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In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In a1.way, failure may be a way towards success. Edison, the i 2.of the light bulb（灯泡）, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked w3.he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he smiled and said, “Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways that won't w4..
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? Then you can decide w5.to keep on working hard or try it in a better way, and things will probably not go wrong n6.time.
Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think c7. about this question. “If I am able to achieve my goal, where will it get me?" This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn't be doing anyway.
The t8.thing to keep in mind about failure is that it's mother of success. Don’t give up easily. Learn to “live with yourself" even t9.you may have failed. Maybe this will help you s10.in what you are doing in the end.
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I once believed that a friend is a friend all the way. Now I have changed my ideas about friendships.
1. Friends of convenience(便利). They can be the people who live next door or the mothers of our children’s closest friends. Friends of convenience are good indeed. They’ll help us when we need it. They’ll look after our cats when we go on holidays. But we don’t ever get too close or tell too much. Between us, we’ll talk about being overweight but not about being sad or disappointed(失望). However, people still find it necessary to make friends like this.
2. Special-interest friends. These friendships aren’t deeply personal or emotional(感情上的). They lie in some shared interests, so we may have an office friend, a tennis friend, or even a shopping friend.
3. Historical friends. We all have a friend who knew us when…maybe we were back in the second grade of primary school, when our family lived in that two-room flat downtown. He or she was the first, the only friend we told our secrets to.
The years have gone by, and we have gone different ways. But we’re still a personal part of each other’s past. We know how we looked before our teeth were straightened(矫正), and our getting together makes us think of an earlier part of ourselves, which is important and never lost.
4. Cross-generational friends. These are friendships that from across generations(代). I have in my own life a precious(珍贵的) friend, a woman of 65, who is clever, who listens well, and who means not only an ideal mother to me but also the person I’d like to be when I grow up.
Best friends, I believe, totally love and help each other.
1.of friends | Description of friends |
Friends of convenience. | They can be the2.or the mothers of our children’s closest friends. They can help us when we are in need. Though we don’t talk about all the topics, this doesn’t mean it is 3.for us to have friends like this. |
4.friends. | We usually5. some interests with our special-interest friends, so we may have different friends like an office friend, a tennis friend, etc. |
Historical friends | We got to these friends when we were very6., so we know how we7. before our teeth were straightened. Over these years we have8.greatly, but our getting together can help us remember each other’s happy old days. |
Cross-generational friends | Cross-generational friends usually aren’t from 9.own generation. Maybe a friend like this is the one I want to be like in the10. . |
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1.Let’s look at the _________ (日历) to make a better plan.
2.The teacher’s advice on how to make friends is very _______ (宝贵的) to me.
3. He scored 41 points in a game_____ ____(对抗) the Atlanta Hawks .
4. My uncle has ___________ (从事) as a policeman for ten years.
5.The whole world was surprised at many __________ (成就) of China these years.
6. I can’t ________ (simple) wait for my trip to Australia this winter holiday.
7.You can call me when you have trouble in making _______ (decide).
8.The （speak）made by Putin always attract a large number of people.
9.A scream broke the __________（silent）of the night。
10.“You are old enough to look after _________ (you) now.” the mother said to the twins.
The Beijing Underground’s Line Ten will soon have 40 “reverse vending machines（有偿自动回收机）”,which will pay people for their empty plastic bottles.
“We have placed two such machines at Beijing Capital International Airport and four at the city’s underground stations. They have been well received so far,” said Feng Juan, an engineer from the company which makes the machines. “People are encouraged and paid for turning waste into treasure. More than 30,000 empty bottles have been collected since December,” she said.
If something else, such as waste paper, is thrown into the machine, the machine will spit(吐) it out.[来源:Zx“Supported by the government, the reverse vending machines will be introduced to colleges and universities soon,” Feng said.
The company is also considering covering more recycling materials, including used books and teaching materials.
“Long-term plans call for about 2,000 reverse vending machines to be place throughout the city in the next few years, including 80 at colleges and universities, shopping malls, communities and office buildings,” Feng said.
Chang Tao, director of the company, said that if the new project works well in the city, the company will consider offering the waste-to-treasure service to other developed cities in the eastern part of China.
1.At present reverse vending machines are used at __________.
A. the airport and underground stations
B. colleges and universities
C. communities and office buildings
D. shopping malls and companies
2.Which sign probably represents the meaning of the underlined word “recycling”?
3.Which of the following is an opinion rather than a fact?
A. More than 30,000 empty bottles have been collected.
B. Feng Juan and Chang Tao work in the same company.
C. The machines might help people develop a recycling habit.
D. People are paid for putting empty plastic bottles into the machines.
4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. Machines help turn waste into treasure.
B. A new machine has become popular
C. A creative project works well in China.
D. People are encouraged to collect bottles
Gabriel Garqacia Marquez , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused (停顿) to
remember the cultural giant.
Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th- century literature.” Garcia Marquez wrote in a style called “ magical realism(魔幻现实主义).” In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile , magical things happen to them.
Garcia Marquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One hundred years of Solitude （《百年孤独》）, which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world- of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor(暗喻)for the development of Colombia since the 19 century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Marquez wrote about “the essence(本质) of the Latin American beings.”
1.Garcia Marquez was born in _________.
A. 1914 B.1928
C.1967 D.1982
2.We can know from paragraph 2 that Garcia Marquez __________.
A. was born in Mexico City.
B. spent most of his abult life in Colombia.
C. had a writing style called “magical realism.”
D. was famous but lived a simple daily life.
3. The underlined word “ isolated “ means _________.
A.隔绝的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧嚣的 D.繁华的
4. The writer quotes （引用）from the President to __________.
A. Praise Garcia Marquez for his achievement.
B. show the deep sadness of the President.
C. explain the writing style of Garcia Marquez.
D. describe the character of Garcia Marquez.
One day, when I arrived at school, an ice cream truck was parked in the schoolyard. Ice cream men usually drove their trucks to primary schools. I had never thought one ice cream truck would come to bring ice cream to us older kids. When I went up to the truck, I was quite surprised to hear the man call out, "Free ice cream!" To make sure of his words, I asked, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" "Free ice cream. Choose whichever you like." he said, smiling.
After I was certain that the man was just giving away the ice cream, I talked with him for a long time. He told me that his dream had always been to travel around giving away ice cream, and that's what he was now doing. With his mother's support, he kept doing what he loved even during hard times. Now, however, some large companies are helping him his plan.
The man said he wanted to encourage people to do exactly what their heart told them to do with their lives. I kept asking him, "So your dream was just to drive around and give away ice cream? It seems like a very unusual goal." "Yes, just meeting people and making them smile," he replied. At that point he handed me my ice cream. I thanked him, but what I got from him was much more than just an ice cream. It can't easily be explained in words. I believe what he is doing is exactly what a great person does all the time: small acts of big love.
1.From the story we know that the writer was most probably_______ at that time.
A. a primary school teacher B. a primary school student
C. a middle school student D. a middle school teacher
2.Why did the writer ask the ice cream man what he had said again?
A. Because he was not sure whether what he had heard was true.
B. Because the ice cream truck had never been here before.
C. Because the ice cream man said in a low voice and he couldn't hear.
D. Because he didn't pay attention to the ice cream truck.
3.With his mother's and some large companies' support, _______.
A. the man became rich
B. the man could produce ice cream
C. the man could travel
D. the man's dream came true
