A Lion 1. (lie) asleep in the forest. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright to get away, ran across the Lion’s nose. Awaken from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw 2. (angry) on the tiny creature to kill her.
“Spare me!’’ begged 3. poor Mouse. “Please let me go and some day I 4. ( repay) you.” The Lion was much 5. (amuse) to think that a Mouse could ever help him. 6. he was generous and let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while hunting in the forest, the Lion was caught in a hunter’ s net. Unable to free 7., he filled the forest 8. his angry roaring(咆哮).
The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion 9. ( struggle) in the net. She gnawed (咬) the ropes until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
“You laughed 10. I said I would repay you,” said the Mouse. “Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion.”
When I was asked to think about someone who changed our life by my teacher, I thought of my friend Anna immediately.
Anna was a top student when she was at school. She was ______, so she often told me, “Study hard, and your efforts will finally ______. In the future, you will have a good job and certainly be ______ in life.” After her graduation, she was admitted to a university. ______, she left there after studying for appropriately a year, because she didn’t have enough ______ for the next year. But a year later，she ______. This time she was not only a college student, but also a(n) ______. She had to work in her ______ time and do homework during school hours. It must have been the most difficult period of time in her life, but she didn’t ______ at all. Instead, she told me how to become ______ and responsible.
I ______ her and often tell myself that I should work hard to ______ it once I set my mind to something like Anna. Her ways are changing my ways. Now I don’t do the things I ______ to do. Ever since I started high school, I have been more ______. I am not lazy any more. Instead, I try to come to school every day. I have ______ everything aside and just have been focused on school. I am really ______ that she has changed me a lot.
As our teacher was ______, already had something to write, because I ______ thought of my friend. I am actually proud to say that she is my ______, because I wouldn’t be here at this point of time without her help. I firmly believe that I will be someone who ______ someone else one day.
1.A. confident B. hard – working C. responsible D. reliable
2.A. pay for B. pay back C. pay off D. pay
3.A. somebody B. nobody C. everybody D. anybody
4.A. But B. And C. However D. Therefore
5.A. time B. benefit C. energy D. money
6.A. gave in B. went back C. went away D. gave up
7.A. worker B. employer C. student D. teacher
8.A. busy B. full C. empty D. spare
9.A. solve B. complain C. realize D. mean to
10.A. honest B. kind C. strong D. healthy
11.A. praise B. appreciate C. amaze D. dislike
12.A. get B. recognize C. achieve D. accept
13.A. desired B. designed C. hated D. used
14.A. connected B. concentrated C. frightened D. delighted
15.A. pushed B. arranged C. pulled D. saved
16.A. grateful B. helpful C. faithful D. powerful
17.A. wondering B. asking C. commanding D. laughing
18.A. scarcely B. usually C. surely D. fortunately
19.A. friend B. goal C. hero D. competitor
20.A. protects B. helps C. influences D. encourages
With time going by, people have come to understand the importance of protecting the environment. But they can’t deal with everything by themselves. Take small steps, and you can make a difference.
• Think Green. Think about the environment as you live your life. If you turn off lights and TV when leaving the room, you’ll save energy. 1..
• Shop Green. Shopping is fun, but buying things you don’t need is wasteful and even bad for the earth. 2.. And whenever possible, buy things locally made instead of those shipped from far away.
• Dress Green. What really matters is not the colour. 3.. So look for products made from environmentally friendly (环保的) materials.
• 4.. What’s better than learning about the environment? 5.. It can be as simple as using both sides of a piece of paper before you recycle it
A. Before you buy something, ask yourself how much you will use it.
B. Study Green.
C. It’s how the clothes were made.
D. You may care more about the qualities of the clothes.
E. Save it while you learn.
F. If you take shorter showers, you will save water.
G. Recycle more.
A scanner is recently created by a group of professors. It is believed to predict the perfect job for anyone simply by reading their fingerprints. The group says that in the future, fingerprints could help tell a person’s key personalities.
To use the scanner, people place their fingers upon the fingerprint reader and computer technology connected with sensors (传感器) reads back what sort of job could suit the individual. The machine bases its results on a collection of a large amount of information in the computer about how fingerprint shapes connect with job selection.
Local companies help researchers from the city’s Kuban University of Physical Education and Sport to test the technology.
Twenty - one - year - old Oscar Galkin, a mathematics graduate, said: “I got the result from the scanner that I would suit a job in IT, which is exactly what I want to do. I don’t know if it is luck or if it can really read a person’s talents, but it worked for me.”
And Zara Tokareva, aged 20, who feels uncomfortable at the sight of blood, said: “I want to be a house designer but the machine said I should be a nurse. So, no, I don’t think it is as clever as expected.”
Though fingerprint identification has been widely used in crime discovering, it is still a science that has a lot of possibility of being used, say experts, from discovering drug misuse to personality analysis - exactly as hand readers have been saying to do for centuries.
“The basic idea is that although everybody’s fingerprints are completely different, there are obvious features that are common on the fingers of certain professionals working in certain jobs,” said researcher Ravil Yudin.
It’s not really a new idea because hand readers have been saying for hundreds of years that you can tell a person’s future by reading their hands. We want to match that by looking at fingerprints and trying to tell what career path people would choose.
1.From the text we know that the fingerprint scanner .
A. matches fingerprints with jobs B. tells people’s personality
C. helps collect job information D. reads individual’s mind
2.What can we learn from what Ravil Yudin said?
A. The fingerprint scanner is based on a new idea.
B. Cerain people’s fingers actually have something in common.
C. Telling one’s future by reading his hands started a few years ago.
D. The technology of fingerprint identification can be used in many fields.
3.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Hand readers are widely used in life.
B. A fingerprint scanner could tell a person’s personality.
C. A fingerprint scanner could predict a person’s job.
D. A fingerprint scanner could be used in crime discovering.
Tim was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. He had tripped (绊倒) and dropped all of the books he was carrying along with some clothes, a baseball bat and a glove.
Tim knelt down and helped the boy pick up the things. Since they were going the same way, he offered to carry some things for the boy.
As they walked, Tim knew that the boy’s name was Sam. He loved video games, baseball and history, but he was having trouble with some of his subjects.
They arrived at Sam’s home first. Tim was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with some laughs and talk. Then Tim went home.
They continued to see each other at school and had lunch together once or twice a week.
Three days before they finished high school, Sam asked Tim if they could talk. Sam reminded Tim of the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?’’ asked Sam. “You see, I took away all my things from school. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills. I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time talking and laughing, I realized that if I had died, I would have missed so many good times. So you see, Tim, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. ______”
1.When Sam fell down on his way home, Tim .
A. didn’t notice that B. helped him pick up the things
C. carried all the things for him D. went away quickly
2.Which of the following is true?
A. Tim and Sam were brothers. B. Tim and Sam were in the same school.
C. Sam was good at all of his subjects. D. Sam finally killed himself.
3.What did they do at Sam’s home except?
A. playing video games B. drinking some Coke
C. having a pleasant talk D. watching TV
4.Three days before graduation, Sam asked Tim to talk because he .
A. hoped to go on holiday together B. wanted to kill himself again
C. hoped to have lunch together D. wanted to tell him his story
5.What would Sam probably say at last?
A. You saved my life. B. I should die.
C. You did a good job. D. You helped me a lot.
There are various camps. Have you heard about ‘‘Survival Camp”? “Survival Camp” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Camp” is that they think getting close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Camp” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Camp” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing (打扰) them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled by adults but children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even small danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.
1.What is “Survival Camp” according to the passage?
A. It is for children to have fun with parents.
B. It is for children to improve study skills.
C. It is for children to escape from danger.
D. It is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities.
2.Which children are more likely to take part in “Survival Camp”？
A. Poor children. B. Rich children.
C. Children from cities. D. Children from rural areas.
3.The last paragraph mainly deals with .
A. the suggestions of taking part in “Survival Camp”
B. the advantages of “Survival Camp”
C. the disadvantages of “Survival Camp”
D. the activities of “Survival Camp”
