One day I was thinking of something new to read.When I asked my sister for1.(suggest),she told me to read A Child Called "It".After reading this book,it2.(natural) became my favorite book.It taught me a lot of necessary things in life many people don't bother to appreciate until they're3.(miss).
This book has inspired me in many ways.It made me realize that I'm so fortunate to have a caring and loving mom.As I read the book,I4.(notice) what the boy wanted was love from his mom,but that was impossible for him to get.5.,his mom would abuse him.This book also taught me to appreciate and be happy6.what I have.I often cry because I'm unable to get new shoes or clothes.The child in the book was hardly surviving with the things7.he had.He hardly had enough clothes over8.(he) body to keep him from freezing and he didn't even have shoes.
Until this day,A Child Called "It"9.(be) still my favorite book.10.(inspire) by this book,I'm sure to become a better person.
Teachers selected from each district school for the Teacher of the Year competition were recognized.The competition's winner will be____in the spring.All those model teachers got me to think about some of my teachers through the years,and how they____me.
My college adviser,J.C.Casey,had a big____on my life.She was a teacher and friend.She____me to consider journalism as a career.My high school math teacher,Kathy Cloud,took the time to____math to me in a way I could ____understand.I'd struggled with math until I got in Cloud's classes.She gave me the____to realize I could do it.
My first-grade teacher,Darlene Dryden,held me back.Now,most people wouldn't____the teacher that kept them back a grade fondly,but Dryden has always been my____teacher.I was the youngest person in my class and very shy. She thought I____another year to mature before moving on to second____.She didn't make me feel____for having to repeat the grade.Instead,he made me feel____.I think I was her favorite,too.
My senior year of high school,right before____,I wrote Dryden a note letting her.know that I'd become a good student and was going to____and that she'd had a____in that.
The Norman teachers____Wednesday are just a few of the many who are in the classrooms every day making ____in their students' lives.They may not even know the____impact（影响）they're having.I know it's not an____job, but teachers,just remember that you're a Mrs.Dryden to somebody.
1.A. impressed B. emphasised C. announced D. understood
2.A. blamed B. influenced C. considered D. awarded
3.A. education B. lecture C. force D. effect
4.A. encouraged B. warned C. forced D. begged
5.A. pass B. explain C. request D. invite
6.A. usually B. suddenly C. actually D. hardly
7.A. chance B. confidence C. courage D. importance
8.A. doubt B. respect C. miss D. remember
9.A. favorite B. terrible C. serious D. curious
10.A. wasted B. delayed C. needed D. planned
11.A. class B. family C. group D. grade
12.A. stupid B. comfortable C. pleasant D. troublesome
13.A. common B. special C. proud D. sad
14.A. graduation B. work C. youth D. sleep
15.A. nursery B. college C. school D. factory
16.A. point B. balance C. sense D. part
17.A. accepted B. employed C. honored D. punished
18.A. differences B. preparations C. charges D. decisions
19.A. passive B. small C. painful D. positive
20.A. interesting B. elegant C. easy D. important
With the development of society,it is common that many people are rushing all the way and all day,tired and subhealthy.A patient came to see me about the stress in her life.1.One was to make her bed—from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work.I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks. She was shocked,probably thinking I'd been brought up by wolves in a forest.2.
Two weeks later she went into my office merrily.She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years—and nothing bad had happened."And you know what?"she said.“I don't dry my dishes anymore,either.”
3.One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before.The other was giving herself permission to be less than perfect.This story shows an important principle about managing time: No one can do it all.Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs（利弊权衡）.The problem is that many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last.They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves.4.
So what is the solution?There's an easy way.Decide what you want in your life,and put that first.On a daily basis,that should include regular meals,enough sleep and time with your family.Exercise,leisure,friendships and hobbies should also he regular aspects of life.5.The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life.Take a nap.Take a walk.Take time to play the piano.Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers.Fill more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.
A.However,she went along with my idea.
B.She described all the things she had to do.
C.This woman had made two major breakthroughs.
D.Most people do not take time to relax themselves.
E.They put everyone else's needs ahead of their own.
F.The point is to do something for yourself every day.
G.Above all,you needn't do anything for yourself regularly.
If you are hungry,what do you do?Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?Just like your stomach,even your mind is hungry.But it never lets you know,because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover,favorite star and many such absurd things.So it silently began to pay careful attention to your needs and never let itself grow.When mind loosens its freedom to grow,creativity gets a full stop.
This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”,“Why can't I think?”,“Why am I always given the difficult problems?”Well this is the result of our own karma（宿命）of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually settled through extensive reading.Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood.Just like that to develop other aspects of our life,we have to take help of reading.You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions.Once you read a book,you just don't run your eyes through the lines,but even your mind decodes（解码）it and explains it to you.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.
Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas.The same seed if used many times,can help you link and relate a lot of things,of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing lout creativity.The more the number of books you read,the more your mind will open up.Also this improves your speaking skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.Within no time you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.
1.What does the author mean by saying that our mind is hungry?
A. We don't read books. B. Our creativity gets a full stop.
C. We don't have a good memory. D. We don't know what to do next.
2.One's mind is hungry because he/she .
A. can't work out things well
B. loosens the freedom to grow
C. is mentally busy with many absurd things
D. begins to pay careful attention to his needs
3.Which of the following is NOT the advantage of reading?
A. Helping you develop your creativity.
B. Helping you enlarge your vocabulary.
C. Helping you improve your speaking skills.
D. Helping you run your eyes through the lines.
4.By reading more,we are sure to .
A. perform better mentally in the future
B. dream the wildest dreams
C. store books in your mind
D. speak English fluently
Idema,a Dutch Sinologist（汉学家）,has served as the director of the Chinese Languages and Cultures Department at Leiden University of the Netherlands and was also director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.He has studied ancient Chinese plays,novels and literature,and has authored or translated a number of influential books published in English and other languages.
The 70-year-old Dutch Sinologist recalled his half-century-long romance with Chinese culture during a recent visit to Beijing.As a child,the vivid descriptions of China in Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winner Pearl S.Buck’s books sparked Idema's interest in the country.He later read classic Chinese literature and spent whole days pouring through works at the National Library of China.
While many other experts on China focused on the country's economic transformation,Idema continued to study traditional Chinese literature."There were scholars studying law,religion and society,but not traditional Chinese literature,which was my personal interest,"Idema explains.
Finding reference books for his research,especially regional publications,used to be a huge challenge,and Idema used to spend a lot of time collecting books and other materials during visits to China.Now it is much more convenient with the Internet.
Idema usually chooses less-known subjects for his research and tries to get firsthand materials.In recent years, he has devoted himself to translating Chinese folk tales and writing about Chinese folk society and folk culture.
"Traditional Chinese culture is a passion.I have been studying it for 50 years and will continue to do so,"says the retired professor.
1.What does the underlined word "sparked" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Increased. B. Broke.
C. Performed. D. Aroused.
2.Idema concentrated on traditional Chinese literature because .
A. he wanted to show he was different from others
B. he was interested in traditional Chinese literature
C. traditional Chinese literature is easier to study than other fields
D. he could benefitted a lot from the traditional Chinese literature
3.What may be the best title for the text?
A. A Passion for Chinese Culture B. The Life of Idema
C. Idema's Visit to China D. The Personal Hobby
I find it interesting that even the ordinary happenings can have an effect on our experiences.My wife and I moved into our house nine years ago.We spent a lot of time and energy in the yard.There were some rocks there. Whenever we had found flowers,we would plant them,just to bring some color to the area.
Last summer I found a little plant that I could not immediately recognize.I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said that she didn't,either.We decided to let it continue growing until we could find out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mysterious plant,it appeared to be a sunflower.It was spindly（瘦弱的）and had only one head on it.I decided to baby it along and weed around it.As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds,I noticed something unusual.The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk（茎）begin.It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under around it to reach the sun.
That's when I realized that if a little sunflower didn't let a big rock stand in its way of developing,we too have the abilities to achieve our desires.Like the sunflower,it knew it had the ability to get over the difficulty and succeed because it had faith.
1.The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 1 refers to .
A. rocks B. flowers
C. happenings D. experiences
2.What unusual things did the author find?
A. There was only one head on the sunflower.
B. The sunflower had pushed away a big rock.
C. The stalk of the sunflower was tall and thin.
D. The sunflower grew under and around a big stone.
3.According to the passage,if one wants to achieve success,he/she first need .
A. others' help B. great abilities
C. self-confidence D. a happy environment
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Grow up to be strong with more sunlight. B. Make the environment support you.
C. Stand tall like the sunflower. D. Be proud of yourself.
