The shower, I find, is the best place to cry. The water ______ the sound of my sadness，while washing away any ______ of my pain. I shower ______ the kids have gone to bed it’s the only time I can he ______.
I encourage my two boys to cry. My 7-year-old ______ himself on never crying at school. “Oh, but you must cry,” I ______. “Crying is good. It gets the sadness out. Never hold ______ your tears.” But what might ______ do to them to see their mother upset? I ______ did my best to protect my two children from my ______. If I needed to cry, I cried by myself, until...
Then my father died, and there was no ______ I could schedule my ______ and keep my feelings inside.
I tried to get on with things, but the sadness still came. The realization that my dad was actually gone ______ me with an intensity (强度) that was impossible to cover up.
To my surprise, my boys didn’t seem too alarmed. They found me hiding in the bedroom one afternoon,______. “It’s OK, mommies get sad too,” I told them, smiling ______ my tears.
“Don’t be sad, mommy. Granddad’s coming back as a baby,” my 7-year-old said, his tiny arm stretched ______ my shoulders. “Think about love,” he went on. “Think about all the people who love you.”
I realized that in hiding my pain, I was only ______ what it means to be human. It’s ______ thing to tell my children it’s OK to cry. It’s another to show them ______ it’s done.
Our job is not to protect our children, to keep them perfect. Our job is to look and say, “you are ______, and you’re made for struggles, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
1.A. exposes B. covers C. changes D. reduces
2.A. emotion B. expression C. evidence D. dust
3.A. after B. before C. until D. when
4.A. asleep B. awake C. alive D. alone
5.A. concentrates B. prides C. depends D. bases
6.A. request B. command C. order D. insist
7.A. up B. on C. back D. out
8.A. them B. it C. that D. this
9.A. always B. rarely C. seldom D. often
10.A. thoughts B. difficulties C. tears D. problems
11.A. doubt B. point C. need D. way
12.A. sadness B. surprise C. disappointment D. anger
13.A. inform B. remind C. hit D. make
14.A. weeping B. wept C. sweeping D. swept
15.A. for B. at C. in D. through
16.A. on B. across C. by D. to
17.A. explaining B. denying C. proving D. expecting
18.A. the other B. other C. the one D. one
19.A. how B. what C. that D. why
20.A. upset B. perfect C. imperfect D. painful
How to Look and Feel Beautiful
Life can be much easier if most people are not too hard on themselves about their own appearance and personality.
1..
.1. Spend time for yourself.
Everyone needs to spoil himself or herself once in a while. Going to a spa or trying something simple can improve greatly on how you feel.
.2. Eat healthy and exercise.
Keeping your body in shape and eating healthy food can do wonders for you not only physically, but give you great energy to be active and fit.2..
.3. Stay less stressed.
3.. Try yoga, soothing (抚慰人心的) music to ease and relax your mind and body. Do whatever that works for you to prevent constant worries.
.4. 4..
Treat yourself by buying a new outfit, a pair of shoes or a beautiful necklace or earrings to give an extra boost in the way you look.
.5. Be content with yourself.
The best method to stay beautiful is being comfortable in your own skin by having confidence and thinking highly of yourself (but not to the extreme where you are arrogant). Accepting that you are an unique individual with great gifts can definitely change your life for the better.
.6. Smile, laugh, and stay positive.
5.. And it also gives you a beautiful glow (容光焕发) that make others want to be around you.
A. Go shopping
B. Wear makeup
C. Read more on different ways to look and feel beautiful
D. Ignore negative comments and stay away from negative souls
E. Remembering these three factors helps draw the right people in your life
F. Also taking vitamins and supplements is good for your body, skin, and hair
G. Situations in our life at times can make us feel physically, mentally, and emotionally stressed
As a child, I was generally happy, singing and dancing to my favorite songs, smiling and laughing with my friends and family. But as far back as second grade, I noticed a “darkness” about me. I didn’t enjoy engaging in many things.
In middle school things in my life began to get even worse. I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed—swimming, tennis, family. I hated going to sleep knowing I had to wake up to another day. I was always tired. Everything was horrible. Finally, midway through eighth grade, I was told I had a chemical imbalance, diagnosed with clinical depression, and put on medication. It took months for me to feel the effects of the medication.
When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself, rather than relying on medicine. Aristotle said, “To live happily is an inward power of the soul,” and I believe that this quote describes what I had to do to achieve happiness. Happiness is a journey. Everyone seems to need different things to be happy. But I believe people are blinded from what truly makes one happy.
“The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for,” a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be truly happy in life. People need love; I feel they need their family and their friends more than anything in the world. People need work to do, something to make them feel they are making a difference in the world. People need to know that more good is to come in the future, so they continue to live for “now” instead of constantly worrying about the bad that could come. And most importantly, people need to know that happiness is not something that happens overnight. Love and hope are happiness.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 2?
A. He was diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Six.
B. He hated going to sleep because he couldn’t sleep well.
C. He suffered a lot from clinical depression.
D. He spent months recovering from the clinical depression.
2.What made the author feel happy again?
A. His understanding of happiness. B. The medicine’s effect.
C. Aristotle’s words. D. His families’ love.
3.People who want to be truly happy should have the following EXCFPT , according to the author.
A. hope B. belief
C. love D. work
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Ways to overcome depression. B. The importance of being happy.
C. The essentials to happiness. D. Love and happiness.
It’s often said of British people that they are very aware of each other’s social rank. Britons can usually work out a fellow countryman’s background from the way they speak or dress, and may even treat them differently based on this. But although this may have been truer in the past than it is today, visitors to Britain say that they still notice it. The comic play Pygmalion (1913), by the Irishman George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), is a famous exploration of the importance of social rank in British society.
The main story of the play concerns a working class girl, Eliza Doolittle, a flower seller from London. Two upper class gentlemen try to see if they can get Doolittle to appear like an upper class lady after sending her for elocution lessons. Professor Henry Higgins, a language expert, says it can be done; his friend Colonel Pickering says that it’s impossible. Even so, Higgins sets out to teach Eliza how to “speak properly”.
Of course, Eliza isn’t a lump of clay; she has her own will. She can see that it’s in her best interest to go along with Higgins’ plan to “improve herself”. She wants to be able to sell flowers in a shop rather than on the street. After the training, Eliza proves that a flower girl can pass herself off as a lady at a ball. She is a triumph (赢家), and Higgins has won his bet.
But what happens next? Eliza has her future to worry about. She may be able to fool the upper class into thinking she’s one of them, but she isn’t really one of them.
Shaw seems to be telling us that social rank is about more than the way someone talks-it’s about wealth and privilege. The whole experiment proves the idea that accents and classes are very superficial (肤浅的). The way one speaks and dresses are only markers of class. The class system itself, however, is something completely different.
1.What can we learn about speaking and dressing from Paragraph 1?
A. They determine Britons’ social rank.
B. Britons are stricter in them nowadays.
C. Britons no longer care about them.
D. They could affect others’ opinion of a person.
2.Which can replace the underlined word “elocution”?
A. dress B. manners
C. speech D. dance
3.What happens to Eliza Doolittle during the experiment?
A. She is forced to give up selling flowers on the street.
B. She is unwilling to participate in the experiment.
C. She is thought of as an upper-class lady at the hall.
D. She is hopeful about her future.
4.Which of the following would Shaw probably agree with?
A. One can enter the upper class after receiving training.
B. People should try their best to improve their accents.
C. The way people speak greatly affects their social status.
D. Social rank can t he judged by dressing or speaking.
Although honey is a natural food with many health benefits, you should avoid giving it to your child until they are a year old. This is because there’s a small chance that it could contain a bacterium (细菌), which can result in infant botulism (婴儿型肉毒中毒): a serious form of food poisoning.
Unfortunately, it’s not possible for manufacturers to destroy the bacteria without cooking the honey, which makes the sweet matter unsuitable for babies under one. Although the British Honey Importers and Packers Association advises its members to print on honey labels that it’s not suitable for babies under 12 months, all products will not carry the warning. So it’s up to you to remember not to add honey to your baby’s food.
Although you may feel your baby’s food could do with a spoonful of honey for sweetness, it’s a good idea to avoid giving her too many sugary tastes. Offering too many sweet foods could mean that your baby develops a sweet tooth.
If, however, adding sweetness to certain foods will help. There are plenty of alternatives to honey. Try low-sugar jams on fingers of toast or in sandwiches. You can also sweeten the flavor of sharp or sour fruit such as rhubarb (大黄) by adding jams like apples or pears.
Once your baby is over a year old, it’s safe to introduce honey. By this time, a child’s intestines (肠) have grown enough to process the dangerous bacteria without allowing it to grow. However, because honey is a type of sugar, nutritionists still advise you should limit the amount to avoid problems as to tooth later on.
1.Why should we avoid giving honey to a baby?
A. Because too much honey will ruin the baby’s teeth.
B. Because a bacterium can cause food poisoning.
C. Because honey can make babies lack appetite.
D. Because honey will lead t0 infant depression.
2.From the second paragraph we can infer that .
A. honey manufacturers will remove the bacteria by cooking
B. every honey product will carry a label in the market
C. some products will carry a label while in the market
D. parents can accuse manufacturers of their products
3.The underlined sentence in the passage means that .
A. we have no choice except honey
B. we have many choices apart from honey
C. we can choose honey and other things
D. we can’t choose honey or other things
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Why Is Honey Dangerous for Your Baby?
B. When Can You Feed Your Baby with Honey?
C. How Does Honey Benefit Your Baby?
D. What Can You Do with Honey for Your Baby?
Employment for Adults
School food service employment offers a Monday through Friday work schedule. We have a variety of short-hour positions, with flexible hours, NO EVENINGS OR WEEKENDS.
Training is provided for a variety of duties. These duties may include preparing items for a salad bar, operating a commercial dishwashing machine, even managing an outside snack cart on campus. Knowledge of or the ability to be trained in cash handling is a must for employment at the junior and senior high level.
Apply for part-time positions at the Food and Nutrition Department, 143 South Alma School Road. We are between Broadway and Main on the east side of Alma School Road. We can be reached by calling (480) 472-0900.
Employment for Students
The Food and Nutrition Department of Mesa Public School employs students to work in the junior and high school cafeterias. They learn to prepare, serve food and operate a computerized sales system.
Student employees must meet the following minimum qualifications:
Must be at least 14 years old.
Grade of A/B in math.
Must have less than five absences during the previous school year.
Must be able to count change accurately or have the ability to learn.
Must be able to take direction and follow orders.
Must be extremely honest and loyal.
Please visit your cafeteria manager for more information.
1.All the adult employees don’t have to work .
A. in the afternoon B. on weekends
C. on weekdays D. in the day time
2.Which of the following is NOT the duty of the training for adult employees?
A. How to wash dishes. B. How to prepare salad.
C. How to sell snacks on campus. D. How to manage one’s personal finances.
3.To work as a student employee, one must .
A. do well in math B. have working experience
C. operate computer skillfully D. have a good academic report
