阅读理解 Character (品质), courage and confidence are words you might use to descr
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words can describe you! Take action as follows and you"ll be a hero, too!
Part 1: Character
Character is something that makes you the person you are-like being honest, friendly, and helpful. See
the chart (表格) below. On the left is our standard of good character. Write down your promise for each
line on the right. Then, get a witness (证人) to sign it. Put it up where you"ll see it every day and do your
best to keep it.
| To build (培养) your character | Your promise |
| I will do my best to … | |
| be honest and fair. | eg. I"ll tell the truth when mom asks if I have finished my homework. |
| be friendly and helpful. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| be polite and kind. | eg. I"ll show good manners in class. |
| be courageous and strong. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| … | … |
| 1-4: DBCD | |
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| I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun. You may think People ,n such an attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others. If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deep, long-lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends. I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness" But in memoir(回忆录) after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness. Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night" s sleep. I don"t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all. 1. What is the passage mainly about? A. Fun and happiness. B. Success and satisfaction. C. Marriage and commitment. D. Entertainment and responsibility. 2. The author probably agrees that ____. A. fun creates long - lasting satisfaction B. long - standing fun may lead to happiness C. fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting D. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness 3. What does the author think of marriage? A. It ends in pain. B. It means commitment. C. It affords greater fun. D. It leads to raising children. 4. If one gets the real meaning of happiness, he ____. A. will start a business B. won" t place too much value on money C. will seek for freedom D. won"t devote himself to his family | |
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| Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of person"s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent  something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the wor  k is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence. 1. The writer is in favor of the view that man"s intelligence is given to him_________. A. at birth B. through education C. both at birth and through education D. neither at birth nor through education 2. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can_________. A. become a genius B. still become a genius if he should be given special education C. not reach his intelligence in his life. D. reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings 3. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows_________. A. the importance of their intelligence B. the role of environment on intelligence C. the importance of their positions D. the part that birth plays 4. The best title of the passage can be __________. A. Surroundings B. Effect of education C. Dependence on Environment D. Intelligence | |
| 短文填词 Last week,we talked about different kinds of short stories. Many of you said you liked the________(美国的): writer Earnest Hemingway,who is w________known for short stories.I hope you all f________my advice and finished reading his story.We"re going to study it together in today"s lesson.Now since you________ supposed to have read this story,let"s have some ________(讨论). Please look at the three q________on the blackboard.First,when and where does the story________place?Second,what kind of the person does he show________(自己) to be? Third,what is the writer"s main purpose of ________(写) the story?I"d like you to work ________pairs and present your answers in ten | |
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| All over the world, children in hospital are being treated with a new kind of medicine:Laughter.Lucy is 23 and works for Theodora Children"s Trust.She is one of many clown (小丑) doctors who bring a smile to the faces of sick children. "I"m a Theodora clown doctor.I call myself Dr Looloo.I spend two days a week in children"s hospitals, making funny faces, telling jokes, and doing magic tricks.As I walk into the wards I blow bubbles, shake hands with the kids, and make up nonsense songs for those children well enough to sing.I take special balloons to make "balloon animals" and tell funny stories about them. I"m naturally a very cheerful person.I"ve always been a clown.In fact my father"s a clown and I started working with him when I was eight years old.I knew it was just the job for me and I became a clown doctor because I think it"s a great way to cheer up sick, frightened children in hospital. Being a clown in hospital is very tiring both physically and emotionally.We have to learn not to show our feelings, otherwise we"d be useless.Clown doctors are sensitive but this is not a side most people see. To the children we"re happy all the time.I"m still learning to allow myself to feel sad occasionally.There working with a very sick little girl from Bosnia who speaks no English, so our only common language is laughter. At weekends I participate in events to raise money for Theodora Children"s Trust.It"s a charity, so we are paid with the money people give.Being a clown doctor makes the worries of everyday life seem small.All in all I feel honoured to do this job." 1. Lucy works as a clown doctor because________. A. her father is a clown B. she has been a clown since she was eight C. laughter is a great help to sick children D. working in hospital brings her extra money 2. What do clown doctors usually do in hospital? A. Teach kids how to speak English. B. Cheer kids up with funny stories. C. Join in activities to raise money. D. Develop kids" sense of humour. 3. Lucy thinks that being a clown doctor is________. A. an honourable and meaningful practice B. an interesting job to make a living C. a good way of getting rid of her worries D. an experience of great fun | |
| 短文填词 I live in Seattle, a place famous for its wet weather.I can"t imagine________(生活) any where else than the Pacific Northwest.The sun s________so rarely that my friends forget where they put________ sunglasses.My friends will say they like how rain keeps the city green, m________the air clean. My real reason for enjoying the rain is that I can spend the afternoon________(生) a fire, making tea and reading books.Maybe I"ll invite a few friends over to w________an old movie or ________cards.Another reason in rain"s favor is that my body doesn"t give me away when________ is cold outside.My comfortable sweaters and warm slippers protect me, making me________(希望) for another wet, cold afternoon.When the rain r________, I will smile even more heartily. |