阅读理解 For many people in the US, sports are not just for fun. They"re almost
sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in person. Other fans
watch the games at home, sticking to their TV sets, never missing a game. Many a wife becomes a
"sports widow" during her husband"s favorite season. Americans" devotion to sports has created a new
class of wealthy people: professional athletes. Sports stars often receive milliondollar salaries. Some
even make big money by appearing in advertisements for soft drinks, shoes and almost everything.
Sports are an important part of American culture. Throughout their school life, Americans learn to
play many sports. Many students try out for the school teams. Athletic events at universities attract
scores of fans and benefit the whole community. Many people also enjoy noncompetitive activities, like
hiking, cycling, horseback riding, camping or hunting.
Many sports were imported from other countries. Europeans brought tennis, golf, bowling and
boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World games. Only basketball has a
truly American origin. Americans export sports fever as well. Satellites broadcast games to sports fans
around the globe. NBA is a good example. The names of American superstars like basketball great
Michael Jordan have become household words all over the world.
B. they are devoted to sports
C. their husbands stick to sports
D. their husbands are missing
B. American students go in for various sports and athletic events.
C. Lots of American people take part in noncompetitive activities.
D. American people like to exchange different sports from each other.
B. sports culture influences the world
C. most Americans like competition
D. America has invented many sports
B. where sports can help to make money
C. why sports are so popular in America
D. what affect Americans" everyday life
trust him." These words are from the black American educator, Booker Washington.He was saying that,
"If you want people to grow up, you have to stop treating them like children."
In America, families are close but children are encouraged to be independent, to make their own
decisions, even at a very early age.It"s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance (津贴)
every week.The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever
they choose, for example, buying clothes, school supplies or CDs.Some teenagers even have their own
credit cards!That"s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted tooverspend when they have credit
cards.
From an early age, American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family
decisionmaking.At the dinner table, teenagers will be listened to on any topic, from politics to buying a
new family car or where the family will go on vacation.In this way, teenagers are getting practice in
independence.They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings.You can see this
in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose."Super Girl" Li Yuchun caught
the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the "Super Girl" television contest.She was not the traditional
"nice, young Chinese girl". With her short, spiky hair and boylike clothes, she was telling everyone that
she was different.She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she
won!
There is an old saying, "Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then
choose that way with all his strength." If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find
that you have become the person you always wanted to be.
1. The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.
A. save money for useful things
B. become independent
C. express their great ambitions
D. make important decisions
2. A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.
A. be accepted as a popular guy
B. learn to decide how to use money
C. overspend money without care
D. have school supplies of his own
3. The author implies that many Chinese children________.
A. are more independent than Americans
B. should become intereste
d in AmericaC. are happy with their present situation
D. are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones
4. The main idea of the last paragraph is________.
A. that we should do things step by step
B. why we should understand our desires
C. what we should plan for our own life
D. how we can manage to realize our dreams
As a foreigner, I don" t know the situation in the US well.Seeing all kinds of recent shooting incidents,
I think it should be controlled more strictly than now.Somebody said that the person who has it in mind
to kill another can do it without a gun, so the causes of murders are not guns but the trend of despising
(蔑视) life in the US.And they also insist that there is no clear evidence that the increasing number of
murders is connected with possession of guns, so the personal rights should not be restricted by the
reason that there is not enough evidence.
Several months ago, I agreed with that partly.But as we know, the private groups like NRA have
used the public opinion and persuaded the government to protect their profit.Other weapons such as
knives, razors, bats are made for their own usage.But guns are made for only one reason-to kill
someone.Of course, there are people who have guns to protect themselves from the criminals.But crime
is getting more cruel and severe no
wadays, so actually even if someone has a gun, it is impossible to
guard himself completely.
As a substitute, I think, if the possession of guns is controlled more strictly, people can live safer lives
than now.There are other reasons to oppose the gun control (e.g.the possession of guns is historical
inheritance (继承)and represents that people"s resistance will beagainst tyrannical (专制的)government),
but none of them can justify and explain today"s serious situation in the US.
1. The writer"s purpose is to give his opinion about________.
A. personal possessions
B. American culture
C
. personal rights
D. gun control
2. Which of the following supports the writer" s opinion?
A. The causes of crime are not guns.
B. People are accustomed to having guns.
C. People can live a safer life without guns.
D. Guns are used for selfdefence.
3. What is the current situation in the US?
A. The number of murders is rising.
B. Everyone in the US possesses a gun.
C. NRA has ruled over the country.
D. No evidence is available after a crime.
4. According to the writer, ________should be banned in the society.
A. knives
B. guns
C. knives and guns
D. knives, razors and bats
Just as the stock (股票) market rises and falls in response to what people are willing to put their
money behind, we have inside ourselves an inner economy that rises and falls in response to our
beliefsabout what is possible.Sometimes the degree to which we are willing to challenge our belief
systems determines the success of our inner economy.For example, imagine that your family of origin
had a belief that musical t
alent was not something they possessed.As a member of that group, you
would likely hold that same belief about yourself.As a result, even if you had a great desire to create
music, you might be hesitant to really get behind yourself, fearing that your investment (投资) would
not pay off.Even if you had the courage to follow your passion, your inner belief that you are not 
born
talented would probably be a major obstacle to investing your energy in your dream.
On the other hand, if you found a way to release that negative belief, a great flood of energy would
pour forth, greatly increasing the likelihood of your success.How much energy we are willing to invest
in the various ideas, dreams, and visions we carry within is like the money people are, or are not,
willing to invest in the various products available for trade on the stock market.And in both cases, belief
plays a key role in determining how willing we are to get behind something.One way to open up the
possibility for greater success in our inner economies is to understand that belief is not the reliable guide
we sometimes think.There are other more reliable things of success that we can put our faith in, such as
passion, feeling, and sense.Some of the most successful investors in the stock market are the ones that
go against the grain, trusting their sense over the common opinion held by common people about what
will work.
In the same way, we can learn to trust our heart"s desires and our sense to guide us, questioning any
beliefs that stand in the way of our ability to fully invest in ourselves.As we take out energy from limiting
ideas about what is possible, we free up the resources that have the power to make our inner economy
prosper.
1. We can safely conclude from the first paragraph that________.
A. our belief is not reliable
B. belief is not so important in our success
C. belief is an obstacle to our success
D. our belief determines our success in some way
2. According to the passage, if a family of origin has passion for literature, the members of the family
will probably________.
A. write poems
B. hate literature
C. enter the field of literature
D. teach literature
3. We can put our faith in the following things of success except________.
A. passion
B. feeling
C. sense
D. stock market
4. The purpose of the author is________.
A. to teach us a lesson
B. to give us some useful suggestions
C. to encourage us to invest in the stock market
D. to tell us common people have negative beliefs
write and that finally burst through and found a channel.My people were of the working class of people.
My father, a stonecutter, was a man with a great respect and veneration (崇敬) for literature.He had a
tremendous memory, and he loved poetry, and the p
oetry that he loved best was naturally of therhetorical kind that such a man would like.Nevertheless it was good poetry, Hamlet"s Soliloquy,
Macbeth, Mark Antony"s "Funeral Oration", Grey"s "Elegy", and all the rest of it.I heard it all as a
child; I memorized and learned it all.
He sent me to college to the state university.The desire to write, which had been strong during all
my days in high school, grew stronger still.I was editor of the college paper, the college magazine, etc.,
and in my last year or two I was a member of a course in play writing which had just been established
there.I wrote several little oneact plays, still thinking I would become a lawyer or a newspaper man,
never daring to believe I could seriously become a writer.Then I went to Harvard, wrote some more
plays there, became obsessed with (着迷于) the idea that I had to be a playwright, left Harvard, had
my plays rejected, and finally in the autumn of 1926, how, why, or in what manner I have never exactly
been able to determine.But probably because the force in me that had to write at length sought out its
channel, I began to write my first book in London.I was living all alone at that time.I had two rooms-a
bedroom and a sitting room-in a litter square in Chelsea in which all the houses had that familiar, smoked
brick and creamyellowplaster look.
1. We may conclude, in regard to the author"s development as a writer, that his father________.
A. made an important contribution
B. insisted that he choose writing as a career
C. opposed his becoming a writer
D. insisted that he read Hamlet in order to learn how to be a writer
2. The author believes that he became a writer mostly because of________.
A. his special talent
B. his father"s teaching and
encouragementC. his study at Harvard
D. a hidden urge within him
3. The author________.
A. began to think of becoming a writer at Harvard
B. had always been successful in his writing career
C. went to Harvard to learn to write plays
D. worked as a newspaper man before becoming a writer
4. The author really started on his way to become a writer______.
A. when he was in high school
B. when he was studying at Harvard
C. when he lived in London
D. after he entered college
5. What can we learn about the author"s life in the autumn of 1926?
A. He left Harvard and got ma
rried.B. He couldn"t make up his mind what to do.
C. He started his dream as a
writer.D. He began to think seriously what to do.
As a teen, you"re going through big changes physically and mentally.Your interests are expanding.
1.________
Here is the challenge:Kids need to explore the world in new ways, and parents need to protect them
from the dangers in that world.These conflicts can easily set off fireworks in otherwise calm houses.
Sometimes conflicts can"t be avoided.But by paying attention to the building blocks of successful
relationships, you can work towards making home a happy and healthy place for you and your parents.
For instance, try to find a time to talk when your parents are not angry, tired, distracted or hungry.
A good time to talk is when you"re all relaxed.Timing is everything.If the conversation begins to turn into
an argument, you"d better calmly and coolly ask to stop the conversation-for
now.2.________Listen towhat your parents are saying, and repeat it back to them.This shows them that you"re listening.
3.________
Respect is the building block of good comm
unication.People who respect each other and care about each others"feelings can disagree without things getting ugly.
4. ________How do you build trust?Trust comes by actually doing what you say you"re going to do.
Some teens find that doing fun activities with their parents can improve their relationships.Sometimes we
forget that parents are more than rulemakers-they"re intere
sting people who like to watch movies and goshopping-just like their teenagers!
What do you do if you are trying your best, but your relationship with your parents continues to be
rocky?5.________You can find supportive adults, such as a teacher or a coach, who can lend an ear.
Remember you can
only change your own behavior.Your parents are the only ones who can changetheirs.
A. It also gives them a chance to clear things up if you"re not on the same page.
B. You can pick it up again when everyone"s more relaxed.
C. And then you"ll be able to accept what your parents say.
D. Faced with the challenge, children don"t know what to do.
E. You are more likely to get along with your parents and have more independence if
your parents believe in you.
F. And your desire to take control of your own life is growing.
G. You may consider seeking outside help.
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