1 . No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts.
I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no couch, and they didn't even practice to prepare for the Game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my sadness we were beaten. I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my attitude about their ability and confidence.
I stared doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most important,I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations. We met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football.
Six months after suffering our failure on the spring practice field. we won our first game and our second, and continue to improve .Finally, we faced the number one team in the state.I felt that it would be a victory for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest thrills of my life !
From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can influence the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves differently, and they built themselves into winners.
Winners are made, not born.
1. Who did the author think would become the winners at first?| A．The old team. | B．Their own team. |
| C．The number one team. | D．The other team |
| A．Before their training. | B．During the spring practice. |
| C．At the start of the vacation. | D．Six months after their failure. |
| A．Interests | B．Fears | C．Excitements | D．Concerns |
| A．By building up their confidence. | B．By giving them a lecture. |
| C．By buying them a book. | D．By changing the leader. |
| A．Time is money. | B．Winners are born. |
| C．Losers are always beaten. | D．Practice makes perfect. |
In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated (毕业) from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to give up college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.
Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted (收养) and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic — and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo — a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream, either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！
I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember: Little steps add up to big dreams.
1. Why did the author give up her education when she was young?(no more than 10 words)2. What prevented her going back to college full time?(no more than 10 words)
3. For what reason did the author insist on having a college education?(no more than 10 words)
4. The underlined word “occupied” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.(no more than 5 words)
5. According to this passage, how would you deal with a challenge if you were faced with one?(no more than 10 words)
3 . It impressed me a lot. I never thought that little help would
A year went by and I had moved to a(n)
I asked him how he is doing. He said, “ What, sir? Do you recognize me not by my name but by my
Then he went on saying, “With your kind help I am now able to
I don’t
| A．send | B．bring | C．turn | D．break |
| A．playing | B．substituting | C．struggling | D．walking |
| A．look | B．whisper | C．view | D．smile |
| A．raising | B．finding | C．seeking | D．earning |
| A．pretend | B．attend | C．intend | D．tend |
| A．doubts | B．minds | C．worries | D．depression |
| A．remaining | B．left | C．hiding | D．forgotten |
| A．informed | B．outspoken | C．convinced | D．prepared |
| A．bad | B．old | C．systematic | D．new |
| A．remind | B．recognize | C．replace | D．repeat |
| A．disabled | B．messed | C．excited | D．stressed |
| A．live | B．stand | C．focus | D．base |
| A．surprisingly | B．successfully | C．hopefully | D．naturally |
| A．reason | B．promise | C．character | D．job |
| A．also | B．even | C．already | D．only |
| A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．However | D．Meanwhile |
| A．in favor | B．in place | C．in advance | D．in need |
| A．running | B．putting | C．bringing | D．pulling |
| A．behavior | B．case | C．accident | D．opportunity |
| A．Strangely | B．Truly | C．Generally | D．Originally |
4 . A farmer owned an old mule(骡子) One day the mule
After carefully thinking about the situation, the farmer
At first, the old mule was mad! But as the farmer and the neighbors
This he did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up!” He repeated to
It wasn’t long before the old mule, tired out, stepped
That’s life! We should face our problems and respond to them
| A．flowed | B．felt | C．fell | D．flew |
| A．protesting | B．talking | C．singing | D．crying |
| A．failed | B．refused | C．escaped | D．succeeded |
| A．decided | B．imagined | C．requested | D．pretended |
| A．However | B．Therefore | C．Moreover | D．Otherwise |
| A．situation | B．house | C．wall | D．well |
| A．disaster | B．order | C．control | D．prison |
| A．stopped | B．suggested | C．continued | D．finished |
| A．replied | B．got | C．turned | D．occurred |
| A．pain | B．dirt | C．fear | D．pity |
| A．encourage | B．experience | C．expect | D．explore |
| A．painless | B．possible | C．hopeless | D．useful |
| A．slightly | B．suddenly | C．secretly | D．successfully |
| A．hurt | B．helped | C．punished | D．controlled |
| A．obviously | B．positively | C．curiously | D．necessarily |
5 . Songs bring us through our life. Each time I listen to my favorite song Reach, I’m deeply
Whenever I think of Gloria, a
| A．convinced | B．disturbed | C．impressed | D．discouraged |
| A．entertaining | B．inspiring | C．boring | D．puzzling |
| A．easily | B．simply | C．finally | D．hardly |
| A．knocked | B．cut | C．pulled | D．turned |
| A．argued | B．declared | C．doubted | D．added |
| A．give away | B．give back | C．give out | D．give up |
| A．goal | B．journey | C．achievement | D．recovery |
| A．happened | B．ended | C．lasted | D．returned |
| A．wrote | B．recorded | C．presented | D．covered |
| A．fancy | B．view | C．memory | D．question |
| A．standard | B．poor | C．high | D．excellent |
| A．most | B．more | C．least | D．very |
| A．hopelessness | B．weakness | C．trouble | D．anger |
| A．Free | B．Eager | C．Disappointed | D．Unwilling |
| A．parties | B．games | C．activities | D．meetings |
| A．satisfy | B．improve | C．enjoy | D．forgive |
| A．awards | B．thanks | C．gifts | D．comments |
| A．confirmed | B．gained | C．combined | D．requested |
| A．Luck | B．Belief | C．Life | D．Competition |
| A．harvest | B．reserve | C．expand | D．discover |
6 . He had been on a long flight. The first warning of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane flashed on: “Fasten your seatbelts.”
Then, after a while, a calm voice said, “We shall not be serving the drinks at this time as we are expecting a little turbulence (气流). Please be sure your seatbelt is fastened.” she looked around the aircraft, it became obvious that many of the passengers were becoming nervous.
Later, the voice of the announcer said, “We are so sorry that we are unable to serve the meal at this time. The turbulence is still ahead of us.
And then the storm broke out. The terrible thunder could be heard even above the sound of the engines. Lightning lit up the darkening skies and within moments that great plane was like a leather thrown around on a vast ocean. One moment the airplane was lifted on great current so fair, the next, it dropped as if it were about to crash.
The man admitted that he shared the discomfort and fear of those around him. He said, “As I looked around the plane. I could see that nearly all the passengers were upset and alarmed. Some were praying.”
“The future seemed terrible and many were wondering if they would make it through the storm. And then, I suddenly saw a girl to whom the storm meant nothing. She just sat on her seat and was reading a book. Everything within her small world calm.
Sometimes she closed her eyes and then she would read again. She would straighten her legs but worry and fear were not in her world. When the plane was being hit by the terrible storm, when it shook this way and that way, when it rose and fell so severely, and when all the adults were scared half to death, that unusual child was completely composed and unafraid.”
The man could hardly believe his eyes. It was not surprising, therefore, that when the plane finally reached its destination and all the passengers were hurrying off board he asked the girl why she had not been afraid. The sweet child replied, “Sir, my dad is the pilot and he is taking me home.’’
1. What happened while he was taking the flight?| A．A Passenger was scared to death | B．The plane met a turbulence |
| C．A girl became deaf in the plane | D．Drinks and food ran out |
| A．they were too afraid | B．they wanted to be happy |
| C．God asked them to | D．they were warned to |
| A．clever | B．health | C．strong | D．calm |
a. She closed her eyes b. She straightened her legs
c. She went on reading d. She sat on her seat reading
| A．a-d-b-c | B．d-c-a-b | C．d-a-c-b | D．a-b-c-d |
| A．Confidence | B．Determination | C．Behavior | D．Destination |
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
1. How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?
| A．Cold and sick. | B．Lucky and hopeful. |
| C．Satisfied and cheerful. | D．Disappointed and helpless. |
| A．solving her problem at the bank |
| B．taking part in various city activities |
| C．learning acting in an evening school |
| D．preparing for the first night show |
| A．lost her wallet unknowingly |
| B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver |
| C．was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife |
| D．found some homeless people following her |
| A．Someone offered to take her back home. |
| B．A red-haired man came to see her. |
| C．She heard someone call her name. |
| D．Her wallet was found in a garbage truck. |
| A．would stop working at night |
| B．would stay on in San Francisco |
| C．would make friends with cleaners |
| D．would give up her job at the bank |
Over the past three years, I've had one major goal in my personal life: To stop being so angry. I grew up in an angry home. Yelling and phone throwing were my parents’ basic means of communication. I brought these to my marriage.“Why are you always yelling?”my husband would say. Then three years ago, an earthquake hit our home: We had a baby girl. I wanted her to grow up in a peaceful environment.
Then, six months ago, I was talking with Lisa Feldman Barrett, a psychologist at Northeastern University. She gave me this suggestion: “You could increase your emotional granularity(情绪粒度）.”Over the past 30 years, she has found evidence that anger isn't one emotion but rather a whole family of emotions. And learning to identify different members of the family is a powerful tool for regulating your anger. So in many ways, anger is like wine. There are these major varieties but each drink has its own unique combination of aromas(香气）and flavors.
“If you learn to detect all the various flavors of anger and label(给……加标签) them, you can start to handle your anger better,”says psychologist Maria Gendron at Yale University. “Analyze what's causing your different types of anger, give them specific names and start using the terms with family and coworkers.”
I started paying attention to what typically triggers my anger. And I found three major types, which I named. Illogical(不合逻辑的）anger: This emotion happens when somebody at work makes a decision that seems completely illogical. Once I labeled this anger, I quickly realized that trying to convince an illogical person of logic is a waste of time. Hurry-up anger: This is the anger I feel when someone else is not doing something fast enough. Yes, I'm talking about the driver of the gray Prius at the stoplight this morning. Once I labeled it, I realized my anger doesn't help things become any better. Disonophous anger: The dog was barking and the child was screaming. I made up disonophous anger from the Latin for “two sounds.”
Now when my husband says “I have disonophous anger, Emma ...”, we know exactly what to do: Feed the dog and pick up the baby. And I know he's not angry at me. He just wants some peace and quiet.
1. What inspired the author’s goal? (no more than10 words)2. Why does the author compare anger to wine?(no more than 10 words)
3. What does the underlined word probably mean in Paragraph 4?(1 word)
4. When might the author feel disonophous anger?(no more than 15 words)
5. How do you control your anger? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)
9 . Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion(打击乐器) in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist in spite of her disability.
“Early on I decided not to allow the opinions of others to
“My goal was to become a percussion soloist,
“I was
“After that, I became well-known as the first full-time solo percussionist. I
“Though the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t
| A．ignore | B．force | C．keep | D．stop |
| A．taking | B．giving | C．playing | D．joining |
| A．taste | B．feeling | C．sight | D．hearing |
| A．ruin | B．damage | C．wound | D．cut |
| A．moreover | B．therefore | C．however | D．besides |
| A．ever since | B．even though | C．as if | D．so that |
| A．used | B．agreed | C．turned | D．learned |
| A．point | B．smell | C．tell | D．see |
| A．advantage | B．charge | C．used | D．care |
| A．determined | B．discouraged | C．educated | D．devoted |
| A．such as | B．except for | C．as well as | D．instead of |
| A．applied | B．congratulated | C．studied | D．researched |
| A．begged | B．persuaded | C．done | D．accepted |
| A．voted for | B．disagreed with | C．cared about | D．gave in |
| A．Based on | B．Concerned about | C．Shocked at | D．Fond of |
| A．possibly | B．hopefully | C．usually | D．finally |
| A．copied | B．performed | C．wrote | D．spelt |
| A．many | B．few | C．enough | D．little |
| A．conclude | B．say | C．mean | D．seem |
| A．taught | B．limited | C．directed | D．guided |
10 . Once a landlord (地主) wanted to plant garlic (蒜) in his fields. He
A fèw days later the garlic was
| A．saved | B．praised | C．found | D．thanked |
| A．As a result | B．In the beginning | C．In other words | D．On the whole |
| A．door | B．tree | C．river | D．road |
| A．sad | B．proud | C．excited | D．afraid |
| A．since | B．but | C．so | D．or |
| A．play | B．eat | C．sleep | D．sing |
| A．If | B．Unless | C．Though | D．Because |
| A．carelessly | B．luckily | C．safely | D．quickly |
| A．Coffee | B．Opening | C．Supper | D．Closing |
| A．drove | B．walked | C．swam | D．climbed |
| A．burnt | B．terrible | C．strange | D．delicious |
| A．saw | B．heard | C．touched | D．bought |
| A．toys | B．books | C．fruits | D．clothes |
| A．team | B．family | C．friends | D．neighbors |
| A．However | B．Besides | C．Therefore | D．Simply |
| A．sorry | B．sick | C．nervous | D．angry |
| A．failed | B．learned | C．decided | D．continued |
| A．dying | B．planted | C．blown down | D．coming out |
| A．changed | B．happened | C．improved | D．disappeared |
| A．smart | B．honest | C．polite | D．rich |
