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What is your favourite cartoon? It may be 1.(difficulty) for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tomand Jerryis the best one.
When Lang 2.(be) two years old, he saw Tom playing3.piano. This was his first time to enjoy Western music and this experience encouraged him4.(learn) the piano well. His talent for the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang5.the world. Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better 6.better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.
Lang’s performances are energetic. He is well-known for 7.(make) facial expressions and moving around while playing. The road to8.(succeed) has never been easy. Lang’s father stopped his job to look9.him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang considers10.(he) lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.
People often ask me what my biggest regret is, but the truth is that I've never regretted anything. Sure, I've had _____but that's not the same thing. I _____finishing second in a judo (柔道) competition when I was sixteen. I was______because I had been training incredibly hard and had______myself I’d win. If I had won, 1 could have _____my city and, who knows, I might _____have gone to the Olympics already. But it didn't happen, and well, I’m______glad I’m not a professional sportsman --if I had to train for ten hours a day, I wouldn't have______for anything else. Perhaps if I had won that competition, I’d be______than I am now but I probably wouldn’t be any happier.
Another disappointment was when I did badly in my school-leaving exams. I didn’t get into the university I______to go to so I had to wait a whole______to try again. During that time, I got a______in a shop, which was a(n)______experience, and I also did an intensive______course. Then I spent three months traveling around Europe. So it meant that when I finally did go to university, I had much more experience about life and work and a better idea of what I wanted. I______if I hadn’t done all those things, I wouldn’t have done so well at university. Also, if I didn’t learn to speak Spanish, l’d never have met Carmen, my fiancée(未婚夫) on my journey.
So now, no regrets. The trick is, if things don't work out, you just have to _____the situation. My final university______is coming soon. If I get the grades I want, I’ll probably______and have my master degree. If I don't get the grades, I’ll have to get a job. But whatever happens, I know______I’ve tried my best, I won’t______anything.
1.A.disappointment B.concern C.surprise D.excitement
2.A.begin B.remember C.expect D.imagine
3.A.discouraged B.impressed C.proud D.puzzled
4.A.encouraged B.pretended C.convinced D.informed
5.A.shamed B.awarded C.represented D.ruined
6.A.even B.only C.ever D.never
7.A.hardly B.gradually C.nearly D.actually
8.A.need B.time C.dream D.money
9.A.richer B.sadder C.taller D.healthier
10.A.majored B.created C.offered D.wanted
11.A.month B.season C.year D.lifetime
12.A.job B.gift C.chance D.panic
13.A.expensive B.funny C.boring D.valuable
14.A.Spanish B.English C.tennis D.football
15.A.regretted B.realized C.reminded D.referred
16.A.make the best of B.get rid of C.take part in D.put up with
17.A.degree B.passport C.exam D.visa
18.A.leave B.stay C.pass D.wander
19.A.as long as B.although C.even though D.unless
20.A.desire B.regret C.miss D.require
Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.
1.Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these healthy colors. Ice cream packers are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
2.Recently, some kind of pain killer was brought out, but researchers found it didn’t sell well, because the color made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package-because we think of blue as safe, and white as calm.
3.But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know the truth: 4.The founder of Pears soup, who for 25 years has used pretty girls to promote their goods, came to the conclusion: “5.”
A.It’s not enough to have a good product.
B.Coloring, for example, varies(不同) according to what the producers are selling.
C.Any fool can make soup, but it takes a genius(天才) to sell it.
D.The colors tricked the customers into shopping.
E.The size of a product can attract a shopper.
F.A good product is an advantage(优势).
G.The colors turned the customers off.
Success doesn’t begin until you begin the walk down the way towards your goals.
And your walk down the way always begins first with a baby step. Why do we call them baby steps? Are they really anything more than our next step down life’s way?
Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith. We see others stepping out and we want to show our ability to walk by following them. As we grow, we continue our development by taking extra baby steps. Sometimes we fall; sometimes we fail. After that, all steps become an act of faith; we just become more practiced. If you say to yourself “I don’t want to make a fool of myself” or “I’d better be good at this”, you’ll probably never take the baby steps towards your goals and end up lying in your own self-pity.
As a culture, we focus on results. We think about every risk that must be taken to reach our goals. There are few people who are excellent performers of any tasks the first time they try them. They fail and succeed. Then, they build upon their abilities learned each time. They practice their skills and use their talents through baby steps before they are ready to prove them to the whole world.
So, learn to take those baby steps to reach the goals before you. Know that you can depend on God to show you the way. As you become more experienced, your baby steps become a walk, then a jump, and finally a sprint. That’s how our baby steps lead us through the marathon of life.
1.Which of the following is thought most important in taking baby steps?
A.Faith. B.Practice.
C.Skill. D.Examples.
2.In the third paragraph, the writer expresses the view that .
A.we can’t expect to succeed without working hard at first
B.adults should learn from babies in dealing with hard tasks
C.we must make full use of our skills in order to get rewards
D.baby steps play the key role in leading us towards success
3.The underlined word “sprint” in the last paragraph probably means“ ”.
A.slow rush B.sudden stop C.hard climb D.fast run
4.What’s the writer’s tone(语气) in the text?
A.Light-hearted. B.Regretful.(遗憾的)
C.Encouraging. D.Concerned.
The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt: “The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view?”I shook my head stubbornly--and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunch time, I got lucky.
“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?
In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The dentist is very good.”
“How long do I have o wait for him?”I asked impatiently.
“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.
“The artwork?” I was puzzled.
The chair went back, suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it :on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief!
1.Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?
A.Cheerful.
B.Nervous.
C.Upset.
D.Satisfied.
2.What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?
A.The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice.
B.The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists.
C.The surroundings of the dentist’s office.
D.The laughing assistant of the dentist.
3.Why did the author suddenly smile?
A.Because the dentist came at last.
B.Because the assistant kept comforting her.
C.Because she could relax in the chair,
D.Because she saw a picture on the ceiling.
4.What did the author lean from her experience most probably?
A.Strike while the iron is hot.
B.Have a good word for one’s friend
C.Put oneself in other’s shoes
D.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
As we approach Father’s Day, Let’s be real about it.
Everyone needs a father to be born, but not everyone can have a father while growing up.
Some fathers are too busy; others get divorced, disappear or die.
But almost everyone should have a father image—someone who lives up to what a father should be.
A father image is a role model—someone you want to be like. He fills you with the memories that never leaves you when you grow up.
My father image was Harold, who was in his twenties when I was10 years old. I was a foster child (收养的孩子) and lived in his home with his mother.
He had dark, curly hair and always wore a beautiful suit, a shirt and a tie. What made him my role model was that he knew my darkest secrets—even stuff my real father didn't know—and he told me things no other person would tell a little boy.
Harold dressed the store windows at Gertz Department Store in Jamaiva, N. Y., and every time I went to visit him he gave me a quarter.
I wanted to be exactly like him. I even walked like him. He always called me “Kiddo”, a name I call people I like to this day.
My friends had role models like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehring, Joe Lewis and other sports figures. I chose Harold, because he was a real person and he chose to be my mentor (指导者).
Harold, as you may have guessed, is now in Heaven ( Where else would he be?), but I think about him a lot. And whenever I have a problem, I ask myself, “What would Harold do?”
That is the reason a father role model is so important to a boy or a girl, It's a learning experience for everyone.
I guess the reason why I am writing all this is that I think there should be a Father's Day when everyone honors the person who has a lifelong impact(影响) on him. I believe every child needs just one to change his life－Happy Father's Day
1.In the author's opinion, what should the image of a father be except______?
A.a father should be patient B.a father should tell me what is right and what is wrong
C.a father should be like sports figures D.a father should have a lifelong influence on his kid
2.Joe DiMaggio is________?
A.his friend’s father B.a sports star C.the author’s father D.a mentor
3.How is Harold now?
A.He is working in a department store. B.He is in Heaven now.
C.He is dead now. D.The author doesn't know where is he now.
4.Which is not the author’s attitude towards Harold?
A.Love. B.Respect. C.Miss. D.Hate.
