A long time ago，there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very b 1. .
One day the emperor heard about this little bird's beautiful v 2. . He asked his guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale's voice, he said, "Put her in a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me w 3. I want to hear her. "
The little bird was so u 4. about being kept in the cage that she stopped s 5. one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird f 6. him. The bird could sing very beautifully, t 7. The emperor was pleased.
Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while l 8. in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn't sing any m 9.. Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
After the emperor was well，he c 10. a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and kindness.
Every place offers the possible dangers for getting hurt, even staying at work. We may face dangers like walking into desks or chairs, receiving unexpected cuts from a paper knife and so on. Industrial jobs have similar and more dangers like getting body parts hurt by machines or falling from a height.
No one wants to get hurt. Some accidents are avoidable(可避免的). Most accidents happen because of common things seen every day—an open desk drawer, a chair pulled out too far, water on the floor and so on. We slowly get used to these things we see every day and never think about what they could possibly become in the future.
Think about the following to prevent dangers to yourself and others:
1. If there is something you see and know may become a danger for yourself or others, do something about it. Close a desk drawer, clean up or put a sign over the water, turn off the power before leaving, and so on.
2. Get extra persons’ help and support on a task that is too hard for a single person.
3. Study the situation and think what could possibly happen and change if necessary. Do it before something happens and you won’t have to say some day, “ I should have… How sorry I feel…”
To use an old phrase “Safety is everyone’s duty.” Looking down on it could lead to being hurt. Keep the rule in mind every day “Everyone wants to go home in the same condition they came to work in –or better.”
Title: _1.__ at Work
_2.___ dangers | There are some dangers like tripping, unexpected _3.__ by a paper knife. |
___4.____ | 1. Most accidents are 5.___ by the common things seen every day. 2. Get used to _6.___we can see every day and never think about the dangers. |
Safety rules
| 1. Turn off the power before you ___7._. 2. Get extra persons’ help and support if the task is too difficult for you to finish on your _8.___. 3. Make some __9.___based on the situation. |
Warning | Safety on the job is ___10.__duty. |
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others.
Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories. Spencer Johnson’s story Who Moved My Cheese? shows changes exist in(存在于) our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle of the seasons. Trees bud(发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.
Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life. So we should change ourselves when life changes.
Please answer the following questions with no more than five words.
1.How do writers share their life experiences?
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2.Who wrote the story Who Moved My Cheese ?
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3.What does Who Moved My Cheese? tell us ?
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4.When do leaves start to fall onto the ground?
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5.What should we do when life changes?
根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。（5分）
1.I’m sorry to tell you that the sports meeting has to___________ (cancel) because of the bad weather.
2.This is one of the most famous ___________ (hero) names. It is often seen in newspapers.
3. My father and mother have lived in Jingjiang since they got ___________ (marry).
4.Not only the students but also the headteacher ___________ (prefer) to take a bus when they go to school.
5.US singer and actress Whitney Huston was found ___________ (die) in her bathroom on Feb13th, 2012.
根据括号中所给的汉语提示写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，每空一词。（5分）
1.The robot caught a ___________ (病毒) and threw his shirt into the rubbish bin. .
2.The great Chinese scientist Yuan Longping’s ___________ (成就) make the whole world shocked(震惊的).
3.- Did I pronounce your name___________（正确地）?
-Yes, quite right.
4.I spent half an hour looking ___________ (从头到尾) the evening paper.
5.What a___________ (杂乱) you’ve made! You’d better clear it up before Mum gets home.
Mark Twain is someone Americans are taught to love. Older relatives, English teachers and the media always praise him. But when you actually take the time to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you find that his work is more wonderful than you could ever imagine.
The novel describes a young boy named Tom Sawyer growing up in a small town along the Mississippi River. He explores the countryside on a riverboat with his friends, falls in love with girls, starts secret clubs and searches for treasure. Twain’s idea of childhood is magical – a time of imagination, wonder and, of course, adventure.
More importantly, through the eyes of Tom Sawyer, Twain cleverly makes fun of US culture. For example, Tom hates going to church, and Twain uses scenes of Tom there to mock religion(宗教) and its old traditions.
Twain’s writing is full of these kinds of critical (批判的) points about culture and politics(政治). That’s why he is so loved in the US – he wasn’t afraid to state his opinions, and he did so clearly.
He also believed strongly in women’s right to vote in elections and gave a famous speech on the subject, called “Votes for Women”, in 1901.
“Tom was a great hero once more——the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” Twain writes in Tom Sawyer. But he could just as well be describing himself.
1.According to the writer, after reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you are likely to think ___.
A. it’s not worth all the praise
B. it’s as wonderful as you imagined
C. it’s better to read it with teachers
D. it’s even better than you imagined
2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. A brief(简要的) description of the novel.
B. Where Twain’s idea of childhood comes from.
C. How naughty and adventurous Tom Sawyer is.
D. What makes Tom Sawyer’s adventures so wonderful.
3.What does the underlined word “mock” mean?
A. make changes to B. make fun of
C. give reasons for D. give examples of
4. Why is Twain so loved in the US according to the article?
A. He supported women’s right to vote.
B. He wrote bad things about US wars abroad.
C. He criticized American culture and society(社会) clearly and cleverly.
D. He showed readers a magical childhood that everyone would love.
5. Which is the best title of this passage?
A. Mark Twain never stops laughing at US society
B. Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer
C. Mark Twain’s life
D. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
