1 . Finally came Wednesday! I walked onto campus feeling nervous even though I had walked on these same grounds for two years because my junior high school is next door. Everything looked and felt different now that I was in senior high.
I looked at my schedule. First period-German. Our German teacher was very friendly and I liked her from the beginning. What I didn’t like, though, was that I was surrounded by students from other grades, with only five familiar faces.
Then I had to walk all the way across campus and up three flights of stairs to get to my second period-biology. Our biology teacher is Ms Campeau, and I think that she will teach us a lot this year because she is very to the point. She also has her unique way of saying be quiet; she says“alligator”. She explained that she is the king, or should I say queen, of the class because alligators are the “king of the swamps (沼泽)”.
My third class was English. After surviving two periods without too much of a challenge, I began to feel good. However, the third period changed everything. Mr Valassidis, my English teacher, told us that we would have to write 40 essays (文章) and read AP-level books such as The 0dyssey this year. I love reading and writing, but 40ESSA YS?AP-level books? Now I was scared. He also talked about how important it was to be focused. Last year was not a very “focused” year for me. While doing homework, I was often talking on the phone, or busy with a conversation online. I planned on stepping it up this year because I wanted to stay an honours student.
1. What did the author mainly write about in this passage?A.Her new teachers. |
B.Her plan for the new year. |
C.Her first day of senior high. |
D.Her schedule for Wednesday. |
A.Sit still. | B.Stop talking. |
C.Look at the blackboard. | D.Listen carefully. |
A.Unattractive. | B.Informative. |
C.Very tiring. | D.Pretty easy. |
A.She couldn’t focus on her work. |
B.She found the class demanding. |
C.She didn’t like the teacher. |
D.She did poorly at school. |
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When I was a child, I dreamed of go to one of the city’s five best high school. The admission was based only in a student’s performance in a single test. After spending several years struggled to keep up with my classmates, I was final able to meet my academic potential when I change my school. At my new school, teachers were attentive. Some of us offered to tutor after class. It was an opportunity, of that I took full advantage. I was started receiving top scores and performing at the top of my class. As result, I did well in the admission test.
When I was a kid, Mom used to cook food for us. One night in particular after
Later that night, I
What I’ve learned over the years
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4. It seemed as if the world was
5. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay
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7. I worried about whether I would become
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5 . My story is about love and loss. I was lucky.
We had just released our finest creation--the Macintosh--a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. and then I got fired. I got fired from a company I started.
But something slowly began to dawn on me--I still love what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that.
I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired form Apple. It was awful-tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick.
A.It hurts a lot. |
B.Don’t lose faith. |
C.It was really frustrating. |
D.So I decided to start over. |
E.You’ve got to find what you love. |
F.I found what I loved to do early in life. |
G.I successfully founded a company with a friend. |
6 . Some of the notebooks George Washington kept as a young man are still in existence. They show that he was learning Latin, was very interested in the basis of good behavior in society, and was reading English literature.
At school he seems only to have been interested in mathematics. In fact, his formal education was surprisingly brief for a gentlemen, and incomplete. For unlike other young Virginian of that day, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital of Williamsburg. In terms of formal training then, Washington contrasts sharply with some other early American President such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had nor to do with everyday practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders, he did not visit the country he admired so much. Thus, unlike Jefferson and Adams, he never reached Europe.
1. Washington felt uncomfortable in Congress debates because he .A.lacked practice in public speaking |
B.felt his education was not good enough |
C.didn’t like arguing and debating with people |
D.felt that debating was like intellectual training |
A.didn’t really care about going |
B.didn’t know French leaders |
C.couldn’t communicate directly with the French leaders |
D.was too busy to travel |
A.Washington’s lack of formal education placed him at a disadvantage in later life |
B.Washington should have gone to France even though he could not speak French |
C.Washington was not as good a president as Adams, Jefferson or Madison |
D.Washington was a model for all Virginian gentlemen |
A.was if great variety, covering many subjects |
B.was probably equal to those of most young gentlemen of this time |
C.may seem poor by modern standards but was goog enough for his time |
D.was rather limited for a president |
7 . Everybody is afraid of something. That’s what more than 1,700 kids told us when we asked them about fears and scary stuff. We gave kids a list of 14 scary things and asked which one frightened them most. Here are the top 5 answers from our survey: ① Scary movies and TV shows; ② Scary dreams; ③Thunderstorms, hurricanes, and other horrible weather;④ War and terrorism; ⑤ Sounds heard at night.
But not everyone is afraid of the same thing. And what makes one person scared can be of no big deal for someone else. Plenty of kids said their biggest fear wasn’t on our list.
What is fear?
Fear is feeling that everyone has -- it’s programmed into all of us--and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us. We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous. The baby cries, and their mom comes over to comfort him or her, helping the baby feel safe and OK again.
Real vs. Pretend
The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it. As kids get older, they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal. So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches, he can tell himself, “Wait a minute. They’re only pretend things. I don’t need to worry about them.”
The same goes for the dark. A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out. What’s under my bed? Is that a thief i hear? With the help of a parent, kids can get more comfortable in the dark. Using a nightlight or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about ?A.The list of fears is not complete |
B.The things people fear are of no big fear. |
C.Kids have more fears than people think. |
D.People are afraid of different things. |
A.having a sense of fear is not a bad thing. |
B.babies have a weak sense of fear. |
C.fear is not something that we are born with |
D.not all people can react to dangerous things. |
A.Ugly | B.Usual | C.Unreal | D.Lovely |
8 . Pericles said, twenty-four centuries ago: “Come, gentlemen, we sit too long on insignificance.” We do, indeed! Here is one of the most interesting stories that Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick ever told--a story about the battles won and
On the slope of Long’s Peak lies the
Aren’t we all like that battling
To
Let’s not allow ourselves to be
A.celebrated | B.lost | C.remembered | D.recorded |
A.ruin | B.trunk | C.leaves | D.branches |
A.jumped | B.sat | C.lasted | D.stood |
A.developed | B.grown | C.dying | D.gone |
A.guns | B.ants | C.stones | D.lighting |
A.four | B.five | C.six | D.seven |
A.killed | B.faced | C.solved | D.survived |
A.therefore | B.however | C.besides | D.instead |
A.ground | B.hill | C.roof | D.land |
A.quickly | B.happily | C.gradually | D.actually |
A.practical | B.smart | C.powerful | D.tiny |
A.at last | B.in advance | C.by accident | D.on purpose |
A.toe | B.middle finger | C.thumb | D.little finger |
A.tree | B.giant | C.animal | D.flower |
A.situations | B.disasters | C.attacks | D.misfortunes |
A.stepped on | B.figured out | C.found out | D.eaten out |
A.form | B.get | C.break | D.miss |
A.upset by | B.impressed by | C.interested in | D.crazy about |
A.forgive | B.hate | C.forget | D.understand |
A.big | B.little | C.important | D.sad |
9 . One day, 12-year-old Sean Redden surfed the Internet and went to a popular chat room. Just as he was about to be offline, he saw a name he’d never seen there before, Susan. Her brief message was “Would someone help me?”
Sean typed back, “What’s wrong?” A moment later he received this message, “I can’t breathe. Help me! I can’t get out of my chair.”
Oh, man, Sean thought. Pretending to be paralyzed (瘫痪) was a bad joke. Then he wondered what if she really is sick? “Hey. Mom.” he called. “There’s a kid here who’s sick or something.” Sharon looked at the computer screen. “It’s not just some game, is it?” she asked.
The message was not a joke. Susan was actually a 20-ycar-old student, working late at night at a college library near Helsinki, Finland - almost 7,000 miles away from Sean’s home in Texas. While searching the Internet, she began to feel terrible pain all through her body. The library was silent and empty. The nearest phone was outside in the hallway. She couldn’t move that far. Any movement caused the pain to get worse. Then she realized she might get help on the Internet.
“I don’t think it’s a joke, Mom,“ Sean said. And he typed, “Where are you?” After a long while, the letters appeared, “Finland.” Sean and Sharon couldn’t believe it. Not knowing what else to do, Sharon called the local police.
Sharon explained the situation to the officer Amy Schmidt. Schmidt told Sharon to try to get the sick girl’s phone number. Texas police called the international telephone operator and asked to be connected to the proper agency (机构) in Finland. The call was put through to a nearby rescue station. The Texas police gave Susan’s address to the Finnish operator. When Sean heard that, he typed, “Help is on the way.”
In a few minutes, Susan heard people running down the hallway outside the door. Suddenly, the door opened. Emergency workers and three policemen ran in. Susan turned once more to the computer, “They are here. Thanks. Bye-bye.”
Four days later, the police in Texas received a message from officers in Finland: “Thanks to her Internet friend. Susan has received medical treatment she badly needed. She is doing well.”
1. What happened when Sean was about to get offline?A.He noticed an unfamiliar name. |
B.He came across a friend in the chat room. |
C.A piece of online news attracted him. |
D.His computer broke down. |
A.She fell down on the ground. |
B.She was locked in the library. |
C.She lost her phone. |
D.She was too sick to move. |
A.They asked for help online |
B.They reported to the Texas police. |
C.They sent messages to Susan’s friend. |
D.They called the rescue station in Finland. |
A.Help on the Internet |
B.Help on the Way |
C.Making Friends Online |
D.Police Officer’s Act of Kindness |