1 . Whenever our teachers or parents asked about our hobbies at childhood, my friends and I would always express our love for reading. However, with the development of high technology, our lives are gradually
There was a time when I felt like my life went downhill, and with increased
This situation changed when one day I
Now I carry this book either at the dining table or during school breaks. As a student who has a (n)
Why should we choose to ignore (忽视) such
A.described | B.filled | C.limited | D.examined |
A.protect | B.delight | C.distance | D.free |
A.honor | B.danger | C.sorrow | D.pressure |
A.videos | B.notices | C.emails | D.plans |
A.put away | B.came across | C.handed out | D.complained about |
A.hard | B.still | C.ever | D.early |
A.acceptable | B.strange | C.severe | D.ordinary |
A.false | B.disappointing | C.romantic | D.positive |
A.repeat | B.reset | C.regain | D.review |
A.request | B.instruction | C.fortune | D.dream |
A.inspiration | B.identity | C.attention | D.invitation |
A.refused | B.shown | C.questioned | D.damaged |
A.replace | B.comfort | C.end | D.gather |
A.lessons | B.pains | C.promises | D.treasures |
A.wise | B.informal | C.casual | D.slow |
I had been waiting with my fellow graduating students for the moment when I would walk out onto the stage to receive my degree certificate. I was happy and relieved, yet worried and anxious about the future. What was my first job going to be like? This short walk was going to launch me into a whole new world. How would I manage? Would I be able to carve out a career for myself? My name was called and I moved into the lights. I heard the applause. I knew my parents would be watching and smiling at each other and I tried to relax. I held my certificate against my breast and smiled at the camera. Before I knew it, the ceremony was over and the curtain had come down on my university life. Where had the time gone? Four years had disappeared in a flash. I stood with my certificate in hand and reflected on those four years.
I remembered arriving at university on my very first day, pausing at the gate to look down the long drive. I could feel my hands sweating slightly and I had to hold on tight to my suitcase. Would I be able to fit in? Did this new phase of my life mean that I was now mature enough to be entirely responsible for my own successes and failures? I took a few seconds to compose myself and to take in the scene that was laid out before me. The campus was alive with people. Anxious parents and excited students were talking in small groups, carrying suitcases or walking in and out of dormitory buildings. I wondered if the first day of school was always such a circus. I took a deep breath and carried on into the heart of the campus. Little did I know that I was about to experience the best four years of my life.
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I remembered cooperating with my classmates on group projects.
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______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . Usually, someone would come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up?” This kind of question is often raised when we have
Well, it started out being a cowboy or super hero. Later it was fireman, policeman, lawyer... As I grew older, my dreams of the future
By then, I had my heart set on
However, for many, there is a “thief”, which goes around
We find ourselves just about reaching our
A.difficulties | B.challenges | C.memories | D.gatherings |
A.changed | B.reduced | C.developed | D.disappeared |
A.live | B.major | C.believe | D.bring |
A.discovering | B.cheating | C.becoming | D.awarding |
A.spent | B.wasted | C.decided | D.took |
A.planning | B.teaching | C.planting | D.reading |
A.sensitive | B.objective | C.passive | D.positive |
A.disappoint | B.reflect | C.perform | D.achieve |
A.reaching | B.throwing | C.stealing | D.abandoning |
A.thief | B.teacher | C.robber | D.guider |
A.parents | B.ourselves | C.relatives | D.themselves |
A.homes | B.limit | C.dreams | D.potential |
A.possibly | B.quickly | C.frequently | D.gradually |
A.outcome | B.failure | C.moment | D.difference |
A.precious | B.original | C.faithful | D.ordinary |
4 . Twenty-five years ago, we were on a family vacation, driving to see family in New York State. Mom and Dad, probably looking for ways to keep their two young kids busy, borrowed a sign about fifteen inches long and three inches high. On one side of the sign was painted “Smile” and on the other side “Thanks”. The sign got a lot of use on the trip. One of us would hold up the sign, so a car behind us could read “Smile”. If they did, we turned the sign over and they got the reward of “Thanks”.
The smile lesson is important, but no more so than the other side, the thanks! Playing this driving game was one of the many ways my parents taught me the importance and value of gratitude, most easily expressed with a simple thank you.
The story goes that a farmer took some of his corn to the State Fair and won the blue ribbon, for the best corn. A reporter asked him what he was going to do with the prized ears of grain he was holding. He said that he would share the seed with his neighbors. The reporter was surprised and asked, “Why would you want to do that?” The farmer calmly answered: “Don’t you know? The wind picks up pollen (花粉) from the ripening corn and blows it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily worsen the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”
So it is with smiling. You are the wind. You can produce smiling faces by spreading your pollen. The cost to you is slight, but the fruits of your pollen will be felt all around.
1. What is the purpose of the author’s family trip 25 years ago?A.To influence others in a fun way. | B.To play a driving game together. |
C.To drive to another city to visit family. | D.To go on a family vacation on the road. |
A.To keep them fit. | B.To teach them a lesson. |
C.To gain people’s gratitude. | D.To make other drivers laugh. |
A.the importance of passing kindness | B.the necessity to keep good relationship |
C.the significance of expressing gratitude | D.the pleasure of sharing with other people |
A.The influence of smiles. | B.The work you are doing. |
C.The reason for your smiles. | D.The people you smile at. |
5 . At the age of 41, I still stutter (口吃). I am fine with it now but that wasn’t always the
A few years later, I began to
Sometime in eighth grade, my
It’s never easy to be a kid. It’s especially
A.process | B.reason | C.case | D.target |
A.made use of | B.stirred up | C.taken care of | D.made fun of |
A.abnormal | B.long | C.informal | D.chosen |
A.desire | B.promise | C.dislike | D.suspect |
A.imagine | B.avoid | C.predict | D.record |
A.similar | B.false | C.official | D.personal |
A.fatal | B.common | C.familiar | D.strange |
A.duty | B.option | C.identity | D.attitude |
A.repeated | B.postponed | C.accepted | D.spotted |
A.Instead of | B.Due to | C.As for | D.In return for |
A.type | B.change | C.call | D.spell |
A.award | B.promise | C.excuse | D.living |
A.request | B.regret | C.decision | D.explanation |
A.natural | B.beneficial | C.essential | D.tough |
A.intelligence | B.uniqueness | C.advantage | D.mistake |
6 . Most people as they get older start to take life a little slower and enjoy a leisurely pace. But it is not for Kerry, who
The super fit gran
“At the age of 47 I made a list of things I wanted to
A.kept on | B.took up | C.hoped for | D.subscribed to |
A.intentions | B.doubts | C.tasks | D.feelings |
A.promised | B.predicted | C.checked | D.claimed |
A.remembered | B.indicated | C.battled | D.regretted |
A.shape | B.hobby | C.emotion | D.aspect |
A.occasionally | B.permanently | C.constantly | D.purposely |
A.curious | B.competitive | C.confident | D.awkward |
A.make | B.try | C.quit | D.win |
A.old | B.fat | C.weak | D.sensitive |
A.Still | B.Hardly | C.Never | D.Only |
A.cross | B.cut | C.see | D.drop |
A.races | B.parades | C.parties | D.shows |
A.opinion | B.strategy | C.path | D.dream |
A.memory | B.danger | C.power | D.negativity |
A.contact | B.protect | C.inspire | D.warn |
7 . “You like pottery (陶艺) more than you like science,” a family member said. I knew the comment was made lightly, but I felt frustrated and disappointed. I had worked so hard to achieve a balance between my scientific and artistic pursuits. Why was my creative side still seen as a weakness and a disturbance, in opposition to my science?
As a little girl, I created art by breaking up eggshells, dying them, and gluing them to a cloth. I also conducted science experiments with my mom, a high school science teacher, on the back porch. In college, I loved my chemistry courses and research work, and I regarded cooking as my creative outlet, hosting weekly dinner parties for friends.
Yet I heard time and again that creative expression and science were not possible together. When my college roommate concluded with a personality test that I was the “creative” type, the rest of my friends said that couldn’t be right, because “I was a scientist and therefore was not creative.” As I was preparing for graduate school and studying for the chemistry GRE test, I realized I talked about science the same way I would paint a picture, explaining concepts in broad strokes (粗线条地) — in part because I struggled to remember technical scientific terminology. I worried my way of thinking wouldn’t fit in with “proper” scientists. In the end, though, my desire to pursue a scientific career won out. I figured I would continue to find a way to balance my research with my creative pursuits, regardless of what others thought.
When in graduate school I found pottery, which I could pursue on evenings and weekends. After my first class, I was attracted. It has inspired me to more intentionally mix my art with my science. I keep a notebook at my lab table filled with words of mug (马克杯) designs inspired by my experiments. Through the challenge of getting my paper into its core concepts in such a way that it could be displayed on a mug, I gained a better understanding of my project. Pottery has now turned into a way for me to train my brain to be creative and think outside the box.
1. What did the family member think of the author’s pottery?A.It still had room for improvement. |
B.It would relax the author in her work. |
C.It made up for the author’s weakness. |
D.It did no good to the author’s career. |
A.By dying eggshells. |
B.By performing science experiments. |
C.By doing some cooking. |
D.By attending social parties. |
A.She didn’t get along well with her classmates in college. |
B.She nearly gave up her pursuit of art. |
C.She once doubted her way of understanding science. |
D.She was angry about being misunderstood by friends. |
A.The notebook. | B.The design of the mug. |
C.The challenge of the paper. | D.The author’s science research. |
1. How were the elephants prevented from escaping?
A.By holding them with chains. |
B.By tying a rope to one of their legs. |
C.By keeping them in cages. |
A.To remove his confusion. |
B.To learn how to train animals. |
C.To know about the camp. |
A.It’s not right to tie the elephant with a rope. |
B.It’s important to learn from successful people. |
C.People should believe in themselves in pursuing dreams. |
I stared at myself in the mirror: blue tights, yellow vest, a fish tail trailing behind me, and large eyes sitting at op my head. I raised my eyebrows and sighed.
“Mom, I don’t think this costume is right,” I said. “Maybe the makeup will add something,” Mom replied hopefully.
Somehow Mom had convinced me to play the Fish Footman in Alice in Wonderland. I can’t say it’s been the time of my life.
“What if I forget my lines?” I hesitated.
“Oh Riley, is that what you’re afraid of? I know you’ve been rehearsing for two months, you were the first off-book in your scene, and I couldn’t be prouder of you.” Mom said, kneeling down and hugging me.
The next day we pulled into the parking lot, and I stepped out of the car, wearing the questionable costume. I shrank inside myself, but Mom pulled me toward the makeup room. When the makeup was done, I looked at myself in the mirror. My jaw dropped.
“Mom! I can’t go onstage like this!” I cried.
“Why not?”
“I’d be a laughing stock (笑柄)! ”
“Riley, look around you! You’re not the only one in an odd costume.”
“What if we just sneak out? No one will miss me.” I whispered.
Mom’s lips disappeared into a thin line, and I knew I had gone too far. “Riley, I’m going to watch you go out on that stage tonight. And that’s the end of it.” Then mom disappeared into the audience. I sat there, alone and bored, as the play began and the curtain rose on.
The two boys dressed as Two of Clubs (梅花2) near me chatted casually about this and that. Suddenly, they asked, “You’re awfully quiet. Is this your first show?” I tried to respond, but my voice caught in my throat and refused to escape. I coughed and nearly yelled, “YES!”
The Ace of Diamonds (方块A) sitting nearby laughed. “The audience will certainly hear you if you talk that loud. But you might have to clear your throat first, she chuckled. I gave them a weak smile.
“Don’t worry about us,” the Ace said. “We’re only teasing.”
“Yeah,” the Two said. “When you’ve done as many shows as we have, projecting will be second nature to you.”
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When my name was called, I stepped onto the stage uneasily.
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Suddenly I was determined to make a lasting impression.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . There were eight children in my family, and we never had enough money. Meeting basic needs was a constant
The first day when I walked in my new shoes, each step felt
The day I turned 18, I stood before my parents, my heart heavy with a(n)
Although the first shoes are now
A.struggle | B.promise | C.pleasure | D.comfort |
A.trousers | B.gloves | C.glasses | D.shoes |
A.physically | B.mentally | C.academically | D.socially |
A.protected | B.discouraged | C.freed | D.separated |
A.convenient | B.heavy | C.demanding | D.solid |
A.dignity | B.hope | C.challenge | D.harmony |
A.bear | B.understand | C.stress | D.transform |
A.decision | B.prediction | C.imagination | D.comment |
A.leave behind | B.go after | C.show off | D.figure out |
A.opinion | B.character | C.life | D.tradition |
A.balance | B.mix | C.competition | D.variety |
A.unknown | B.uneventful | C.unavoidable | D.unchanged |
A.with ease | B.at last | C.in return | D.on time |
A.perfect | B.valuable | C.gone | D.worn |
A.remind | B.guarantee | C.warn | D.cheat |