Hip-pop Dancing
Hip-pop dancing is popular with many young people today.They like it1.they can invent their own moves.They use this dance2.(show) their love for life.It also shows that they feel good about life,that they just want to be3.(they) and enjoy life,and that they are not afraid of problems.
Hip-hop dancing has a history of more than 30 years.It first began in the 1980s in the US.In early times,it4. (see) in New York and Los Angeles.At that time,many young black people often danced5.music in the streets. They used their legs,arms,heads and even6.(shoulder) to dance.Many young people still use most of these moves today.
Hip-pop dancing7.(become) popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flash Dance.Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in8.movie.People enjoyed their performances.They began to dance like them.9. (gradual),it became popular.There are two kinds of Hip-pop dancing: the new school and the old school.More and more young people are learning Hip-pop dancing.People believe that10.is a good way to exercise their bodies,and that it is good for their health.
Well,today,I had to go into town for an art exhibition that I had entered a piece in.Since it is winter here,I have not____going out of the house very much at all.So today I thought I would____myself to lunch—something I haven't done for ages!
I walked around for a long time downtown,and finally,I____on some Thai food,from a buffet-type place.When I____down.I noticed a man walk by and sit down a few____away from me.He had a small dish of yogurt.As my____met his,I saw a sad,lonely man with____hair.He had dirt on his coat and pants,____from sleeping outside.I was pretty sure he was_____
I looked at my food and felt____that I had this full plate of food and he had____,not even a hint of a(n)____on his face.I went over and asked him if he was hungry.When he heard me,he turned and nodded to me.Then he gestured that he had no_____He saw me reach into my____and I said "follow me".In a flash,he was behind me.I____for another plate of food that allowed him to____anything he wanted.His____was piled high when he sat back down at his table.I loved sitting there and____him every so often,while he carefully____his beans and other chosen ingredients.
After____,I went on to see how my art work had done in the exhibition and found out that I had won second place.I will never forget this day!
1.A. remembered B. risked C. forgot D. stopped
2.A. treat B. abuse C. ban D. devote
3.A. fed B. focused C. seated D. settled
4.A. put B. went C. sat D. lay
5.A. miles B. arms C. tables D. inches
6.A. eyes B. nose C. body D. ears
7.A. clean B. wet C. dry D. dirty
8.A. doubtfully B. obviously C. generally D. actually
9.A. careless B. homeless C. childless D. speechless
10.A. terrible B. happy C. confused D. horrible
11.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
12.A. tear B. laugh C. smile D. expression
13.A. friends B. money C. relatives D. chances
14.A. car B. pocket C. clothes D. house
15.A. advertised B. cared C. paid D. sent
16.A. lose B. borrow C. sell D. pick
17.A. dishes B. bowl C. cakes D. plate
18.A. watching B. visiting C. listening to D. looking after
19.A. chose B. studied C. enjoyed D. made
20.A. lunch B. breakfast C. supper D. dinner
If you find that your teacher is unfair to you,think about what is happening.Try to find out whether your teacher really dislikes you,or whether something else is going on.Here are some questions to ask yourself:
1.Ask your classmates if they are having trouble with the teacher,too.If they say yes,perhaps your teacher is to blame.
Are you working up to your ability?Maybe you got a C in your last test,and your teacher told you that you could do better.2.But the teacher didn't say anything to him!Isn't this unfair?Well,it could be that your teacher knows that you could do better if you put more effort into it.3.
Are you more sensitive than other students?4.However,if you react to criticism quite differently from others, this could be a reason why you think your teacher doesn't like you.
Does your teacher seem to act unfairly all the time,or just once in a while?Think about the harsh（苛刻的）things your teacher has done to you.5.If your teacher really hates you,you would probably be picked on all the time.If your teacher has acted unfairly only a few times,then there's probably something else going on.
A.Are you interested in your lessons?
B.And the kid sitting beside you got a C,too.
C.There's nothing wrong with being sensitive.
D.Are you getting along well with your classmates?
E.Teachers often grade students by different standards.
F.Are you the only person being treated badly?What about others?
G.Are these things happening every day,or just once or twice a month?
A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes,as a rule,to have it retold in almost the same words,but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts.It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book,and,if a parent can produce what,in the actual situation of the time and the child,is an improvement on the printed-text,so much the better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking.To prove the latter,one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not.As to fears,there are,I think,some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story.Often,however,this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true,that giants, witches（女巫）,two-headed dragons,magic carpets,etc.do not exist;and that,instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales,the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history.If I find such people,I must say so strange that I do not know how to argue with them.If their cases were reasonable,the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.
No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.
1.In the author's opinion,when is a fairy story more effective?
A. It is treated as a joke.
B. It is set in the present.
C. It is repeated without any change.
D. It is made some changes by the parent.
2.According to the passage,great fear can take place in a child when the story is .
A. heard for the first time B. in a realistic setting
C. repeated too often D. told in a different way
3.What advantage does repeating fairy stories to young children bring?
A. It develops their power of memory.
B. It makes them less fearful.
C. It encourages them not to have strange beliefs.
D. It makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of.
4.Which is one of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales?
A. Fairy tales are not interesting.
B. Fairy tales are full of imagination.
C. Fairy tales just make up the stories which are far from the truth.
D. Fairy tales make teachers of history difficult to teach.
Most British people prefer to live in a house rather than,a flat and one of the reasons for this is that houses usually have gardens.The garden is a place where people can be outside and yet private.
If a house has a front and back garden,the front is likely to be formal and decorative,with a lawn (an area of grass) or fancy paving and flower borders.The back garden usually also has a lawn and flower beds,and sometimes a vegetable land or fruit trees.There is often a bird table (a raised platform on which food is put for birds) and a shed in which garden tools are kept.
Many British people spend quite a lot of money on their gardens and even the smallest may contain many kinds of flowers and plants.For many British people gardening is a hobby and they take great pride in their gardens.Some towns and village have competitions for the best-kept small garden.People with a small garden,or no garden at all can rent a piece of land,on which most people grow vegetables.
There are garden centers near most towns,selling everything a gardener might need,from flowerpots to fish ponds as well as different plants.
The British's interest in gardening affects the appearance of whole towns.Public parks and traffic roundabouts often have bright displays of flowers in summer and public buildings have window boxes（窗口花坛）and hanging baskets.Towns and villages enter for the yearly Britain in Bloom competition.
At weekends many British people like to visit famous gardens,such as that at Stowe near Banbury,built in the 18th century.Every summer the National Gardens Scheme publishes a thin book listing private gardens belonging to enthusiastic gardeners which are open to the public on a particular day.Visitors like to look around and get ideas for their own gardens.
1.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. The British love gardening as a hobby.
B. The British spend too much money on touring.
C. Poor British people cannot afford gardening.
D. The British like showing off their gardens.
2.What can we know from Paragraph 5?
A. Gardening improves the appearance of British towns.
B. British parks are full of flowers all year round.
C. The British's interest in gardening is decreasing.
D. Britain in Bloom is a worldwide competition.
3.Why does the National Gardens Scheme offer information on private gardens? .
A. Call on gardeners to compete with each other.
B. Point out the importance of private gardens.
C. Help other gardeners find inspiration.
D. Make the gardeners better-known.
Before I spoke to his school,Matt was waiting for me.He sat in his wheelchair unable to move.As soon as he saw me he started smiling.He could not talk but I pretended the sharks were eating his cereal and his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by.
One of the teachers told me that he was actually very smart,he just could not control his muscles due to a childhood disease.He was happy and very popular at his school—his parents' love and encouragement made all the difference.On the contrary,at a book signing session,I met a girl by the name of Anne.She walked up with her morn with a bright smile.Anne asked about my book with a slur in her speech indicating a slight head injury.I told her about it and she smiled the whole time and asked me to sign one for her.I did.
Five minutes later,I heard a voice from Anne's father,"You know you will not understand the book.You aren't smart enough."He said it so loudly that people were staring in their direction.She was absolutely crushed and her bright smile was now replaced with a look of total despair（绝望）.He brought the book back to me and asked me to take it back.I asked him if he would allow me to purchase the book for Anne.He said no with a heartless response.I thought back to Matt.He could not speak,walk,run or play but was actually very happy and even doing well in school because of the love and encouragement of his parents.Anne on the other hand had a slight learning problem and may never know happiness or success because of a stern father.
What kind of parent are you? The truth is that whatever you are telling your kids-makes the difference between their success or failure in life.
1.What is Anne's problem?
A. She was in total despair. B. She wasn't smart enough.
C. She can't speak and read. D. She suffered from head injury.
2.According to the author,Matt's happy life mainly lies in .
A. the teachers' help
B. the author's appreciation
C. his parents' support and encouragement
D. the friendly attitude of all the people around
3.Why did the author want to buy the book for Anne?
A. To show her care for her.
B. To help her to improve her reading ability.
C. To teach the father how to educate children.
D. To save her from feeling uncomfortable.
4.What can we infer from the conditions of the two children?
A. They need more people to help them.
B. What parents do plays an important part in their children's success.
C. They are suffering different difficulties to some extent.
D. The children with disability are well worth sympathizing.
