Living and dealing with kids can be a tough job these days, but living and dealing with parents can be even tougher.
If I have learned anything in my 16 years, it is that communication is very important, both when you disagree and when you get along. With any relationship, you need to let other person know how you are feeling. If you are not able to communicate, you drift apart.When you are mad at your parents, or anyone else, not talking to them doesn’t solve anything.
Communication begins with the concerns (关心) of another. It means that you can’t just come home from school, go up to your room and take no notice to anyone. Even if you just say “Hi”, and see how their day was for five minutes, it is better than nothing.
If you looked up the word “communication” in a dictionary, it would say “the exchange of ideas, the conveyance （表达）of information, correspondence （通信）, means of communication: a letter or a message”. To keep a good relationship, you must keep communication strong. Let people know how you feel, even if it’s just by writing a note.
When dealing with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing as a parent. If you are trying to make them see something as you see it, tell them that you’ll listen to what they have to say, and ask them politely to listen to you. Shouting or walking away only makes the situation worse.
Here is an example: one night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be home by midnight after the fireworks, but she didn’t feel she could just ask to go home. That would be rude. After all, they had been nice enough to take her along with them. Needless to say, she was late getting home. Her parents were mad at first, but when Sophie explained why she was late, they weren’t as mad and let it go. Communication is the key here. If Sophie’s parents had not been willing to listen, Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble.
Communication isn’t a one-way matter: it goes both ways. Just remember: if you get into a situation like Sophie’s, telling the other person how you feel-------listening is the key to communication.In the writer’s view, dealing with parents is __________ than with children.
| A．more difficult | B．much easier |
| C．less interesting | D．more interesting |
The underlined phrase “ drift apart” in Paragraph 2 means __________.
| A．keep up with others | B．move along smoothly |
| C．distance yourself form others | D．come closer to each other |
The example in Paragraph 6 shows that ___________.
| A．Sophie is very polite to her parents |
| B．Sophie’s parents are willing to listen to her |
| C．Sophie did well in explaining her being late |
| D．communication is the solutionto misunderstanding |
All the following statements are correct except “_______”.
| A．Communication is a two-way matter |
| B．It is better to say “Hi” to others than say nothing |
| C．If you don’t agree with others, you’d better let them know |
| D．When dealing with parents, you only need to listen to them |
Mr Smith, Sandra, Rachel, Duane和the Greens正各自安排活动。请仔细阅读题中的个人情况说明和A到F的活动场地介绍，选出符合各自要求的最佳选项，选项中有一项是多余的选项。Mr Smith, an American, is on business in Japan. Tomorrow he would like to visit some famous attractions. He and his assistant both love climbing very much.
Sandra is very tired because of weeks of hard work at her lessons. Now she has come up with an idea: Why not try to take a relaxing visit in Britain?
Rachel is a hard-working student. She will head for geography in the middle school. This summer she is going to travel across a dessert in a certain country.
Duane is an active and energetic student. He has a special interest in the great champions and their achievements. He really hopes to find a wonderful place for the coming weekend.
The Greens, who love the sea and enjoy the sunshine, have prepared for travelling abroad. During the trip, they are going to buy some souvenirs for their friends.
| A |
B |
C |
| Pattaya Beach It is alongside the city centre, close to shopping, hotels and bars. It is one of the most successful beach in the world. |
Mount Fuji Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Tokyo. Officially it’s open for climbing during July and August. |
Sports Hall of Fame Set up in 1967, it has collected the athletic achievements of the state’s greatest champions who have made their mark in American sports history. |
| D |
E |
F |
| Sahara Dessert It is the largest in the world. The surface of the dessert ranges from large areas of sand dunes to stone plateaus, gravel plains, dry valleys and salt flats. |
Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia. It is also a very popular place for scuba diving. There you can see colorful fish and smart dolphins. |
Big Ben, the UK It has become one of the main signs of London. The sound of the bell, which you can hear at the beginning of many television programs has become well-known all over the nation. |
One day, a man found the cocoon (茧) of a butterfly and he brought it home.
A few days later, the man saw a small hole in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it stopped.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a knife and cut a bigger hole in the cocoon. The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it had a weak body and small, thin wings. The butterfly didn’t start to fly.
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The man acted with kindness but he didn’t understand that he had done something wrong. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of getting out of the cocoon forces the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into wings. It helps the butterfly be ready to fly. If the butterfly never has to force itself out of the cocoon, its wings never get the fluid and it can never fly.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly.
So, the next time you are faced with a challenge or a problem, remember the butterfly.
Struggle a little – then fly!Why did the man cut a bigger hole in the cocoon?
| A．To catch the butterfly easily. |
| B．To play with the butterfly. |
| C．To help the butterfly come out. |
| D．To make the butterfly stronger. |
What happened after the butterfly got out of the cocoon?
| A．It died soon. |
| B．It had a strong body and wings. |
| C．It could fly after a few days. |
| D．It couldn’t fly during the rest of its life. |
Why couldn’t the butterfly fly? Because ___________ .
| A．it got out of its cocoon without struggle |
| B．nobody had taught it to fly |
| C．all newborn butterflies could not fly |
| D．the man broke its wings |
What does the writer want to tell us?
| A．Kindness in our lives can help us grow. |
| B．Try to be ready to help others. |
| C．Without other’s help we can still succeed. |
| D．Hard work leads to success. |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．The Old Man and the Butterfly | B．Life Struggle |
| C．How To Help a Butterfly Fly | D．Kindness and Rush |
During my second year of nursing school, our teacher gave us a test. I was a hardworking student and I did well in all the subjects. I finished the questions successfully until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Of course this was a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She is short and about 60 years old. She has dark hair. But how would I know her name? I had never talked with her before. In fact, I’d never even thought about talking to her. I stared at my paper and started to feel rather guilty. Finally, I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grades.
“Absolutely,” the teacher said. “In your life, you will meet many people. All are important. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is to smile and to say hello.”
I’ve never forgotten that lesson. Everyone deserves my attention and I should get to know all of the people who work and live around me. That was, perhaps, the most important lesson of my life. I also learned the cleaning woman’s name was Dorothy.How was the writer at the nursing school?
| A．She didn’t study hard. | B．She was one of the top students. |
| C．She loved telling jokes. | D．She often asked questions in class. |
What did the cleaning lady look like?
| A．She had only a little hair. | B．She was not tall. |
| C．She looked young. | D．She always smiled. |
How did the writer feel she first saw the last question?
| A．She felt guilty. | B．She felt surprised. |
| C．She felt excited. | D．She felt comfortable. |
What can we learn from paragraph 3 and 4?
| A．The last question was a part of the quiz. |
| B．The students needn’t answer the last question. |
| C．Only one student didn’t know the answer. |
| D．None of the students knew the woman’s name. |
What did the teacher want to tell the students through the last question?
| A．You should pay attention to everyone around you. |
| B．You should work hard to get good grades in school. |
| C．You should be friends with the cleaning lady. |
| D．You should try to make as many friends as you can. |
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adams was very unhappy, and he spent many years in the 1960s and 1970s in a special hospital for people with mental health problems.
When he left hospital, Adams decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, in America. But when he was there, he did things in different ways. For example, he didn’t like the doctors’ white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients, and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams very much because he was too different.
Adams believed that people in hospital need more than just medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them, not just as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in hospital, and often put a special red nose on his face so he looked like a clown and made the children laugh.
When he finished medical school and became a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital, called The Gesundheit Institute, with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1998, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who’s a friend. I enjoyed playing him”
根据短文内容回答下列问题：Was Hunter Adams a doctor?
__________________________________________________________________Where was the medical school?
__________________________________________________________________How did Hunter Adams make children in the hospital laugh?
__________________________________________________________________What did Hunter Adams do after he finished medical school and became a doctor?
___________________________________________________________________In Hunter Adams’ opinion, what was a good doctor like?
Running a marathon (马拉松)
Have you ever taken part in a marathon? A marathon is 42km long. It is the longest race in the world. To make the runner’s body work, harder training is quite necessary. A runner should start to prepare for a marathon at least three months before. Preparation may have races, many hours of running at different speeds and changes in diet(饮食). During the training time the runner must eat a fit diet. The diet should have lots of things needed in training the players.
In the early days of training, runners run 80km per week. The running is increased every two or three weeks and at least two long runs per week are needed.
Two weeks before the marathon, the training programme becomes less, from 100km per week down to 60km and then to 30km in the final week. On the last two days they may not run at all.
Breakfast should be eaten at least three hours before the race. Easily digested(消化) food such as cereal(麦), toast(烤面包) and scrambled(捣碎) egg is best, with as much fluid(液体) as possible. Runners should drink water about half an hour before the race to keep up the body fluid.According to the passage, when should a marathon runner begin his training?
| A．A month before the race. | B．A week before the race. |
| C．Three or four months before the race. | D．A year before the race. |
What should a runner have for his breakfast on the day of the race?
| A．Easily digested food. | B．A big meal. | C．Lots of meat. | D．Oily food. |
What is the length of the modern marathon?
| A．100km. | B．60km. | C．30km. | D．42km. |
Players must have________in order to run better in a marathon.
| A．training at different speeds and changes in diet |
| B．much water |
| C．lessons before the race |
| D．many fruits |
Hard training before a marathon can ________.
| A．make the game easier | B．keep the players healthy |
| C．help the players to make more progress | D．have more fans |