When my daughter realized that she had really hurt another child with a mean word, she cried and immediately wanted to apologize. That was a good thing, but I wanted her to know an apology can't always make things better. So I told her the story of Will, a 9-year-old boy whose father left his mom two years earlier.
Will was angry, and he often hurt others with hurtful words. He once told his mom, "I see why Dad left you!" Unable to deal with Will, the mother sent him to spend the summer with his grandparents. His grandmother's strategy to help Will learn self-control was to make him go into the garage and pound a two-inch-long nail (钉子) into a four-by-four board every time he said a mean thing. For a small boy, this was a hard task, but he couldn't return until the nail was all the way in.
After about ten trips to the garage, Will began to be more cautious about his words. In the end, he even apologized for all the bad things he'd said. One day his grandmother made him bring in the board filled with nails and told him to pull them all out. This was even harder than pounding them in, but after a huge struggle, he did it. His grandmother hugged him and said, "I appreciate your apology and, of course, I forgive you because I love you, but I want you to know that an apology is like pulling out one of those nails. Look at the board. The holes are still there. The board will never be the same. I know your dad put a hole in you, but please don't put holes in other people; you're better than that."
The truth is that no matter how much we apologize to people, we can't take back what we said. The best thing for us to do is to try not to hurt people in the first place.
1.What did the writer's daughter do when she realized she had hurt another child?
A. She cried and pretended to be hurt.
B. B. She wanted to say sorry to that child.
C. She wanted her mother to tell her a story.
D. She wanted her mother to apologize to that child.
2.Why did Will's mother send him to his grandparents'?
A. Because Will could hurt nobody there.
B. Because she was afraid that other children would hurt Will.
C. Because Will's grandparents told her they had a good way with children.
D. Because she didn't know how to stop Will from hurting others.
3.The underlined words "cautious about" in Paragraph 3 mean ___________.
A. careful about B. excited about
C. angry at D. interested in
4.What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage?
A. Parents should never hurt their children.
B. Children are more likely to listen to their grandparents.
C. We should not hurt other people in the first place.
D. Old people are really good at bringing up children.
How do you address (称呼) people in English when you want to talk to them? The following may be some simple rules the beginners should follow.
1. When talking to strangers there is often no special form of address in English. Usually, if you want to catch the attention of a stranger, it is necessary to use such a phrase as “Excuse me”.
2. In British English “Sir” and “Madam” are considered to be too formal (正式的) for most situations. They are used mostly to customers (顾客) in shops or restaurants. While in American English “Sir” and “Madam” are not so formal and are commonly used between strangers, especially with old people whose names you don’t know.
3. When you talk to some people you know, you can use their names. If you are friends, use their first names; if your relationship is more formal, use “Mr.” “Mrs.” “Ms.”, etc before their family names.
4. There are many others forms of address which can be used between friends and strangers. However, many of these are limited in use. For example, “pal” and “mate” can be used between strangers, but are usually only used by men talking to other men.
1.According to the passage, “excuse me” is mainly used to ______
A. address a person you don’t know
B. apologize to others
C. catch the attention of a stranger
D. suggest good manners
2.If John Smith is your best friend, according to the passage you should often call him _______
A. John B. Smith C. Mr. John D. Mr. Smith
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. “Sir” and “Madam” are used more often in America than in English
B. People often use “Mr.” “Mrs.” or “Ms” before the first names of those people who they don’t know very well.
C. Pal and mate are usually only used among men.
D. While addressing friends, people just use their first names.
4. The passage is most likely taken from an English _________
A. textbook B. card
C. storybook D. grammar book
目前，各种电视节目广泛使用短信参与的互动方式，对此人们评价不一。请你用英语写一篇文章，介绍人们对此现象的不同观点，并表达自己的看法：
支持 | 1. 给观众提供了更多的参与机会； 2. 比较时尚，受年轻人喜欢； 3. 给媒体带来更多收益。 |
反对 | 1. 控制不当，节目品味无法保证； 2. 短信费用过高，观众易生反感。 |
你的观点 | …… |
要求：
1、对所给要点不得遗漏，适当发挥，不要简单翻译；
2、词数120 左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
（参考词汇：反感feel bad；保证guarantee）
At present, it is well known that text messages are widely involved in various TV programs in our country. But concerning this hot topic, different people take different attitudes.
My sister Daisy worked at Standard Bank in Malawi. When she got m 1. ，we were all excited. She invited me to her house to help her open the gifts and s 2. some thankyou notes to all the _3. (亲戚) and friends that came to the wedding party. While 4. (仔细地) going through the gifts，we came across a nice vase. Inside 5. was a note that read，“You might not know me. My name is Bill. I often v 6. Standard Bank for business. In the past years you have helped me a lot when I was 7. trouble. I will never forget _8.__ you did. God bless you.” It was impossible for us to w 9. a thankyou note back to this person for there was no name or 10. (地址) so we decided to simply wish him or her a happy life.
1.All the temples were made of huge stones，some over 5 metres.
2.Our foreign trade has e_________ greatly in recent years.
3._________ to your help, we could finish the task on time.
4.After he was knocked down by a car which escaped immediately, he _______ to his feet and called 120.
5.She was ashamed of her children’s bad b .
6.The old man is relying on his son to （继续）the family business.
7.The government has been trying to_______ people _______ （摆脱）hunger.
8.We want to give all children a world _______ (没有)violence.
9.You should ________ _______ (建立) a wide vocabulary if you want to learn a language well.
10.Glancing round, he ________ （看见）of a dark figure in the shadows.
Many people feel that their parents were harder on them than on their brother or sister. And many are quick to blame(责备) negative results in adulthood on it. But results from a Temple University study published this month suggest that it is not necessarily true.
Researchers have found that among siblings(兄弟姐妹)in the same family，recalled negative early experiences such as conflicts(冲突) with parents seem to have little influence over psychological(心理的)wellbeing(幸福) in midlife.
“Existing research suggests the importance of early childhood parental treatment on later wellbeing，but respondents in this study who thought they were treated less favorably than their siblings have been found to be just as satisfied in their lives，”said Adam Davey，a psychologist in the College of Health Professions.
Davey's study looked at data collected from 1,369 siblings between the ages of 26—74 from 498 different families to determine the extent(程度)to which different childhood treatment reached into adulthood. Each sibling answered a series of questions about their memories of parental affection(喜爱)，conflicts with their parents when they were young and current wellbeing. Davey and his team found that those who remembered having more conflicts with their parents than their siblings still tended to have generally high levels of wellbeing in adulthood. Not surprisingly，they also found that happier memories，such as memories of affection and warmth，can have positive effects.
Older respondents who were married and had children of their own tended to have a more positive recollection of their childhood. Davey says these findings could suggest that life experience acts as a filter(过滤)for remembering childhood memories. He adds that personality also plays a role：those who were more outgoing tended to have a better recollection of their childhood.
“Even people who grow up in the same environment can have different ways of recalling the past. And it's not necessarily what happens in the past，but the way we remember it that makes a difference to our wellbeing，”said Davey.
1.What's the purpose of the passage?
A. To show how to improve wellbeing in midlife.
B. To teach parents how to give their children a happier childhood.
C. To blame some parents for being harder on one of their children.
D. To show the link between negative childhood experiences and wellbeing in adulthood.
2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor(因素) on how people recollect childhood in Paragraph 5?
A. Having children or not. B. Being healthy or not.
C. Life experience. D. Personality.
3.According to Davey，what influences our wellbeing in adulthood?
A. What happened in the past. B. How we remember the past.
C. The role we play in society. D. How much we have.
