There are many stories about people who did not let age stop them in the pursuit of their goals. I’m sure you have heard of recent 70-year-old college graduates, or teenagers who are 1 of many useful things or owners of companies. Actually, it can be done; it just 2 your attitude.
Michael had wanted to run his own business from an early age, but he was 3 a big risk taker. After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the 4 , but his friends told him that at 45 he was too 5 to start his own construction business. They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family. Michael was discouraged. 6 many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he 7 that they knew what was best, so he decided to give up his 8 . But his wife told him that he was foolish to do so. They discussed it and Michael 9 that he’d been using his age as a(n) 10 instead of as an advantage.
Have you put off a goal 11 age or another limiting factor? Does the limiting 12really have as much influence as you think? Age is just a number and each challenge is an opportunity. Your attitude 13 . You’re not too old to try something 14 and never too old to give up on your dreams. They may 15 a bit of adjustment, but if you want something enough, believe in yourself and your desires will have no bounds.
| 小题1: | | A．owners | B．discoverers | C．inventors | D．users |
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| 小题2: | | A．depends on | B．turns down | C．makes up | D．leads to |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．hardly | C．nearly | D．surely |
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| 小题4: | | A．decision | B．leap | C．conclusion | D．contribution |
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| 小题5: | | A．early | B．old | C．hard | D．wise |
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| 小题6: | | A．If | B．Before | C．Even | D．Since |
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| 小题7: | | A．hoped | B．learnt | C．thought | D．heard |
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| 小题8: | | A．plan | B．job | C．belief | D．method |
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| 小题9: | | A．stressed | B．decided | C．realized | D．Dreamed |
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| 小题10: | | A．response | B．reply | C．answer | D．excuse |
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| 小题11: | | A．instead of | B．regardless of | C．because of | D．in spite of |
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| 小题12: | | A．result | B．factor | C．pressure | D．strength |
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| 小题13: | | A．changes | B．helps | C．begins | D．matters |
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| 小题14: | | A．opposite | B．impossible | C．strange | D．valuable |
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| 小题15: | | A．make | B．suggest | C．require | D．follow |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:C |
试题分析：本文通过一个举例告诉我们不要把自己的年龄当借口，去放弃自己的追求和梦想。
小题1:根据of many useful things，故选C, inventors发明家。
小题2:这里想说它取决于你的态度，故选A，depends on取决于。
小题3:根据After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the decision，故选A，never从不。
小题4:根据he put a business plan together，故选A，decision决定。
小题5: 根据They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family，故选B。
小题6:根据many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he thought that they knew what was best，故选D，Since既然。
小题7:这里想说他认为他们知道什么是最好的，thought，认为，故选C。
小题8:根据he put a business plan together，故选A。
小题9:这里想说Michael意识到自己把年龄当成了一个借口，而不是一个优势，realized意识到，故选C。
小题10:这里想说这里想说Michael意识到自己把年龄当成了一个借口，而不是一个优势，excuse借口，故选D。
小题11:根据age or another limiting factor，故选C，because of由于。
小题12:根据Have you put off a goal because of age or another limiting factor?故选B。
小题13:这里想说你的态度最要紧，matters，重要，故选D。
小题14:这里想说你没有老到不能尝试有价值的事情，故选D，valuable有价值的。
小题15:这里想说它们需要一点调整，故选C，require需要。
点评：答题前一定要略读全文，把握文章要表达的主题，注意前后句与句，段落与段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一遍文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
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How difficult change is depends a lot on your attitude towards it and your resistance to it. Your attitude to change can make the whole transformation process much easier.
Imagine change as a pair of shoes and this will help you understand change and how it works. I am sure that you have ever had a comfortable pair of shoes in your life. A pair of shoes is so comfortable that you really don’t want to get rid of them.
You know you need a new pair, and may even have them, but you don’t want to wear them because you are comfortable with your current pair. Besides, the new pair may hurt your feet, give you blisters(水疱) or be awkward to wear to start with. So, you resist the new shoes. However, you know that this new pair would be much better for your feet, and after the initial discomfort they would probably be even more comfortable, yet you still resist.
Do you know I’m doing this now? I’m wearing my comfortable shoes and they feel good. They have a hole in each heel, and the sole is starting to fall off, but I’m persisting in wearing them.
This describes change exactly; change of our habits, change of our thought patterns. We stick with the old patterns because they are comfortable. Yet once we get over the initial pain of the transformation, the new pattern will be comfortable and feel good until the time comes when we need another new pair of shoes.
小题1:Why do people prefer old shoes to new ones?| A．They have much emotion in the old ones. | | B．They are more comfortable. | | C．New shoes always harm the feet. | | D．They look better than the new ones. |
小题2: According to the passage, we know that people ______.| A．don’t realize the benefit of the new shoes very well | | B．are positive and open-minded to accept new things | | C．actually know the change will finally be good for them | | D．don’t accept new patterns because they are not good |
小题3: What can be inferred from the passage?| A．Once we form a habit, it’s difficult to change it. | | B．Most people pay more attention to the future life. | | C．One’s attitude towards something is usually traditional. | | D．The more often we change, the better our life will be. |
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It seems hard to watch someone yawn and not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force.
Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids don’t develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The work could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect.
"Emotional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together," said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. "Yawning may be part of that." Inspiration for her study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She repeatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did.
"The fact that autistic kids don’t do it might mean they’re really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them," she said. "The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand that humans have minds that are different from others’," she added. "Autistic people never seem to understand that."
Like infectious laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a shared experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.
小题1:What does the new study suggest, according to the first two paragraphs? | A．It is easy to stop yawning when you see others yawn. | | B．Yawning has some mysterious force which is related to God. | | C．Children follow others in yawning just after they are born. | | D．Yawning is a form of communication. |
小题2:According to Molly Helt, _________________. | A．emotions are infectious, but yawning is not | | B．yawning helps clear ears on planes | | C．humans differ from animals because they communicate with others | | D．yawning is a kind of emotional connection among humans |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true about yawning?| A．It is natural to yawn back if people around you yawn. | | B．Some kids are too young to yawn after others. | | C．Yawning can be used to test children’s development. | | D．Kids with autism yawn easily when others yawn. |
小题4:The author implies in the last paragraph that ________.| A．it is bad manners to yawn on some social occasions | | B．yawning can make people feel relaxed | | C．yawning is different from infectious laughter and crying in theory | | D．the more you yawn, the happier you will be |
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On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront café on a Greek island. Over a hundred degrees in 1 air. Crowded. Tempers（脾气）of both the tourists and waiters had 2 to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment（环境）
At the table next to mine sat an attractive, 3 couple, waiting for 4 . They held hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed. Suddenly they stood, picked up their 5 and stepped together 6 the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water. The man stepped 7 for the two chairs. He politely 8 his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself. All people around laughed and cheered.
9 appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to 10 the table and take their 11 , and then walked back to the 12 cheers of the rest of his 13 . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went 14 into the water to 15 the wine. The couple toasted（祝酒）each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd 16 by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables 17 to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.
One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes. Why not?
Customers are not served 18 . Why not?
Sometimes one should consider 19 the line of convention（常规）and enjoy 20 to the fullest.
| 小题1: | | A．fresh | B．cool | C．still | D．thin |
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| 小题2: | | A．managed | B．expected | C．attempted | D．risen |
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| 小题3: | | A．lonely | B．curious | C．well-dressed | D．bad-tempered |
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| 小题4: | | A．cheers | B．service | C．attention | D．flowers |
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| 小题5: | | A．metal table | B．empty bottle | C．chairs | D．bags |
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| 小题7: | | A．outside | B．forward | C．down | D．back |
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| 小题8: | | A．led | B．seated | C．watched | D．received |
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| 小题9: | | A．The manager | B．A friend | C．A waiter | D．The servant |
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| 小题10: | | A．set | B．wash | C．remove | D．check |
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| 小题11: | | A．menu | B．bill | C．food | D．order |
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| 小题12: | | A．loud | B．anxious | C．familiar | D．final |
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| 小题13: | | A．tourists | B．customers | C．fellows | D．assistants |
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| 小题14: | | A．at last | B．in time | C．once more | D．as well |
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| 小题15: | | A．change | B．drink | C．sell | D．serve |
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| 小题16: | | A．replied | B．insisted | C．agreed | D．understood |
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| 小题17: | | A．prepared | B．joined in | C．settled up | D．continued |
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| 小题18: | | A．with pleasure | B．in the café | C．in the sea | D．with wine |
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| 小题19: | | A．following | B．keeping | C．limiting | D．crossing |
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| 小题20: | | A．life | B．wine | C．lunch | D．time |
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I live in north Celebes which is near Philippines. Since early December 2010 most tropical regions have been frequently hit by rain. Just like my hometown, tropical regions only have two seasons, including the dry season that usually starts from April to September and the wet or rainy season which usually happens from October to March. But, it could be indeterminate. Sometimes the rainy season can come a month earlier or later. It can be prolonged even more than 4 months and so can the dry season. Even during the dry season, rain can occur several times in certain areas.
The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usually causes a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because most of the tropical areas sre regions of the developing countries. Sometimes agricultural and plantation crops will be damaged because of so much dry land and the fact that the river used to flow the water for rice fields are also dry. Rain is very important for plants because rain contains many nutrients that plants are in great need of.
What’s more, if the prolonged rainy season arrives and then floods usually occur in certain areas of low lands. Even for the capital city of Jakarta floods have struck several times during the prolonged rainy season. In addition to floods, the rainy season can cause many diseases. During the dry season, diseases are usually caused by mosquitoes such as dengue fever. While in the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easily attacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more.
If you live in the other places and want to travel to the tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season and the effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only in that way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.
小题1:The underlined word “indeterminate” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ _____” | A．uncertain | B．unknown | C．untrue | D．unbelievable |
小题2:The second paragraph mainly tells us something about _____.| A．the effects of the dry season. | B．the benefits of the rainy season. | | C．the growth of dry land | D．the diseases in the dry season |
小题3:We can learn from the passage that in the wet season, _____| A．the capital of Jakarta is flooded every year | | B．more crops will die after being flooded for so long. | | C．mosquitoes will spread more diseases among the crowd. | | D．people with weak immune might be attacked by some diseases |
小题4:The main purpose of this passage is to introduce _____.| A．some interesting facts of tropical regions | | B．some knowledge about tropical regions to travelers | | C．some knowledge about how to live well in different regions. | | D．some differences between dry and wet seasons in tropical regions. |
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Dear Parents,
As we start the second half of the spring term, I thought it important to update you on some key developments.
Post-16 Collaboration(合作)
We have entered into an exciting new collaboration with Bassaleg Comprehension School, Duffryn High School, St Joseph’s High School, and Coleg Gwent—The Newport West Post-16 partnership. We will be working together to deliver nearly 40 different courses at other schools and likewise, students from other schools will study some subjects here. Information about the courses available to students can be found on the partnership website www. Newftartwest. corn. uk.
Uniform
I would take this opportunity to remind all parents that students are not permitted to wear non-school uniform cardigans (开襟羊毛衫) in Newport High School. It is the responsibility of parents to make sure your son or daughter wears the correct uniform to school. This includes completely black shoes. Over the next half term we will be working with students to develop a cardigan with the school logo which will provide an alternative to the current school jacket.
School Catering.
We are currently seeking a new company to provide school meals. Our new catering provider will be in place at the start of the summer term and will be working with students, parents and staff to provide improvements to our current provision. I look forward to keeping you updated on this development.
Some key dates for you to be aware of over the next half term are:
Tuesday 15March
| Year 9&10 Revision Conference
| Wednesday 23 March
| Year 12& 13 Parents Evening (4：00—7：00 p.m.)
| Thursday 31st March
| Academic Review Day
| Friday 1st April
| Teacher Training Day (school closed to students)
| Friday 15st April
| End of Spring Term
| Tuesday 3rd May
| Start of Summer Term
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Thank you for your continued support.
Your faithfully,
Karyn Keane
小题1:Karyn Keane wrote the letter on behalf of ______.| A．Bassaleg Comprehensive School | B．Newport High School | | C．St Joesph’s High School | D．Duffryn High School |
小题2:What can be learned about the new collaboration?| A．It involves four schools altogether. | | B．Course information will be mailed to every student. | | C．Students can choose as many courses as they want. | | D．It allows students to learn at other schools. |
小题3:When will the new catering company start working?| A．In May | B．In April | C．in March | D．In June |
小题4:What do we know from the passage?| A．Students will develop a logo for the school. | | B．All parents will be invited to school on 23rd March | | C．Students won’t go to school on 1st April. | | D．The letter was written at the start of the spring term. |
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