Sometimes people come into your life and you know at once that they were sure to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be: your classmate, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that every moment they will affect your life in some serious way.
Sometimes things happen to you. At the time they may seem terrible, painful and unfair. But later you realize that without getting over those difficulties you would have never realized your further ability and strength. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.
The people you meet affect your life, and the successes and failure you experience, create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.
Enjoy every day even every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
1.The people we meet .
A. all know where to find us
B. serve us on no purpose
C. will change us in some way
2.From the passage, we know that bad things can make us .
A. terribly meet bad luck
B. realize our further ability
C. find no serious success
3.The underlined word "poignant" in the passage means " ".
A. 平淡的 B. 明显的 C. 深刻的
4.The writer's advice is that we should .
A. never talk to strange people
B. learn as much as we can each day
C. get over difficulties painfully
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Create Your Own Life
B. Hold Your Head Up
C. People You Meet in Life
You probably know you should say “ please” and “thank you ” at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?
Keep It Down! You have to notice the volumeof your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can’t hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. Not one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears, so even if you are alone when listening to our MP3 player, you shouldn’t have it turned up too high.
Take Them off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 player off and put it away. Libraries and schools don’t allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don’t have rules, but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it just doesn’t make sense to listen to your MP3 player at event. Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.
Take One Out! Once in a while it’s okay just to take out one earphone and not other. Imagine you are listening to your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone and it’s not for you.
It’s Your Choice! There are times when you need to decide what is the best. For example, some people can listen to music on their MP3 Players when reading books, while others think it is disturbing. In cases like this, you need to do what seems right for you.
1.The underlined word “volume” in Paragraph Two probably means .
A. the type of music
B. the amount of a sound
C. the length of a song
2.We should turn down the music when we are alone because loud music .
A. is not enjoyable
B. makes us tired
C. hurts our ears
3.If we listen to our MP3 player at a play, .
A. the theater won’t allow it
B. we will miss part of the play
C. others won’t hear the play well
4.We can take one earphone out when we .
A. show others the way
B. talk to fiends on the phone
C. watch a sporting event
5.What can be the best title of this passage?
A. Music Lovers B. Music Manners C.MP3 Players
Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.
1.How many books has Dou Kou written?
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A．Three. |
B．Four. |
C．Five |
D．Six |
2.Thanks to his _____, Dou Kou could write his books.
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A．mother |
B．father |
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C．school life |
D．life in different cities |
3.Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____.
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A．when he wrote fairy tales |
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B．before his father taught him how to learn something |
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C．after he went to school |
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D．after his mother taught him how to learn something |
4.The underlined(划线的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _____.
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A．is different from other children |
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B．doesn’t tell the truth. |
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C．is the same as other children |
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D．likes his books |
5.Which is the best title?
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A．Three Books by a child |
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B．How to Write a Fairy Tales |
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C．How Clever the Boy is |
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D．Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer |
With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the 21 building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy 22 fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 23 cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that 24 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone 26 achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school 27 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 28 by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 29 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 30 seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 31 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 33 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 34 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 35 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
1.A. largest B. highest C. earliest
2.A. seldom B. hardly C. almost
3.A. enjoyed B. needed C. made
4.A. while B. though C. if
5.A. heart B. hope C. body
6.A. by B. for C. from
7.A. as B. since C. until
8.A. pleased B. beaten C. moved
9.A. used B. spent C. took
10.A. Here B. There C. It
11.A. However B. Sometimes C. Then
12.A. friends B. helpers C. exercise
13.A. tried B. saw C. did
14.A. thinking B. talking C. proud
15.A. point B. go C. turn
–How about going to the Disneyland together?
–
A. Enjoy yourself!
B. Good luck!
C. Sounds like a good idea!
– Which movies do you prefer, comedies or action movies?
– I watch action movies see comedies.
A. would rather; than
B. like; better
C. prefer; to
