When I was in my ninth grade, I was on a stage-design team for a play and Mrs. Reagan was my director. Almost immediately I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, __1__ she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Reagan would ask me for my __2__. She wanted to know how I thought we should deal with things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew __3__ about stage design! But I slowly tried to answer her __4__. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to make them and I completed them perfectly. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Reagan 's motto that year was, "Try it. We can achieve it __5__!" I began to take the chances. I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing. I learned to create something __6__.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was __7__ in the program as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I __8__ I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Reagan changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more experienced than I had thought, but I also __9_ a strong interest and a world I hadn't known. She taught me not to __10__ what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be __11_. Mrs. Reagan was the person who gave me confidence when I was upset. Her trust in me has encouraged me to do things that I never imagined __12__.
A．and B．so C．yet D．for
A．impression B．opinion C．information D．advice
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．questions B．words C．explanations D．ideas
A．again B．more C．instead D．later
A．easily B．carefully C．confidently D．proudly
A．introduced B．recognized C．placed D．considered
A．proved B．decided C．accepted D．realized
A．discovered B．developed C．took D．encouraged
A．accept B．decide C．care D．wonder
A．afraid B．lazy C．sad D．bored
A．successful B．possible C．enjoyable D．agreeable
Recently, I felt like I reached a very low point in life. My relationships weren't good, I wasn't enjoying my classes, and I felt like I had nothing to .My life seemed to be full of endless homework, tests and loneliness. Nothing anyone said seemed to me. I wasn't sure what to do about myself. All I wanted was to be happy again, but I didn't know who or what would that.
During these days, I had trouble sleeping. I had to take sleeping pills but still woke up in the midnight. I had no but to tell my dad. He the book The Secret. I immediately bought the e-book online and read the whole thing that night. I'm quite a stubborn person, but the effect on my mood after finishing the book was . Suddenly, I felt like life was beautiful again. I had never felt such a deep and quick in my life before.
In fact, the book's message was very simple—think positively(积极地).The book had many success stories about how people were able to money, soul mates(心灵伙伴)and old friends back into their lives. I started learning to thank everything in my life like them. Little by little, I realized that The Secret could only work I believed these people's success stories.
Now I'm sure I can bring myself happiness.
A．take care of B．come up with C．look forward to D．look down on
A．colourful B．powerful C．peaceful D．helpful
A．prevent B．offer C．answer D．serve
A．problem B．doubt C．need D．idea
A．recommended B．collected C．returned D．borrowed
A．finally B．mainly C．normally D．probably
A．obvious B．common C．realistic D．serious
A．breath B．change C．surprise D．notice
A．imagine B．control C．attract D．mention
A．until B．when C．unless D．before
BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.
On Saturday, heavy haze（霾）still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.
The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly than 50 meters in some areas.
Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing, more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday the haze, which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.
The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze: unpleasant weather conditions making difficult for smog to disappear, automobile exhaust（尾气）, and coal use for winter heating.
To fight pollution, the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use, some factories, and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.
“We must face up to the facts,” said Yan Naiqiang, a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on, if we use buses or cars less and do more riding, we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”
A．coaches B．trains C．flights D．double-deckers
A．afforded B．affected C．admired D．announced
A．less B．more C．farther D．nearer
A．in B．like C．around D．outside
A．hats B．gloves C．sunglasses D．masks
A．besides B．except C．because of D．for
A．classes B．rest C．work D．shopping
A．mainly B．mostly C．main D．most
A．that B．this C．one D．it
A．close B．closing C．open D．opening
Time flies so quickly! We become mature(成熟的)girls or boys, or at least we we are. At the same time, our parents are no longer young.
They all they have to us but never look forward to getting back. When we are ill in bed, they stay with us day and night. When we’re hungry or cold or sad, they offer help.
But what have we done for our parents? we grow up, we have our own ideas and we believe we are enough to think and act by ourselves, so we usually dislike their care. ___, we don’t listen to them; sometimes even quarrel with them!
We must something now, letting them know that we love them too. Try our best to understand our parents, and not to make them feel hopeless. In a word, make it a duty to bring __ to them because that’s the sign that we are really mature.
Children are parents’ and we are carrying both our dreams and theirs. The pleasure of our parents is what we should try to achieve!
A．think B．advise C．talk D．explain
A．pass B．give C．show D．take
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．never B．hardly C．seldom D．always
A．If B．Before C．As D．Though
A．careful B．old C．young D．patient
A．At first B．As a result C．So far D．At once
A．throw B．ask C．read D．do
A．stress B．money C．happiness D．complaint
A．hope B．award C．task D．aim
Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ___that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of______? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he______that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is______wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel______toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he______ her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ______ make sure that the listener does pay attention______what he or she is saying. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ______cannot express.
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place______you stay.
A．spoken B．said C．told D．talked
A．experience B．eyes C．mind D．news
A．found B．knew C．finds D．saw
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．happy B．angry C．sad D．thankful
A．loves B．hates C．thanks D．looks at
A．in order that B．so that C．in order to D．for
A．for B．of C．with D．to
A．eyes B．words C．minds D．body
A．which B．that C．where D．there
Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.
There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for that can help them deliver the mail； they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be forever； there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出价者).
A．impatient B．important C．unclear D．inactive
A．turn off B．eat up C．sell out D．throw away
A．sent B．returned C．lent D．sold
A．no B．various C．silly D．cruel
A．people B．time C．clues D．books
A．funny B．inside C．useless D．outside
A．phone B．mirror C．TV set D．computer
A．stored B．put C．bought D．borrowed
A．bored B．interested C．worried D．satisfied
A．cheapest B．cleverest C．highest D．Easiest
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