七选五
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Training for a marathon requires careful preparation and steady，gradual increases in the length of the runs._ 1.__，buy the best－fitting，best－built running shoes you can find. No one can say which brand will work best for you or feel best on your feet，so you have to rely on your experience and on the feel of each pair as you shop. When you have found shoes that seem right，walk in them for a few days to double－check the fit.__ 2.__．As always，you should stretch(伸展) at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.
During the first week，do not think about distance，but run five minutes longer each day.__ 3.__，it is wise to take a day off to rest. But during the next week，set a goal of at least a mile and a half per run.__ 4.__．After two weeks，start timing yourself._ 5.__．Depending on the kind of race you plan to enter，you can set up a timetable for the remaining weeks before the race.
A．After six days
B．For a good marathon runner
C．Before you begin your training
D．With each day, increase the distance by a half mile
E．If they still feel good, you can begin running in them
F．Time spent for preparation raises the quality of training
G．Now you are ready to figure out a goal of improving distance and time
Lee’s mother Sun became unexpectedly pregnant while married to a disabled man. Doctors told her that because of a medication she had been taking her child would not be normal. She chose to continue with the pregnancy and in 1985 in Seoul, South Korea, little Hee Ah Lee was born with only two fingers on each hand, disfigurement of her legs, and slight brain injury. The hospital told Sun that she could not care for the child at home and her relatives wanted her to place the child for adoption in a foreign country. Sun, however, thought her baby would live a successful life.
When Lee was a pre-schooler, Sun wanted her daughter to take piano lessons for two reasons. One was that she felt it would help her strengthen her hands so she could hold a pencil. The other was that she felt that if she could master the piano, she could master anything. For six months piano schools turned them down and then the one teacher who did accept the task got discouraged and wanted to quit. It was a three-month contest of wills between mother and daughter that led to a conflict in which Sun actually threw her daughter on the floor in frustration. But Lee got back up on the piano bench and for the first time played a children’s song. That was the turning point and one year later Lee won the grand prize in a piano concert for Kindergartners. It was at the age of 7 that Lee won Korea’s 19th National Handicap Conquest Contest and was presented with her award by the President of Korea.
Lee has won numerous awards, and is a widely traveled concert pianist with more than 200 appearances. Her first album titled “Hee-ah, a Pianist with Four Fingers” was released in June, 2008.
Lee speaks highly of her mother for challenging her to master the piano and said that although her training was difficult, “As time went by, the piano became my source of inspiration and my best friend.”
1.Which of the following can best describe Sun?
A. stubborn and devoted
B. impatient and strict
C. enthusiastic and hardworking
D. honest and responsible
2.What was probably in Lee’s mind when on the floor?
A. Learning piano was too difficult for her.
B. Life was unfair to her.
C. She would try her best to learn piano.
D. Her mother didn’t love her any more.
3. When was Lee awarded by the president of Korea?
A. 1985 B. 1992 C. 2008 D. 2007
4. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. A 4-finger pianist
B. Love between mother and daughter
C. Learning piano
D. An abnormal girl
Failing in something isn’t a really nice feeling, but Scotland’s Fettes College in Edinburgh wants to show its students that failure isn’t something to fear and is actually something to accept willingly!
The boarding school held “failure week” to celebrate taking risks and learning from them. Whether in sports or school, children often face lots of pressure to succeed and do well, and the school was becoming concerned.
“Young people from all walks of life live in a high-pressure environment where they are trying very hard to achieve a level of perfection,” said Sue Bruce, head of personal and social education in the school.
“This week at Fettes we have been focusing on one of the most misunderstood parts of success: failure. While we are often scared of failure, it is important to learn that it is only through failing, often many times, that we learn how to succeed. All through the week, we have looked at the experiences of some of the most successful inventors, artists and businessmen, who failed hundreds, if not thousands of times on their journey to success,” read a letter on Fettes College’s website.
To celebrate failure, students were encouraged to try something they’ve never done before, like playing an instrument or dancing in front of audiences. A number of students stepped up and tried things that they finally failed in, but they had fun and enjoyed the experience. “The concert was extremely enjoyable, proving that we should always try not to worry about failure and have a go!” read another note on the website. Students were also taught about famous people like J.K. Rowling and Richard Branson who failed many times before they finished what they set out to do.
“If they let the fear of failure stop them from doing something, they are actually stopping themselves from learning, developing, and potentially succeeding,” said Bruce.
1.What is the purpose of the boarding school to hold “failure week”?
A. To get the students involved in social activities.
B. To help the students accept and learn from failure.
C. To make the students study even harder.
D. To teach the students how to get relaxed.
2.During the “failure week” the students could do the following things EXCEPT ___________?
A. taking risks
B. learning from others’ experiences
C. trying something new
D. trying to entertain themselves
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Many successful people are lucky and achieve success easily.
B. Because we are often scared of failure ,we never succeed.
C. The fear of failure can stop the students from learning and succeeding.
D. The students who failed in trying new things felt depressed.
India now leads the world in smartphone growth. It saw a 55% increase in the number of smartphones in 2014. The number of Web users increased by 37 %. Smartphones were the source of 65 % of its Internet traffic and 41 % of its e-commerce, according to a report by the analyst Mary Meeker, titled “Internet Trends 2015”.
India’s Internet boom has started. Within three or four years, almost every adult in India will own a smartphone. They will be used to order goods, read news, monitor crop growth and so on.
Indian adults will be very interested in these devices just as young Americans are. 87 % of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 who own smartphones say they never separate from these: “My smartphone never leaves my side.” Four out of five say that the first thing they do on waking is to reach for their smartphones. And three fifths believe that in the next five years everything will be done on mobile devices.
In the business world, the rise of mobile platforms is dramatically transforming many industries all over the world. What Indian software developers have to do is to start thinking about solutions to old problems by using all the features of these new devices. They need to take advantage of the unique properties of smartphones and tablets. As Indian software developers and enterprises master the smartphone, they will be able to export their solutions to the rest of the world.
This will make possible a new tech revolution that is greater than what created India’s IT industry in the 1980s and 1990s. We can expect the rapid transformation of India when a billion people become connected and have equal access to information and services.
1.Loads of numbers are used in Paragraph 1 to show _____________.
A. India’s smartphones increase most rapidly in the world
B. India has the most advanced IT industry in the world
C. India will be a superpower pretty soon
D. India will export new smartphones to the rest of the world
2.What will most young Americans do first the moment they wake up?
A. Read news. B. Shop online.
C. Get their smartphones. D. Check e-mails.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. India is the largest mobile maker in the world.
B. Indian farmers use smartphones to monitor crop growth..
C. Indian software developers have made great profits by selling their products abroad.
D. India saw a great boom in IT industry some 30 years ago.
4.Which can be the best title of the text？
A. More people, more smartphones
B. No dream, every Indian owns a smartphone
C. At hand, India’s next tech revolution
D.A small smartphone, a big use
In May, 2014, some Chinese tourists found a Chinese-character message “Ding Jinhao once visited here” on a statue of god in a 3500-year-old Egyptian temple. An angry tourist took the photograph of the scrawl and posted it on social media Sina Weibo. It was quickly spread and there were more than 100,000 comments during two weeks. Later, a 15-year-old Chinese boy was searched out as the person who caved this message. Many netizens expressed their anger and disappointment for the uncivilized behavior. They searched and identified the boy and then posted his personal information including the address and pictures online.
Over the weekend, his school’s website was hacked, and reporters flooded into his home in the city of Nanjing. Besieged by reporters, the child’s mother offered a formal apology for her son’s behavior. “We want to apologize to the Egyptian people and to people who have paid attention to this case across China.” the boy’s mother told the local newspaper.
With China’s economy booming over the past decades, a growing number of the country’s residents have become global tourists. Earlier this month, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang addressed: “Uncivilized behavior of some of tourists is giving this country a bad reputation abroad.” The discussion about Chinese quality was carried out on many media.
On the bright side, Egypt government described the damage to the temple as superficial（表面的）and could be restored and they would forgive the boy. While the act of Ding Jinhao symbolizes a national shame, meanwhile, many people concern about the child’s development and wish he could return to anonymity once more. “The boy has known his mistake and cried all night. He has to be moved around because reporters rushes to his house for interviews.” said a reporter who talked with the parents.
1.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. Chinese tour in Egypt
B. the wave caused by Chinese uncivilized behavior
C. the discussion on Chinese education
D. the importance of Weibo
2.What is the netizens’ attitude towards Ding’s behavior?
A. Critical. B. Doubtful.
C. Tolerant. D. Supportive.
3.The writer uses the quotation by Vice Premier Wang Yang to show ________.
A. Chinese people are influential
B. China is a civilized country
C. People shouldn’t go abroad
D. Some misconducts are bad for our image
4.From the last paragraph, we know ________.
A. the boy wasn’t hurt
B. the boy has caused irreparable（不可挽回的）damage to the statue
C. the boy has escaped from the public attention
D. many people hope the boy can live back a normal life
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Hold Everything You Own!
An old farmer had lived on the same farm all his life. It was really a good farm with fertile soil, but with the passing of the years, the farmer began to think that maybe there was something _________ for him. Every day he found a new _________ for criticizing some feature of his old farm. Finally, he decided to _________ it. He listed the farm with a broker (经纪人) who quickly _________an advertisement emphasizing all the _________ of the farm.
When the broker read the ad to the farmer for his _________ of placing it in the local paper, the farmer listened _________ . When the broker had finished, the farmer cried out, “Hold everything. I’ve changed my _________. I’ve been looking for such a place all my life!”
I think you’ll _________ that each of us, from time to time, _________about things such as our home, our car, or our job. As human beings, it is _________ to want the best things in life.
The next time you find yourself _________ the relationship you have with your family, a neighbor or a friend, don’t worry. Human relationships have their ups and downs, so it is natural to _________ at times if you might be better off with someone else. If you ever find yourself in this mood, sit down in a _________ place and write an “obituary (讣告)” for that _________. Experience the powerful emotions that will surely overcome you when you_________ having to sum up a loved one’s life in a few paragraphs that could _________a newspaper obituary. Notice how easy it is to come up with nice things to say about the person. Notice how much _________there “was” in this person. Some day you may actually have to _________ this exercise “for real”, wipe the tears and then go and spend quality time with that person. _________ the moment and realize how lucky you are to have such a person.
1.A. cheaper B. briefer C. better D. easier
2.A. example B. method C. place D. reason
3.A. sell B. give C. move D. admit
4.A. found B. prepared C. answered D. placed
5.A. history B. sides C. edges D. information
6.A. interest B. sense C. approval D. coincidence
7.A. happily B. carefully C. proudly D. nervously
8.A. mind B. style C. question D. suggestion
9.A. prove B. state C. agree D. predict
10.A. worries B. thinks C. complains D. talks
11.A. popular B. difficult C. important D. natural
12.A. analyzing B. forgetting C. exploiting D. questioning
13.A. forgive B. wonder C. apologize D. learn
14.A. quiet B. safe C. familiar D. convenient
15.A. scientist B. person C. farm D. broker
16.A. imagine B. adopt C. avoid D. discuss
17.A. bring in B. hand out C. fit in with D. put up with
18.A. energy B. power C. expense D. goodness
19.A. begin with B. decide on C. belong to D. go through
20.A. Enjoy B. Save C. Review D. Expect
