阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在机读卡上相应番号处将该项涂黑。
People who show confidence really seem to have it made. They seize more rewarding careers, keep good relationships, and just seem to do everything with more styles than the rest of us.
So what is the secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop. And although people who are raised in an encouraging environment with confident role models have a hard start in self-confidence development, we all can learn to become more confident at any age.
Try these simple tips for practicing and increasing your self-confidence levels:
Dare to fail. Anybody who’s out there bravely performing is going to fail repeatedly. If you are not failing, you are not trying. So don’t take failure too hard or too personally. Just learn to deal with it and use its lessons to keep improving.
When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because, if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.
Dress for success. You don’t have to be beautiful to be confident. Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages.
Listen to yourself. You are the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.
Build a confident vocabulary. Stop putting yourself down and give up continually blaming your tiny weaknesses. Learn to show up your strong points and the world will learn to see and celebrate them with you.
Pass on the praise. Praise others for their virtues and strengths. This practice will not decrease your confidence, but help increase it.
1. The passage is written mainly __________.
A. to explain the definition of self-confidence
B. to explain the secret of self-confidence
C. to tell people how important self-confidence is
D. to tell people how to build self-confidence
2.The underlined word “one” in the second paragraph refers to __________.
A. the secret of self-confidence
B. the skill of self-confidence
C. the style of doing things
D. a rewarding career
3.The main idea of the sixth paragraph is __________.
A. to be confident means to have no disadvantages
B. taking full advantage of your physical characters will help you be confident
C. your unique characters will help you be confident and be successful
D. to be confident means to be beautiful
4.All the following are tips to increase your self-confidence level EXCEPT_________.
A. not to be afraid of failure
B. dress yourself properly
C. pretend to know everything
D. make your advantages more obvious
5.__________ will weaken your self-confidence.
A. Praising others for their strong points
B. Always following others’ advice to do things
C. Giving up blaming your weaknesses
D. Believing in yourself
阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在机读卡上相应番号处将该项涂黑。
June 5 is World Environment Day. This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it.
When Wang Boxuan, a Beijing high schoolboy, uses up his exercise books, he does not throw them away. Each one is stored at his school with hundreds of exercise books given by other students. Then they are sold to a Beijing paper making factory.
The paper is recycled and used again by students and teachers in the school. At the same time, the money made from the sales goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia for planting trees and grass. This place is one of the sources of the sandstorms that often attack Beijing during springtime.
Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “Green Promise” —environmental protection activity. So far, nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity, collecting more than 87 tons of waste paper.
Students are eager to help make the capital a more pleasant place.
1. What do Wang Boxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?
A. Throw them away. B. Store and sell them.
C. Cut them into pieces. D. Give them to the students in Inner Mongolia.
2. What is the money used for?
A. Buying new exercise books. B. Helping poor students.
C. Planting trees and grass. D. Being stored.
3.What can we infer from the third paragraph？
A. Students will have no exercise books to use in many years.
B. There will be no waste paper in many years.
C. The sandstorms will be weaker in Beijing in many years.
D. Beijing will be much dirtier in many years.
4.Choose the right order according to this passage?
1 Trees and grass were planted.
2 Schools in Inner Mongolia received the money.
3 Students collected waste paper.
4 Students sold the paper to a paper making factory.
A.③②④① B.②①④③ C. ③④②① D.③②①④
5. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Planting Trees. B. Green Promise.
C. Collecting Waste Paper. D. Making Money.
US president Barack Obama is probably 1.______ most powerful person in the world. But what was his high school life 2._______? You can find answers to the question in his “Back to School” speech 3.______ (give) on September 13, 2010.
“I know some of you may be nervous about starting a new school year and worried about 4._______ that’ll be like. Here is what I tell you: nobody 5._____ (get) to write your destiny (命运) but you. Your future is in your hands. Your life is what you make of it. And nothing is beyond your reach. So long as you’re willing to dream big. So long as you’re willing to work hard. So long as you’re willing to stay 6._____ (focus) on your education. An education has never been more important. I’m sure there will be times 7._____ you’re staying up late for a test, or dragging (费力地拉起) yourselves out of bed on a rainy morning, and wondering 8._____ it’s all worth it. Let me tell you: Nothing is as 9._____ in life as your education. In other 10.______ (word), the farther you go in school, the farther you’ll go in life.
An unforgettable experience I recently had made me 11.______ (see) how important friendships are and the need to have a better understanding of friends. A friend is a person 12.______ is always there to encourage and support you whenever you’re in trouble. A friend is a person who’ll try to do what he or she can13.______ you. A friend is a person who’s overjoyed seeing you win and who will share your sorrow when you’re 14.________ (disappoint).
For my part, friendship is like a 15.______(price) gift: It can’t be bought for any amount. It’s also a shining light of hope. If you have friendship, you’ll never feel16._______(alone).
Exactly 10 years ago, 189 heads of state 17.______ (gather) in New York. They set a number of goals. These goals included helping poor people, educating children and protecting the environment. The leaders agreed to do their best to meet the goals 18._______ 2015.
With only five years 19._______ (go), about 140 world leaders got together in New York on September 20. Their20.________ (三天的)meeting was to talk about their work on the goals.
Most people________ what Fang Zhouzi has done against the dishonest professors and research.
A. admit B. appreciate C. satisfy D. afford
--- You mean we will have the mid-term exam in early November?
--- Yes. ________
A. It’s up to you. B. Go ahead.
C. See you again soon. D. You’ve got it.
Thanks to the modern technology, we can get several times ________ information _______ people did in the past.
A. as more; as B. as much; than C. as much; as D. as many; as
