When we compare ourselves with great people, we may feel very ordinary (平凡的）unimportant. 1., we must remember that those great people were extraordinary (卓越的) The world has more than 6 billion people, 2. it is difficult for all of us to be extraordinary. What can we do? We can try to be the 3. (good) people that we can possibly be.
This means that we Deed to be honest and hardworking. We also need to be open-minded and kind to other people. Most 4. (importance), we need to be ambitious (有雄心的). We need to always set goals for 5. (we) and work hard to achieve these goals.
Madam Curie and Thomas Edison were hard-working, kind and ambitious, and they 6. (work) hard to achieve their goals. Curie gave her life to “ease (减轻）human suffering”. Edison spent his life as an inventor. He invented a camera 7. showed movement. Later people used cameras to make modem films.
A famous writer from Ireland once wrote, "We are all in the gutter (社会底层）but some of us are looking at 8. stars.” I often come up with this when I am unable to achieve something. It reminds me that we are all at a lower level 9. that we all have a 10. (high) goal to work towards.
My watch broke a few days ago, which made me sad. The watchband（表带）broke without my noticing, causing it to fall to the floor while I was doing some ______. As I stepped back to ______ some other clothes, I heard a terrible sound. I ______ the watch and saw a spider web of cracks on its face. I saw that it was beyond ______ and sadly threw it into the garbage.
Strangely, now that it is ______ I find that I have no wish to buy a new one. ______ it is because in this digital age clocks are ______. They are on my wall，in my car, on my computer, and even on my phone. I can’t even ______ my head without seeing what time it is.
I think that the real reason, ______, is that as I have grown older, my ______ with time itself has changed. While I feel as ______ as ever, time in this world has gone by much too fast. The little baby boy I once ______ to sleep on my chest is now a 23-year-old man who is bigger than me. Young and ______ adults from my childhood have grown old, sickened and even ______. I can now see that time can’t be kept. It flows on and on and carries us with it on a river of ______.The days zoom by（急速移动）, our hair turns ______, our skin becomes wrinkled, and our bodies wear out. Looking at our ______ cannot slow it down. All we can do is embrace it and ______ each day we are given.
So do your best to spend each ______ moment here in joy. Do your best to spend your days living, laughing, hugging, helping, praying, and smiling. Most ______ do your best to spend our seconds here loving yourself, and others.
1.A. exercising B. cleaning C. washing D. cooking
2.A. fetch B. find C. take D. choose
3.A. set up B. picked up C. looked for D. cared about
4.A. reach B. description C. construction D. repair
5.A. worn B. disabled C. gone D. lost
6.A. Truly B. Really C. Likely D. Perhaps
7.A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
8.A. shake B. turn C. nod D. move
9.A. although B. therefore C. however D. instead
10.A. attitude B. relationship C. concern D. friendship
11.A. young B. calm C. happy D. useful
12.A. cheated B. comforted C. rocked D. relieved
13.A. lively B. energetic C. childish D. clever
14.A. passed away B. got away C. run away D. given up
15.A. smile B. silence C. change D. love
16.A. black B. dead C. yellow D. gray
17.A. watches B. bodies C. ages D. relatives
18.A. share B. enjoy C. divide D. value
19.A. considerate B. interesting C. precious D. difficult
20.A. importantly B. silently C. usefully D. interestingly
How to Be an Effective Member of a Team
Working in a team can be rewarding, but at times it can be difficult. To create a successful team, effective communication methods are necessary. Here we’ve outlined some ways to avoid some common team mistakes as well as some helpful advice.
Communicate
1. Letting bad feelings brew（酝酿）will only make you feel bad and want to isolate yourself from the group. Not only does it feel good to get the bad feelings out, but it will be better for the team in the long run.
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People in your group will lose respect for you if you’re constantly blaming others for not meeting deadlines. Group members understand if you have a heavy workload and aren’t able to meet a deadline. Saying something like, “I’m really sorry, but I’ll get it to you by the end of today.” will earn you a lot more respect than trying to make it seem like it’s everyone else’s fault that you missed your deadline.
Support group member’s ideas
If a teammate suggests something, always consider it! 3. And this makes you a good team member. After all, nobody likes a know-it-all.
Listen Actively
Look at the person who’s speaking to you, nod, ask questions and acknowledge what’s said by paraphrasing points that have been made. If you’re unclear about something that’s been said, ask for more information to clear up any confusion before moving on. Effective communication is a vital part of any team. 4..
Get Involved
Share suggestions, ideas, solutions and proposals with your team members. Take the time to help your fellow teammates. You can guarantee there will be a time in the future when you’ll need some help or advice. 5..
A. Don’t Blame Others
B. Avoid showing off
C. Thus, the value of good listening skills shouldn’t be ignored.
D. Have faith that people will recognize when good work is being done.
E. If you have a problem with someone in your group, talk to him about it
F. And if you’ve helped them in the past, they’ll be more than happy to lend a helping hand.
G. Considering the group’s ideas shows you’re interested in other people’s ideas, not just your own.
The private automobile (私家车）has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. In 1986, sixty-nine percent of American families owned at least one car, and thirty-eight percent had more than one. By giving workers rapid transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.
For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.
Family life has been affected（影响）in various ways. The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents can’t keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. Mothers of victims（受害者）of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies (悲剧）. They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking age. Students have formed a similar organization, SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading the same message among their friends.
For many Americans the automobile is a necessity. But for some, it is also a mark of social position and for young people, a sign of becoming an adult. Altogether, cars mean very much to Americans.
1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?
A. Cars have encouraged the growth of the cities.
B. Cars can bring families together when they go for picnics.
C. Cars have enabled people to live far from their place of work.
D. Cars help city families to transport their children to faraway schools.
2.What has been done to deal with the problem of drunk driving?
A. Parents have paid more attention to their children.
B. Some organizations have been set up against drunk driving.
C. Mothers have tried to persuade their children not to drink alcohol.
D. University students have asked the government to solve the problem.
3.We can infer from the text that in America.
A. it will be more difficult for people to get new cars
B. parents will not allow their children to have their own cars
C. the government will encourage people to use public transportation
D. cars will still be popular though they have caused many problems
Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places around the world. War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage these famous places. Looking after these places often costs more than one country can afford.
In the early 1970s, world governments decided that if they joined together, they would be able to preserve our history. If every country paid some money, they said, it would be possible to look after important historic places. Also, if they discovered that a monument needed urgent help, they would have money for repairs. For these reasons, countries around the world united to form the World Heritage Organization in 1972. Today, the organization helps to maintain and restore the most important places from our history.
However, one of the biggest problems for historic places is vandalism. People sometimes enter the sites and destroy or damage the buildings. At some sites, such as Stonehenge(巨石阵）in England, governments have built high fences to protect the site from vandals.
There are many different ideas about how to solve the problem of vandalism. Stone experts say that if guards patrolled the sites, vandals would not be able to get in. Some experts say that if they fixed more television cameras, they would not need so many guards. Other experts say that the best solution is education. If people learned to respect history, they would not destroy or damage it. They would also want to spend money looking after old places. For this reason, the World Heritage Organization helps to spread information about the value of historic sites.
1.Why did countries all over the world unite to form the World Heritage Organization?
A. It would be able to keep our history.
B. It would be possible to take care of important historic places.
C. They would have money to do some repairs if a monument needed help.
D. All of the above.
2.Which of the following shows us the action of vandalism?
A. People enter the sites and cause damage to the buildings
B. Governments build high fences to protect the site from vandals
C. Guards patrolled the sites and they fixed more television cameras
D. They collect as much money as they can to preserve the buildings
3.What’s the best way to solve the biggest problem of preserving our history?
A. Every country spends more money looking after these places
B. To form the World Heritage Organization
C. Too many guards are needed to prevent vandals getting in
D. To make people know more about the value of historic sites
The most widespread fallacy (谬论)of all is that colds ire caused by cold. They are actually caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coining into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever But they do not. And in the isolated Arctic Regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
In the Second World War prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp，naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty rooms. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter. Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
1.The writer offered examples to support his argument
A. 4 B. 5
C. 6 D. 7
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Eskimos suffer from colds from time to time.
B. Colds are not always caused by cold.
C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.
D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.
3.Arctic explorers may catch colds when they are .
A. working in the isolated arctic regions
B. writing reports in terribly cold weather
C. free from work in the isolated arctic regions
D. coming into touch again with the outside world
4.Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit .
A. suffered a lot B. never caught colds
C. often caught colds D. became very strong
5.The passage mainly discusses .
A. the experiments on the common cold
B. the fallacy about the common cold
C. the reason and the way people catch colds
D. the continued spread of common colds
