to her. “I guess music i s my vision,” she said. “That’s just what I live by, and music is my thing.” Then she headed over to the piano, where she played the piano and sang beautifully enough to bring the audience to tears! Unsurprisingly to everyone but Sirine, all four judges voted her into the next round of the competition!

Afterward, she said, “I can’t even say it’s a dream come true, because I didn’t even dream of it at any point... I never thought that would be realistic in my life.”

1. What did the “Britain’s Got Talent” stage mean to Sirine?

A．This stage had earned her both fame and fortune.

B．This stage was away for her to escape reality.

C．She had a stage accident, resulting in blindness.

D．She demonstrated her excellent musical talent on the stage.

2. How did her parents discover Sirine’s musical talent?

A．By talking to her about music topics.

B．By playing music to her while driving.

C．By asking famous singers for identification.

D．By discovering the lyrics and songs she wrote.

3. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Everyone was moved by Sirine’s live performance.

B．Sirine won the championship of the British Got Talent Show.

C．Sirine advanced onstage by selling her tragic experiences.

D．Sirine’s performance received votes from everyone present.

4. What message does the author want to convey to us according to the passage?

A．Every road leads to Rome.

B．Never give up until you succeed.

C．Music inspires a new life for a person.

D．There will always be a rainbow after storms.

【推荐1】Louise Elisabeth Glück is an American poet. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature.

Louise Glück was born in New York City. She grew up on Long Island. Her father, Daniel, an immigrant from Hungary, helped invent and market the X-Acto Knife. Glück graduated in 1961 from George W. Hewlett High School. She went on to attend Sarah Lawrence College and later Columbia University; however, she did not graduate from either of them.

Glück won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993 for her collection The Wild Iris. Glück is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Academy of American Poet’s Prize, as well as numerous Guggenheim fellowships. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was previously a Senior Lecturer in English at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. Glück currently teaches at Yale University. She has also been a member of the faculty of the University of lowa and taught at Goddard College in Vermont.

Glück is the author of twelve books of poetry, including: A Village Li fe (2009), Averno(2006), The Seven Ages (2001), Vita Nova (1999), Meadowlands (1996), The Wild Iris(1992), Ararat (1990), and The Triumph o fAchilles (1985). The First Four Books collects her early poetry.

Glück has also published a collection of essays, Proofs and Theories : Essays on Poetry(1994). In 2001 Yale University awarded Louise Glück its Bollingen Prize in Poetry. Her other honors include the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, the Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize(Wellesley, 1986), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Anniversary Medal (2000), and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations and from the National Endowment for the Arts. A Village Life (2009) has been nominated(提名)for the Griffin Poetry Prize. The latest collection, Faith ful and Virtuous Night, was published in September 2014 and won the National Book Award for Poetry.

She is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1999 was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. In 2003 she was named as judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets and served in that position through 2010. Glück was appointed the US Poet Laureate from 2003-2004, succeeding Billy Collins.

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．Glück’s childhood.	B．Glück’s family.
C．The X-Acto Knife.	D．Glück’s early life.

2. When was Glück given the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?

A．In 1992.

B．In 1993.

C．In 2009.

D．In 2020.

3. What award did Faithful and Virtuous Night bring Glück?

A．The 2020 Nobel Prize in literature.

B．The Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.

C．The National Book Award for Poetry.

D．The National Book Critics Circle Award.

4. Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

A．Billy Collins became the US Poet Laureate before Glück.

B．Glück did well in her study during the university.

C．A Village Life made Glück win the Griffin Poetry Prize.

D．Glück has published twenty books of poetry.

【推荐2】Disney’s Family Magic Tour

Magic Kingdom® Park

Walt Disney World® Resort

Valid Park Admission Required

Price

Adult USD $ 39.00

Hours

Tuesday, October 6, 2017, 10:00 A.M.

Put on Your Detective Hat!

Solve confusing mysteries on this high-energy interactive（相互作用的）search—you never know whom you might meet along the way!

Follow your guide as you make way through Magic Kingdom Park, picking up clue after clue while unlocking a splendid and memorable search you won’t soon forget.

Be sure to bring your camera to catch all the memorable surprises as you and your group wind your way through many of the magical lands throughout the park.

Know Before You Go

View important information including experience details, guest restrictions and cancellation policies.

◆Children and the young at heart will enjoy this imaginative adventure, though it is best suited for guests 4 to 10 years of age. Guests 17 years of age and under (free) must be accompanied by a paying adult (18 years of age or older).

◆Please note that the tour involves a lot of outdoor walking for about 2 hours, so be sure to check the weather forecast and dress properly, including wearing comfortable shoes. Accordingly, the tour may be too difficult for some of our younger guests.

◆Please check in at the Chamber of Commerce building close to City Hall 15 minutes before your experience. You will lose the entire price of your tour if you don't show up or cancel within 2 days of your reservation.

◆Same-day bookings are available on a walk-up basis only.

1. What is encouraged to carry when travelling?

A．A camera.	B．A hat.
C．A mirror.	D．A ticket.

2. How much should be paid if a ten-year-old boy and his parents experience the park?

A．Nothing.	B．39 dollars.
C．78 dollars.	D．117 dollars.

3. Why should the guests check the weather forecast and dress properly before the tour?

A．The tour includes about 2-hour outdoor walking.

B．The guests are so young that they can't walk.

C．The bad weather can stop the normal tour.

D．The guests dress properly to make the tour happy.

【推荐3】No matter how much weight she lost or how often she exercised, Lisa Rudes Sandel couldn’t flatten her stomach. And she was fine with that until low-rise jeans came along.

“I couldn’t fit into my regular size six,” recalls Rudes Sandel, who had to go three sizes bigger to find a pair that fit. “They were uncomfortable, and they felt like they would fall down. I wondered, ‘Why isn’t someone making nice jeans for women with a figure like mine?’” Like many entrepreneurs, Rudes Sandel turned her complaint into a business opportunity. The founder of Not Your Daughter’s Jeans (NYDJ) has created a multimillion-dollar business simply by designing jeans for women with womanly bodies.

Since its launch (开业) seven years ago, NYDJ has become the largest manufacturer of women’s jeans under $100 in America. The company ships more than 40,000 pairs per week to 2,000 stores and 20 countries, from Australia to Canada. Not bad for a girl who dreamed of becoming a plastic surgeon- until she took a biology course at UCLA.

With only an idea and very little money, Rudes Sandel and her sister, Leslie, called on the family for help. Even with the family’s connections, NYDJ had growing pains. “Fabric sellers would only give us seven days to pay them,” she says. “We had to pick up small orders ourselves because they wouldn’t drop them off. We had to prove ourselves at every point.” But gradually, they did. They started with old-fashioned word of mouth, then took out newspaper ads, landed the Good Housekeeping Seal, and hired a PR (public relations) firm to really make NYDJ a big-name company. “Today,” says Rudes Sandel, “my biggest problem is I can’t ship fast enough.” That’s a problem any entrepreneur would love to have.

“The truth is,” Rudes Sandel says, “I’ve never forgotten that woman I’ve been aiming for since day one.” She addresses herself jokingly in a note attached to every pair of jeans: “NYDJ cannot be held responsible for any positive consequence that may arise due to your attractive appearance when wearing our jeans. You can thank me later.”

1. Why did Rudes Sandel start NYDJ?

A．It had been her dream since graduation.

B．She wasn’t satisfied with her body shape.

C．The jeans business was quite profitable back then.

D．She couldn’t buy nice and comfortable jeans to wear.

2. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The competition NYDJ faced during its start-up stage.

B．The challenges NYDJ met and how they were handled.

C．The methods Rudes Sandel used to advertise her company.

D．Help and support given to Rudes Sandel by her family members.

3. Which of the following can best describe Rudes Sandel?

A．Far-sighted and determined.

B．Honest and responsible.

C．Ambitious and sensitive.

D．Innocent and single-minded.

4. The words Rudes Sandel used to address herself in the last paragraph show _______.

A．a sense of doubt	B．a sense of humor
C．a sense of pity	D．a sense of care