假设你的笔友Tony因上期高三期末数学考试未及格而倍受打击，情绪低落。请你 (王华)写一封信给他，鼓励他重拾自信，实现梦想。
注意：
1、词数不少于120个；
2、不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。
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We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. Earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenager daughter Holly practice her driving.
At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. I enjoyed having it, but I said, “Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that won’t last.”
After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted, “Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck.”
My heart sank and my mind was flooded with conflicting thoughts. Was anyone hurt? Who else was involved? As I ran to the door, I heard a voice in my heart say, “Here is a chance to show Holly what you really love. She’ll never forget it.”
The accident had occurred in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van (搬运车). In her inexperience, she had confused the brakes and the gas pedal. Holly was unhurt physically, but when I reached her, she was crying and saying, “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.
Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the story. Her eyes moistened(湿润) and she said, “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad’s car and ran into a log that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.” Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of that night. It was a deep wound on her soul.
I remember how sad Holly was the night and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly thinks back on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of property. I repaired the van, but the dent (凹痕) in my truck is still there today. Every day it reminds me of what really matters in my life.
1.Why did the father permit his daughter to drive his truck? (No more than 5 words) (2 marks)
2.How did the accident happen? (No more than 11 words) (3 marks)
3.What happened to the author’s friend after she ruined her dad’s car?
(No more than 11 words) (2 marks)
4.What does the writer try to tell us according to the passage? (No more than 10 words) (3 marks)
Food makes us feel good, but some people eat when they aren’t really hungry and eat to simply feel good. This kind of eating habit is called emotional eating, which does not affect adults but also young children. It isn’t a good thing.
A child’s eating habits can develop right from childhood. As we know, a baby cries out if he doesn’t get milk at the usual time of the day. However, sometimes parents immediately stick a bottle in a child’s mouth without trying to find out if the child is really hungry. In fact, children may cry for other reasons. Even as children grow up and start going to school, parents sometimes give them a chocolate bar if they become really unhappy. As the children further grow up, they may become used to having a snack whenever they’re upset or low.
Therefore, they’d like to eat an emotional snack when they have the feeling of unhappiness and boredom. Even when they don’t get high grades, aren’t popular at school or made fun of by others, they will want something to eat. After having the snack, they feel a lot better.
Emotional eating in young children is a thing that needs to be taken seriously. To protect your children from emotional eating, you should satisfy your child’s emotional needs in the best possible way. This includes spending time with your child every day, taking an interest in his school work, helping your child study, providing a health environment without tension at home, etc. Don’t make the child lose face by scolding him. Develop confidence in your child. Make your child eat enough once in a while. Reward him for his achievements.
All this will help your little one develop a healthy eating habit. And always remember love and care is the key to help you child out of trouble and grow up happily.
Title: 1. in Young Children
2. | Eating for feeling good instead of for 3. . |
Causes | forming the habit when 4. feeling 5. feeling 6. and getting low grades being made fun of by others |
7. | staying with your child for some time every day being 8. in your child’s studies and help him study providing a healthy environment without tension at home avoiding 9. to make him ashamed making your child 10. in himself giving your child enough to eat once in a while giving your child reward for what he has achieved |
Conclusion | Love and care helps children out of trouble. |
Although cats may be one of the most popular pets today, little is known about how and when humans and cats set up their close relationship.
The earliest evidence for human–cat interaction dates back to prehistoric Cyprus（史前塞浦路斯）, where the remains of a wild cat and a human — dated 9,500 years old — were found buried together.
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed the first direct evidence of a human–domestic cat relationship among Chinese farmers 5,300 years ago. Researchers studied the bones of cats, dogs, deer and other animals unearthed in an excavation (挖掘) near a village in Central China. By using some ways, scientists showed that the cats were living on a mostly millet(黍)–based diet, just like the domesticated dogs and pigs from the site.
"The most reasonable explanation for a high consumption of millet–based food is that the cats had formed a stable and mutual relationship with humans and could easily feed on rodents (啮齿动物) around human villages, find leftover food or even have been fed by people intentionally," said Hu Yaowu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, whose research focuses on the relationship between humans and domesticated animals.
"It is very interesting for us to find the consumption of millet-based foods by the cats, since this kind of evidence had long been missing.” Hu explains. Since cats usually eat meat, such a diet would be unexpected, unless the cats were being fed by people, the study argues. The researchers also found that one of the cats survived to reach old age, implying that it had a safe place to live and enough to eat.
Why the farmers wanted to keep cats nearby or make them "pets" could be answered by other evidence. Chinese archaeologists found some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents — a vermin (害兽) that cats could certainly have helped with.
The simplified theory is that rats were attracted to the food of farmers, and so were harmful to farmers. Cats were attracted to the rats, and so farmers formed a mutually beneficial relationship with cats, taking care of them in return for pest control.
1.The evidence found in the remains dating back to prehistoric Cyprus means .
A. human made cats pets as early as 9,500 years ago
B. human interacted with cats very early
C. cats didn’t appear until prehistoric Cyprus
D. when cats became domesticated
2.Apart from cats, Hu Yaowu and his teams may also study .
A. the preventions of pests from grains
B. the history of Chinese farming
C. the dogs and pigs
D. the ways to keep pets
3.Which of the following is NOT the evidence of Chinese farms’ keeping cats?
A. Cats didn’t feed on meat.
B. The cats consumed large amounts of millet–based foods.
C. One of the cats survived to reach old age.
D. Some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents.
4.What are the reasons for farmers to keep cats?
A. Helping keep other domesticated animals.
B. Not letting cats eat food.
C. Supplying meat for human.
D. Helping reduce the amount of pests.
5.In which part of a newspaper would be the passage most probably appear .
A. Entertainment B. Environment
C. Human and Science D. Life and fashion
The younger daughter of former New York Mayor Richard White has moved her wedding from New Year’s Eve to this Thursday so her mother, who has been fighting against cancer for 11 years, can take part in the ceremony, a family spokesman said on Wednesday, Oct, 12, 2013. Elizabeth Lally White, who turns 28 on Thursday, will marry Sam Peterson in Spiaggia, a restaurant on North Michigan Avenue. The reception also will be held at the restaurant, which had been previously scheduled to host the couple’s engagement party on Thursday.
Lally White’s mother, Maggie, 68, was reported to have caught breast cancer in 2002. She had an operation in her leg in April and she was hospitalized twice in the weeks following the procedure for treatment of flu-like symptoms that doctors said were not related to the cancer. Maggie, who has used a walker or a wheelchair during most public appearances in recent years, is well beyond the average survival time for someone with breast cancer.
“As the mayor himself has said, she had a pretty difficult summer.” said Jacquelyn Heard, who served Mayor White’s press secretary for years and followed him to the same international law firm that he joined after leaving office in May. “She was not able to get around the way that she normally would do. This year, she has had quite a few setbacks and they’ve been pretty well documented. Lally White decided to reschedule the wedding so that her mom can participate in the festivities (庆祝活动).” Heard said. Lally White is a doctoral candidate at De-Paul University and plans to work with autistic (孤独症) children, and Sam Peterson works in insurance, Heard said.
Richard and Maggie White married in 1972 and had three children in addition to Lally — Nora, Patrick and Kevin. But Kevin was born with a disease and died in 1981 at 33 months.
1.When was Elizabeth Lally White born?
A. In 1983. B. In 1987. C. In 1985. D. In 1984.
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Maggie, 68, is recovering now.
B. Maggie caught breast cancer in 2002.
C. The cancer caused some flu-like symptoms on Maggie.
D. Average breast cancer patients lived a life shorter than Maggie.
3.Why did Lally White reschedule her wedding?
A. She was afraid that her mother couldn’t participate her wedding on New Year’s Eve.
B. She was eager to work with autistic children after wedding.
C. Her family will move out of New York.
D. Her mother will accept operation because of her disease.
4.How many children did the former mayor and his wife give birth to?
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The political life of former Mayor.
B. The brave wife of former Mayor.
C. The wedding of former Mayor’s daughter.
D. The family life of former Mayor.
It is generally believed that we are getting cleaned when we step under a shower. We are, but we’re also giving a home to lots of tiny little creatures we didn’t even know about. A showerhead carries thousands of bacteria called Mycobacterium．These can cause problems like coughs and tiredness, and a general feeling of poorliness (身体不舒服). When you turn on the water, the bacteria go from the showerhead onto and into your body.
This is a finding of Norman R. Pace and his team at the University of Colorado, in the US. The scientists investigated bacteria in all kinds of human environment, including showers．Pace's team looked at 45 showerheads in nine American cities. They discovered that 30 percent of them had large amounts of flying Mycobacterium.
But Pace said that they pose few threats to the health．Only those with a weak immune system might need to worry．He told the New York Times that the bacteria are not as unpleasant as might be thought．He said that having a shower is no more dangerous than anything else we do in the morning．
But for those who feel sick about the idea of all those microorganisms (微生物), he had some advice. Let the water run for 30 seconds before getting into the shower. Why? The number of bacteria is smaller than that when the water is just turned on. If that seems like a waste of water, he added that you could also change your showerhead every few months.
However, Pace had good news too. He has also been testing the air in US subways. Apart from iron particles (粒子), which are ground off the track by the wheels of trains, subway air is fresh. The reason is that a train’s movement pumps fresh outdoor air into the tunnels.
Pace explained that he wanted to understand the natural microbial environments of public places. This kind of knowledge might help discover the microbes to be used in a bioterrorist (生物恐怖分子) attack.
1.From the finding of Norman R. Pace, after taking a shower, we might cough or feel tired because .
A. it’s easy to get a cold when taking a bath
B. the showerhead carries many bacteria causing illness
C. we don’t get cleaned while showering
D. we don’t get a weak immune system
2.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Hot water could kill most of bacteria in showerheads.
B. Of 45 showerheads surveyed in nine cities, 30 carried large amounts of Mycobacterium.
C. Changing showerheads is the only way to avoid microorganisms.
D. Shower water contains much less bacteria after being left to run for 30 seconds.
3.We can learn from the third paragraph that .
A. having a shower in the morning is more dangerous than at other time
B. the bacteria always threat people’s health
C. there is no reason to fear microorganisms for people with strong immune system
D. it is better to do some exercise in the morning than have a shower
4.The underlined word “pose” in the third paragraph probably means “______”．
A. cause B. avoid C. describe D. promise
5.What contributes to fresh air in US subways?
A. The train’s movement. B. Iron particles．
C. Train wheels. D. Air conditioners on the trains．
