How can you buy a meal for lunch without any money in your pocket? Students in Class 9, Grade 8 at Mountain and Lake Middle School in Chengdu, Sichuan, have their ways. They give out flyers(传单), draw portraits(人物素描) and work as waiters.
The class, working in eight groups, finished the activity, Experiencing Life for Seven Hours, on March 18. “I found students waste their food in the canteen,” the class teacher, Deng Guirong, told Teens. “So I held this activity to help them understand how hard it is to make money.”
Jiang Yao, 15, and his group members stood in the streets giving out flyers for about two hours and got the money for their lunch. Then they worked as waiters in a pizza restaurant—cleaning the floor and toilets and getting food for guests. “We were busy all along, so we were terribly exhausted after the day’s hard work,” said Jiang. “We each got a pizza as a prize, which tasted much better than one I ate with my parents before.”
When Xie Ni’s group didn’t make any money in three hours, the members became nervous about their lunch. The 14 years old girl came up with the idea of drawing portraits to sell, “I sold four portraits and one tourist even paid us 100 yuan for his portrait.” said Xie.
Xie realized that life is really hard. “We have to work hard to get the money to pay for even a simple meal.” Xie said, “We must value the happy life today.”
On top of making money, each group was asked to do at least five good deeds during the seven hours. Students helped the old cross the road, gave directions to tourists and turned in a lost bus card.
1.From the teacher’s words, we can see that the students ________
A. usually waste food on their daily life.
B. realize life is really not easy
C. Know it’s hard to make money
D. have their own ways to get food without money
2.The underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 3 means ________
A. happy B. crazy C. tired D. boring
3.In order to make money, the students have done all except_________.
A. help the old cross the road
B. give out flyers
C. draw portraits.
D. work as waiters
4.The purpose of this activity is to ________
A. let the students get food
B. help the students learn to value their today’s life
C. help people in need
D. give the students a chance to learn to work
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Life Is Really Hard
B. It’s Good To Be A Volunteer
C. How To Work For People
D. Experiencing Life For Seven Hours
What does success mean? Is it becoming famous, rich, coming up with an idea that changes people’s lives, or helping others and feeling happy?
People who have a billion dollars, for example, are they successful? Why don’t they stop trying to make money then? Why would they possibly need more than a billion dollars? They try to make more because there will never be enough . They will never be happy enough.
If all that you’re working for is money, you will do terrible things to get it. If all that you want is a successful business, you will cheat people to get it . If all that you want is fame(名声)，you will give up your dignity to achieve it .
What’s the real success? For me, being rich or famous is not all to life. I might have a lot of readers now on Zen Habits, but I don’t feel that’s what makes me a success. I’ve been a success even when I had no readers, because I was doing what I loved. Even when no one else would have called me a successful man. I loved writing, and I was happy. Success isn’t about achieving something in the future, but about doing something right now that you love.
So, forget about success, and just find joy and love right now, in this moment. That is a success you can achieve, without any method. Just go out and do it.
1.Some people don’t stop making money because_____
A. they want to change their lives
B. making money can make them very happy
C. money will never be enough for them
D. they want to become the richest men in the world.
2.The underlined word “dignity” probably means________
A.尊严 B.智慧 C. 成就 D. 和睦
3.The writer felt happy when he _______
A. had a lot of readers B. made lots of money
C. began to write D. gave up his job
4.Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. People who have a billion dollars must be very happy.
B. Readers can read the writer’s articles on Zen Habits.
C. Success is very important to the writer.
D. The writer thinks if people want to own success, they should try many ways.
5.This passage talks about ______
A. fame B. business C. happiness D. success
Do you enjoy visiting a museum? Did you ever make a plan before a visit? Every museum must have something that attracts you. And there are many possible ways to enjoy yourself in a museum.
If you follow these steps below, you'll know what is worth seeing and doing, so that you can make the most of your time at the museum.
Decide what museum you will visit. There are so many different kinds of museums and you first need to find one that you like. It's easy for you to choose one and start an enjoyable visit!
Do some research online. Every museum now has a website which allows you to look through the information about it. On the website, you may look for such things as:
•The exhibits(展品)–See what is on show at the museum at all times, and what special exhibitions are held for a short time.
•The history of the museum –There will often be very interesting stories about the exhibits and the benefactors(捐赠者). That can make your visit more interesting.
•Activities –See whether there are talks, tours our special activities on the day when you visit. Many museums hold some activities that meet the interests of all age groups.
•Cost, food or shortage–It's important how much the visit will cost. You have to decide whether or not you can eat there. You might also need to find out transportation needs, as well as storage for coats, bags etc.
Learn at least one thing on your visit. It is always good to get something new from your visit.
Plan breaks into your visit. When you walk around, standing here and studying exhibits there, you may become very tired. So it is important to take breaks. A break is a good opportunity for you to think of what you have seen and what else you might want to do in museum.
Take a friend or two. Visiting museums is always a lot more fun when you are with someone else. You can talk over what you’re seeing. A friend also brings another way of thinking when you talk about the exhibit.
1.According to the passage, we should first ____.
A. do some research online
B. make a plan for lunch
C. decide on a museum to visit
D. choose a friend to go with
2.To make our visit more interesting, we can____.
A. organize activities like special shows and talks
B. read the stories about exhibits and benefactors
C. learn about the interests of all age groups
D. walk around the museum without breaks
3.According to the passage, when visitors decide to visit a museum, they don’t have to consider _______.
A. what exhibits are on show.
B. whether there are any activities
C. what the weather is like that day.
D. transportation needs and storage for coats, bags etc.
4.If we visit a museum with friends, we can____.
A. share the experience with them
B. come up with strange ideas
C. cut down the cost of the visit
D. discuss the next visit plan
5.What dose the massage mainly talk about？
A. What to do in a museum.
B. When to visit a museum.
C. Where to find a museum.
D. How to enjoy a museum.
A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he saw some ants who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their house. The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.
The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants. The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future.
Further along , the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch(女巫). The young man decided to save her, But the witch threw him a bag of sand mixed with small seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate(分开) the two, she would cut off his head before the sun came out.
The young man thought about his death. But his friends the ants came and helped him pass the test. The witch was very surprised. Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen girls with their faces covered. The shoemaker had to discover which one was the princess.
The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on a girl’s body. She is the true princess. When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changed into a crow. The young people fell in love and lived with animals happily.
1.The ants were very sad because__________
A. they didn’t find food.
B. they had a fight with a bear.
C. they felt very thirsty.
D. they didn’t have a house to live in.
2.The witch asked the shoemaker to separate ______from the sand.
A. small seeds B. rice
C. little stones. D. grapes
3.If the shoemaker couldn’t separate the two before ______, the witch would kill him.
A. early morning B. noon
C. afternoon D. evening
4.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “discouraged”?
A. 兴奋的 B. 无聊的 C. 泄气的 D. 伤心的
5.________helped the shoemaker find the true princess.
A. An ant B. A bee
C. A crow D. The witch
---Do you mind my sitting here? ---___________ .
A. No, of course not. B. Yes, please.
C. Yes, you can. D. No, why not?
—Hurry up! It’s time for exercise.
—OK. Let’s ______ our sports clothes .
A. wear B. put on C. have on D. dress up
