Amanda is a very kind girl. She is always 1. to help people who are in trouble. Now Amanda is 2. in the University of Texas. She is also volunteering to teach at Heart House in her 3. time. Heart House is a local after-school program for children. It 4. some extra education for those children who are not doing well in their studies.
Amanda goes to Heart House to teach the children twice a week. She also has 5. a website for Heart House. With the 6. of this website, more people have chances to learn about Heart House and help the children there.
Because of Amanda’s website, every week 125 volunteers 7. about four hours helping the children at Heart House now. “Without Amanda’s website, Heart House would be 8. to have enough volunteers. Her support is much appreciated.”says the program leader.
“I feel happy to teach those kids how to study. The happier thing is that I can also 9. a lot from them. I won’t 10. up volunteering after graduation. I hope to continue teaching kids who need help.”says Amanda.
The expression “Go for it!” is a way of encouraging someone to try something. What’s the meaning of it? “Go for it!” means you should not worry about failure or be too careful. You should take a chance and be brave. 1. But it is not the football played in most countries such as England, France or Japan, but the kind of football played in the United States and Canada.
One of the most exciting times in football comes when a team has failed, after three tries, to move the ball forward ten yards. 2. The worst choice is to kick the ball and accept the present failure. You do so in order to get a good position for your team the next time when your team gets the ball. The more exciting choice is to try a fourth and final time to get the remaining yards needed.
3. Some will shout, “Kick the ball!” But others will encourage the team to take a chance. “Go for it!” they will shout loudly.
In the 1980s, people began using this expression in many kinds of situations to encourage someone to be brave.
4. No one knows for certain. But that is the chance when you decide to go for it. You put your bad feelings behind. You choose courage over safety. You hold your breath and go for it. These are the most important.
A. The team must make a very important choice. B. People now are certain to shout their advice. C. Will the action “Go for it!” succeed or not? D. “Go for it!” gets its name from football |
Every day, it is easy to see advertisements all around us. Look around. How many different advertisements can you see?
Often products show the names of the companies that made them. This is a popular form of advertising. The special picture or symbol, for example, logo, appears on many different products. When you see a logo, it is hard to forget the product or the company.
Many people buy a product because it is made by a certain company. In fact, some people only buy the products of the famous companies. They think it proves that they are fashionable and have a good taste.
It is common to find or hear advertisements on TV or on the radio. Most advertisements are very short for people to remember. Nike, for example, has a simple slogan used all around the world:“Just do it.” Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is easy to remember an interesting ad.
All advertisements are designed to make people buy the products. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of fashionable young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, “Why don’t you buy it like these people? You can be young, modern and fashionable,too.”
You might think that advertisements do not affect you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself: Why am I buying this special product?
1.From the first paragraph, we can learn that ____ .
A．advertisements are frustrating and tiring
B．advertisements are very common in our everyday life
C．we can’t live without advertisements
D．the writer wants to know how many different advertisements we can see every day
2.What does the underlined word “logo” mean in Chinese?
A．产品 B. 广告 C．公司 D. 图标
3.Why do some people only buy the products of the famous companies?
A．Because they think that they are fashionable and have a good taste.
B．Because they think the products are good in quality.
C．Because they like the products and names of the companies.
D．Because they think some famous people also buy the products.
4.The writer mentions “Nike” in the 4th paragraph to show____.
A．it is a famous product which people always want to buy
B．many advertisements are often very short for people to remember
C．it is common to find or hear advertisements on TV or on the radio
D．it has the best slogan used all around the world
Black is the color of power. It has the meaning of submission（服从）. It is popular in fashion because it makes people look thinner.
White is the color for brides（新娘）. White is considered a summer color. White is popular in fashion because it is light and goes with everything.
Red is a hot and strong color. It can make the heart beat faster. It is also the color of love. Red clothes can make people look heavier. And red things get noticed more than things that are another color.
The color of the sky and the ocean, blue, is one of the most popular colors. It is often used in bedrooms. Blue can also be cold and make people feel sad.
Green means nature. It is the most comfortable color on the eyes and can improve vision（视力）. It is a calming color. Hospitals often use green because it can make patients relax.
Yellow is the most difficult color for the eyes to take in. Yellow is the color of sunshine. It is a warm color like red. On the one hand, it is the color of happiness and joy. On the other hand, it means fear and dishonest behavior.
1.Black is a color often used in fashion because it can make people look ___.
A.powerful B.relaxed C. thinner D. heavier
2.Red is the color of ____ according to the passage.
A. fear B. love C. joy D. sadness
3.The best color to make an excited person calm down is ________.
A. white B. blue C. green D. yellow
4.In the sentence “He is too yellow to stand up and fight”, “yellow”most probably means “____”.
A. sad B. happy C. brave D. afraid
Many people like cooking but never have much time for it. Helen Fry's new book Quick Cooking has been specially written for busy people. It has over 1,000 ways to cook dishes. The book is well written and the photographs and the drawings are clear. The book has a strong plastic cover. It is easy to find your way around it, too. And busy people, notice this! Mrs. Fry tells you how much time you need in order to get each dish ready.
Quick Cooking has four parts, one for each season. This helps you to use fresh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper and, of course, better. There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries, and most of the ways are not complicated(复杂的). You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese, and make an unusual dish out of it. For example, there are no fewer than 40 ways for cooking eggs! The beginner will have to find out a lot of things for him to try many of the ways as soon as he reads them. For people with little spare time, Helen Fry's Quick Cooking is of excellent value.
1.The writer writes this short passage in order to _________.
A. make you like cooking
B.let you know the book Quick Cooking
C. help you to cook eggs
D. teach you cooking
2. Helen Fry's book is called Quick Cooking because _________.
A. none of the dishes are complicated
B. there are over l000 ways to cook dishes in it
C. it is written for people who don't have much time
D. it tells you how to cook all kinds of food quickly
3.Busy people should pay more attention to the point that________.
A. it is easy to find your way around the book
B. how long each dish takes to cook
C. there are photographs and drawings in this book
D. the book has a strong cover
4."It is easy to find your way around it too." means _________.
A. it is easy to find things around the book
B. it is easy to find things in the supermarket to prepare the food in the book
C. it is easy to find the ways you want to cook dishes in the book
D. it is easy to find the cover of the book
It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning 30. I was afraid that my best years were now behind me. So I asked my neighbor Nicholas, a 79-year-old man:“What was the best time of your life?”
Without hesitation（犹豫）, Nicholas said,“Well, Joe, this is my philosophical（哲学的） answer to your philosophical question:
“When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me by my parents, that was the best time of my life.
“When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life.
“When I got my first job and had responsibilities（责任） and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life.
“When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life.
“When World War II came, my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship to North America, that was the best time of my life.
“When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life.
“When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life.
“And now, Joe, I am 79 years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”
1.How old was the writer?
A．15 years old. B．30 years old.
C．79 years old. D．45 years old.
2.Where was the old man brought up when he was a kid?
A．In Austria. B．In Canada.
C．In Australia. D．In North America.
3.From the passage, we can learn that ________.
A．the writer didn’t know how to spend his time
B．the writer was worried about becoming old and sick
C．the old man was not in good condition
D．the old man had a very happy family
4.What does the writer want to tell us?
A．It’s never too old to learn.
B．Confidence is a key to success.
C．Be thankful for what you have today.
D．Time and tide wait for no man.
