ThisstoryisaboutMrs．Jones，an82-优题课

We sometimes have to meet some difficulties that we never expect, but we should develop a positive attitude to life. Keeping a positive attitude isn't always easy, especially when we are going through a difficult time in our life. However, we know, only when we take a positive attitude, can we overcome the difficulties.
On July 23rd, 1993, Wang Jiapeng lost his legs when his plane crashed. Wang was only 12 years old. He felt he was the unluckiest person in the world. When he saw students with their schoolbags on their backs, the sound of his wheelchair made him sick. Wang’s mother took him to a special hospital in Beijing. She looked after him in the daytime and worked at night to make money. But after two years,
Wang was still not able to leave the hospital. Wang’s mother became too tired to go on and one day she herself became a hospital patient! One morning she woke up and saw her son holding breakfast for her. Wang’s trip to the food shop was his first time outside the hospital in two years. The five-minute walk took him thirty minutes.
But he was finally able to make an important decision. He didn’t care how other people looked at him. He had to learn to do things himself.
For the next few years, Wang taught himself all his middle school subjects in the hospital and five years after the accident, he won a chance to study in a college in Norway. Wang learned to drive, go rock climbing and ski. He even won two gold medals for skiing in an international skiing competition.
“You are what you think you are,” said Wang. “If you think you’re disabled, you are. If you don’t think so, you aren’t.”
So we know that if you can keep a positive attitude, even when things aren't going well in your life, you are the true winner of life.
根据短文内容判断正、误。
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WangJiapeng, born onJuly23rd, 1993, losthislegs because of a planecrash.
At first he felt very unlucky when seeing others going to school.
In order to look after him, his mother had to stop work and she finally fell ill.
He finished the middle school by himself and got a chance to go to college.
Positive thinking benefited WangJiapeng and he became good at skating.

A TRIP TO SINGAPORE

Child: Aged from 3 to 12
根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。
What can you see at Night Safari ?
A. Different kinds of animals
B. Kinds of butterflies
C. Different birds
If John’s parents takes him and his two younger sisters, one aged 5, the other aged 13, to Jurong Bird Park, how much will he pay?
A. $63B. $49 C. $42
. Mother and father take their 5-year-old child to _________ with the least money.
A. Undersea World
B. Butterfly Park
C. Night Safari
. You can visit _______ after 10:00 pm.
A. Underwater World
B. Butterfly Park
C. Night Safari
. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?
A. Undersea world opens for the longest time among all these four.
B. You take the bus on the Yellow Line to the zoo to see the dolphin.
C. Butterfly Park has the world’s largest collections of butterflies.

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms (习语), though my teacher told us the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said，“You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted (打断) again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’？” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” “_____” Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
What does the underlined word “amusing” probably means in this passage?
A. interesting B. important C. amazing
.A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because .
A. I had no interest in them
B. my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them
C. I did not realize the importance of them
.At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant .
A. I had talked too much
B. I had to stop talking
C. he was not interested in the topic
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
B. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
C. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
The sentence “_____” will be the missing one in this passage.
A. I realized I had made a fool of myself.
B. You had better pay more attention to it
C. I realized the Englishman made me a fool

It is said that all dreams serve a purpose (目的) . While there is no agreement among scientists about why we dream, there are many ideas about the different kinds of dreams we have.
One common kind of dream is the repeating dream, in which the same story is repeated again and again, often for many months or even years, Some believe these are a sign people have a problem in their life and once that problem is gone then the dream will top. Others think they are a way to help people remember something very important.
Another well-known kind of dream is the nightmare, The pictures and stories in such dreams make people very afraid and dreamers usually remember them far more clearly than normal dreams. The cause of such dreams may be seeing something terrifying such as a car accident or some deadly snakes. Others think such dreams may be trying to make a person pay attention to something that is dangerous in their life.
Daydreams happen during wake-time when we forget where we are or that we are doing and find ourselves in a made-up story or unreal world. We often daydream when we are doing something that is not interesting or exciting. They help us think about our future.
Lucid dreams are the most fun. These happen when dreamers suddenly understand that they are dreaming. Instead of waking up, they stay in the dream and are able to control what happens in the dream as if they are making a movie.
The underlined word“they”(in paragraph 2) refers to“ ”.

A．dreams	B．problems
C．disappointing	D．amazing

The underlined word“terrifying”（in paragraph 3）in closest is meaning to“”.

A．frightening	B．interesting
C．disappointing	D．amazing

When might a person daydream?

A．During a very interesting movie.

B．While playing at a fun park.

C．While listening to an uninteresting talk.

D．When making a movie.

How do we know if we are lucid dreaming?

A．We can remember the dream very clearly.

B．We can control what happens in the dream.

C．We think that the dream is like a movie.

D．We feel very nervous after we wake up.

What is the best title of the passage?

A．Daydreaming of You	B．Enjoy Your Dream
C．What Dreams Mean	D．Where Dreams Go

He was struggling（费劲）to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.
I did, and he was grateful.
“Thank you,”he said.
“I’m glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach,”I said.
He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted（扭曲的）terribly, and he couldn’t do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks. He always managed to look up to see how you reacted（反应）to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.
I was still on my knees by his wheelchair. “Nice shoes,”he said.
“Thanks. No one ever complimented me on them before,”I said.
“No one has the same view of the world as I do,”he replied.
“Tell me about the world as you see it,”I said smiling.
“Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes. I see it in their feet,”he said.“If people keep moving their feet, I just let them go, because I know they’re impatient with me. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable.”
“What about me?”I asked.
“I could see your compassion. And then you came down to my level. I was the one who was nervous,”he said.“I don’t normally have someone look me in the eye.”
“They don’t know that they’re missing,”I told him.
“My old face is nothing to brag（自夸）about.”he said.
“But that smile is so big.”
Yes, and it’s not only a big smile but an attitude.
The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their.

A．words

B．eyes

C．feet

D．smile

The underlined word compassion is the closest in meaning to.

A．attention

B．pity

C．trust

D．duty

We learn that the disabled man.

A．had great difficulty looking after himself

B．always asked people for help

C．couldn’t have a big smile

D．liked to talk about people’s shoes

The writer felt comfortable because.

A．he had a nice talk to the man

B．the man looked him in the eye

C．he didn’t move his feet before the man

D．the man had a big smile on the face

We can infer from the passage that.

A．the disabled man had something wrong with his mind

B．not many people went down to the man’s level

C．the man was good at telling people about the world

D．the writer would not give the man more help