The only survivor of a shipwreck(失事船)was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed worriedly for God to rescue(营救)him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but 1.seemed forthcoming(即将来临的). Exhausted, he 2.(eventual)managed to build a little hut(小屋)out of driftwood(漂浮的木头)to protect him3.the bad weather, and to store his few possessions(财产). But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke4.(roll)up to the sky. The worst had happened; 5.was lost. He was almost fainted(昏倒)with grief and anger. “God, how could you do this on me!” he cried. Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that 6.(approach)the island. It had come to rescue him. “7.did you know I was here?” he asked one of his rescuers. “We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.
It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we8.lose heart, 9.God is at work in our lives, even in the middle of pain and suffering.
Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be 10.smoke signal from the grace(恩泽)of God. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves. God has a positive answer for them.
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important _______: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you _______money.
This is how I _______with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store ______to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the ______. If an accident takes place, the ______of which I think the local police could use, I ______him up and tell him about it, though I am not in ______here. One discovery I made about this world is to give _______getting something back, though the 30 often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important_______letter to my home, though it was ______to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of________.More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was______. I was told at the window that there were______boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long ______list . As I was about to _____, the postmaster appeared in the______. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office _____we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get _____but complaints(投诉).”
1.A. decision B. research C. speech D. discovery
2.A. earn B. lack C. spend D. steal
3.A. experienced B. connected C. combined D. agreed
4.A. happens B. flashes C. sticks D. leads
5.A. postmaster B. headmaster C. storekeeper D. policeman
6.A. story B. damage C. challenge D. material
7.A. call B. hold C. break D. pick
8.A. need B. trouble C. common D. charge
9.A. within B. without C. for D. before
10.A. process B. goal C. return D. concern
11.A. curious B. immediate C. special D. heavy
12.A. realized B. addressed C. forgotten D. brought
13.A. invitation B. apology C. instruction D. appreciation
14.A. dealing B. providing C. operating D. starting
15.A. enough B. some C. no D. more
16.A. admitting B. relating C. examining D. waiting
17.A. leave B. shout C. guess D. conduct
18.A. window B. doorway C. library D. yard
19.A. in case B. now that C. even if D. as if
20.A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
Time is the most valuable thing that mankind has.1.. Many people try to manage their time. They arrange information and tips in order to effectively do so.
2.. Time can be managed easily by finding out what is important and arranging these things in the order of importance. In this way you know your direction before making any plans and do not waste time and energy unnecessarily.
Now comes the next question. 3.. The answer is that you need to find out what steps you need to take and what you want to do. Then you know much time to spend for each thing. These steps are like goals. 4.. Not having them is like walking blindly in a dark room, trying to find the door.
Time management also demands a set schedule that works best for you. In this way you will be able to arrange your tasks based on their importance and finish them. In this way you will not waste your time in beating around the bush.
5.. There are lots of things that we need to do in short time. Therefore, having good itme management skills is at the top of the list of things we all need.
A. We all live in a fast-paced world now.
B. Using every passing second effectively can benefit us.
C. Could you divide your time equally while doing your work?
D. How do you manage time and what type of information is needed to do so?
E. Setting goals is the most important part of time management.
F. Managing time is not that hard.
G. The aim of time management is to give us a feeling of satisfaction.
Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese, manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size.
Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.
If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U. S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping---big-box retailers(零售商)especially---in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive(广泛的) the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.
1.Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in _________.
A. its big size B. its business-to-business service
C. its not charging small sellers D. its low price
2.We know from the passage that Alibaba___________.
A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites
B. Alibaba will continue to develop
C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site
D. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.
B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.
C. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.
D. TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Shopping online is TaoBao.
B. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.
C. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.
D. How the author purchases online in China.
MONTREAL(Reuters)—Crossing the US-Canada border to go to church on a Sunday cost an American $10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security rules.
The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Albert often crosses the border like the other half-dozen people of Township 15. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.
There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US, which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally.
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 Americans in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs(海关) stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.
1.We learn from the text that Richard Albert is .
A. an American working in a Canadian church
B. a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C. a Canadian working in a customs station
D. an American living in Township 15
2.Albert was fined because he .
A. broke the American security rules
B. failed to obey traffic rules
C. worked in St. Pamphile without a pass
D. damaged the gate of the customs office
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A. A Cross-country Trip B. An Expensive Church Visit
C. An Unguarded Border D. A Special Border Pass
READY or not, the college application season has begun. There are two main kinds of early admissions programs: Early Action and Early Decision.
Early Action is a great choice for the well-prepared student. Students apply early, and are allowed to apply under an Early Action program to as many colleges as they choose. The biggest advantage for students is that colleges let them know early – in most cases, before Jan 1. Roughly 15 percent of colleges and universities offer an Early Action option(选择). Oct 15 is now the first deadline for many colleges and universities. This movement toward earlier deadlines is especially popular in the Southeast, with many of the large public universities leading the way. North Carolina State University, the University of South Carolina and the University of Georgia all have an Oct 15 Early Action deadline.
Early Decision is a promise that cannot be reversed. Students who are accepted must take back their other applications and should attend that school. Students are allowed to apply to just one school under an Early Decision program. Early Decision deadlines are in early November, with colleges letting students know by mid-December. Many students believe that they are more likely to be accepted if they apply for Early Decision, but it actually depends.
In some cases there is big increase in students being accepted, and at other colleges it is not that big at all. Generally, the strongest students are applying early. Athletes and students with focused interests are encouraged to apply for Early Decision
Choose the best answer:
1.What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?
A. To explain the process of applying to study in the US.
B. To describe two types of US college early admissions programs.
C. To encourage students who want to study in the US to apply early.
D. To list the advantages of early admissions programs.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE of Early Action according to the article?
A. A student who is accepted as an Early Action applicant must attend the college they apply to.
B. The deadline for Early Action is usually two months earlier than the one for Early Decision.
C. Students can apply to several colleges at the same time under an Early Action program.
D. Students can apply for Early Action at the majority of universities and colleges in the US.
3.The underlined word “reversed” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______.
A. arranged B. balanced
C. accepted D. changed
4.What can be concluded from the article?
A. Students are not allowed to apply for both Early Decision and Early Action at the same time.
B. Students applying for Early Decision impress colleges because they tend to be more active than others.
C. Early Decision is most fit for students who are skilled in some field.
D. Those applying for Early Decision have a better chance of being accepted than those applying for Early Action.
