Three years ago, Steven was hit by a car. He lost an arm after the traffic accident.
But life went on.
Steven became Lam’s first student.
Steven said that playing the violin wasn’t necessary for him to make his life easier. He still has to face new challenges (挑战) every day.
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| A．However, he won’t give up. |
| B．The bones in his left arm was broken. |
| C．He even decided to learn to play the violin. |
| D．Steven spent the next two years in the hospital. |
| E．He practiced playing the violin with Lam’s help. |
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【推荐1】An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now.” The little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.
She hurried to a drugstore (药店) with the money in her hand.
“And what do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother.” the girl answered.
“He’s really, really sick and wants to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesman.
“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile.
“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.”
A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of miracle does your brother need?” I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. He’s really sick and Mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$1.11, but I can try and get some more,” she answered.
“Well, what a luck,” smiled the man, “$1.11, the price of a miracle for little brother.”
He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.
How much did the miracle cost?
1. What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?| A．Her brother was seriously ill. |
| B．They had no money. |
| C．Both A and B. |
| A．something interesting |
| B．something cheap |
| C．some wonderful medicine |
| A．she had still kept some money |
| B．she hoped not to be refused |
| C．there was no need to worry about money |
| A．The girl’s love for the brother. |
| B．Nobody can tell. |
| C．The medicine from the drugstore. |
| A．the doctor didn’t ask for any pay |
| B．the doctor must be one of the girl’s family’s closest friends |
| C．the little girl is lovely but not so clever |
“Mom,have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can’t wait. It’s fun.” When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card“clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up“wash vegetables” and Robert chose“feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and
1. From the passage we know that most children like .
| A．doing homework | B．playing computer games |
| C．playing cards | D．doing housework |
| A．two | B．four |
| C．eight | D．ten |
| A．clean the bathroom | B．make the bed |
| C．feed the fish | D．sweep the floor |
| A．looked at | B．gave up |
| C．thought out | D．gave away |
| A．Jim | B．Robert |
| C．The parents | D．The whole family |
【推荐3】Have you ever met large changes in life and work? How would you feel in most cases? In fact, we all have to go through the grief cycle(悲伤周期), which has the following periods:
The first period: “It can’t be happening. ”
Anger: “Why me? It’s not fair. ”
Depression: “I’m so sad. Why do I have to do all of these?”
Acceptance: “It’s going to be OK. ”
I’m honestly not sure how scientific this model is, but I certainly believe that you will work better after going through these major changes.
Find out what your anger does for you—good or bad?
What does being angry do for you? Think back to the situation where you have been angry at work and ask yourself how it influences you, including: your relationship with co-workers, the quality(质量) of your work and health, how you feel outside of work, your relationship with friends and family.
Find out what makes you angrier and less angry.
What makes you angrier? Which thoughts, situations, people or conversations set you off? And what makes you less angry? I’m sure you are not angry all the time. What makes you calm and stops you from feeling angry? Find out. Then start doing less of what makes you angry and more of the things that cool you down.
Focus on gratitude.
What are you grateful for? As I mentioned above, anger is part of the grief cycle which is connected with what you lose. Gratitude is the opposite of loss because it comes from the good things you have in your life. It’s simple. Every evening, sit down with a piece of paper and make two gratitude lists: three things I was grateful for at work today; three things I was thankful for in life today.
Change your focus from “What was done to me” to “What I can do”.
I know this is the basic piece of all self-help advice. Life is 10% about what happens to you and 90% about how you deal with it, or you must take responsibility for your own situation, rather than be a victim (牺牲品) of it. That kind of advice can get pretty boring. But that doesn’t make it less true.
1. Why does the writer begin the text by asking questions?| A．To explain facts. | B．To express disagreement. | C．To give opinions. | D．To catch the readers’ interest. |
| A．Love friends and family. | B．Do things that make you peaceful. |
| C．Be friendly to co-workers. | D．Write down what makes you angry. |
| A．Thanks. | B．Safety. | C．Courage. | D．Praise. |
| A．What the grief cycle is about. | B．How to deal with the grief cycle. |
| C．What causes the grief cycle. | D．How the grief cycle influences people. |
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Many people in Venice knew who Antonio Rossi was. Like his father, Antonio was a very talented glassblower. He made many beautiful glass products.
Antonio’s daughter Clara liked her father’s workshop. She loved to look at all of the beautiful and colorful products he created. One day, she walked into the workshop and her father was there, standing beside two glass vases（花瓶）.
“Do you like them, Clara?” he asked proudly. “I have made them for Mr. Lombardi, the great writer here in Venice.”
“They’re beautiful, Father,” Clara said.
“I must go and get Mr. Lombardi,” said her father. Then, he left the workshop.
Clara looked at the vases. Beside them was a note. Clara read the note and smiled. As she turned, she bumped the vases.
“No!” She tried to catch them, but it was too late. They fell to the ground and broke into many pieces. Only the round bases（底部）at the bottom were not broken. “What will I tell Father?” ________________.
It was then that she saw Mr. Lombardi’s note as she looked through the glass. The letters were…BIG!
Clara picked up the other base and looked through it. It worked, too! The words looked bigger!
Clara thought quickly. She found a wire（金属丝）and carefully wrapped（缠绕）it around the two glass pieces—a pair of glasses was made in such a way.
As Clara finished, Mr. Lombardi and her father walked in.
“Now let me show you the…” Clara’s father stopped, and stared at the broken vases on the floor, “Oh, Clara!”
“I’m so sorry, Father,” Clara said in a low voice.
Mr. Lombardi looked at the two pieces of glass in a wire frame in Clara’s hand. “What do you have there?” he asked.
“I made it from the broken piece,” said Clara. “Look through them.” She held up the note for him to see.
Mr. Lombardi’s eyes opened wide. “The words! They’re big!” He looked at Clara’s father, “My wife can’t read my books because of her eyes. This will be my gift to her! It will be the greatest gift ever!”
Clara’s father smiled. “I don’t know how you did it, Clara,” he said, “but you made something very useful.”
Clara did make something very useful—she invented eyeglasses!
1. What does the underlined word “bumped” probably mean?| A．Hit something by accident. | B．Kicked something away. |
| C．Threw something to another place. | D．Knocked to make a sound. |
| A．She didn’t do anything but ran away. |
| B．She made two new vases as quickly as she could. |
| C．She began to sweep the floor to avoid Father’s punishment. |
| D．She held the piece in front of her as big tears fell down her face. |
| A．Nervous. | B．Proud. | C．Surprised. | D．Disappointed. |
| A．A Talented Glassblower | B．How to Make Eyeglasses |
| C．An Accidental Invention | D．A Girl Who Never Gave Up |
【推荐2】Fencing(击剑) is a one-on-one sport played all over the world. It is popular in the United States. Here, one of the biggest fencing games is the Junior Olympics. In order to take part in the Junior Olympics, fencers need to get enough points by taking part in local competitions. There are three different kinds of swords used as a weapon (武器) in fencing. With different weapons, the parts of the opponents’ (对手) body that fencers must hit to score are different.
This year’s Junior Olympics were held in Denver, the capital of Colorado. Denver is a big city with about 300 days’ sunshine a year, but it’s also at a very high elevation (海拔), which made the players feel more tired than usual.
I went with my teammates Anacan and Cameron to fence in a team event. All three of us wanted to win in this event. We warmed up and felt ready and excited to take on the rest of the competition.
During our matches, we had a lot of fun and cheered each other on. We made quick changes that were taught by our coach. At the same time, we encouraged each other and shared ideas on how to fence against the opponents. The encouragement from other teammates and our coach made us all to fence at our highest level.
It was an exciting match and we fought really hard. But unluckily, we lost by one point. We all felt very sad. However, we were still happy to take part in the competition and help each other.
1. Fencers took part in local competitions ________.| A．to become famous | B．to win gold medals |
| C．to take part in the Junior Olympics | D．to practice fencing |
| A．护具 | B．头盔 | C．手套 | D．剑 |
| A．Denver is a big city | B．the weather in Denver is hot |
| C．the elevation in Denver is high | D．they took part in too many events |
| A．The writer’s team fought against their opponents without warming up. |
| B．A team event in fencing needs three players each team. |
| C．Changes were taught by the writers’ teammates. |
| D．The writer’s team beat their opponents at last. |
| A．To explain how to take part in the Junior Olympics. | B．To introduce the fencing sport. |
| C．To describe a sunny city. | D．To tell an experience of fencing competition. |
【推荐3】Mr Green works in a small store. It’s near a school. He works very long hours a day, but he likes working there. He thinks it’s interesting. He usually gets up at six in the morning, has breakfast and then goes to work at six thirty. He has no time to go home for lunch, so he often takes some food to work and eats there.
He gets to the store at around six fifty. At seven, people start to come. They buy eggs, vegetables, meat and things like that. At seven thirty in the evening, he closes the store and goes home. He has dinner at home. After that he watches TV. He has a little dog and he likes it very much. He often plays with it in the evening, too.
On weekends, he is not busy. He wants to watch soccer games, but his daughter and his wife(妻子) like to see movies. So he usually goes to movies with his family.
1. The store sells ________.| A．clothes | B．food | C．school things | D．fruit. |
| A．At 6:00 am. | B．At 6:30 am. |
| C．At around 7:00 am. | D．At around 7:30 pm. |
| A．At home. | B．In the store. | C．At school. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．Go to the store. | B．Watch TV. |
| C．Watch soccer games. | D．Go to movies. |
| A．Mr Green is busy at work, but he likes his job | B．Mr Green doesn’t like to play with his dog |
| C．Mr Green doesn’t like soccer games | D．Mr Green often eats dinner in the store |
