As I was passing the elephants, I was confused to see these huge animals were held by nothing but a small rope. The rope was tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages. It was that the elephants could easily break away from the ropes at any time. But the fact was opposite.
I saw a nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and made no attempt (尝试) to . “Well,” he said, “when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same rope to tie them. At that age, it was enough to hold them. As they , they are used to believing that they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”
To my , these animals could break free from their ropes at any time, but they . Because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go life believing that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? How many of us have trying something new because of a limited belief (认知)? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limited beliefs?
A．clear B．lively C．smart D．lovely
A．visitor B．gardener C．trainer D．waiter
A．get away B．give away C．put away D．carry away
A．colour B．size C．model D．number
A．turn up B．get up C．look up D．grow up
A．even B．still C．hard D．hardly
A．surprise B．joy C．danger D．interest
A．did B．didn’t C．are D．aren’t
A．down B．on C．at D．through
A．finished B．enjoyed C．avoided D．practised
Boys and girls, this summer vacation is the time for you to take your mind off homework and prepare yourself for future life. The following is some advice on to make your vacation meaningful and colorful.
Take exercise. Regular exercise, much health. You hard most of the time so far. Therefore, you need to join in outdoor activities, which can bring your whole body into action. You can benefit from different forms of exercise swimming, jogging, and mountain climbing.
Learn some basic life skills. One day, you will live alone. As a result, you can’t your family any longer. In order to deal with your matters in your own life, you should learn cooking, washing and other practical (实用的) skills.
Go for a journey. Travel to places of interest. In this way, you can find the culture there different from of your hometown. Beautiful scenery can make you relaxed. Imagine that you are lying on the warm beach in bright sunshine, with light sea wind gently blowing. Isn’t it enjoyable and comfortable?
Enjoy family time. Home is the place in which you can rest, receive love and care from relations. Don’t always sit in front of a computer alone. Instead, the whole family should spend watching a movie on the sofa together. Besides, it’s great fun for family members to gather around the table, sports, clothes or other common topics (话题).
If you follow the advice above, you will achieve health, independence (独立), peace of mind and feelings between family members. Today is the beginning of a new life. Your summer vacation must be full of and success. Wish you a wonderful time!
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A. whether B. how C. when
A. have worked B. worked C. will work
A. instead of B. due to C. such as
A. depend on B. give up C. hear from
A. public B. negative C. personal
A. it B. that C. one
A. also B. either C. too
A. some times B. some time C. sometimes
A. discussed B. to discuss C. discussing
A. sadness B. joy C. worry
"Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?" young Sarah asked her father. She was always things and her father was not very pleased.
"You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said. " you wanted to leam horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it's the _ . "
"I'll play every day, Daddy, " Sarah said. "I'Il try very hard. "
"All right, " her father said. " I know _ . I'll do. I 'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you play something for me. If you play well, you can have lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons.
"OK. Daddy," Sarah said. "That is _ . "
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The lessons were very expensive, but her father kept his .
The six weeks passed quickly. It was time for Sarah for her father.
She began to play. She played very . She made a terrible noise.
Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands _ his ears.
When Sarah finished, her father said, "_ _, Sarah. You can have more lessons. "
Sarah ran happily out of the room. Her father's friend turned to him. "You've spent a lot of money, she still plays very badly, " he said.
"Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin, I able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply. In six weeks I'II own the whole building! "
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This morning I got an e-mail from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University.
The made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.
Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes, , his little hand knocked over（打翻）a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess（一团糟）. “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with .
I and held his hand, “Take it easy, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look .” I took out a . “You see, Dad is a magician（魔术师）, I can change it into a big tree.”
His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.
We spent the whole afternoon and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew something happened.
The night before Roy left for Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over the paint. “Since then I’ve worried about making mistakes,” he continued, “I believe I can always ways to solve the problems.”
A. call B. e-mail C. card
A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Gladly
A. happiness B. hope C. fear
A. cried B. smiled C. shouted
A. nice B. bad C. wrong
A. drum B. brush C. clock
A. washing B. cooking C. painting
A. dangerous B. boring C. special
A. never B. always C. sometimes
A.put out B. hand out C. find out
Mrs. Chen lives with her son and her daughter in Loudi. She is very busy. After school Mrs. Chen takes her ____ from football to basketball. Then she has to take her daughter to piano lessons. The tired children don’t get until 7 p.m. They have a quick , and it’s time for homework.
Most of the parents do the things not only in Loudi but also in Changsha. They take their children from activity to activity. They want them to do things as many as possible. This makes children too much pressure(压力). Teachers say their students are very tired in the and can’t study well.
Only a few of parents about such pressure. They say “Parents send their kids to all kinds of classes when they are very , it’s crazy. People shouldn’t push their kids so hard.”
Dr Li also says “Parents should give their kids a bit more to themselves. Children need organized(组织的) activities. They also need time to relax, and they need time to do things .
A. son B. daughter C. friend
A. school B. home C. station
A. breakfast B. lunch C. supper
A. same B. different C. happy
A. across B. under C. over
A. classroom B. bedroom C. library
A. decide B. hurt C.know
A. easy B. old C. young
A. books B. time C. fruits
A. by themselves B. of course C. by the way、
When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still of the dark., so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.
However, David the grey moths(蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked , she simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world.
“Once, the angels (天使) were . They were sad because it was raining heavily. The little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow(彩虹) to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies(蝴蝶) , they could make a beautiful rainbow together.
“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.
“Then the once-colorful moths became . The angles saw the rainbow and smiled…” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared months since then.
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