There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that
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There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when to let go (放手). As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I’m discovering how hard it is to stay on the 36 side of this line. When I hold 37 the apron strings (围裙带) connecting us, Nicole, eager to 38 independence, tries to loosen my grasp. What results is a (an) 39 mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.
For the past two years, it’s gone like this:
My question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced placement class (高阶课程) so that you can earn college credit?”
Nicole’s 40 : “No, I’m not interested in that.” ………
Two months ago, she was 41 to a great university. However, I was still the mother having a 42 time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog carefully and 43 courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole’s face 44 with excitement. “I have had my entire schedule figured out,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished, 45 she should have discussed it with me. I examined the schedule. Nicole hadn’t taken a (an) 46 one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen 47 suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, capable young woman with a 48 mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother’s 49 every decision she made. I felt proud, though still a bit 50 .
I 51 the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years: 52 , sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way. 53 , she is well-equipped and eager to 54 the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the 55 we both needed.
| 小题1: | | A．left | B．right | C．either | D．each |
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| 小题3: | | A．keep | B．refuse | C．taste | D．bear |
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| 小题4: | | A．embarrassing | B．relaxing | C．lively | D．beautiful |
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| 小题5: | | A．comment | B．word | C．concept | D．response |
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| 小题6: | | A．received | B．invited | C．treated | D．accepted |
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| 小题7: | | A．good | B．great | C．hard | D．easy |
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| 小题8: | | A．taken | B．underlined | C．offered | D．emphasized |
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| 小题9: | | A．lit up | B．built up | C．turned up | D．made up |
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| 小题10: | | A．imagining | B．thinking | C．hoping | D．adding |
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| 小题11: | | A．only | B．just | C．even | D．single |
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| 小题12: | | A．mostly | B．hardly | C．exactly | D．slightly |
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| 小题13: | | A．sharp | B．normal | C．different | D．typical |
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| 小题14: | | A．encouraging | B．evaluating | C．disagreeing | D．agreeing |
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| 小题15: | | A．anxious | B．excited | C．sad | D．tense |
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| 小题16: | | A．reviewed | B．observed | C．checked | D．studied |
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| 小题17: | | A．ability | B．honesty | C．responsibility | D．punctuality |
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| 小题18: | | A．Therefore | B．Instead | C．Still | D．Besides |
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| 小题19: | | A．embrace | B．discover | C．determine | D．lead |
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| 小题20: | | A．character | B．strength | C．relief | D．independence |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:D |
解析
小题1:固定短语。stay on the right/wrong side of sth. 处于标准的正确或者错误一面。可意译为做得对与否
小题2:当我想抓紧连接我们的纽带的时候，我的女儿Nicole却渴望能够常识一下独立的感觉。
小题3:见上题分析。
小题4:我想抓紧这种纽带不放手，而女儿急于自立，这样我们之间就形成了一种尴尬的关系。awkward尴尬的。
小题5:前面有母亲的询问这里自然是女儿的回答，response回答。
小题6: be accepted into="be" admitted to 被大学录取
小题7:女儿要离开上大学然而我依然是一个很难做到放手的母亲。固定短语have a adj.+time做某事上度过了一段艰难的时光
小题8:我认真的看了女儿的课程表，并且划出我认为有价值的课程。underline划线。
小题9:第二天下午女儿脸上放着光芒充满的兴奋说道：我已经想好了要学的整个课程，one’s face lit up 是指脸上发光，这是由于作者的女儿终于独立后的兴奋造成的。
小题10:我感到很惊奇，我认为她应该和我讨论的，thinking为现在分词作状语表示伴随。
小题11: single可以放在名词前作定语，only只能置于冠词前。
小题12:她选择的每一个课程只是恰恰满足她的兴趣。
小题13:就在这时我看到了一个成熟的有能力的年轻女性，她拥有一个尖锐的灵敏的大脑，在这里用sharp表示对自己女儿的称赞。
小题14:她再也不需要她的母亲对她做出的每一个决定进行评价了，这时表示女儿已经长大。evaluate评价。
小题15:尽管我感到有一点难过，但是我还是对女儿很是自豪———自己的女儿终于长大，可以独立了。
小题16:我回顾了我学到的经验。review回顾。
小题17:一个人成长过程中需要学习的东西有：责任，同情心和艰苦工作。
小题18:成长的道路上会有一些坎坷，不过，女儿已经做好了准备，并且渴望拥抱未来。
小题19:女儿做好了准备，并且渴望拥抱未来，embrace拥抱。
小题20:接下来我认识到我应该给我的女儿和我自己我们需要的那种独立了。该空体现了全文的中心。 |
举一反三
People know the dangers of fires. It’s good for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are some suggestions.
Put a smoke alarm in the house. Smoke from a fire causes the alarm to go off. The alarm makes a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the house at once.
Make escape (逃脱) plan. They should know all the ways out of the house. If there is a fire, everyone follows the plan to get out. Part of the plan is to check all the windows to make sure they can be opened easily.
Buy fire extinguishers(灭火器) in the house. Everyone in the family should know how to use them.
Practice for a fire. They do fire practice because they teach children about fire safety. Ever yone in the family should know the following fire rules:
＊ Don’t open a hot door! The fire can grow more quickly if you open the door.
＊ Stay close to the floor! Smoke can be more dangerous than the fire. The best air is near the floor because smoke rises.
＊ What will you do if your hair or clothes start to burn? First, Stop! Don’t run! The fire burns faster because of more air. Drop! Fall to the floor. Then roll! Turning over and over will make the fire go out. Put a blanket(毯子) around you to keep air away from the fire that may still be on you..
There are many possible causes for fires. A wise family is ready all the time. If there is a fire, don’t forget to call 119 for help.
小题1:The writer advises people to do the following to prepare for a fire except that _______.| A．they prepare for a fire | B．they make escape plans | | C．they buy fire extinguishers | D．they use electrical cookers |
小题2:What are the right steps you should take when your hair or clothes catch fire?| A．Stop, run, roll . | B．Stop, drop, roll | | C．Run, drop, roll | D．Roll, drop, stop |
小题3:What is the best title for this passage?| A．The Dangers of a Fire | B．The Causes of a Fire | | C．Learn to Use a Fire Extinguishers | D．Be Ready For a Fire |
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In life, people come across many experiences, which they remember throughout their lives. I had a similar experience, too.
I was very excited. It was the day of my last paper of the final examination. My mind was full of thoughts of how I would spend my vacation. I was especially excited of the invitation that my uncle had given me to stay with him for a few days in Cambridge.
I was prepared for the subject, physics. My friends and I were on the ground doing the last minute revisions and also discussing the questions that were supposed to come in the paper. Suddenly the bell rang and we got into our classrooms. The teacher came and quickly handed out the answer paper and the question paper. The paper was of two hours and some of the expected questions came. I finished it almost forty-five minutes earlier. But since it was a rule not to collect the answer paper before the allotted（规定的）time. the teacher was not collecting and I had to sit till the time was over. I checked my paper twice and corrected some of the mistakes in it. I started thinking about the place my friends and I had planned to go after the paper.
Though I was thinking for a long time, the time seemed to be endless. So I thought of drawing something on the question paper and turned it overleaf. I was shocked to see that the page which I had supposed to be blank had four more questions on it which carried 20 marks and would take at least half an hour to complete. I had a quick glance at my watch. There were only 10 minutes left. I was so nervous that I was hardly in a state to write anything. They were the sub-questions（小题）of the last question. Suddenly our physics teacher came in and told all of us that in the last question, out of 6 sub-questions only 2 had to be solved. I felt very much relieved.
Thereafter I never made such mistakes again. But I realized that my anxiousness and excitement could have cost me to lose 20 marks and decided never to make such a mistake again.
小题1:Which of the following statements is true?| A．The writer didn’t work hard at physics. | | B．The writer lost 20 marks for the last question. | | C．The writer made some mistakes during the exam. | | D．The questions on the paper were difficult for the writer. |
小题2:The underlined word “relieved” means ________.| A．more nervous | B．less afraid | C．more surprised | D．less worried |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that _____________.| A．the writer did 2 sub-questions of the last question | | B．the writer turned overleaf to do the sub-questions | | C．the writer spent 45 minutes finishing the paper | | D．the writer got full marks in the physics exam |
小题4:We can learn from the passage that we should _____________.| A．learn some exam skills | | B．concentrate on what we are doing | | C．try our best to do well in the exam | | D．be careful not to make mistakes in the exam |
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Until recently, I hadn’t done much community service．In face, I did nothing to benefit anyone but myself．My selfishness and laziness were clear before I received an assignment from my teacher．Each student was required to complete 10 hours community service．To me, 10 hours was a huge amount of time to spend helping others．Volunterring, for me, has been a truly life – changing experience．
My mom suggested that I organize a food drive（募捐活动）in our development（新建筑宅区）and donate what I collected to a local shelter．Anything that would help finish the project seemed like a good idea, so I agreed．I made up flyers（传单）asking for donations and placed flyers at every house in my neighborhood．
I was getting ready to fetch the cans from my neighbor’s yards on the day of the food drive when all of a sudden it started to pour．Rain flooded the roads and wind blew hard, but I was determined to complete my task．My mom drove me around our development and I jumped out at every house to collect items people had put out．
When we finally arrived the shelter, I was a little nervous because I had never been there before．The woman in charge was extremely grateful for the donations and said that the world would be ganizing the food drive and delighted that my service to the community would make a difference in people’s lives．
As I was leaving the shelter, a man asked if I was the one who had brought all the food．I shyly nodded, and he said, “A round here, you are a hero．” From that point on, I made myself a promise that I would serve the community more often, even when it was not required．Through this school assignment, I have realized that caring for others is an important part of living and the world would be a completely different place if people all help those who are less fortunate．
小题1:From the first paragraph we know the author ．| A．was satisfied with the assignment of his teacher | | B．was unwilling to do good things for others | | C．thought it impossible for him to spend 10 hours helping others | | D．didn’t realize his selfishness until he received the assignment |
小题2:The author decided to serve the community more often because ．| A．he was treated as a big hero by his neighbors | | B．he received gratitude from the woman in the shelter | | C．he found what he did had an effect on people’s lives | | D．he found the people in the shelter were warm – hearted |
小题3:The author wrote this passage in order to ．| A．show his pity for those poor people | | B．care about the future of the world | | C．give advice on organizing a drive | | D．expect more people to think of others |
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Everyone has got two personalities (性格) —the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control yourself, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don’t like to make people unhappy, so you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you’re always easily becoming sad. You never want to change your ideas, but you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt, so you are very defensive. You’re shy and you don’t usually like meeting people. You like to be on your own.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced (平衡的) personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You’re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don’t often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry.
小题1:You may find the passage in_____.| A．a science magazine | B．a guide book | | C．a sports newspaper | D．a story book |
小题2: When does the sleeping position best show your secret personality?| A．In the daytime. | B．At the beginning of sleep. | | C．At night. | D．During the deep sleep. |
小题3: Tina hardly tells her secrets to her friends. She probably goes to sleep _______.| A．on curled up | B．on her stomach | | C．on her back | D．on her side |
小题4:What does the word "defensive" mean in the passage?小题5: What does the passage tell us?| A．Sleeping on your side is the best way of sleeping. | | B．Changing positions will cause sleeping problems. | | C．Sleeping positions show people’s secret personalities. | | D．Enough sleep makes people look better and healthier. |
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Exited about landing your first job after graduation? Good, work hard and get learning. Don’t forget to listen to young professional’s advice about the “real world” you’re stepping into.
1. Keep up with current events.
In school, it’s easy to live in a cocoon, where you focus on studies and social life. But in the working world, not knowing who Alan Greenspan is or why North Korea is in the news so often can lead to potentially embarrassing conversations.
2. Consider living with parents, even if you have a job.
Think it over before you rule it out. Not only can you save a lot of money by living at home, but your parents may provide emotional support that you may need. They can help pave the way for you to move once you are settled into your new life.
3. Don’t compare yourself to other people your age.
Young adults are good at putting up impressive appearance, but you don’t really know what their lives are like. Those who seem to have the perfect job may spend part of the day making coffee and picking up boss’s dry-cleaning.
4. Pay attention to small jobs as well as big ones.
Don’t stress if, in your first job or internship(实习期), you get a lot more face time with the copy machine than with clients. You may wonder why you spent so much time studying in school only to do such tasks. But you may also be learning more about your new professional than you realize.
5. Know when it’s time to move on.
Give a new job a chance, perhaps a year, before you make up your mind to leave, especially if it’s your first job out of school. When you’re sure that the job isn’t for you, figure out what you want to do and how to do it. Zhang Yue, 26, spent three years working as an accountant in Shanghai before becoming a financial planner. He loves his new job and spent 10 months searching for it: “To find something you really want to do takes time.”
小题1: By mentioning Alan Greenspan, the author wants to show ____.| A．how he succeeded | | B．why he is important to the world nowadays | | C．it is necessary to know key figures | | D．he has a strong effect on the world |
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Comparing yourself to other people your age will make you harmed. | | B．If you don’t have impressive appearance, you can’t pick up boss’ dry-cleaning. | | C．What you have learned in school may come to nothing in your first job. | | D．Even a small job can do good. |
小题3: The last sentence means “____”.| A．It’s easy to find a new job once you have experience | | B．If you hope to do something, you need suffer too much | | C．You needn’t be worried, even though you are trying to find a good job | | D．It will take you time to find a job that suits you well |
小题4:The aim to write the passage is to ____.| A．show how and why to get a satisfying job after graduation | | B．give some advice about how to behave when you work | | C．encourage people to ask for help from parents | | D．expect people to fit in with the working conditions as soon as possibl |
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