I was filled with doubts and worries until my grandfather told me to stand tall．
For me， height was my trouble． I was much taller than other girls， so I often bent（ 弯曲） my body at the back of the line． I had always felt unsafe as the tallest student of my class in Bala Cynwyd． And I wasn't looking forward to entering the ninth grade．
My grandfather didn't laugh at me． Instead， whenever I tried to bend myself in order to appear shorter， he would tell me "Stand straight and tall， Alisa． "I trusted my grandfather more than anyone else in my childhood． And whenever I was afraid of something， he always told me stories of his life．
My grandfather grew up in war﹣torn（战乱的） Europe．" Stand straight， stand tall "meant something else then． After the war， he went to America． He lived a hard life， "If they could do it， why couldn't I？""Stand straight， stand tall，"he often reminded（提醒） himself． Thanks to the help of a friend， my grandfather got a job． He once told me that he was very nervous at first． He was not only trying to learn this hard new job but also a new language．
"Stand straight， stand tall，" he would always tell himself． I am so proud of my grandfather． After listening to my grandfather 's unusual experiences， I have changed the way I look at my own life．
"Stand straight， stand tall"has become not only a piece of advice to improve my posture（身姿）． It also tells me to be proud of who I am．
And I do．
（1）Alisa often bent her body because ．
A． she lived a hard life
B． she was much taller than other girls
C． she always stood at the back of the line
D． she didn't want to enter the 9th grade
（2）What did Alisa's grandfather do with her trouble？
A． He laughed at her．
B． He asked her to bend her body．
C． He told her to stand straight and tall．
D． He advised her to stay away from her friends．
（3）Alisa's grandfather's experiences ．
A． made her feel unsafe
B． taught her to accept herself
C． changed her attitude（态度） to her grandfather
D． told her his success completely depended on friends
（4）"Stand straight， stand tall"means in the passage．
A． making yourself look tall
B． taking care of yourself
C． being proud of yourself
D． reminding yourself
（5）What's the best title for this passage？
A． Stand straight， stand tall
B． My grandfather's life stories
C． My colorful experiences
D． The help of a friend
Now more and more people may experience excessive (more than normal) hair loss(掉发). Hair loss of this type can affect men ,women and Children. But what causes excessive hair loss?
A number of things can cause excessive hair loss．For example，about 3 or 4 months after an illness，you may suddenly lose a large amount of hair ,This hair loss is related(与……有关)to the stress of the illness and it won’t last long．
For example，many women notice hair loss about 3 months after they’ve had a baby .This loss is also related to hormones (激素). During they have babies，high levels of certain hormones cause hair loss. When the hormone return to normal levels．The normal cycle of growth and loss starts again.
Another way of hair loss is the improper care of your hair .If you wear pigtails(辫子)or use tight (紧的)hair rollers, the pull(拉)on your hair can cause a type of hair loss.
Some medicine can cause hair loss．This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine．Medicine that can cause hair loss includes blood thinners，medicine used to treat cancer ,Vitamin A(if too much is taken)，birth control pills and so on．
But how to stop hair loss ? Perhaps your doctor can help you．He will probably ask you some questions about your diet，any medicine you’re taking，whether you’ve had a recent illness and how you take care of your hair．
Medicine may also help slow or prevent(阻止)the development of hair loss Some medicine is helpful．but you had better ask for doctors’ advice .
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Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756 and died on December 5 th, 1791. (1)When he was three, he often had lessons with his elder sister. His father took him through many different countries, where he played music for lots of people.
But some people didn’t believe a little boy could write such beautiful music. They asked him to stay in a room all by himself for a week and somebody watched the room all the time . (2)In a week , he finished a new piece of music . After that, people believed that he could write beautiful music.
Mozart died when he was still a young man. During his short life he studied music and taught music and played music and wrote music. Even by working so hard, he couldn’t make much money . Often he had to borrow money from his friends. （3）But his music made him happy and for more than two hundred years his music has made other people happy, too.根据①填空，每空一词。
____ ____ ____ ____ three,he often had lessons with his elder sister对（2）处划线部分提问。
____ ____did he finish a new piece of music?将③处译成汉语。
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Even a child knows that nodding the head means" Yes". But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary, he is expressing agreement.
The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn't mean" No", but" Yes".
If a person doesn't know this, it might cause misunderstanding.
At one time a foreigner in India told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner said his request again and the driver still shook his head. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice," Yes, sir, "smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.Why did the Indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office?
| A．Because the Indian driver had something important to do |
| B．Because the foreigner agreed to give him only a little money |
| C．Because the driver felt uncomfortable at that time |
| D．Because in India shaking the head means agreement |
The foreigner became angry because_______.
| A．the Indian driver didn't want to send him to his office |
| B．he misunderstood the meaning of shaking the head in India |
| C．he asked the driver to send him to his office, but the driver didn't say any words |
| D．the Indian driver asked him for a lot of money |
Which of the following is True according to the passage?
| A．The Indians’ shaking heads means “Yes”. |
| B．Shaking heads in India has the same meaning as in China. |
| C．Finally the foreigner didn’t get to his office . |
| D．The Indian driver was a deaf man. |
On a hot African morning, Leila was lying on her stomach and an elephant was walking towards her. Leila waited. Then she pushed the button on her camera. “And I got my best photo of an elephant ever, by lying under my car,” Leila explained. “I wanted to get close to the elephants, but of course this was dangerous; they had their babies with them. So every morning I used to park my car in the open near the path (小道). They used to take the same path every morning when they left the water hole. After a week, they were used to seeing my car. So the next morning, I lay under it and got my photo!”
Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain.
Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good. Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?
| A．Because she wanted to sleep. |
| B．Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals. |
| C．Because it’s easy to see the elephants. |
| D．Because it’s very comfortable. |
How can photographers take good photos?
| A．By making good preparation. |
| B．By going into the forest at night. |
| C．By walking around the holes. |
| D．By going to the nearest lake. |
Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?
| A．All animals go to water holes at night. |
| B．Lakes are good place for bird-watching. |
| C．Leila used her car to prevent the sunshine. |
| D．Animals pay no attention to photographers. |
What can we know from the underlined sentence?
| A．The successful rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most. |
| B．Photographers who take wildlife photos need more practice. |
| C．To take good wildlife photos is not difficult. |
| D．It’s hard to take good wildlife photos. |
China's Xie Wenjun corsses the finish line during the men's 110m hurdles race at the IAAF Diamond League Athletics in Shanghai, east China, May 18, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Jundong)
SHANGHAI, May 18 -- China's Xie Wenjun stunned a star-studded field（明星云集的领域）, including the top three finishers in Moscow worlds last year, to win the men's 110m hurdles with a personal best of 13.23 seconds at the 2014 Diamond League Shanghai meet here on Sunday.
The 23-year-old Xie improved his personal best to 13.28 and finished third in the last edition of Shanghai meet. On Sunday he further bettered his PB and claimed his first title at the Diamond League stage by leading from the start in front of a jubilant local crowd(在一片欢腾的人群前面的地方).
"Today's result is the payoff from my hard working in the past months. I did not expect that I can finish first in the race because all my rivals are world-class athletes. So it is a great surprise and great pleasure for me to win at home," said the Shanghai-native.Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde won the silver in 13.26. American hurdler David Oliver, defending world champion and also the winner in Doha meet, took the bronze in 13.30. Maybe the passage is about ______.
| A．travel | B．sport | C．custom | D．fashion |
_____super athletes in the world are mentioned in the passage.
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Two |
According to the passage, rival means ______ in Chinese..
| A．摄影师 | B．教练 | C．师兄 | D．对手 |
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