阅读理解 The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs" story about death When I was 17, I r
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When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it were your last,
someday you"ll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33
years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, "If today were the last day of my life,
would I want to do what I am about to do today?"
Remembering that I"ll be dead soon is the most important tool I"ve ever encountered to help me make
the big
choice in life.I was diagnosed with cancer.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was
incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and
get my affairs in order, which is my doctors" code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day.I was completely in despair.Later that evening, I had another biopsy (活组织检查) and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery.I had the surgery and
I"m fine now.
This was the closest I"ve been to facing death.To tell the truth, no one wants to die.And yet death is
the destination we all share.No one has ever escaped it.It clears out the old to make room for the new.
Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be
cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn"t waste it repeating someone else"s life.Don"t be trapped by
dogma (教条)-which is living with the results of other people"s thinking.Don"t let the noise of others"
opinions drown out your own inner voice.And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart.
It somehow already knows what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.
1. The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because________.
A. he had to rest at home
B. his disease was not serious at all
C. his disease couldn"t be cured
D. he had to wait for the result of the test
2. How did the author feel after the diagnosis?
A. Angry.
B. Excited.
C. Optimistic.
D. Hopeless.
3. What helps the author to make a big choice in life?
A. The cancer.
B. Knowing the coming death.
C. The doctors.
D. The desire for longer life.
4. What does the author think of death?
A. He thinks it is nothing to be scared of.
B. He thinks it is not the end of life.
C. He thinks it is impossible to avoid.
D. He thinks it is the beginning of a new life.
5. In Steve Jobs" opinion, we should ________.
A. follow others" advice
B. take no notice of diseases
C. take exercise and keep healthy
D. have the courage to follow our heart
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lots of people and doing something I loved to earn my money.__1__, my parents had a farm and I didn"t
want to do that-I wanted to do something __2__.However, I had always been shy and too nervous to
try playing music in public.
I had been playing the __3__ since I was ten years old, but t
he idea of playing in front of other people was very __4__.
I started one day, when a local youth club advertised a talent show-anybody who could play an
instrument or sing could put his name down to be in concert.I singed myself up.
When the day of the show came, I was so __5__ that I couldn"t eat.It was the first time I had played
in front of other people and I felt __6__ unsure of myself.I had no idea whether I was __7__ good and
was worried that no one would like me.
When my turn came, I played my favorite tune and I even started to __8__! I could not hear what I
sounded like, but to my surprise, I eventually forgot about all the people in the audience and started to
enjoy myself.When the song ended, everyone clapped and some people __9__!
After the show a man __10__ up to me to say how much he enjoyed my __11__.He said that he had
a rock band, and they needed to take on a guitar player.He asked me to come along the next day to
have a try.This successful trial turned my dream into __12__.In the following days, we __13__ around a
lot, playing in concerts in lots of places around the world.Sometimes we would enter competitions and
once we went on TV.
We really enjoyed ourselves and life was like a big long holiday.As we became more successful, we
had to work harder and practice more and eventually I became __14__ of traveling so much.But now,
nearly fifty years later, I look back on those carefree days of my __15__ as among the best moments of
my life.
| ( )1. A. Besides ( )2. A. similar ( )3. A. guitar ( )4. A. enjoyable ( )5. A. nervous ( )6. A. exactly ( )7. A. some ( )8. A. dance ( )9. A. shouted ( )10. A. looked ( )11. A. performance ( )12. A. practice ( )13. A. toured ( )14. A. fond ( )15. A. competitions | B. Thus B. normal B. violin B. attractive B. inspired B. hardly B. any B. act B. jumped B. came B. behavior B. consideration B. ran B. tired B. memory | C. Therefore C. strange C. piano C. exciting C. disappointed C. extremely C. well C. announce C. praised C. went C. presence C. reality C. worked C. aware C. friendship | D. Instead D. different D. drum D. frightening D. excited D. highly D. much D. sing D. cheered D. faced D. instrument D. effect D. turned D. proud D. youth |
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| I first went to Harrow in the summer term.The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool.I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less. One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool.He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game.Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength making its way by fierce strokes (猛力地划) to the shore.I fled, but in vain.He overtook me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool.I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys."Do you know what you have done?" they said, "It"s Amery; he is in Grade Six.He is champion at gym; he has got his football honor." I was frightened and felt ashamed.How could I tell his position when he was wrapped in a bath towel and so small.He didn"t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word, "My father, who is a great man, is also small." At this he laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed. 1. The writer thought Amery "a fair game" because the boy ________. A. looked like an animal B. was fond of games C. was of similar size D. was good at sports 2. The writer felt "ashamed" because ________. A. he was laughed at by other boys B. Amery turned out to be in the same grade C. he pushed Amery hard and hurt him D. he played a joke on an outstanding athlete 3. By saying "My father, who is a great man, is also small", the writer ________. A. tried to please Amery B. challenged Amery C. threatened Amery D. admired his father 4. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The writer could run faster than Amery. B. The writer liked playing jokes on boys of all sizes. C. Amery was a student in Grade Four. D. Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior. 5. What does the underlined word "overtook" mean? A. Catch hold of. B. Catch up with. C. Take a look at. D. Shout at. | |||
| 语法填空 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空. A good teacher is many things to many people.In my own experience, the people I respect most are the teachers (1)________ demanded the most discipline from their students. I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school.I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person.I remember very (2)________ (clear) a sign over her classroom door.It was (3)________ simple sign that said, "Laboratory-in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized, not the last seven." In other words, I guess, labor (4)________ her was more important than oratory, which means (5)________ (make) speeches. She prepared her work very carefully and demanded us to do the same.We got lots of homework from her.(6)________ she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework (7)________ (reduce), but it continued just the same.She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read (8)________. I think sometimes teachers who demand most are liked (9)_____.But (10)________ time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit the students. | |||
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| In Shanghai"s Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage.He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves.Blowing on one of the leaves, he produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song.Some other musicians are also playing the traditional instruments from various ethnic groups in China. It"s the first time such music has ever been performed in the Grand Theater.But all this is the efforts of Zhu Zheqin, a Cantoneseborn singer, who has made it her mission to help preserve China"s traditional ethnic music. Several years ago, after being appointed a United Nations Development Program ambassador, Zhu traveled through some of China"s remotest regions in an attempt to document the traditional music of various minority groups.In the course other fourmonth trip, sh  e recorded more than a thousand songs.But she noticed that many of the best musicians were old, and some of the music was at risk of dying out. "I was shocked by the beauty of what I heard-it was so good," she says."But it needed support.I hope to let people see the beauty of these things in the contemporary times." So Zhu decided to introduce some of the musicians to a wider audience.By doing this, she hopes to rekindle (再次点燃) the interest of the younger generation."Young people don"t like this music much; they prefer pop music and love songs.They think these songs are something their grandma sings.This kind of repackaging gives young people a new door into their heritage." Zhu believes China needs to look again at its own roots."China today is basically all Western art; in our conservatories (音乐学院) Western classical music is the top," she says."For China to really contribute to the world, we need to go on our own path.So what can represent China today?" The answer, she suggests, is to move from "made in China" to "created in China". 1. From the first paragraph, we learn that ________. A. the audience are all young people B. Guo Yong is playing the Buyi folk music C. Guo Yong is the only minority performer on the stage D. tree branches make good musical instruments 2. Which of the following is TRUE of Zhu Zheqin? A.She teaches music in a conservatories. B.She is helping preserve Chinese ethnic music. C.She works as an official in the United Nations. D.She"s created all the music for the Grand Theater. 3. Zhu Zheqin traveled to some of China"s remotest regions to ________. A.record the traditional ethnic music B.help the local musicians play the music C.show the UN Chinese musical traditions D.enjoy the music of various ethnic groups 4. What is Zhu Zheqin"s idea about Chinese traditional music? A. It is completely out of date. B. Only old musicians play it well. C. It needs changes to attract young people. D. It is quickly dying out. 5. What does Zhu Zheqin mean in the last paragraph? A.The traditional music should be repackaged. B.Chinese conservatories shouldn"t teach Western music. C.China has contributed a lot to the Western art. D.Only the things created in China can be symbols of China. | |||
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| One day Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. The more Walt dreamed of a "magical park," the more imaginative and elaborate it became. The original plans for the park were on 8 acres next to the Burbank studios where his employees and families could go to relax. Although, World War II put those plans on hold. During the war, Disney had time to come up with new ideas, and creations for his magical park. It was soon clear that 8 acres wouldn"t be enough. Finally in 1953, he had the Stanford Research Institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called "Disneyland." The search for the best venue for the park ended in the rural Anaheim, California with a purchase of a 160-acre orange grove near the junction of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and Harbor Boulevard. Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to open. Some 160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park. However, when the real designing came around, Disney met with inevitable questions. How do you make believable wild animals, that aren"t real? How do you make a Mississippi paddle ship? How do you go about building a huge castle in the middle of Anaheim, California? Disney asked his movie studio staff for answers. The design of Disneyland was something never done before. There would be four uniquely different theme parts: Adventure land , Frontier land , Fantasyland Tomorrow land. Bit by bit, Disneyland got ready for Opening Day. The staff worked around the clock to get ready. But opening day was a terrible disaster. Beside the terrible opening day conditions, the park did eventually pick up. By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 Million visitors had come through the gates. 1. When did Disneyland open? A. 1953 B. 1954 D. 1965 C. 1955 2. The following statements is true except__________. A.About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far. B.Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland. C.World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland. D.Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity. 3. What can"t you see in Disney? A. rivers, waterfalls, and mountains B. flying elephants and giant teacups D. wild animals C. a huge castle 4. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _________. A. gather B. improve C. discover D. good 5. What"s the main idea of the passage? A.What visitors can enjoy in Disneyland. B.The difficulties Disney met in building Disneyland C.How Disneyland came into being D.A brief introduction to Disneyland |