Success does not belong to a select group of individuals (个人). Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.
Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be plain, clear, and it must also be exciting.
Show up. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You can’t have a best seller, if you have never written a book. You can’t get your dream job, if you’re afraid to turn in an application. Showing up doesn’t guarantee(保证) success, but if you don’t show up, you won’t succeed.
Fail. Unless you’re willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success won’t happen. To have success you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do something right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula (公式) for success is to double your rate of failure (失败). So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.
Work Harder. Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day. Success is not about doing what the common person can’t do. It’s about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, it’s about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. It’s the habit of doing things with excellence that causes success.
Enjoy the Journey. Success is a journey, not a destination (终点). Success is not a certain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.
Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” You have to change, you will change, and you will succeed.
1.Who does success belong to?
A. a select group of individuals
B. the common person who works hard
C. the people who try their best
D. the people who will change and succeed.
2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in achieving success?
A. Working hard. B. Good education.
C. Strong desire. D. Enjoying failure.
3.What does the writer really mean by saying “Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day.” ?
A. It’s not easy for people to develop their health.
B. You are sure to meet with some difficulty in your life.
C. Keeping working harder is necessary when you go after success.
D. Most people don’t want to spend too much time running.
4.Which of the following is TRUE about success according to the passage?
A. If you want to succeed, you should have special talents.
B. If you want to succeed, you’d better not show up.
C. Success is about doing what the common person can’t do.
D. Success means the enjoyment of your gain or loss on the journey.
5.The best title of the passage might be_______________.
A. The Importance of Success B. The Meaning of Success
C. Success or Failure D. The Five Main Steps to Success
April will bring a new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last week, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch will differ from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size, strap and whether it is a sports or regular version.
Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕). The "sensor" on the screen not only detects your finger, but knows the difference between when you are tapping, and when you are pressing harder.
The watch also has “haptic feedback(触觉反馈)”. You can send personal messages to your friend, such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.
Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.
According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications that we had never thought of. Some car factories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even airlines are jumping in--passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.
The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can measure your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same "accelerometer" as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without much activity.
Many stores are planning to stop selling the Nike, Jawbone and FitBit devices(设备) to welcome the Apple Watch. Will Apple Watch really replace these devices and make fitness much more fun?
1.We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch ________.
A. is designed by Tim Cook
B. was brought into the market last week
C. sells at different prices for different colours
D. will come into the market this coming April
2. With apple watch, you can ________.
A. develop your own personal app
B. connect your iphone with your ipad
C. receive personal messages from your friends’ iphone
D. send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches
3.Many stores are planning to stop selling FitBit devices because ________.
A. all of the devices are sold out
B. they cannot make fitness fun
C. they want to welcome the Apple Watch
D. Apple Watch can replace FitBit devices completely
My best friend and I made our first trip to Ireland less than a year ago. I wasn’t very excited about it at the very beginning. But my uncle wanted me to visit Ireland and offered to pay for my trip. Then I did. All of the words “magical, charming and memorable” don’t even describe what Ireland is. Our favourites were Kilkenny, Cobh and Killarney. We did a self-driver tour.
We stayed in a castle in Dublin for two days, where my ancestors(祖先) came from. The town we thought we might be bored in was Kilkenny, but we loved every minute we were there. There were so many places to explore and the pictures we took were beautiful.
It was so exciting to see the little village of Cobh and know it was the last stop for the Titanic(a famous ship) at that time. We loved the visitor centre there and the little shops. We never got any bad food there. It was so mouth-watering at every stop! And when we stayed in Westmeath, we saw the Trim Castle through the windows and found some scenes from Brave Heart which was filmed there. We were so excited. Again, more beautiful pictures were taken in that tiny town.
We love the country, the people, the food and the magic. We would go back very soon. I was so thankful for my uncle who had given me the chance to be there.
I have no words to adequately describe our trip. Go, explore the small villages, eat and enjoy! I still look at my pictures and can’t believe I was actually there.
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. The writer showed great interest in visiting Ireland at first.
B. It was the first time for the writer to visit Ireland.
C. The writer went to Ireland with his uncle.
D. The car was driven by the writer’s uncle.
2.What can we know from the third paragraph?
A. The Titanic was filmed in Cobh.
B. The food in Cobh was delicious.
C. The writer knew nothing about Brave Heart.
D. The writer visited the Trim Castle alone.
3.What does the underlined word “adequately” in the last paragraph mean?
A. properly B. strongly
C. warmly D. surprisingly
4.Where does the article most probably come from?
A. A scientific fiction. B. A tourist magazine.
C. A poem. D. A poster.
Brave Type: 3D cartoon Comedy Running time: 95 minutes Merida, a princess, refused to marry a person that she dislikes. This causes trouble for her family and the whole country. Merida turns to a witch(女巫) for help. In doing so, her family and the country are in danger. Merida must save her family and the country before it is too late. |
The Grey Type: Action Running time: 117 minutes The Grey is based on the short story “Ghost Walker” written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. It’s about a number of oil men who are in trouble in Alaska after a plane crash. They have to fight against grey wolves that threaten their lives. |
Mirror Mirror Type: Comedy Running time: 106 minutes You must know the story of Snow White. Would you like to see this story again? Come to see Mirror Mirror. It’s a comedy about Snow White. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts are the main actresses in this interesting movie. |
Chimpanzee Type: Documentary Running time: 78 minutes This movie is directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It’s a 2012 nature documentary film about a young chimpanzee named Oscar. He is alone in the African forests until he is raised by another chimpanzee. The chimpanzee takes care of Oscar like his own child. |
1.Which movie lasts the longest time?
A. Brave. B. The Grey.
C. Chimpanzee. D. Mirror Mirror.
2. Which statement about the movies is true?
A. Mirror Mirror is directed by Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.
B. The Grey directed by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers is based on a short story.
C. You can’t see many beautiful nature sights in Chimpanzee.
D. Brave is about a princess who obeys her heart.
3.Who played the lead role in one of the movies?
A. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.
B. Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield.
C. Ian Mackenzie Jeffers.
D. Merida and her family.
I walked into the Huddle House Restaurant in Brunswick, Georgia and sat down at the table. I picked up the menu and was to order something for breakfast.
“Excuse me,”
I looked up and a nice-looking woman standing before me.
“Is your name Roger?” asked.
“Yes,” I answered, feeling rather confused(迷惑) as I had never seen her before.
“My name’s Barbara and my is Tony, “she he said, pointing to a middle-aged man sitting alone at the table by the window. He was and weak.
“Tony White, from Landon School in Jacksonville, Florida.” She added.
I looked at that man for a few seconds, I didn’t recognize(认识) him.
“I’m really sorry. The name doesn’t ring the bell,”I said.
She walked back, began with her husband and once in a while I saw her turn around and look directly at me.
I ordered breakfast and a cup of , sitting there, trying to remember who this Tony was. “I know him,” I thought to myself. “He recognizes me for some reason.” I picked up the coffee cup. All of a sudden it came to me like a flash of lightning.
“Tony, the bully, the bad boy!” I could believe my eyes. “Jesus! He’ s so thin now. Not the big boy that I from back in 1977.”
Everything came up to my mind. The time this boy had made fun of my big ears in front of the girls in my class, and the time this big bully had pushed me against the walls in the hallway just to make himself a big man to all other students.
“I am sorry, Roger,” Tony rolled by me in the wheelchair, being pushed by his wife, raising his thin trembling hand. “I am so sorry for that I did to you.”
“I’m…I’m er…” I didn’t know what to to him.
After a few months later, I received a letter from Barbara. Tony was . Tony had been a fireman and had been seriously wounded in a task.
How I regretted for not saying something to him but I no longer had the chance!
1.A. heard B. saw C. felt D. told
2.A. you B. we C. he D. she
3.A. husband B. father C. brother D. son
4.A. fat B. thin C. strong D. young
5.A. but B. and C. or D. so
6.A. listening B. writing C. talking D. playing
7.A. tea B. juice C. coffee D. milk
8.A. needn’t B. need C. mustn’t D. must
9.A. hardly B. really C. simply D. mostly
10.A. protect B. remember C. love D. miss
11.A. clever B. shy C. bad D. friendly
12.A. look after B. look forC. look at D. look like
13.A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
14.A. talk B. tell C. say D. speak
15.A. healthy B. dead C. famous D. blind
----- Have you found the information about the famous teachers_______ you can use for your writing.
-----No, not yet. I’ll search some on the Internet.
A. who B. what C. where D. which
