As I was finishing seventh grade, my school decided to make some changes because of financial
(财政)problems. The school would make the classes bigger,so there could be fewer teachers. We
needed to write down the names of all my close friends.
I found out that none of my close friends were in any of my new classes. Also, my new classmates
were quite different from my old ones. I thought they weren’t as smart as my old classmates. They also
weren’t in the school activities I was in. I couldn’t find common interests with them .
As the year went on, I began to feel lonely and envy people in other groups. Why could they be with
all their friends? As I found out, they didn"t have many friends at first. They had made new friends in their
new classes. They seemed pretty happy with their new friends.
I decided it was time for me to make new friends. I noticed that the people with many friends were
very active. They often talked to others first, while I was too scared to talk to others and hoped other
people would talk to me first.
Once I realized that, I found that making friends is very easy if you can accept people for who they
are, respect them, and talk to them. Now I feel a lot happier because I have more friends.
B. His classmates had no interests.
C. His classmates didn"t want to talk to him.
D. He had no close friends in the class.
B. Wish to be in other people"s situation.
C. Expect other people to come to him.
D. Want to share other people"s interests.
B. He can"t get on well with his classmates.
C. He was good at making friends.
D. He liked to take part in school activities.
B. some students were asked to go to other school
C. students spent more moneyon new classes
D. the writer"s friends didn"t like him any more
B. the school needs much money to run
C. being active is good for making friends
D. it"s not good to envy your close friends
crowds at the American Gymnastics Academy Long Beach Open last month.
Lola suffers from a condition causing her to see double. She cannot see anything until she is just
five feet away. However, she competed with other young gymnasts with perfect vision. The judges
knew nothing of her condition, but they were still amazed by her perfect gymnastics skills.
"The floor isn"t any different for me," Lola says. "But the beam(平衡木) is only four inches wide,
so it"s hard enough for anyone to walk on, let alone jump on. So when I start to see two beams instead
of just the one, I need to steady(稳固) myself on my feet and really focus."
There is a saying that goes, "One minute on the stage is worth ten years off the stage." Even for
normal people, you have to work very hard to achieve success, to say nothing of a blind girl like Lola.
Can you imagine how much pain she endured(忍受) when she was practicing? It"s common for her
to fall down from the beam and her accidents are more serious than other gymnasts. But that does
not stop her from practicing gymnastics.
Now gymnastics has become Lola"s passion and she plans to be a gymnastics coach when she"s
older.
B. being a coach
C. jumping on beam
D. more common accidents
B. Lola often falls off the beam when practicing
C. Lola is a beautiful blind girl
D. Lola has become a coach
B. she performed perfectly
C. she was a young coach
D. they had never seen that before
B. the judges prefer hard-working to perfect skills
C. Lola has no trouble to perform on the floor
D. normal people can achieve success easily
B. Careful Gymnast
C. Nothing Impossible
D. Strange Illness
I have fallen in love with Shanghai since I 2 to the city last year, especially the people who I meet
and the exciting events 3 take place every day.
4 it might be a little crowded, spending time with young and 5 students at school is the most
exciting experience for me.
Shanghai is 6 very quickly. It is getting bigger and better. People come from all over the world for
the great events here. 7 the ATP tennis to super junior concerts, from the snooker (斯诺克) masters to
Peking Opera - Shanghai has something special for 8 .
The year of 2010 just might be Shanghai"s best year ever. Experts (专家) say that more than 70
million 9 will come here for the World Expo.
People and events - they are what I love about this city! I wouldn"t like to stay 10 except at
Shanghai in 2010. It"s full of things for us to enjoy!
( )1. A. worry | B. agree B. moved B. where B. Although B. silly B. becoming B. Between B. nobody B. leaders B. anywhere | C. argue C. visited C. when C. If C. lazy C. developing C. Since C. everybody C. workers C. everywhere | D. deal D. joined D. who D. Unless D. active D. increasing D. From D. none D. tourists D. nowhere |
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There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D. C. has the National Gallery of Art; Paris has the Louvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. But it is an art museum without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings. FIU is said to be the first computer art museum in the United States. You don"t have to visit the university to see the art. All of the art is in the school computer. You just need your own computer. Connect it to a university computer, in only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings. Robert Shostak is the director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works. Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak says the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. | |||
1. Where is the FIU museum? ________________________________________________ | |||
2. To see the art in the FIU museum, what do people need to do? ________________________________________________ | |||
3. What are stored in the FIU computer museum? ________________________________________________ | |||
4. Why did Robert Shostak start the FIU museum? ________________________________________________ | |||
5. Who is the FIU museum mostly for? ________________________________________________ | |||
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John Carlin was a "jack-of-all-trades." He was an artist and writer. He taught himself five foreign languages. He was a leader among the deaf. John Carlin was born in Philadelphia in 1813. His father was a poor shoemaker. His younger brother, Andrew, was also deaf. John and Andrew did not need to do things that other children of their ages had to do, so they had much free time to walk around the city. John got many rich experiences when he was young. He showed his talent for drawing early in life. He often drew pictures on the floor with chalk and when his mother saw what he had done, she would quickly clean them with a mop(拖把). John went to work as a house painter when he was 12. His days were busy with work. However, he taught himself foreign languages at night. When he was 20, he went to New York to learn drawing. When he ran out of his money, he went to work again. But he would return to drawing whenever he could afford to. John was the first person to receive an honorary degree(荣誉学位) from Gallaudet. He was one who didn"t let deafness stop him from doing what he wanted to. He beat all difficulties and became a successful American. | |||
1. The underlined phrase "jack-of-all-trades" may mean " " in Chinese. | |||
A. 多面手 B. 生意经 C. 工作狂 D. 守财奴 | |||
2. John Carlin when he was young. | |||
A. worked hard at school B. learned five foreign languages at school C. didn"t go to school D. often walked about Philadelphia after school | |||
3. John showed his talent for drawing . | |||
A. before 12 years old B. at the age of 12 C. when he was 20 D. in his early thirties | |||
4. John went to New York to learn drawing with money . | |||
A. donated by an organization B. by selling his paintings C. that his parents gave him D. that he earned by himself | |||
5. "Gallaudet" in the last paragraph is probably the name of . | |||
A. a college for the deaf B. a man who donated money to John C. a man who built a college for the deaf D. a middle school built by a person named Gallaudet | |||
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Have you ever dreamed of entering a magic world (魔法世界) through a cartoon? Cartoonist (漫画家) Wu Miao, has done this in his book series, Tales of Tarsylia (《塔希里亚故事集》). Tales of Tarsylia tells us how four different wizards (法师) grow up in a kingdom of magic. They do different magic tricks and go on all kinds of adventures. Wu became interested in Japanese cartoons when he was in junior high school. Before that, he loved reading science novels. He decided to put the two together in his drawings. But his tastes changed as he grew older. "As I read more, I became unhappy with Japanese cartoons. They are just about characters fighting with each other," said Wu. "I want more." "The most important thing for a cartoonist is to be patient," said Wu. "You have to put up with (忍受) the loneliness and get ready for a hard life if necessary. It"s not the well-paid work that some people imagine. " | |||
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1. Tales of Tarsylia was written by a cartoonist named . | |||
2. Tales of Tarsylia tells us the story of different wizards who go on all kinds of adventures | |||
3. Before Wu became interested in Japanese cartoons, he loved reading | |||
4. Wu thinks Japanese cartoons are filled with characters who . | |||
5. Wu thinks being a cartoonist may not be a job that you can get a lot of from. |