If you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you don’t know what’s coming.
Sure, it’s hard to see uncertainty(不确定) in such active light when you’re out of work, or when you feel like you’re failing. But uncertainty is really another word for chance.
When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting（咨询）, but she knew she wouldn’t stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income（收入）by teaching students. Still, she didn’t think she wanted to go to graduate school. Allison knew she wasn’t doing what she wanted, but she didn’t know what she wanted.
She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six years, Allison, by having a plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest, and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent, and time we must all take if we’re being honest with ourselves.
The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty and make a choice. Otherwise your life is not your own—it is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesn’t end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing it, you should find some ways to deal with uncertainty.
1.From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that .
A. being out of work is a sad thing
B. uncertainty is what makes life interesting
C. life in a film is more exciting than real life
D. chance never appears when we need it
2.What troubles Allison after graduation?
A. She couldn’t find a well-paid job.
B. She had no money to start a business.
C. She was not sure what to do.
D. She didn’t score high enough for graduate school.
3.How did Allison feel about her six years’ working experience?
A. Uncertain. B. Amazed. C. Sorry. D. Satisfied.
4.What may be discussed in the following paragraph?
A. How to deal with uncertainty.
B. What role uncertainty plays in life.
C. Why people fear uncertainty.
D. Whom to go to when facing uncertainty.
Saturday morning was bright and fresh. There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared with a bucket（桶）of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other. His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence（篱笆）around the garden. It was ninety feet long and nine feet high. He felt very blue.
Then he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and started to work.
Soon Ben came along the road. He was happily eating an apple. He stopped to look at Tom. Tom went on painting and pretended（假装）not to see Ben.
“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can’t. You have to stay and work, don’t you?”
“Work?” Tom said. “This isn’t work. I’m enjoying myself. Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”
Ben thought about this. Tom continued painting carefully. Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added（增加）a bit more paint in just the right place. Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest. He was getting more and more eager（渴望的）to have a try himself.
After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little. Tom thought about it, and said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see. Aunt Polly wants it to be done well. Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care.”
“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I can do it. I’ll be really careful. Just let me try. I’ll give you half of my apple. Well, I’ll give you all of it!”
“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom. “You must be very careful.”
He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben’s apple. All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting. He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint. Then Johnny offered him a basketball, and so on.
By late afternoon Tom had got all kinds of toys, and the fence had got three coats of paint. Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence. She was so pleased with Tom’s work that she gave Tom a large cake!
1.Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben when he came and watched him painting?
A. He saw Ben eating an apple happily.
B. He tried to make Ben interested in it.
C. He didn’t want to go swimming with Ben at all.
D. He didn’t want Ben to share the chance to paint the fence.
2.What does the underlined word “spring” probably mean in Chinese?
A. 春天 B. 弹簧 C. 泉 D. 活力
3.What do you think of Tom?
A. Honest. B. Smart. C. Shy. D. Stubborn.
We have always been interested in the moon. 2000 years ago people already knew it moved around the earth and where it would be in the sky at different times of the year. At that time, everything about the moon was learned by watching it carefully in the sky.
When scientists could use telescopes(望远镜) to study the moon more closely, their ideas began to change. They could see the moon was made of rocks. Most scientists thought moon rocks would be different from those on Earth. This was because they believed the moon had once been a planet(行星) that had been caught in the earth’s gravity（重力） millions of years earlier.
In 1969 moon rocks were finally brought to the earth and studied. Much to their surprise, scientists found that, except for water, the moon and the earth were made of the same things. Once again new ideas were needed for this new information.
After years of study, most scientists now think that the moon was once part of Earth. They believe very early in its history, maybe 4 million years ago, something about the size of Mars（火星） hit Earth. This sent billions of rocks into space around our planet. These rocks slowly joined together and after many years became the moon.
In the future, even though our ideas about the moon may change again, we will still be interested in it.
1.In the passage the writer wants to tell us ___________________.
A. why people are interested in the moon
B. how ideas about the moon have changed over time
C. where the moon came from in the past
D. that people have finally learned the truth about the moon.
2.Before 1969 most scientists thought the moon was ___________________.
A. part of the earth billions of years earlier
B. older than the earth
C. a planet caught by the earth’s gravity
D. made of the same things as the earth
3.From this passage we can learn that ___________________.
A. scientists in the past were not clever
B. the earth was once part of the moon
C. we now know everything about the moon
D. new information brings new ideas
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Name | Interstellar | Red Sorghum |
Type | action film | TV series |
be on | Movie cinema | Shandong channel |
Time | 12th, November, 2014 | 27, October, 2014 |
Director | Christopher Nolan | Zheng Xiaolong |
main actor | Matthew McConaughey | Zhou Xun, Zhu Yawen |
Notion | the original big-budget Hollywood spectacular | memory of the Chinese anti-Japanese war |
1.You can see the film _________________ on November 12th, 2014.
A. Comedy Of Power B. Ghost
C. Interstellar D. Red Sorghum
2.Who is the major role in Zheng Xiaolong’s TV series?
A. Zhao Wei B. Yang Mi C. Zhou Xun D. Lu Yi
3.What’s the theme of Red Sorghum?
A. The feeling of loving country B. Exploring spirit
C. Protecting nature D. Love story
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Lake
The day when Robert was born was the happiest day of my life. Unfortunately my wife decided she no longer wanted to be married to me. My little boy and I had to part, only getting to see each other every ________ weekend.
One day, I decided to go fishing with my son, who was about 5 years old, at a nearby lake. We arrived at the lake early. Getting out of the car, we brought out all of the fishing equipment and our life jackets and the cooler that had our tasty lunch in it. I could just ________ the day in my mind in hopes that it would never end. We both went out onto the dock（船坞）and I thought, “Do I put his life jacket on first or load the boat first?” I saw him skipping rocks on the water, so I decided to load the boat first.
I was just finishing up when I heard the splash. I turned and looked quickly expecting to see Robert ________ standing there, but I did not see him anywhere. I jumped into the water to save my son immediately. I searched and searched but found him nowhere. I came up for a breath hoping to see him above water, now wondering how I could find him in the murky（浑浊的）water. I finally decided to go all the way to the bottom and ________ around, not coming up until I found him.
Finally, there on the bottom he was, his arms wrapped around the wooden pole that holds up the dock. I brought him to the ________ and put him on the bank. While both of us were coughing and spitting out water, I just hugged him and was ________ that I had found him in time.
When things finally calmed down, I asked one simple question, “Robert, why were you ________ onto that pole on the bottom of the lake?” He looked at me with the most innocent and loving eyes and simply replied, “I was waiting for you, Daddy. I knew you would come to ________ me.”
I thought that I could not be any ________ or any madder at the same time and I just told him, “I sure do love you, sweetheart.” He replied, “I love you too, Dad.”
There is no amount of money or cars or jobs or any material thing that could replace being loved and ________ someone so much. I am lucky to have the ability to love on such a high level, and the ability to forgive on the same level.
1.A. another B. other C. the other D. others
2.A. picture B. enjoy C. show D. spend
3.A. carefully B. happily C. safely D. quietly
4.A. walk B. look C. hear D. feel
5.A. surface B. centre C. front D. corner
6.A. thoughtful B. regretful C. hopeful D. thankful
7.A. jumping B. holding C. stepping D. pointing
8.A. call B. awake C. save D. remind
9.A. funnier B. prouder C. sadder D. cooler
10.A. missing B. touching C. loving D. changing
－I guess you must be very excited about having the chance to go travelling abroad!
－____________,but I am afraid I am not good at English.
A. I’m sorry B. Well, I should be
C. I don’t know yet D. Certainly not
