Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to chang
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Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it. I think that is the beginning of failure and that is why what we hate remains around us. If you don’t want to see things around you, don’t just hope it’ll change.
We have such an amazing power of creativity inside us to change the way things work around us. Only lazy people go about and say that is the way things have been working. I’ve come to discover that things around us depend on our actions and inactions. What I mean is that the circumstances that we like depend only on the things we do and the things we don’t do.
Do you want your country to change? Start by changing the small things around you. Before you think too far about any small thing to change, your habit should be the first thing to change. Change what you think about and talk about. Can you remember how difficult it was for you to break a habit that you desired to break some years back? If so, then you must accept that things aren’t just going to change by a magic thought. If it isn’t so easy to change yourself when you want to, it isn’t going to be so easy to change the people around you.
I think the best way I’ve changed people around me is that I changed myself. When you change, they’ll change. Just change yourself and see how many people will tell you later that you are the one who changes them. That’s one simple way young people can change their nations.
小题1: According to the text, why do we fail to change what we don’t like? _______| A．Because we lack the power of creativity. | | B．Because we never plan to change them. | | C．Because they cannot be changed. | | D．Because we don’t have the ability. |
小题2:The author can change people around him because he has realized that .| A．things around us decide what we do | | B．the further you think, the better | | C．his actions can affect things around him | | D．he has to change the nation first |
小题3:The third paragraph aims at .| A．telling readers one of the author’s interesting experiences | | B．giving an example to show how to change things around us | | C．showing readers how to change a nation | | D．asking us to remember to change our nation |
小题4:What can we learn from the text? ________| A．Circumstance creates a person. | | B．It is never too late to change your habits. | | C．A long journey begins with the first step. | | D．Changing ourselves means changing others. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D |
解析
小题:从文章第一段第一句Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it可得知答案。
小题:从文章最后一段可看出改变周围的人的最好方式就是改变自己，当你改变，他们也会改变，也就是可以通过自己的行为来影响别人。故选Ｃ
小题:仔细琢磨本段不难看出作者是举一个例子说明我们可以怎样来改变我们周围的事物。
小题:综合全文，要想改变周围的人或环境，从自己做起，通过自己的自己的行为来影响别人改变别人。改变我们自己就意味着改变他人。
点评：本文论述了要想改变周围的人或环境，从自己做起，通过自己的自己的行为来影响别人改变别人。改变我们自己就意味着改变他人 |
举一反三
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Three kids to go until my turn to dive (跳水). At the front of the line, a girl in a pink swim suit is 36 and climbs onto the diving board. Will she change her 37, like I did last week, I wonder? Encouraged by the teacher, the Pink Girl 38. Only two kids to go. I feel very 39. You don’t have to do this, I tell myself. 40 next week is the pool party, my brain 41. You will be the 42 one who can’t go on the diving board.
As I am thinking, another girl dives into the 43. Then it’s my little brother Travis’ turn. I 44 my eyes, and then open them just in time to see him jump off the 45. He comes out of the water and smiles. I can’t help 46, too. Nothing scares that kid.
Then I realize it’s my 47. I climb onto the diving board. 48 are diving at the other end of the pool. Everywhere, everyone is 49. Except me.
“What are you 50?” asks the kid after my turn.
I step forward. Then I 51 Travis standing by the pool. “You can do it!” he shouts. That’s what I’ve 52 told him when he was 53 to tie his shoes or write his name.
I take a deep breath and step out into nothing. My body 54, and then I feel the water. I swim in the water for a while before I pull myself to the 55, where my face finds the sun. I DID IT!
小题1: | A．slow | B．right | C．ready | D．tired |
小题2: | A．answer | B．mind | C．plan | D．role |
小题3: | A．climbs | B．jumps | C．kicks | D．walks |
小题4: | A．nervous | B．strange | C．surprised | D．angry |
小题5: | A．Because | B．Unless | C．But | D．Though |
小题6: | A．argues | B．doubts | C．decides | D．understands |
小题7: 小题8: 小题9: | A．close | B．wipe | C．cover | D．hurt |
小题10: | A．roof | B．line | C．board | D．ladder |
小题11: | A．dancing | B．smiling | C．opening | D．stopping |
小题12: | A．way | B．hope | C．mistake | D．turn |
小题13: | A．Parents | B．Kids | C．Classmates | D．Teachers |
小题14: | A．moving | B．laughing | C．studying | D．changing |
小题15: | A．looking for | B．waiting for | C．paying for | D．caring for |
小题16: | A．imagine | B．remember | C．see | D．watch |
小题17: | A．never | B．seldom | C．sometimes | D．always |
小题18: | A．offering | B．agreeing | C．learning | D．refusing |
小题19: | A．drops | B．shakes | C．breaks | D．rests |
小题20: | A．surface | B．door | C．beach | D．sky |
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Sea lions and seals may swim in cold ocean water, but even they get chilly sometimes. Seeing an injured seal wrapped in a blanket at a marine(海的) mammal center gave Haley Humes and Hayley Jeffries an idea for a special Girl Scout project. They decided to make blankets to keep injured animals warm. They would give these blankets to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, California.
“We knew we wanted to help animals,” Haley said. “We went to the center to ask questions about what they needed. They don’t have a heated floor, and all the babies crowded together to stay warm.”
Friends since kindergarten, Haley and Hayley made 12 blankets to keep the Marine Mammal Center’s seals and sea lions warm. Using fun images like Winnie-the-Pooh, the girls took two hours to make each blanket. The first sea lion to test out a blanket looked pretty in pink.
“It was a sick baby and really liked it,” Haley said. “It curled up in it right away.”
“The blankets are beautiful and the animals love them!” said the Mammal Center’s Michele Hunter. “It’s nice to see children taking pride in their work and doing something to help animals.”
During the project, the girls took dozens of pictures for the PowerPoint presentations they gave to Girl Scout leaders. Those presentations helped Haley and Hayley raise $250 to buy additional supplies the center needed.
This was the first project the girls ever worked on and took months to plan and carry out.
“I learned that in order to make something happen, you have to take it slowly and step by step,” Hayley said. Just as important, the girls discovered that two people really can make a difference. “Knowing you’re making a difference……with these animals is amazing,” Haley said. “It was like the animals became my new friends.”
The Pacific Marine Mammal Center cares for sea lions and seals, as well as for other marine mammals. Since opening in 1971,the center has saved more than 5,000 injured marine mammals.
小题1: What does the underlined word“ chilly” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Sick. | B．Cold. | C．Afraid. | D．Bored. |
小题2: When Haley and Hayley saw an injured seal wrapped in a blanket, they_____.| A．decided to help animals | B．asked Girl Scout for help | | C．went to the animal center to work. | D．called on others to protect animals |
小题3: What can we learn about Haley and Hayley from the text?| A．They raised $2,500 for the Mammal Center. | | B．They made 120 blankets by themselves. | | C．It took them an hour to make a blanket. | | D．They felt great about what they did. |
小题4: Which of the following words can best describe the work of Haley and Hayley?| A．Difficult. | B．Successful. | C．Experimental. | D．Dangerous. |
小题5: According to the text, the Mammal Center_____.| A．has a history of about 40 years | | B．has an advanced heating system | | C．has saved ten thousand animals so far | | D．protects both land and marine mammals |
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Rhinos(犀牛) are big and can be dangerous. They are also shy and seldom seen. Once there were hundreds of rhino species, but today there are only five. One ancient rhino called Indricotherium was the largest land mammal that ever lived. It was 5m high at the shoulders, and 8.5m long— twice the size of today’s biggest elephant! The living rhinos are still big, averaging 2-3m long and weighing up to 3,600kg.
To see all five species of living rhino you would need to do a bit of exploring. First you might visit Africa for a look at the white rhino and the black rhino. They live in Africa’s dry woodlands and grasslands. Then you could head to India and Nepal for a look at the Indian rhino. It lives in the high grasslands near rivers, where you have to ride an elephant to find one. Finally you might travel to the rainforests on the islands of Indonesia to see the Sumatran and Javan rhinos. These are the smallest and rarest rhinos in the world and extremely difficult to find.
Most rhinos are gentle and timid (胆小的).They have a bad reputation for being very aggressive, but that may be partly because they get frightened easily. Also, they have poor eyesight. They rely on their strong sense of smell to tell them a stranger is approaching, but if the wind is blowing the wrong way, they may not know someone is there until it’s too late.
Rhinos can be found only in their habitats, which is why habitat destruction has caused rhino populations to decline. As they disappear from certain places, their absence leads to many changes to the landscape. For example, black rhinos in Africa only eat shrubs (灌木) and small trees, pruning (修剪) the plants and limiting their growth. Many other species benefit from this, and as rhinos disappear, so do many other animals sharing their habitat. Bushes and trees take over the land and force species like the antelope to leave in search of food. In a short time the whole habitat has changed.
小题1: From the text we learn that ______.| A．rhinos are all big and dangerous | | B．rhino numbers have declined greatly | | C．rhinos are twice as large as elephants | | D．Indricotherium is the world’s biggest living animal now |
小题2: The white rhino can be found in______.| A．Indonesia’s island | | B．Nepal’s high grasslands | | C．Africa’s dry woodlands and grasslands | | D．India’s high grasslands near rivers |
小题3: What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?| A．Most rhinos live alone. | | B．Rhinos are disappearing from their habitats. | | C．The five rhino species are all different in colour. | | D．Rhinos’ habitat ranges from rainforests to grasslands. |
小题4: The underlined word “aggressive” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by_____.| A．energetic | B．attractive | C．useless | D．fierce |
小题5: The example of the black rhinos in the last paragraph is mainly to show that_____.| A．rhinos only eat plants | | B．all rhinos are endangered | | C．all the habitat of rhinos has been damaged | | D．the disappearance of rhinos has led to habitat change |
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The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
小题1: Generally speaking, children’s skills __________.| A．come from their parents | | B．have nothing to do with their education | | C．may be different from child to child | | D．have something to do with their marks in the exams |
小题2: The writer of this passage does not seem to be satisfied with_______.| A．the parents’ ideas of educating their children | | B．the education system | | C．children’s skills | | D．children’s hobbies |
小题3: Doing some cooking at home helps children_________.| A．learn how to serve their parents | | B．learn how to become strong and fat | | C．benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future | | D．make their parents believe that they are clever |
小题4: According to the passage, which of the following is True?| A．Chinese are not very generous on educating their children. | | B．All Parents know how to teach their children well. | | C．Teaching a child to cook can improve the skills that he will need in the future. | | D．Poor parents cannot buy a computer for their children. |
小题5: Cooking_____
A demands patience B demands time.
C. is an enjoyable but difficult experience.
D.above all |
Water costs money．In some places water is hard 31 ．What 32 when a town has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 33 ．
Very 34 rain ever fell there．The town had no water35 ．The water it used was 36 from a river 300 miles away．As more people 37 live in the town 38 water was needed．Now water 39 to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 40 money．
The town 41 a plan．It found 42 to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused 43 many ways．Five 44 lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 45 ．They 46 have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water 47 their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 48 ．
In most places，water is used and thrown 49．The town that saved 50 water has saved the town！
小题1: | A．supplying | B．getting | C．to get | D．to supply |
小题2: A．happens B．happening C is happened D．happened
小题3: A．key B．answer C answering D．way
小题4: | A．little | B．a little | C．few | D．a few |
小题5: A．of itself B．of its own C．for its own D for itself
小题6: | A．fetch | B．take | C．brought in | D．guided |
小题7: | A．come to | B．came to | C．coming to | D．came for |
小题8: | A．many | B．plenty of | C．more | D．many more |
小题9: | A．has | B．had | C．must | D．needed |
小题10: | A．many | B．a few | C．a great many | D．a lot of |
小题11: | A．put | B．made | C．supply | D．noticed |
小题12: | A．a way | B．ways | C．an answer | D．a key |
小题13: 小题14: | A．man-making | B．man-make | C．man-made | D．man made |
小题15: | A．boating | B．to boat | C．to boating | D．on boating |
小题16: | A．must | B．could | C．needed | D．had to |
小题17: 小题18: | A．water enough | B．enough water | C．crops enough | D．enough crops |
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