When you wake up every day，once again to see this beautiful world，when your parents，teachers and friends give you help，will you know how to be grateful？And when you feel unlucky and make mistakes，will you still be thankful?
Yu Dan，a professor at the Beijing Normal University，made a report about Gratitude Education(感恩教育)．It will affect Chinese people，especially the teenagers.
Nowadays，some teenagers only care about things outside.They often behave badly.For example，they fight with each other，use phones in class，be rude to their parents and teachers and so on.Most of them don't know love，respect and gratefulness.
Being grateful or thankful is very important.(A)It_is_impossible_for_anyone_to_be_lucky_and_successful_all_the_time_as_long_as_he_lives_in_the_world.We should learn how to face failure or bad luck bravely and try to deal with it.As we know，“Life is a mirror.When you smile in front of it，it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it.” If you are grateful to life，it will bring you shining sunlight.If you always complain about everything，you may own nothing in the end.
I think the teenagers should be grateful to life even when we are unsuccessful or unlucky.We have many reasons for being grateful.For example，being grateful is a way to communicate with adults.And it is a way to sing for our life which comes just from our love and hope.
If each of us has an attitude of being grateful，we'll lead a better and more beautiful life.So remember，being grateful forever.
1.在文中找出“grateful”的同义词。__________
2.How do some teenagers behave badly according to the passage?
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3.请把(A)处画线的句子翻译成汉语。
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4.List two reasons for being grateful when teenagers are unsuccessful or unlucky.
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5.Give a title to the passage.
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1.Music can offer__________(please)to us，so many people like listening to it.
2.Her dream of__________ (enter) the famous university came true last year.
3.As we all know，Zhou Enlai was one of the greatest__________(lead)．
4.Mr.Brown would like to give all his money to__________(medicine) research.
5.He felt much_________ (sad) than before when he heard the bad news.
1.We were preparing some food for the__________(野餐) when they came into the house.
2.I met a woman who was wearing a__________ (粉红色的) scarf at the bus station yesterday.
3.She seems too young to__________(应付) three children and that big house.
4.Our__________(社区) has its own library.We often read books there.
5.We all think the little boy should be__________(表扬) for his honesty.
“I don't like my parents.They always tell me I should do this，and should not do that.It sometimes makes me angry，”said Zhang Hua，a middle school student in Guangzhou.Do you have the same problem？Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago.Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes?
One of the biggest problems is when someone becomes a parent，he/she likes worrying about things.They worry about everything about you from the time you were born.They do a lot for you，though something would make you angry，because they care about you and worry about you.They worry about your choice of friends，food you eat，your work at school，how much sleep you get，etc.All these things are part of your life.They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself？It's easier than you think.Just make sure your parents know what you're doing.Get them to know your friends.Phone them if you stay somewhere else late so that your parents don't call every hospital in the phone book looking for you.Say sorry to them when you make mistakes.Take responsibility(责任)for what you have done.Talk about your ideas with them.They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all，try to think about why your parents do this or do that.They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them.Some day，when you become a parent，they may be able to help you know how to get on with your children.
1.The writer thinks one of the biggest problems for parents is to ________．
A. worry about themselves B. worry about their children
C. hate their children D. be friendly with their children
2.All the things that parents do is to ________．
A. make their children angry
B. want their children to love them
C. want their children to grow up healthily and happily
D. want their children to do everything well in the future
3.The writer thinks we should ________ if we go back home later than usual.
A. tell our friends B. tell the teacher
C. say sorry to our parents D. make a telephone call to our parents
4.The writer thinks ________．
A. it's wrong for parents to worry about their children too much
B. some parents are unfriendly，which makes their children angry
C. children should do everything as their parents say
D. parents love their children very much and the children should understand them
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Parents' responsibility
B. How to get on with parents
C. Zhang Hua's problem
D. What are parents worrying about
Inventions | |
| The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. It made communications easier. But the telephones were only fixed in post offices. People had to go there to make calls to faraway people and the fees were very high. Later, a cellphone was developed in 1973 in America. It was one of the most useful inventions. People can use cellphones to communicate with others much more easily. They can take them anywhere to make private calls, even vision calls (可视电话). Cellphones have many other functions, such as sending messages, taking photos and reading online. |
| The first TV set was invented by an English scientist, John Baird, in 1926. The invention helped people watch films at home instead of going to the cinema as before. At first, TV sets only broadcast black - white pictures. Several years later, colored TV sets made the pictures lively. However, they were heavy and thick, so it was difficult to move them. Then, digital TV sets came into being. They are light and thin. Many TV programs are available (可获得的) at any time. At present, people can use the IPTV( 网络电视) to record and replay programs. |
| The first modern computer was invented in America in 1946. It was as big as a room. It improved the speed and exactitude of calculation (计算). In the 1950s, desktop computers were invented in the same country. They became smaller and could be put on the desk. Since then, they have become very important in many fields of work and leisure. Before the 1970s, the computers were single. It was the Internet that joined the computers into a big family, so they could share information with one another. Around 1985, laptops were developedin Japan. They were much smaller and could be put on people's laps. They were light and easy to take. |
1.The first cellphone was invented.
A. in 1876 B. in 1926 C. in 1946 D. in 1973
2.People could watch films before 1926.
A. in the cinema B. on the computer
C. on the cellphone D. on TV
3.A scientist from _invented desktop computers.
A. China B. the USA C. the UK D. Japan
4.The first modem computer was used for?
A. calculating
B. joining the computers into a big family
C. playing games
D. sharing information with one another
5.Which of the following is right?
A. Cellphones can't be used for making vision calls.
B. Digital TV sets are light and thick.
C. The first modem computer was as big as a desktop computer.
D. The Internet connects computers together.
Many people ask me what my favorite invention is.I find it very hard to answer them，because there are so many things in my life that I can choose.However，I have chosen a pen.Don't you think it's surprising?
I know that to most people a pen is very boring，but，to me，it stands for possibility(可能)．There are so many things you can do with a pen.You can write a novel or a song，record information，or draw a picture.
A pen is like the beginning of something amazing to me.Every day，I write a new page with my pen，and I am slowly making a path(路)for my future.Maybe I will be a scientist and change the world with my discoveries.Maybe I'll become a musician and touch people's hearts with my music.Or perhaps I will be a writer and move people through words，or a teacher to help children grow into the kind of people that they want to be.
There are so many possibilities as to what I will do with my life，but I know that with the pen in my hand，I will write a good future for myself.Tell me what future you will write for yourself.
1.People may feel ________ after they know the writer's choice.
A. bored B. interested C. excited D. surprised
2.The writer thinks a ________ can move people through words.
A. scientist B. musician C. writer D. teacher
3.The underlined word “discoveries” means “ ________ ” in Chinese.
A. 力气 B. 汗水 C. 理智 D. 发现
4.The writer wants to tell us ________．
A. why a pen is the most important invention for him
B. what a pen can help him do
C. why he wants to have a good pen
D. what person he will become in the future
5.Where does the passage most probably come from?
A. A grammar book. B. A science website.
C. A dictionary. D. A sports magazine.
