Alice was very worried about her dad. For some time now she had noticed he was losing his hair. One day, she asked him, "Daddy, every day you have less hair. Why is that?" Her father smiled and said, "It's the hair thief. He visits my head during the night when I'm asleep. One by one he pulls out my hair as much as he likes. And there's no way to catch him."
This worried Alice. She decided to help her dad. That very night she stayed awake as long as she could. When she was sure her dad and mom had fallen asleep, she took a hammer and went straight to their bedroom. She walked carefully in order not to make any noise. She didn't want the hair thief to hear her. When she arrived at her father's side, she began looking at his head, trying to catch the hair thief as soon as he appeared. Before long, she saw a shadow on it and she hit it with the hammer.
Her father let out a loud cry. Trembling with shock, he turned the light on and saw Alice waving her hammer in the air with her hands. "Daddy, I nearly got him. I thought I hit him, but it looks like he escaped!” said Alice. Meanwhile, all the noise had woken Alice's mother up. She burst out laughing when she knew what had happened.
''Well, that's what happens when you tell silly stories," she said, highly amused.
1. How did Alice's father respond to her question?A.He got very angry. | B.He told her the truth. |
C.He told her a lie. | D.He was at a loss. |
A.Humorous. | B.Careless. | C.Warm-hearted. | D.Hard-working. |
A.Alice's father was deeply worried about his hair loss |
B.the thief escaped after being badly injured by Alice |
C.a thief did enter Alice's parents' bedroom at midnight |
D.Alice's mother didn't notice her entering the room |
A.felt afraid because of her mistake |
B.was both excite and disappointed |
C.wondered what had happened to him |
D.told him about the strange dream she had |
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【推荐1】“I have cancer.” Mom said and held me in a tight hug. I could feel her chest shaking as she tried not to cry but failed.
For all of my twenty-four years, my mom had been supportive. Strength and protection had always flowed from her to me. Now I knew it would have to flow the other way.
Mom didn’t stay down for long. After the shock of breast-cancer, she armed herself with a notebook and a pen and a thousand questions for the doctors. She took notes on white blood cell counts (白细胞数量) and medications (药物) with long names as though she were studying for entrance exams into medical school. “The not-knowing is the worst.” she said.
The operation was successful. The chemo (化疗) was the harder part. I went with Mom to every chemo treatment. She rarely complained, though her hair was gone and her toenails and fingernails fell out one by one. She joked that she could save money on nail polish and put it toward the doctor bills, even though she never wore nail polish. “Cancer can take my hair, my nails, my health, my very life. But it can’t take my smile.” Mom said.
Mom learned to share her fears with me, and it formed an even deeper bond (纽带) between us. Yet I am certain there were fears she didn’t share because she was still protecting me—worries she only shared with Dad. Even in the darkest hours, she would just joke about the cancer. Mom always said, “When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it, you take away some of its power.”
Mom was one of the lucky ones. She did beat her cancer, though not without scars. From her, I’ve learned I may not get to choose what I face, but I do get to choose how I face it.
1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?A.There were other ways to treat cancer. |
B.I should be the one being there for Mom. |
C.Mom had to stay stronger to beat cancer. |
D.Knowledge of cancer would be helpful. |
A.Humorous and creative. |
B.Caring and knowledgeable. |
C.Honest and intelligent. |
D.Optimistic and determined. |
A.The ways Mom faced fear. |
B.The fear Mom shared with me. |
C.The jokes Mom told me. |
D.The bond Mom and I formed. |
A.Luck counts in beating diseases. |
B.Positive attitudes get one through hardship. |
C.Complaint does no good to one’s health. |
D.Sharing feelings helps reduce sufferings a lot. |
【推荐2】Archer is a seven-year-old boy in Australia. One day last year, he woke up in the middle of the night and walked into his mom’s bedroom. What he saw really frightened him: His mom was lying on the floor. Archer tried to wake her up, but he couldn’t. Anastasia Barros, Archer’s mom, has diabetes. Her blood sugar level had dropped so low that night that she had passed out.
Fortunately, Ms. Barros had spoken to Archer about calling Triple Zero (0-0-0). In Australia, people dial this emergency number to call for police, fire or emergency medical services. Archer’s father was away on business, so it was up to the boy to save his mom. Archer immediately reached for his mom’s phone. He tried to be calm and dialed “0-0-0.”
“Hi, it’s just me and mom,” Archer told the call-taker. “Mom has passed out and is now lying on the floor!” The boy listened carefully to the call-taker’s instructions. He turned his mom's head back to open her airway. Soon, the ambulance arrived and sent Ms. Barros to the hospital. Archer is not just his mom’s hero; he has also been named a Triple-Zero Hero by the local emergency services. The boy said he was very proud to be awarded for his clear thinking during the emergency.
Marty Smyth, the manager of the local emergency services, said it was very important to teach children when and how to call Triple Zero. Archer agreed. “By knowing how to get help in an emergency, all kids can help their mothers,” he said.
1. What happened to Archer’s mom that night?A.Her blood sugar level rose and fell off her bed. | B.She fainted because of low blood sugar level. |
C.She was sleeping on the floor. | D.She died of diabetes. |
A.To hear the call-taker clearly. | B.His mom asked him to do so. |
C.To make her mom breathe smoothly. | D.His father told him to help his mother. |
A.He could keep calm when saving his mom. |
B.He saved his mom’s life without doctor’s help. |
C.He sent his mom to hospital as soon as possible. |
D.The local emergency services need such a role model. |
A.Negative. | B.Objective. | C.Supportive. | D.Doubtful. |
【推荐3】The term “helicopter parents” refers to “a style of parents who are over focused on their children”.
Helicopter parents are always making a big push to provide children with every opportunity to succeed, from baby steps at age 1, homework at age 8, college application at age 18, employment issues at age 25 to family problems at age 30, 40 or even older. They constantly shadow the child, always directing his behavior, allowing him zero alone time.
Helicopter parenting can develop for a number of reasons. Worries about the economy, the job market, and the world in general can push parents toward taking more control over their child’s life in an attempt to protect them. Adults who felt unloved or ignored as children can overcompensate their own children. When parents see other overinvolved parents, it can cause a similar response. They feel that if they don’t involve themselves in their children’s lives, they are bad parents.
The main problem with helicopter parenting is that it can backfire. To give an example, the house where Mary lived with roommates was broken into and things were stolen. Mary called the landlord (房东) to install an alarm system, but before she could finish the negotiations (协商), her mother rushed in and demanded action. “I felt like my mother ruined my communication with our landlord. We could have gotten it done ourselves. She was well intended but only made me feel annoyed and defeated,” says Mary.
Obviously, overparenting is motivated with the idea of doing good things but it does the exact opposite. In the long run parents are actually damaging their child’s basic skills to deal with matters independently. It makes the child feel lacking in confidence, less competent in dealing with the stresses of life on their own. They’re winning the battle, but actually losing the war.
1. What’s the purpose of the helicopter parents’ overparenting?A.To do something good for their children. |
B.To make their children find a good job. |
C.To help their children find a good job. |
D.To get rid of the pressure from other parents. |
A.Children who have helicopter parents live a hard life. |
B.Helicopter parenting only happens to very young children. |
C.Helicopter parents can protect their children against all problems. |
D.Helicopter parents do their children great harm in the long run. |
A.The bad effects of helicopter parenting. |
B.How we can avoid being helicopter parents. |
C.Different opinions about helicopter parenting. |
D.The reasons for the development of helicopter parents. |
A.Uninterested. | B.Objective. |
C.Positive. | D.Disapproving. |
【推荐1】Lomography was first officially introduced to China when the Lomography World Congress was held in Beijing in July, 2004. The Lomography World Congress is the greatest annual event of the Lomographic Society. It has been held in Madrid, New York, Tokyo, Cologne and Vienna, etc. The 2004’s great affair (盛会) took place in Beijing and ran a full week.
The first non-official affair of Chinese Lomographers was held in August, 2005 and it attracted much attention. A lot of energetic young people got together under the banner of “I Loma you” which was the slogan of this big party. In China Lomo is more of a symbol of fashion and youth, and most of the Lomographers are stylish young people who work with or study art. The organizer told the editor that the oldest Lomographer who came here is in his forties while the youngest one is about nine years old, but most of the people who are into Lomo are about 20 years old. In China the concept of Lomography is not only about Lomographyer taking photos with Lomo camera, but also a kind of spirit. “I think, generally, the Lomo spirit is everyone trying to love one’s own life and discover the beauty of everyday life,” the organizer said, “what I think more important is the idea of freedom and creativity. The 10 th Golden Rule is ‘don’t worry about any rules’, I think it introduces to us a concept: It’s you who make the rules and it’s you who break the rules. So free your mind and let your creativity work, and your life will be fantastic.”
1. People who are into Lomo are mostly _________________.A.about 9 years old | B.in their forties |
C.teenagers | D.about 20 years old |
A.everyone should make rules in your life |
B.no one can break the rules |
C.freedom and creativity can enrich your life |
D.the beauty of life is easy to discover |
A.to search for the beauty of life |
B.to take photos with Lomo camera and a kind of spirit |
C.to make your life wonderful and amazing |
D.to free your mind and break rules |
A.a newspaper | B.a textbook |
C.a notebook | D.an advertisement |
【推荐2】A 1969 letter has been found down the back of a sofa.
The sheet was discovered by Peter Beckerton, while he was repairing an old piece of furniture for a customer. It is dated February 23, 1969, and appears to be written by an 11-year-old girl.
In the letter the schoolgirl writes: “In 1969 the telephone was a square box thing with a resiver [sic] on top of it. But now it is still a resiver [sic], but you can see the people you are talking to, for there is a screen where you can see the people. It is a bit like a television."
Peter said, “When I found it I couldn’t believe it. Looking at it today she’s got a lot of her predictions (预测) kind of right—but in her childish way she thought it would all happen in ten years. I just wanted to share it in the hope that maybe the author might see it and recognize it.”
The letter is unnamed but comes complete with a teacher’s corrections and comments in red pen—including the comment “Good”.
It begins: “The year is 1980. Here I am twenty-one years of age. I remember when I was 11 years old and I was at school ...; things have changed since then. For instance, television has changed. In 1969 it was a square box with buttons in front of it. Now it is a big screen with buttons on your chair arm to switch it on and off.”
The schoolgirl imagines that she is a married bank worker. She says in times past she would have “prepared tea” ready for her husband to come home. But she adds: “Now all we have is a piece of chewing gum (口香糖). You may think that we have not enough to eat but you are wrong. You chew this gum and you can feel the food going down. You can also taste it. There is no messy washing-up to do afterwards.”
She imagines that the doors of their home are “electric” and opened and closed by pressing a button.
The girl finishes her letter by saying: “Really when I think back over those ten years, things have changed dramatically.”
1. What do we learn about the letter?
A.It was discovered by a furniture repairer. |
B.It was written to a man in the future. |
C.It has been given back to its author. |
D.It has been published. |
A.Puzzled. | B.Worried. |
C.Amazed. | D.Satisfied. |
A.It serves as food. | B.It is a kind of tea. |
C.It improves health. | D.It is used to do the washing |
A.The world situation in 1969. |
B.A bank worker’s married life. |
C.A girl’s predictions for the future. |
D.Great changes in a girl’s school life. |
【推荐3】We are a culture drowning in our possessions. We take in more and more ( holiday, birthdays, sales, needs ),but rarely find an opportunity to get rid of it. As a result, our homes fill up with so much stuff. And because we believe the best solution is to find organizational tools to manage all of it, we seek out bigger containers or more efficient organizational tips and tricks. But simply organizing our stuff must be repeated over and over.
At its heart, organizing is simply rearranging. And though we may find storage solutions today, we are quickly forced to find new ones as early as tomorrow. Additionally, organizing has some other major shortcomings that are rarely considered. For example, it doesn’t benefit anyone else. The possessions we rarely use sit on shelves in our basements or garages, even while some of our closest friends desperately need them.
On the other hand, the act of getting rid of stuff from our home accomplishes many purposes. It is not a temporary solution. It is an action of permanence — once an item has been removed, it is removed completely. Whether we re-sell our possessions, donate them to charity, or give them to a friend, they are immediately put to use by those who need them.
Removing possessions begins to turn back our desire for more as we find freedom and happiness in owning less. And removing ourselves from the all-consuming desire to own more creates opportunities for significant life changes to take place.
If you’re struggling with how to get rid of stuff, you can first challenge yourself to remove the unneeded things in your home, carry a trash bag from room-to-room, see how big of a donation pile you can make, and even eliminate debt by selling what you no longer need.
It doesn’t matter how you remove them, for it is far better to remove than to always organize.
1. What is the problem with simply organizing stuff?A.Few tools and tricks are available. | B.It needs to be repeated very often. |
C.People cannot save money by organizing. | D.Desire to buy more disappears by organizing. |
A.By reselling them to others. | B.By keeping them in trash bags. |
C.By storing them in the garage. | D.By piling them on the shelves. |
A.get rid of | B.get over | C.add to | D.take charge of |
A.To explain the advantages and disadvantages of organizing things. |
B.To inform readers of the ways to get rid of unnecessary possessions. |
C.To call for people to remove stuff instead of just organizing. |
D.To appeal to people to make donations to people in need. |
【推荐1】When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive. After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels (地道). I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.
On the fifth day a tragedy (悲剧) happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.
Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more.
Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard work.
But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity (逆境) is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another.
Giving up, I say, is not a good choice.
1. What did the writer’s family do for him when he was seven?A.They built a farm of ants. | B.They bought a few ants. |
C.They caught a lot of ants. | D.They found an ant city. |
A.The writer broke the glass box because it made his face dirty. |
B.The ants died one by one because the tunnels were destroyed. |
C.Unlike people, teamwork is not so important for the ants. |
D.Giving up is a good way when we meet trouble. |
A.a series of work | B.a group of members work together |
C.hard work | D.work for long hours |
A.Working together is useless. | B.Teamwork is important. |
C.He can’t accept adversity. | D.Working alone is amazing. |
A.Ants Fear Adversity | B.My Family and Ants |
C.Giving Up in Adversity | D.A Good Lesson from Ants |
【推荐2】When I was a child I loved visiting my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. There were so many lovely things to look at in the house.
Sometimes I played with the doll’s house which was older than Grandmother herself, at other times I looked at books which were lovelier and more interesting than my children’s books at home.
I loved her paintings and the old clock, but most of all I loved the big Chinese vase. It was taller than me, and I couldn’t see inside it. I walked round and round it looking at the beautiful ladies and the birds and flowers and trees, and Grandmother often told me stories about these ladies. She said that her grandfather had brought the vase with him when he returned from a long voyage to China.
When I was married I took my sons to visit my grandmother. They were not as interested as I was in the beautiful books and the vase. They found comics as attractive as old paintings and pop music more exciting than the old clock. They preferred playing football in the garden.
We live in a modern house, and I’m afraid my husband and I often nag at the children. “Don’t make the new carpet dirty! Be careful with the new table. Philip!”
Later on, Grandmother gave me the vase I loved so much. It looked beautiful in our modern hall, One day when I came home, the boys met me at the door. “I’m as strong as George Bes, Mummy.” said Paul. “I got a goal and broke the vase.” Philip tried to be more diplomatic than Paul. “It doesn’t really matter, does it? You told us it wasn’t new.”
1. Why did the author like to visit her grandmother’s house?A.It was built in a park. | B.It was a beautiful palace. |
C.It was older than herself. | D.It was full of things to see. |
A.To find a way to see the things in it. | B.To enjoy the wonderful pictures on it. |
C.To wonder about the long voyage of it. | D.To play games with the ladies beside it |
A.To give a reasonable excuse. | B.To show his hobby of football. |
C.To blame others for carelessness. | D.To indicate the real trouble maker. |
A.An Unforgettable Vase | B.Friendship Seen in a Vase |
C.A Family’s Love for a Vase | D.Lessons Leaned from a Vase |
【推荐3】Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel’s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.
The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged (蓬乱). His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.
The cat’s lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin’s cousins, Mr Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin’s drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings (版画) by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.
In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years old, Mr Pennington returned for another visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin’s parents if he might take the boy back to Philadelphia for a visit.
In the city, Mr Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape painting. William Williams, a wellknown painter, came to see his work.Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home. The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little, having been a poor student.But he later said, “Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.” While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nineyearold boy decided then that he would be an artist.
1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggest?A.The cat would be closely watched. |
B.The cat would get some medical care. |
C.Benjamin would leave his home shortly. |
D.Benjamin would have real brushes soon. |
A.He took him to see painting exhibitions. |
B.He provided him with painting materials. |
C.He sent him to a school in Philadelphia. |
D.He taught him how to make engravings. |
A.master the use of paints |
B.appreciate landscape paintings |
C.get to know other painters |
D.make up his mind to be a painter |
A.Benjamin’s visit to Philadelphia. |
B.Williams’ influence on Benjamin. |
C.The beginning of Benjamin’s life as an artist. |
D.The friendship between Benjamin and Pennington. |