阅读理解。    Collecting opens new worlds for you, but this is only one of the reasons to collect. Here are some more.
    Collecting tells stories. There is a story behind every object (物品) in a collection. There is your story:
the story of when and where you get each object and what it means to you. The objects themselves also
tell stories. If an object is old, it may tell the stories of other people who once owned (拥有) or used it.
If it"s new, it can tell you a lot about its own time and place.
    Collecting teaches you many things. Historical (历史的) objects teach us about important events, great
heroes, or everyday life in the past. New objects show today"s technology (技术) and our way of life.
Plants, animals and stones teach us about nature. 
    Collecting lets you share your knowledge with others. When you show your collection to your family
or friends, you teach them new and interesting things. Kids all over the world are collectors, so while you"re
having fun learning about your collection, you can also make new friends and share your knowledge.

Reasons for collecting
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Tell stories.	There is your story and the objects themselves also tell stories.
Teach you many things.	★2__________: about important events, great heroes, or everyday life                           in the past. ★New objects: today"s technology and our way of life. ★3__________: about nature.
4	5__________ with kids and share your knowledge with them.
1. Open new worlds for you. 2. Historical objects 3. Plants, animals and stones 4. Let you share your knowledge with others. 5. Make new friends (答案不唯一)
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One of my favourite memories as a child is going by the river and sitting freely on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush down and hear the sound of falling leaves.      When I think about the bamboo tree"s ability to return to its original position, the word "resilience" comes to mind. When used to describe a person, this word means the ability to become well again from shock, disappointment or any other situation that makes somebody unhappy.      Have you ever felt you are about to break with a sudden noise? Have you ever felt you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you are lucky to have the experience to live to talk about it.      Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. Next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, don"t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of (占上风) you.       Hopes will take you through the unpleasant experience. With hopes for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant experience may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having.      If you are at your breaking point, you should be like the bamboo tree, bend, but don"t break!
1. The writer was moved by _______ one day when he went to sit by the river.
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A. the water B. the bamboo tree C. the leaves
2. What does the underlined word "resilience" mean? It means _______.
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A. 恢复力 B. 兴奋 C. 忧伤
3. What did the writer use to do when he was young?
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A. He used to go to the park to hear the sound of falling leaves. B. He used to go to the lake and watch the water. C. He used to go by the river and sit on the bank.
4. Next time you experience one of those bad things, try your best ______ get the best of you.
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A. to let the situation B. not to let the situation C. to change the situation to
5. What can we learn from the passage?
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A. We should bend when we hear a sudden noise. B. We should go by the river and sit freely on the bank. C. We should have the ability to become well again.
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Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.     Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉).     A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.     A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colours of their skin.     There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
1. According to this passage, a hero is a person who always ______.
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A. gives us courage B. thinks highly of others C. shares great fame D. stands on the mountaintop
2. If you want to live like a hero, you should ______.
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A. experience a new and meaningful life B. listen to something worth talking about C. serve your own fame and try to be famous D. know where and how you want to live and die
3. The underlined word "vision" in the passage means "______".
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A. 风景 B. 想象 C. 远见 D. 形象
4. Black people in America used to ______ before Martin Luther King, Jr..
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A. shop at the white"s stores B. drive buses with the white C. take walks in the white"s parks D. eat in restaurants without the white
5. What can we learn from the passage?
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A. We don"t need heroes anymore at some point now. B. Heroes are all the same though different in cultures. C. People get power from heroes to move to a new place. D. Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history.
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Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.      Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them.     A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉) .     A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.     A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colours of their skin.      There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
1. According to this passage, a hero is a person who always _______.
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A. gives us courage B. thinks highly of others C. shares great fame D. stands on the mountaintop
2. If you want to live like a hero, you should  _______.
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A. experience a new and meaningful life B. listen to something worth talking about C. serve your own fame and try to be famous D. know where and how you want to live and die
3. The underlined word "vision" in the passage means "_______".
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A. 风景 B. 想象 C. 远见 D. 形象
4. Black people in America used to _______ before Martin Luther King, Jr..
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A. shop at the white"s stores B. drive buses with the white C. take walks in the white"s parks D. eat in restaurants without the white
5. What can we learn from the passage?
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A. We don"t need heroes anymore at some point now. B. Heroes are all the same though different in cultures. C. People get power from heroes to move to a new place. D. Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history.
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Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.     After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn"t wash her window. It really looks terrible."     One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.     Later in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!     Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评)her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.     That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window, through my own shortcomings?     Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判)someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?" Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.
1. The writer couldn"t see everything dearly through the window because _______.
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A. the woman"s window was dirty B. the writer"s window was dirty C. the woman lived nearby D. the writer was near-sighted
2. The writer was surprised that ________.
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A. the woman was sitting by her window B. the woman"s window was clean C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon D. the woman"s window was still terrible
3. "It dawned on me" probably means "_______".
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A. I began to understand it B. it cheered me up C. I knew it grew light D. it began to get dark
4. It"s clear that ________.
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A. the writer had never met the woman before B. the writer often washed the window C. they both worked as cleaners D. they lived in a small town
5. From the passage, we can learn ____________.
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A. one shouldn"t criticize others very often B. one should often make his windows clean C. one must judge himself before he judges others D. one must look at others through his dirty window
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"We are reading the first part of a book that doesn"t end..." I don"t know who wrote these words. But I have always liked them because they always remind us that the future can be anything we want to make it. 1                We are all like farmers. If we plant good seeds, we have good products. If our seeds aren"t good, we get useless products. 2                 I want the future to be better than the past. I don"t want it filled with mistakes that happened many times before. 3                  The past is gone. There is nothing we can do to change it. The future is before us. It is changeable. 4            Each day brings with it something new in our homes and in our business, but only if we realize (认识到) them. We are just at the beginning of everything we study.
A. We all should care about the future, because that"s where we"ll spend the rest of our lives. B. If we plant nothing at all, we get nothing at all. C. Everything We do will affect (影响, 对...起作用) it. D. We can make it anything that we can imagine.
5. Which is the best title for the passage?
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A. The Life in the Future B. How to Face the Future C. How to Design the Future D. The Future Is Wonderful