11月的第四个星期四是感恩节。2013年的感恩节是11月28日星期四。某英文杂志社要举办一次征文活动。活动的主题是: “Learn to be grateful”. 假如你叫李华，请根据下列提示写一篇120词左右的短文投该杂志社。
主要内容包括：
1、为什么要感恩？
2、对谁感恩？
3、感恩实际行动（给父母泡一杯热茶或给他们一个拥抱；给老师作感恩卡；给同学和朋友发短信感谢他们的帮助…）
Learn to be grateful
The Thanksgiving Day in this year is on November 28th and ________________________________
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阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写在横线上（请注意问题后的词数要求）
[1]Everyone wants something in life, love, money, success and so on. Yet too many people fail to achieve their goals, and nearly all of them are for the same reason.
[2]It‘s true that terrible things do happen to people during their lives, though no fault of their own, which may make them feel upset. Generally speaking, however, getting what you really want out of life is just a matter of the following three simple steps.
[3]Firstly, you have to decide what it is you want the most. But do not make a list of wishes; try to focus on one thing at a time. If you‘re not sure about where you want to go, you‘d better think it over first and not hurry to perform.
[4]Secondly, create an action plan. This will be your map for getting from ”___________________” to ”where you want to go”. You know what you want, and what steps you are going to take to get it. For example, if you want a better job, start with a skills assessment(评价) and maybe some extra training. Then you‘ll need to sell yourself and your skills either to your present employer or to a new employer.
[5]Other goals will require a bit more thought. Some will really get you lost without a clue of how to get there. Not to worry, though, books, biographies and such, can be of great help.
[6]The third and final step is to execute. Do what you planned. Take the steps you outlined on your road map and keep going on all the time. If you run into some people who are against you, simply ignore them.
[7]Never give up the goal. Keep pushing. Whatever you do, do not lose heart until you have what you desire in your hands. Never think that you can’t turn your dream into a reality.
1.What does the author want to tell readers in this article? (No more than 10 words)
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2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (No more than 5 words)
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3.list the three simple steps that you should take if you want to achieve your goals.(no more than 20 words)
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4.What’s the most important thing when deciding what to do? （No more than 8 words)
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5.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 probably refer to? (No more than 5 words)
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America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1.The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an AmericanB. a ChineseC. a professorD. a student
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time
B. serious with time
C. careful with time
D. willing to spend time
5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality
D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
A shop worker nicknamed(绰号) Little Fatty told of his shock at becoming a Susan Boyle-like Internet star after a perfect Whitney Houston performance on a TV talent(才能)show. Lin Yuqun, 24, won over the judges and the audience of the Million Star show with perfect performances of Whitney Houston’s I will Always Love You , and has got 480,000 hits on video sharing website You Tube.
“I am shocked that I can draw so much attention. I'm really moved and happy that people like my performance of Whitney's song,” said Lin, who works part-time at a musical instrument shop. “I've loved singing since I was a little boy and I feel like I am living my dream now. I hope I can pursue(追求) a career in singing,” he told reporters.
Reporters called him “China’s Susan Boyle”, describing him as “plain-looking and short”, but Lin, who has the nickname “Little Fatty”, told reporters the comparison made him proud. “I am honoured to be compared to Susan Boyle. I am inspired and encouraged by her because she proved that even a person who's seen as an underdog(弱者) and who has ordinary looks can shine on the stage,” Lin said.
Since his performance was posted on Youtube late last week, he has been the subject of heated conversation in on-line chat rooms on American Yahoo! and other foreign websites. “Lin really is amazing. Whitney couldn’t do it any better today, ” a viewer wrote on YouTube.
Scottish single Susan Boyle got recognized around the world after she was discovered last year on the British’s Got Talent television show with her performance of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables, which was the best-selling debut(首演)in British chart history and also topped the US charts.
1.What do we know about Lin Yuqun?
A. He has a great talent for singing.
B. He works quite hard as a shop owner.
C. He sings better than Susan Boyle.
D. He likes watching TV best.
2.It seemed that Lin Yuqun _________.
A. was not surprised that he could be famous.
B. felt lost after the talent show.
C. learnt to sing at a musical instrument shop.
D. wants to become a singer.
3.Why does Lin Yuqun speak highly of Susan Boyle?
A. Because she is as ordinary as him.
B. Because she is a famous singer now.
C. Because he gets confidence from her.
D. Because she brings good luck to him
4.By saying “Whitney couldn’t do it any better today”, the viewer means __________.
A.Whiteny doesn't sing well any longer.
B. Lin Yuqun sings as well as Whitney
C. Lin Yuqun has gone beyond Whitney
D. Lin Yuqun can develop his singing better
5.On a website, you may read the article in the column of _________.
A. education.B. fashionC. scienceD. Art
Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called beri-beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused beri-beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
1.The underlined word “cure” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.
A. a medical treatment B. a kind of vitaminC. a kind of germ D. a kind of rice
2.Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.
A. spend his holiday
B. find ways to grow better crops
C. do some research about the island
D. help the Javanese with their illness
3.Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
A. To eat them.
B. To carry out his experiments.
C. To give the Javanese a surprise.
D. To make money by selling them.
4.If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ______.
A. eat more rice B. eat more meatC. eat some chicken D. eat vitamin pills
5.We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. beri-beri was caused by chickens
B. the Javanese didn’t like vitamins
C. Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful
D. the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ
Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and his family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him. He seemed unhappy with me if I didn’t got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to try hard to think out things to say, feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?
The next day dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
1.Why did the author feel bitter(痛苦) about her father as a young adult?
A. He was silent most of the time. B. He was too proud of himself.
C. He didn’t love his children. D. He expected too much of her.
2.When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel ________.
A. nervous B. sorry C. tired D. safe
3.What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?
A. More critical. B. More humorous.
C. Easy-going and friendly. D. Strict and hard-working.
4.The underlined words in the last paragraph refer to ________.
A. the author’s son B. the author’s father
C. the friend of the author’s father D. the cafe owner
5.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. the writer's father used to be strict with her when he was a child
B. the writer's father worked hard but cared less for his family
C. it was possibly the first time that the writer had visited her father's new home
D. as a child, the writer loved her father
