Rajesh Singh’s father was a small clerk and had huge family of 8 children.Rajesh Singh’s father died when Rajesh was 16.Rajesh was very passionate about education and used to top his schools.But sudden death of his father and having 3 sisters, 4 brothers and mother to support, he was forced by life to give up his studies.
Rajesh did everything under the sun with one single goal, feeding his brothers, sisters and making sure that they at least graduate.Rajesh started doing odd jobs till he settled with a job in textile trading unit.His responsible attitude, his zeal (热心) to succeed and his honest character saw him making good fame in the market.Soon Rajesh was sought for employees by traders.After working for 5 years as an employee, Rajesh finally got a financier who wanted to do business of textile trading.Rajesh formed a partnership firm and slowly his business started flourishing.
Rajesh still has passion for studies but his business didn’t give him time for pursing his aspirations.It is said that life throws you surprise when you least expect it.His friend was thinking of buying a school but had 20% amount short for that.The school was primary school and management wanted to sell it off.Rajesh soon jumped into the opportunity and became one of the trustees (受托人) of the school.
His passion for education, his zeal for interacting with students saw some of good reforms in the school.He introduced some programs for interaction with parents, programs for improving concentration of students and their interactive studying.
His school was one of the first schools to have computers in the city.Soon his school saw rise in the number of students and they expanded.They also got permission to make it into higher secondary school from primary school.
1.Rajesh Singh gave up his studies because________.
A. he couldn’t keep up with his classmates
B. he lost interest in school
C. he had to support a large family
D. he had learned enough at school
2.What happened after Rajesh Singh worked in textile trading?
A. He became the most popular employee.
B. He became a famous financier.
C. He found a better job in another business.
D. He set up his own business with a partner.
3.Which of the following is NOT proper to describe Rajesh Singh?
A. Responsible. B. Honest.
C. Strongwilled. D. Learned.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. From School Dropout to School Owner
B. A Poor Man’s Struggle to Fame
C. A Responsible Big Brother
D. Opportunities Favor Those Who Are Prepared
A fourteenyearold violinist was performing at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Leonard Bernstein, the famous conductor. In the middle of a complex violin concert, a string on the girl’s violin broke. Her violin was unusable, and Bernstein stopped the orchestra. The young violinist kept her cool, turned to the first violinist, and borrowed his violin. Unfortunately, a string quickly broke on that violin as well, and she had to use yet another instrument. Such a disaster might unnerve even an experienced violinist, but the fourteenyearold kept her cool and finished the concert. The audience applauded enthusiastically. Today, people still talk about the extraordinary performance of the youngster. She is Midori.
As a little girl in Osaka, Japan, Midori lived in a musical home. Her mother was a concert violinist. When Midori was just two years old, her mother was amazed to hear her child humming (哼曲子) a complex piece of music by Bach.
Midori soon began practicing on a childsized violin. Her mother gave her music lessons and arranged private performances for family and friends. When Midori was nine years old, her mother recognized that her daughter possessed great musical talent. She took Midori to the United States to play at the Aspen Music Festival. After Midori performed perfectly there, a famous music teacher named Dorothy DeLay accepted her as her student. This meant that Midori and her mother would have to move to New York City.
In New York, Midori had a busy schedule of music lessons and school. She performed only a few times a year in her early teens. After her first public appearance at the Tanglewood Music Festival, music fans eagerly waited for each of her concerts.
When she turned sixteen, Midori decided to leave school and become a fulltime performer. When she appeared onstage, audiences were amazed at Midori’s wonderful music, as well as her graceful (优美的), shy beauty.
The adult Midori is perhaps the most famous female musician in the world. She has received countless awards. But Midori is not just concentrating on her career. She recently created the Midori Foundation, which provides lectures to teach children about music. Midori remembers how much she loved learning to make music as a child. Now, she is devoted to making the same beautiful experience possible for other young children.
1.The author mentions Midori’s performance at the Tanglewood Music Festival at 14 to show she was ________.
A. highly skilled
B. extraordinarily calm
C. particularly fortunate
D. extremely experienced
2.After moving to New York, Midori ________.
A. gave up school immediately
B. performed a lot in her early teens
C. won a lot of awards soon after her move
D. impressed the audience with her performance
3.Midori set up the Midori Foundation in order to ________.
A. encourage little children to play the violin
B. help children realize their music dreams
C. show her gratefulness to her fans
D. raise money for music lovers
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. From Japan to New York
B. A famous music festival
C. Music for children
D. Musical genius
The career of Henrik Ibsen was directly influenced by his childhood.In later years, the great playwright remembered only a cruel, angry father, forced by business defeats to move the family to an old farm outside Skien, Norway, Ibsen’s mother, no longer welcomed in the homes of her wealthy friends, started to suffer from depression.At sixteen, the young Ibsen left home, working as an apprentice (学徒) in Grimstad.
Failure, for Ibsen, became a way of life.Catalina, his first literary attempt, was impossible to sell.The privately printed book was eventually sold as packing paper to a grocer.Ibsen sought admission to the university in Oslo but failed the entrance examinations.He tried a career as a journalist, without success.As a stage manager, first in Bergen, then in Oslo, he did better, but lost the latter job when the theater closed down.The experience was not altogether wasted.At Bergen, Ibsen’s agreement required him to provide one new play each year, and although none of the five he produced was well received, the requirement forced him to learn the techniques of his trade.
In 1864, Ibsen took his wife and baby son to Rome, Italy, where they spent five years living in poor conditions.On the edge of starvation, he wrote Brand, dealing with the subject he knew best: failure.Six months after he sent Brand to Danish publishers, his fortunes had changed completely.The play was brought out in March, 1866, becoming an immediate success.With Brand and Peer Gynt, written in the same period, Ibsen won recognition at last.Awarded an annual fixed payment and the title of national poet by Norway, he dropped his shabby clothes and became a welldressed, neatly barbered, distinguished writer.
1.Which of the following best describes Ibsen’s childhood?
A. Lonely. B. Peaceful.
C. Unhappy. D. Surprising.
2.Ibsen’s first successful work was written in ________.
A. Grimstad B. Bergen
C. Oslo D. Rome
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. One is never too old to learn.
B. Experience is the best teacher.
C. Failure is the mother of success.
D. Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
4.Which of the following CAN describe Henrik Ibsen according to the passage?
A. Devoted. B. Easygoing.
C. Determined. D. Kindhearted.
假定你是是李华。你的英国朋友Edward 正在学习汉语，他希望你给他推荐一个适合他学习汉语的网站。请你根据以下内容给他回复邮件。
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有老师在线答疑解惑。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
One rainy day while I was walking home with one of my friend, a truck came to a stop besides us. The driver put the window down and offered us a umbrella because he found we were wet through. I stood there and couldn’t believe in that a complete stranger is so thoughtful. The man insisted, so I grateful accepted the offer, thanked him and watched the truck disappear down the road. This man might need the umbrella himself, and he preferred to give them to someone else. It was a lesson to us that it was possible give without expect anything in return.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I’m now a good student in my class. But you don’t know that when I1. (start) senior English in the beginning, I found it difficult and quite 2. (differ) from what I had learned in junior school. Now I still remember a teacher who taught me at that time. 3. teacher is a good teacher because she always tried to be the one4.classes were made active and lively with some stories and examples.5.the help of the teacher, I realized the6.(important) of English, so I decided to learn English well. My teacher suggested that we7.(read) more if we wanted to improve our English,8.every day I would do some reading. She also told us lessons in class could help us deal with exams, but even more valuable were the lessons9.(learn) in extra-curricular activities in school. I like my English teacher very much.
Now I have made 10.great progress in my English study that I am more interested in learning it than before.
