It’s amazing how one dollar can change the culture of a school.
We have a ____ school of about 30 students.It is really full of ___ and pressure as most of the kids get good ____ and try to be the best ones.It’s _____ except that a lot of us middle kids felt really pressured.We got the feeling that we are so selfish—it’s every man for
_____ .
_____ ,my friend and I set out to find a way to ____ the culture.We decided doing things for others was the only way to _____ our depression（沮丧）about school.
On the first day of school we put a ______folded into a heart into one of the leaders’ lockers with a piece of paper that _____ ,“Buy yourself a snack.”We ___ to give away small gifts every day.We didn’t know the _____ it would have.
People went ______ over it and everyone was talking about who it might be doing the acts of kindness and ____ that they should do something too.It is so much fun to see the _____ on everyone’s faces now! Lots of other people have started sharing ______now too: Chocolate bars,cookies and money left ____ in the vending machine（自动售货机）.And lots of notes are on the thanks board saying:“thanks to whoever started.”
Now I actually expect to go to school to have the chance to _____ people up.I hope kindness will ______ to the other schools.___ anybody is struggling with being depressed At school and work,I totally suggested doing acts of kindness.
1.A. small B. large C. foolish D. hopeless
2.A. decoration B. selection C. competition D. application
3.A. grades B. jewels C. Receptions D. signals
4.A. unbelievable B. magical C. good D. hopeless
5.A. others B. yourself C. nothing D. himself
6.A. In relief B. In charge C. In response D. In cash
7.A. spotted B. continue C. praise D. change
8.A. get over B. take over C. come up with D. keep up with
9.A. paper B. hat C. dollar D. ticket
10.A. agreed B. said C. voted D. talked
11.A. refused B. hoped C. persuaded D. escaped
12.A. risk B. opinion C. effect D. beginning
13.A. wild B. sad C. angry D. peaceful
14.A. regretting B. disagreeing C. doubting D. deciding
15.A. tears B. pain C. smiles D. terror
16.A. manners B. selfishness C. kindness D. sadness
17.A. on duty B. on average C. on foot D. on purpose
18.A. bring B. cheer C. speed D. hold
19.A. spread B. refer C. react D. harm
20.A. Until B. Though C. Unless D. If
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Are you really happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve(到达) happiness?
1.
*Make a plan for attaining goals that will make you happy.Your happiness is likely to increase if you achieve
the goals you set.
*Make friends with happy people.It is easy to begin to feel dowen when you are surrounded by people who always fees upset.2.
*Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.3.
*4. Whether you treat yourself to lunch,take a long,relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance,you will be unconsciously feeling better.
*Finding the humour in situations can also lead to happiness.Find a way to make light of a situation,which will make you happy.
*5. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a bad effect on your mood.
A.Everyone has different requirement for happiness.What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.
B.However,if you are around people who are happy,you will be happy too.
C.Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.
D.The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
E.These few minutes will give you the chance to think about the happy things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
F.Different people have different opinions about happiness.
G.It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
Climate change will increase US wildfires,and the smoky air will cause terrible problems in areas far beyond those burned,reports an environmental group Thursday.
Two-thirds of Americans,or nearly 212 million,lived in states suffering from wildfire smoke three years ago,according to the report by the Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC).These areas,which had smoke for at least a week,were nearly 50 times greater than those burned directly by fire.
“It affects a much wide area of the United States than people have realized.” says author Kim Knowlton,a Columbia University health professor,adding the smoke can move up to hundreds of miles.She says the smoke contains air pollution and can cause several kinds of diseases.
Texas was hit hardest in 2011,when smoke stayed for at least a week in areas that are home to 25 million people,according to NRDC’s report.Illinois,which recorded no wildfires within its borders,came second with
nearly 12 million people affected by smoke that moved in from elsewhere.The other eight states with the most people in touch with smoky air were,in descending order: Florida,Missouri,Georgia,Louisiana,Michigan,Alabama,Oklahoma and Iowa.
Nearly two dozen states had no wildfires within their borders in 2011,but eight of them still had at least one week of smoky air: Illinois,Missouri，Iowa,Kansas,Nebraska,Indiana,Wisconsin and Ohio.
Only 18 states and the District of Columbia had no people in touch with at least a week of smoke that year,although five of them—Alaska,California,Hawaii,Nevada and Utah—had a large area burned by wildfires.
The problem will only get worse.Knowlton says.Scientific research shows climate is causing higher temperatures and health problems.
1.We can learn from the first two paragraphs that_______.
A. climate change killed many Americans
B. there are fewer states burned by wildfires
C. every state had wildfire smoke for at least a week
D. most Americans suffered from wildfire smoke 3 year ago
2.Which of the following states had wildfires within its borders in 2011?
A. Iowa. B. Kansas. C. Ohio. D. California.
3.The underlined word “descending” in the fourth paragraph probably means _______.
A. going down B. coming true C. looking practical D. turning back
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Climate change causes more wildfires.
B. Wildfire smoke becomes a serious health problem.
C. More wildfires cause climate changes.
D. Air pollution becomes a terrible problem.
Every morning,many girls in the African country of Zimbabwe rise with the sun and go to fetch water
for their families.They have to walk many miles an carry the water home on their heads. Where they live,there is no running water they can get at all.
“You have to relax your neck and head and make it follow the load(负荷)，”one girl told me ,“It is easy for you to do that if you practice for many times.” I have lived in Zimbabwe all my life.But I had never tried to balance a pot on my head.I have made efforts many times and I have also practiced it for long.But it was not east at all.I managed to walk only several yards before the pot fell off my head.The girls watching covered their mouths and laughed at my poor head-balancing skills.
In reality,water is not the only thing that requires head-balancing skills in everyday life.In most of these villages,there is no electricity for cooking,so fire wood is used instead.The girls must collect and carry it back to their villages.They insist the easiest way to do this is on their heads.
Even at school,head-balancing skills come in handy.At a school,I saw a group of girls fetching bags of sand that were to be used to build a new classroom.They carried these bags with ease.When I tried,I could not beat the weight.
Girls in many countries worldwide prefer to carry things on their heads.They are taught this skill at a young age and grow up to have strong necks and great posture.For these girls,balance is simply a way of life.
1.According to the text,Zimbabwe girls _______.
A. go to fetch running water for money
B. catty water every evening
C. do pleasant jobs in their family
D. like carrying things on their heads
2.To get the head-balancing ability,a girl should _______.
A. have a short neck B. take a light load C. practice many times D. cover her mouth
3.Why do the girls have good head-balancing skills?
A. Their necks are strong and their heads are round.
B. They are farced to carry things on their heads.
C. They find no other ways to carry things.
D. They have learned them since they were young.
4.What is the best title of the text?
A. A special living ability
B. Girl’s head-balancing skill
C. Carrying things from far away
D. Using our heads in different ways
Are you struggling to make friends at a new school? Or are your friends suddenly leaving you out? Don’t worry—there are things you can do.
●Try speaking to the people you’re sitting next to in class.As they’re class.it is very important to chat to them first.
●Keep up the courage to speak to everyone in your class.You tend to stay with that class through your five years at secondary school so it helps if you get on with them.
●If you don’t have many friends in your class,try and make new friends in your subject lessons.You can also chat to them at lunchtimes and after school.
●Join a lunchtime or after school club.You’ll get to meet kids of all years that way.
●Don’t put yourself under too much pressure；in can be hard to introduce yourself to people especially if they’ve already got their own friends.Ask your teacher to pair you with another pupil.
Do you feel like you’re growing apart from some of your closest friends? As you grow older it’s natural to make new friends and sometimes that means you grow apart from your old friends.Try and make time for all your friends—why not introduce your different sets of friends so you
Can all go to the cinema or bowling together.
But what if you’re being the one pushed out of a friendship group? If this is happening to you then try and ask someone you are friendly with what is happening.If the whole group is leaving you out then try and find new people to hang around with at lunchtimes.Joining a lunchtime or after
school club is a good way to make new friends.
1.If you will be a new person at a new school,you should________.
A. speak to others and make them feel that you’re important
B. help everyone get on with each other in your new class
C. chat first to the people you’re sitting next to in your new class
D. push everyone in class too much pressure to make friends with you
2.Why does the author advise you to ask your teacher to pair you with another pupil?
A. This will put another pupil under too much pressure.
B. Another pupil must listen to your teacher.
C. It is not easy for you to introduce yourself to those who already got own friends.
D. Your teacher will pair you with another pupil who doesn’t have friends either.
3.What should you do if you’re pushed out of the whole friendship group?
A. Make new friends at lunchtimes or after school.
B. Find out what is happening to your old friends.
C. Introduce yourself to any new classmate first.
D. Invite other friends to go to the cinema or bowling together.
By high school,T.J.Ware was the most famous troublemaker in his town.Teachers Were afraid to see his name posted on their classroom lists for the next term.He wasn’t Very talkative,didn’t answer questions and got into lots of fights.
In a weekend activity all the students at school had been invited to sign up sign up For ACE training,a program designed to have students become more active in their communities.T.J.was one of 405 students who signed up.
At the start of the activity,T.J.didn’t readily join the discussion groups and he didn’t seem to have much to say.But slowly,the interactive(互动)games drew him in.The next day,T.J.was very active in all the activities.By the and of the activity,he had joined the Homeless Project team.He knew something about poverty.hunger and hopelessness.The other students on the team were impressed with his concern and ideas.They elected T.J.cochairman of the team
A group of teachers were against the headmaster about T.J.Ware’s being elected cochairman.They reminded the principal.“The very first communitywide service project was to be a giant food Drive,organized by the Homeless Project team.He’ll probably steal half the food.” But Mr Coggs-All reminded them that the purpose of the ACE program was to uncover any positive passion(激情)that Students had.
Two weeks later.T.J.and his friends led a group of 70 students in a drive to collect food.They Collected a school record:2,854 cans of food in just two hours and the food took care of needy families In the area for 75 days.The local newspaper covered the event with a full-page article the next day for his doing something great and leading a food drive.
1.Why were teachers afraid to see T.J.Ware’s name on their lists?
A. Because he didn’t seem to have much to say.
B. Because he didn’t answer ant questions in class.
C. Because he just liked the interactive games.
D. Because he often made troubles and fought with others.
2.Which of the following has nothing to do with T.J.Ware’s change?
A. T.J.signed u0 for ACE training.
B. A group of teachers were against his being elected co-chairman.
C. T.J.had joined the Homeless Project team by the end of the activity.
D. The headmaster agreed to let him be the co-chairman of the team.
3.A group of teachers told the headmaster “He will probably steal half the food” to_______.
A. persuade the headmaster not to make T.J.leader of the team
B. let the headmaster know everything about T.J.Ware
C. show T.J.Ware’s hobby to the headmaster
D. uncover T.J.Ware’s positive passion in him
4.What does the word “them” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to?
A. Students. B. Homeless people. C. The group of teachers. D. T.J.Ware and his friends.
