1 . When Failure Is a Good Thing

Failure is an important process you can learn from.    1    

Most people view failure as something that should be avoided at all costs.    2    It may have been an “F” we received on a paper or the high expectations our parents placed upon our shoulders that stopped us from trying.

Award-winning psychologist and author, Ron Friedman, tells the story of how Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, revolutionized the women's clothing industry and became a billionaire in his book, The Best Place To Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace.

    3     She had zero experience in the clothing industry, lacked an education in business and raised only $5,000 to invest. When asked where she found the courage, she gave all credit to her dad. While most parents ask their kids, “How was your day?" when sitting down for dinner, Sara's parents asked her and her brother, “What did you fail at today?” each and every night.

When interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper, Sara said, “Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. It forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.”     4     It became more about learning and less about a personal weakness.

If we view failure as weakness, we avoid stepping out of our comfort zone.     5     It does not define us, but instead matures us. I 'm sure that there are many risks we would all take in our personal, professional and spiritual lives if we could get past a fear of failure.

What has been the greatest lesson you have learned when taking a chance? Please share with us.

A．And, most importantly, it means you tried.

B．Let's take a look at how Sara faced failures.

C．In reality, Sara's father had re-defined failure.

D．Early on, Sara overcame a series of difficulties.

E．Instead, we must remind ourselves that failure is an action.

F．It is important to reflect on what can be learnt from failure.

G．We tend to connect failure with a bad experience we had as a child.

2 . My career as a chef started at the age of 25, but my ______ for cooking started at an early age, when I was about 5 years old — by watching my grandmother and my mom in the kitchen ______ daily meals for the family. I was also ______by going with my grandfather to markets to ______ the freshest ingredients. My grandfather taught me the art of picking and recognizing “the ______.”

From my youth, I have had this passion for food. Growing up in Morocco, I witnessed the most amazing hospitality and ______ through my grandparents. They opened their ______ to everybody, and fed and sheltered the poor, travelers, family and friends.

I remember as a young kid coming home from school to the ______ of fragrant (芳香的) fresh bread coming out of the oven. Those smells stimulated (刺激) my senses at a young age. The ______were fresh and seasonal — they were very simple dishes but delightfully ______.

Food is almost as ______ as it is necessary. Food makes people feel things. I really think that food tastes its best when there is a ______ behind it. It shapes cultures, religion, politics and health. Food brings people together, and goes straight to the ______.

In my kitchen, I try to duplicate (复制) smells and flavors that make me think about more than what I’m actually smelling or ______ — it makes me think of life, my family, and my history. I love to cook food that ______ people’s emotions and memories; my philosophy is to “keep food real and simple.”

1.

A．talent

B．passion

C．explanation

D．expectation

2.

A．changing

B．ordering

C．preparing

D．searching

3.

A．inspired

B．bothered

C．honored

D．amused

4.

A．ask about

B．experiment with

C．learn of

D．shop for

5.

A．biggest

B．cleanest

C．best

D．cheapest

6.

A．wisdom

B．honesty

C．success

D．generosity

7.

A．offices

B．houses

C．restaurant

D．hotel

8.

A．art

B．signs

C．creation

D．smells

9.

A．fruits

B．vegetables

C．ingredients

D．goods

10.

A．delicious

B．useful

C．organic

D．convenient

11.

A．nutritious

B．sufficient

C．emotional

D．suitable

12.

A．reason

B．purpose

C．cook

D．story

13.

A．kitchen

B．heart

C．source

D．point

14.

A．tasting

B．chewing

C．touching

D．seeing

15.

A．holds up

B．drives away

C．stirs up

D．depends on

3 . We’re not saying that everyone needs to contribute their lives to the poor. Your lives are enough doing homework, playing sports, making friends, seeking after your dreams. But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much la than yourself. Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can, contribute little money to a cause. Whatever you do, don’t be a bystander. Get involved. You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when you’re older. But why not start now?

What does the author stress in Paragraph 5?

A．Learning more and contributing more to a cause.

B．Rising above self and acting to help others.

C．Working hard to get a bigger opportunity.

D．Trying your best to help the poor.

4 . There are a few personal qualities we can all develop to bring more success into our lives. They come from small changes we make throughout our lives, one step and one day at a time.     1    

· Patience. This is probably one of the most difficult of the personal qualities to develop.     2     To achieve true success and happiness in your life, you need to cultivate (培养) patience. Only through patience will you gain the clarity ( 清晰的思维能力) required to overcome the problems that you face in life.

· Courage. Far too often I see people fail to reach their potential ( 潜力) because they’re afraid. They aren’t afraid of growth, but they’re afraid of taking risks.     3     So stop fearing what could go wrong and begin focusing on what could go right.

· Self-confidence. You need to believe that you have what it takes to achieve your goals.     4     It truly is that simple. To be successful, you first need to have belief in your abilities. If you don’t, you may not take action to move forward or improve yourself fully.

· Integrity ( 正直). Integrity is super important.     5     Practice this quality daily. The best way to cultivate integrity in your life is by being honest, and open in everything that you do.

A．You need to trust yourself.

B．Very little in life happens overnight.

C．Understand your strengths and weaknesses.

D．This fear prevents them from achieving their goals.

E．Living an honest and successful life may be difficult without it.

F．The better you perform every day, the more success will find its way back to you.

G．The most successful people are often the people who are also the best problem-solvers.

5 . I recently took art lessons at Noina's art studio. Not only did I have a great time, I was also reminded of several key life ___.

Creating art is very ___ to me, and I felt quite scared because of that.I didn't feel ___ until about lesson 3, where I had created several drawings that weren't complete ___. More importantly, I was able to laugh with Noina at my efforts. Nothing had ___ in the environment — simply things were more familiar to me. A fear of the ___ is common in all of us. All it takes to change that is actually experiencing the thing you ___.

In all my pictures, there were many ___. I used my eraser a great deal, but found it was hard to erase the softest of lines completely. But Noina ___ me you could incorporate (合并) mistakes into the bigger picture, and that when you got to the ____ product, you couldn't see them at all; they were just ____ of the drawing. Sometimes we look too hard at the ____, beating ourselves up for minor mistakes, when in fact by the time we're done, these blend (融合) and ____ to become part of the whole image, and make it what it is.

Art class ____ me there are both fun and serious lessons to be learnt in every situation. It also gave me a nudge (促使我) to say that you don't have to be ____ at something for it to be fun — it's actually fun to be bad at things too.

1.

A．experiences

B．lessons

C．choices

D．skills

2.

A．foreign

B．important

C．useful

D．beneficial

3.

A．anxious

B．disappointed

C．comfortable

D．popular

4.

A．disasters

B．successes

C．works

D．surprises

5.

A．disappeared

B．changed

C．continued

D．formed

6.

A．dangerous

B．unusual

C．different

D．unfamiliar

7.

A．fear

B．desire

C．ignore

D．doubt

8.

A．difficulties

B．improvements

C．mistakes

D．similarities

9.

A．showed

B．persuaded

C．promised

D．warned

10.

A．natural

B．unprepared

C．original

D．finished

11.

A．description

B．part

C．reproduction

D．meaning

12.

A．surface

B．result

C．situation

D．detail

13.

A．spread

B．vary

C．fade

D．escape

14.

A．ensured

B．reminded

C．proved

D．struck

15.

A．hard

B．right

C．terrible

D．great

6 . 请以“Can Money Buy Happiness?”为题写一篇简短的议论文，词数80左右。

Can Money Buy Happiness?

Opinions are divided on it. Some think yes, while others hold the opposite.

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7 . 请根据下面的提示，就“梦想”这一话题，用英语写一篇演讲稿。Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken­winged bird that can never fly.
注意：1.无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；
2．除诗歌外，文体不限；
3．文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
4．词数为80左右。
Good morning, everyone，
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8 . People always say that if God closed a door in front of you, there must be a window opened for you. Yes, people always say that, but _______ is the window for me?

I am not disappointed, just a little _______ or as my roommate said, “Why are you angry with yourself once you _______ to do anything?”I have no idea. I just can't _______ myself if I can't understand some easy things. Currently, I just feel _______ with myself because I couldn't finish the assignment on the lab, and what was _______ worse was that actually I did not understand what the assignment was! Fiona asked me why I didn't _______ for help. The problem is that if I have to ask some silly questions, I will feel _______.

Before I came here I was full of confidence. But I have totally _______ it. Sometimes I can't even find the right words; sometimes I am too shy to ________ others. I have to admit that I am stupid.

The wisest people can always take advantage of others' ________. But I was so stupid as to close myself and ________ a lot of time soaking(沉浸) inside the workbook, which made me more confused. Why can't I follow the sentence? I am ________ to get help the next time I have any questions. I can admit I am not smart; I shouldn't hide it. I must ________ it as soon as possible. ________ I will have to waste much more time on it－just like tonight.

Difficulties always go with me. Go ahead! I can make it.

1.

A．which

B．what

C．where

D．why

2.

A．worried

B．amused

C．excited

D．proud

3.

A．want

B．decide

C．fail

D．like

4.

A．believe

B．admire

C．delight

D．forgive

5.

A．unsatisfied

B．content

C．pleased

D．worried

6.

A．very

B．even

C．quite

D．fairly

7.

A．look

B．call

C．search

D．ask

8.

A．ashamed

B．upset

C．comfortable

D．sorry

9.

A．continued

B．lost

C．changed

D．trusted

10.

A．disturb

B．assist

C．speak

D．puzzle

11.

A．pressure

B．wisdom

C．influence

D．confidence

12.

A．take

B．cost

C．kill

D．waste

13.

A．determined

B．willing

C．anxious

D．ready

14.

A．answer

B．solve

C．react

D．review

15.

A．However

B．Thus

C．Otherwise

D．Hopefully

9 . 语法填空

We always have colorful dreams. When people are faced with a setback, most of     1     will feel upset and complain about it. Whenever there is an activity or a competition, I would like to take part in it, but     2    (fail) make me frustrated.

One rainy day after I had failed once more, I walked along a path.     3     path was so muddy that I could hardly walk even a little     4    (far). What was worse, I fell down. I burst into tears because of exhaustion under great pressure. For a long time, I just sat where I fell down.     5    (look) at the footprints I had left behind, I thought of walking on the path in the sun. Thinking of that, an idea     6    (occur) to me. There will be no footprints     7    (leave) on sunny days, but on rainy days there will be. The more heavily we fall down, the deeper our footprints will be.

Certainly, a smooth life is what we long for, but how can we see the rainbow     8     experiencing a rainy day? Frustration is sure to slow our advancement,     9     because of it, each of our steps leaves a print. Those who live     10    (smooth) can leave nothing behind. They can never experience the same enjoyment as those who succeed after having failed for many times.

10 . Rosie Dutton teaches a weekly class for 10- and 11-year-olds. During a recent class, Dutton used apples to brilliantly explain the effects of bullying.

Rosie Dutton started out by showing the class two perfect-looking apples. But unknown to the students, she had dropped one of the apples repeatedly on the floor. She picked up the dropped apple and began insulting (侮辱；损害) it.

“I started to tell the children how I disliked this apple, that I thought it was ugly and it was a horrible color,” Dutton wrote. “I told them that because I didn't like it, I didn't want them to like it either.”

They passed that apple around in a circle and the kids joined in on the insults. Then, Dutton took a completely different approach with the other apple.

“We then passed another apple around and started to say kind words to it,” the 31-year-old wrote.

She eventually cut both of them open to reveal that the apple that had been insulted was bruised (青肿的) inside. The apple that received praise wasn't.

“When people are bullied, especially children, they feel horrible inside and sometimes don't show or tell others how they are feeling,” Dutton wrote in her post. “If we hadn't cut that apple   open, we would never have known how much pain we had caused it.”

“Unlike an apple, we have the ability to stop this from happening. We can teach children that it's not OK to say unkind things to each other,” the 31-year-old explained in her post. She later added, “More and more hurt and damage happens inside if nobody does anything to stop the bullying. Let's create a generation of kind, caring children.”

1. What didn't the students know in advance?

A．She had dropped one apple repeatedly on the floor.

B．She had dropped two apples repeatedly on the floor.

C．The two apples were perfect-looking in appearance.

D．She had picked the two apples from the same tree.

2. How did Rosie Dutton teach students bad effects of bullying?

A．By reading famous sayings.	B．By listing the numbers.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By quoting some examples.

3. At the end of the passage, Rosie Dutton calls on students to be ________.

A．brave	B．considerate
C．active	D．honest

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．One woman found an incredible way to teach a history lesson.

B．People have the ability to stop bullying from happening again.

C．A teacher encourages students to put what they learned to use.

D．A teacher uses a bruised apple to show bad effects of bullying.