1 . I played the piano in disappointment, trying to fight the tears in my eyes. After practicing for more than two hours, I still couldn’t get the rhythm(韵律) quite right on a Mozart piece which I wanted to show to my piano teacher the following day. To me, the piece had at first seemed fairly easy, and had a pretty simple melody. But no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t seem to play it well.
I decided to have a rest to think about if there was a good way to deal with it. In fact, I could usually learn some songs quickly and played them well---however, I didn’t want to play that kind of pieces, which might have appeared simple but was difficult. It always made me doubt myself as a pianist, although I was still confident.
After dinner, I decided to come back to the piano. Placing my fingers tentatively on the keys, I chose to play the piece slowly and carefully, focusing on hitting the correct notes instead of trying to play the piece quickly. Using this new method of practicing, I exercised a great deal of patience. Instead of focusing on how hard the rhythm was, I focused on how I could slowly see myself getting better.
I didn’t even get the rhythm right until a week later. My teacher was satisfied with me. But I learned an important lesson ---sometimes, baby steps are the best way to reach a goal. Sometimes I couldn’t improve myself until I slowed down, believed in myself, and took it one step at a time. Then what about you? If you are like me, please change yourself and you will succeed in the future.
1. Why was the writer sad?| A．Because his teacher was strict with him. |
| B．Because he couldn’t play the piece correctly. |
| C．Because he was asked to practice for more than two hours. |
| D．Because he had to show a Mozart piece to his piano teacher the next day. |
| A．A Mozart piece. |
| B．That kind of songs which is simple. |
| C．That kind of songs which seems very difficult. |
| D．That kind of songs which the writer can’t play well easily. |
| A．He couldn’t find the correct songs. |
| B．He had no confidence to practice the piano well. |
| C．He had no patience when he was practicing the piano. |
| D．He felt bored and sad when he was practicing the piano. |
| A．The writer was a pianist. |
| B．The writer wanted to play the piano well. |
| C．The writer thought the piece was difficult to practice. |
| D．The writer showed the Mozart piece to his teacher the following day. |
| A．A beautiful song. | B．Confidence is helpful. |
| C．Patience is important. | D．A good way to sing a song. |
2 . Are you a loser? Great. Because studies show that if you want to be a success, you need to know how to fail.
The Secret of Success
Many social scientists agree that what successful people have in common is this: They were failures.
There’s George Washington, the top general of America’s troops in the Revolutionary War, who lost two huge battles and was nearly fired. There’s Steve Jobs, who developed failed products, before returning to change the world with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. The list goes on: From Katy Perry and Hall of Fame basketball legend Michael Jorden to Glee star Chris Colfer. They were dropped from record labels, cut from basketball teams, or bullied in school. They used to feel humiliated, lost and hopeless.
But they eventually figured out how to move forward. Experts call this resilience---being able to recover from setbacks. Amy Fineburg, Ph.D.,a specialist in psychology said “We grow by pushing beyond the limits of what we can do today.” So next time you fail a test or strike out at bat or sing off-key, don’t give up.
“That’s how we grow,” says Amy Fineburg, Ph. D., an Alabana educator who specializes in Psychology. “We grow by pushing beyond the limits of what we can do today.”
Miranda’s Story
Miranda stared tae kwon do when she was 7, and for years she lost every competition she entered. She decided to quit. However, at the urging of her father, she worked harder, got improved, kept at it and improved even more. Miranda never became the champion she’s dreamed of becoming, but she stuck with it long enough to earn her black belt by age 12.
“I could easily have said: I’m a failure, I should never have tried,” she says. “But I’m really proud that I kept at it.”
The experience taught Miranda that she could fail and still go on to succeed. Today at 17, she finally winning medal---at Irish stepdancing. When she first started, she was bad at that, too. But her experience in tad kwon do built up her resilience muscles. So she didn’t see her struggle in dance as failures. She saw them as part of the process of achieving success.
The Right Attitude
One of history’s proudest failures was inventor Thomas Edison. He looked at his failures as situations that he could fix. So how resilient are you? Say you do poorly on a text in school, do you say, “I did badly because I watched TV last night?” Then how to move in is obvious: Turn off the TV and study harder. Or would you say, “I failed the test because I have zero talent in math?” With this type of thinking, changes seem impossible to make.
The good news? Studies show that with Practice, people can change their way of thinking.
Just ask Michael Jordan
“I’ve missed more than9,000 shots in my career,” he says. “I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
1. How many people mentioned were failures before they succeed?| A．5 | B．6 | C．7 | D．8 |
| A．Next time you fail a test or strike out at bat, don’t give up |
| B．We grow by pushing beyond the limits of what we could do today. |
| C．She saw her struggles in dance as part of the process of achieving success. |
| D．I failed the test because I have zero talent in math |
| A．Failure is the mother of success |
| B．No success, no failure |
| C．Many a hand makes light work |
| D．No smoke, no fire |
注意：1.书名可以用汉语拼音；
2. 词数：120-150。
说道：“信心比黄金和货币更重要”，“希望像一盏永不熄灭的明灯”。 就此请你按照以下提纲写一篇作文，120-150词左右
1）阐述你对此引言的理解
2）举一个生活中关于信心或希望的真实例子
3）发出号召，鼓励人们在生活中应充满信心、满怀希望
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It seems that I have a hard time
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| A．upset | B．surprised | C．anxious | D．calm |
| A．tree | B．table | C．grass | D．ground |
| A．exactly | B．hardly | C．gradually | D．certainly |
| A．wear | B．enjoy | C．miss | D．trust |
| A．judge | B．decide | C．stop | D．lose |
| A．trouble | B．trick | C．fact | D．gift |
| A．forced | B．refused | C．bought | D．gathered |
| A．finding | B．accepting | C．calling | D．cooking |
| A．pointing | B．agreeing | C．discussing | D．sharing |
| A．bad | B．smelly | C．dirty | D．free |
| A．frightened | B．allowed | C．locked | D．shown |
| A．arguing | B．walking | C．referring | D．talking |
| A．generosity | B．peace | C．temper | D．knowledge |
| A．attention | B．choice | C．pleasure | D．difficulty |
| A．keeps | B．hopes | C．needs | D．causes |
