Brainbridge Celebrates Earth Day 2014 For the Children, For the Planet Learn, play and get your hands dirty! Take care of the Earth! |
April 16-24 Adopt-A Road Litter Walks Pick up litter in your neighborhood or along nearby streets. Sign up for the Adopt--A-Road program at 842-0223. |
Friday, April 18 Story-telling Frog Fiesta: 1:00 pm--3:00 pm What’s the difference between a frog and a toad（蟾蜍）? Kids Discovery Museum, 305 Madison Ave N. |
1.We learn that ________ is coming, according to the above information.
A.National Day B.Earth Day
C.Children’s Day D.Christmas Day
2.What will you do if you take part in the Adopt-A Road Litter Walks?
A.Walk along the Adopt-A Road.
B.Sign up for the Adopt-A Road program.
C.Pick up litter along nearby streets.
D.Join a clean-up campaign.
3.How long will the Frog Fiesta last?
A.Two hours. B.Eight days.
C.Three hours. D.One day.
4.If you want to know the difference between a frog and a toad, you can ____________.
A.call 842-0223
B.go to 205 Madison Avenue
C.go to Kids Discovery Museum
D.join the Adopt-A-Road program
5.You probably read the above information in a ___________.
A.newspaper B.textbook
C.letter D.guidebook
Are you creative, shy or outgoing? Our personalities reveal a lot about who we are. But what’s surprising is that our personality can also say something about our health. That’s according to researchers at Duke University, US.
During an experiment on 1,000 people, scientists assessed (评定) their personalities in two ways: by asking someone they knew, such as a family member or friend; then by asking someone they had just met, such as a nurse. The study found that those who were careful at age 26 were in better health after 12 years.
Being careful means that people tend to have a lot of self-control, and are less likely to smoke, the scientists said. Careful people are also more likely to have an active lifestyle and healthy diet.
From those who were least careful, 45 percent developed health problems by the age of 38. Such health issues included gum disease and high blood pressure (高血压). To compare, only 18 percent of careful people went on to develop health problems.
Another positive personality was called “openness to experience”, meaning curious and imaginative. People who have more of this personality have higher IQ scores. So they’d be more likely to know how to find medical help to prevent disease.
According to the report, if doctors assessed our personalities, it could help doctors to find which young adults need advice on how to live a healthy lifestyle. What’s surprising is that stress didn’t play a big part on a person’s health. Even though stress and anxiety (焦虑) are usually linked to bad health.
But can a doctor who knows our personality really improve our health? Or should doctors be kept away from knowing something so personal?
1.Which personality type may be better for our health, according to the research?
A. Careful. B. Stressed. C. Shy. D. Careless.
2. From the passage, we learn that careful people ____.
A. are too shy to talk to strangers
B. love to ask the doctor for advice
C. are likely to have a healthy lifestyle
D. may have high blood pressure when they’re older
3.What is the main idea of the article?
A. People can change their personality type.
B. Scientists have found two different personality types.
C. Personalities have something to do with our lifestyle.
D. Personalities say something about our health.
4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that_____________.
A.stress can lead to many health problems
B.those who have high IQ scores are very careful
C.it’s not clear that a doctor who knows our personality can improve our health
D.the writer thinks doctors should know something special about us
5.Where can you probably read the article? On___________.
A. entertainment news B. a science magazine
C. a movie poster D. a travel guide
For this little boy,it was the coldest winter.In that winter,his father lost a leg in an accident. He couldn’t go out to work again.From then on,his father became another person. He often lost his temper and beat him.
One night, the boy was walking slowly lonely on the street. He passed a lovely small shop, He looked at some nice packages(包) of coffee quietly for a long time. An idea came into his mind .He knew his father loved coffee and he knew stealing was no good.But all he could think of was his father’s smile.He soon put a package of coffee into his jacket and ran back home.He gave the coffee to his father,who gave a smile that the boy had missed for so long.But,unfortunately,before his father could taste the coffee,the shopkeeper broke in and caught the boy. His father beat him again.
Years later, he became a successful businessman. One day, his mother called and said his father wanted to see him. Busy working, he refused. Weeks later, he heard the sad news that his father had passed away. When he went through the relics（衣物） ,he found an old box.Inside the box was the coffee that he had stolen from the shop.On the cover was his father’s handwriting:“The gift from my son.”There was also a letter:“Dear son,I’m a failure as a father. But I also have a dream—to own a coffee shop, where I can make cups of coffee for you. I’m sorry I didn’t make it.”
Sadness suddenly occupied him. He regretted not meeting his father for the last time, and decided to complete his father’s dream. After quitting his own job, he started a coffee business.
The coffee business is now a huge success. And the little boy is Howard Schultz—the owner of the multinational corporation Starbucks.
1.Why did the boy’s father become a different person？
A.Because the boy didn’t study very hard.
B.Because he lost a leg and couldn’t support the family.
C.Because he lost an arm in an accident.
D.Because it was the coldest winter.
2.From the second passage, we could infer that________________.
A.the boy wanted to taste the delicious coffee
B.the boy liked stealing things
C.the boy wanted to make his father happy
D.the boy’s mother liked drinking coffee
3.What did the boy regret most?
A.Not meeting his father for the last time.
B.Stealing coffee in a coffee shop.
C.not completing his father’s dream.
D.Getting troubling for his family.
4.What does the underlined part “pass away” mean?
A.出国 B.通过 C.外出 D.去世
5.The writer wants to tell us _____________.
A.Howard Schultz started a coffee business to complete his father’s dream
B.the father was kind to the boy and never beat him
C.the little boy is Howard Schultz—the owner of KFC
D.the boy’s mother loved his coffee so much that she kept it in an old box
完形填空(10小题，每小题l分，共10分)
先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
A calligrapher(书法家) said to a man who was practicing calligraphy(书法) with waste newspapers, “If you write with the best paper, you may do it better.”
The man asked why. The calligrapher smiled without , only writing one word ”Compel(强迫)”. He suddenly realized that this was compelling him to cherish(珍惜) his own paper to write it better. a boy, when I practiced calligraphy, I would hear the teacher it, but I felt it boring and couldn’t understand. Looking back suddenly, I came to know its .
I remember there is a proverb, “ If you want to climb over a wall, please throw your hat .” Because your hat is on the other side of the wall, you have already had no choice but to find ways to climb over it. It is with such a pressure that you will make every effort to exert(发挥) . Many times, we always put our in the future, feeling that our life has many drafts(草稿). In fact, the drafts of life that us are extremely limited.
For life, the most important is to write the best words on the limited paper rather than how much paper you used.
1.A.reply B.sound C.tears D.attention
2.A.Like B.As C.With D.Towards
3.A.regard B.realize C.repeat D.report
4.A.meaning B.style C.price D.manner
5.A.so B.very C.such D.too
6.A.last B.first C.then D.second
7.A.itself B.himself C.herself D.yourself
8.A.hopes B.money C.pressure D.time
9.A.care about B.put off C.think up D.belong to
10.A.whether B.where C.how D.when
When your friends begin to flatter(奉承)you on ____________, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.
A.how do you look young B.how young you look
C.you look how young D.how will you look young
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave the world knowing the same, then everything ________ happens in between can be dealt with.
A.what B.when C.that D.who
