Her excuse for being late was totally _________ (难以置信的). (根据中文提示,完成句子)
Admitting you’ve made a mistake is a sign of strength, not w________.(根据首字母，补全句子)
You must ask ________ (许可) before taking photographs inside the church.(根据中文提示,完成句子)
Mary and her husband had a dog named “Lucky”. Whenever their friends came for a weekend visit, they would warn them not to leave the _______ open because Lucky would _______ whatever he likes. However, someone would forget and something would come up _______. Mary or Jim would go to Lucky’s toy box in the _______. There the _______ would be, among Lucky’s other toys.
It happened that Mary found out that she had cancer. Something told her she was going to _______. The night before she was to go to the hospital, a thought _______ her that she had to leave Lucky. The thought made her _______ than thinking of her own death.
_______ the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so ________ that she couldn’t even go to her bedroom. Jim left her to ________ on the sofa. When Mary woke up, she couldn’t understand what was wrong. She couldn’t ________ her head and her body. But panic soon gave way to ________ when Mary realized the problem. She was ________ with some toys! While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the basement ________ his beloved hostess all his favorite things in life. He had covered her with his ________.
Mary forgot about dying. ________ she and Lucky began living again, ________ further and further together every day. It’s been 12 years now and Mary is still ________. Lucky still steals treasures and hides them in his toy box and Mary remains his greatest treasure.
Never forget the people who make a(n) ________ in our lives are the ones that care for us. If you see someone without a smile today, give them one! Live simply. Love seriously!
1.A.box B.luggage C.wallet D.door
2.A.steal B.swallow C.play D.protect
3.A.broken B.dirty C.missing D.present
4.A.bedroom B.kitchen C.yard D.basement
5.A.treasure B.food C.gift D.blanket
6.A.recover B.die C.survive D.suffer
7.A.defeated B.prevented C.struck D.influenced
8.A.prouder B.happier C.angrier D.sadder
9.A.Finally B.Gradually C.Particularly D.Normally
10.A.excited B.sad C.tired D.frightened
11.A.rest B.sleep C.wait D.calm
12.A.move B.control C.feel D.shake
13.A.anger B.disappointment C.excitement D.laughter
14.A.surrounded B.covered C.provided D.moved
15.A.returning B.hiding C.bringing D.taking
16.A.life B.love C.joy D.sadness
17.A.Instead B.Therefore C.Meanwhile D.Thus
18.A.living B.walking C.rushing D.studying
19.A.weak B.humorous C.healthy D.hopeful
20.A.difference B.agreement C.promise D.decision
Time is on your side
How frequently do you say “I don’t have time”? Quite often, I guess. Every time we say those words, they make us feel weak and out of control. You are in control of your hours and your life. 1.
I know it’s not as easy as simply turning off the TV. But here are two steps that will help you take back control and get time on your side.
★2.
Be honest: do you spend an hour or two visiting Weixin and QQ every day? Are you spending time with people that you don’t really like just to please them? Are there meetings you attend that you can politely refuse?
It’s time to get real about the hours that add up to a lot of dissatisfying nothing. Think how you can cancel daily activities that are not useful. 3.
★Change your language.
Words matter. They have power. Saying “I don’t have time” is an excuse for not wanting to do something. Here are some good, empowering alternatives (选择):
“I choose not to start that project until next year.”
“4.”
“I’d love to go out this weekend but have important work I need to do first.”
Get better at saying no. 5. Use little pockets of time (friend running late, car stuck in traffic, meeting ending 10 minutes early) to do some productive thinking. All these things can add up over time more than you believe!
A.Identify your blocks.
B.But you are likely wasting a lot of it!
C.I really don’t have enough time to do it.
D.Replace them with things that satisfy you.
E.Take no notice of all those unimportant messages on your phone.
F.I’d love to read that book — I’ll get to it after my homework is complete!
G.When you don’t have a plan for your life, someone else will plan it for you.
In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don’t need to wear them. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, overseas Chinese students said that they would be “stared at like a virus spreader” if they go out with a mask. According to a survey done by Global Times among some European and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel “worried”, “shy”, and “afraid of being looked at differently.”
But as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow around the world, many people in the West are changing their attitudes. In the US, for example, the need for masks is very high now. The US surgeon general (卫生局局长) has been asking people to avoid hoarding too many masks, as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public.
However, in Asian countries like China and Japan, there has been a long tradition of mask-wearing. In China, for example, when doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague (肺鼠疫) in 1910, the mask became a symbol of China’s position as a modern, scientific nation, according to Scottish medical anthropologist (人类学家) Christos Lynteris. The 2003 SARS epidemic led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti-viral (抗病毒的) protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia.
In Japan, wearing masks has long been seen as a manner to reassure (使安心) others when one catches a cold or flu. Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion accessories (配饰), with different colors and patterns to match their clothes. Wearing masks is also a way to “hide” for young women when they don’t have their makeup (化妆) on.
In more collectivist (集体主义的) cultures in Asia, wearing masks might also be a symbol of solidarity (团结) during the outbreak, according to Lynteris. People wear masks “to show that they want to stick together” in the face of danger, Lynteris wrote.
1.Why don’t healthy people in the West wear masks?
A.They don’t think masks can prevent disease.
B.Only medical workers need to wear masks.
C.They think masks are for sick people to wear.
D.Wearing a mask looks funny.
2.What does the underlined word “hoarding” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.wearing B.making C.throwing D.keeping
3.Masks have been widely used in China since _____.
A.the outbreak of SARS in 2003
B.the pneumonic plague in 1910
C.Christos Lynteris wore one publicly
D.the invention of the modern medical mask
4.The main idea of the passage is_________.
A.proving the importance of wearing masks during an epidemic
B.showing opinions about masks between different countries
C.explaining why Westerners don’t wear masks
D.introducing the history of wearing masks
