As a senior, my future is always on my mind. To be exact, thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort. Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford’s graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.
It wasn’t always like that, though. It started when I became a junior, when college came into view. It’s the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well.
This doesn’t mean that students shouldn’t attend college, but rather that they shouldn’t worry so much. You’ll get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit more winding（蜿蜒的）than you’d like.
Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don’t panic.
One particular part of his speech stayed with me. Steve Jobs quoted（引用）the saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish” and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing that you are still a fool, no matter how much you’ve learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducated.
Steve Jobs’s level of success is attainable, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like it’s my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things. In the last moments of my life, I’ll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.
1.The author felt worried when _________.
A. he had to take tests at school
B. he thought about his future
C. he had lots of sleepless nights
D. he searched for words of wisdom
2.It is suggested in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that _________.
A. Steve Jobs didn’t attend college
B. Steve Jobs failed because of his decision
C. the author is a college student
D. the author cares much about his future
3.What did the author gain from Jobs’s speech?
A. Courage to drop out of school.
B. Confidence in defeating Jobs.
C. Interest in computer industry.
D. Bravery to face uncertainties.
4.What did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?
A. Have the desire to learn more.
B. Be content with what they know.
C. Stay calm in the face of hardships.
D. Be modest so as to learn more.
5.The passage is mainly about _________.
A. the wisdom drawn from a speech
B. the most impressive quotation in life
C. a memorable meeting with Jobs
D. an experience of a speech
New York University (NYU) is one of the best universities in the United States and it has just opened a school in Shanghai in partnership with East China Normal University(ECNU). The arrival of the American university on China mainland is an example of what is being called the “globalization” of education and it is hoped that this trend will influence the quality of education in all of China’s universities by raising the standard of teaching.
NYU Shanghai’s class of 2017(students will graduate in 2017) is made up of 295 students from China, America and other countries. The students will study liberal arts courses for two years before choosing a major and when they graduate, they will receive a degree from NYU and a degree from ECNU. All the classes will be taught in English, using the teaching methods in American universities. Students will be pushed to take risks in the classroom, pushed to speak up and pushed to say things that are not completely correct, which can make them understand that it’s OK for them to make mistakes in class.
This style of learning will be challenging for many Chinese students, because they will be mixed with the foreign students both in the classroom and in the dormitory. Living and studying with foreigners day to day will provide Chinese students with a cultural as well as academic education and it’s hoped that this cross-cultural experience will benefit them when they seek jobs in the competitive global market.
China’s interest in partnering with foreign universities comes at a time when western universities are trying to expand. They realize that information, technology and business are now borderless; they also realize education should be borderless too. This trend will have a deep effect on bringing the world closer together and the students at NYU Shanghai should be excited to be on the leading edge of this trend.
1.The opening of NYU Shanghai class may help _________.
A. improve the quality of China’s university education
B. prove that NYU is the best university in the United States
C. send more Chinese students to foreign universities
D. raise the standard of teaching in American university
2.What is the NYU Shanghai’s class like?
A. It offers the same courses as NYU does in the US.
B. It’s hard to follow the classes without knowing English.
C. The students are majoring in liberal arts courses.
D. Only two-year courses will be provided in this class.
3. How should the students perform in the classroom?
A. They must express themselves correctly.
B. They should try to be active in the class.
C. They will learn something dangerous.
D. They have to correct their mistakes.
4. What can be inferred from Paragraph3?
A. More foreign students will work in Shanghai after graduation.
B. Chinese students will get a better education than foreign students.
C. It may be easier for the students to find jobs after graduation.
D. No foreign students can benefit from the cross-cultural experience.
5.Why are the western universities trying to expand?
A. Because they want to get more information and more money.
B. Because they want to improve their technology.
C. Because Shanghai is on the leading edge in China.
D. Because they think the education resources should be shared.
People who have the habit of texting (发短信) while walking tend to develop a robot-like posture, lose their balance, and involve themselves in traffic accidents, according to a research from the University of Queensland. Researchers said that text-walkers are in danger of walking into traffic and train tracks among others. They suggest pedestrians（行人）stop aside, type a text and then continue walking.
For the study, the researchers tracked body movements of 26 young men and women while walking in a straight line over a distance of about 8.5 m ---once without a mobile phone, once while reading a text message and once while typing a message.
They found that participants’ body movements were greatly changed when they used their phone. The difference in their posture was more prominent while sending a text than while reading a message. They further said that when those people began texting while walking, they slowed down their pace, went off course and moved their necks less than when reading a message.
“We found that they ‘locking’ their arms, trunk and head together walked with a posture that was robot-like, all in aid of keeping their phone in their field of vision. So there is less movement between each of their body parts.” Researcher Siobhan Schabrun said, Daily Mail UK reports.
“In recent years, there have been many reports of people involved in traffic accidents because they were texting while walking. The number of pedestrian accidents is rising and texting has been blamed,” Schabrun said.
Despite such repeated accidents, only few studies have analyzed the impact of texting on body language. If more studies concentrate on walking styles adopted while texting, their findings can be used to lower whole accidents.
While a few U.S. states have introduced laws on texting while driving, Fort Lee, a New Jersey town, went further ahead and recently fined some walkers an $85 for catching them texting. It is hoped that other American states and countries will follow.
1.How did the researchers carry out their research?
A. They called on most pedestrians.
B. They tried texting while they were walking.
C. They followed some pedestrians in the street.
D. They showed pedestrians the danger of texting.
2. The underlined word “prominent” in Paragraph 3 probably means _____.
A. obvious B. important C. uncertain D. puzzling
3. When texting, the pedestrians walk in a different way to _____.
A. avoid losing their balance
B. attract other people’s attention
C. keep their eyes steady on the phone
D. take part in the study with the researchers
4. From the last paragraph, we can infer that texting while walking ______.
A. is not popular with many people
B. will make each American fined $85
C. will be punished in some states of America
D. has been forbidden in most American states
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Negative effects of texting.
B. Texting and traffic accidents.
C. Texting and people’s health.
D. Ways to avoid traffic accidents.
DoSomething.org is the country’s largest non-profit organization for young people and social change. They provide some scholarships to reward teens who are social action leaders in their community. You may be interested in the following ones.
1. $2,000 Fight Climate Change like a Ninja(忍者) Scholarship
Ninjas release 86% less CO2 than the average person. Why? Because ninjas use a green form of transport ---- parkour(跑酷). DoSomething.org wants to teach you their ways of going green---- and offer the chance for a $2,000 scholarship. Submit(提交）one of your friends’ phone numbers. You’ll both receive a text message with ways to protect the planet, and you’ll be entered for the scholarship. Bonzail!
2. $3,000 Puppy Mills are Bad Scholarship
Use your phone to fight for millions of puppies born in abusive (虐待的) factory farms. Share a text messaging game on puppy mills with 6 friends and you’ll be entered to win a $3000 scholarship. Millions of puppies are born in horrible conditions each year, so puppy mills can make a profit. Invite your friends to step into the shoes of a pet store employee who discovers their store supports puppy mills. To enter for the $3,000 scholarship, visit www. Dosomething.org/puppy and submit six friends’ phone numbers.
3. $5,000 Safe Driving Scholarship
When you text while driving at 55 mph, your eyes go off the road for the length of an entire football field. Tell your friends about the danger of texting while driving to enter to win a $5000 scholarship. After entering, we’ll send you a free pair of “thumb socks” ---- a physical reminder to stop texting while driving. Send us a picture of you with your thumb socks and you’ll double your chance of winning the $5,000 scholarship.
1.What do the scholarships mentioned in the passage have in common?
A. They are provided by DoSomething.org.
B. They offer a small gift to every attendant.
C. They require attendants to be top students.
D. They require attendants to play a message game.
2.Ninjas contribute to environmental protection by ______.
A. giving practical advice
B. offering a scholarship
C. avoiding driving cars
D. influencing the young
3.To win Puppy Mills are Bad Scholarship, you have to ______.
A. work as a pet store employee
B. share a game with 6 friends
C. be good at playing games
D. love puppy mills very much
4.What’s the purpose of Safe Driving Scholarship?
A. To hand out more thumb socks.
B. To teach people how to drive.
C. To sell as many thumb socks as possible.
D. To warn people not to text while driving.
5.After sending your picture with your thumb socks, ______.
A. you will receive another pair of thumb socks
B. you will necessarily win the scholarship
C. you will win $10,000 scholarship
D. you increase the opportunity of winning the scholarship
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Eliza worked in an office with twenty other people, and she liked her job. Getting ahead in her career wasn’t to her. But she suddenly changed the promotion of her friend and co-worker Betty who couldn’t have gotten the if Eliza had tried to. In the eyes of the other co-workers Betty was cheerful, hardworking and ambitious, while Eliza had been low-key and easygoing.
Before Betty got the promotion, Eliza had been satisfied with her , even if she had not been happy. But once Betty was made head, Eliza began to fill up with resentment（怨恨）and she disliked her job and Betty. Finally she developed a big mistake she was filled with anger all the time. Eliza began to see Betty as the source of all her problems, and she to remember that she had not particularly wanted the promotion anyway. Now she just thought that it should be hers. Instead of herself to see what her real goal was in the life, she tried to how to trap Betty and regarded Betty as her enemy. Eliza became________focused on her resentment, and she couldn’t get out of the situation.
One of the major problems with resentment is that you ________ that your anger is completely caused by others. You ________ looking for what you can do to improve your situation, because you are sure that your ________ feelings are the result of someone else’s fault. You give up trying to find real ________ to solve your problem. Dealing with resentment needs ________ . Because of that, you are able to have a clear mind so that you can admit you are feeling resentful. Then try hard to force yourself ________ready to be less resentful. You believe you are to blame for resentment, and you actively look for the way that can ________ the problem in your life.
1.A. important B. ordinary C. simple D. challenging
2.A. during B. before C. after D. until
3.A. agreement B. chance C. prize D. business
4.A. always B. sometimes C. seldom D. never
5.A. partner B. work C. teammates D. leader
6.A. mainly B. perfectly C. exactly D. extremely
7.A. supported B. disclosed C. hated D. forced
8.A. because B. if C. but D. while
9.A. decided B. started C. managed D. failed
10.A. noticing B. ensuring C. persuading D. warning
11.A. get at B. deal with C. figure out D. make up
12.A. partly B. completely C. finally D. usually
13.A. strange B. boring C. funny D. dangerous
14.A. doubt B. analyze C. believe D. find
15.A. mind B. stop C. enjoy D. keep
16.A. negative B. inspiring C. childish D. social
17.A. details B. effects C. solutions D. causes
18.A. freedom B. calmness C. experiment D. courage
19.A. luckily B. hurriedly C. strongly D. truly
20.A. solve B. avoid C. predict D. face
The five young firefighters _________ to the green camp.
A. gave life B. brought life
C. gave their lives D. came to life
