1 . When I was a kid,I was the girl who kept the training wheels on my bike as long as possible.Even my younger sister had got rid of them much earlier than me.But as I began to grow older,this changed.
All this happened on the Bike Safety Day.It is supposed to be a fun day at school when all of us kids bring our bikes to school and the school provides us with the opportunity to ride outside and learn proper bike safety.Sounds like fun,right?No.In fact,it caused me to panic.What was I going to say when my friends asked me about my training wheels?
With the pressure of everyone seeing my training wheels,I determined to let them go.This was the first big change I’d ever made on my own.
I went to my parents and told them all about my dilemma.They were more than happy to help.We went outside and got my bike.Instead of running away and hiding behind,I stood in front of my bike and took great pride in my decision as my dad removed the training wheels.
I got on and steadied myself.My heart raced but my feet and hands were calm.My dad started to push before my feet even moved and suddenly I was off.The fear faded away and a relaxed mind came into its place.It was crazy to think how quickly I learned something that took so long for me to even try!
My confidence soared (高涨).This was going to be the start of a brand new world for me.My accomplishment would carry me forth to new goals and wins.I realized that if I set my mind on doing something,I could achieve it.
1. What does the school expect the students to do on Bike Safety Day?A.Have their bikes checked. |
B.Ride outside for fun. |
C.Acquire bike safety skills. |
D.Remove the training wheels. |
A.The author’s friends. | B.The author’s parents. |
C.The safety problems. | D.The training wheels. |
A.She felt extremely embarrassed. |
B.Everything turned out to be easy. |
C.She ended up falling down. |
D.Her sisters followed her example. |
A.Patience. | B.Determination. |
C.Pressure. | D.Concentration. |
2 . Beep! Beep! Beep! I rolled over and turned off my alarm clock. It was still
I
I shivered (打寒颤) and
Our lives here are full of sweet
A.rainy | B.dark | C.cold | D.snowy |
A.curious | B.afraid | C.eager | D.able |
A.coat | B.bite | C.leash | D.flashlight |
A.temperature | B.condition | C.environment | D.weather |
A.method | B.path | C.plan | D.calendar |
A.check | B.forecast | C.test | D.provide |
A.removed | B.needed | C.packed | D.washed |
A.tried on | B.decided on | C.relied on | D.focused on |
A.difficult | B.ideal | C.wrong | D.safe |
A.water | B.mud | C.dust | D.frost |
A.patience | B.balance | C.distance | D.promise |
A.complained | B.smiled | C.suffered | D.doubted |
A.pre-dusk | B.mid-night | C.pre-dawn | D.post-dawn |
A.Actually | B.Suddenly | C.Effortlessly | D.Generally |
A.avoided | B.regretted | C.stopped | D.continued |
A.wonder | B.reality | C.signal | D.challenge |
A.offered | B.refused | C.intended | D.failed |
A.found | B.admired | C.reflected | D.lighted |
A.discoveries | B.dreams | C.seasons | D.memories |
A.Enjoy | B.Examine | C.Admit | D.Remember |
3 . My teacher held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”
Thirty boys tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what the teacher might have found out. She seldom became angry, but she was this time.
“Oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. It was caused by a naughty throw of a baseball. If I admitted guilt, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance. “My father is going to have a fit as a result of it,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than I was pulled it skyward (朝向天空). I told the truth, “I did it.” It was hard enough to say what I had done.
My teacher took down a book from one of our library shelves and I had never known my teacher to strike a student, but I feared she was going to start with me.
“I know how much you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face. “Here is the field guide about birds that you are constantly checking out. It is yours now. It’s time we got a new one for the school anyway. You will not be punished, but remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed (恶行), but I am rewarding you for your truthfulness.”
I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my own bird field guide — the very one that I had been saving up money to buy.
The lesson my teacher taught me stays with me every day, and it will echo forever.
1. From the story, we can learn that the boy .A.didn’t break the window on purpose |
B.lacked the courage to admit his guilt |
C.tried to think about what he had done |
D.didn’t know what the teacher had found out |
A.be punished by the teacher |
B.make his father angry |
C.pay for the broken window |
D.get a bird field guide |
A.Afraid—Surprised—Thankful. |
B.Frightened—Amazed—Proud. |
C.Regretful—Guilty—Excited. |
D.Nervous—Afraid—Satisfied. |
A.Every coin has two sides. |
B.Honesty is always valued. |
C.Bad luck never comes alone. |
D.You can’t be too careful. |
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Dear Sir,
Choose a career is a very important stage in people’s life. Almost everything depend on your choice. I’d like to be a interpreter. It’s a very interesting profession where requires advancing knowledge of the foreign language as well as excellent social skills. In my opinion, English and literature is the most important subjects for my future profession, because of my knowledge of English will help me communicate with foreigners fluently and accurately. Literature will not only help me broaden my horizons, but also give me some background knowledges of different cultures. To sum, I’d like to say that the choice of our future career path is extremely important, so we must think twice after making our choice.
5 . The Enemy Is in My Pocket
Yesterday I went to a phone store. There were no other
“How can I help you?” One of them asked me.
I replied, “I
“Um, let me check on that.” She walked to the other end of the
That moment had come after months of struggle. I
But one day, I began to wonder how important being online really is and if it made me a
So, I wanted to
I've only been doing this for a few days, but I have found myself obviously more
Where there is a
A.students | B.customers | C.friends | D.managers |
A.wonder | B.doubt | C.question | D.ask |
A.restaurant | B.store | C.street | D.market |
A.good | B.latest | C.certain | D.bad |
A.saying | B.announcing | C.giving | D.concluding |
A.Exactly | B.Finally | C.Eventually | D.Actually |
A.never | B.often | C.sometimes | D.also |
A.take charge of | B.come up with | C.keep in touch with | D.carry on with |
A.leave | B.catch | C.miss | D.make |
A.better | B.funnier | C.worse | D.stronger |
A.started with | B.ended up in | C.went with | D.succeeded in |
A.memory | B.attention | C.energy | D.money |
A.amazed | B.glad | C.puzzled | D.angry |
A.regret | B.arrange | C.enjoy | D.forget |
A.stay | B.sell | C.change | D.explore |
A.sleep | B.rest | C.work | D.play |
A.checking | B.trading | C.answering | D.seeing |
A.sensitive | B.attractive | C.positive | D.productive |
A.problem | B.will | C.road | D.lesson |
A.beside | B.before | C.without | D.by |
6 . It was January, the first day of the year. I decided to get the bank work out of the
Just then I saw his morning tea lying there,
I realized he was also missing the
A.way | B.corner | C.question | D.reach |
A.on purpose | B.by accident | C.after all | D.as usual |
A.service | B.invitation | C.greeting | D.handshake |
A.hopefully | B.curiously | C.sincerely | D.hesitantly |
A.going through | B.filling up | C.checking out | D.printing off |
A.computerized | B.canceled | C.popularized | D.broadened |
A.symptoms | B.gestures | C.signs | D.marks |
A.when | B.how | C.why | D.if |
A.untouched | B.unprepared | C.unfolded | D.undisturbed |
A.always | B.seldom | C.never | D.still |
A.reward | B.push | C.pardon | D.scold |
A.reason | B.need | C.opportunity | D.urge |
A.looked up at | B.looked down upon | C.looked forward to | D.looked back on |
A.precious | B.small | C.important | D.essential |
A.coincidence | B.suggestion | C.affair | D.arrangement |
A.impressed | B.attached | C.challenged | D.comforted |
A.hearts | B.minds | C.bodies | D.souls |
A.release | B.recommend | C.reveal | D.revise |
A.preferred | B.promised | C.managed | D.expected |
A.cautious | B.confident | C.optimistic | D.grateful |
7 . My family moved into our home nine years ago. We spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like the way it does today. In front of the house, the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish. We called this area our “rock garden”. Denise and I would also plant some flowers between the rocks, just to bring some color to the area.
Last summer I found, in the rock garden, a tiny little plant that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the strange plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. It looked thin and tall with only one head on it. I decided to baby it along and weed(除杂草)around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something unusual. The sunflower had not started where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.
That’s when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t allow a big rock to stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability to do the same thing. Once we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can attain the same nourishment(养分)for growth as well.
Stand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what we are, then the environment will begin to support us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to achieve our goals.
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?A.The author finished building his house hurriedly. |
B.The family has lived in this house for 9 years. |
C.The author’s house is made of rocks. |
D.The family don’t like gardening. |
A.see how long it could live |
B.see how big it could grow |
C.find out what it actually was |
D.know if his wife had planted it |
A.the strange plant turned out to be the sunflower |
B.the sunflower grew under and around a big rock |
C.the sunflower had only one head on it |
D.the sunflower was very thin and tall |
A.Confident. | B.Devoted. | C.Delicate. | D.Modest. |
A.rocks cannot prevent us from success |
B.the sunflowers are able to grow everywhere |
C.we should take good care of the rock gardens |
D.we can get over difficulties if we trust ourselves |
8 . How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his parents, he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
1. According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that _______.A.only children are interested in life |
B.life for a child is comparatively easy |
C.a child is always loved whatever he does |
D.if much is given to a child, he must do something in return |
A.will have little time playing |
B.has to be successful in finding a job |
C.can still ask for help in time of trouble |
D.should be able to take care of himself |
A.People are often satisfied with their life. |
B.Life is less interesting for old people. |
C.Adults are freer to do what they want to do. |
D.Adults should no longer rely on others. |
A.life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains |
B.young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard |
C.childhood is the more enjoyable time in one’s life |
D.one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life |
A.examples of successful young men |
B.how to build up one’s position in society |
C.pleasures and pains of old people |
D.what to do when one has problems in life |
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I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how
10 . It is easy to get carried away in an argument.
While having a rational conversation with someone who has a different opinion might seem like a challenge, it is possible. One way is to approach the other person with empathy.
The Empathy Challenge is an exercise created by Zoe Chance, senior lecturer at the Yale School of Management. At Yale, Chance teaches a course called “Mastering Influence and Persuasion” where -students learn to communicate more effectively.
In her blog, Chance explains that it’s important to listen to people who disagree with you. “As they explain their position, you listen for their underlying values. Finally, you look for common ground as you reflect those values back. That’s it.”
Chance first took this challenge herself before asking her students to try. As she couldn’t understand why many people chose to vote for Donald Trump, she found three Trump’s voters and spoke with them.
Through asking questions, Chance was able to empathize with them and realize they had similar feelings. One man, an Orthodox Jew, explained that he supported Trump because Trump’s daughter and son-in-law are Jewish. The next man was a Russian immigrant passionate about freedom. The third was a lawyer who believed that authenticity(真诚) was important in political leaders.
Although Chance and Chose people had different political beliefs, they were able to relate to the life values of others. And that’s the point of the exercise-to understand others as fellow human beings.
1. Which of the following does the Empathy Challenge faces on?A.Leadership skills. | B.Public speaking skills. |
C.Communication skills. | D.Problem solving skills. |
A.Defend their position. | B.Find common ground. |
C.Reflect on their own values. | D.Meet the needs of others. |
A.The challenge of performing empathy. |
B.The importance of empathy. |
C.How Chance practiced empathy. |
D.How Chance helped people develop empathy. |
A.Their life values. | B.Their career history. |
C.Their family background. | D.Their childhood experience. |
A.Respect different perspectives | B.Zoe Chance’s empathy |
C.Vote for Trump | D.Chancels challenge |