Meyer has been crazy about writing since she was young. She got her first lesson in story-telling from grandfather, who gave her words of love. He set off her imagination and influenced her much. Meyer always had stories running her head and as soon as she could write, she put them down on paper.
Meyer remembered the call that changed her life. It was Tuesday, February 18th, when the rang in the kitchen of her Los Angeles home. On the line was Marty Banderas, a literary agent (代理) to whom she had sent a copy of her novel three weeks earlier. She asked Meyer some information, like age and health condition. Meyer felt and asked what that was about. Banderas only replied, "I've just sold your for one and a half million dollars!"
She sat down in shock. She had written over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been by publishers(出版商). Many people would have been discouraged (气馁的), not her. Each time, she just got down to writing another one. Her husband advised her to find something else to do, but she never . Seeing this book published was the most thing that has ever happened to her.
Now she is a of three children, but she has never stopped , turning out novels between kids and dishes. She is writing another novel now, and she expects another success. Yes, her belief (信仰) has brought her , and it has changed her life . Meyer is very confident that she will enjoy a more successful and meaningful life as long as she keeps on with her dream.
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What better way to welcome spring than by helping to clean up the town we all live in! Here in Rockland we have a Spring Cleanup Day every year in April. The Cleanup Day 2014 will be April 20th. It will start with a town cleanup at 8 o'clock in the morning, and a tree planting activity at the Rockland Park is to follow in the afternoon. One thousand young trees are sure to make the park greener and prettier.
We will divide the people coming to help into eight teams for eight different areas. As usual, we will provide gloves, rubbish bags and other cleaning tools. You will also get free lunches and Tshirts when the cleanup ends at noon. We are going to have a friendly competition to see which team can pick up the most rubbish.
Bring your kids with you. It is a great chance to teach them to care for the environment around us. We have free drinks and chocolate candies for the children at the park.
Meeting: At the gate of Rockland Park, the town hall at 330 Jones Street, or the corner of Palace Street and North Street.
Signup (报名): Call 5862397 on weekdays, or visit our website below any time you like. www.springcleanup.com
The Spring Cleanup Day in Rockland is held ________.
| A．once a month | B．twice a month |
| C．once a year | D．twice a year |
People in Rockland can help to ____ on the afternoon of April 20th.
| A．clean up the town | B．take care of the kids |
| C．plant trees in the park | D．paint the park greener |
People joining in the Cleanup Day will NOT ________. 21*cnjy*com
| A．get lunches and Tshirts for free |
| B．be provided with cleaning tools |
| C．work in teams to do the cleaning |
| D．take young trees home to plant |
From the poster, the activities are a chance to teach the kids to ____.
| A．protect the environment |
| B．get free drinks and candies |
| C．pick up the most rubbish |
| D．do cleaning and plant trees |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．You can call 5862397 to sign up any time you like. |
| B．People can visit www.springcleanup.com to sign up. |
| C．The town hall is at the corner of Palace Street and North Street. |
| D．People can meet for the activities only at the gate of Rockland Park. |
任务型阅读 (本题有5小题，每小题l分，满分 5分)
请阅读下面Alan, Carol, Helen, Steve和Linda关于自己爱好的描述，并根据电影海报，从A.B.C.D.和E五个选项中选出适合他们观看的电影。Alan: I like to see cartoons to relax myself.
Carol: I enjoy love stories, such as Romeo and Juliet.
Helen: I am interested in Chinese history and great Chinese persons.
Steve: Fantastic action movies are my favorite. I am usually excited about them.
Linda: I think talent shows are the most exciting. Everybody in my family enjoy watching these shows.
One day a famous teacher was walking with his student. On the way, they saw a lake. They stopped and the teacher told the student, “I’m thirsty. Get me some water from that lake.”
Just when the student reached the lake, a cow was walking in the lake. So the water became very dirty. He thought “I can’t give the dirty water to my teacher!”
He came back and told the teacher, “The water is very dirty. We can’t drink it.” After about half an hour, the teacher asked the student to get some water again. So he went back to the lake.
But the lake was still dirty. So he told the teacher the same thing. After some time, the teacher asked him to go back again. But this time, he found the water was clear. The mud in the water came to the bottom. So he got some water.
The teacher looked at the water and said to him, “You did nothing to make the water clear. You just let it be… Your mind is also like that! When it is bothered, just let it be. Give it some time.”
One day the teacher asked his student to .
| A．make the lake clear |
| B．drive away the cow in the lake |
| C．get some water to drink |
| D．get some water to wash his face |
How many times did the student go to the lake?
| A．Twice. | B．Three times. | C．Four times. | D．Five times. |
The teacher told his student that he should when his mind was bothered.
| A．drink some water | B．eat something |
| C．do nothing | D．ask him for help |
From the passage we know that .
| A．the teacher taught his student something useful |
| B．the teacher wanted his student to work hard |
| C．the student know how to make the water clear |
| D．the student was very lazy |
A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling (四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, what the mother has done is repeated again and again. The struggle (挣扎) to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again. Why? She wants it to remember how it can get up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying great people, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something unusual about these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out (着手) to do.”
The expression “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ______.
| A．a happy thing | B．a difficult thing |
| C．a big dream | D．a beautiful place |
A View from the Zoo is a book written by .
| A．Gary Richmond | B．Charles Darwin |
| C．Irving Stone | D．Vincent van Gogh |
The mother giraffe puts herself over her child and throws her long leg and kicks her baby because she .
| A．is an unkind mother |
| B．likes watching her bay sprawling |
| C．doesn’t want her baby to live with her |
| D．wants to train her baby to get up in this way |
The writer mainly wants to tell the readers that
| A．the giraffe is an unusual animal |
| B．we should learn to be a careful writer |
| C．learning to get up leads to success |
| D．A View from the Zoo is a good book to read |
Going to a friend’s house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.
★ When to arrive
The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you to his/her house, you need to arrive on time. If your friend tells you to come “around 3:00”, that means you can arrive a few minutes after 3:00, but it is also a good idea to arrive at the right time.
★ What to bring
Often it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share(分享), or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.
★ How to greet (问候)
When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr or Mrs Smith. This will show them more respect(尊重).
It is a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Be polite to your friend’s parents, and you will be invited again!If your friend asks you to get to your friend’s house around 5:00 p.m, it is polite to arrive at ________ p.m.
| A．4:30 | B．4:50 | C．5:02 | D．5:30 |
The passage mainly(主要)tells us ____________.
| A．when to arrive at your friend’s house |
| B．how to greet people |
| C．what to bring to your friend |
| D．how to be a good visitor |
It’s not good to bring your friend ____________ when you go to his/her house.
| A．a box of chocolates | B．some flowers |
| C．a movie | D．some money |
The passage may be from ____________.
| A．a notice(通知) on a wall |
| B．a letter to a friend |
| C．an article in a magazine |
| D．a piece of news in a newspaper |
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