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In almost every big university in the United States football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.
Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points. This is called a touch—down. It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.
Each university wants its team to win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell for their favorite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders come on the field to help the people yell more. They dance and jump while they yell.
Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1st, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on televisionIn American football players can ___.
| A．only kick the ball |
| B．only throw the ball |
| C．only carry the ball |
| D．kick, throw and carry the ball |
If a team wants to get points, it has to move the ball ___.
| A．10 yards | B．to the other end |
| C．40 yards | D．away from its own end |
Who are dancing and jumping while they yell?
| A．The cheerleaders. |
| B．All those who are watching the game. |
| C．The winners. |
| D．The players of both sides. |
Most teams play games in ___.
| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
When do the best teams play again?
| A．At Christmas. | B．Before the season ends. |
| C．On New Year’s Day | D．On the last day of season |
One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car，clearly in need of help．So
he stopped his old truck and got out．Although he was smiling，the old lady was worried．Was he going to hurt her ?He didn’t look safe．
The man could see that she was frightened，so in his friendliest voice he said，“ I'm here to help you，madam．Why don’t you wait in the car where it's warm ?By the way，my name is Bryan Anderson．”Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him．Then she asked how Much she should pay him．
But Bryan wanted no money．He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble．This was normal for him．He said，“If you really want to repay me，next time you see someone in need ,help them and think of me．”
After saying goodbye，the lady continued down the road until she reached a small care where she decided to stop for something to eat．As the pretty waitress took her order，the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕)．Although the waitress looked tired，she was very kind．As the lady was going to pay the$1 0 bill she remembered Bryan’s words．
She paid with a hundred—dollar bill．But when the waitress returned with the change，the lady was gone．On the table she saw a small note．There．were tears in her eyes when she read it：“Somebody once helped me the way I'm helping you．If you want to pay me back，continue being kind to others．”Under the note were nine more$1 00 bills．
Was the old lady an angel ?The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news．“Bryan···Bryan Anderson my dear···you’re not going to believe what just happened．．．”When the lady saw Bryan，she was worried because she thought．
| A．he may hurt her |
| B．he was n’t going to stop |
| C．he could n’t help her |
| D．she did n’t have enough money |
What can we learn．about the old lady from the story?
| A．She was never kind to others． |
| B．She was usually quite careless. |
| C．She was probably very rich． |
| D．She was not a very good driver． |
．The underlined word“it”(Paragraph 5)refers to“”．
A.he change B．the bill C．the note D·the orderWhich of the following shows the relationship between the man，the lady and the waitress?
STICKS AND STONES may be a name of．
| A．a theatre | B．a play |
| C．a person | D．a kind of care |
On Sunday，you can go there．
| A．at 7：3 0 a．m． | B．at 7：30 P．m． |
| C．at 3：00 a．m． | D．at 3：00 P．m． |
Robb Badlam may be a／an．
| A．actor | B．writer | C．producer | D．director |
Success does not belong to a select group of individuals (个人). Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.
Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be plain, clear, and it must also be exciting.
Show up. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You can’t have a best seller, if you have never written a book. You can’t get your dream job, if you’re afraid to turn in an application. Showing up doesn’t guarantee(保证) success, but if you don’t show up, you won’t succeed.
Fail. Unless you’re willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success won’t happen. To have success you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do something right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula (公式) for success is to double your rate of failure (失败). So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.
Work Harder. Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day. Success is not about doing what the common person can’t do. It’s about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, it’s about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. It’s the habit of doing things with excellence that causes success.
Enjoy the Journey. Success is a journey, not a destination (终点). Success is not a certain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.
Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” You have to change, you will change, and you will succeed. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in achieving success?
| A．Working hard. | B．Good education. |
| C．Strong desire. | D．Enjoying failure. |
What does the writer really mean by saying “Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day.” ?
| A．It’s not easy for people to develop their health. |
| B．You are sure to meet with some difficulty in your life. |
| C．Keeping working harder is necessary when you go after success. |
| D．Most people don’t want to spend too much time running. |
Which of the following is TRUE about success according to the passage?
| A．If you want to succeed, you should have special talents. |
| B．If you want to succeed, you’d better not show up. |
| C．Success is about doing what the common person can’t do. |
| D．Success means the enjoyment of your gain or loss on the journey. |
The best title of the passage might be_______________.
| A．The Importance of Success | B． The Meaning of Success |
| C．Success or Failure | D．The Five Main Steps to Success |
April will bring a new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last week, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch will differ from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size, strap and whether it is a sports or regular version.
Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕). The "sensor" on the screen not only detects your finger, but knows the difference between when you are tapping, and when you are pressing harder.
The watch also has “haptic feedback(触觉反馈)”. You can send personal messages to your friend, such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.
Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.
According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications that we had never thought of. Some car factories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even airlines are jumping in--passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.
The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can measure your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same "accelerometer" as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without much activity.
Many stores are planning to stop selling the Nike, Jawbone and FitBit devices(设备) to welcome the Apple Watch. Will Apple Watch really replace these devices and make fitness much more fun?
We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch ________.
| A．is designed by Tim Cook |
| B．was brought into the market last week |
| C．sells at different prices for different colours |
| D．will come into the market this coming April |
With apple watch, you can ________.
| A．develop your own personal app |
| B．connect your iphone with your ipad |
| C．receive personal messages from your friends’ iphone |
| D．send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches |
Many businesses help push for the uses of apple watch EXCEPT ________.
| A．hospitals | B．hotels |
| C．airlines | D．car factories |
Many stores are planning to stop selling FitBit devices because ________.
| A．all of the devices are sold out |
| B．they cannot make fitness fun |
| C．they want to welcome the Apple Watch |
| D．Apple Watch can replace FitBit devices completely |
My best friend and I made our first trip to Ireland less than a year ago. I wasn’t very excited about it at the very beginning. But my uncle wanted me to visit Ireland and offered to pay for my trip. Then I did. All of the words “magical, charming and memorable” don’t even describe what Ireland is. Our favourites were Kilkenny, Cobh and Killarney. We did a self-driver tour.
We stayed in a castle in Dublin for two days, where my ancestors(祖先) came from. The town we thought we might be bored in was Kilkenny, but we loved every minute we were there. There were so many places to explore and the pictures we took were beautiful.
It was so exciting to see the little village of Cobh and know it was the last stop for the Titanic(a famous ship) at that time. We loved the visitor centre there and the little shops. We never got any bad food there. It was so mouth-watering at every stop! And when we stayed in Westmeath, we saw the Trim Castle through the windows and found some scenes from Brave Heart which was filmed there. We were so excited. Again, more beautiful pictures were taken in that tiny town.
We love the country, the people, the food and the magic. We would go back very soon. I was so thankful for my uncle who had given me the chance to be there.
I have no words to adequately describe our trip. Go, explore the small villages, eat and enjoy! I still look at my pictures and can’t believe I was actually there. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
| A．The writer showed great interest in visiting Ireland at first. |
| B．It was the first time for the writer to visit Ireland. |
| C．The writer went to Ireland with his uncle. |
| D．The car was driven by the writer’s uncle. |
What can we know from the third paragraph?
| A．The Titanic was filmed in Cobh. |
| B．The food in Cobh was delicious. |
| C．The writer knew nothing about Brave Heart. |
| D．The writer visited the Trim Castle alone. |
What does the underlined word “adequately” in the last paragraph mean?
| A．properly | B．strongly |
| C．warmly | D．surprisingly |
Where does the article most probably come from?
| A．A scientific fiction. | B．A tourist magazine. |
| C．A poem. | D．A poster. |