With golden sunshine and a gentle breeze(微风), autumn is the most beautiful seasons in the year. This is a great time to go outside and have fun. Go to a valley to see red maple trees,go and pick fruit in an orchard or find an open field to fly your kite in.
However, for many high school students, these great activities may be just a dream. With plenty of work to do, they spend all their hours indoors, struggling for a high mark in their exams. Of course, study is one of the most important things for teenagers. But life is definitely much more than that.
Sometimes we spend so much time studying that we forget how to make life wonderful. In doing so, we lose the real purpose of life —to be a valuable and happy person. To enjoy just how great it is to be alive, we have to put down our books and pens and look around us. Students, take some exercise to improve your health, talk with your parents and friends for understanding and walk around outside to refresh(振作)our body and mind.
Going out and enjoying the beautiful countryside often helps our creativity in our work. Chinese craftsman, Lu Ban created a saw to help woodworkers. But if he hadn’t walked outside, he would not have been inspired by a kind of toothed(锯齿状的)grass. We could also suppose if Newton hadn’t rested under that apple tree, then he wouldn’t have been hit by an apple, and his classic(经典的)theories would not have come out.
Going out is not only a break from hard work, but a chance to add to life experience. So come on, give your brain a good rest. Step out of the books and get your bag ready for an autumn outing. We are sure you will get much more than knowledge from the exciting journey.
1.In which paragraph does the writer make a summary about his opinion?
A. Paragraph 1. B. Paragraph 2.
C. Paragraph 4. D. Paragraph 5.
2.Why is going out a dream for many high school students?
A. They are unhappy to do so.
B. They have too much work to do for getting high marks in the exams.
C. Their parents don’t allow them to do so.
D. They think study is the most important thing for them.
3.The passage is developed mainly by______________.
A. describing the beautiful scenery in Autumn
B. pointing out the present situation of high school students
C. making predictions
D. reasoning and giving examples
4.What message can you learn from the passage?
A. Going out can make high school students get more.
B. Nature is power.
C. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
D. The author isn’t happy with our education at all.
Compassion(同情)is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register(收款机)with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.
I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if fortune had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.
Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable, “Charge it to me,” was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
1.The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits______.
A. promised to obey the store rules
B. hoped to have the food first and pay later
C. forgot to take his credit card with him
D. could not afford anything more expensive
2.Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?
A. Kind and lucky. B. Friendly and helpful.
C. Poor and lonely. D. Hurt and disappointed.
3.Why did the author refuse the old gentle man’s request first?
A. He considered the old man dishonest.
B. He felt no pity for the old gentleman.
C. He wanted to keep his present job.
D. He expected someone else to pay for the old man.
4.What lesson did the author learn from this experience?
A. Obeying the rules means more than compassion.
B. Wealth is most important in older age.
C. Experience is better gained through practice.
D. Compassion means helping in some way.
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1.Which one of the following items can be returned according to the Return Policy?
A. Food purchased within a week.
B. Untouched furniture purchased within 60 days with the original receipt.
C. A light bought in IKEA stores in Taiwan.
D. A customized bed in its original package bought a month ago.
2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Your new kitchen is available in an easy way.
B. The furniture can be transported to your house.
C. They have flexible payment choices.
D. You can enjoy delicious food in IKEA.
3.Where is the passage probably taken from?
A. A shopping guide. B. A food magazine.
C. A scientific newspaper. D. A travel book.
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1.主题:保护文化遗产;
2.展览时间:6月1日至14日;
3.投稿邮箱: photographyshow@163c0m.
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2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯.
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按给出的中文意思,用括号内所给的英语,翻译下列句子.
1.自从他搬到这里,他就一直埋头于工作. (ever since;bury)
2.毫无疑问,未来属于那些受过良好教育的人.( doubt; belong to)
3.比起待在家里,我更喜欢参与户外活动.( prefer)
4.Mandela一生致力于为黑人争取平等权利.( devotes; fight)
5.她英语说得非常流利,能毫无困难地与外国友人交流.(so…that…)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式.
Abby lost her mom yesterday. Her mom had a car accident. Her mom's car1.(hit) by a drunk driver. The drunk driver is now in prison. Abby visited2.prison to make him feel bad. You know what you did, right? Abby asked. The drunk driver nodded and said "I'm sorry. "Then he started crying. "Sorry is not going to bring my mom back, Your3.(careless) took away my mom."
The drunk driver continued to cry. "I drank, because I was feeling lonely. Abby was4.(real) mad and left the prison. She didn't want to see his face ever again. She wanted him to be in prison for life. To wake herself up, Abby5.(take)a week off her work.Che loved her job,6.she could not stop thinking about her mom.
Abby's husband told her to do something instead of watching TV all day. Abby agreed7.him. She wanted to do something8.would make her mom proud. Abby created a program to prevent drunk driving. She wanted to give drunk people free9.(ride). Abby visited colleges, clubs, and bars all across the country to encourage people not to drive after10.(drink).