My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV, but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check them with marks, though she couldn’t read the book at all.
When I went to high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I became a C-student, but I didn’t care. One night I complained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was pleased with that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left. I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. Finally, my dream came true and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story----a woman with little education greatly changed my life as a parent. So I believe there is no job more important than parenting.What did the writer’s mother do?
| A．A worker. | B．A housewife | C．A teacher | D．A writer |
Why did the mother ask her children to read books in their free time?
| A．Because she thought successful people spent more time reading. |
| B．Because she thought books were interesting. |
| C．Because she wanted her children to be happy. |
| D．Because she wanted her children to be doctors. |
Which was NOT the reason for the writer’s falling behind(落后)?
| A．He only cared about clothes and didn’t study. |
| B．He spent more time hanging out with friends than studying. |
| C．He didn’t care that he went from being an A-student to a C-student. |
| D．He spent much time reading storybooks. |
What was the writer’s dream?
| A．To be a doctor. | B．To be a teacher. |
| C．To be an A-student | D．To find a good job. |
The writer mainly wants to tell us that ______.
| A．mothers with little education change their children more. |
| B．his mother is cruel and unhelpful |
| C．there is a job more important than parenting. |
| D．his mother has an important influence（影响）on him. |
根据短文( B )
任务1根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。
The Chinese and Western eating habits are different. Everyone has his or her own plate of food in the western countries. In China, we put the dishes on the table and everybody shares. It is always polite to let guests or older people at the table taste every dish first.
Although there are no strict rules on how to set chopsticks and spoons, there are some things
you should never do during a Chinese meal. Firstly, and the most importantly, we will put your chopsticks on the dish instead of putting them upright (直立的)in the rice bowl. If you stick your chopsticks in the rice bowl, it seems you want someone at the table to die. Don’t tap on your bowl with your chopsticks. Beggars tap on their bowls, so this is not polite, especially when you eat in a friend’s home.
任务2:同义句转换，每空一词。
Chopsticks will _______ ______ on the dish instead of putting them upright in the rice bowl.
任务 3:根据短文内容简答问题。
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For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions(情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be affected by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, it helps our bodies produce vitamin D(维生素). Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in some countries in the world, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these days, the weather can affect our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.
A. 天然的 B. 人造的 C. 虚构的
A.people feel good when it is cloudy
B.in the countries where there are long, dark winters of little sunlight, many people feel sad
C.special “sunrooms” have been built all over the worldWhich of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one's emotions?
| A．Weather. | B．Actions of others. |
C．Personality. | D．Age. |
A.Enough vitamin D makes people feel good
B.Both hot weather and rainy weather can make people angry
C.Only weather can control our emotions.
A.People Need More Vitamin D
B.We Can Hardly Change the Weather
C.Weather Affects People’s Emotions
It was Molly’s job to hand her father his blue paper lunch bag each morning before he went to work. One morning, besides his usual lunch bag, Molly handed him a second brown paper bag. “What’s in it ?” his father asked. “Just some little things. Take it with you,” Molly answered.
At noon, he opened Molly’s bag and took out the things in it: three hair ribbons, two small stones, a plastic dinosaur, a small doll… The busy father smiled, finished eating, and swept the desk clean into the dustbin, Molly’s bag was together with. That evening, Molly ran up behind him as he was reading the paper. “Where’s my bag?” “I left it at the office. Why?” “I forgot to put this note in it, ” she said. “And, besides, Daddy, the things in the bag are the things I really like— I thought you might like to play with them in your free time. You didn’t lose the bag, did you, Daddy?” “Oh, no,” he said, lying. “I just forgot to bring it home.”
While Molly hugged her father’s neck, he opened the note that read: “I love you, Daddy.” Molly had given him her treasures(财富)— all that a 7-year-old girl had. Love in a paper bag, and he missed it—not only missed it, but had thrown it in the dustbin. So he went back to the office, got the bag back and carried it home.
Sometimes we can think of all the happy time in our sweet life, We should all remember that it’s not the destination(终点) that is important in life, but the journey. That journey with the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple truth but it is so easily forgotten.
Chinese Traditional Culture
Name |
Erhu |
Weiqi |
Calligraphy |
Beijing Opera |
Chinese Kungfu |
| History (year) |
1,000 |
4,000 |
5,000 |
200 |
1,500 |
| Famous Character (人物) |
A Bing |
Nie Weiping |
Wang Xizhi |
Mei Lanfang |
Huo Yuanjia |
| Famous work |
The Moon over a Fountain (泉) |
/ |
Lan Ting Xu |
Drunken Beauty |
/ |
| Group of people who prefer |
The old |
People at any age |
The old |
The old |
The young |
A. Erhu B. Chinese Kungfu C. Beijing Opera
A. Nie Weiping
B. Wang Xizhi
C. Mei Lanfang
A. Lan Ting Xu
B. Drunken Beauty
C. The Moon over a Fountain
A. two B. three C. four
A.Chinese Kungfu has a longer history than Erhu.
B.The young are fond of Weiqi.
C.Mei Lanfang liked Beijing Opera because he was old.
Johnny lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountains.
One day there was an earthquake near the town. Many houses were destroyed. Everyone thought that there would soon be another earthquake.
They were worried that the second earthquake would be worse than the first.
“We must send Johnny to a safe place.” Johnny’s mother said to her husband, “ Many of our friends are sending their children to relatives(亲戚)in other towns.”
“We’ll send him to my brother, Peter,” Johnny’s father said, “He lives a long way away.” Johnny will be safe with him.
He telephoned Johnny’s uncle Peter and asked him if he would let Johnny live with him.
“He’s a good boy,” he said, “won’t put you in hot water.”
“All right,” Johnny’s Uncle Peter said, “but I’m not used to children. I live a very quiet and peaceful life.”
“You won’t know Johnny’s in the house,” his father told him.
So Johnny, who was five, went to live with his uncle.
Two days later, his mother and father received a telegram(电报) from Peter saying “___________. ” After Johnny’s parents knew it, they felt sorry for it.
A. give you any trouble
B. keep you in danger
C. boil some hot water for you.
A. in a big town
B. near the sea
C. in the mountains
A.he was not used to children
B.he was an old man
C.his house was far from Johnny’s.
A.Johnny’s parents sent him away because his uncle wanted to see him.
B.Johnny’s parents received a telephone after Johnny was sent to his uncle’s home two days later.
C.Uncle Peter didn’t like noisy life.
A. I enjoy the days with Johnny because we have no arguments with each other.
B. I’m returning the child. Please send an earthquake.
C. Your lovely son likes living with me very much.