Even the hardest days contain lessons that will help you be a better person.Feeling down? Consider these things to remember when you’re having a bad day.
No one promised life would be perfect.If you look for perfection,you’11 never be content.Don’t condition your happiness on meeting every expectation you set for yourself.It is good to be ambitious,but you’11 never be perfect.If you expect otherwise,your life will be filled with disappointments.
Success doesn’t happen overnight.Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.Don’t kid yourself into thinking success will come quickly.It isn’t easy to be patient,but anything worth doing requires time.If you get frustrated,remind yourself why your goal is important.
There is a lesson in every struggle.And once the storm is over,you won’t remember how you made it through or how you managed to survive.But one thing is certain.When you come out of the storm.you won’t be the same person who walked in.That’s what this storm’s all about.Don’t complain about how terrible your life is.If you search for the lesson in your present struggle,you’11 be able to make positive changes that would prevent similar situations in the future.
Without hard times,you wouldn’t appreciate the good ones.Strength does not come from winning.Your struggles develop your strengths.When you go through hardships and decide not to give in,that is strength.It is hard to find much to smile about when you fail,but how else would you improve yourself? If you look at failure as a part of your evolutionary process,you’11 stay positive and pursue your goals for as long as it takes.
1.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A.Every person has to go through hard times
B.We can learn a lot from our struggles
C.We should accept the fact that life is not perfect
D.Things to remember when you are having a bad day
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.Success will come quickly.
B.Hard work leads to success.
C.Success calls for patience.
D.Confidence is the first step to success.
3.We can learn from Paragraph 4 that____________.
A.1essons from struggles make us stronger
B.all things are difficult before they are easy
C.we should forget how we managed to survive
D.similar situations in the future will never appear
4.What can we infer from Paragraph 5?
A.Hard times make us lose heart and be short of courage.
B.Perseverance in time of hardships develops our strengths.
C.Smiles when you fail will not help to improve yourself.
D.We should try to avoid failures in the evolutionary process.
Using a computer or smartphone at night can cause us to pile on the pounds,new research has revealed.
The study found a link between blue light exposure(blue light is produced by smartphones and computers)and increased hunger.It found that exposure to blue light increases hunger levels for several hours and even increases hunger levels after eating a meal.Blue light exposure has also already been shown to cause decreased sleepiness in the evening,increasing the risk of sleeplessness.
The leading researcher,Ivy Cheung,from Northwestern University in Chicago,said,“A single three-hour exposure to blue-enriched light in the evening greatly affected hunger and metabolism(新陈代谢).These results are important because they suggest that controlling environmental light exposure for humans may represent a novel approach of influencing food intake patterns and metabolism.”
The study group consisted of 10 healthy adults with regular sleep and eating schedules. They completed a four-day trial under dim(昏暗的)light conditions,which involved exposure to less than 20 lux(勒克斯,照明单位)during 16 hours awake and less than 3 lux during eight hours of sleep.On the third day they were exposed to three hours of 260 lux,blue-enriched light starting10.5 hours after waking up.and the effects were compared with dim light exposure.
Ivy Cheung said more research is needed to determine the functions involved in the relationship between light exposure,hunger and metabolism.
1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.How blue light exposure affects hunger.
B.Why blue light exposure influences sleepiness.
C.What is the link between blue light exposure,hunger and sleepiness.
D.Who has found the effects of blue light exposure on hunger and sleepiness.
2.The underlined word“novel”in the third paragraph probably means“___________”.
A.unusual B.unforgettable
C.temporary D.controversial
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Blue light exposure can make us lose weight at night.
B.Blue light exposure has no effect on sleeplessness.
C.The researchers drew their conclusion by comparison.
D.Ivy Cheung has found the relationship between light exposure and hunger.
4.Where would you be most likely to find the passage?
A.On a notice board. B.In a health magazine.
C.On a business website. D.In a college newspaper.
假设你是张华,你收到英国笔友Bob的一封电子邮件(见表一),请根据邮件内容和你所获得的海报(见表二)所提供的信息,给Bob回一封电子邮件。

注意:1.词数:100左右;
2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.文章的开头已给出。
Dear Bob,
I'm so delighted to 1earn
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增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I'm Li Jin,monitor of Class One,Grade Eleven.I'm delight to hear that you will come to our school as a exchange student next term.I feel an honor for us to study with you.Now I have something to tell you.Firstly,as the climate change,you should prepare enough clothes.Then it is different kinds of foods and snacks that gives you the chance to experience abundant Chinese food culture.In addition to,every student can be in harmony with foreign friends,which makes it easy for you to get along with him.
Finally,we can do whatever we can to help you,but you must get prepared to meet all kinds of difficulties.When your stay here,I hope you can tell us more about American culture.Only by this way can we spend those days together happily.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
At last firefighters have put out a big forest fire in California.Since then,they 1. (set) about finding out 2. the fire began.Forest fires are often caused by 3. (break)glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.Yesterday the 4. (fireman)examined the ground but were not able to find any.They were also quite sure that a cigarette end didn’t start the fire.However,several hours passed 5. a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound(蜿蜒;缠绕)around the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.In this way,he was able to solve 6. mystery.The 7. (explain) was simple but very 8. (usual).A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then 9. (drop)it on to the wires.The snake then wound 10. round the wires.When it did so,it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.
The famous composer(作曲家),Albert Roussel,didn’t have a good start in this career. However,he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a .
Roussel's parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his .As a little boy,he fell in 1ove with music and himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept. which there were a lot of related books.
Three years later.Roussel’s grandfather died,and his mother’s sister decided to him.Her husband was a kind man and for young Roussel’s music lessons.One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second to his life—the sea.Then he studied to be a naval cadet(海军学员),but still took time to study .
In the French Navy,he and two friends found the time to a band,playing the works of Beethoven and other .Roussel also began composing.On Christmas day 1892,he had his first chance to as a composer,which turned out to be a success.
That success Roussel to write a wedding march(婚礼进行曲),and one of his navy friends to show it to a famous conductor,Edouard Colonne.When Roussel’s friend with the manuscript(手稿),he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long ,at the age of 25,Roussel decided to Edouard Colonne’s advice.He gave his heart and soul to his composing and a major force in the twentieth century’s French music.Because of Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring ,Roussel devoted his life to music,but Rousssel’s friend later admitted that he had made it up.He said he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor.
1.A.joke B.1ie C.guess D.hope
2.A.neighbor B.aunt C.teacher D.grandfather
3.A.taught B.chose C.improved D.asked
4.A.among B.between C.within D.before
5.A.miss B.catch C.raise D.1eave
6.A.paid B.applied C.1ooked D.waited
7.A.page B.1ove C.wish D.job
8.A.an B.English C.dance D.music
9.A.deal with B.make for C.set up D.take away
10.A.teachers B.professors C.composers D.singers
11.A.perform B.produce C.study D.publish
12.A.found B.encouraged C.forbade D.wanted
13.A.came B.brought C.refused D.offered
14.A.went B.returned C.1eft D.ran
15.A.give up B.keep to C.begin with D.focus on
16.A.however B.therefore C.afterwards D.then
17.A.repeat B.change C.correct D.follow
18.A.became B.replaced C.improved D.grasped
19.A.will B.request C.order D.advice
20.A.school B.navy C.music D.work
