阅读理解。 Taking an after-school class will give you a head start in high school
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every day, even in snow and rain, would you do it?
I did. I took part in an after-school Spanish class. Because it was after school, no school buses were
there to take me home when the class ended. And my parents couldn"t pick me up, so I had to walk home.
At first I hated the walk because of the long distance. But after a few months, I got used to (习惯于)
it and it became one of my daily activities, like getting dressed and brushing my teeth. And I began to
enjoy it. I got to see things like birds flying and trees changing color. A few times I saw something very
special, like a small snake near the sidewalk, or two cars that came very close to crashing!
Many of my classmates saw what I did. Once, one girl in my class asked her mother to drive me
home because it was raining outside, and I didn"t have an umbrella (雨伞). Some people who I didn"t
know even gave me a ride - they thought it was too cold out.
People always think walking long distances is difficult. Modern technology (技术) makes common
things, like walking, seem impossible. Many people, like myself, live in the country and are close to
nature, but also far away from it because of technology.
1. What class did the writer take part in after school?
A. Math class
B. Spanish class
C. Art class
D. English class
2. When did the writer begin to enjoy walking home?
A. At the very beginning.
B. After a week.
C. After a few months.
D. After a year.
3. Why did the writer begin to enjoy walking home?
A. Because something interesting happened on the road every day.
B. Because the writer could get a ride from some strange people.
C. Because the writer enjoyed walking in the rain alone.
D. Because the writer could enjoy some interesting things happening on the road.
4. When it was a rainy or snowy day, ______.
A. some kind people would give him a ride
B. nobody saw him and nobody helped him
C. the writer would choose to stay at school
D. the writer"s parents would come to pick him up
5. What does the last paragraph want to tell us?
A. It is difficult for many people to walk long distances.
B. Modern technology brings people a lot of inconvenience (不方便).
C. Modern technology makes people live better, but farther from the nature.
D. It is impossible for people to walk a long distance nowadays.
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and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don’t always want people
around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are just the same. Sometimes friends don’t get along well. That doesn’t mean that
they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and go on being friends. Sometimes
friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we call them and write to
them. It could be that we would even see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to
find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.
Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and
women who have been friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some
schools. We think of these people when we go to these places. There’s more good news for people
who have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? It could be that they are happier.
Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares
about you, you take better care of yourself.
A. none needs friends
B. we always need friends around us
C. making friends is the need in people"s life
D. we need to be alone.
2.Which of the following is what the writer doesn"t say in the passage?
A. People will feel lonely if they never have friends.
B. People will never see their friends after their friends move away.
C. People can know their friends in different ways.
D. People like their friends very much if they get to know them.
3.People who have friends live longer than people who don"t because _______
A. they feel happier and are healthy
B. they get a lot of help from their friends
C. they take better care of themselves
D. both A and C
4. The main idea of this passage is _______.
A. that people are all friends
B. that people need friends
C. how to get to know friends
D. how to name a place
mother on Mother’s Day and on Fath
er’s Day I give my father 2 , too.” But what about the other days of the year ?
I have a friend whose parents live in another city. One day 1 went to see her. We had a nice
conversation. Then she wanted to 3 . So she dialed(拨号) the number, but then she put down
the phone. After about fifteen 4 , she dialed the number again “Hi, Mom…
( )2. A. a cake
( )3. A. make a call
( )4. A. seconds
( )5. A. How
( )6. A. fast
( )7. A. little
( )8. A. always
( )9. A. bad
( )10. A. think of
B. a kiss
B. pay a visit
B. minutes
B. What
B. slow
B. quick
B. never
B. clever
B. look after
C. some money
C. have a rest
C. hours
C. Why
C. healthy
C. no
C. seldom
C. good
C. call up
D. a present
D. go for a walk
D. days
D. When
D. careless
D. enough
D. sometimes
D. sick
D. 1isten to
Prize, they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dreams real?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life"s biggest challenge
(挑战). You may think you"re not very good at some school subjects, or that it"s impossible for you to
become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing (实现) your dream.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don"t let it leave your heart. Keeping telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will
come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the
biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of
watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream
means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn some-
thing more useful and find new hobbies.
B. your friend
C. your school
D. your parents
B. Making your dreams real is life"s biggest challenge.
C. You must never give up your dream.
D. Listening to English more can help you realize your dream.
B. can be very small
C. will come true
D. can be very big
B. Don"t let your dream leave your heart.
C. Keep telling yourself what you want every day
D. A, B and C
B. How to make your dream real
C. A big dream is made up of small dreams
D. Everyone can realize his dream
Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure (失败), teachers, parents or others often say to us "Never
give up." These can be encouraging words. A person should believe in himself and keep trying to be
successful no matter how many times he fails. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.
One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will seldom achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to
fail in something new, so we should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail , we will not be
able to develop new skills and grow.
Another reason is that we can learn from our mistakes so as not to do the same things again. If we do
not try once more, the lesson we have learned is wasted.
Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and
this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge(挑战) ourselves,
we will begin to doubt our abilities.
In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. We succeed in the end or
not, we will learn something , and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident.
What"s more, if we give up , we have no chance of realizing our dreams any more , but if we keep making
great efforts, there is always a chance that we will be successful one day.
Topic: Never Give Up
| Possible meanings and the author"s opinions | The words " Never give up" can 1 others or oneself . If a person wants to have 2 ,he should have the quality . |
| The 4 | If we give up too easily, maybe we will achieve 4 , so when we fail in something new, we should think it is 5 and try again. . Never giving up will make us learn from the 6 and learn the 7 so that we can not make the same ones. To reach our goals and develop the 8 we must not give up but challenge ourselves. |
| Conclusions | If you give up, you will have no 9 of reaching your goals. Never give up and you will attain your goals sooner or 10 |
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| Good morning , everyone . My topic for today is "How Americans Value (重视) Time ". Americans think a lot about time . From childhood(童年) they learn to value time . As children , parents teach them to be ____ time to go to school , to do work and to do everything . ①When they are having a good time , they say that time flies . When a person is dying , he says he is living on borrowed time . Time is money, time is knowledge.Time is everything in America . A working American②不得不一天努力工作8小时or 40 hours a week. In his spare time , he also works hard for money .③ Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with other things . In the street you can ________ see a man who walks slowly . They walk very fast . In fact , they are running . When you ask Americans why they are in a hurry all the time , they will probably say , "Time is money ." | |
| 1.请将①译成中文______________________________ 2.请将②译成英文:______________________________ 3.在横线上填上适当的单词: _____ _____ 4.在文中找出该句的同义句:Americans also try their best to make money in their free time . ______________________________ 5.写出或找出本文的主题句:__________ |