Diana Ross, American pop singer and actress, achieved international popularity, first as the leader singer of the Supremes and later as a solo(独唱的) artist. Diana Ross was born on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. She was the second of six children of Fred and Ernestine Ross, who lived in one of Detroit’s poor districts. Because her family were closely connected with each other,Ross almost didn't notice the difficult life as she grew up.
Ross professional career began in 1959, when she joined several neighborhood friends to form the Primettes. The group was renamed the Supremes after signing a recording contract (合同) with Motown late the following year. The group produced many number-one hit singles (热门单曲) on the US Billboard hot 100, including Baby Love, Stop! In The Name of Love and Someday We Will Be Together. In 1967, the group was renamed Diana Ross and the Supremes, foreshadowing（预示） Ross’solo career,which she started in 1970.
Beginning with Ain’t No Mountain High Enough from her first solo album, Ross enjoyed more than ten years of great success with her hit singles. Ross also developed a film-acting career in the 1970s, beginning with a starring role as blues singer Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues and continuing with Mahogany, for which she also recorded the theme song Do You Know Where You’re Going To.
However, in the mid-1980s, Ross saw her career begin to wane. Most of her albums were re-recordings of earlier material. In 2006, she produced I Love Y ou, a collection of love songs by many artists, and she started an energetic concert tour the following year to make the album publicly known. Although you can’t find her songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 now, Ross remains popular as one of the leading musical performers of all time.
1.According to the passage, the Supremes ____.
A. had to break up in 1967
B. used to be named the Primettes
C. was made up of Ross and her classmates
D. signed a contract with Motown in 1959
2.Which of the following songs is included in Ross’s first solo album?
A. Baby love.
B. Stop! In the name of love.
C. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.
D. Someday We’ll Be Together.
3.What can we learn about Do You Know Where You’re Going To?
A. It was the theme song of Mahogany.
B. It was one of Ross’No.1 hit singles.
C. It was sung by a blues singer.
D. It was from Ross’first film.
4.What does the underlined word “wane” in the last paragraph probably mean？
A. Develop faster.
B. End quickly.
C. Start again.
D. Become weaker.
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To show our love for poor kids lived in mountainous areas, our school hold a special activity recently in our school square. Its purpose was to making sure those poor kids have a warm winter. All the teachers and students in our school took an actively part in this activity. We gave away 478 pieces of clothes and 256 pairs of shoe altogether. After be sorted, they will be sent to those in the need. I believe what they did will make a great difference to those poor kids. Although we all learn to care for others, the world will be more comfortable to live.
根据句子意思，在空白处填入单词的适当形式。
1Tell your friends that you are ____________(关心)about him/her and you will meet after class and talk then.
2Although many Americans move a lot, they still _________(辨认出) and understand each other’s dialects.
3Few people __________(不同意) with the view that students learn best when they are interested in the topic.
4Today I got a letter saying I had been __________(接纳，录取) to Oxford University.
5In sunny days, he _________(更喜欢)to do some outdoor activities and enjoys the warm sunshine.
6It was also a treasure ___________(装饰) with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make.
7The aim is to teach business people with an ___________(欣赏) of different cultures.
8People should go to clean graves and light incense in _________(纪念) of their ancestors.
9Some people might win _________(奖) for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.
10I found your menu so limited that I stopped worrying and started advertising the _________(利益) of my food.
11He could not have Yong Hui getting away with telling people __________(谎言).
12After __________(商量) with her daughter and manager, she decided to accept the job .
13The chairman _____________(请求) that we should show our identity card when leaving here.
14Why not put some ____________(广告) in the local newspaper?
15The red __________(信号) means you can shoot.
Volunteering is a great way to help your community. It is something that people should be doing more often, because it is a great way to give back, while also helping out those less fortunate. Another reason that you should volunteer is because it has a lot of health benefits associated with it, which people don’t seem to really know about. 1..
Decreases Depression
Volunteering is a great way to decrease depression, especially if you are someone who doesn’t have a great support system at home.2.. When you are volunteering, you are around other people, often talking and laughing, which helps decrease depression symptoms.
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A lot of volunteering involves packing boxes or moving things or people, and that is very beneficial for your heart. You might actually volunteer at a local animal shelter, which was great because you can walk the dogs and clean cages, which are all ways to stay active. If you are volunteering doing something you love, you may not even notice that you are exerting physical energy, so it’s much better than just working out because you enjoy it.
Makes You Feel Internally Satisfied
When you volunteer, you feel this satisfaction out of what you are doing, because you know you are helping other people. When you feel this satisfaction, your mental and physical health improves, and you just feel better overall.4. And this is something that volunteering provides.
Decreases Anxiety
5.. When you start volunteering, you find new ways to communicate with other people. It helps decrease your anxiety levels. It can help you find ways to interact with others and can help you build confidence around others.
A. A lot of people become depressed because they don’t have friends or family
B. In order to stay healthy, you have to have a balance of mind and body
C. If you always feel embarrassed in new social situations, then volunteer
D. Here are four of the health benefits you can get through volunteering
E. The reasons are as follows
F. Builds up Your Mental Strength
G. Helps You Stay Active
Our daughter Alissa passed away after a battle with a simple flu in August 2006 at 25. Due to the illness along with her birth, she grew to only 4 feet and 9 inches tall and had pneumonia every two months. However, Alissa had a great fighting spirit and handled those obstacles with strength and courage.
The loss of Alissa took away all of the happiness and joy in our family. As the next August approached, we needed something to move us forward.
That something was a dog we named Baci. My wife, Susan, and daughter Jenna had been looking for a dog. I was not as enthusiastic, but they insisted. On July 26, 2007, Baci arrived in our lives from a pet store.
That night, when I came home from work, Jenna handed me this small brown-colored ball of hair. I held Baci on my chest, and the first thing he did was kiss my face. It was love at first doggy kiss, with many more to follow.
Suddenly the air of the house changed. Bad liked to take walks around the lake and take a ride in the car. He would put his ball in my lap and wait for me to throw it. Then he would chase down the ball and repeat the game. Baci was not a perfect dog. He would go through the garbage and tore up paper. He was not friendly in public, either with dogs or people. But Baci gave us unconditional love. When we came home, he would come to the door wagging his tail happy to see us.
Unfortunately, as Baci approached his 10th birthday, his health began to fail. I had hoped that we would have more time together, but it appears that our days with Baci are coming to a close. Still, Baci was the something we needed to move us forward in our journey through sadness. He was an unexpected gift from God for which I will always be thankful.
1.What does the underlined word “obstacle” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. success B. spirit C. pain D. death
2.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. all Alissa, Susan and Jenna are the author’s daughters
B. Baci was a homeless dog and picked up by the author
C. the author was not much interested in Bad at first
D. Baci filled the author’s family with happiness and joy
3.Which of the following descriptions of Baci is TRUE?
A. Baci died before the author wrote this passage.
B. Baci had a bad habit to go through the garbage.
C. Baci liked to take a swim in the lake.
D. Baci was always friendly to people.
4.What’s the best title for this passage?
A. A Dog That Sent Us Gift
B. A Dog That Moved Us Forward
C. Baci, We Love You Unconditionally
D. Baci, a Brown-Colored Dog
Looking fashionable feels good. However, did you know that doing so could be extremely bad for the planet?
Making clothes requires lots of energy. For example, cotton fields have to be watered. Jeans must be dyed (染色) and then dried. According to scientists, making 1 kilogram of clothes produces 23 kilograms of greenhouse gases on average.
However, clothes are spending less time in shops and at homes than ever. Consumers (消费者) today keep almost every article of clothing only half as long as they did 15 years ago. That causes a large amount of waste.
Some clothing companies and designers have realized this problem. H & M, for example, was the world’s largest buyer of “better cotton” last year. The cotton needs less water to grow. It also requires fewer pesticides (农药). The Swedish brand has also stopped using a chemical that pollutes the environment when making waterproof (防水的) clothes. Nike, meanwhile, has invented a new method of making shoes. It reduces waste by 60 percent compared with traditional cutting and sewing.
More long lasting clothes could help, too. Tom Cridland is a British designer. The clothes that he designs all go through a special treatment. Cridland says they can last more than 30 years.
Unfortunately, not all clothing companies and designers, think they should be responsible for the environment. Some companies do not care about their carbon footprint at all.
What can we do? In some western schools, students are encouraged to fix their jackets and trousers. Clothing companies there send vans to campuses to help them do it. Another solution is to think twice the next time we buy new clothes. Some clothes may not look very fashionable, but they could be good for our planet.
1.According to the passage, making 50 kilograms of clothes produces about kilograms of greenhouse gases.
A. 23. B. 115.
C. 230. D. 1,150.
2.What is the difference between “better cotton” and traditional cotton?
A. “Better cotton” can grow without water.
B. “Better cotton” grows faster than traditional cotton.
C. “Better cotton” is more environmentally friendly.
D. “Better cotton” is more productive than traditional cotton.
3.In order to protect the environment, what have some clothing companies and designers been doing?
① Using new material.
② Helping students mend clothes.
③ Measuring their carbon footprint.
④ Designing clothes that can last longer.
A. ①②③ B. ①②④
C. ①③④ D. ②③④
4.What does the author advise us to do in order to help protect the environment?
A. To stop buying clothes;
B. To wear fewer clothes at home.
C. To ask clothing companies for help when our clothes are torn.
D. To buy clothes made by companies that care about their carbon footprint.
