I've always felt a need to be prepared for whatever situation I've found myself in．
My mother once took me to a store when I was seven years old．She and I got to the checkout counter, and she realized she had forgotten a couple of things on her shopping list．She left me with the cart and ran off to get what she needed．
"I'll be right back．" she said．
She was gone just a few minutes, but in that time, I had loaded all the things on the belt and everything was rung up．I was left staring at the cashier, who was staring at me．"Do you have money for me, son?" she said．"I'll need to be paid．"
I didn't realize she was just trying to amuse herself．So I stood there, ashamed and embarrassed．
By the time my mom returned, I was angry．"You left me here with no money! This lady asked me for the money, and I had nothing to give her.”
Now that I'm an adult, you'll never catch me with less than $200 in my wallet．I want to be prepared in case I need it．
I've always admired people who are over-prepared．In college, I had a classmate named Norman．One day he was giving a presentation on an overhead projector and in the middle of his talk, the light bulb on the projector blew out．We would have to wait ten minutes until someone found a new projector．
"It's Okay." he announced．"There's nothing to worry about."
We watched him walk over to his bag and pull something out．He had brought along a spare bulb for the overhead projector．Who could even think of that?
I often told my students, " When you go into the wilderness, the only thing you can depend on is what you take with you．" And essentially, the wilderness is anywhere but your home or office．So take money．Pack a light bulb．Be prepared．
1.Why did the cashier ask a seven-year-old boy to pay for the purchases?
A. The boy was shopping by himself．
B. The boy's mother asked her to do so．
C. The cashier was playing a joke on him．
D. The boy's mother was away for something else．
2.Why did Norman bring a spare bulb with him?
A. He was always well-prepared．
B. His presentation was about bulbs．
C. He knew the classroom equipment was of poor quality．
D. He predicted the bulb on the projector would blow out．
3.What do the two stories tell us?
A. Accidents happen almost every day．
B. In fair weather, prepare for a rainy day．
C. Money is the key that opens all doors.
D. Chances favor those who are well-prepared．
假设你是Kate, 上周，你班召开了一次班会，下面是你班班会上以“中学生是否能佩带手机”为题进行讨论的情况。请你写一封信给21st Century报的编辑说明该情况，并表明你自己的观点。
注意：1、所列的要点可做参考，但不要逐句翻译；
2、字数约100字；
3、信的开头和结尾已写好
4、生词：辐射radiation 奢侈的luxurious 亲戚relative
比例：40%学生赞同 60%学生不赞同
理由：1、便于同亲友联系； 1、手机辐射对人体健康有害；
2、可以上网查资料； 2、响铃影响自己和他人学习；
3、空余时间玩玩游戏调节大脑； 3、属奢侈品；
4、存储有用信息。 4、容易引起相互攀比。
Dear Sir,
I'm writing to tell you that______________________________________________________________________
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Best wishes.
Yours
Kate
When I talked with the man, I found that from his childhood he develops the
habit of carrying the book in his pocket all the time. He was used to read every minute when he had anything else to do. He found a book especial useful during the periods of waiting: waiting doctors, meals ,buses and so on... That was why he found himself fifteen minute a day for reading. That was how she read twenty books a year-----one thousand of books all his lifetime.
Last night, my dad showed me something special that I had never seen before. It was 1. old box which contained many silver coins. My dad has been collecting old silver coins 2. he was a kid. But I didn’t know 3. he had put all his coins he showed them to me. He said his father used to do the same. He decided to give me his collection when I was to move out to live 4. my own. I knew the 5.(choose) I made was a difficult one, but I wanted to do things by myself.
My father divided his collection into two parts and told me to use6. only when I really got into trouble. I didn’t understand what he7.(mean), so he
explained it to me. And I didn’t know whether I could sell them or not, so I asked my
father some other questions about them and he answered them8.(patience) one by one. He said he only sold9. of his coins to help him finish his studies
many years ago. After10.(take) out part of the coins, I thanked him and
promised that I would use them wisely.
Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on TV. The news was about a prize for scientific discoveries. The ______ said something that caught my ______. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the ages of 25 and 30.” Being a little over 30 myself, I wanted to ______ with him. Nobody wants to think that he has passed the age of making any ______. The next day I went to the public library, spending several hours, and ______ to find the ages of famous people and their discoveries. The announcer was right!
First, I looked at some of the ______ discoveries. One of the earliest, the famous one that ______that bodies of different weights ______ at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he ______ his world-changing Theory of Relativity. Well, ______ of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other ______.
Then how about this in ______? Surely it needs the wisdom of ______ to make a good leader. Perhaps it does, but look when these people ______ their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln ______ the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six!
But why don’t best years come after 30? After 30, I ______, most people don’t want to take risks or try new ways. Then I thought of people ______ Shakespeare and Picasso. The ______ was writing wonderful ______ at the late age of 50, _______ the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was 90!
Perhaps there is still hope for me.
1.A. announcer B. conductor C. speaker D. hostess
2.A. mind B. care C. attention D. surprise
3.A. disagree B. talk C. meet D. advise
4.A. chance B. discovery C. research D. fortune
5.A. happened B. wanted C. succeeded D. managed
6.A. last B. scientific C. oldest D. modern
7.A. found 
B. proved C. doubted D. showed
8.A. disappear B. move C. drop D. fall
9.A. invented B. improved C. published D. made
10.A. plenty B. enough C. much D. all
11.A. fields B. science C. courses D. ages
12.A. election B. politics C. leaders D. society
13.A. age B. brain C. living D. leadership
14.A. finished B. won C. started D. defeated
15.A. led B. devoted C. began D. gave up
16.A. guess B. know C. believe D. agree
17.A. as B. to be C. like D. about
18.A. first B. writer C. poet D. former
19.A. painting B. idioms C. fiction D. works
20.A. when B. while C. who D. after
Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a batter student in several ways
1.Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report.2.Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process.3.
The following methods may work best for you.
●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.
● Write your notes in your own words.
● 4.
● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.
As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time.5.
A. Use words, not complete sentences.
B. There are three practical note-taking methods.
C. You must write your notes on separate paper.
D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.
E. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.
F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.
G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
