Here’s the story of my growth over the past year. It’s a story of how I found the strength to change myself for better and then how I get rid of my fears to be even better. If anyone is inspired by this, that’s wonderful.
I’d been stuck as this incredibly insecure, under-confident and just scared individual for years and years. Since childhood I’d been stuck like this. Kids I met for the first time looked at me rudely and unkindly. Even my friends—actually, I had very few friends because I just felt too ashamed and frightened to make some, though I was eager to and felt extremely lonely in the depth of my heart—laughed at me and gave me bad nicknames. I felt terrible, but I’d just resigned to a life where I’d be afraid of everything and be this “introvert” (内向的人) or whatever. I thought I would never be able to change, never, for my whole life.
But then it all started changing. Something clicked. I suddenly determined to go on a diet, and lost some weight. It was tough. I felt hungry all the time. I was always tempted by the smell of bread and hamburger, even when I didn’t see them. But the toughest thing was that even if I had just had my meals, I felt hunger mentally. However, I held on. In over a period of 6 months I finally managed to stick to one of my diets. I didn’t know how. But I did make it.
The loss of 90 lbs brought me from overweight straight down to underweight. This isn’t the best part. More importantly and inspiringly, I suddenly found strength in me. I realized I could be totally different. And maybe, I could even be whatever I wanted to be. This taught me that I could change myself.
Then I wondered, perhaps, I could also get rid of those of my fears, just like I succeeded in losing my extra pounds. It might not be easy, but it might not be that difficult.
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Chance presented itself soon.
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It was from that point on that I started changing rapidly.
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Anxiously and hurriedly, two young firemen，Adam and Ben arrived at the apartment of a single mother with two children after they answered a 911 call. To their surprise, they discovered that there was no emergency at all, only to find that the younger child, about three years old, was playing with the phone. Adam told the mother that she should let the kids play their own toys instead of the telephone. The mother said sorry to them, promising that she would make the kid far away from the telephone. The similar things would happen many times a year. All the firemen were not angry about it, especially with a three-year old kid. Adam and Ben looked around their house again and made sure there was really not any danger before they left their house. After they go on their fire engine (消防 车), Adam asked curiously, “Have you noticed something strange in their house?” Ben thought for a while and answered, “All of them weren't smiling. It seemed like they weren’t happy at all.” “Yes, you are right! But anything else? I still felt there was something wrong in their house." The two young men looked at each other, and cried almost at the same time, “There was no Christmas tree!”
It was December 23rd. It was a day when all families were preparing their Christmas buying gifts, making the delicious food, decorating their Christmas trees and so on, busy but happy. But the family they just met didn't have a Christmas tree in their house! It was pretty obvious that the family was having a poor life and they couldn't afford to buy a single Christmas tree! “Maybe they weren't going to have a Christmas this year. It was terrible!” Ben murmured (低声说) to himself.
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“We are not firemen this time!" Adam said.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________As he lay awake that night, Tony could hear his parents discussing his sister Alice's birthday. It was just two days away. Birthdays were always a lot of fun, even though there was no money for store-bought gifts. Nearly all of toys he and his sister had were homemade. There was nothing wrong with that, he knew. Like many families in this part, they were poor.
This birthday would be different, though. Alice was older now, and he'd seen how her eyes lit up when she saw the new doll at Honey House, neighborhood store just down the road from their house.
How he longed for her to have it! An idea finally came to him just before he went to bed. After a quick breakfast the following morning, he placed a tin can and a piece of string in a large bag. Then he tied the bag to the handlebars of his bike and headed toward a village hill.
After a long journey, he reached his destination, the mango forest. There were already two other boys there. Tony grabbed his bag and set to work immediately. The smaller trees had already been picked over pretty well, but he was able to find a half-dozen mangos before noon.
When the sun was high overhead, the hard work began. Nearly all of the taller trees held ripe mangoes but they were well beyond reach. The other boys took their fruit and went away. Tony used his pocket knife to cut a long piece of bamboo. Then he took the tin can from the bag, tied it to one end of the bamboo stick, and walked over to the base of mango tree.
He stayed there, holding the tin can high up into the tree. His efforts were occasionally rewarded when a mango dropped into the can. After a while his neck ached from looking upward, and his arms grew sore. He kept at it,though, and by late afternoon his bag was nearly full.
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On the way back to town, Tony began to worry hat the other boys might already have sold or traded their mangoes with Homey House.
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The following morning, Alice walked into the kitchen and took a seat at the breakfast table.
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Dear fellow students,
As our final exams are approaching, I'd like to call on all of you to reject cheating.
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Honesty is one of the best qualities, Let's say no to cheating!
The Students' Union
5 . Many people spend their New Year’s Eve getting dressed up and dancing their way to midnight. My brother and I decided to do things a bit
We each filled a backpack with clothes shoes and other things and headed out to the
His name was Raju. After his mother died his father remarried. Unable to
When we met Raju he wasn’t wearing any
| A．busily | B．differently | C．quickly | D．carefully |
| A．shop | B．bus station | C．train station | D．forest |
| A．empty | B．new | C．useful | D．beautiful |
| A．trouble | B．game | C．experiment | D．conversation |
| A．head | B．legs | C．hands | D．face |
| A．no | B．broken | C．long | D．dirty |
| A．difficult | B．possible | C．strange | D．important |
| A．began | B．preferred | C．enjoyed | D．continued |
| A．asked | B．done | C．accepted | D．advised |
| A．gladly | B．bravely | C．doubtfully | D．nervously |
| A．sending | B．throwing | C．eating | D．keeping |
| A．slowly | B．secretly | C．directly | D．hopelessly |
| A．wish | B．story | C．luck | D．wealth |
| A．catch up with | B．make use of | C．get along with | D．take hold of |
| A．school | B．platform | C．city | D．home |
| A．borrowing | B．selling | C．returning | D．painting |
| A．shoes | B．shirts | C．gloves | D．trousers |
| A．forgot | B．described | C．found | D．checked |
| A．fear | B．happiness | C．surprise | D．politeness |
| A．feet | B．heart | C．belief | D．life |
6 . A food additive (添加剂) is any substance that is added to food. Many people are put off by the idea of “chemicals in food.” The truth is that all food is made up of chemicals. Natural substances like milk, as well as man-made ones like drinks on sale in the market, can be described by chemical formulas. Some chemical substances are indeed harmful, but a person who refused to consume any chemicals would find nothing to eat.
The things we eat can be divided into natural and man-made substances. Some people feel that only natural foods are healthy and that all man-made ingredients are to be avoided. But many natural chemicals, found in plants and animals, are harmful when eaten, and some laboratory-made substances increase the nutritional value of food. Other chemicals have natural and man-made forms that are exactly alike: vitamin C is vitamin C, whether it comes from a test tube or from an orange. Like “chemical”, “man-made” doesn’t necessarily mean “not fit to eat”.
Food additives are used for many reasons. We add sugar and salt and other things to foods we prepare at home to make them taste better. Food producers have developed a range of additives that stabilize（使稳定）, thicken, harden, keep wet, keep firm, or improve the appearance of their products. Additives can make food more convenient or nutritious, give it a longer shelf life, and make it more attractive to the consumer, thus increasing the sales and profits of the producers.
Food additives are presently the centre of a storm of serious argument. Food producers have been known to use additives that have not been proved safe; some substances in common use have been proved unsafe and have been taken off the market. Many people feel there’s a risk of eating food to which anything has been added. But food additives are now regulated by the FDA of the federal government, and new additives will go through strict testing before they can be placed on the market. For most people, the chances of developing serious side effects (副作用) from the long-term use of presently approved (批准) food additives are very small.
1. What does the text tell us?| A．All foods have chemical substances. |
| B．It is right to refuse chemicals in food. |
| C．Food additives are harmful to our health. |
| D．Natural foods are much safer than man-made ones. |
| A．Foods with more additives have higher nutritional value. |
| B．To ensure food safety, the FDA will stop food additives. |
| C．Foods free of additives can keep a much longer shelf life. |
| D．Food additives can improve the quality of foods in many ways. |
| A．Acceptable. | B．Avoidable | C．Poisonous. | D．Worrying. |
7 . Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude. A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier.
● Speak loud When you are not confident, you can’t do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly.
● Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
● Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh?
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● Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can.
| A．Get rid of fear. |
| B．Do something different. |
| C．In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. |
| D．The high voice can help you become more confident. |
| E．Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done. |
| F．They can have more chance to make themselves successful |
| G．Many of the factors affecting self-confidence are beyond your control. |
8 . On the island of New Zealand there is a grasshopper-like species of insect that is found nowhere else on earth. New Zealanders have given it the nickname weta which is a native Maori word meaning “god of bad looks”. It’s easy to see why anyone would call this insect a bad-looking bug. Most people feel disgusted at the sight of these bulky(笨重的)，slow-moving creatures.
Wetas are natural creatures; they come out of their caves and holes only after dark. A giant weta can grow to over three inches long and weigh as much as 1.5 ounces. Giant wetas can hop up to two feet at a time. Some of them live in trees and others live in caves. They are very long-lived for insects and some adult wetas can live as long as two years. Just like their cousins grasshoppers and crickets wetas are able to “sing” by rubbing their leg parts together or against their lower bodies.
Most people probably don’t feel sympathy for these endangered creatures but they do need protecting. The slow and clumsy wetas have been around on the island since the times of the dinosaurs and have evolved and survived in an environment where they had no enemies until rats came to the island with European immigrants. Since rats love to hunt and eat wetas the rat population on the island has grown into a real problem for many of the native species that are unaccustomed to its presence and poses a serious threat to the native weta population.
1. How can wetas produce pleasant sounds?| A．By rubbing their body parts. | B．By coming out only at might. |
| C．By moving slowly on the ground. | D．By hopping up to two feet at a time. |
| A．They are increasing in number. | B．They are decreasing in number. |
| C．They are very active in the daytime. | D．They have a short life for insets. |
| A．the dinosaur's | B．the weta's | C．the island's | D．the rat's |
| A．A literature magazine. | B．A travel guide. |
| C．A business journal. | D．A biology textbook. |
9 . One afternoon, while staying with friends at their house there, my husband and I decided to go for a walk along the traffic-free country road in the area. We met a beautiful Golden Retriever. He seemed exceptionally friendly so we stopped to play with him, throwing a stick which he retrieved（取回）several times happily. When we continued our walk, he followed us. I couldn't deny that we were enjoying his company.
After about twenty minutes, we found ourselves walking along a dirt road in an unfamiliar area. One house, almost hidden by tall trees, seemed somehow strange. I wanted to get as far away from that place as possible.
Just then, the door to the house opened and five dogs rushed out, barking as they ran toward us. I felt terrified and couldn't move. All of a sudden, our new friend appeared between the dogs and us. He faced them-all five of them-barking and baring his teeth. I was amazed to see the attacking dogs stop in their tracks ten feet away from him. Our protector held them there while we escaped.
At a safe distance, we looked back and saw the five dogs heading back toward their house. But the Golden Retriever was nowhere in sight. I felt an ache in my heart; I missed our friend already.
With a feeling of emptiness, we made our way back to the house, hoping the whole way that we would see him again. But it was not to be.
When I told our friend about the encounter, her eyes flew wide open as she exclaimed, "It was an angel!"
To this day I have no doubt, A four-legged angel protected us.
1. While meeting the house hidden by tall trees, the author may feel| A．curious | B．frightened | C．peaceful | D．exited |
| A．Loyal. | B．Brave. | C．Cruel. | D．Lovely. |
| A．A Romantic Walk | B．A Beautiful Encounter |
| C．A Four-Legged Angel | D．A Terrible Experience |
10 . Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. A few days before Christmas, he
As money was tight, he became even angrier when on Christmas Eve he saw that she had used all of the gold paper to
The next morning the little girl,
But when he
The little girl
An accident took the girl’s life only a short time later. It is said that the father
| A．praised | B．encouraged | C．thanked | D．punished |
| A．promising | B．learning | C．admitting | D．agreeing |
| A．decorate | B．draw | C．buy | D．measure |
| A．time | B．advice | C．space | D．money |
| A．filled with | B．ready for | C．different from | D．related to |
| A．thinking | B．forgetting | C．ensuring | D．regretting |
| A．closed | B．opened | C．accepted | D．found |
| A．happily | B．anxiously | C．angrily | D．shyly |
| A．hand | B．lecture | C．solution | D．present |
| A．looked up at | B．caught up with | C．lived up to | D．made up for |
| A．empty | B．broken | C．full | D．colorful |
| A．love | B．hate | C．forgive | D．defend |
| A．kept | B．observed | C．used | D．searched |
| A．interested | B．discouraged | C．surprised | D．terrified |
| A．share | B．refuse | C．remember | D．remove |
