Ever since I was a little child, my parents have told me to be honest because it is the right thing to do. As I got older, I realized something very important. If just once you are deceitful and tell a lie, it will greatly change people’s opinions about you and their way of acting toward you. When you tell a lie, you lose that person’s trust forever or have to work your whole life to get it back.
It is my personal goal to achieve great things in life and honesty(诚实) will sure help me get there. For me right now losing somebody’s trust would be a truly terrible thing. My parents would be stricter on the things they let me do and the places that they used to let me go to. My friends would never again tell me a secret or believe many things I told them. Whatever you do for a living or wherever you live, honesty is something very important.
Honesty gets you much higher in life while telling a lie can make you get into more problems. I can already tell that the great people I have met so far are all honest people.
I hope that I’ll never fall into a situation where I’ll lie. Honesty is just as important to me as my family. Already, I know it is something that will improve my future and my relationship with all people. It is something about myself that I hope never to lose no matter what happens. Honesty will help me no matter whether I’m at school, home or just hanging out with friends. It is something that I hope my children will also have and value.The underlined word “deceitful” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.
A.strange | B.lucky | C.sad | D.dishonest |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Being honest is very important and helpful. |
B.The writer was taught to be honest when he was young. |
C.The writer thinks it doesn’t matter if he tells a lie. |
D.To win others’ trust is not easy. |
What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
A.Ways to be honest. |
B.Honesty is very important for us to achieve our goals. |
C.True friendship is based on(以…为基础) others’ trust. |
D.Honesty can make us live a happy life. |
How is the text mainly developed?
A. By making comparisons.(作比较) B. By showing facts.
B.By explaining reasons. D. By giving examples.
Many Chinese people like American country music(乡村音乐 ),such as(例如) the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.
Country music is from the folk music (民间音乐)of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.
One of the most popular country music singers is John Denver, who is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand(理解) each other better through(通过) music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body(在心灵和精神方面). All of them love music and can understand music.
The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.American country music is from the _______ music of America.
A.pop | B.jazz | C.light | D.folk |
“Music was a language that could bring the world together” means (意思是)people _______.
A.can sing songs together |
B.from all over the world sing the same songs |
C.show their feeling (感觉)through music and so they understand each other better |
D.know language and music |
John Denver died in ______.
A.1997 | B.1990 | C.1996 | D.1999 |
Which sentence is right?
A.Everyone knows when country music began. |
B.Country music is from the jazz music. |
C.John Denver is famous to Chinese people, too. |
D.John Denver doesn’t think music can bring people together. |
Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test was given in the US. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfasts.
The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, egg, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.
The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight(减轻体重).This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain weight (增加体重 )instead of losing it. You will lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.During the test, the people were given __________.
A.no breakfast at all | B.different foods or sometimes none |
C.very rich breakfast | D.little food for breakfast |
The results show that _________.
A.breakfast has great effect (影响) on work and studies. |
B.breakfast has little to do with a person’s work |
C.a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk. |
D.girl students should have little for breakfast. |
According to the passage, some people think that if you don’t have breakfast you will _______.
A.be healthier | B.work better | C.lose weight | D.lose your way |
The word “reduce” in the last sentence means_________
A.增加 | B.减少 | C.放弃 | D.享用 |
This weekend Bob and his friends went to a mountain. When they got there, they put up their tents(帐篷) and then rode their horses to the forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon, when they were going back, it started to snow. Then minutes later, they couldn’t find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp(营地), and the other went to his house. But all was white now. Everything was the same. How could he and his friends go back to the camp? Soon Bob had an idea. Maybe the horses could help them. They can let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That was going to be a long trip.
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? No one could tell. Bob looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents! Bob and his friends went to the forest to _________.
A.put up their camp | B.find their way home |
C.look at the mountain in the snow | D.see the trees |
Bob and his friends couldn’t find their way back because ________.
A.there was only one road to the camp |
B.they didn’t know where they were |
C.there were no roads in the mountain at all |
D.the white snow covered(覆盖) everything |
The horses stopped because _________.
A.it was getting late |
B.they were tired after running for a long way |
C.they knew that they got to the camp |
D.they saw Bob’s house |
The story happened __________.
A.on a cold winter day | B.on a dark rainy evening |
C.at their school | D.in summer |
There are four seasons in most of the countries. But the weather is not always the same. In England, winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot. There is not a great __31___between summer and winter. Do you know why?
England has a warm winter and a cool summer because it is an ___32___country.In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds __33___the sea bring __34___air to England. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to England. The west winds blow over England all the year around. They blow from the southwest. They are wet winds. They also bring ___35___to England. So England has ___36___rain all the year .Sometimes it rains heavily. The west of England is wetter than the east.
In Canada they have four seasons, too. But the average( 平均 )temperature is very low. Spring is usually very ___37___in most part of the country. It comes in February. People can still go skating in some places. Summer is usually very cool. Early in the morning the weather is so cold that people usually wear sweaters. Autumn comes ___38___summer. Canadians like to watch maples(枫叶) in the park or on the hills. They are really
beautiful. Winter is the__39___ season of the year. It’s often freezing cold. There is thick ice on the river or lake. Children like to go skating there. Of course, they should wear warm, thick coats, __40___they will catch a cold.
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Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming vegetarians in most Western countries. They are thought of as vegetarians and they refused to eat meat, fish, eggs, cheese and milk. 1. _______Some of them just don’t eat animal products such as milk, eggs, or yogurt, but some others are strict vegetarians and they eat mainly fruit and vegetables. As we know, it is very important to have a balanced diet, especially for the teenagers who are growing up. 2. _______ Well, each person chooses to become a vegetarian for different reasons. The main reasons are they want to protect animals and they want to stay healthy.
I decided to be a vegan when I was 15 years old. But as a vegetarian, I have had a difficult time in getting the proper nutrition(营养). 3. _______ Of course, being a vegetarian isn’t for everyone. 4. _______
A. So why are they becoming vegetarians?
B. Most experts and doctors say that being a vegetarian is very healthy, but many people disagree.
C. So don’t get discouraged(泄气的) if you can’t give up hamburgers and meat dumplings!
D. There are many different types of vegetarians.
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There are many vegetarians in most Western countries.
B. The main reason for being vegetarians is they don’t like eating meat.
C. Not everyone should be a vegetarian.
D. Keeping healthy is important to teenagers.