Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sadness，failure and success，hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to deal with kinds of situations．
Love
Love plays an important role in our life. Love makes you feel wanted. Without love a person could become cruel. In the early stage of our life，our parents are the ones who show us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong，good and bad.
Happiness and Sadness
Happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others face gives a certain level of fulfillment．Peace of mind makes you feel happy. No mind is happy without peace. We realize the true worth of happiness when we are sad．
Failure and Success
Success brings in money，fame，pride and self-respect. Failure is the way to success, and it helps us to touch the sky，teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder．
Hope and Despair
Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well．Hope makes us dream．Hope builds in patience．Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour，because after every night there is a day. Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is beyond our control．Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So what we can choose is to work hard today，so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.
1. In the passage，the author compares life to ___________
A. package B. happiness and sadness
C. failure and success D. hope and despair
2.What does it in the passage 4 mean ?
A. success B. failure C. sky D. way
3.What’s the general meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage?
A. What you only can choose is to work hard everyday.
B. If you work hard today, you will have a better life in the future．
C.When choosing between "today”and “tomorrow”, you’d better enjoy tomorrow better.
D. Enjoying a better tomorrow is your only choice．
4.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To encourage people to love each other．
B. To tell people how to deal with happiness and sadness．
C. To remind people of keeping having a beautiful dream．
D. To give readers some information about life.
On April 20th,2013, a big and powerful earthquake attacked Ya’an, Sichuan Province. A great many buildings and houses collapsed, a lot of people were killed and even more people lost their homes in the earthquake .
The number of the death from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Ya’an in southwestern China's Sichuan Province has risen to 188, according to latest calculations by local Civil Affairs Bureau(as of 18:00 pm, April 22, ). At least 11,826 were reportedly injured in the quake while 25 are still missing.
Experts are anticipating(预期的)much less casualties(人员伤亡)in the quake than that from the 8.0 magnitude quake hit Wenchuan on May 12, 2008, also in Sichuan Province, which killed more than 80,000 and injured over 300,000.
Energy released from Wenchuan earthquake would be 30 times of that from Ya’an quake, according to Zhang Xiaonan, an expert with China's Geophysical Union. Dai Junwu with Harbin-based seismological bureau (地震局)expects the number of the death at less than 1,000, and economic losses from the quake could reach up to 100 billion yuan.
Rescue（营救）efforts were carried “timely and orderly”, said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who flew to the quicken-stricken area on Sunday, the second day of the quake. He was quoted as saying that “the current priority is to save lives”.
1.When did Ya’an earthquake happen?
A. April 22,2008 B. April 20,2013 C. May 12,2008 D. May.22 2013
2. How many people injured in the earthas of 18:00 pm, April 22 ) according to the passage?
A. About188 B. At least 11,826 C. More than 80,000 D. Over 300,000.
3.What does the underlined word “ collapsed” in para.1) mean?
A. fell down suddenly B. Rebuilt
C. burnt to the ground D. turned into pieces
4.Which one is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Wenchuan earthquake released 30 times energy of Ya’an earthquake.
B. Premier Li Keqiang who flew to the quicken-stricken area on April,21,2013.
C. Wenchuan earthquake killed around 80000 people.
D. Zhang Xiaonan expected the economic losses from the quake could reach up to 100 billion yuan.
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color, until, paint, find, knowledge, page, century, culture, invent, one, early, publish |
It’s said that Wood-block printing(木版印刷) was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th 1.
in China. The earliest book 2. in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang
cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every 3.
in a book. By the 11th century printed books could be 4. all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books could be printed using two 5. - black and red. Although the Chinese learnt about printing so 6. , printing was not introduced in other parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century, he saw printed books. It is possible that Marco Polo brought that 7. to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe 8. 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg 9. a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the 10. printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books, and some can still be found today in museums.
Once upon a time there were two good friends. One is a captain of a ship ,the other is a merchant (商人). The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor ，so the captain took him for voyages(航海) in his . One day when the captain had come from a voyage with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron(铁) had and suggested that he should buy some with his money. “I’ll it for you in my storehouse you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get money．”
But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up very ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had all the iron．
The captain knew that his friend was telling ，but he stayed and said，“I knew that you had problems with mice in your storehouse．”
After a few days，the captain started voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．”
The merchant was very and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a judge ，who said，“The merchant must give the captain the money which he got when he the iron，and then the captain must bring the merchant’s son back to him. ”
1.A. car B. ship C. train D. boat
2.A. fallen B. changed C. rised D. widened
3.A. hide B. hold C. put D. keep
4.A. when B. since C.until D. after
5.A. less B .many C. more D. little
6.A. slowly B. expensive C. cheap D. high
7.A. dishonest B. honest C. real D. former
8.A. eaten B. sold C. drunk D. borrowed
9.A. lie B. a lie C. lay D. lying
10.A.friendly B. quietly C. calm D. angry
11.A. the other B. another C. other D. others
12.A. while B. after C. during D. before
13.A. disappointed B. puzzled C. happy D. afraid
14.A. either B. neither C. so D. yet
15.A. won B. lose C. bought D. sold
—It is quite an interesting book for us to read. Do you think so?
—_______.I have read it many times.
A. That’s all right. B. That’s a good idea.
C. I can’t agree more D. No. I’m afraid not.
