What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically (按字母表的顺序) and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98,meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4
+7+5=96,while love: 12+15+22+5=54,and luck: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer (祈祷)？They can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude (态度). Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100, a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and become friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards failure (失败), you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.
( ) 7. According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ____.
A. ask others for help B. say your prayers to God
C. change your attitude D. try maths solving methods
( ) 8. The underlined word “positive” means ____________.
A. 积极的 B.消极的 C. 极端的 D. 无所谓的
( ) 9. From the passage we can learn that ________.
A.different attitude come from different courses of life.
B.Mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life.
C.Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude.
D.none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more.
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning ? Hiroyuki’s bed will solve your problem ! Here is how it works .
The bed is connected to an alarm clock . First , the alarm clock rings . You have a few minutes to wake up . Next , a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music . The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend . She whispered in a soft voice , “Wake up , darling , please .” After minutes later , Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss . His boss shouts , “Wake up at once , or you’ll be late !”
If you don’t get up after the second recording , a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head . The bed waits a few more minutes . What ! You’re still in bed ! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher . The foot of the bed goes lower and lower . Finally you slide off the bed and onto the floor . You are out of bed awake !
Hiroyuki’s bed is not in stores . There is only one bed--- the bed Hiroyuki made for a contest（竞赛）. Maybe someday a company will make Hiroyuki’s bed and sell it in stores . Maybe people will buy millions of beds . Then Hiroyuki will be rich . If the bed makes Hiroyuki rich , he won’t need to work , and he won’t need to get up early !
( ) 4. The bed is useful to the people _______ .
A. who can’t sleep well B. who can’t get up early
C. who go to bed early D. who go to bed late
( ) 5. The bed is not connected to _______ .
A. an alarm clock B. a tape recorder
C. a TV D. a mechanical “foot”
( ) 6. What will finally happen to Hiroyuki if he doesn’t get up ?
A. He will slide onto the floor .
B. A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss .
C. A mechanical “foot” will kick him in the head .
D. The bed will rise higher and higher
The star of the Harry Potter films has become the youngest person to earn a place on the list of Britain’s richest people. Daniel Radcliffe has owned 14 million pounds, but he is only 17 now.
Thanks to Harry Potter films, Daniel Radcliffe would not have to worry about money for a very long time. He is still at school but he will never have to work in future. Money has been pouring into his company.
The youngest woman on the list is the singer Joss Stone. The 19-year-old singer has collected a fortune(财富) of about 6 million pounds.
( ) 1. Daniel Radcliffe is ___________.
A. an actor B. a teacher C. a girl D. all of the above
( ) 2.Joss Stone is ___________ on the list.
A. the richest person B. the richest singer
C. the youngest singer D. the youngest woman singer
( ) 3. The underlined part “on the list”means _______ in Chinese.
A. 在表格上 B. 在排名榜上
C. 在电影界 D. 在艺术界
Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ___1____ that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of ___2___? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he ___3___ that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you____4____ at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel __5__ toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he __6__ her. When two people are in a talk, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ____7___ make sure that the listener does pay attention ___8___ what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ____9___ cannot express. (表达).
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship (关系)between two people and the place ____10____ you stay.
( )1. A. spoken B. said C. told D. talked
( )2. A. experience B. eyes C. mind D. news
( )3. A. found B. knew C. finds D. sees
( )4. A. look B. are looking C. are looked D. looked
( )5. A. happy B. angry C. sad D. thankful
( )6. A. likes B. hates C. thanks D. looks at
( )7. A. in order that B. so that C. in order to D. for
( )8. A. for B. of C. with D. to
( )9. A. eyes B. words C. minds D. body
( )10. A. which B. that C. where D. there
--- Thank you for your coffee . I’m afraid I have to go now.
---Ok. ___________.
A. Go slowly B. All right. C. Sounds great D. See you.
_____ more details , please can Mr. Zhang ____55560678.
For ; on B. To ; with C. For ; in D. For ; with
