A talented actor, producer, and singer. Will Smith is a success. In fact, his huge success can________back to some valuable lessons life taught him early on.
Once Will’s father_______him an outdoor project. He had to rebuild a long ______wall in the yard. He had to ______concrete and place one brick at a time, eventually covering the entire wall. Will felt surprised at their father’s demand______ he couldn’t even think of completing a project as big as this. However, with the _______of “one brick more”, he completed it in six months. Will who______was so pessimistic about the job, felt a sense of ______ , and so did his father. Even today when Will thinks that he won’t be able to do ______, he looks back to it and ______himself, “one brick at a time.”
As a refrigeration engineer, Will’s father often______stores to install freezers. Will mostly_______his father. During one such visit, both Will and his father were installing a freezer in a supermarket basement and the employees had ______a rat killing solution across the floor. Both Will and his dad went in ______the place for the compressor(压缩机), and they found a dead rat. Will’s dad had to ______the exact place where the rat had died; his dad, _____ even the slightest hesitation held the dead rat with his bare hands. He removed the______and fixed the compressor. This taught Will that one should never ______ about life. this made him realize the value of _______and hard work.
Every successful man is shaped right from his ______. To achieve dreams, one should be disciplined and determined.
1.A. date B. get C. look D. reflect
2.A. supported B. financed C. allocated D. supplied
3.A. outer B. broken C. grand D. broad
4.A. mix B. move C. split D. transport
5.A. though B. whether C. because D. unless
6.A. help B. exception C. development D. attitude
7.A. previously B. carelessly C. universally D. gradually
8.A. belonging B. pride C. reality D. responsibility
9.A. everything B. nothing C. anything D. something
10.A. expresses B. accuses C. reminds D. comforts
11.A. entered B. visited C. opened D. enlarged
12.A. abused B. understood C. rewarded D. accompanied
13.A. spread B. found C. overlooked D. avoided
14.A. giving away B. looking for C. speeding up D. dropping off
15.A. govern B. consider C. seize D. fix
16.A. after B. despite C. without D. beyond
17.A. container B. floor C. solution D. rat
18.A. go B. leave C. complain D. set
19.A. determination B. organization C. devotion D. construction
20.A. adulthood B. childhood C. fatherhood D. brotherhood
Here are six diet foods that can hurt your weight loss journey.
Diet soda.
1. Drinking diet soda can make you likely to overeat. The answer is because your body is tricked into believing you’re ingesting sugar and it makes you crave more.
Microwave popcorn.
Microwave popcorn contains the organic compound diacety to give you that butter taste. Try to avoid this ingredient! 2.
Granola bars.
Commercial granola bars can be loaded with corn syrup, salt and processed oils that can add to your waistline. 3.
Veggie burgers.
Say isn’t so! Going veggie could damage your diet. Read the labels.4.Also Hexane has been found in veggie burgers. This a gasoline by-product used during the process of separating soybeans into oil.
5.
Yup. Low fat-products like yogurt can be loaded with sugar. In a cup of Stoneyfield Farm French Vanilla yogurt, there are 20-plus grams of sugar.
Blue chips.
Blue corn chips or vegetable chips are a great alternative to potato chips. But again, there needs to be portion control. They can be loaded with salt and fatty oils.
A. Roast meat.
B. Low fat yogurt
C. Diet soda can actually make you gain weight
D. You’re better off making your own popcorn
E. Some are made with processed soy and loaded with oils and butter
F. It is as important for thinking as it is for lifting, especially as we age.
G. Opt(选择)for making your own granola at home, but watch your potions.
62-year-old Zhang Jianxing has been searching the ancient forests of the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve for over two decades.
Jianxing began living in the 3,200-square-kilometer mountain range in 1994, after becoming fascinated with the Yeren(also Chinese Wild Man), a 6-foot-tall humanoid creature covered in thick red-brown fur. References of the so-called Chinese Wild Man date back to the Zhou Dynasty in the works of classical Qu Yuan.
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For 10 months out of every year, for the last 22 years, Jianxing has been living deep in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, hoping to meet the Yeren. Dressed in military gear and armed with a camera, he constantly looks for clues of the creature, living off the land and sleeping in abandoned homes and empty caves. To him, the Yeren is more than just an old myth, it’s a branch of scince, one that he has been studying for a very long time.
Jianxing claims he has collected enough evidence of the Wild Man’s existence---over 100 hair samples and 3,000 photos of large footprints---adding that he even came close to seeing it for himself no less than 19 times. And he is not alone in his beliefs. The Wild Man Research Association----yes, there is such a thing---records show reports of Yeren encounters from over 400 locals.
But with no concrete evidence to prove the existence of the Wild Man, most scientists regard it as nothing more than a legend.
Jianxing also added that the local government in Hubei is relying on the Yeren to boost its tourism revenues. In 2012, the Shennongjia Nature Reserve signed an agreement with Beijing to promote holidays for Yeren hunters.
1.When does the earliest record of the Yeren date back to?
A. 2012 B. 1994
C. The Ming Dynasty D. The Zhou Dynasty
2.While hunting in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Zhang Jianxing__________.
A. seldom cooks B. takes his camera
C. rests in the tree D. carries his raincoat
3.Why was an agreement signed in 2012?
A. To do research B. To protect wildlife
C. To develop tourism D. To kill animals
4.What can we know about Zhang Jianxing from the passage?
A. He has spent the last 22 years looking for big feet
B. He has contributed a lot to the discovery of Yeren
C. He has been fond of living in the ancient forests
D. He has made up his mind to protect the ancient forests
Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
“I’ll be the first millionaire in Clifford!” Richard Pike used to say.
“And you’ll sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in town!”
George never did become a lawyer and Richard Pike never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Clifford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival(竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him?
George was very interested in old dictionaries. He had recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was surprised—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.
“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylan. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.”
1.What was the relationship between George and Rivhard at school?
A. Partner B. Competitors
C. Roommates D. Good friends
2.What effect did Richard’s disappearance have on George?
A. He envied Richard’s marriage
B. He was quilty of Richard’s death
C. He felt lucky with no rival in town
D. He thought of Richard from time to time
3.Where did George get information about Richard?
A. From the latter’s rivals Dylans
B. From the wrapping paper of a book
C. From a rare first edition of a dictionary
D. From a dictionary collector in Australia
4.What happened to George and Richard in the end?
A. Both of them realized their original ambitions
B. Both George and Richard became millionaires
C. Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success
D. George established a successful business white Richard was missing
When Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.
At 20, he and a friend started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard (果园) in Oregon.
After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4,000 employees.
At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from rival (对手) Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability and introduced new products such as the iPhone and the iPad.
Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
1.Why did Steve Jobs stop his college education?
A. He had financial problems
B. He took no interest in his major
C. He wanted to start a company
D. He hated to share rooms with his friends
2.What can be inferred about Apple from the passage?
A. It was founded in Oregon B. It had a difficult beginning
C. It developed from a garage D. It had a successful beginning
3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A. Steve Jobs invented the iPhone
B. Steve Jobs joined Microsoft in 1987
C. Steve Jobs gave Apple a second life
D. Steve Jobs set up another company at 30
4.What does what Steve Jobs said suggest?
A. Courage goes with confidence B. Attitude is everything
C. Hope helps us succeed D. Enthusiasm is the key to success
Wearing a red nose for a day may seem like a strange way to raise money for charity. However, it seems to work in Britain
Red Nose Day (RND) is well-known in the UK. The aim of the day is to raise money for a charity called Comic Relief which helps people in need in Africa and in the UK.
Red nose?
Comic Relief was started in 1985 by the scriptwriter Richard Curtis. It’s called Red Nose Day, as on this day many people buy a plastic red nose to wear! The money made from selling red noses goes to the charity.
When is RND?
Red Nose Day takes place every two years in the spring and is now so famous that many people consider it to be an unofficial national holiday. For example, many schools have non-uniform days. This year Red Nose Day was on 13th March 2015.
Money
Across Britain, people are encouraged to “Do Something Funny for Money”. The money that is collected helps children to go to school, and educates the adults with HIV and AIDS. Comic Relief also works closely with disabled and elderly people to make sure they have equal rights and a better life.
So, if you are ever in the UK on Red Nose Day, now you know why you may find normal people wearing red noses and doing silly things! It’s all for a good cause! If you want to find out more about the day, have a look at the official Read Nose Day website.
1.Why do people celebrate Red Nose Day?
A. To raise money for Comic Relief
B. To encourage people to make money happily
C. To raise money to help the poor all over the word
D. To encourage more American people to join the charity
2.What can we know about Comic Relief from the passage?
A. It was started in 1895
B. It helps people from all over the world
C. It offers help to both children and adults
D. It mainly aims to make disabled people have a better life
3.What is probably encouraged to do on Red Nose Day?
A. Making red noses
B. Working for money
C. Painting your body red
D. Making your face funny
