When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear? If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when you’re older. “Brave New Girls”, by American author Jean Gadeberg, will help you make such choices. It says you must be a brave new girl. A brave new girl is one who is confident, healthy and happy. A brave new girl can realize her dreams. To be brave, you need to make a decision for yourself. Other people may tell you what to do, but you should not listen to them. You must only do what you want. If you always wear clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so. Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want. You have to like your body, it says. If you don’t, you will not take good care of it and won’t stay healthy. The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident. If you are confident, you’ll succeed in life. A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys. In fact you are. Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be.
1.What quality should a brave new girl have?
A. ConfidentB. HealthyC. HappyD. A, B and C
2.“Brave New Girls” is a ______.
A. filmB. storyC. bookD. newspaper
3.Suppose(假如) you are a brave new girl, which answer is wrong?
A. Make a decision for yourself
B. Wear clothes like your favourite TV star
C. Like your body
D. Realize that you are as clever as boys.
4.What’s the meaning of the word “grade” in this passage?
A.年级B. 成绩C. 品位D. 道路
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. To be braveB. A good book
C. To be a brave new girlD. Realize dreams
Time flies so quickly! We become mature (成熟的 ) girls or boys, or at least we we are. At the same time, our parents are no longer young.
They all they have to us but never look forward to getting back. When we are ill in bed, it is our parents who look us day and night; when we are trying to make , it is our parents who are much happier than we are; when we're hungry or cold or sad, it is our parents who give us help.
But what have we done for our parents? we grow up, we have our own ideas and we think we are enough to think and act by ourselves, so we usually dislike their care. , sometimes we don't listen to them; even with them !
To change the , we must act at once, letting them know that we love them, too. In doing so, don't hesitate(犹豫) and don't be .Try our best to understand our parents, something for our parents and not to make them feel hopeless. In a word, make it a duty to bring to our parents, for that's the very sign that we are really mature.
Children are parents’ and we are carrying both our dreams and theirs.
The pleasure of our parents is what we should try to do!
1.A. thinkB. explainC. adviseD. affect
2.A. pass B. giveC. showD. take
3.A. somethingB. everythingC. anythingD. nothing
4.A. for B. likeC. atD. after
5.A. progress B. warmthC. a decisionD. a noise
6.A. neverB. hardlyC. seldomD. always
7.A. If B. BeforeC. AsD. Though
8.A. careful B. oldC. youngD. patient
9.A. At first B. As a resultC. So farD. At once
10.A. quarrel B. helpC. beginD. drink
11.A. choiceB. situationC. wisdomD. suggestion
12.A. energeticB. activeC. shyD. modest
13.A. throwB. askC. readD. do
14.A. stressB. moneyC. happinessD. cheese
15.A. hopeB. awardC. taskD. Aim
It’s careless _____ him to make the same mistake again. I think it important ______ everyone to be careful in everything.
A. to; for B. for; of C. of; to D. of; for
The teacher gave ________ children ________ cakes each to eat for their breakfast.
A. the rest, other two B. rest, two more C. rest, another two D. the rest, two more
Though I like the house very much, its price __________ my ability to pay.
A. goes beyondB. goes further C. goes downD. begins with
— I think his suggestion is worth __________of carefully.
— I agree __________ you.
A. thinking; withB. thinking; toC. to think; withD. to think; to