Long ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the top of the tree, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree also enjoyed playing with him.
As time went by, the little boy grew up and he no longer played around the tree.
One day, the boy came back to the tree, appearing sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy gently.
“I am no longer a kid; I won’t play around trees any more,” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.”
“Sorry, but I don’t have money. However, you can pick all my apples and sell them. Then, you will have money.” The boy was so excited that he picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn’t come back after that.
The tree was upset.
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so joyful. “Come and play with me,” the tree said.
“I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left with delight.
The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy didn’t appear since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree requested.
“I am sad and becoming old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?”“Use my trunk to build the boat. You can sail and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time.
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Many years later, the boy finally returned.
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The apple tree is our mother.
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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.
请结合生活实际,谈一下你对乔布斯过说的这句话“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”的理解。
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4 . Laungi Bhuiya, a man from a small village named Kothilwa in India, has a noble dream — to bring water to his village. To
Thus started Bhuiya’s digging, which went on for almost 30 years. But his
“I was always
Using only
Kothilwa is a(n)
Eventually, the
The villagers’
A.promote | B.accomplish | C.stop | D.solve |
A.impossible | B.perfect | C.necessary | D.important |
A.float | B.blow | C.roll | D.flow |
A.energy | B.talent | C.enthusiasm | D.interest |
A.discourage | B.protect | C.support | D.criticize |
A.continued | B.failed | C.returned | D.forgot |
A.strict | B.satisfied | C.bored | D.angry |
A.simple | B.advanced | C.heavy | D.expensive |
A.Suddenly | B.Generally | C.Constantly | D.Finally |
A.words | B.dreams | C.efforts | D.beliefs |
A.poor | B.famous | C.beautiful | D.abandoned |
A.think of | B.depend on | C.give away | D.put aside |
A.trees | B.flowers | C.weeds | D.crops |
A.advised | B.required | C.motivated | D.allowed |
A.school | B.hospital | C.company | D.media |
A.determined | B.proud | C.stupid | D.ridiculous |
A.searched | B.studied | C.visited | D.remembered |
A.hire | B.meet | C.pay | D.recognize |
A.devotion | B.donation | C.reply | D.attitude |
A.built | B.opened | C.enlarged | D.improved |
It was time to go home. “Remember to work on your class speeches for homework,” Miss Walker said as everyone started talking and packing their school bags. Jenny felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone would get really bored with listening to her. Once, when Jenny was reading out her holiday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a silver and blue one which seemed just magical.
Jenny watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was just one of those people who were good at everything. Jenny sighed. As she turned the corner, she saw Lee’s watch lying right in the middle of the path.
Jenny picked it up and wanted to return it to Lee, but she couldn’t catch up with him. When she arrived home, Jenny put it on, thinking about the magic. She was surprised that it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her. “I’m going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. I’ve won lots of competitions. But when I’m in a race, I’m not really thinking about winning. I’m just loving the feeling of being in the water…” Jenny laughed with excitement. She walked across the room. She suddenly seemed to have a certain sort of confidence. Turning back to the minor, Jenny saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass. The flashes of silver seemed almost magical. So maybe Lee’s watch really did have something magical.
The next day, as the lesson began, Miss Walker ask cd who was going to be brave and go first. Nobody moved, Jenny slowly raised her arm. Before Miss Walker could say something, there was a shout “She’s stolen in y watch!” Lee said angrily. “It went missing at school yesterday.”
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Everybody was fixing their eyes on Jenny, waiting for an explanation,
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Miss Walker smiled and asked the class lo listen lo Jenny’s speech first.
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6 . It is dark now when I begin my early morning walk in the woods. And now that autumn has marched into winter, darkness persists well beyond my 6 a. m. start time.
Paths have become familiar after years of hiking. But rocks and tree roots have magically appeared from previously
Certainly I hit my toe against or
My very first night hike was during summer camp on a warm August night in the woods. Our leader
“See with your
But mistakes
On my way home, as dawn
The same rules often
A.wet | B.soft | C.level | D.hard |
A.step | B.tour | C.go | D.trip |
A.stand | B.lie | C.stain | D.hang |
A.sink | B.break | C.walk | D.remove |
A.coldness | B.courage | C.loneliness | D.light |
A.vague | B.typical | C.visual | D.conscious |
A.shone | B.forbade | C.removed | D.collected |
A.eyes | B.toes | C.hands | D.feet |
A.Amazingly | B.Directly | C.Possibly | D.Luckily |
A.contribution | B.appreciation | C.concentration | D.expectation |
A.suspicious | B.cautious | C.sensitive | D.tentative |
A.head | B.explore | C.clarify | D.assess |
A.advance | B.search | C.need | D.spite |
A.also | B.even | C.still | D.ever |
A.rapid | B.mild | C.gentle | D.slow |
A.up | B.out | C.down | D.away |
A.made up for | B.made way for | C.made use of | D.made sense of |
A.suit | B.work | C.answer | D.apply |
A.scared | B.confused | C.disappointed | D.annoyed |
A.darkness | B.hopelessness | C.anxieties | D.uncertainties |
7 . Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.
However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.
This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.
When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.
Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.
1. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.A.the meaning of success |
B.the reasons for success |
C.the standards of success |
D.the importance of success |
A.work makes one feel pain |
B.one tends to enjoy his work |
C.it takes a lot of time to succeed |
D.one gives up his work easily |
A.People sometimes succeed without luck or talent. |
B.Successful people like to show their great skills. |
C.People need to achieve success at the cost of life. |
D.It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success. |
A.Having a goal is vital to success. |
B.Being good is different from being great. |
C.Luck, talent and family help to achieve success. |
D.One cannot succeed without time and practice. |
8 . Years ago, I had a falling-out with a friend due to a misunderstanding that was completely my fault. I was afraid to
My experience isn’t unique. Many people
Given my experience, there is no
My friend and I had lunch recently, 15 years after my belated apology. Admitting that everything had been my fault helped us heal our relationship. We’re both
A.report | B.believe | C.admit | D.record |
A.pleasant | B.awkward | C.ridiculous | D.wise |
A.comment | B.promise | C.trouble | D.behavior |
A.allow | B.avoid | C.appreciate | D.admit |
A.regretfully | B.slightly | C.eagerly | D.terribly |
A.go back to | B.look up to | C.give way to | D.live up to |
A.accept | B.analyze | C.exchange | D.check |
A.serve | B.view | C.praise | D.encourage |
A.reasons | B.contents | C.details | D.examples |
A.need | B.sense | C.doubt | D.use |
A.explaining | B.rebuilding | C.announcing | D.practicing |
A.frequent | B.permanent | C.immediate | D.formal |
A.convenient | B.effective | C.adventurous | D.inspiring |
A.anxiety | B.curiosity | C.anger | D.concern |
A.discovers | B.records | C.supplies | D.increases |
A.misdeeds | B.reputations | C.questions | D.decisions |
A.damaged | B.disturbed | C.required | D.disabled |
A.Instead | B.Thus | C.Meanwhile | D.However |
A.challenge | B.regret | C.expression | D.influence |
A.tolerant | B.cautious | C.enthusiastic | D.appreciative |
9 . Do you know the proverb “no pain, no gain”? It gives the impression that we ought to be suffering while we study. It seems that the only way to know if we’ re putting in enough work is how much hardship we bear. We are totally taken up with study, shutting ourselves away for a big exam. Is that necessarily true?
When we haven’t taken the time to come up with another idea, we just shut ourselves in a room with a book. It’s no surprise that we find revision boring and difficult. Just as children learn from playing, we can learn from doing, or at least from study techniques that interest us, rather than make us switch off. Shutting ourselves away can make us learn to hate studying, leading to a situation where, instead of being able to concentrate on our work, we are troubled by how unfair it is that we must study. This can be part of a vicious cycle (恶性循环) that traps us into ineffective revision, or poor progress fueling further annoyance.
Thankfully, working in the company of other people really helps fight against that. We just need to learn how to deal with distractions(使人分心的事). It’s not necessary to avoid all company, just lazy company. They constantly try to keep others in conversation, while studying in the same room with someone who is ironing or working out is perfectly possible. Of course, it’s also a good idea to avoid the company of people involved in activities where you would rather be playing than studying. Working while sitting next to someone playing video games is most likely to end with a new high score of games rather than productive revision.
If being around others means working in a noisy environment, a pair of headphones and some background music can block out noises. They also act as a psychological barrier, so that people think twice before interrupting you. Besides, we should know friends and family can lessen feelings of isolation. And connecting with other people makes us happy, so it’s important not to give that up and to make sure that we take the time to socialize.
1. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?A.To introduce effective studying means. |
B.To encourage us to work as hard as possible. |
C.To remind us to balance activities and study. |
D.To discuss the importance of family company. |
A.Good ideas are needed in terms of progress. |
B.Ways that interest us can lead to effective revision. |
C.Shutting ourselves away can help concentrate on work. |
D.With study techniques, revision is interesting and easy for certain. |
A.One should learn from certain activities that interest him. |
B.Playing video games is helpful for effective study. |
C.One shouldn’t study with the company of a video game player. |
D.The more time one spends in playing games, the higher test scores one will get. |
A.Give up others company at once. |
B.Think twice before taking any action. |
C.Give indication of not wanting to be interrupted. |
D.Force yourself to be accustomed to the environment. |
10 . Sitting in my school cafeteria, I looked around, slowly taking in everything. Student after student passed my
Catching the eye of a girl in my grade sitting at a nearby table, I waved
I have an incurable lung disease. No one at our school knows—I don’t show any noticeable
Before that day when I decided to
A.order | B.room | C.table | D.cafeteria |
A.imagine | B.compare | C.observe | D.exchange |
A.uniform | B.rules | C.circumstances | D.surface |
A.politely | B.wildly | C.coldly | D.impatiently |
A.found | B.noticed | C.heard | D.decided |
A.remembered | B.suspected | C.predicted | D.regretted |
A.willing | B.outstanding | C.understanding | D.demanding |
A.escaped | B.satisfied | C.hit | D.attracted |
A.diseases | B.symptoms | C.complaints | D.weaknesses |
A.but | B.and | C.or | D.so |
A.bright | B.real | C.serious | D.dark |
A.tolerate | B.create | C.change | D.view |
A.forgave | B.pitied | C.challenged | D.encouraged |
A.debt | B.reward | C.burden | D.schedule |
A.changeable | B.perfect | C.unique | D.different |