[素材选自One Story A Day Book 5]
选对朋友很重要
One day I ran across Johnny Baker on the street. He was a lot older than I was and known as the worst kid in the neighborhood. He came to me and said, "I'm going to the store. Want to come along or are you too chicken?" For some reasons, I agreed.
When we left the store, he stole two chocolate bars and put one in my hand. At that moment, the owner of the store came out. Johnny ran off, but I stayed. I was in big trouble then. My grandfather told me a story about a frog and a scorpion that night.
There was once a frog and a scorpion who both lived on an island. One day, there was a fire in the whole island. Just as the frog was about to jump into the water, the scorpion came to him and begged, "Please help me get off the island! I can't swim. Let me ride on your back."
"No," said the frog. "You'll sting me!"
"No!" the scorpion said. "Why would I do that? If I did that, we'd both die!"
The frog thought about this and finally agreed.
Once they were far from the shore, the scorpion stung the frog on the back. "Why did you do that?" he cried out. "Now we'll both die!" The scorpion replied, "Because I am a scorpion."
When my grandfather finished telling the story, he looked at me and said, "One of the most important decisions you make in your life is who you call your friends." I nodded my head.
1.Who is Johnny Baker?
A.He is a bad child in the neighborhood. B.He never steals things from the stores.
C.He is the oldest boy on the street. D.He likes going shopping with others.
2.What did Johnny Baker give the writer when they left the store?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.Why was the writer in big trouble?
A.Because he didn't like the frog in the story.
B.Because his grandfather was quite pleased with Johnny.
C.Because he was considered as the thief at last by mistake.
D.Because he decided never to find friends after knowing the story.
4.How might the frog feel after the scorpion stung him?
A.Angry. B.Moved. C.Nervous. D.Tired.
5.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Never believe in a bad person. B.Scorpion and frog are enemies forever.
C.Friends have a big influence on each other. D.Choosing friends in your life is very important.
Time management is the process of planning how much time should be spent on activities. Good time management allows you to complete more in a shorter period of time, lowers your stress and leads you to success.
1.
Make a plan
The best way to achieve success and keep your life in order is to make a plan.
2.
Give full attention
Get away from your phone and computer. Although they are important to daily communication, they can take up much more attention than they deserve. Consider shutting them off completely as you work on a task that requires your full attention.
3.
Learn to say “no”
Many business leaders put a lot of their success down through simply saying “no”. That is, they put their efforts in the few areas that are really important and have the courage to say “no” to everything else.
4.
Give yourself a break
Taking breaks is good for your brain. Don't be hard on yourself: you will actually perform better if you take breaks and find a hobby besides study. Only an active brain can solve problems better.
5.
Word Bank
deserve 应得 involvement 参与
A.Hope above suggestions will be helpful to your study and daily life.
B.For example, if you do your homework at night, you'd better turn off the phone in order to be more careful.
C.What you achieve importantly depends on the way you manage your time. Here is some advice on how to manage your time better.
D.Those who ask for your involvement would be more disappointed if you unwisely agreed to do something, but then failed to finish it. So, be honest with yourself and others.
E.This starts as a list of all the tasks that are important for achieving your goals. Write them down, and don't just depend on your memory: it's not as good as you think it is.
假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友David对中医很感兴趣。请你结合以下图示，用英语写一封电子邮件，向他推荐即将在你校举办的“传统中医进校园”的宣传日活动，说明推荐理由，并请他关注线上相关信息。词数80左右。
注意事项：
1. 必须包含所有提示信息，可适当发挥，开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 意思清楚，表达通顺，行文连贯，书写规范；
3. 请勿在文中使用真实的姓名和校名。
Dear David,
I'm pleased to know that you're interested in Chinese medicine._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
Do you know how rice first came to China? There is an old Chinese story 1. is about little girl who went out to fish. There was famine（饥荒）and everybody was very 2. /'hʌŋgrɪ/.
The little girl felt her net growing heavy and was very happy. However, it was the King of Frogs（青蛙）that she 3. /kɔ: t/. The frog told her to hold out her fishing net to the sun's rays and he would sing 4. magic song. The little girl followed his instructions. She was 5.（great）surprised to see the rays of sunshine falling through the net. And they were changed 6. golden grains（谷粒）of rice. The first rice was thought to arrive in this way.
We do not know whether this story is true, but it tells 7.（we）that rice has the same value as gold to the Chinese. Rice 8.（be）always the main food for the Chinese. For centuries, much land has been devoted（奉献）to rice-planting and many Chinese people are 9.（farmer）, who work very hard for each grain.
It's important to 10. /seɪv/ food and say no to waste. After all, waste not, want not.
课堂上你想提问时，应该这样说：
_______________________________________________________________a question?
你想邀请朋友参加你的生日聚会，可以这样说：
Would_______________________________________________________________?
