During my elementary (基础的) school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany’s mom.
Tiffany’s mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didn’t give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was angry with her.
Whenever I didn’t get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany’s mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmly say “Poor Tiffany”. I couldn’t understand her. “She shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!” I thought. “She should be feeling sorry for me.”
One day, I couldn’t help saying to Mom, “Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?”I burst into tears.
My mom sat down next to me and said softly. “Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught.”
I looked up at her. “What are you talking about?”
Mom said with care, “One day she will really want something. Maybe she’ll find out that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t always be around to give her money, and what’s more, money can’t buy everything.”
She continued, “Ihave taught you useful lessons by not giving you everything you want. You’ll know how to be yourself and save money, but she won’t. You’ll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won’t. When Tiffany is a grown woman, she’ll wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one you’ve got. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food.”
It took some time, but I finally understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.
1.During the author’s elementary school years, she __________.
A. wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany’s
B. went to school with Tiffany every day
C. usually compared her lesson with Tiffany’s
D. sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany
2.Why did the author’s mom always say “Poor Tiffany”?
A. She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.
B. She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.
C. She thought that Tiffany’smother gave her too much.
D. She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.
3.What do we learn about the author’s mother?
A. She was strict and taught the author to be a person who lives on her own.
B. She cared for other people’s children more than her own.
C. She thought that life lessons were as important as money.
D. She was so poor that she couldn’t give the author much money.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The author was quite angry with her mother in the past.
B. The author’s mother felt sorry for Tiffany.
C. Tiffany’s mother took the author’s mother’s advice.
D. The author is thankful to her mother now.
According to Spanish(西班牙的) business newspaper, Spain is planning to build the largest traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Europe. It's an important practice agreement between China and Spain. Barcelona will provide land for its construction and the new hospital is expected to cost 80 million euros ($88.6 million). This center will be the first of its kind outside Asia. The agreement also includes the teaching and studying of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine). The hospital will develop a joint --- research program among the scientists from both of the countries. The agreement makes it possible for doctors of TCM to work in Barcelona.
So far, China has been making efforts to expand TCM outside the country, pushing the ancient medical science to the world.
Calduch, a spokesperson for the Spain -based European Foundation of TCM, said the plan to build Europe's largest TCM hospital shows China's great dream.
“Not only will it help us learn more about this ancient medical science, but it will also bring help to Spanish patients.” said Calduch.
It's reported that 23.6 percent of the country's population has used natural remedies (自然疗法), and TCM is the most popular.
1.What hospital is Spain going to build according to the news?
A. A Spanish hospital.
B. A Chinese- style hospital.
C. A TCM hospital.
D. A western medicine hospital.
2.What does the underlined word “expand” mean in Chinese?
A. serve B. build C. enlarge D. study
3.What does Calduch do?
A. A doctor of TCM. B. A teacher in a university of TCM.
C. A TCM researcher. D. A member of foundation for TCM.
4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The TCM hospital in Spain will cost 80 million dollars.
B. The TCM hospital in Spain will be the largest in the world.
C. The new TCM hospital will lie in Barcelona.
D. About 23.6 percent of the Spanish get help from TCM.
Creativity is the key to a brighter future, say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.
If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have an important product: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his old company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking and developing new ideas.
Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence (智慧). Just because a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something.
Unluckily, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but can’t recognize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly, but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems.
It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if it’s choosing between two kinds of food for lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a hard time, but that is all right. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire (欲望) to find a way out of trouble.
1.What did the company where Dick Drew work learn from its mistake?
A. They encouraged people to work a longer time.
B. They discouraged (阻碍) people to think freely.
C. They asked people to spend all their work time developing new ideas.
D. They encouraged people to spend some of their work time thinking and improving new ideas.
2.Why don’t schools try to encourage creativity?
A. They don’t understand the importance of education.
B. They don’t want their students to make mistakes.
C. They pay too much attention to examination marks and language skills.
D. They think it more important to remember some information.
3.What should the parents do when their children decide how to spend their money?
A. Try to help them as much as possible
B. Take no notice of whatever they do
C. Help them if their decision is wrong, but not too much
D. Leave them as they are
4.The best title for the passage can be ______.
A. The importance of creativity
B. What is creativity?
C. The history of creativity
D. How can we develop creativity?
A
Information about the movie theaters in town | ||
Price | How | Seats |
The movie ticket at Zhongshan Cinema is 15 dollars. A ticket for a child is half. It's 14 dollars at Wanda MovieTheater, for children, free. And 13 dollars at Baima Movie world. | Wanda Movie Theater is always very crowded. Many people prefer to go to Baima Movie World. But you can always get a ticket at Zhongshan Cinemavery quickly. It has the shortest waiting time. | The seats at Baima Movie World are very comfortable. The seats at Wanda Movie Theater are a little hard. Zhongshan Cinema's seats are very uncomfortable. You can't bring snacks to any of the cinemas. |
1.How much are the tickets for a couple and their two children in Zhongshan Cinema?
A. 37.5 dollars B. 45 dollars
C. 35 dollars D.30 dollars
2.You are an adult. You want to see a movie with the least money. Which cinema do you think is the best for you?
A. Zhongshan Cinema B. Wanda Movie Theater
C. Baima Movie World D. Cambridge Theater
3.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Tickets in Zhongshan Cinema are the cheapest.
B. You can sit most comfortably at Wanda Movie Theater.
C. You can take snacks to the movie theaters.
D. Tickets can be got easily in Zhongshan Cinema.
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Mr. Glen is a millionaire (百万富翁). Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he up his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the customs check. The watch on his wrist was also needed to be down for inspection (检查). Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax (税), and he worried about paying for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a fake (假货). When he was of his “smarts”, the officers hit the watch, which cost nearly ￥100,000 into pieces at hearing Glen’s words. Glen was . he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined strictly. For many times of entry-exit (出入境) he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if he was out reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family and his workers. He said that this made a deep on him, because the extra high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of , which he would remember as the of his success forever.
1.A. set B. took C. went D. picked
2.A. asked B. refused C. received D. decided
3.A. books B. things C. savings D. pounds
4.A. taken B. put C. looked D. come
5.A. one B. it C. them D. these
6.A. afraid B. proud C. ashamed D. hard
7.A. happy B. amazed C. pleased D. satisfied
8.A. After B. If C. Before D. Since
9.A. conditions B. experiences C. experiments D. chances
10.A. stopped B. hoped C. warned D. punished
11.A. found B. came C. sent D. set
12.A. hit B. charged C. praised D. blamed
13.A. idea B. impression C. thought D. expression
14.A. honesty B. lies C. goods D. bravery
15.A. lesson B. secret C. choice D. key
—Is your health getting better?
— No. And ______. The doctor gave me the wrong medicine this time.
A. every dog has its day
B. the early bird catches the worm
C. a miss is as good as a mile
D. it never rains but it pours
