Do you know Madonna? She is a music superstar in the USA. She has made another children’s book. Its name is Lotsa De Casha (《快乐的真谛》). There are some beautiful pictures in her book. They were drawn by an artist from Spain.
Madonna has written four other children’s books. The books are all popular with children.
In Lotsa De Casha, Madonna tells a story of a man. He is very rich but he is not happy. He loses his money but finds a friend. At the end of the book, Madonna says, “Money can’t buy happiness. When you learn to share, you will find it.” That is an important lesson from the 46-year-old woman. She is not only a pop star but also a mother. She has lovely children and she loves them a lot. Her family makes her happy. That is why she likes to write children’s books.
1. Madonna has written __________ children’s books so far.| A．six | B．five |
| C．four | D．three |
| A．Sharing something with each other. | B．Making a lot of money. |
| C．Writing a book. | D．Becoming a superstar. |
| A．she is a pop star | B．she wants more money |
| C．she is good at writing | D．her family makes her happy |
| A．Love me, love my children | B．Learn to make more money |
| C．Money can’t buy happiness. | D．How to be a super woman |
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【推荐1】A person, like a commodity（商品）, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸张) will do no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely.
A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. Youth however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.
1. The underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word ______ in meaning.| A．decoration | B．clarification |
| C．movement | D．identification |
| A．people should be packaged at all ages |
| B．people should be packaged in a special way |
| C．elderly people also care about packaging |
| D．proper packaging makes people attractive |
| A．hardly exists | B．is the strongest |
| C．comes from the inside | D．comes from the appearance |
| A．dye your hair | B．make up at a young age |
| C．follow the ageing process | D．give up fame and wealth |
| A．are usually packaged like a finely-made book |
| B．experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life |
| C．do a lot of traveling and can give you much information |
| D．enjoy reading thick books about beautiful nature and fairyland |
【推荐2】What we choose to do is up to us. “Life is for living”, according to a well-used expression. That may not be completely true, but there is no harm in dreaming about what we’d like to achieve in our life. Many of us write a list of things we’d like to do before we leave this world — often called a bucket list.
Bucket lists have been called “the greatest hits of your life” and have helped some people overcome anxiety which would have stopped them following their dreams. Some of us may choose to write one to fill our life with exciting and new experiences — from skydiving to swimming with sharks — the list is unlimited. This is something the BBC radio programme “All in the Mind” has been looking at. It heard from a blogger called Annette White, who said she made a promise to live her bucket list which “continuously pushes the comfort zone to its limits and beyond it.” Such a list can be exciting and can indeed help you plan your life and give you focus.
Creating a bucket list can certainly give us hope, but Clinical psychologist Linda Blair told the BBC that he was “not really in favour of bucket lists, which take you away from the chance to be spontaneous (顺其自然的).” It’s probably true that a list can encourage people to follow someone else’s idea of the perfect life. But why not at least dream of what we would like to do? Why not reach for the stars, even if we only reach the sky? Whether we want to plan it or just see what happens, we don’t know what tomorrow will bring, so maybe we should live for today.
1. What’s the purpose of “Life is for living” mentioned in Paragraph1?| A．To provide an evidence. | B．To make an explanation. |
| C．To make a comparison. | D．To draw out the topic to be discussed. |
| A．To prove what wide popularity bucket lists are. |
| B．To explain the working principle of bucket lists. |
| C．To show the helping functions of bucket lists. |
| D．To tell us the existing problems. |
| A．Objective. | B．Disapproving. | C．Positive. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．Whether we need a bucket list. | B．How we can make a bucket list. |
| C．How we can use our bucket list. | D．When we ignore our bucket list. |
【推荐3】You are entering a world far different from the one my generation entered.My generation grew up with no MTV, no college loan,no $175 sneakers,no underwear worn in public and very little jewelry worn on the tongue.Yet somehow we broke through and,achieved all these things,and more.I believe that your generation is far more elegant and caring than my own.You ask questions: "What is the meaning of life?" "How can I make a fortune with almost no money down?" "Why do we have to sit round in the hot sun listening to an opening speech? "
I do not recall who it was that spoke at my own graduation.Whoever it was,I know I looked to him for wisdom and guidance,just as you now look to me.I suppose if there is one single suggestion I'd like to leave with you,it is like this: concentrate on what you are doing.If you have decided to do it well,you will be successful,no matter how hard your situation is.
Act bravely.Do not fear making mistakes; if you make one,look out.
Make a contribution to our society.Even though 70 percent of you will be lawyers,still I say to you: Try to do something useful with your life,if only in your spare time.
In a very real sense,your graduation here today is not an ending but a commencement.If I may say so,this is,in fact,the first day of the rest of your lives.I realize it is a bit shocking to look at graduation this way,but I believe we must.Thank you,and lots of luck.You'll need it.
1. The underlined word "commencement"in the last paragraph might mean .| A．beginning | B．ending |
| C．contribution | D．graduation |
| A．They are standing in the open air. |
| B．They are sitting in the open air. |
| C．They are sitting in a classroom. |
| D．They are sitting in an auditorium. |
| A．praise the graduates for what they have done |
| B．tell the graduates how to make a fortune |
| C．offer the graduates some useful advice |
| D．guide the graduates how to become good lawyers |
| A．concentrate on what they are doing |
| B．face and avoid their possible mistakes |
| C．do something useful for the society |
| D．try their best to seek a good fortune |
