I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question — what is a good person?
At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students, a young man of about 30, described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.
So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up one toy, and his father said to him, “No, no, give him your favorite toy.”
And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”
And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.
What do you think happened?
After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face lighted up. “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?” I think I have got the answer to the question.
1.From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.
A.begging is looked down upon B.begging is considered as a normal part of life
C.visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly D.few people are living a poor life
2.The sentence “Daddy, can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.
A.got pleasure by helping the little beggar B.wanted to please his father
C.began to like the little beggar D.wanted to be the little beggar’s friend
3.According to the writer, “being a good person” means ________.
A.being ready to give
B.being friendly to beggars
C.having the courage to correct his/her mistakes
D.being able to teach children to tell right from wrong
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Robert and Henry were two friends in the same class. They always played together and went home together. One day Robert and Henry were going home from school, when, on turning a corner, Robert cried out, “A fight! Let’s go and see!”
“No,” said Henry. “Let us go quietly home and not meddle with(插手) this quarrel. We have nothing to do with it and may get into mischief(trouble). Also our parents are expecting to have dinner with us together at home and I don’t want them to worry about me. ”
“You are a coward, and afraid to go,” said Robert, and off he ran. Henry went straight home, and in the afternoon went to school as usual.
But Robert had told all the boys that Henry was a coward, and they laughed at him a great deal. From then on, they looked down upon Henry and didn’t want to play with him together.
Henry was sad but he wasn’t angry with Robert for his rude behavior, because he learned that true courage is shown most in bearing misunderstanding when it was not deserved, and that he ought to be afraid of nothing but doing wrong. Thus, he just ignored the other boys’ laughter and continued to go to school and study as well. However, Robert didn’t invite Henry to go home with him anymore. Instead, he had some other boys who also thought Henry was a coward. Every day after school, they didn’t go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play games and had a lot of fun.
A few days later, Robert was bathing with his new friends in a river, and got out of his depth. He struggled, and screamed for help, but all in vain. The boys who had called Henry a coward got out of the water as fast as they could, but they did not even try to help him.
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Robert was fast sinking. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Thus, Robert’s life was saved.
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假定你是中学生李华，你作为学校代表参加了英国姐妹学校的“中国传统文化艺术节”，现已回国。请你给该校校长Mr. Smith写一封邮件表示感谢，内容包括:
1. 感谢对方的热情接待；
2. 活动期间的收获；
3. 邀请对方来校访问。
注意:
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 开头及结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
4. 文中不能出现真实的校名和地名。
Dear Mr. Smith,
I have returned from England.
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Yours
Li Hua
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In the 1980s, Paolo Dario dreamed of developing1.(high) advanced artificial limbs(假肢) to help people who really need such devices(设备), but he never expected his dream to be realized. Dario,2.professor of biomedical robotics in Italy, said that as an engineer he always wants to see such dreams come true, even if a lot of work must 3. (do).
He4.(make) the comment(评论) in Beijing last month during a keynote speech at the 2019 World Robot Conference.”You have to understand the5.(exist) problem and develop robotic arms by thinking outside the box. We hope what we need for robots can become smaller and lighter. But at the same time, as a lot of technology is now used in robotic sensors (传感器), they have become much6.(large),”he said.
A paper7.was published in the journal Nature in 2014 stated that a human can not only control artificial limbs,8.feel the different materials they are made from as well.”In the future, the super robot will further enable people with disabilities to walk on9.(they) own and allow blind people10.(recover) their sight,”Dario said.
Haze Mabry has just turned 80 years old, and on his birthday, just like every other day, he reported to Pike County Elementary in Georgia where he works as a cleaner, prepared to clean.
But to his _______, that day was different from any other day. Just as he was settling in for a day of work, he was _______by more than 750 people, including students, teachers and staff,_______the hallways.
The students had made handmade _______and banners(横幅), and they all sang happy birthday and shouted his name as he _______by.
“They’re like my children ,” Mabry said in a(n) _______with The Washington Post .”I’m like the old lady in the shoe.”
Mabry makes a point of interacting(互动)with the _______when he can .”I know the little faces, but I don’t know every _______,”Mabry said .”Some of them make you know them.”
The unexpected celebration at school _______Mabry how valued(珍视) he is by students and teachers alike .”He’s the most __________person in this whole building ,”said teacher Lori Gilreath, who __________his surprise .”He won’t brag(吹嘘) on himself, but it doesn’t __________what he’s doing or where he is, he will __________ stop what he’s doing to take care of a child if that child is having a __________ day.”
Haze spent the whole following weekend __________ the pile of handwritten cards he __________!
Maybe we can’t all organize something as __________ as this birthday celebration, but it’s a __________:take any chance you get to make someone’s day __________, and let them know how they are valued! It can make much __________.
1.A.joy B.regret C.surprise D.sadness
2.A.greeted B.served C.praised D.treated
3.A.visiting B.decorating C.crossing D.lining
4.A.cakes B.cards C.pictures D.toys
5.A.walked B.ran C.stood D.hurried
6.A.discussion B.interview C.report D.speech
7.A.teachers B.friends C.students D.workmates
8.A.word B.class C.action D.name
9.A.offered B.promised C.showed D.left
10.A.important B.loved C.famous D.talented
11.A.planned B.got C.expressed D.hid
12.A.mean B.work C.include D.matter
13.A.already B.still C.always D.only
14.A.busy B.bad C.warm D.long
15.A.reading through B.sending for C.handing out D.returning to
16.A.borrowed B.lost C.packed D.received
17.A.noisy B.usual C.big D.formal
18.A.sign B.question C.part D.task
19.A.simple B.special C.funny D.terrible
20.A.trouble B.progress C.money D.difference
Being overweight is one of the biggest problems that many men and women of all ages suffer from. Although everyone wants to lose weight quickly, burning fat is no easy task.1.. Don’t expect to just read these tips and expect to lose weight while you sleep. It will take a lot of effort on your part to succeed.
It’s very important to drink lots of water while reducing the use of salt.2..
Try not to eat the foods that contain high amounts of fats and instead focus on eating foods rich in fiber.
3. This is the best way to lose weight, as playing a sport can give a person a sense of confidence.
Avoid taking medicines that help reduce your appetite, as they usually have many side effects and can do you more harm than good. Also, you shouldn’t follow unusual diets such as those that focus on drinking large amounts of vitamin-concentrated liquids.4..
Finally, everyone should know and understand that being overweight will eventually lead to bigger and more dangerous diseases and conditions, so it is best for us to stay fit before we gain weight while we still have a chance.5. It’s better for you to take things slowly and start with losing just a few pounds a month and then increasing that.
A. Just stick to the most popular diets
B. Here are a few tips on weight loss
C.Exercise regularly while you’re on a diet
D. Salt tends to store water in the body leading to weight again
E. And in case you feel hungry you should eat low-calories foods
F. Also, make sure you don’t try reducing too much weight too fast
G. When in doubt, don’t be afraid to ask your doctor for suggestions
