One day a rich man took his sons on a trip to the countryside. He wanted to show them how the poor lived so that they could be thankful 1. his wealth through hard work.
They spent a couple of 2. (day) on the farm of what would be considered a poor family.
On their return, the father asked the elderly boy 3. (explain) what he had learnt. To his surprise, the boy, who had kept 4. (silence) and deep in thought on the journey home,
5. (reply) in a way that shocked his father.
“I want to become a farmer, 6. the farmers can enjoy the beautiful night stars while we have only expensive lanterns.” Finally, he asked his father, "What makes us safer, large walls around our house or some friends 7. will protect us?"
After a while, the boy finished by saying, "Before the trip I thought we 8. (be) rich but today I learnt who is 9. (true) rich." With this, the boy got up and walked away,
10. (leave) his father sitting on their comfortable sofa, totally speechless.
Smith, an old man, lived in the middle of town. One day he found his watch ______ in his own store. It ______ a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching ______ in the store for a long while, he ______ to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He ______ them that the person who found it would be rewarded. ______ this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the ______ store, but still could not find the watch.
Soon the man felt hopeless and wanted to ______. A little boy went up to him and asked for another ______. The man looked at him and thought, “Why not? ______, this kid looks sincere enough.” ______ the man sent him back in the store. After a while the boy ____
with the watch in his hand! The man was very ______, and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had ______. The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit on the ground and
____. Then I heard the ticking (嘀嗒声) of the watch and just looked for it in that ______.”
We usually do something in a hurry and don’t think about our own needs, which can’t bring peace into our mind. ______, we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a ______ result. So allow a few minutes of ______ to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make ______ as you expect to!
1.A. broken B. lost C. hidden D. put
2.A. meant B. learned C. performed D. bargained
3.A. young and old B. heavy and light C. black and white D. up and down
4.A. forgot B. agreed C. decided D. pretended
5.A. promised B. taught C. worried D. warned
6.A. Seeing B. Hearing C. Wearing D. Feeling
7.A. strange B. dusty C. busy D. whole
8.A. calm down B. set off C. give up D. show off
9.A. chance B. reason C. reward D. date
10.A. So far B. After all C. At first D. In short
11.A. But B. Or C. And D. So
12.A. ran away B. fell down C. came out D. went back
13.A. amazed B. proud C. nervous D. angry
14.A. finished B. failed C. regretted D. doubted
15.A. played B. waited C. watched D. listened
16.A. room B. situation C. direction D. darkness
17.A. Instead B. Possibly C. Besides D. Luckily
18.A. clear B. straight C. good D. natural
19.A. exercise B. silence C. pleasure D. conversation
20.A. noise B. sense C. mistake D. progress
For many high school students, it seems that there is never enough time. There are several steps you can take to organize your time better.
1. Make a to-do list every day. It makes it easy to plan any activities or meetings you may have in addition to homework. Be sure to set priorities (优先的事物). 1.
2. Use spare time wisely. Do you have a study hall? Instead of wasting that time, read a book or do homework. 2. If a friend asks you to do something and you have homework to do, realize which is more important and see your friend later.
3. Decide on the time that is good for you to do certain things. If you are more of a morning person, try getting up an hour earlier and do schoolwork before school. Review your notes every day. 3. If you spend a few minutes at the end of every day going over what you learned, it will mean less time studying when it is time for the exam.
4. 4. Studies have shown that getting enough rest helps your memory. When you are tired, everything seems more difficult. It is best to stay on a regular sleeping cycle as much as possible.
5. Tell your friends and family about your work timetable. Explain that you will be working at certain times and ask them not to disturb you. 5. you can call your friends later.
A. Set goals for yourself.
B. Get a good night’s sleep.
C. Do the most important tasks first.
D. And also, do not be afraid to say “no”.
E. You should finish your homework on time.
F. Don’t wait until just before a test to remember everything.
G. Don’t take phone calls during the time you set aside or work.
Do you often lose things? Don’t worry. Now a new tool, which can be connected to any object you might lose, may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square linked up to your iphone or ipad by means of Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to your missing item, within a 50-to-150-foot range (范围). If the item goes out of your phone’s 150-foot range, it can still be found on other smart phones with the same app.
When you drive the app on your phone, it shows you, with green bars that increase or decrease, how close or far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can link up your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost object — a dog, for example, or a stolen bike — go out of your own phone’s 150-foot Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your phone, telling you its position. The Tile app also has the function to remember where it last saw your Tile, so that you can easily find where you left it.
Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they are never out of battery or needn’t to be charged, and they work for one year before needing to be replaced. And the app works with all generations of iPhones and iPads.
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1.What can the Tile app help you?
A. To find other phone users.
B. To find your missing items.
C. To save your phone’s power.
D. To use your phone more wisely.
2.What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?
A. What the Tile app is.
B. How the Tile app works.
C. Why the Tile app was created.
D. What the advantages of the Tile app are.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The Tile need be charged after a year of use.
B. One smart phone can only be linked up with one Tile.
C. The Tile can’t be linked up with a phone without Bluetooth.
D. A missing item can’t be found if it goes out of your phone’s Bluetooth range.
4.Where does the passage probably come from?
A. A news report. B. Science fiction.
C. A personal diary. D. An advertisement.
We've all been blamed (责备) wrongly sometimes in our lives. How do we deal with it? Not with anger, hurt and tears, but in a collected way…
●If you are wrongly blamed, let others know of the true state of things at once. Do it calmly and clearly — if you lose your temper, people will stop listening or become defensive.
●If you don't find a sympathetic ear, find a person who will hear you out — a teacher, a parent, a friend, or a brother or sister who believes in you.
●If you've been in trouble before, it may be easy for people to doubt you. So win your respect back in their eyes by behaving with honesty.
●If what you are blamed for is something unimportant, sometimes it's better to smile it off.
●If you've been blamed for something serious, it's important to put your side of the story forward quickly and truthfully.
Just remember:
▲Respect your friends' secret if you don't want to be wrongly blamed for making them known.
▲Don't blame others without first getting proof of their wrong doing.
▲Putting the blame on someone else for what you have done wrong is weakness. Admit your mistake quickly.
▲If someone else is wrongly blamed, stand up for that person.
▲Don't pass the responsibility to others.
1.What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Tips on how to make an apology.
B. Ideas on how to get along with others.
C. Information on how to argue with others.
D. Advice on what to do when blamed wrongly.
2.The underlined phrase "a sympathetic ear" refers to a person who ______.
A. is willing to learn the truth B. looks down upon others
C. is impatient when listening D. likes listening to sad stories
3.What should you do if you are wrongly blamed for something important?
A. Fight back with anger.
B. Don't care much about it.
C. Explain yourself to others at once.
D. Don’t believe in others any more.
Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes (废气). So the city began a project to improve the situation.
Under the Velib project (‘Velib’ comes from vélo liberté, or ‘bicycle freedom’) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you don’t return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it’s only €1 a day or €29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25 kg), and they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!
Paris is not the first city to have a project like this. But not everybody thinks it’s a great idea. One Parisian said, “These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they won’t use a bicycle — they’ll still use their cars.”
A city spokesman said, “The bicycle project won’t solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem. There aren’t any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too.”
1.What can we learn about the Velib project?
A. Its bikes have no baskets.
B. Its bikes are light and colorful.
C. It aims to make traveling easier.
D. It owns more stations than the subway.
2.If you use a Velib for 1 hour, you should pay ______.
A. Free. B. €1.
C. €29. D. €30.
3.Why do some people disagree with the Velib project?
A. The cost is rather high.
B. It’s hard to find a Velib station.
C. It’s not suitable for a long journey.
D. The distance between two Velib stations is long.
4.What’s the city spokesman’s attitude towards the bicycle project?
A. Worried. B. Positive.
C. Uncaring. D. Doubtful.
