William Purkey, a well-known professor of education, said, “Dance like no one is watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” It seems like the perfect life philosophy — and one I’ve learned to apply to running over the year.
But I didn’t always feel this way. In my early days, when I weighed 240 pounds, I ran like everyone was watching — and judging. If I was on a run and saw a car approaching, I’d stop and pretend I was looking for something I’d lost. I bought the high-tech gear and clothes that I thought would make people believe I was a runner. And I didn’t have a clue if the expensive shoes I was wearing were the right kind for me — I just wanted to look like I fit in with this group.
To be honest, I felt a certain satisfaction in believing that someone was watching. I really thought that other people cared about my performance. The best example of this was a combined, two-lap marathon in Florence, Italy. As I approached the finishing line, the crowd began to cheer. I was surprised. Here I was, thousands of miles from home, and the Italians were shouting for “IIPenguino.”
About 20 yards from the finishing, the truth set in when the winner of the full marathon went past me as I was finishing the half-marathon. No one was cheering for me. No one probably even noticed that I was finishing. I couldn’t help but smile at my own illusion of self-importance.
That’s when I realized I had been running for every reason except the right one. I ran to make other people happy, ran to live up to their expectations. But no one was watching — no one cared. So I decided I was going to run for me—just me—and gained a new enjoyment from the sport I hadn’t truly experienced yet. I’ve learned to run like no one is watching.
So if you see me at race, and I look like a 60-year-old guy waddling(蹒跚) along, don’t worry. I’m fine. The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
1.It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that the writer ________.
A. used sports clothes and shoes to attract attention
B. was concerned about what others thought of her
C. liked to be the focus of other runners
D. struggled to find the right shoes to fit her
2.When the writer was near the finishing line, ________.
A. she smiled at her own achievement
B. the crowd cheered for her madly
C. nobody really cared about her running
D. she realized the importance of confidence
3.Now the writer thought the reason for running is to ________.
A. live up to others’ expectations
B. create a miracle in her own life
C. run like no one is watching
D. enjoy the pleasure of running
4.By telling her own story, the writer wanted to ________.
A. tell us to live a life of our own
B. inspire more people to run
C. expect us to improve our health by running
D. stress the importance of determination
Soaping up your hands may do more than just get rid of germs. It may wash away the inner confusion you feel right after being forced to make a choice between two appealing choices, according to a new study. The study builds on past research into a phenomenon known as “the Macbeth effect”.
It turns out that Shakespeare was really onto something when he imagined lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience（良心）by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her hands. A few years ago, scientists asked people to describe a past wrong act. If people were then given a chance to clean their hands, they later expressed less guilt than people who hadn’t cleaned.
This finding fascinated W. S. Lee, a researcher. “Anything from the past, any kind of negative emotional experiences, might be washed away,” says Lee.
He decided to test hand washing’s effect on one kind of bad feeling: the tension we feel after being forced to choose between two attractive choices, because picking one choice makes us feel that we’ve lose the other. People usually try to calm this inner conflict by later exaggerating（夸大）the positive aspects of their choice.
He had students rank 10 different music CDs. Then he offered students one CD as a gift. Some students then use liquid soap. Others only looked at the soap or sniffed（嗅）it. “Actually, you do not need water and soap,” says Lee.
Later, the students again had to rank all the music. People who didn’t wash their hands had the normal response — they scored their take-home CD higher, suggesting that they now saw it as even more attractive than before. But this wasn’t true for the hand washers. They ranked the music about the same. “they feel no need at all to justify the choice,” say Lee.
But the implications of it just aren’t clear. Schwarz says it’s too soon to know whether people should head for a sink after making a tough choice. He says washing may help decision-makers by cleaning away mental disorder, but perhaps if they don’t go through the usual post-decision process of justifying their choice, they might feel more sorrow in the long run.
1.The Macbeth effect refers to the fact that ________.
A. Shakespeare did scientific research before writing Macbeth
B. soaping up one’s hand may help wash away the inner confusion and make a decision
C. people feel less guilty by getting rid of invisible germs from their hands
D. people feel less ashamed after washing their hands
2.According to Lee, after people make the choice ________.
A. they will overstate the goodness of their chosen choice
B. they will feel regretful for not choosing another
C. they will feel free due to the feeling of losing the other choice
D. they will think nothing of their chosen choice any more to calm their inner conflict
3.According to Lee, the hand washers consider the judgment of choice ________.
A. more scientific B. unnecessary
C. a little convincing D. absolutely useless
4.What does Schwarz need to research more?
A. Whether people need to justify their choice.
B. Whether people feel more sorrow after washing hands.
C. Whether washing hands help over a long period of time.
D. Whether washing hands is helpful to make a choice.
5.What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Is Washing Hands Necessary to Defeat Tension?
B. Washing Hands, Washes Our Mind
C. Washing Hands, Helps Make a Better Choice
D. Washing Hands, Reduces the Stress of Decision
There is no chance of children getting bored in the holidays with these action-packed weeks of fun and games. Days begin with team building activities to help“break the ice” and get the children in the mood. The wonderfully safe and secure environment of Port Regis enables the children to explore the woods and enjoy their own creative play.
WEEK1 Festival of Sport (Monday 12nd July to Friday 26th July)
The summer activities kick off with a wonderful week of sporting fun including cricket, athletics other great team games. Swims in the pool and games in the gym.
WEEK2 Let’s Go Wild (Monday 29th July to Friday 2nd August)
A Whole week in the great outdoors with treasure hunts, camp bed and cave building along with amazing team games in woods. This week guarantees to be like no other. Navigate yourself through the huge spiders' web and guide balls through the huge ball maze… this is a great week for making new friends.
WEEK3 Sporting Madness (Monday 5th August to Friday 9th August)
A wild and strange week of tournaments and twin (both traiditional and a few of the homemade variety) games, but be warned, you might get wet! Arts and crafts, fun in the gym and swims in the pool make this a hard week. Besides exhaustion you'd better learn to get used to challenges and accept any result. Activities will be dependent on the weather.
WEEK4 Mgdal Medley (混战）(Tuesday 27th August to Fridy 30th August)
This week re-runs the best bits of the last five weeks with great team games and tournaments, action-packed ball sports, floaty fun in the pool and adventures in the woods.
Children will need to bring:
Swimming kit, plenty to drink and break snacks. Dependant on the weather, children will need either sunscreen and sun hats or wet weather gear.
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Children will gradually adapt to the cold week during the activities.
B. Children will form a good mood naturally in Port Regis School.
C. Children will explore nature totally on their own in the secure environment of Port Regis.
D. Children will become comfortable with each other through team building activities.
2.Which activity will be unique?
A. Make a Racquet. B. Let’s go wild.
C. Festival of sport. D. Sporting madness.
3.According to the passage, WEEK 3 will be a week when ________.
A. children may experience the feeling of failure
B. the games may be played indoors
C. children may get warned for failing in games
D. children may swim in the river in the wild
4.When can children review the activities they had before?
A. 29th July to 2nd August.
B. Thursday 27 th July to Friday 30 th Angust.
C. Tuesday 27 th August to Friday 30 th August.
D. Monday 19 th August to Friday 23rd August.
5.What information can we learn from the passage?
A. Children will be provided with snacks to eat.
B. Children must wear sunscreen or sunhats.
C. Children need to prepare for rainy day.
D. Children have to drink a lot for swimming.
随着网络的发展，网上阅读越来越收到现代人的欢迎。请以Reading Online为题写一篇英语作文，介绍人们为什么喜欢网上阅读或网上阅读的优势。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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。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(＼)划掉。 修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
As middle school student, not only should we acquire knowledge but also we should have good qualities. I think express our gratitude to people who helped us is one of the good qualities we must have. Two years before, my classmate, Wang Wei ran into difficulty because his father is diagnosed with lung cancer. His father’s illness added to his family?s trouble, but Wang Wei was in danger dropping out of school. After learning about his bad situation, our head teacher gave him timely help by allowing him to continue his schooling with any tuition．With the help of the teacher and classmates，Wang had finished school．Just before this important exam he wrote us a letter expressing his sincerely thanks for all what we have done．
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Will 1. matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test 2. (give) in the United Sates. Those tested included people of different 3. from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got 4. breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see 5. well their bodies worked and when they had eaten6.certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect 7. if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be 8. (especial) true if a person works 9. his brains. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with10. (much) attention in class.
