Many of us mistakenly believe that it’s wrong to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed?
If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesn’t like you might be fearful, or shallow or busy or shy. Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time.
Don’t take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. Although some factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least many factors that will work in your favor.
You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life. There are many people who don’t mind your extra pounds. You may drive a shabby car, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend. There are people out there looking for loyalty, or fun, or sweetness, or wisdom, and the package it comes in is not important. If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends. You can decide to feel inferior because you don’t have much money and you don’t drive a nice car. You can believe that this is the reason
that you don’t have many friends in your life. On the other hand, if you are very wealthy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person.
1.According to the passage, plays an important role in making friends.
A. admitting your shortcomings B. self criticism
C. modesty D. confidence
2.If you are not liked by a person, .
A. you should find the reason in yourself
B. you’d better talk with the person face to face
C. you may not be the one to be blamed
D. you and that person misunderstand each other
3.We can learn from the third paragraph that .
A. your good qualities may make you earn more money
B. your weakness may also be your strengths in some way
C. your negative qualities may cause you to lose friends
D. you’ll have few friends if you don’t share the same interest
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?
A. It is important to lose weight.
B. It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends.
C. Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance.
D. If you are not beautiful enough, try to improve your physical beauty.
5.What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?
A. How to find your good qualities. B. How to make friends.
C. How to make self criticism. D. How to keep fit.
“A very destructive seven-year old child kicked my legs and scratched at my hand,” said one teacher. “I broke up a fight and was kicked,” said another. Many people have heard stories like this. But the situation is more worrying still and it involves parents.
Every child, regardless of the circumstances into which they are born, has the right to achieve their potential, regardless of their parents’ wealth and class. And we recognize that, as a nation, it is a long way to achieve this goal. But rights come with responsibilities and what worries people is that we are in danger of neglecting the latter.
Far too many children are behaving badly at school, even to the point of being violent to staff. This is terrible enough，but it is hard to be surprised since many children are just mirroring the behavior of their parents. Too many are starting school unable to hold a knife and fork, unused to eating at a table，and unable to use the lavatory properly.
We are in danger of becoming a nation of families living separate lives under one roof. The bedroom, once a place to sleep, has become the living space for the young. Spending hours in front of computer screens, on social networking sites or being immersed in computer games, children and young people spend little time with their parents. Parents are unable to monitor just what their children are watching.
Schools cannot right the wrongs of society and teachers cannot become substitute parents. Both parties need to work together. Parents must be helped and given confidence to take back control. They are responsible for setting boundaries for their children’s behavior and sticking to those boundaries when the going gets tough. They are responsible for setting a good example to their children and for devoting that most precious of resources---time---so that children come to school ready and willing to learn.
1.What problem do people ignore in the writer’s opinion?
A. The school violence
B. The pressure of students’ learning
C. The right to achieve students’ potential
D. Students’ responsibilities
2.The writer’s attitude to the behaviors of parents may be that of .
A. dissatisfaction B. sympathy C. understanding D. tolerance
3.The underlined part in Paragraph 4 may mean .
A. children don’t live with their parents in the same room
B. parents care little about children’s life at home
C. children spend little time with their parents at home
D. parents attempt to establish a good relationship with their children
4.From the last paragraph,we can infer that .
A. school can’t correct the wrongs that society does to teachers
B. teachers have no responsibility for playing the role of parents
C. parents should spend time with children making them ready to learn
D. students are responsible for making themselves known in society
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Children’s behavior at school is worrying people
B. Parents expect schools to correct their children’s bad habits
C. There is no point in parents’teaching children at home
D. Don’t blame teachers when it’s parents who are failing
The house was quiet at 5 a.m. and Tim’s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring (轻微颤动声) of the freezer had been the sea.
Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He’d eat after he’d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.
He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches ---but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table.
Gone to Michael’s Back tonight .Tim.
The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn’t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.
The sandhills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.
The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world．
Over the first rocks, along to the point, Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.
He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn’t go in all the way …
1.What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?
A.He left the house quietly B. He had breakfast at home.
C. He left a note on the freezer. D. He put a sweater in his schoolbag.
2."He settled for some biscuits” ( in Paragraph 3 ) means that Tim_______.
A. left home looking for some biscuits
B.felt like eating biscuits rather than sandwiches
C. had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches
D. could only find some biscuits in the kitchen
3.What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?
A. The height of the first rocks
B. The ups and downs of the waves
C. The change in the position of the sun
D. The vast stretch of the sunlit beach
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?
A. The sea looked like a piece of gold.
B. Seabirds flew away when Tim arrived.
C. Tim was the only person on the beach.
D. The sky got dark as Tim reached the cave.
5.In the story, Tim’s mood changed from .
A. loneliness to craziness B. anxiousness to excitement
C. helplessness to happiness D. eagerness to nervousness
“American Dreams in China，” a comedy based ___1.__the story of real-life company New Oriental Education Group, is now the weekly champion of China’s box office（票房）__2.(beat) Hollywood blockbusters（大片） “Iron Man 3” and “The Croods（疯狂原始人）.”
The movie，3. cost $9 million to produce， has taken in（收入） over $34 million in ticket sales4.it was released on May 17，according to media research.
The main character in this movie is believed to resemble Yu Minhong，5. chief executive and co-founder of New Oriental. 6. Mr. Yu said on his Sina Weibo that he has no7. (invest) in the movie and he was against the idea in the first place.
Heated discussion on the definition of real successes8.(arouse) after more and more audience came into the cinema for this movie. 9.some among the Chinese audience are cheering for the entrepreneurial spirit the movie conveys,others say skeptically that 10.equates(等同)success with wealth and fame.
The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a 11 that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are popular with the opposite sex. They are good-looking and people want to 12 their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would not be cool.
The 13 kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright, but they don’t have great 14 skills, not popular with the opposite sex and they are 15 at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus (微积分) , they are watching shows like the “X Files”. They are known as the geeks.
But the geeks are taking over. Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and 16 your maths homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations. They 17 good degrees, though they might not be too popular at university.
The most important 18 of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates 19 others to follow their examples. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a 20 of their own to work and play in, making them a global force. 21 , the effect of the geeks on popular culture has started a new trend. It is now cool to be 22 . Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you 23 is more important than what you look like.
But there are also 24 . Geeks were often bullied (欺侮) or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your 25 . Perhaps it is time for punishment.
1.A. time B. division C. group D. part
2.A. show B. act C. copy D. represent
3.A. uncool B. unimportant C. clever D. strange
4.A. personal B. attractive C. experimental D. social
5.A. tasteless B. careless C. hopeless D. helpless
6.A. introduce B. bring C. prefer D. add
7.A. score B. lack C. take D. save
8.A. discovery B. industry C. progress D. improvement
9.A. excite B. discourage C. demand D. promise
10.A. world B. challenge C. chance D. heaven
11.A. However B. Therefore C. Still D. Besides
12.A. imaginative B. uncool C. attractive D. cool
13.A. remember B. understand C. receive D. know
14.A. dangers B. questions C. possibilities D. wonders
15.A. secretary B. trainee C. friend D. boss
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Cooking with your children is a great way to involve them in the process of decision-making and taking responsibility for themselves． 1. and they will be more willing to make their own snacks meals and bag lunches when they have the skills to be successful in it．
Plan ahead--Choose a time when you will be relaxed and not disturbed．Easier said than done． For children cooking needs lots of patience and time to learn by doing things for themselves． 2.
Supervise(监督指导)--Have an adult nearby to help with sharp utensils(炊具)，electric appliances and the stove．
Prepare--Wear an apron or old clothes． 3.
Organize--Read the entire recipe and gather ingredients arid utensils before you begin．If you put each ingredient away as you use it，it will be easy to tell what you have already put in if you get interrupted in the middle of the recipe．
Safety--Turn pot handles inward away from other burners so they don’t overheat or get knocked off the stove．Never reach across burners or pots that are hot．Never use wet cloths，as steam will form and burn you．Be careful with electric cords． 4. Double-check that you have turned all appliances off when you finish cooking．
5. Get cooking and have fun with your kids
A．Cooking also helps them develop a sense of accomplishment and practice language and math skills and gives them an opportunity to share their creations with others
B．Cooking for yourself requires the time and ability to do it and access to the necessary ingredients
C．With a little help and a lot of encouragement，your children will become confident cooks with the ability to prepare meals and make bag lunches on their own
D．First of all the children must have the knowledge of how to cook
E．Use dry hands to unplug them and make sure they aren’t lying across a stove burner
F．A relaxed pace will help you resist grabbing(抓起)the utensils to do it yourself
G．Tie back long hair，roll up long sleeves and remove jewelry
