As a student, I was most afraid to answer questions in class, and I found that the students around were just like me. At the beginning of each class, when the teacher asked a question, I always lowered my head because I was afraid that the teacher saw me.
One day, in a foreign language class, Mr. Black gave us a lesson. He wanted us to be active in class, so he asked us some questions, but no one answered. "Let me tell you a story first," he said.
"When I came to the United States to study, the university often invited famous people to make speeches. Before the beginning of every speech, I found an interesting thing. The students around me always took a cardboard folded(折叠的) in half, wrote their names in bold(黑体) with the most eye-catching(引人注目的) color, and then placed the cardboard on the seat. So when the speaker needed the answers from the students, he could see it and call a listener's name directly."
"I couldn't understand that. My classmate told me the speakers were all top people, who meant chances. When your answer was to his surprise, it meant he might give you more chances. In fact, I really saw a few students got great chances because of that."
After listening to the story, I understood that the chance will not find you itself. You must show yourself all the time so that you can find a chance on the card.
根据上面短文的内容回答问题(每题不超过9个单词)
1.Why did the writer lower his head?
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2.What did Mr. Black want the students to do in his class?
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3.How did the speaker get to know the students' names?
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4.When might the speaker give you more chances according to the passage?
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5.How can you find a chance on the card?
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It’s a big challenge for you to complete any personal goal in time. And it always seems that you won’t have enough time to finish all you need to do. Do you know the way to make the time for your goal? Here are some tips which may help you.
Focus on(集中) one thing at a time. Remember not to take on too many goals at a time, or your energy will be used up soon. Once one goal is finished, you can go to the next one. Set up at least a month per goal.
Prioritize(优先处理)the most important. We have more than one thing to complete. If we put all the things before our goal, we won’t ever find the time for it. If we put our goal at the first place, we’ll make the time.
Keep your goal simple. It’s important not to make your goal too difficult. If you want to be slim, for example, you just need to develop the habit for your health, walking each day (or running, or cycling etc), drinking more water, eating fruits and vegetables instead of junk snacks.
Shut your door. Try to set a time that you won’t be disturbed (打扰). If you are disturbed from time to time, you really don't have the time to help out. So you must shut your door when working on the most important tasks. If so, you will get them done better.
Stop wasting time. In our daily life, there are many things wasting your time, such as watching drama series and going to bars. If you don’t do them, it won’t make a great difference to your life. So stop doing them to free up time for your goals.
If you follow the above, you will succeed in achieving your goal.
How to Make the Time for Your Personal Goals | ||
Some helpful 1. | Focus on one thing at a time. | One goal a time, or you may 2. up your energy. Set up at least a month per goal. |
Prioritize the most important | Don’t put other things before our goal. If your goal comes 3., we’ll make the time. | |
Keep your goal simple | It’s important not to make your goal 4.. To get slim, you need to develop a 5. habit. | |
Shut your door | You need to set a time to 6. being disturbed. Keep your door 7. if you want to get the goals done better. | |
Stopping wasting time | Many things are just a 8. of time like watching drama series and going to bars. It won’t 9. your life a lot if you don’t do them. Stop them to free up time for your goals. | |
You will achieve your goal 10. if you follow the above. | ||
How to protect children Web fans from unsuitable materials on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in the U.S.
For some parents, the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for their children. But jungles contain(包含) wonders as well as danger and with good guides, some education, and a few precautions(预防措施), the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated(领航). “Kids have to be on-line. If we tell our kids they can’t have chance to the Internet, we’re cutting them off from their future.” said an expert.
Most kids have started to use search engines. Many of them are great for finding plenty of interesting Internet sites, and they can also find places where you might not want your kids to go. There are some search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been chosen as safe. The most popular way to limit chance would be to use a “content screener(过滤器)”, but this can’t be wholly depended on, and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing the Internet.
Four other tips:
●Don’t put the PC in a child’s room but keep it in an area where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.
●Ask your child what he or she has been doing and about any friends they make on-line.
●Tell your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially like address and phone number.
●And tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.
1.The passage is mainly about the subject of___________.
A. being against children’s on-line B. Internet in America
C. enjoying Internet D. American children going on-line
2.The underlined word “jungle” properly means__________ in Chinese.
A. 泥潭 B. 旋涡 C. 丛林 D. 飓风
3.The best way to protect children from improper materials is_________.
A. to buy some search engines for the children
B. to be nearby when they are surfing the Internet
C. to educate the children and encourage them to tell right from wrong
D. to fix a content screener on the computer
4.Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A. Surfing the Internet is the best method of educating children.
B. Children’s not having chance to the Internet may have an influence on their future.
C. Content screeners can be wholly depended on to make children surf online safely.
D. All searching engines can help children to choose materials fit for them.
5.According to the passage, we can infer that________.
A. Internet contains some harmful sites B. a child who is on-line is in danger
C. Internet is a jungle full of danger D. children can tell anyone online their addresses
I made a decision on the way down to the vacation beach cottage to meet my family. For two weeks, I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was reading a Biblical about husbands’ being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to say that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Mary at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”
“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little confused(困惑). After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Mary suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Mary’s been here with the kid all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the company where I am a manager, and a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that is how the whole vacation passed. I made a new decision to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Mary and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Mary looked at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with sadness, “Do you know something I don’t …”
“What do you mean? ”
“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I couldn’t help laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, holding her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
1.In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably mean ____________.
A. probably B. completely C. impossibly D. unimportantly
2.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ____________.
A. alone B. with his family C. with Mary D. with his children
3.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because _____.
A. the doctor told him Mary was seriously ill
B. she looked beautiful in her new clothes
C. he made up his mind to be a good husband
D. he made a lot of money as a manager
4.What made Tom change his mind to be with his family more?
A. His wife’s illness. B. His vacation to the beach.
C. A talk on his car radio. D. His achievement from his job.
5.By saying “I am just starting to live,” Tom means that ____________.
A. he is beginning to feel sorry for what he did to his wife before
B. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
C. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
D. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
Look at the notice from the Students’ Union. It’s a description of students’ activities for the coming winter vacation.
Winners of Super Boys will come to our school on January 30th, 2014. They are going to give a concert in the school hall at 2：00 pm. Please come to the Students’ Union to get a half-price ticket to the concert before this Friday. |
Wouldn’t it be great if you could join us and go hiking around the West Hill for two days? We’ll start at 7：00 am on February 6th. Please come to the Students’ Union to sign your name and pay fifty yuan, 20 percent off for members of the Hiking Club. |
Are you interested in being a volunteer? We’ll go to a mountain village to give away books to the children there. We’ll work and study with them for a whole day. Please come to the school gate at 6：00 am on February 13th, 2014. Free of charge(免费). |
We’ll hold a party for the students who come from poor families and have to stay at school during the winter vacation. Would you like to join us? Please come to the reading room at 5：00 pm on January 28th. |
1.The notice is about .
A. free tickets B. students’ activities
C. the West Hill D. poor children
2.Betty likes music and wants to go to the concert, so she must arrive at the school hall before on January 30th, 2014.
A. 2：00 pm B. 7：00 am
C. 6：00 am D. 5：00 pm
3.If you are a volunteer, you will go to a mountain village .
A. on January 30th B. on February 6th
C. on February 13th D. on January 28th
4.If you want to take part in a party for poor students, you should go to on January 28th.
A. the school hall B. the West Hill
C. a mountain village D. the reading room
5.How much will Tom, a member of the Hiking Club, pay if he wants to go hiking around the West Hill?
A. 2 yuan. B. 50 yuan. C. 40 yuan. D. Nothing.
Have you ever _______ the story about moths(蛾)? Sometimes a story can change people’s ideas. This story certainly makes a _______. It’s a beautiful and touching story.
When I was about six _______ old, my younger brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still _______ of the dark, so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.
However, David _________ the grey moths flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked _______, he simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t _______ not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most _______ animals in the world.”
“One day, a moth saw the angels _______. They were sad because it was raining heavily. The ________ little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies(蝴蝶)________, they could make a beautiful rainbow together.”
“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to________ any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them ________ a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more________ the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.”
“Then the once-colorful moths became________. The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared moths since then.
1.A. heard of B. looked at C. looked into D. looked up
2.A. pleasure B. difference C. difficulty D. problem
3.A. weeks B. days C. months D. years
4.A. afraid B. sure C. proud D. tired
5.A. liked B. hated C. heard D. killed
6.A. how B. what C. when D. why
7.A. mean B. make C. know D. hope
8.A. beautiful B. interesting C. energetic D. active
9.A. laughing B. playing C. crying D. talking
10.A. kind B. angry C. ugly D. sad
11.A. refused B. advised C. helped D. left
12.A. give up B. pick up C. put up D. look up
13.A. made B. liked C. worked D. achieved
14.A. unless B. until C. after D. since
15.A. red B. yellow C. green D. grey
