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“Ordinary” was the worst word my mother could find for anything. Whenever she took me out for shopping, I found she wouldn’t take any notice of the shop assistants when they suggested that some dresses were popular. She would say, “We’re not interested in that. Haven’t you got anything a little unusual?” And then the assistants would bring out all the strange colours no one else would buy. And later she and I would argue because I wanted to be ordinary but my mother wanted to be unusual.
“I can’t stand that hairdo (发型),” she said to me when I was in a boy hairstyle, “It’s so terribly ordinary... Not ugly, not unsuitable. But ordinary ...”
“Couldn’t you please wear something else?” I asked one day when she was dressing for Parents’ Day in tight (紧贴的) trousers and a bright pink sweater.
“What’t wrong with it!”
“It’s just that I wish you’d wear something ordinary.” I said, “People won’t laugh at.”
She looked at me angrily, “Are you ashamed of your mother? If you are, Mary, I feel sorry for you.”What did the shop assistants advise Mary’s mother to buy?
| A．Something very popular. | B．Styles they have sold out of. |
| C．Cheap clothes. | D．The most unusual clothes. |
When Mary had her hair cut in a boy hairstyle, her mother ____.
| A．felt happy with it | B．surely disliked it |
| C．told her to change it | D．thought it was unusual |
Why did Mary ask her mother to change her clothes on Parents’ Day?
| A．Because her mother’s clothes were out of style. |
| B．Because she didn’t like a pink sweater at all. |
| C．Because she didn’t like her mother to dress that way. |
| D．Because she didn’t want others to look at her mother. |
What does her mother mean by “ordinary”?
| A．Unusual. | B．Ugly. | C．Common. | D．Popular. |
The underlined word “It” most likely means ____.
| A．the hairdo | B．the dresser | C．the boy | D．the colour |
How do you spend a usual holiday at home? My alarm clock wakes me, which reminds me of school. I usually would sleep like a log, but today is a holiday and I have to be at the pool for swimming practice at a quarter to seven. About 30 swimmers show up for practice. An hour later, I ride my bike home. The suburbs(郊区) are quiet in the morning, with few cars on the street.
I know I should be studying German but instead I wander(游荡)to my room, lie down on the bed and sleep like a log. When I open my eyes again, the first thing I see is the alarm clock. It’s 10:40 and I have a basketball class in less than 20 minutes. With the help of a shortcut(捷径) I arrive on time. About 15 kids and I spend the rest of the morning “shooting hoops(圈)”.
A bus takes us home，and I see a neighbour walking her dogs. It’s past noon. Lunch is “dousha baozi”(豆沙包子)，which my younger brother Richard doesn’t eat. He devours(吞食) part of a cake from the fridge. I wonder if I should practise on the keyboard, study German, finish my homework, play chess，read or sleep like a log. I decide to play computer games for an hour and promise myself that I’ll work on German later.
As the computer games hit higher and higher levels, Richard and I become more and more bored. He has been aching for(渴望) someone his own age to play with, and I write , he is dozing. He is too sleepy.
I think I’ll turn off this computer and take him to the park. Then maybe I’ll call on some of my old classmates.
Holidays can be a time to learn, a time to play, a time to grow or a time to sleep like a log. Whatever you choose to do with your time, do something that you’ll remember!What did the writer NOT do during the day?
| A．Playing computer games. | B．Playing basketball. |
| C．Practising swimming. | D．Walking his dog. |
When did the writer’s basketball practice begin?
| A．At 10:40 am. | B．At 11:00 am. |
| C．At 6:45 am. | D．At 7:15 am. |
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．The writer finally decided to play chess. |
| B．The writer’s brother didn’t eat anything for lunch. |
| C．The writer’s brother wanted very much to have someone his age to play with. |
| D．They found the computer game more and more interesting. |
The underlined word “doze” means_____.
| A．打瞌睡 | B．酣睡 | C．梦呓 | D．做噩梦 |
From the story we can learn that the writer_____ during his holiday.
| A．likes to learn German |
| B．does all kinds of sports |
| C．does what he won’t forget |
| D．has no time to learn German |
Do you think hard work can make anything possible? If you don’t, you may want to read the book We Can Do written by Moshe Kai Cavalin. It might change your mind.
Moshe Kai Cavalin is a 14-year-old American boy. He is about to graduate from UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) this year. Before that, he had already gotten a degree (学位) from East Los Angeles Community College in 2009.
Recently, Cavalin published (出版) the book We Can Do. In this book, he talks about how to achieve things we want, by keeping yourself focused (专心的) and trying your best to do everything. He says this doesn’t need genius (天才), just hard work.
Cavalin says being called a genius “has always bothered (使烦恼) me… People need to know they don’t have to be geniuses; they just need to work hard and they can achieve anything. If I can reach the stars, others can reach the Milky Way(银河，天河）.”
The idea of writing a book came from a teacher named Richard Avila at his first college. Cavalin says Avila inspired (启发) him to write a book to explain how he succeeded, so he could inspire other people.
It took Cavalin four years to finish the book. Because his mother is Chinese, she wanted to publish the book in Chinese. So Cavalin translated the book into Chinese by himself. The book did well in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.According to the passage, we know that _____.
| A．Cavalin is a middle school student |
| B．Cavalin wants to read the book We Can Do |
| C．Cavalin will graduate from ELACC this year |
| D．Cavalin went to college at an early age |
Cavalin owes (归功于) his success to the following EXCEPT that _____.
| A．he can focus on one thing |
| B．he has tried his best to do things |
| C．he was born a genius |
| D．he worked hard at his dream |
Cavalin says “If I can reach the stars, others can reach the Milky Way” to _____.
| A．show he can do better than others |
| B．say working hard is the way to success |
| C．show a genius must be a really smart person |
| D．prove the Milky Way is farther than the stars |
Which of the following is TRUE about the book We Can Do?
| A．Cavalin spent four years writing the book. |
| B．Cavalin’s mother helped him finish the book. |
| C．The book has four editions. |
| D．The book has not come out yet. |
Did Calvalin translate the book into Chinese with the help of his mother?
| A．Yes, he did. | B．No, he didn’t. |
| C．Yes, he didn’t. | D．No, he did. |
COOKING WITH ESSENCE ON MAIN
What can people learn from Essence on Main?
| A．Art | B．Music |
| C．English | D．Cooking |
The most lessons are in ________.
| A．March | B．April | C．May | D．June |
We can learn to make summer desserts on _______.
| A．April 22 | B．May 18 |
| C．May 25 | D．June 14 |
What day is May 7?
| A．Monday | B．Wednesday |
| C．Thursday | D．Friday. |
Mrs Black comes back from work at 5 every day, the time of Spring Class is suitable for her, isn’t it ?
| A．Yes, it isn’t. | B．No, it isn’t. |
| C．Yes, it is . | D．No, it is. |
Dear Zhang Hua,
Have you ever been to Thailand ? It is a country in Southeast Asia.
I’ve been in Thailand for a few days with my parents .We are here for a holiday.
Now we are staying in Bangkok (曼谷).It is the capital of Thailand and it is a very interesting place to visit. Yesterday we visited some places of interest in the city. They are great! This morning we went shopping .Bangkok is a wonderful place to shop for jewelry (珠宝) and clothes .My mother bought a nice necklace (项链) . My father and I bought some fashionable T-shirts.
Thailand is called“Land of Smiles” because people here are very friendly. And it’s true ! When we eat in the restaurants in Bangkok(曼谷).the waiters are really nice and they are always smiling. Thai food is delicious ,but it is sometimes a little spicy(辛辣的) for me .You can also get Chinese food here because a lot of Chinese people came to live in Bangkok many years ago. Chinese food is very good, and it isn’t as spicy as Thai food .Our American food can also be found in Bangkok ,however ,I don’eat it, You know ,I’d like to try new things when I travel.
The weather has been very hot .Yesterday it rained and got a little cooler .But today it’s hot again.
Yours,
Mary
根据短文内容完成下列句子.(所填内容可能是单词或短语)Thailand is in and it is called .
Most tourists go to buy and in Bangkok.
Mary thinks is spicier than .
Mary doesn’t eat food in Bangkok because she wants to when she travels.
Because of the rain ,it was in Bangkok yesterday than today.
If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life, try again now, one tiny step at a time.
Every year it’s the same. As December comes to an end, you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year, you think about the last year. You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make, but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life.
Here’s a suggestion: Forget the too big, hard-to-achieve goals and just think about the small ones. “We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it’s so hard for us to reach it” said Robert Maurer, who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life. “What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to it.”
“Kaizen”, a Japanese word, is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes（态度）. During World War II, American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes. After the war, the idea was brought to a rebuilding（重建） Japan. It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”
Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything. At the end of December, people usually _______.
| A．fail to make big changes |
| B．plan for the last year |
| C．think about the new year |
| D．try to lose their ideas |
Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us _______.
| A．we should do everything in big steps |
| B．how to change one’s life with one small step |
| C．we should try a lot of sudden changes |
| D．how to find a small step without any excuse |
The underlined part “increase productivity ” in the passage means“ ”.
| A．提高生产率 | B．增加成本 |
| C．增加出口量 | D．提高待遇 |
The writer of the passage suggests we should .
| A．make changes at the end of the year |
| B．do few experiments with “kaizen” |
| C．do things with hard-to-achieve goals |
| D．take a tiny step to achieve big goals |
Which of the following is true from the passage?
| A．You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy. |
| B．Robert Maurer studied “kaizen ”and found it helpful. |
| C．You can’t find any excuse not to reach a big goal. |
| D．“Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World WarⅡ. |
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