In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation(毕业) or commencement(授奖典礼) day. Students plan homecoming day for many weeks in advance(预先).
Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate(装饰) the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths(摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-corning Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
1. The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is ________.
A. homecoming B. the football game C. graduation D. winning the game
2. When do students begin to arrange everything for Homecoming?
A. The day before Homecoming. B. Many weeks before the day.
C. when the guests arrive. D. In the days before Homecoming.
3. Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming?
A. To see old friends. B. To call on teachers they remember.
C. To watch the football game. D. To go home to see their family.
4. The underline words “vote” in the fifth paragraph means ________.
A. attend a meeting B. elect or choose
C. hold a celebration(庆祝) D. have a football match
5.Who can probably become Homecoming Queen or King?
A. The students who is liked most by the others.
B. The guest who is most popular with the students.
C. The students who is most liked by the guests.
D. The player who plays best in the football game.
People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible(有责任感的) citizens. They give love and care. These two days make us think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓地).On these days families get together at home,as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day.These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts.Children make them in school.Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
1.Which of the following is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?
A. Parents bring up children.
B. Parents give love and care to children.
C. Parents educate children to be good persons.
D. Parents pass away before children grow up.
2.What do you think “florists” do?
A. They sell flowers.
B. They make and sell bread.
C. They offer enough room for having family parties.
D. They sell special gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
3.Which do you think is right about “carnation”?
A .It has only two kinds of colors.
B .It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
C .It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.
4.What do you know from the passage?
A .Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.
B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.
C. Not all the children respect their parents.
D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.
5.On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, .
A. people usually have family parties B .everyone goes to visit the cemetery
C.children always go to parents’ home D.hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts
Conjoined twins lead separate but active lives.
Lori and Reba have never been alone and they want to keep it that way.
The 40-year-old conjoined twins in Pennsylvania,US,have read about others locked together by an accident of birth who have been medically separated.But they insist only death can part them.
“We’ve never imagined a life divided,”Lori said.
Lori and Reba are joined together at the side of their heads,facing in opposite directions.Their blood supply is partly linked,but each has a separate brain.
Reba suffers from a disease which has left her completely dependent on her sister.
Lori wheels her everywhere they go in different professional directions.Lori worked in a laundry room at a hospital for six years before giving that up to allow Reba to try to become a country singer.
Her first song is called “The Fear of Being Alone”,which was inspired by Reba and Lori’s desire for togetherness.
Reba’s career has taken her across the United States, Europe and parts of Asia.
While the twins receive some money from the government, the earning from Reba’s concerts go to AIDS and cancer charities(慈善机构).
The sisters have set goals for themselves. Reba looks forward to a successful career as a country singer, while Lori says she hopes to get married and have children.Lori said,”So when it comes, it comes. Meanwhile, I live wonderfully from day to day.”
1.When Lori said “We’ve never imagined a life divided”,she meant that .
A. they don’t wish to be made separate
B. they think their case is beyond medical help
C. independent life would be too good to think of
D. they would die once separated
2.By leading separate lives,the topic means that .
A. either of the two can look after herself B .the twins do different things
C. they face in opposite directions D. they are no longer conjoined now
3.When Reba gives performances as a country singer,Lori .
A.works in a hospital B.continues her college education
C.brings up her children D.looks after her sister
4.The twins lead active lives because they .
A. are tired of staying at home doing nothing
B. need more money
C. want to prove themselves as useful citizens
D. have to earn their own bread
5.From the last paragraph we can understand that Lori .
A. thinks it’s too late for her to have children
B. is sure she’ll get married and have children
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There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people 36 to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you 37 is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you 38 others. Because while there will be times 39 outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely 40.. The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are 41 . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision 42 anyway.
You were 43 with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and 44 the appropriate actions, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own 45 .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of 46 a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the 47 necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to 48 on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being 49 to Wall Street, I intended to assume that my more senior 50 knew more than I did, and so I 51 too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in 52 . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by 53 and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to 54 this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to 55 and to life.
1. A. easy B. ready C. unwilling D. hard
2. A. lead B. lend C. take D. earn
3. A. look at B. pick up C. turn to D. learn from
4. A. that B. since C. when D. while
5. A. useless B. useful C. priceless D. clever
6. A. getting B. making C. suffering D. facing
7.A. on one hand B. on your own C. on the whole D. on all sides
8. A. born B. tired C. satisfied D. covered
9. A. enjoy B. step C. plan D. take
10. A. assumption B. judgment C. condition D. fortune
11. A. basing B. depending C. relying D. focusing
12.A. research B. search C. resources D. activity
13. A. poverty B. laziness C. fear D. diligence
14.A. used B. accustomed C. new D. old
15.A. students B. brothers C. colleagues D. classmates
16. A. attached B. paid C. gave D. held
17. A. disaster B. progress C. failure D. success
18.A. either B. another C. each D. others
19.A. think B. remember C. realize D. recall
20. A. payment B. dreams C. happiness D. business
Jack always sleeps late on Sundays. I’m sure he ______when we get home.
A. is still sleeping B .is to be sleep C. will still be sleeping D. will be about to sleep
Since mid July, many areas in Shaanxi continuous heavy rain, leading to frequent natural disasters.
A．saw B．had seen C．has seen D．have seen
