You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!
Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.
Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others’ pity or respect.
When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger (匕首) of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all, brings you down.
Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker，or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that.
Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to (附着) you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.
1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.
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A．make a comparison |
B．offer an evidence |
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C．introduce a topic |
D．describe a daily scene |
2.How can negative people have effect on us?
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A．By influencing our emotion. |
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B．By telling us the nature of life. |
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C．By changing our ways of thinking. |
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D．By comparing their attitudes to life with ours. |
3.Some negative people base their happiness on _______.
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A．other people’s pity for them |
B．making other people unhappy |
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C．building up a positive attitude |
D．other people’s respect for them |
4.According to the passage, to reduce negative people’s influence on us, we are advised to ______.
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A．change negative people’s attitudes to life |
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B．show our dissatisfaction to negative people |
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C．make negative people feel ashamed of themselves |
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D．communicate with negative people as little as possible |
5. What is the author’s attitude towards negative people?
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A．Favorable. |
B．Critical. |
C．Indifferent. |
D．Supportive. |
It was the first month of winter -- an exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. Up until now, l had been able to dress myself for recess(课间休息), but today I would need some help. Miss Finlayson, my kindergarten teacher at Princess Elizabeth School near Hamilton, Ontario, had been through first snow days , many times in her long career, but I think struggled still remember this one.
I managed to get into my wool snow pants. But I struggled with my jacket because it didn’t fit well. It was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes. At least my hat and matching scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Finally it was time to have Miss Finlayson help me with my boots. In her calm, motherly voice she said, "By the end of winter, you will be able to put on own boots. “ I didn’t realize at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence.
I handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most children, I expected the adult to do the work. After much wiggling and pushing, she managed to get first one into place and then, with a sigh, worked the second one on too.
I announced，“They’re on the wrong feet．”With the grace that only experience can bring，she struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again．Then I said，“These aren’t my boots．you know．”As she pulled the offending boots from my feet，she still managed to look both helpful and interested．Once they were off．I said，“They are my brother’s boots．My mother makes me wear them，and I hate them!” Somehow，from long years of practice，she managed to act as though I wasn’t an annoying little girl．She pushed and shoved less gently this time，and the boots were returned to their proper place on my feet．With a great sigh of relief，seeing the end of her struggle with me，she asked，“Now，where are your gloves?’’
I looked into her eyes and said．“I didn’t want to lose them．so I put them into the toes of my boots．”
1.According to the passage，the little girl got from her brother．
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A．the wool snow pants and the jacket |
B．the jacket and the boots |
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C．the jacket and the hat |
D．the boots and the gloves |
2.What made it so hard for the teacher to help the little girl put her boots on?
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A．The gloves in the toes of the boots． |
B．The slowness of the teacher． |
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C．The wrong size of the boots． |
D．The unwillingness of the girl． |
3.It can be inferred that before the little girl finally went out to enjoy the first snow of winter，the teacher had to help her put on her boots ．
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A．once |
B．twice |
C．three times |
D．four times |
4.Which of the following sentences from the text BEST indicates that the teacher is very considerate?
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A．In her calm，motherly voice she said，“By the end of winter，”(Paragraph 2) |
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B．With the grace that only experience can bring，she struggled to(Paragraph 4) |
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C．She still managed to look both helpful and interested．(Paragraph 4) |
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D．She managed to act as though I wasn’t an annoying little girl.(Paragraph 4) |
Transport Guide
The Brisbane City Council (BCC) is responsible for bus and ferry services with in the city limits and suburbs. Most buses will either arrive at the city or an interchange where connecting buses can be caught．BCC buses operate from 5:30 am to 11:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 5:30 am to 12:00 a m on Fridays. On weekends and public holidays buses operate less frequently Pre-paid bus tickets can be purchased from the QUT (Queensland University of Technology)bookshop, the campus news agency, most other news agencies and general stores, and any BCC Customer Service Centre. Short-term students at QUT cannot use their ID cards to gain a discount fare on BCC public transport. You will need to buy an adult ticket to travel. Bus fares are dependent on the number of zones you have to travel. There are several types of ticket:
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Zone |
Cost (AUD) |
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Single |
Daily |
Off-peak Daily |
Ten-Trip Saver |
Weekly |
Monthly |
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1 |
2.50 |
4.20 |
3.50 |
16.80 |
16.80 |
67.20 |
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2 |
2.90 |
5.00 |
4.10 |
20.00 |
20.00 |
80.00 |
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3 |
3.30 |
5.80 |
4.70 |
23.20 |
23.20 |
92.80 |
Single: one way ticket to reach your destination, including transfers within 2 hours.
Daily: unlimited travel within the zones.
Off-peak Daily: discounted unlimited travel between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm and after
7:00 pm Monday to Friday, and all day on weekends and public holidays.
Weekly: unlimited travel within the zones for one week from the date of issue.
Monthly: unlimited travel within the zones for one calendar month from the date of issue.
Ten-trip Saver: 10 trips at any time within the zones on buses and ferries only.
Transport routes, timetables and fare information are available from:
Public Transport Information Centre
69 Ann Street (corner of George St)
Brisbane City
Phone l3 12 30(Transport Information Service)
1. The transport guide above is most likely provided by ．
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A．Public Transport Information Centre |
B．the Brisbane City Council |
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C．Queensland University of Technology． |
D．BCC Customer Service Centres |
2. We can learn from the passage that ．
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A．buses are scheduled as usual on weekends and public holidays |
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B．regular students at QUT need to buy adult tickets |
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C．Pre-paid tickets can be bought from the Public Transport Information Centre |
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D．Ten-trip Savers can be used at off-peak time |
3.An exchange student staying at QUT for five days has to travel between zones every day．What type of ticket would he probably buy?
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A．Single． |
B．Weekly． |
C．Off-peak Daily． |
D．Ten-trip Saver． |
A man found a cocoon of a moth. He took it home so that he could 31 the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small 32 appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to 33 the body through that little hole.
Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had 34 as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the 35 bit of the cocoon. The 36 then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven（无用的） wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and 37 to be able to support the 38 , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life 39 around with a small, swollen body and shriveled wings. It was 40 able to fly.
What the man in his kindness 41 was that the small cocoon and the 42 of the moth to get through the 43 opening was a way to push fluid(液体) 44 the body of moth 45 its wings so that it would be ready to fly 46 it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and 47 would come only after the struggle. By taking the moth of a struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to 48 our lives without any difficulties, we would be disabled. We would not be as 49 as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for 50 .
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1 |
A, help |
B. protect |
C. watch |
D. see |
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2 |
A. opening |
B. line |
C. moth |
D. butterfly |
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3 |
A. push |
B. draw |
C. make |
D. force |
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4 |
A. got |
B. done |
C. tried |
D. struggled |
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5 |
A. covering |
B. remaining |
C. shell |
D. skin |
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6 |
A. moth |
B. butterfly |
C. cocoon |
D. worm |
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7 |
A. lessen |
B. widen |
C. expand |
D. shorten |
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8 |
A standing |
B. flight |
C. themselves |
D. body |
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9 |
A flying |
B. crawling |
C. walking |
D. lying |
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0 |
A already |
B. certainly |
C. never |
D. seldom |
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11 |
A shouldn’t do |
B. thought |
C. did |
D. didn’t understand |
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12 |
A crawling |
B. struggle |
C. fight |
D. force |
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13 |
A tiny |
B. beginning |
C. right |
D. above |
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14 |
A in |
B. on |
C. by |
D. from |
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15 |
A into |
B. to |
C. in |
D. onto |
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16 |
A after |
B. once |
C. before |
D. until |
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17 |
A courage |
B. hope |
C. flight |
D. survival |
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18 |
A stand on |
B. get on |
C. go through |
D. live |
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19 |
A great |
B. determined |
C. brave |
D. strong |
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20 |
A regrets |
B. death |
C. failure |
D. wishes |
It is well-known ______ a person, especially the old, eats too much he’ll feel uncomfortable.
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A．that |
B．when if |
C．if |
D．that when |
I broke my relationship with John because he always found with whatever I did.
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A．error |
B．mistake |
C．fault |
D．failure |
