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| 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 |
| One of my favourite memories as a child is going by the river and sitting freely on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush down and hear the sound of falling leaves. When I think about the bamboo tree"s ability to return to its original position, the word "resilience" comes to mind. When used to describe a person, this word means the ability to become well again from shock, disappointment or any other situation that makes somebody unhappy. Have you ever felt you are about to break with a sudden noise? Have you ever felt you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you are lucky to have the experience to live to talk about it. Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. Next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, don"t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of (占上风) you. Hopes will take you through the unpleasant experience. With hopes for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant experience may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having. If you are at your breaking point, you should be like the bamboo tree, bend, but don"t break! |
| 1. The writer was moved by _______ one day when he went to sit by the river. |
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| A. the water B. the bamboo tree C. the leaves |
| 2. What does the underlined word "resilience" mean? It means _______. |
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| A. 恢复力 B. 兴奋 C. 忧伤 |
| 3. What did the writer use to do when he was young? |
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| A. He used to go to the park to hear the sound of falling leaves. B. He used to go to the lake and watch the water. C. He used to go by the river and sit on the bank. |
| 4. Next time you experience one of those bad things, try your best ______ get the best of you. |
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| A. to let the situation B. not to let the situation C. to change the situation to |
| 5. What can we learn from the passage? |
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| A. We should bend when we hear a sudden noise. B. We should go by the river and sit freely on the bank. C. We should have the ability to become well again. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is. Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉). A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colours of their skin. There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly. |
| 1. According to this passage, a hero is a person who always ______. |
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| A. gives us courage B. thinks highly of others C. shares great fame D. stands on the mountaintop |
| 2. If you want to live like a hero, you should ______. |
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| A. experience a new and meaningful life B. listen to something worth talking about C. serve your own fame and try to be famous D. know where and how you want to live and die |
| 3. The underlined word "vision" in the passage means "______". |
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| A. 风景 B. 想象 C. 远见 D. 形象 |
| 4. Black people in America used to ______ before Martin Luther King, Jr.. |
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| A. shop at the white"s stores B. drive buses with the white C. take walks in the white"s parks D. eat in restaurants without the white |
| 5. What can we learn from the passage? |
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| A. We don"t need heroes anymore at some point now. B. Heroes are all the same though different in cultures. C. People get power from heroes to move to a new place. D. Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history. |
| 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 |
| Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is. Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉) . A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colours of their skin. There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly. |
| 1. According to this passage, a hero is a person who always _______. |
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| A. gives us courage B. thinks highly of others C. shares great fame D. stands on the mountaintop |
| 2. If you want to live like a hero, you should _______. |
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| A. experience a new and meaningful life B. listen to something worth talking about C. serve your own fame and try to be famous D. know where and how you want to live and die |
| 3. The underlined word "vision" in the passage means "_______". |
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| A. 风景 B. 想象 C. 远见 D. 形象 |
| 4. Black people in America used to _______ before Martin Luther King, Jr.. |
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| A. shop at the white"s stores B. drive buses with the white C. take walks in the white"s parks D. eat in restaurants without the white |
| 5. What can we learn from the passage? |
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| A. We don"t need heroes anymore at some point now. B. Heroes are all the same though different in cultures. C. People get power from heroes to move to a new place. D. Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history. |