Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.
Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.
When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n) 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45
46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48 in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again 54 I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.
A．find B．join C．see D．help
A．good-looking B．well-dressed C．better-paying D．highly-thought
A．once B．other C．each D．only
A．case B．condition C．situation D．state
A．packing B．trying C．managing D．arranging
A．reached B．entered C．got D．arrived
A．strange B．unusual C．standard D．foreign
A．hoped B．wished C．expected D．demanded
A．staring B．looking C．checking D．watching
A．texts B．newspapers C．English D．poems
A．Although B．Even if C．But D．Since
A．It B．They C．I D．Things
A．live B．study C．survive D．continue
A．adapt B．adopt C．adore D．admire
A．for B．in C．after D．at
A．made B．noticed C．concerned D．remember
A．modern B．advanced C．difficult D．convenient
A．even B．ever C．some D．any
A．if B．though C．ever D．because
A．could B．should C．would D．might
Maybe you know the saying, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.” One wise man had a version of this when he said, “Don't focus on the dust in your brother's eye while the dirt in your own eye.” Why do we do this? Because criticisms are always ourselves. When we criticize others, we do not expose them, but expose ourselves. We our own weakness and smallness.
A story in the old tales the difference in wisdom between the good and the bad. Once a king both Nelson and Dick. The king asks Nelson to go out into the kingdom and after finding someone less qualified than himself. Then he asks Dick to go out into the kingdom and return after finding someone than himself.
When Fool Dick returns, he tells the king that he couldn't find anyone better than himself. Wise Nelson says that he was to find anyone less qualified than himself on his return.
Moral of the story is something about human . Good people always look at their own and faults and consider themselves less qualified than others. Whereas bad people always look at the shortcomings and faults of others and themselves more qualified than others.
A．problem B．wisdom C．idea D．action
A．dropping B．holding C．ignoring D．neglecting
A．centered on B．put up with C．dealt with D．moved out
A．forget B．kill C．broadcast D．express
A．cancels B．explains C．doubts D．illustrates
A．meets with B．questions about C．worries about D．looks after
A．leave B．return C．wait D．stay
A．better B．faster C．higher D．shorter
A．But B．Although C．Moreover D．Therefore
A．happy B．quick C．disabled D．unable
A．side B．life C．thought D．psychology
A．shortcomings B．excuses C．worries D．advantages
A．consider B．take C．have D．keep
We live in a fast-paced and anxiety-filled world that oftentimes seems to shift beneath our feet. Thus we are sometimes affected by fears or anxiety impacting our life. For as long as I could remember I had struggled with anxiety. After I left university, I made friends with a Moroccan woman at work. One day she invited me to her and her family back home. I wanted to, but I would have to travel there and I knew we would be in a very rural area. How would I cope with my ?
Then one day it to me that I had a life to live. I could choose to let anxiety me or I could go to Morocco and something different. I was 23 years old and had never been out of the UK alone. The journey to Morocco something inside me. I managed to cope with my anxiety. The sense of was overwhelming and still to this day when I get afraid of going somewhere alone, I remember how it felt when I arrived in Morocco.
Upon arrival I was so for the generous welcome I received. My friend’s family had arranged a welcome party. The people were so loving toward me. As a moment of felt in a faraway village, this reminded me that I was “good enough”, which helped to my anxiety.
Waking up the next day, in the morning light, I saw the area where we were. I was by how rural it was – and the realization that these people had very few .
In the days afterwards, I traveled around Morocco. We went to Marrakesh and the Atlas mountains. We had the most amazing food – lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.
At the end of my something inside me had changed. I realized I had not felt anxious for nearly two weeks.
Experiencing a different culture far away from home helped me to realize what is important in life, what really , and with that my anxiety . When I returned home I was much more active in my anxiety. Working with people, helping them their anxiety, is how I can share the love I found in Morocco.
A．send B．consult C．call D．visit
A．alone B．soon C．free D．safe
A．work B．curiosity C．homesickness D．worries
A．appeared B．hit C．struck D．occurred
A．impress B．control C．reach D．persuade
A．enjoy B．experience C．take D．experiment
A．changed B．moved C．supported D．impressed
A．achievement B．fear C．disappointment D．embarrassment
A．good B．ashamed C．afraid D．proud
A．sorry B．confused C．confident D．thankful
A．doubt B．luck C．love D．surprise
A．improve B．hold C．protect D．reduce
A．inspired B．moved C．pleased D．shocked
A．lands B．difficulties C．resources D．friends
A．discovered B．explored C．examined D．recognized
A．opportunity B．rush C．stay D．life
A．rules B．exists C．matters D．hurts
A．disappeared B．expanded C．remained D．removed
A．expressing B．challenging C．forgetting D．remembering
A．drop B．notice C．pass D．overcome
At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa started to take skating lessons. Her motivation was :wearing pretty outfits! Very quickly, she a passion for skating, and she decided to all her free time to training. At the age of eight, she was already to perform a triple salchow (三周跳). The young girl from won five national championships, three times as a junior and twice as a senior.
In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16. Japan had high for her. the Emperor and Empress of Japan came to see her performance. She finished thirteenth in the rankings. Four years , she was not present at the Salt Lake City Games. The skater finished second in the Japanese national championships and was not in the Japanese Olympic team. In of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK(日本广播协会)Trophy. In 2004 in Dortmund, she became women’s world skating champion.
In 2006, after a year-long period in which she almost her career, Shizuka Arakawa took in the Turin Olympic Games. A new coach and a new programme had a new, invigorated(充满活力的)Shizuka. The short programme was a real challenge the Japanese skater. She performed a noteworthy sequence to Chopin’s “Fantasie Impromptu”, finishing third. On 23 February, 2006, she performed a perfect long programme. by Puccini’s “Fantasy for Violin”, she performed splendidly and she obtained a of 191.34, which won her the top step of the winner’s podium(领奖台) in Turin.
A．complex B．bright C．simple D．stupid
A．developed B．became C．interested D．realized
A．occupy B．spend C．refer D．devote
A．ready B．able C．willing D．used
A．China B．Japan C．America D．Russia
A．attended B．prepared C．entered D．participated
A．hopes B．ambition C．chances D．help
A．Ever B．Already C．Even D．Still
A．middle B．final C．general D．beginning
A．after B．before C．ago D．later
A．contained B．win C．held D．included
A．spite B．charge C．honor D．possession
A．others B．another C．other D．else
A．character B．figure C．creature D．portrait
A．ruined B．ended C．left D．fired
A．part B．pride C．control D．turns
A．resulted B．caused C．accessed D．produced
A．at B．towards C．for D．upon
A．Danced B．Accompanied C．Followed D．Played
A．score B．level C．point D．top
The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀 ) every year by children under 15, and one child five needs psychiatric (心理上的) advice.
There are many good things about in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbors for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. , the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbors working and often shares in that work..
A child in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's ：helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies -- rather than playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets playing with dolls.
These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, , are provided with a watch as one of the signs of growing up, so that they can along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows …
Third World children do not usually to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments. Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers", there is often a sense of to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them from ten floors up.
, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all
A．come B．survive C．suffer D．learn
A．As usual B．In fact C．For instance D．In other words
A．in B．by C．to D．under
A．childhood B．poverty C．spirit D．survival
A．neighbors B．fathers C．adults D．relatives
A．Anyhow B．Instead C．However D．Still
A．away B．alone C．nearby D．along
A．working B．living through C．playing D．growing up
A．fun B．life C．study D．work
A．by B．through C．from D．with
A．or B．but C．and D．so
A．Western B．good C．poor D．Eastern
A．at any moment B．at the same time C．on the other hand D．on the whole
A．easiest B．quickest C．happiest D．earliest
A．care B．worry C．hurry D．fear
A．dare B．expect C．have D．require
A．freedom B．danger C．disappointment D．control
A．eagerly B．anxiously C．impatiently D．proudly
A．Above all B．In the end C．Of course D．What's more
A．poor B．good C．rich D．bad
Alcohol is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a sign of friendship. So it is to see people toasting with a large glass of alcohol to the health or fortune. Unfortunately, every year, alcohol also ruins thousands of lives and destroys many happy families.
Some people drink alcohol to their tension or pain. They mistakenly think that through drinking, they can from their problems and worries. But it is never a . During those hours of drinking, alcohol only numbs their senses and makes them forget their worries. However, when they wake up, their problems are still unsolved.
A alcohol drinker is running the great risks of getting heart diseases and liver failure. Too much alcohol taken into the body system, death will occur. Alcohol also affects unborn babies disastrously. Those pregnant mothers with alcohol in their blood system risk causing their unborn babies to suffer from defects (缺陷) at birth. , babies are innocent victims due to their mothers’ mistakes. Therefore they should be extremely cautious of any alcohol and it is better to all drinking during pregnancy.
Drunken driving is one of the worst of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost due to driving on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distance clearly and will find it difficult to control his vision and on the road, so he fails to control over his reflexes. That is how accidents occur. Not only does he hurt himself but also other innocent road users.
A．normal B．ideal C．common D．regular
A．increase B．create C．produce D．relieve
A．differ B．escape C．solve D．cancel
A．solution B．success C．fact D．decision
A．social B．addicted C．heavy D．light
A．seldom B．hardly C．eventually D．strongly
A．proper B．excessive C．little D．no
A．After all B．Above all C．First of all D．All in all
A．run out B．leave out C．carry out D．cut out
A．reasons B．effects C．causes D．examples
A．normal B．careless C．dangerous D．drunken
A．judgment B．patience C．emotion D．imagination