I’ll never forget that summer day in 1965 when my mother suddenly died of an unexplained illness at the age of 36. Later that afternoon, a police officer stopped by to ask my father if the hospital could use Mother’s corneas(角膜). I was shocked. “The doctors want to dissect Mum and give her away to other people!” I thought as I ran into the house in tears.
“How can you let them do that to her?” I screamed at my father. “My mum came into this world in one piece and that is how she should go out.”
“Linda,” Father said quietly, putting his arm around me, “the greatest gift you can give is a part of yourself. Your mother and I decided long ago that if we can make a difference in just one person’s life after we die, our death will have meaning.” He went on to explain they had both decided to donate their organs(器官).
The lesson my father taught me that day became one of the most important in my life.
Years passed. I married and had a family of my own. In 1980, my father became seriously ill and moved in with us. He cheerfully told me that when he died, he wanted me to donate his eyes. “Sight is one of the greatest gifts a person can give,” he said.
I told Wendy what her grandpa had said, and with tears in her eyes, she went into her grandpa’s room and gave him a big hug. She was only fourteen years old------the same age at which I was introduced to such a thing. What a difference!
My father died on April 11,1986, and we donated his eyes as he had wanted. Three days later, Wendy said, “Mum, I’m so proud of you for what did for Grandpa.”
At that moment, I realized that my father gave much more than his eyes.
1.How was it for the writer to agree the hospital’s use of her mother’s corneas?
A. Easy B. Possible C. Simple D. Difficult
2.According to the passage, the underlined word “dissect” may be best replaced by___________.
A. cut up B. search for C. move away D. burn away
3.Why did the writer finally agree on her mother’s donation?
A. Because she was afraid of her father
B. Because she didn’t care about it any more
C. Because she was too young to stop it.
D. Because her father explained to her
4.What did Wendy think of her grandpa’s donation?
A. At first she couldn’t accept it, but she agreed in the end.
B. She begged her mother not to donate her grandpa’s eyes.
C. She felt proud of her grandpa’s donation
D. She thought it normal and didn’t car about it much.
Successful students have good study habits. They have these habits in all of their lessons. Read about each study habit. Work to develop any study habit you do not have.
Try not to do too much studying at one time.
If you try to do too much studying at one time, you will get tired easily and your studying will not be very effective. Taking short breaks will help get back your mental energy.
Try to study at the same times each day.
Studying at the same times each day makes it become a regular part of your life, just like sleeping and eating. When a study time comes up during the day, you will be mentally prepared to begin studying.
Set clear goals for their study times.
Goals will help you stay focused(专心致志) and check your progress. Simply sitting down to study has little value. You must be very clear about what you want to get during your study time.
Start studying when planned
You may not start your studying on time because you don’t like a task or think it is too hard. If you do this, you are procrastinating. If you procrastinate for any reason, you will find it difficult to get everything done when you need to. You may rush to make up the time you wasted getting started, resulting in careless work and mistakes.
Work on the task they find most difficult first.
Your most difficult task will require the most effort. Start with your most difficult task since this is when have the most mental energy.
Review their notes before beginning a task.
Reviewing your notes can help you make sure you are doing a task correctly. Also, your notes may include information that will help you complete a task.
Review their schoolwork over the weekend.
Yes, weekends should be fun in time. But there is also time to do some review. This will help you be ready to go on Monday morning when another school week begins.
1.What does the underlined word “procrastinate” mean in Chinese?
A. 推迟 B.放弃 C.防止 D.推诿
2.Why should we work on the most difficult task first?
A. Because it is easy for us to solve it correctly
B. Because we have more mental energy than any other time
C. Because we don’t feel it more difficult
D. Because it requires the most time
3.The writer will agree with the opinion that____________
A .not reviewing will result in careless work
B. taking as many breaks as possible is helpful
C. studying at the same time is as easy as sleeping
D. goals can help you get your work done
Every summer morning, I know I am going to my favourite place to volunteer and make a difference in someone’s life just by being with him or her-----a summer school for children with autism(孤独症)。
By helping the kids read or do math, I am not only teaching important skills but also helping them feel like any other kid. There are many wrong ideas about autism. The kids I work with can think and feel. They need help only in certain areas.
Of course, each kid is special. For example, some kids like to draw, and others like to sing.
At the school, the kids learn through about 20 activities. These activities can help them learn skills they will need later in life.
The very first day I volunteered, a boy came up to me, put his hand on my shoulder and said “Hello.” From then on, I knew I could make a difference.
Another boy loved to have me read books that can help him learn to read. Sometimes he could be encouraged to read a few words or sentences. Finally, one day during reading practice, he read nearly 220 words himself!
Summer school is also a time for fun. Last summer, bagpipe(风筝)players came to perform. Most of us had our hands over our ears because they were so loud. When they asked for a volunteer from the audience, one girl raise her hand as high as she could, got up on stage and even tried the bagpipes in front of everyone.
Through these experiences, I realize that the challenges these kids face do not stop them from doing many amazing things. I’m teaching them, but they are teaching me as well.
1.According to Paragraph 2, many people think those kids______________
A. can’t read or do math
B. don’t have important skills
C. don’t play with other kids
D. can’t think or feel
2.The writer believed he could make a difference when______________
A. a boy let him read books
B. a boy greeted him actively
C. a boy could read by himself
D. a girl tried the bagpipes
3.What does the writer mainly talk about in the passage?
A. His teaching experience in a summer holiday
B. How to make a difference in others’ lives
C. His experience as a volunteer in a special summer school
D. What the life of the children with autism is like
Our environment is being polluted faster. Man’s present efforts cannot prevent it .Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities and the growing use of man-made materials.
What can explain and solve this problem ?The fact is that pollution is caused by man ----by his desire(欲望) for a modern way of life. We make “industrialization(工业化)”our main aim. So we seem to be ready to give up everything: clear air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. Large numbers of people are moving from the countryside into the cities, looking forward to the modern life. But as our world has developed so fast in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem.
Isn’t it time for us to stop to ask ourselves where we are going-----and why? It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot who was heard over the loudspeaker, “I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re flying at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we’re lost and don’t know where we’re going.” The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when we talk about our modern society.(社会)
1.According to the passage, what does man believe to be the most important?
A. Industry B. Health C. Clean air D. The future of the children
2.The story about the airline pilot tells us that______________.
A. man knows where the society is going
B. people do not welcome the fast development of modern society.
C. man can do little about the problem of pollution.
D. the writer is worried about the future of the our society
3.What does the writer really want to say in this passage?
A. Pollution has become a serious problem
B. Lower the speed of development to stop pollution.
C. It’s time for us to take action to reduce pollution
D. As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.
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A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet．He held up a which said：“I am blind, please ．”He was there for several hours, but there were only a few coins in the hat．
A man was walking by．He took a few coins from his and dropped them into the hat．He then took the sign, it over, and wrote some words．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new ．
Soon the hat began to up .A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man who had written the words came to see how things were．The boy recognized （识别）his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the ．I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was,“Today is a day but I cannot see it．”
Should we be that the second sign was more effective(有效的)?
1.A. sign B. book C. letter D. newspaper
2.A. wait B. leave C. help D. look
3.A. box B. hat C. table D. pocket
4.A. threw B. turned C. put D. looked
5.A. buildings B. boards C. words D. beggars
6.A. get B. look C. stand D. fill
7.A. changed B. saw C. took D. missed
8.A. scene B. duty C. truth D. name
9.A. windy B. beautiful C. foggy D. cloudy
10.A. careful B. active C. satisfied D. surprised
--- Hi, Jack. We will go on an outing this weekend. Would you like to join us?
---- ___________. That’s the last thing in the world I would ever want to do.
A. It depends. B. With pleasure.
C. It’s up to you. D. No, thanks.
