阅读理解 Do you ever hear yourself think,"It doesn"t matter"? I have come to und
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may be because I think I should do something,and I can also accept that it is unimportant.Sometimes I see negative things going on around me and think it doesn"t matter.As I started working on changing this in
myself,I came up with something that really works for me.
Not everything can intensely matter to us,or we will drive ourselves mad with concern and worry.
However,because procrastination(拖延)causes so many troubles in our lives,we can benefit from one
simple question.
When I think I should do something that perhaps I don"t really feel like doing,I may think it doesn"t
matter right now.Say,for example,that you think that you need to have your roof repaired.Then you think I should call someone and have it fixed.There may be many reasons or excuses and mixed emotions behind
the thought.Whatever you feel,you can convince yourself or accept that it doesn"t matter.Ask yourself this question,"When will it matter?"After you answer this question,you may become motivated(受鼓舞的)to
take the necessary steps.By asking and answering,this question can actually make you least resistant to
accomplish what you want.
I think that everything matters in life；some things just matter less than other things.Saying "It doesn"t
matter"or"I don"t care"is a lie.If something is bothering you,it is because it matters to you.Therefore,the next time you think something doesn"t matter,try the followup question.Perhaps the thing matters to you because you can see the consequence of ignoring it.Maybe by using the followup question you will see that it
"matters" to you now,and avoiding the issue is unlikely to make it matter less.
Taking action toward what matters to you is what makes the difference in your life.You have your
reasons for saying"It doesn"t matter"and asking when it will matter can help.I hope this suggestion will help you as much as it has helped me.
B. To analyze what is important in life.
C. To show how to ask a good question.
D. To share tips on overcoming procrastination.
B. becomes crazy when facing difficulties
C. believes everything matters to him
D. tries to make no mistakes
B. prove that the author isn"t good at organizing things
C. explain how negative feelings influence people"s attitude
D. remind readers to break the habit of making excuses
B. help people take things more seriously
C. lead to people"s being honest
D. offer more advice to people
B. Never say "It doesn"t matter" when you face anything.
C. By asking when it will matter,you can always be successful.
D. Challenge yourself as much as possible in your life.
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No fight can end, and no friendship can move on, until everyone says these little words:I"m sorry.
Sometimes, though, they can be difficult to say.1.________
It is not about winning.
Friendships aren"t like the Super Bowl, and there should never be a winner and a loser.When you start fighting with a friend, it may feel important that you "win" the fight by proving you"re right and he is
wrong, or by making him be the first to apologize.
In reality, you"ll both lose if you let your fight ruin your friendship, and you"ll both win if you find a way to heal it.2.________
You may have heard the expression "His pride stood in the way". It is usually used to describe a person who is so determined to be "right" that he lets an opportunity for happiness pass him by forever.
3.________Remember:as time goes on, we usually forget who was right and who was wrong in a
disagreement, and only remember the sadness of losing a friend.
Take the first step.
Are you sick of fighting?Do you think this fight is just not important enough to ruin your friendship?
4.________You don"t have to take full responsibility for starting the fight, or even say that your feelings
were wrong.But you should find something you did or said that"s worth apologizing for.Maybe you"re sorry that you let the fight go for so long, or that you overre
acted to something your friend did.If you say you"re sorry, it"s like an invitation for your friend to do the same.5. ________
A. Then try to be the first to apologize.
B. Stop thinking about your pride.
C. It"s about taking some responsibility for the argument.
D. Don"t let this happen to a friendship you care about.
E. Here are some things to keep in mind.
F. There are some special cases when you shouldn"t be the one to apologize first.
G. Once you"ve both said it, you"ll both feel a million times better.
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
首先请阅读下列儿童读物的封面及基本信息：
A
Donald has lost his favorite toy lion and he"s desperate to find it before bedtime. Mickey is on the
case to help his Clubhouse friend, and with the help of the reader and a few handy Mouse tools, the
bedtime mystery is solved.
B
Merry Christmas!Welcome to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto.
I"ll tell two tales that teach valuable lessons about giving help. Join Mickey and Donald to the North Pole
to help Santa fix his broken sleigh.
C
In this road story, Mickey and his Clubhouse friends find that every delay is not a bad thing when you"re
on the road to learning. In this simple story, children can repeat words and phrases and gain confidence.
D
Curious George and the man visit the zoo. A hungry George snatches a pail of bananas from the zoo
keeper. Though he shouldn"t have taken the bananas, George soon changes the zookeeper"s shouts to
praise with his clever, helpful ways.
E
Curious George goes to a dog show and comes home with the winning dog. When George becomes
curious about how many dogs are in the apartment, he invents a clever way to find it out. This early
reader explores the concepts of counting and grouping.
F
Curious George and the man with the yellow hat put the doggies in a group. Floppy dog, sloppy dog,
doggies eating lunch. Kids will love this lovely, colorful book, bursting with every kind of dog imaginable!
以下是购书者对这些书籍的简要评论, 请把简要评论与封面及基本信息匹配起来.
1. Curious George is interested in how many dogs are in the apartment while attending the show. He
enjoys meeting them so much that he wants to take them home. And he did, which was hardly imaginable.
2. I bought this book for my son for Christmas as he loves the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show and
he has already memorized the story of his favorite toy lion. He loves to "shout" for the lion and do a
monkey sound.
3. This colorful early reading book uses repetitive words and short, simple phrases for your child to
learn. As Mickey Mouse and his friends take a long drive to the beach, they pass through a desert,
rainforest, and finally the beach itself.
4. Words are easy to sound out, simple words that a fiveyear old boy can practice with. In addition,
he loves the dogs! There are so many kinds. We have taken the book to the dog park. And he is excited
to read the names of the dogs.
5. The book teaches kids that giving is more important than getting. It shows how Donald uses his
prized pennies to buy a gift and invites our kids to join Mickey and Donald as they journey to a faraway
place to help Santa.
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.Early in
the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street.Main Street was always in the heart of a town.This street was __1__on both sides with many __2__ businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise:clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries.__3__, some shops offered __4__.These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops.__5__ in the
1950s, a change began to __6__.Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few
parking places were __7__ shoppers.Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with
interest at the open spaces __8__the city limits.Open space is what their cardriving customers needed.
And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather
malls, __9__ as a collection of small new stores __10__crowded city centres.__11__ by hundreds of free
parking space, customers were drawn away from __12__ areas to outlying malls.And the growing __13__ of shopping centres led __14__to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.By the late 1970s, many
shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the __15__ of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor
entertainment.
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| A motto is a sentence or a phrase 1.________can inspire us especially when we are 2.________(face) with difficulties.Many of us have our mottoes，such as “Where there is a will，there is a way.” Or “Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.”，and so on.My motto is “God helps those who help 3.________.” Sometimes I am lazy and don"t want to make efforts 4.________(work) hard，5.______ the moment I think of my motto I will get energetic again and devote myself 6.________what I am doing.I write my motto 7.________ I can see it easily.Every time I fail in my exam and begin to lose heart，the sight of my motto inspires me with much 8.______(confident)．My motto also makes me become 9.________ independent person.That is to say，I won"t rely on others easily.My friends，what is your motto? If you still haven"t got a motto，please choose 10.________ because a motto can have a great effect on you. | |||
| 阅读理解 For years children in the industrial areas of Europe and America seldom left their smoky cities to see the beauty of the countryside.Not that the woods and fields were always far away, but they were too far from the city to permit people to make a round trip between morning and nightfall.What"s more, factory workers did not have enough money to send their children on country holidays away from home. In 1907 a young German schoolmaster had an idea which changed this state of affairs.He decided to turn his little schoolhouse into a dormitory for the summer holidays.Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small amount of money.The idea was a success.A few years later the schoolhouse was far too small to hold so many young people who wanted to stay there.So, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby.This was the first Youth Hostel. Today young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostels and get to know each other.Some spend a week or more in the same hostel, seeing the surrounding sights and meeting the people of the area.Other youths go on foot or by bicycle from place to place, spending a night or two in one hostel, then going to the next. Sometimes an informal program will be organized after the meal, with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period.One can learn a lot about other places, just by meeting people who come from these places.For this reason, a few weeks spent "hostelling" can be just as useful a part of one"s education as classes in school. 1. The reason why children in the industrial areas seldom left their smoky cities was that ________. A. they didn"t like the beauty of the countryside at all B. their parents" income was not high enough to pay for the cost C. they couldn"t make a round trip between morning and nightfall because of the distance D. Both B & C 2. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us ________. A. how the first Youth Hostel began B. how to turn little schoolhouse into a dormitory for the summer holidays C. what the students should carry when spending summer holidays in the countryside D. the reason why spending summer holidays in the countryside 3. According to the passage,, the following are the mentioned advantages of hostelling EXCEPT ________. A. enjoying the beauty of the countryside B. broadening their outlook and knowledge C. making new friends D. avoiding doing their homework 4. 用30词左右概括文章大意 _______________________________________________________ |