This is a glass of water, tasteless, right? However if you add sugar, it will taste sweet, but if you add vinegar,（醋）it will become bitter. The same is true with our life. The taste of life is created by our choices.
If kindness is added to a stranger, you will have a friend; but if hostility（敌意） is added, you will have an enemy. If love is added to a pile(堆) of red bricks（砖） you will have a home, but if hate is add to those bricks , you will have an concentration camp（集中营）.So my dear friends，never complain that life is boring and the world is disappointing. If you don’t like the taste of your life, change it yourself.
Three years ago, I weighed more than 100 hundred kilograms which caused much difficulty in my life, like always failing my P.E examinations, always being laughed at by girls, and being terrified to speak in public. It was my grandmother’s encouragement that changed my life. She said “My dear, if you can’t change your appearance, why not treat it as your own style.” So I began to accept the new way of thinking and developed the confidence to make a difference and finally I found a totally new world.
So my dear friend, if faith, hope, love, endurance are added to your life, you will find the confidence to work out all your problems.
1.If love is added to a pile of red bricks, what will you get?
A. An concentration camp. B. A home. C. A friend. D. An enemy.
2.What difficulty did I have three years ago?
A.I always failed P.E examinations. B.I was laughed at by girls.
C.I was terrified to speak in public D. All above.
3.If we don’t like our life, we should ______________.
A. add sugar in it B. add vinegar in it
C. use red bricks to make a home. D. change it ourselves.
4.What do the underline words mean?
A. You should pay attention to others’ opinions.
B. Be yourself and accept yourself as what you are.
C. You should always change yourself.
D. You’d better treat yourself as carefully as you can.
Where has the Time gone? is the hottest song that has moved thousands of Chinese. Chinese parents give their children endless love and ask nothing in return. However, sometimes, daughters and sons are too busy growing up and forget that their parents are getting older and older. What should we do? Let’s have a look at a letter of a father’s.
Dear son，
One day if you see me old and I am not myself, have patience and try to understand me. If I get dirty when eating…, if I cannot dress…, have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I speak to you, I say the same things one thousand and one times, do not stop me and listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you one thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep.
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame（羞辱） me nor scold（责备） me. Remember when I had to chase you with a thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath.
When you see me meet something new, give me the necessary time and don’t laugh at me. I taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well… to face life.
If I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
When sometimes I lose the memory during our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember. And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous because the most important thing is not my conversation but to be with you and to have you listen to me.
Yours,
Father
1.What do the Chinese parents often do?
A. They often get dirty when eating.
B. They often read stories to their children at night.
C. They give their children endless love and ask nothing in return.
D. They often refuse to take a shower.
2.What would the father do, if he wanted his son to go to sleep?
A. He would read the same story many times to make his son sleep.
B. He would invent many excuses.
C. He would scold his son.
D. He would teach his son to count sheep.
3.According the father, what should you do, when your old parents lose the memory during your conversation?
A. Go on talking with them. B. Leave them alone.
C. Go for a walking with them. D. Be with them and listen to them.
4.Why does the writer write this passage?
A. To introduce the song, Where has the Time gone?
B. To show what we should do when our parents are old.
C. To show a father’s love to his son.
D. To complain that we are too busy.
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her family have just ended their one-week trip in China. The whole world has paid attention to the two elegant and beautiful first ladies who have made a difference in the relationship(关系) between China and the U.S.A.
Mrs. Obama has visited the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, and the pandas. She has tasted Peking Duck and experienced some other Chinese traditional culture. It is hoped that this trip to China can bring a real understanding of our eastern world to the first family of the United States.
Today, the number of exchange students between China and the U.S. has reached more than 4 million every year. There are more than 11,000 people traveling to and from each side of the Pacific（太平洋）. If the two countries can increase the exchange in travel, language, cuisine, and cultural understanding, this will help a lot in improving the understanding between the two countries.
Education was an important theme of Mrs. Obama’s visit, and it is crucial to the development of Sino-US relationship. China has an ancient tradition of placing a high value on education, and the first lady herself is an outstanding example of a person who changed her own destiny(命运) through education. She took education as the key theme of her speech at Peking University, encouraging students from the two countries to learn more about and get wider experience of each other.
1.The whole world has paid attention to the two wonderful ladies because ___________.
A. they are elegant and beautiful
B. they have made a difference in the relationship between China and the U.S.A.
C. they pay attention to education
D. they hope students can learn from each other
2.Mrs. Obama has visited the following places except___________.
A. Terracotta Warriors B. the Forbidden City
C. the Great Wall D. the Summer Palace
3.The underline word “Sino” in the fourth paragraph probably means ______
A. China B. Japan C. Canada D Australia
4.The theme of Mrs. Obama’s speech at Peking University is_________
A. understanding B. education C. Sino-US relationship D. exchange students
Travel in Europe
France
France is a great place for all the people in the world to travel. The Eiffel Tower(埃菲尔铁塔), which is 320 meters high, is the symbol of Paris. It was built in 1889. The Triumphal Arch(凯旋门) was finished in 1836. It’s a world famous building, too. Besides, you can also enjoy the colorful streets, the beautiful river Seine, the glorious palaces, the romantic people, and the old history.
Spain (西班牙)
When traveling in Spain, you shouldn’t miss Madrid(马德里), the capital of Spain. It has many fantastic travel sights including Royal Palace of Madrid.（马德里皇宫） Royal Palace of Madrid is the third largest palace in Europe. You can’t imagine how beautiful it is until you take a trip there. If you happen to be in Madrid in the bullfighting(斗牛) season, you can try watching it, because bullfighting(斗牛) plays a crucial role in Spanish culture!
Switzerland （瑞士）
As we all know Switzerland is the land of watches. Whatever you do, don’t miss watching its clock and watch museum. And you can find it in Geneva, the capital of Switzerland. If you like skiing（滑雪）, Switzerland has the world's best Ski resorts, Mount Titlis(铁力士雪山).It’s known as the Ski paradise(天堂) all over the world.
1.Where can you enjoy the beautiful river Seine?
A. In France B. In Spain C. In Britain D. In Switzerland
2.If you are crazy about skiing, which travel spotlight might you go to?
A.The Eiffel Tower. B. Royal Palace of Madrid
C. The Triumphal Arch D. Mount Titlis
3.The three passages above may be from____________.
A. story books B. travel magazines
C .science books D. newspapers
Long long ago, in a small, lonely village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog heard of this place and decided to pay a _________. He ran all of his way with a happy heart. When he _________, he jumped happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. There was a hole in the door. He looked __________ the hole with his ears lifted high and his tail（尾巴） shaking as fast as it ___________. To his great surprise, he found himself looking at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails shaking just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly as__________. As he left the House, he said to himself, "This is a ____________place. I will come back and visit it often."
In this same village, ___________ little dog, who was sad and in blue all the day, decided to visit the house, __________. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the hole in the door. To his great ___________, he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs looking at him, so he growled at them right away. Then he was terrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a terrible place, and I will never come _______ and visit it."
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
1.A. travel B. trip C. visit D. ride
2.A. arrived B. got C. reached D. got to
3.A. across B. at C. through D. past
4.A. could B. can C. possible D. would
5.A. him B. his C. it D. he
6.A. terrible B. bad C. wonderful D. strange
7.A. the other B. other C. others D. another
8.A. either B. too C. also D. neither
9.A. surprised B. surprising C. surprise D. surprises
10.A. in B. into C. back D. by
In order to let more people pay attention to their plan, they _________ some signs on the wall.
A. put on B. put up C. set up D. give up
