Some of the greatest problems we face today are the destruction (破坏) of our environment. Brown clouds, polluted water，endangered wild animals…. these problems seem so huge.
So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don't have to drive…
But does it do any good? When I am the only one in line at the market with cloth bags, am I doing any good? Does my walking to stores make any real difference to the world?
I recently learned something about flamingos(火烈鸟) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time comes for migration(迁徙)，a few of them first take off from the lake. But none of the others seem to notice. So the small group returns. However, the next day they try again. This time a few more fly along with them, but most of them still pay no attention, so they return again. They try for several times. Every time a few more birds join in but, since thousands of the others still take no notice, the great migration plan is once more stopped.
Then one day something changes. The same small group of birds once again starts flying and a small number more join in just as before. then more. Finally, they all take flight and the migration really begins. What a spectacular sight it must be — thousands of flamingos taking off into the sky at once !
A few can make a difference. Even if you're the one to take the first step, and continue trying, others will someday take notice and together we will solve even our greatest problems.
1.Where would you most probably read this passage?
A. A guidebook. B. A movie poster.
C. A personal blog (博客). D. A geology (地质) magazine.
2.What does the underlined word "spectacular" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. frustrating. B. surprised.
C. terrible. D. fantastic.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Even if we can walk there , we still drive over.
B. Flamingos like to get together in groups of a thousand or more.
C. Brown clouds and polluted water are the only problems we face today.
D. When a few of the flamingos first take off from the lake, all the others follow at once.
4.What's the writer's purpose of writing this article?
A. To show that the writer loves to see the migration of flamingos.
B. To tell readers to continue trying and it can make a difference.
C. To introduce a special kind of flamingo to readers.
D. To show that there're many problems in the world.
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l . We visited Grandma last week. She went to her bedroom. She brought down old books of pictures. We looked at the old pictures. 2. We sat at the kitchen table. A mother, a grandmother. and a daughter looked at photos of mothers, grandmothers and daughters. 3. We turned the yellow pages of the books. The pictures were old. They had men, women, and children I don't remember.
| 4. We listened to Grandma talk. " There's a little Bonita." She said. " She had long ,curly. brown hair and big brown eyes." Grandma touched the page. 5. We listened to stories about aunts, uncles, cousins, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. I don't remember them. But from the stories I know them.
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1.Which word is repeated at the beginning of each stanza( 诗节 ) ?
A. Books. B. Grandma.
C. Remember. D. We.
2.In which stanza does Grandma describe Bonita?
A. Stanza 2. B. Stanza 3.
C. Stanza 4. D. Stanza 5
3.What is the writer's message in this poem?
A. Visiting grandma is boring.
B. Stories help you know people.
C. Photos are useless.
D. Grandmothers don't like to tell stories.
A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to the stress in work and life.
The professor went to the kitchen and returned a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups-crystal(水晶的), glass, plastic, some nice looking, some plain looking, some , some cheap. And he told them to help to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "I've noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were , leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root of your and stress. You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups.
Now consider this.Life is the coffee. The jobs, money and in society are the cups. They are just to hold life. and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by only of the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee ! "
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak . And leave the rest to God.
1.A. think of B. thank for C. complain about D. drop out
2.A. for B. at C. in D. with
3.A. expensive B. ordinary C. strong D. serious
4.A. them B. themselves C. him D. everyone
5.A. mixed up B. left . C. taken up D.refused
6.A. normal B. important C. impossible D. necessary
7.A. thoughts B. failure C. questions D. problems
8.A. Who B. How much C. What D. That
9.A. and B. but C. so D. or
10.A. position (职位) B. age C. health D. purpose
11.A. cups B. tools（工具） C. bags D. bowls
12.A. putting B. getting C. turning D. thinking
13.A. taught B. provided C. returned D. bought
14.A. fun B. use C. the best D. the worst
15.A. kindly B. sadly C. rudely D. seriously
---Don’t forget to give my best wishes to your parents. ---_________.
A. No, I won’t. B. Yes, I will.
C. No, I don’t. D. Yes, I do.
--- Would you like some coffee?
--- No, thanks. I _____ drink coffee. Coffee is bad for my stomach.
A. almost B. already C. hardly D. still
---Could you tell me ________?
---Sorry. I don’t know. I didn’t attend the meeting.
A. what did he say at the meetingB. what had he said at the meeting
C. what he said at the meeting D. what he would say at the meeting
