Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it. I think that is the beginning of failure and that is why what we hate remains around us. If you don’t want to see things around you, don’t just hope it’ll change.
We have such an amazing power of creativity inside us to change the way things work around us. Only lazy people go about and say that is the way things have been working. I’ve come to discover that things around us depend on our actions and inactions. What I mean is that the circumstances that we like depend only on the things we do and the things we don’t do.
Do you want your country to change? Start by changing the small things around you. Before you think too far about any small thing to change, your habit should be the first thing to change. Change what you think about and talk about. Can you remember how difficult it was for you to break a habit that you desired to break some years back? If so, then you must accept that things aren’t just going to change by a magic thought. If it isn’t so easy to change yourself when you want to, it isn’t going to be so easy to change the people around you.
I think the best way I’ve changed people around me is that I changed myself. When you change, they’ll change. Just change yourself and see how many people will tell you later that you are the one who changes them. That’s one simple way young people can change their nations.
1. According to the text, why do we fail to change what we don’t like? _______
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A．Because we lack the power of creativity. |
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B．Because we never plan to change them. |
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C．Because they cannot be changed. |
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D．Because we don’t have the ability. |
2.The author can change people around him because he has realized that .
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A．things around us decide what we do |
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B．the further you think, the better |
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C．his actions can affect things around him |
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D．he has to change the nation first |
3.The third paragraph aims at .
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A．telling readers one of the author’s interesting experiences |
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B．giving an example to show how to change things around us |
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C．showing readers how to change a nation |
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D．asking us to remember to change our nation |
4.What can we learn from the text? ________
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A．Circumstance creates a person. |
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B．It is never too late to change your habits. |
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C．A long journey begins with the first step. |
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D．Changing ourselves means changing others. |
High school graduation is indeed important for the person concerned. It is usually marked by a party where friends and family present the person with gifts as a celebration. Below are some good choices for those who will go to college.
You can buy a folding bike. It is a good choice for a high school graduate going to college who may not have room to store a traditional bike. He or she will love moving around the school. It can be easily folded and carried, which would be great for those who often trip back home on weekends. You can also buy a Walkman. It is not expensive. The person can enjoy music while walking, exercising or studying. It can help improve one’s mood.
College is an important time for a person’s career. Many high school graduates know little about the fields they will enter. So why not buy the person a book on what to expect in college life? That way the person would be fully prepared for college. Also he or she can tell something about it to his or her classmates. It is a reality that knowledge is something that cannot be taken away. Healthy food is a major issue in college. Some students have to put up with the bad-taste food in the college dining hall. A refrigerator which can keep food fresh is an excellent choice.
In short, there are so many you can choose from as high school graduation gifts. So what gift are you planning to give to the bright young person?
1.Why is a folding bike a good gift?_______
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A．Because it is convenient and takes up little space. |
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B．Because it can help students save more time. |
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C．Because it is environmentally friendly and cheap. |
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D．Because it is much lighter than traditional bikes. |
2.How many great choices are mentioned in the text?________
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A．3. |
B．4. |
C．5. |
D．6. |
3.Gifts for people who will go to college should be .
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A．useful |
B．cheap |
C．lovely |
D．fashionable |
4.What’s the text mainly about?_________
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A．How to celebrate high school graduation. |
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B．How to make college life easy. |
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C．What a good gift means to high school graduates. |
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D．What to buy for people who will go to college. |
Vitamin D helps bones and muscles grow strong and healthy. Low levels of vitamin D can lead to diseases such as rickets (佝偻病), mainly found in children. The thinning of bone is a common problem as people, especially women, get older.
But more and more research is suggesting that vitamin D might also help prevent many diseases. The easiest way to get vitamin D is from sunlight. The sun’s ultraviolet (紫外线的) rays react with skin cells to produce vitamin D. But many people worry about getting skin cancer and skin damage from the sun. As a result they stay out of the sun. Also, darker-skinned people produce less vitamin D than lighter-skinned people. The amount also decreases in older people and those living in northern areas that get less sunlight.
Not many foods naturally contain vitamin D. Foods high in this vitamin include oily fish and fish liveroils (鱼肝油). Farmed fish have only about one-fourth as much vitamin D as wild fish. Small amounts of vitamin D are found in beef liver, cheese and egg yolks. But most of the vitamin D in the American diet comes from foods such as milk.
Research in the last several years has shown that low levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of heart attacks in men and deaths from some cancers. More doctors are now having their patients tested for their vitamin D levels. But as research continues, some experts worry that if people take too much vitamin D, it might act as a poison. Also, skin doctors warn people to be careful with sun exposure because of the risk of skin cancer.
1.The first paragraph is mainly about .
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A．the muscle diseases |
B．the sources of vitamins |
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C．the importance of health |
D．the functions of vitamin D |
2.Which of the following people produce the least amount of vitamin D?______
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A．Elderly darker-skinned people. |
B．Young lighter-skinned people. |
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C．Elderly lighter-skinned people. |
D．Young darker-skinned people. |
3. People can get the most vitamin D from .
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A．beef liver |
B．cheese |
C．wild fish |
D．farmed fish |
4.What can we infer from the text?_________
A. Being exposed to sunlight is the safest way to get vitamin D.
B. Lack of vitamin D can make people age quickly.
C. Proper vitamin D levels people need are still not determined now.
D. The vitamin D level is higher in men than in women.
Poetry is an interesting form of writing. It is very free, has few restrictions and can be a great way to express feelings. Writing a poem is all about observing the world within you or around you.
To write a poem, first you should begin with an idea or inspiration. Inspiration may come at any time unexpectedly. It may be a specific person, place or thing that causes some sort of strong emotion. It may be more of an abstract idea or release of emotion.
After getting the idea, you can write down everything that comes to mind. Don’t think much and let all feelings pour out. Remember everything can be thrown out later.
Then, you can think about its form and begin to organize thoughts. Poetry comes in many forms, from epic poetry that has a story to dramatic poetry intended to be performed. Try them all out. One will come naturally. Maybe different poems fit different forms. When you write a poem, think about both meter (韵律) and rhythm carefully, which are equally important in poetry. Meter is the fixed pattern of the poem, while rhythm refers to the sound when it is spoken. It is also important to use a lot of descriptive words. Create imagery (意象) with words, trying to make them attractive to all the senses. For auditory (听觉的) interest, try repeating of similar sounds in a sentence or phrase. All of this adds life and interest to a poem.
After you finish your work, don’t be afraid to share your work with others. When others point out your weakness, accept and grow from it.
1.What does the underlined word “restriction” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?_______
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A．Change. |
B．Order. |
C．Limitation. |
D．Organization. |
2.When you begin to write a poem, you should first .
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A．begin with some specific persons |
B．come up with an idea |
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C．describe a famous place |
D．organize your thoughts |
3.We can infer from the text that .
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A．writing poems needs imagination and the ability to use language well |
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B．people can get more ideas if they often share their poems with others |
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C．people should first learn to write epic poetry, then dramatic poetry |
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D．people need to write down every feeling they want to release at a time |
4.What’s the purpose of the text?_________
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A．To tell readers how to write a poem. |
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B．To encourage more people to write poems. |
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C．To show what quality a good poem should have. |
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D．To teach people how to appreciate poems. |
The history of modern art begins with Impressionism, a movement started in Paris in the mid-1800’s. At that time many artists painted in a very traditional way that involved spending hours in a studio, painstakingly (辛苦地) creating paintings that were extremely detailed. These paintings were sometimes of people or landscapes or historical events. In 1863, Edouard Manet exhibited his painting “Dejeuner sur l’erbe” at the Salon des Refuses. The painting caused a commotion (骚动), thus starting the Impressionist movement. Although Edouard Manet is the declared leader and founder of the group, he was not present at the first group exhibition or any of the other eight collective Impressionist shows. The movement gained more attention in the April of 1874 when Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Jean-Frédéric Bazille formed Society of Artists, Painters, Sculptors, Engravers and began exhibiting outside of the official salon. The same year, the term Impressionism was invented by criticizing (批评的) journalist Louis Leroy to describe their paintings, who worked for the magazine Le Charivari.
The Impressionists often paint out of doors and want to show how light and shadow fall on objects at particular times of the day. Their works are sometimes described as “captured moments” and are characterized by short quick brushstrokes (笔) of colour which, when viewed up close looks quite messy and unreal. If we step back from the Impressionist paintings, the colours are blended together by our eyes and we are able to see the painters’ subjects which often show colourful landscapes, sunlight on water as well as people busy with outdoor activities.
1.Before Impressionism, the works of artists were .
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A．quite abstract |
B．very confusing |
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C．very detailed |
D．quite controversial |
2.Who first started Impressionism? ___________
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A．Claude Monet. |
B．Edouard Manet. |
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C．Auguste Renoir. |
D．Alfred Sisley. |
3. The works of the Impressionists are best viewed .
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A．with imagination |
B．at a distance |
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C．outdoors |
D．in a studio |
4.The second paragraph is mainly about ______.
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A．the painting style of the Impressionists |
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B．how to describe the Impressionist paintings |
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C．the influences of the Impressionist paintings |
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D．the subjects of the Impressionist paintings |
It was a Friday afternoon. An elderly lady was doing the 21 in a supermarket. When she returned to her 22 , she found four men in the act of 23 her car. So she 24 her shopping bags and took out her 25 , screaming at the top of her voice, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it! 26 the car!”
The four men didn’t 27 for a second threat. They all got out immediately and 28 like mad.
After she got into the 29 seat and prepared to drive away, she was 30 that she could not get her key into the ignition (点火开关). She 31 over and over again, and then she suddenly realized why, 32 she found that there was a football, a jacket and two packs of cigarettes in the front seat.
A few minutes later, she saw her own car 33 four or five spaces farther down. She put her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her 34 .
The police officer to whom she told the story couldn’t stop 35 . He pointed to the other end of the corner, where four 36 men were reporting that their car was 37 by a mad, elderly woman 38 as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and 39 a large handgun. Not surprisingly, the elderly lady felt very sorry for what she had done, and 40 to the four men.
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