With the development of modern society and high technology, children wear more and more beautiful and fashionable clothes. More children 1.(allow) to choose their favorite clothes, which is 2.relatively new trend. Many years ago, children had to suffer the whims(突发奇想)of adults as far as clothes were concerned. Like 3.(adult) clothes, children’s clothes followed fashions as well. About 120 years 4., boys in Europe and America wore white ankle-length dresses, just like their sisters, until they 5.(reach) the age of five. Older boys from wealthy 6.(family) were then dressed in pretty velvet(丝绒) suits 7.lace collars. Their hair was grown to shoulder length 8.longer. For many unlucky boys, these carefully planned and organized costumes were nor reserved for special occasions; they had to wear the same 9.(restrict)and uncomfortable outfits for everyday play. Clean and proper clothes say that the person has both self-respect and respect for other people. Clothing can tell quite a lot about the person, sometimes more than we would like to reveal. So we should pay more attention to 10.(wear) proper clothes in different occasions.
I was a shy kid. Nothing seemed harder than talking to people. I didn't even like to answer the phone for fear that I’d have to talk to somebody I didn’t know.
____, at school I had to spend all day in the company of others. My ________was studying. It was something I could do ______and by myself. I spent a lot of time studying and was ________with good grades.
Eventually I went to college. I came to realize that some people were rather fun to _______with. Yet my childhood _______carried over and I found myself tongue-tied and ______whenever I found myself in a conversation.
One day while on campus, I ________an advertisement for a position on the local classical music ______station. I had grown up listening to classical music, and I loved it.
In order to get the job, applicants needed to be interviewed. I had absolutely no background in radio, and the idea of listeners ______me. I didn’t really want the job. I just wanted to prove that I could talk to a(n)______.
Two weeks _______, I was even more terrified to discover and I had actually landed the job.
It was a ______job, but I grew to enjoy it. I announced music to thousands of ________in the city, sometimes answering their calls and _______to their requests. I began to feel comfortable talking to these people, these strangers who I couldn’t even _______.
Although I now spend much time talking with people, I’m still basically a _______person. My former shyness is a gift, as I can ______people who feel discomfort when they talk to strangers. I still enjoy moments of being _______. But I’m also glad I decided to make a ______in my life that has opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.
1.A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Besides
2.A. advice B. practice C. task D. escape
3.A. obviously B. simply C. quietly D. poorly
4.A. filled B. rewarded C. decorated D. faced
5.A. help out B. catch up C. put up D. hang out
6.A. happiness B. shyness C. kindness D. goodness
7.A. excited B. astonished C. embarrassed D. interested
8.A. noticed B. posted C. realized D. believed
9.A. fire B. gas C. TV D. radio
10.A. terrified B. pleased C. satisfied D. amazed
11.A. child B. singer C. interviewer D. applicant
12.A. ago B. later C. before D. since
13.A. well-paid B. puzzling C. comfortable D. challenging
14.A. listeners B. followers C. viewers D. dancers
15.A. referring B. responding C. offering D. comparing
16.A. feel B. move C. hear D. see
17.A. busy B. warm C. quiet D. smart
18.A. look into B. relate to C. combine with D. worry with
19.A. alone B. alive C. active D. awake
20.A. plan B. mistake C. change D. dream
Traditional Chinese Culture
Chinese culture is over 5000 years old.1.
The spirit of the tea ceremony
Xi Hu Long Jing (West Lake Dragon Well) and Yunnan Pu’er have long been world famous. 2.The spirit of the Chinese tea ceremony captures the Chinese attitude towards life and spirituality. These are the things that people all over the world can benefit from.
A handful of good tea leaves with some boiling water and a set of lovely tea ware is the perfect way to spend a sunny afternoon and gain some insight into the wisdom of this ancient civilization.
3.
During the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, many different flavors, styles, and cuisines(烹饪)have developed based on traditional philosophy and culture. This ancient food culture has had a direct impact on the countries, such as Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Thailand, and Singapore. It has benefited billions of people around the world through such innovations as Chinese vegetarian culture, tea culture, vinegar, pasta medicated diets, ceramic tableware, and the use of soybeans in the diet.
Confucianism has flourished during the last 2,500 of China’s 5,000-year history. 4.This school of thought has had the most profound and long lasting influence in China’s history. Seventy-four Nobel Prize winners and many other highly respected scholars have stated that for the benefit of mankind’s livelihood and development into the next century, these teachings should be promoted and adopted worldwide. 5.
A.Chinese cuisine
B.Traditional Chinese culture
C.It has been the mainstay of this ancient civilization.
D.They are pretty popular due to their superior color and flavor.
E.The following three items of traditional Chinese culture have had a worldwide impact.
F.This wonderfully rich food culture has also had an impact on Europe, America and Oceania.
G.This would provide long lasting benefits for man, helping to ensure a peaceful and happy life.
Aging brings wrinkles, sagging bodies and frustrating forgetfulness. But getting older is not all bad for many people. Mounting evidence suggests aging may be a key to happiness. There is conflicting research on the subject, however, and experts say it may all boil down to this: Attitude is everything.
Older adults tend to be more optimistic and have a more positive outlook on life than their younger and stressed opposites. The big question is why seniors are happier. A recent study suggests one reason: Older adults remember the past through happy memories. Aging can bring more cheer as people become more comfortable with themselves and their roles in society. The older adults said they were enjoying more time with their family, spending more time on hobbies and having greater financial security and did not have to work.
But others are doubtful about the link between happiness and growing older.
"The notion that those in old age are happiest is misleading," said Richard Easterlin, a professor of economics at the University of Southern California. "It is based on comparing people of different ages who are the same in terms of income, health, family life." Easterlin added, "When you take account of the fact that older people have lower income than younger, are less healthy, and more likely to be living alone, then you will find it hard to accept that they are happier.
In fact, scientists have found that as people age, their health declines and social networks disappear as their friends die, which can make the elderly less happy.
Even if one does give in to age's dark side, health and happiness don't always go hand-in-hand. It's all about attitude. Research by the University of Chicago’s Yang suggests that attitude about life and happiness, is partly shaped by the era in which a person was born. It turns out that individuals who adapt the best to changes also have the highest expected levels of happiness.
Despite the conflicting findings about aging and happiness, the good news is that there doesn’t appear to be a limit to how much happiness one can achieve in one’s life. “Most people desire happiness,” Easterlin said. “To my knowledge, no one has identified a limit to attainable happiness.”
1.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. The key factor to older adults’ happiness
B. There is a conflict between aging and happiness
C. No one can define the limit to happiness.
D. The relationship between health and happiness.
2.Why are some seniors happier according to some experts?
A. They focus on what makes them feel good.
B. They have their own circle of friends.
C. They have better income after retirement.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. People of the same age have the same sense of happiness.
B. Attitude may play a very important role in happiness.
C. People who adapt the best to changes are more likely to be unhappy.
D. Older adults who have more valuable life experience are more optimistic.
4.What’s the topic discussed in the passage?
A. Whether aging or attitude brings happiness.
B. Why seniors adapt the best to changes in society.
C. What the limit to an elder person’s happiness is.
D. How older people feel compared with younger people.
Nowadays, especially in China, everything seems to favor social intercourse, such as gatherings of friends, KTV, group travel, dining tighter, playing cards and Mahjong, plus the Chinese-style “street-crossing group.” Back home, discussions can still be boisterously carried on within the “circle of friends” of WeChat.
However, these scenes cannot always ease a sense of loneliness. Zhu Ziqing, a well-known professor of Tsinghua University, signed with emotion: “My loneliness increases as scene becomes much busier.” One popular song today is also called “A lonely man in crowds.” Actually, engaging in social intercourse requires ability, while being alone involves the whole character.
These days, it is not easy to calm down totally and return to one’s true self. Willpower, intellect and discipline are required. Einstein said: “It is not your working time but your spare time that determines the possibility of whether you will be successful or not.” The “spare time” he referred to could be taken as “spending time by yourself.”
Lonely life could be either dull, boring and tasteless or abundant, interesting and colorful, depending on one’s quality, ambition and inspiration.
Just as the body constantly requires energy, the mind and soul also demand unceasing inputs. However, information, to processed and integrated(融入)into knowledge, thoughts and feelings, instead of bustle(忙碌)seems to be the right condition. Successful careers in all walks of life worldwide have proved that “the soul grows in peace and talent is nurtured in loneliness”. In a sense, it may be reasonable to say that “Happiness tends to be shallow while loneliness involves profundity”.
Man, in fact, needs loneliness more than happy time, and only abundant loneliness can produce quality happiness.
1.Which of the following can replace the underlined the word “boisterously” in paragraph 1?
A. surprisingly
B. sadly
C. busily
D. peacefully
2.What can we infer from the second paragraph?
A. Being alone marks people depressed.
B. Social intercourse improves our happiness.
C. One may feel lonely even when surrounded by people
D. We should attend social intercourse to decrease our loneliness.
3.What can we know from Einstein’s words?
A. You should be successful if you spend all your time by yourself.
B. You should exercise more if you want to keep your minds healthy.
C. You will not become successful if you join in more social intercourse.
D. You will be more successful if you can make your lonely time meaningful.
4.Which may be the best title for this passage?
A. Live On Your Own
B. Happiness and Loneliness
C. The secret of success
D. Practice Your Social Ability
“Annabel, I think there is a bear in our house,” I shouted up the stair. She didn’t hear me properly. “There is a what?” she shouted back. “You’ve found a chair in the house?” I cleared my throat and said again, as calmly as possible, “I think there is a bear in the house.” If there is a world speed record for repacking a backpack and leaving a building, Annabel must be a competitor, for we were outside the building within seconds.
Annabel and I had already spent three days walking 80 kilometers over the mountains from the Pacific. We were in Canada’s Yukon Territory, heading towards Car cross, on the shore of Lake Bennett. Here our boat was waiting where we had left it the week before. Our plan then was to boat down the 3,000 kilometers of Yukon River to the Bering Sea.
On this day, we were walking the last 48 kilometers towards Car cross, following a disused railway line. You had to keep an eye out for black bears, whose presence was obvious from the huge piles of dung(粪便)that littered the tracks.
As the day drew on, we started to look for somewhere to sleep. We finally found an old railway building, which looked as if it might keep us safe from bears. Though the windows and doors had large scratch and chew marks, they were covered with boards and looked safe. Annabel went upstairs and started to unpack and settle in while I looked around downstairs.
I was moving around in what was once clearly a kitchen, when, from out of a darkened doorway that I took to the storeroom, came a soft but unusual deep moan(呻吟). My curiosity raised, I started to walk towards the slightly opne door. I was halfway across the room when a low rough sound came out of the darkness and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. My natural ability was to ruin. I backed out of the room, my eyes staring at the dark doorway. We thought it might be a better idea to spend the night elsewhere.
We got up early in our small tent in the morning. The night’s sleep had been all right except when a little troubled by dreams of bears. But our mood rose with the sun. We were walking along, relaxing with each step and looking forward to a big lunch at Car cross.
Crossing a small wooden bridge, we left the rail tracks to have a drink. As we returned, Annabel cried out “Stop!” Looking up, I saw a familiar black shape behind us: another black bear was following us, moving up slowly from behind, and then disappearing rapidly into the trees when we turned to face it. How long it had been following us, we could not say.
1.What can you know from the first paragraph?
A. Annabel set a world speed record.
B. The author was calmer than Annabel.
C. Annabel’s hearing was so poor that she couldn’t hear any sounds.
D. The two girls ran out of the house at high speed for fear of the bear.
2.What is the author and Annabel’s final destination?
A. The Pacific
B. Yukon Territory
C. Car cross
D. The Bering sea
3.Which is TURE about the old railway building according to the passage?
A. Trains pass here along the railway track.
B. Bears might have come and gone around here.
C. It was really a safe place to play and sleep in.
D. A rough sound could be heard from the kitchen.
