When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said.“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1.What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?
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A．He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said. |
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B．He criticized (批评) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings. |
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C．He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true. |
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D．He refused to take the list and have a look at it. |
2.Why did her father listen to her quietly?
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A．Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true. |
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B．Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while. |
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C．Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment. |
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D．Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth. |
3.Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
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A．Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend |
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B．The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had |
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C．My Father |
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D．My Childhood |
If you are lost in the mountains, stay calm in the face of darkness, loneliness, and the unknown. It will greatly increase your chances of survival. Many people think that preparing necessary equipment and knowing how to use it are very important, but in fact eighty percent of mountain survival is your reaction(反应) to fear.
Finding a hiding place
Unnecessary labor (劳动) will make you sweat and make you cold. Find a hiding place around you before trying to start your own construction. If you are in a snow-covered area, you may be able to dig a cave in deep snow for protection from the wind. You should try to hide yourself in the middle of the mountain if possible. Stay out of the valleys--- cold air falls, and the valley floor can be the coldest area on the mountain.
Signal(发信号) rescuers for help
The best time to signal rescuers is during the day. Signal for help from the highest point possible--- it will be easier for rescuers to see you, and any sound you make will travel farther. If you take a box of matches and a space blanket ( a special blanket for traveling ), build three smoky fires and put your blanket ---gold side facing out --- on the ground.
Do not walk away
It will make finding you more difficult , as search teams will be trying to follow your path and may miss you if you have gone off in a different direction. Searchers often end up finding a car with no one in it. If you get frostbitten(冻伤) , do not rewarm the affected area until you are out of danger.
You can walk on frostbitten(冻伤) feet, but once you warm the area and can feel the pain, you will not want to walk anywhere. Try to protect the frostbitten area and keep it dry until you are rescued.
1. When lost in the mountains, you can increase your chances of survival if you _____.
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A．take a space blanket with you |
B．do more physical labor |
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C．try to find a car immediately |
D．walk as far as possible |
2. According to the passage, people most probably fail to survive if they ______
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A．do not take enough equipment |
B．stay in the middle of the mountain |
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C．do not keep themselves warm |
D．stay in a snow-covered area |
3.What can we infer from the passage?
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A．Don’t travel by yourself |
B．Mountain traveling is dangerous |
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C．Don’t get frightened in danger |
D．Avoid going to unfamiliar places |
4. Which statement is not true according to the passage?
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A．If lost in the mountains, you must try to find a way out quickly. |
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B．Stay out of the valleys when looking for a hiding place |
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C．The best time to signal rescuers is during the day |
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D．With a space blanket, you can put it on the ground---gold side facing out |
School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, he can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.
1.According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.
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A．help his students to gain a good memory. |
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B．train his students’ ability to learn |
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C．teach his students everything he knows |
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D．have his students studying long hours |
2. If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.
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A．to learn all the useful facts and formula by heart |
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B．to do everything as his teacher have said in class |
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C．to absorb (吸收) as much knowledge from his teacher as possible |
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D．to think more while he is studying |
3.The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.
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A．the teachers who had taught them were all experienced. |
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B．they used to work and study without a moment’s rest. |
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C．they had received more schooling than other people |
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D．they know how to study and worked hard |
4.What’s the good advice the writer gives us?
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A．We can learn better without teachers |
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B．We should do more asking and thinking while studying |
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C．We should pay enough attention to classroom |
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D．Book knowledge is little use |
Dear Mom and Dad ,
I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you . I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me . She is going to write to you . You must come and take me away from here . She does not want me in the school any longer . The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed . As I was smoking , I heard footsteps coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking , so I threw the cigarette away . Unfortunately , the cigarette fell into the waste--paper basket . It caught fire .
There was a curtain near the waste --paper basket . It caught fire ,too . Soon the whole room was burning . The master phoned the fire brigade（消防队）. The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived , the whole school was on fire . The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage . She will send you a bill for about a million dollars .
I'm very sorry for this .
Much love
Sarah
1.Why did Sarah write to his parents ?
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A．He missed them very much for they hadn’t seen each other for a long time. |
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B．He told his parents what he had done in school. |
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C．He was tired of studying, and wanted to leave school. |
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D．He thought he was old enough to help them do something. |
2.Where did Sarah smoke?
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A．in the classroom |
B．in the dinning hall |
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C．in the street |
D．in the dormitory |
3.Why was the school master angry with him?
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A．because he was too naughty |
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B．because he was too lazy |
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C．because he caused a big fire |
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D．because he stole something from the school |
4.According to the passage, what should the students not do?
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A．they should not smoke, because smoking is dangerous to them |
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B．they should not dance, because dancing would waste a lot of money |
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C．they should not make friends, because making friends would take them absent |
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D．they should not wear expensive clothes because they would waste a lot of money |
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my reply. Then he said, “Excuse me too. I wasn’t 36 watching for you.” We were very polite, this stranger and I. Then we went 37 our way after saying goodbye.
But at 38 , a different story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen, as I 39 the meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still. When I turned, I 40 knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown (皱眉). She stepped away silently, with her little heart 41 . I didn’t realize how rudely I had spoken.
That night, when I lay 42 in bed, God’s quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While 43 with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are quick to excite. Go to look around on the kitchen floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the 44 . Those are the flowers she brought for you. She 45 them herself — pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She stood there quietly and you never saw the 46 in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪) by her 47 . “Wake up, my dear,” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree, I 48 them in a napkin（纸巾）, just for you. I knew you’d like them, especially the 49 .” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today. And I 50 have fussed (大惊小怪) at you that way. ”
And she whispered, “Mommy, that’s OK… I still love you 51 .” I hugged her and said, “I love you, too and I love the flowers.”
Do you know that: if you die tomorrow, the 52 you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family you leave 53 will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our 54 than into our families--- an unwise investment (投资) indeed.
Remember that 55 =" (F)ATHER" + (A)ND + (M)OTHER + (I ) + (L)OVE + (Y)OU.
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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (大牧场) in San Isidro. He lets me use his house to hold events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he greeted me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a poor horse trainer who would go from stable (马厩) to stable, farm to farm, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school was continually interrupted (打断). One day in the last year of high school, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to do when he grew up.
“He wrote a seven-page paper about his goal of owning a horse ranch in great detail. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and even drew a detailed floor plan for the dream ranch. Then the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. But he got a low mark with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’
“The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I receive a low mark?’
“The teacher said, ‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it, your dream couldn’t come true . ’Then the teacher added, ‘If you will rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your mark.’
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.’
“Finally, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote, ‘You can keep the low mark and I’ll keep my dream.’
“I was that boy twenty years ago.” My friend said, smiling.
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Monty Roberts?
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A．He was born in a poor family. |
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B．He received a good education. |
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C．He is raising money for the poor. |
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D．He is a horse trainer who works from farm to farm. |
2.From Paragraph 3, we know Monty Roberts _____.
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A．was just a daydreamer |
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B．decided to follow his father’s example |
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C．expected the teacher to praise him |
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D．had a great plan for his future |
3.The teacher thought Monty Roberts’s dream was _____.
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A．strange |
B．great |
C．pleasant |
D．impossible |
4. From the end of the text, we can infer that Monty Roberts was very _____.
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A．careful |
B．clever |
C．determined |
D．active |
5. The purpose of the text is to tell readers that _____.
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A．seeing is believing |
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B．knowledge is power |
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C．all roads lead to Rome |
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D．where there is a will, there is a way |
