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Someone begins, "I"m grateful to God for. . . " And he or she shares something. Then the next
person gives gratitude for something. This goes on for 5 minutes or more until you reach your
destination. There"s no loser. Everyone feels happy after expressing gratitude. And sometimes you
discover amazing things.
My 5-year-old granddaughter and I played the gratitude game when she visited us. I found out she
was grateful to her friend Josh. . . and "the other Josh". She was grateful to go swimming at the pool.
She was grateful to have a daddy who played with her and to a nice mommy.
She would begin the gratitude games as soon as we settled into the car to drive somewhere. Playing
it with her, I tried to be honest and not just say something fast. I really stopped to think. What was I
grateful for at the moment? That our country was not at war. That we had plenty to eat. Playing the
game made me more aware of the good things in my life.
A friend of mine was having a tough time seeing that there wasn"t any good in his life. I suggested to
my friend that he take a few minutes before going to bed and write down all the good things he could
think of that happened during the day.
Later he told me what happened. He couldn"t think of anything good. But he persisted until he was
able to write a few things down.
The next morning he decided to look for signs of good during the day. He sat down on his front
steps. A robin(知更鸟)landed on the grass. In his words, it began"doing a little dance", preening
(整理羽毛)and cleaning itself. He watched the entire show. It was delightful. He realized that if he
hadn"t been really looking for good, he would never have noticed the robin and would have missed what
to him was a remarkable display.
That evening he filled several pages with recordings of good that had happened during the day and
things he was grateful for. Gratitude had made a huge difference!
B. discover amazing things in life
C. make people realize the good things around them
D. practice people"s skill of expressing themselves
B. enjoyed the gratitude game
C. finished the game within five minutes
D. doubted her honesty
B. He had lost his purpose of life.
C. He had trouble remembering what had happened during the day.
D. He found it hard to play the game.
B. one can always find relief in nature when he is in depression
C. gratitude plays an important role in changing a person"s character
D. it"s not difficult to find good things in life if one starts looking for them
答案
核心考点
举一反三
American expressions are based on colors.
Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about
something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting
peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud
music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called
Dixieland jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.
The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes
from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music.
Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song-Mood
Indigo-about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song:"You aren"t blue till you"ve had that
Mood Indigo. "Someone who is blue is very sad.
The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who
has a sick feeling stomach may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very
sick from high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like
a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because
a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the
back side of the paper money.
The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong
as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now.
But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to
unpopular organizations.
B. a black day
C. a red day
D. a green day
all his children are________.
B. gentle and modest
C. fit and healthy
D. creative and energetic
B. green
C. blue
D. black
B. people"s response towards a black day
C. the influence of the traditional blues
D. more words about a color, such as brown
TV program Seven Up? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1973. We first meet
them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and catch up with them at seven-year intervals:nervous
14-year-olds, serious 21-year-olds and then grown-ups.
Some of the stories are inspiring, others sad, but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the
way in which the children"s early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives. For example, at
seven, Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he
grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Niki? She says, "I would like to find out about the moon.
"And she goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft-spoken Bruce says he wants to help
"poor children" and ends up teaching in India.
But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting
than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come
that made the program so interesting. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do
when they grew up? Are children influenced by what their parents do, by what they see on television or
by what their teachers say? How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors,
including Steven Spielberg, say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives.
Dr. Margaret McAllister, who has done a lot of research in this area, thinks that the major factors are
parents, friends and their wider society.
B. The importance of TV programs to children.
C. Different ways to make childhood dreams come true.
D. The influence of childhood experience on future lives.
B. Improved.
C. Affected.
D. Attracted.
B. There are many poor children in India who need help.
C. Children have different dreams about their future.
D. A lot of people are very sad in their childhood.
B. a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown－up
C. parents and friends can help a child grow up properly
D. films have more influence on a child than teachers do
Is the question on everyone"s lips. "As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, nothing might be able
to prevent housing prices going up," said one house seller in Santa Monica, California.
"It"s crazy," said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach. "In 1993, I bought my first place,
a two－bedroom flat in Venice, for$70,000. My friends thought then that I was overpaying. Five years
later, I had to move. I sold it for $ 230,000, which was a nice profit. Last year, while visiting friends
here, I saw in the local paper that the exact same flat was for sale for $ 510,000!"
It is a seller"s market. Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the
asking price. Donna, a new owner of a one－bedroom flat on Venice Beach, said, "That"s what I did.
I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you, I"ll give you $ 20,000 more under the table, so you
don"t have to pay your house seller any of it. I was tired of negotiating with the house sellers."
Tim says he hopes he doesn"t get that desperate. "Whether you decide to buy or not, you still feel
like you made the wrong decision. If you buy, you feel like you overpaid. If you don"t buy, you want to
kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity."
Everyone says the bubble(气泡)has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after
they sell their house. Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring. "All we can say is
that, clearly, these things go in regular cycles," said the state director of housing. "What goes up must
come down. But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down
(被接受). So you can"t lose over the long run. Twenty years down the road, your house is always
worth more than you paid for it."
B. $ 440,000
C. $ 280,000
D. $ 160,000
B. secret money made low price
C. the owner asked for the money
D. she was bored with bargaining
B. buying a house is always a great opportunity
C. homebuyers never make the right decision
D. both sellers and buyers become desperate
B. Only experts know when it will burst.
C. It is unavoidable in the regular circles.
D. It usually stays for about twenty years.
supervision, protective equipment and techniques, and a proper emphasis on winning, sports can develop
a healthy body and spirit and a life－long interest in being active and fit.Without such measures, childhood
sports can lead to injuries and even paralysis or death.
Even in the best conditions, no activity can be risk－free.But most serious hazards are preventable.
Cyclists and football players can reduce their risks by wearing helmets;hockey players by wearing masks ；basketball and tennis players by wearing eye guards；baseball players by wearing batting helmets.
Besides,risks to individual players can often be found, and thus prevented, through a properly performed
medical exam before a child plays.For accidents that may not be preventable, having an emergency plan
and first－aid equipment,and someone trained to use the equipment, can be lifesaving.
Still,each year, according to the American College of Sports Medicine, more than 775,000 children
under 14 are treated in emergency rooms for sports injuries, nearly half of them preventable.An estimated
300,000 athletes experience exercise－related head illnesses each year, and almost all of them should have
been avoided.
Further,from half to three－fourths of sports－related concussions(脑震荡) are never even diagnosed
;the injured are often sent back to play too soon and put at risk of another more serious brain－damaging
concussion.To help reduce these risks, the National Center for Sports Safety, with the National Athletic
Trainers"Association, offers a three－hour online safety course for coaches for $ 28 at www.SportsSafety.org.
B．All the accidents cannot be prevented.
C．Lives can be saved so long as there is proper equipment.
D．Lives cannot be saved even if there is proper equipment.
B．Diseases.
C．Dangers.
D．Situations.
B．children under 14 are more easily hurt in sports
C．most head illnesses are related with exercise
D．none of the head illnesses should have happened
B．How to diagnose brain－damaging concussion.
C．How to predict the possibility of brain damage.
D．How to deal with the injured properly.
expressions are based on colors.
Red is a hot color.Americans often use it to express heat.They may say they are red hot about something
unfair.When they are red hot they are very angry about something.The small hot tasting peppers found in
many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery(炽热的,暴躁的) taste.Fast loud
music is popular with many people.They may say the music is red hot,especially the kind called Dixieland
jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red.People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.The
expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes from the
fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
Blue is a cool color.The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music.Blues
is slow,sad and soulful.Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song-Mood Indigo-about the
deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song: "You aren"t blue till you"ve had that Mood Indigo.
"Someone who is blue is very sad.
The color green is natural for trees and grass.But it is an unnatural color for humans.A person who has a
sick feeling in stomach may say she feels a little green.A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from
high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has,like a fast
new car.That person may say he is green with envy.Some people are green with envy because a friend has
more dollars or greenbacks.Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the
paper money.
The color black is used often in expressions.People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a
black day.The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day.A blacklist is illegal now.But at one
time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular
organizations.
B．a black day
C．a red day
D．a green day
children are ________.
B．gentle and modest
C．fit and healthy
D．creative and energetic
B．green
C．blue
D．black
B．people"s response towards a black day
C．the influence of the traditional blues
D．more words about a color,such as brown
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