There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it,
guide-book in hand. Of course, we may 1 with our guide-books the history and special developments
of a town and get to know them. 2 then, if we take our time and stay in a town for a while, we may
get to know it better. When we look at it as a whole, we begin to have some 3 , which even the best
guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just 4 this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its
streets 5 in this particular way, and not in any other way?
Here even the best guide-book fails us. One can"t find in it the information about how a town has
developed to the 6 appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的) design of a town. However,
one may get some ideas of what it 7 to look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine
8 the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 9
to develop.
What is the point of studying towns in this way? For me, it is simply that one gets greater pleasure by
visiting and seeing a town with one"s own eyes. A personal visit to a town may help one better understand
why it is attractive 10 just reading about it in a guide-book.
Money does have its most useful effect (影响) on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more
money doesn"t mean more happiness.
If money was everything, all millionaires (百万富翁) would have true love, true friendship, good health
and a long life. However, this is not always true.
Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words which are "I love you". But can love be bought? I"m
afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are probably the most
precious (宝贵的) things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is "No".
Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can"t be bought
either. In a word, where money is worshiped (崇拜), money can cause brothers to quarrel, lovers to hate,
strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make you a happy
person if you have not one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
B. Money isn"t necessary.
C. Money is important, but not the most important.
D. With no money, with no success.
Music is an art that almost everyone enjoys. Everyone can make sounds by singing. All over the world,
many kinds of music developed as people found out how to make sounds in different ways. There are so
many kinds of music to hear that you can soon find a kind that you like. People can get all kinds of feelings
by hearing music. Music can make you march or dance, and it can make you feel happy or sad.
More than other arts, music can affect you feelings. This is why music is so popular.
Every country has its own kind of music and many people like music. But there are also people who
enjoy classical music and pop music. With the help of the recorders and radios, the music is spread all over
the world, However, there are still great differences between the music of the west and that of the east.
Many of the instruments are very different.
| The reason that you can find your favorite music | 1. |
| The role (作用) of music | 2. 3. |
| Spreading ways | 4. |
| The reason of population | 5. |
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| Dear friends, Do you remember your first day at a new school or in a new area? How about the life when your family 1 to a new state? Ugh! What about the 2 of being a stranger? Then, with time, you find someone who likes 3 you like. Friends are great gifts in life. I have good friends too, but not because they are 4 . Sometimes they talk too much; sometimes they need me a lot. I know I ask too much of them. I hope my friends, like my father, 5 about me a lot. I once told my friends to give me all their love and be generous and gentle. I told my friends, in other words, to love me 6 I loved them. They didn"t 7 me at first, but then they became kinder. My love for them slowly made them learn to 8 friends. They learned to love others and 9 the idea that LOVE is part of life. If we listen to and try to understand each other, love 10 . We should work on it, even if it"s hard at first. A true friend loves us at all times. Your friend, Jesus | |
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| We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can not speak English. If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football. So, you see, you can learn English only by using it. You listen to your teacher carefully in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your English teacher and classmates and also you must write in English. Then one day, you may find your English very good. | |
| 1. You know a lot about English but maybe you ______. | |
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| A. can"t speak it B. can study it C. can"t study it D. can"t use it | |
| 2. You must get into the river ______. | |
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| A. to play with water B. to go boating C. to learn how to swim D. to catch a fish | |
| 3. Do you want to be a football player? Please . | |
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| A. put your football away B. buy a good football C. play football D. watch others play football | |
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| Small children often laugh at the short ones or at someone who isn"t dressed as well as they are. But as they grow up, they learn not to hurt other people"s feelings by laughing at their problems. They learn to laugh at other things. Most important, they learn to laugh at themselves. Suppose you"re playing a game. You make a mistake and lose. Do you become angry? Or can you laugh at yourself and hope to do better next time? Suppose you are at a special dinner. You at times spill some food. Why keep worrying about how clumsy you looked? Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself any way? If you can, it"s a good thing you"ve really grown up. | |
| 1. This article is mostly about ______. | |
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| A. why laughter is good for your body B. what you should laugh at C. where you may laugh D. where you may laugh at | |
| 2. The writer says small children laugh at people who ______. | |
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