Is it true ?

1.Wearing the wrong type of glasses will do harm to your eyes .

This is not true for adults , although incorrect glasses may not be good for children under 10 . Ready-made glasses , and not wearing when you should , won’ t do harm to your eyes , but you may see better with glasses that are specially made for you .

2.Watching too much television is bad for you eyes .

This is not true. People with easily affected eyes may find they get red and aching from staring at a fixed distance for long periods , but there won’ t be any lasting effects .

3. Carrots will help you see in the dark. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which the body can change into vitamin A, too little of which can cause night blindness. However , people in most countries don’ t need to worry about vitamin A deficiency(缺乏), night blindness is more likely to be connected with another vision problem .

1.Night blindness is most likely caused by _____ .

A. staring for long periods B. too much beta-carotene

C. not enough vitamin A D. vision problems

2.According to the article , eye problems can be corrected by _____ .

A. wearing specially-made glasses B. performing eye exercises

C. cutting back on television D. eating more carrots

3.Watching too much television can cause _____ .

A. night blindness B. lasting eye problems

C. a number of vision problems D. eye trouble for a limited time

4.The main purpose of this article is to _____ .

A. tell people of the importance of their eyes

B. tell people how to protect their eyes

C. tell people to have more carrots

D. tell people something more about their eyes

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia (栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. I was delighted by the beauty and perfume (香味) of the flower. But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. My mother helped me to imagine. She’d ask me if I had been kind to someone. Perhaps the neighbor I’d helped carry the groceries for. As a teenager, though, I had more fun thinking that it might be a boy I loved.

When I was 17, a boy broke my heart. The night he called for me the last time, I cried myself to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, there was a message on my mirror in red lipstick: “Heartily know, / when half-gods go, / the gods arrive.” I thought about those words from Emerson for a long time. When I finally went to get the glass cleaner, my mother knew everything was all right again. She did understand me.

One month before my high-school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. I lost all my interest in graduation, the senior-class play and the prom (毕业舞会). But my mother would not hear of my skipping (略过) any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually she wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia – loveable, strong and perfect. My mother died 10 days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenias stopped coming.

1.After the writer turned 12, she began to receive_____ on her birthday every year.

A. a birthday card B. a birthday cake C. a white gardenia D. a beautiful book

2.When the writer was 17, _____ .

A. her father died of a heart attack B. she lost her mother

C. a boy sent her some flowers D. a boy broke up with her

3.What do we know from the story?

A. The writer didn’t like the white gardenia. B. The writer’s father didn’t love her.

C. The writer’s mother was very wise. D. The writer sent a gardenia to her mother every year.

4.Finally, the writer found that _____ was the flower giver.

A. her father B. her mother

C. the neighbor she lent a hand to D. a boy she fell in love with

5.Which do you think is the best title?

A. Life without Father B. High school graduation

C. Mystery of the white gardenia D. A girl’s growing pain

When William Brown taught at Boston University, he once thought about the people that he hadn’t thanked in his life. They taught him, encouraged (鼓励) him or cared a lot about him.

Tina Johnson was a teacher. She once taught William geography, and William loved geography all his life. So he wrote a letter of thanks to her.

He got the teacher’s letter later. It began, “My dear Willie”. He was happy. Now over 50, he didn’t think someone would called him “Willie”. Here is that letter.

My dear Willie,

I cannot tell you how much your letter meant to me. I am in my eighties, living alone in a small room and cooking my own meals. You will be interested to know that I taught school for 50 years and yours is the first letter of appreciation (感激) I ever got. It came on a cold morning and it made me feel very warm.

......

William cried when he read the letter. She was one of the people that William hadn’t thanked in his past. She helped him to believe in himself. He would never forget her.

There are some people we should always remember, because they helped to shape our life. William Brown found a way to show his appreciation—he wrote them letters.

Who are some of the people that you need to say thank you to in your past? It may be too late to say “Thanks”.

1.William thought about the people that he hadn’t thanked in his past when he ________.

A. was in a hospital

B. worked in a library

C. was over 50 years old

D. studied at a university

2.The teacher ________ when William was young.

A. got her first letter of appreciation

B. helped him to believe in himself

C. encouraged him to be active

D. made friends with him

3.What can we learn about the teacher?

A. She was over 80 years old.

B. She lived with her children.

C. She taught geography for 40 years.

D. She got the letter on a warm afternoon.

4.How did William show his appreciation to the people that he hadn’t thanked?

A. He called them B. He visited them.

C. He wrote them letters. D. He sent them gifts.

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