I didn’t think I had a passion(激情). I would sit in front of the TV all day, thinking about nothing but the next show.
It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.
On that day I went with my mum to drive my sister to the gym. I was bored. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, s 1. on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed in rags (衣衫褴褛). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I had seen many like him b2. .
But in some ways he was d 3. . This man was not sitting down with a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was dancing h 4. to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious(珍贵)thing he had.
“ Mum, why does that man have A、radio even thought he’s homeless?” I asked.
“He bought it,” she replied.
“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He w 5. it on something he doesn’t need.”
“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important things. We need happiness, too.”
That man must c 6. enough music to buy a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the k 7. to life.
Without it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.
Grow deep roots
When I was young, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He ____invited us to play in this yard, but he was a very kind person.
Dr. Gibbs had some ___ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants would spoil them. If you watered them, each young tree would grow weaker and weaker. So you had to make things difficult for them and __the weaker trees early.
He talked about how watered trees grew shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in ____of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. When I came back home, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about 25 years ago. They were very big and strong. I planted some trees a few years later and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blow in, they ___a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I hope that their lives will be ___. But now it’s time to change my thought . I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is get roots that reach deep into the brave heart. When the rains fall and the winds blow, we can face them strongly and won't be beaten down.
1.A.always B.never C.probably D.directly
2.A.general B.crazy C.interesting D.wrong
3.A.look up B.put off C.depend on D.pick up
4.A.search B.need C.charge D.favour
5.A.grow B.cover C.shake D.change
6.A.long B.easy C.difficult D.horrible
Dear Addie,
Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I’m very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it’s my turn to tell you about myself.
First off, I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Brighty. Our town is called Whippangong. It is only about a half-hour away from New York City. My oldest sister, Ingrid, just turned 17, that means she now has a drive’s license. She drives us to the mall. Do you have a mall near you in Te Awamutu? My other sister is 11 and her name is Lucy. I guess I would say that she is my best friend. We still fight, though. She rides horses and takes lessons every Saturday morning. I have to go with her sometimes, and that is truly the most boring thing in the world. Do you like horses?
I take tap dancing classes. I like to practice in the food store. The sound of my feet stepping on the hard floors echoes(发出回声). I play scores in the fall; I’m on the swim team during the summer. I like swim, but I am really looking forward to diving this year. Next year I will start music lessons in school. I think I am going to play the piano.
Our house has eight rooms and a small backyard where every year we try to grow vegetables. We mostly get zucchini because the rabbits eat everything else. I guess rabbits don’t like zucchini. I have a bike and mum allows me to ride up and down our street, but nowhere else. I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday. Right now I ride the crowed and yucky bus.
Well, that is enough about me for now. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. I hope your surfing lessons went well. And I hope your mum does let you learn to play the drums.
Write soon
Love,
Jessica
1. In this letter, Jessica doesn’t talk about .
A. her family numbers B.her spare time
C. her house D.her ambition
2. what does the underlined word “fall” mean here? .
A. 跌倒 B.降落 C.秋天 D.瀑布
3.JessicA、thinks riding horses is very .
A. different B. fool
C.exciting D.frightening
4. Zucchini is likely to be a kind of .
A. animals B.vegetable
C.flower D.fruit
5. Which of the following is TURE? .
A. Jessica likes Lucy very much but they don’t always get along.
B. People below 18 can’t get driving licenses in New Jersey
C. Jessica usually goes to school by bike, but sometimes by bus.
D. Ingrid gets to take riding lessons and JessicA、wishes she could, too.
6. What might be Addie’s problem?
A. She can’t take surfing lessons.
B. She wants to play the drums.
C. There are no malls near her house.
D. She has no family.
1. Sally had to finish her homework before dinner.(改为否定句)
Sally to finish her homework before dinner.
2. My mother prefers to pay for things by credit card.(对划线部分提问)
your mother prefer to pay for things .
3.The driver and the injured passengers were sent to the hospital immediately. (保持句意基本不变)
The driver and the injured passengers were sent to the hospital .
4.The bookcase was too heavy for little Susan to lift.(保持句意基本不变)
The bookcase was heavy little Susan couldn’t lift it..
5.“Have you finished your project on France?” asked Tom.(改为宾语从句)
Tom asked I finished my project on France.
6. The school shouldn’t allow students to take iPads to school.(改为被动语态)
Students shouldn’t to take iPads to school
7. a fireworks, show, end, the festival, with ,will(连词成句)
1. The club organizes short trips to the mountains, , museums ,and so on.(beach)
2. After years’ practice, the boy became a very famous (art)
3. The love from our parent is the love in the world (deep)
4.Italy beat France by 6:4,and won the championship for the time (four)
5. The weather is very at this time of year.(change)
6.He played the piano so that a lot of people lost themselves in it.(beautiful)
7.People are wondering how Malasia Airline Flight MH370 could off radar(appear)
8.It’s Dad’s birthday and we’re going out for A、meal to (celebration)
A.by the end of B. president C. surprising D. surprised E. turned out |
Michelle was flying from Houston to London, and during the flight, she began talking to John, the man in the seat next to her. She found out that he was 1. of a famous jeans company based in Texas, in fact, she was wearing a pair of blue jeans from his company! But that wasn’t the most 2. thing. He had lived in San Francisco when he was in high school, and it 3. that he knew Michelle’s best friend, who also grew up in San Francisco! They continued talking. And 4. the trip, they felt that they had known each other for much longer than eight hours.
