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The story is about what Sam felt about his 1.(one) boarding school life.
2. a child,he never left his parents,so he didn’t get used to 3.(deal) with everything in school independently.
Once I had a similar experience.I finished my junior middle school in a boarding school.At the age of 13,I 4. dealt with the daily things,such as washing clothes,taking care of money etc,5.(especial) I felt lonely because I hardly knew any people.At first,I could not get on well with my classmates and I always looked forward to 6.(be) on holiday to meet my parents.I could not concentrate on my subjects.As time went by,I gradually adapted 7.(me) to the school life.I made several friends with our classmates and often took part in the activities,in which I improved my communicating skills.As I had a lot of interesting things to do,I 8.(final) enjoyed my school life.
Now,9. I think of my first boarding school life,I think it instructive and 10.(forget).
Growing Roots
When I was growing up,I had an old neighbour named Dr Gibbs.He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ____ known.When Dr Gibbs wasn’t ____ lives,he was planting trees.
The good doctor had some ____ theories on planting trees.He believed in “No pains,no gains.” He never ____ his new trees,which was ____ many people.Once I asked why.He ____ that watering plants spoiled them,and that if you water them,each following tree generation will ____ weaker and weaker.So you have to make things ____ for them.He talked about how watering trees could ____ shallow roots,and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in ____ of water.I came to understand that he meant deep roots were to be ____.I planted a couple of trees and I took good care of them.Two years of ____ has resulted in trees that expect to be waited on hand and foot.Whenever a cold wind blows,they ____ and tremble their branches.Funny things about those trees of Dr Gibbs’.The lack of water seemed to ____ them in ways comfort and ease never could.
I used to ____ for my sons that their lives will be easy.But ____ I’ve been thinking that it’s time to ____ my prayer.I know my children are going to meet ____,and I’m praying they will be strong.The prayer for comfort is seldom met.What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,____ when the winds blow,we won’t be ____ away.
1.A. even B. ever C. never D. hardly
2.A. valuing B. making C. enjoying D. saving
3.A. exciting B. dull C. interesting D. terrible
4.A. watered B. raised C. loved D. sheltered
5.A. against B. beyond C. within D. from
6.A. wondered B. answered C. doubted D. guessed
7.A. grow B. change C. appear D. show
8.A. harmful B. favourable C. tough D. wonderful
9.A. lead to B. result from C. put in D. care for
10.A. charge B. favour C. honour D. search
11.A. treasured B. challenged C. respected D. liked
12.A. education B. information C. preparation D. devotion
13.A. dance B. shake C. spread D. lift
14.A. harm B. raise C. benefit D. hurt
15.A. pray B. apply C. stand D. call
16.A. perfectly B. formally C. obviously D. lately
17.A. attend B. say C. change D. keep
18.A. hardships B. worries C. bosses D. jobs
19.A. or B. so C. and D. but
20.A. given B. sent C. broken D. swept
The need for love is deeply rooted in the human psyche(灵魂).1. Separateness,according to psychologists,means to be cut off,helpless and alone in the world.It is the source of all anxiety.
2. It can be selfish and possessive,or unselfish and giving.Abraham Maslow distinguishes between two kinds of love:B-love or “being love” means love for another person:unselfish love not dependent upon your own needs.D-love or “deficiency love” is a selfish possessive love which is based upon someone else’s ability to satisfy your needs.
D-love is conditional.It depends upon whether personal needs continue to be met.But B-love is unconditional.3. Furthermore,as it depends upon who you are,it is possible only when you allow yourself to be known to the other person.
The psychologist Erich Fromm also distinguished between two types of love.4. Symbiotic union is an immature love based upon the satisfaction of needs and is similar to Maslow’s concept of D-love.
Mature love,on the other hand,is a relationship that allows individuals to retain(保持)their independence,their identity,and their integrity.In mature love people can overcome their sense of separateness yet continue to be themselves.The immature lover would say,“I love you because I need you.” but the mature one:“5.”
A.Every one of us needs love.
B.There are two types of love.
C.I need you because I love you.
D.It depends not upon what you do,but who you are.
E.These two types are quite different from each other.
F.Love is a way of overcoming the feeling of human separateness.
G.They are immature love,called by him symbiotic union(共同体),and mature love.
Mark Twain,the famous American writer and a great master of humour,liked to play jokes on others.But once a joke was played on him.
One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town.At lunch he met a young man,one of his friends.The young man said that he had an uncle with him.He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled,and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.
“You bring your uncle to my talk this evening,” said Mark Twain.“I’m sure I can make him laugh.”
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front.Mark Twain began to speak.He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh.But the old man never even smiled.Mark Twain told more funny stories,but the old man still kept quiet.Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories.Finally he stopped.He was tired and quite disappointed.
Some days later,Mark Twain told another friend what had happened.“Oh,” said his friend,“I know that man.He’s been deaf for years.”
1.The writer wrote the passage mainly to .
A. tell readers Mark Twain liked playing jokes
B. tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain
C. tell readers Mark Twain was a great writer
D. tell readers how to tell a funny story
2.Why did Mark Twain ask the young man to bring his uncle to his talk?
A. Because he thought he could make the old man laugh.
B. Because he wanted to get to know the old man.
C. Because the old man could tell stories.
D. Because he wanted to learn from the old man.
3.Mark Twain couldn’t make the old man laugh because .
A. his jokes were not funny
B. the old man wasn’t interested in the jokes
C. the old man could tell more funny jokes
D. the old man was deaf
Tourism probably started in Roman times.Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman empire.But when the empire broke down,this kind of tourism stopped.
In the early 17th century,the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born.Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel(英吉利海峡).They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time,including Paris in France,and Rome and Venice(威尼斯)in Italy.Their tours lasted for two to four years,and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city.The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education—but only for the rich.
In the 18th century,tourism began to change.For example,people in the UK started to visit some towns,such as Bath to “take the waters”.They believed that the water there was good for their health.So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.
In the 19th century,travel became much more popular and faster.When the first railways were built in the 1820s,it was easier for people to travel between towns,so they started to go for holidays by train.And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger,noisier and dirtier.
Travelling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built.People began to travel more to far away countries.
The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people.Planes were made larger,so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.
Thus tourism grew.In 1949,Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays.The company organises everything—plane tickets,hotel rooms,even food—and tourists pay for it all before they leave home.The package tour and modern tourist industry was born.
The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949.But tourism did not take off until 1978.In 2002,the industry was worth 500 billion yuan and became an important part of China’s social development.
1.In the early times,the travellers .
A. all came from Roman
B. were very young and strong
C. had lots of money
D. travelled by boat
2. played the most important role in the tourism development.
A. Education B. Money
C. Transportation D. People’s ideas
3.Modern tourism was born .
A. in 1949 B. in Roman times
C. in the early 17th century D. in the 19th century
4.The underlined phrase “take off” means “ ”.
A. a plane rising into the air
B. develop very fast
C. remove hats and clothes
D. bring down the prices
Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place.Around 1870,it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom,and the capital,Buenos Aires,attracted many people.Farmers,as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy,came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs.These jobs didn’t pay well,and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city.As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city,the dance known as the tango(探戈舞) came into being.
At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes.It was danced in the bars and streets.At that time there were many fewer women than men,so if a man didn’t want to be left out,his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women.Gradually,the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.
In Europe at this time,strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning.This interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris.Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters.After tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe,they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exciting dance in cafes.Though not everyone approved of the new dance,saying it was a little too shocking,the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.
The popularity(流行) of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world.Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War Ⅰ brought the tango to North America.It reached Japan in 1926,and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador,and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.
1.The origin of the tango is associated with .
A. belly dancers
B. American soldiers
C. a Spanish city
D. the capital of Argentina
2.Which of the following is TRUE about the tango?
A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.
B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most.
C. It was often danced by two males in the beginning.
D. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.
3.Before World War Ⅰ,the tango spread to .
A. America B. Japan
C. France D. South Korea
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. How to Dance the Tango
B. The History of the Tango
C. How to Promote the Tango
D. The Modern Tango Boom
