When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend
B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C. My Father
D. My Childhood
2. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
3. Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
4. What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.
B. He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.
C. He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.
D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it.
In the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks a man named Chunk Noland. Chunk is a businessman who is always busy that he has little time for his friends. One day Chunk is on a across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes. Chunk survives the crash and a deserted island.
On the island, Chunk has to learn to survive all . He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. Perhaps the most difficult challenge is to survive without friends. survive, Chunk develop a friendship with friend----a volleyball he calls Wilson.
Chunk learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. He realizes that he hasn’t been a very good friend he has always been thinking about himself. During his five years on the island, Chunk learns how to be a good friend to Wilson Wilson is just a volleyball. Chunk learns that we need friends to happiness and sorrow, and that it is important to have someone to care about. He also learns that he more about his friends. When he makes friends with Wilson, he understands that friendship is about and that we must give as much as we take.
The lesson we can Chunk and all the others who have unusual friends is that friends are teachers. Friendship helps us understand who we are, why we need each other and we can do for each other.
1.A. adds B. plays C. shows D. joins
2.A. such B. too C. so D. well
3.A. boat B. train C. car D. plane
4.A. lands on B. hides away C. jumps to D. finds
5.A. lonely B. alone C. along D. long
6.A.how B. when C. where D. who
7.A. So that B. In order to C. In order that D. So
8.A. an unusual B. a popular C. a lovely D. a usual
9.A. when B. while C. since D. because
10.A. if B. even C. but D. though
11.A. share B. calm C. list D. give
12.A. has cared B. should care C. should have care D. could have cared
13.A. reasons B. feelings C. feel D. advice
14.A. set down B. learn C. learn from D. study
15.A. how B. which C. that D. what
I strongly suggest the person ________ out and explain all that has happened.
A. referred to stand B. was referred to stand
C. was referred to standing D. referred to standing
— Shall I open the window to let some fresh air in? —No，________ .
A. I’d rather not B. I’d rather you not
C. I’d rather you didn’t D. I’d like not to
If you don’t know that _____ is the mother of success, you are sure to be _____ in life.
A. failure; failure B. a failure; a failure
C. a failure; failure D. failure; a failure
It is everyone’s duty to ______the rules of our school.
A. watch B. observe C. notice D. see
