What can we learn from the special, very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible?
Lesson 1: Ways of creative thinking are needed
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways of thinking. They think standard ways of teaching might stop people from being creative and having new ideas.
Lesson 2: The answer might not be what you expect
Find your answers from facts — not start with an expectation of what you will find. Stephen Jacobsen from Northwestern University believed what he was taught: that water on Earth came from icy comets(彗星) or planets which hit into Earth.
However, by studying a special rock, he discovered that it acts like a sponge(海绵). This suggests that Earth's water may have come from inside, driven to the surface to form the oceans, by geological activity.
“I had a pretty hard time making others believe it,” he said. “But thinking about the fact that you may the first person to see something for the first time doesn’t happen very often. When it does, it’s amazing.”
Lesson 3: A little luck goes a long way
Years of planning went into a recent achievement in space travel. The European Space Agency’s “Philae”, a robot landing craft, met up with Comet 67P, which is 480 million kilometers away. The trip from Earth by “Philae” had taken ten years!
The scientists had no idea what the surface of the comet would be like. If the landing failed, it would be impossible to get information from the spacecraft. Twenty years of work would have been wasted.
When “Philae” tried to land, it bounced(弹起) away from the comet’s icy surface twice. Luckily, however, “Philae” landed successfully and began sending information back to Earth.Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn’t finish college because_________.
A.they preferred to learn by themselves |
B.they needed standard ways of teaching |
C.their teachers didn’t like their new ideas |
D.their teachers weren’t able to teach them |
In Lesson 2, the writer mainly wants to tell us that _________.
A.we should get answers from facts |
B.we can believe what we are taught |
C.it’s hard to make others believe something |
D.an expectation can help get an answer in research |
The example “Philae” in Lesson 3 shows that _________.
A.Comet 67P is not far away from Earth |
B.it took “Philae” 20 years to reach Comet 67P |
C.“Philae” landed on Comet 67P with a little luck |
D.scientists know nothing about the surface of Comet 67P |
The best title for this passage is ______.
A.Ways of discovering | B.Lessons for success |
C.Ways of being special | D.Lessons for experiments |
This is No. 2 Middle School. My friend, Wei Hua is in the school. She is fifteen. She is in Class Three, Grade Two. Wei Hua has two good friends. They are Kate and Lily. Kate is from England. She is fifteen, too. But She is in No. 3 Middle School. She is in Class One, Grade Two. Lily is an American girl. She is fifteen, too. She is in No. 2 Middle School, too. She is in Class Two, Grade Two. Lily’s Chinese teacher is Miss Yang. Lily likes Chinese very much. She can speak Chinese very well. Kate is_________ girl.
A.an American | B.an English |
C.a Chinese | D.a Japanese |
Wei Hua is in_______ Middle School.
A.No.1 | B.No.3 |
C.No. 2 | D.No. 4 |
Kate is in_______ Middle School.
A.No.3 | B.No.1 |
C.No. 2 | D.No. 4 |
Lily comes from _______.
A.the USA | B.England |
C.Japan | D.China |
Kate, Wei Hua and Lily are all in Grade__________.
A.One | B.Two |
C.Three | D.Four |
This is my school. There are many trees and flowers. The teaching building is big and tall. There is a big playground in our school. It’s very nice to have it. After 4:30 in the afternoon, many students come to the playground to play football and some students play table tennis in the table tennis room.
There are 1,200 students in 30 classes in our school. The students all like to study. The teachers in our school are very good. They help the students to study and sometimes play with them. All the students like them. The teaching building is _____.
A.small | B.old |
C.big and tall | D.big |
It’s very nice for this school to have ____.
A.trees and flowers | B.a playground |
C.students | D.teachers |
There are at least (至少) _____ students in one class.
A.45 | B.40 |
C.75 | D.60 |
After school, the students often go to _____.
A.their classroom | B.their homes |
C.the playground | D.the school library |
What may(可能) teachers NOT DO?
A.Give the students lessons. |
B.Play football and table tennis with the students. |
C.Don’t like some students. |
D.Help students study |
Miss Liu is an English teacher. She is very young. She works very well and the students all like her. There are twenty-six boys and twenty-four girls in her class. Now some of them are playing on the playground. Jim and Bill are jumping. Sam and Mike are running. Lucy and Simon are singing. The other girls are playing games with their teacher. They’re happy. Miss Liu is______.
A.a Chinese teacher | B.very old |
C.an English teacher | D.not good |
There are _____ students in Miss Liu’s class.
A.26 | B.40 | C.24 | D.50 |
The students are ______.
A.at work | B.at home |
C.all happy | D.in the classroom |
Who is singing?
A.Miss Liu | B.Lucy and Simon |
C.Sam and Mike | D.Jim and Bill |
. All the students _________.
A.like Miss Liu | B.are running |
C.are playing games | D.are jumping |
The name of the film is ______.
A.Red Star | B.Harry Potter |
C.Dongjin | D.Saturday |
You can watch the film at _______.
A.Guangming Cinema | B.Dongjin Cinema |
C.Hongxing Cinema | D.Dafang Cinema |
You can see the film__________
A.at 4:00 p.m. On Saturday |
B.at 6:30 –8:30 p.m. On Monday |
C.at 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. On Saturday |
D.at 6:30 –8:30 a.m. On Sunday |
Mr and Mr. Read have two sons. They are both 12. If they four want to see the film, how much should they spend?
A.Thirty-two yuan | B.Forty-two yuan |
C.Thirty-six yuan | D.Forty-six yuan |
Kate is nine years old, Jim is eleven years old and Simon is twelve years old. Who can’t go to see the film?
A.Jim | B.Kate |
C.Simon | D.All of them |
Do you hear about the name --- Rain? Yes, he is a popular star of South Korea(韩国). Rain’s music teacher gave him that name. His real name is Jung Ji Hoon. The 32-year-old singer is very good at dancing, too. His eyes are bright and his smiles are sunny.
When he was a child, Rain was very quiet. But in Grade Six, Rain surprised all of his classmates. He danced for them. After the excellent dancing, everyone looked at him in a different way.
Rain’s Songs sell well and he acts in a few TV shows. Rain doesn’t want to sing forever(永远) . “When I stop singing, I’d like to design clothes. Being a designer is my childhood dream.” he said.
Please answer the following questions with no more than 5 words!Where does Rain come from?
Who gave him the name Rain?
How old is Rain now?
Why did Rain surprise his classmates in Grade Six?
What did Rain want to be when he was a child?