The other day I heard a few local musicians talking:
"I hate all the pianos in this town and I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They cannot even understand rhythm (韵律)."
"Nobody wants to pay musicians anything. I’m sick of all the people who want you to play without paying you."
One younger musician said, "There are several clubs who want me to play for a few nights a month, and I’m trying to find other places to play. I’m also planning to join in several summer festivals this year."
I really liked what the younger musician said so I made friends with him.
Attitudes are important. Whether they’re positive (积极的) or negative (消极的), they’re all rubbing off on you. If you’re around people who are always complaining or blaming (责备) others, it is possible that you will start doing the same as well. If you spend lots of time with people who don’t support (支持) your dreams, it is time to take a look at the people you call "friends".
There is an easy exercise you can try. Make a list of the people who you often stay with, and simply stop spending time with the negative ones on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don’t become friends with people who fall below that standard.
Of course, this exercise is entirely different from making friends only for the good of oneself. We really should try to help and spend time with those who are working towards a goal or dream.
1.The musicians’ conversation at the beginning is there to show that ______.
A. musicians’ living conditions are not good
B. people in that town have poor taste in music
C. young people are more likely to succeed
D. different people have different attitudes
2.The underlined part "they’re all rubbing off on you" in Paragraph 6 means ______.
A. they’ll push you ahead
B. they’ll help you realize your dreams
C. they’ll keep you from moving on
D. they’ll have an influence (影响) on you
3.Why did the author want to make friends with the younger musician?
A. He is more active than the others.
B. He can earn more than the others.
C. His attitude is more positive than the others.
D. He has more things to do than the others.
4.We can get the following information from the passage EXCEPT ______.
A. the younger musician is a positive person and would be a good friend
B. one should avoid (避免) making friends with people who have lots of difficulties
C. the exercise can help you keep close to really helpful Friends
D. one will start complaining if one spends too much time with negative people
It’s summer movie time again. And heroes are ready to try their strength and magic on the silver screen. Check out our list of four films that look most promising to young audience.
Harry potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Release Date: June 4
Story: It’s the summer before Harry Potter’s third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A shadow is hanging over Hogwarts. A dangerous murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped the Wizards’ Prison. And he broke out to fulfill one task to kill Harry Potter.
Around the World in 80 Days
Release Date: June 16
Story: This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout ( Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan), a Chinese thief who seeks refuge with a strange London adventurer, Phileas Fogg. Passepartout uses his martial arts skills to defend Fogg from danger as he travels around the world in 80 days to win a bet.
Spider- Man 2
Release Date: June 30
Story: Peter Parker is still coming to terms with his dual (双重的) identity as the crime superhero Spider-Man. He wants to reveal his secret identity to Mary Jane: meanwhile, his aunt May has fallen on hard times. A new villain (坏人) , Dr Otto Octavius, has appeared to cause more trouble.
King Arther
Release Date: July 7
Story: King Arthur is presented as a clever ruler who manages to unite all the knights(骑士) in Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire（帝国）. Under the guidance of Merlin and the beautiful, brave Guinevere, Arthur will struggle to realize his dreams
1.According to the passage, if you want to see a film whose leading actor is Jackie Chan, you will see the film on _____.
A. June 4 B. June 16 C. June 30 D. July 7
2.In Spider-Man 2, Aunt May’s trouble is caused by_____.
A. Peter Parker B. Mary Jane C. Dr. Otto Octavius D. Spider-Man
3.Which of the following films is set in ancient Britain?
A. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. B. Spider-Man 2
C. Around the World in 80 Days. D. King Arthur
Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He, since a very early age, has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we were born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird’s nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn’t like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.
Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.
We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can’t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.
1.In the opinion of the writer, .
A. the school is not important at all.
B. we have to learn from the people around us.
C. education takes place everywhere.
D. only people who care for us can teach us.
2.One can find out what he / she is good at by _.
A. what people encourage him/ her to do.
B. trying and practising things.
C. thinking about it when growing up.
D. he teachings of those he / she meets.
3.The passage tells us that _ .
A. different classes of people receive different kinds of education.
B. everyone gets education from the day he or she was born.
C. the school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world.
D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at.
4.According to the last paragraph, we know that .
A. the school enables us to understand the world in other ways.
B. the school is not so important as our living places.
C. the school teaches us things which are useless at home.
D. the school cannot prepare us for our daily lives.
In the lobby(休息室) after a long day at work, I found myself standing next to a handsome young man with a nice smile. A __ showed what we had in common: I had ____ in New York city from Germany while he had ____ from South America.
We exchanged stories about the ____ of starting a new life in a new country. “I’ve been ___an apartment within walking distance 
from my ____. And what I want is to have a good ____ of Central park! But I’m dreaming. I can’t ____ to rent a room like that myself and I haven’t found a roommate to share in expenses.” The young man wrote a ___ down on a piece of paper. “Her name’s Carol and she is a good girl,” he said. “You’ll ____ her, and she needs a roommate.”
I called her right away. “I’ve been ___ to hear from you,” said Carole, who lived near Central Park. ___, she became my best roommate, and has been my ___ for 34 years.
“We were sure lucky to ____ each other,” Carole said to me recently. “But I wondered what took you so ____ to call.” I said. “I called right after I ____ your South American friend.” Carole looked amazed. “Not a friend, ___ I met him only once, and he told me about you. But that was a whole week before you finally ____.” “But I don’t understand; I didn’t know him until that afternoon.” “Maybe he know of you before because you were ____ known in the company for your achievement.”
Though you are a small potato, if you work hard and do ___, people will find you sooner or later.
1.A. chat B. action C. letterD. sentence
2.A. got B. arrived C. reachedD. approached
3.A. returnedB. appearedC. heardD. come
4.A. pleasureB. difficulties C. excitement D. danger
5.A. finding outB. adoptedC. decorated D. searching for
6.A. job B. homeC. school D. friend
7.A. sightB. visitC. view D. point
8.A. realizeB. provide C. afford
D. stand
9.A. numberB. sign C. mark D. note
10.A. meet B. like C. believeD. agree
11.A. looking B. staying C. waiting D. keeping
12.A. AndB. However C. Then D. Indeed
13.A. wifeB. friend C. roommate D. partner
14.A. receive B. find C. notice D. see
15.A. shortB. fast C. longD. slow
16.A. ran into B. heard from C. knew ofD. referred to
17.A. hurriedlyB. rapidly C. commonly D. exactly
18.A. saidB. called C. spoke D. visited
19.A. farB. muchC. wellD. rather
20.A. everythingB. anythingC. nothingD. something
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1.For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves or light incense in m________ of their ancestors.
2.China and Japan have mid-term festivals , when people a________ the moon and in China enjoy mooncakes.
3.Even though her ________ (顾客) might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food, they were not eating enough energy-giving food to keep them fit.
4.Would you please come in? ________ (允许) me to lead the way .
5.The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand ,which a_______ for my appearance.
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In the English Reading Week, one of my classmates recommended a quote to us, 1. goes like this， "Your future 2. （depend） on many things,but mostly on you. " I can't agree 3. (much) with this view. It's true that our future 4. (determine) by many things, such as opportunities and help from others, but our own atti
tude, determination, 5. hard work play a more important role. In 6. words, we are the master of our own future.
Take Abraham Lincoln for example. He was born in a poor family, and only received a 7. (limit) education in his childhood. Yet through his painstaking efforts, he 8. （change）not only his own fate but also the history of America. 9. to this day. Lincoln is regarded as one of the most inspiring figures in the world.
10. , I firmly believe that our future is in our own hands.
