题目内容
In one way, it may be thought that failure(失败)is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.
The "spider-story" is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider(蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb(电灯泡) , made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spir¬it then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
Second, is the goal(目标) you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question: "If I am successful in this, where will it get me?" This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn't be doing anyway.
The third thing to remember about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to "live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, "You can't win them all. “
【小题1】Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that .
A.people who fail are not lonely |
B.animals can help people sometimes |
C.nature will help us if we are hard-working |
D.confidence is important for one to be successful |
A.he liked to do other kinds of work |
B.he invented many kinds of light bulbs |
C.failure may be a way towards success |
D.he was a man of many important inventions |
A.change your goal | B.go on with your goal |
C.not care for that | D.work even harder on your goal |
A.one should try not to fail |
B. one's failure is another's success |
C.one should take failures seriously |
D.one should learn lessons from failures |
A.two great men |
B. two sides of failure |
C.ways to keep away from failure |
D. the right attitude(态度) towards failure |
【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
【小题5】D
解析试题分析:本篇阅读讲述失败是我们生活的一部分。我们要勇于面对失败,因为它可以成为我们进步的阶梯。再面对失败时,要做到:找到失败的原因;找到自己真正的目标;不要害怕失败,因为它是我们生活的一部分。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据第二段第三行Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too.可知Bruce有足够的信心,故选D。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第二段最后一行made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.可知爱迪生在经历了无数次失败才走向成功,故选C。,
【小题3】细节理解题。根据第四段第一行Second, is the goal(目标) you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be.可知在我们不能确定成功的时候,要找到自己真正的目标,也就是更换目标。故选A。
【小题4】推理判断题。文章告诉我们在失败时不要害怕,要做到三步:找到失败的原因;找到自己真正的目标;不要害怕失败,因为它是我们生活的一部分。故选D,我们要从失败中获得知识。
【小题5】主旨大意题。文章主要告诉我们失败使我们生活的一部分,不要害怕失败。要以正确的态度面对失败。故选D。
考点:教育类短文阅读。
Two students started quarreling at school. One student shouted dirty words at the other, and a fight began.
What can be done to stop fights like this at school? In some schools, disputants ( 争执者 ) sit down with peer mediators (同龄调解员). Peer mediators are usually students with special training in this kind of problem.
Peer mediators help disputants to talk in a friendly way. Here are some of the ways they use.
Express what you think clearly but don’t say anything to hurt the other. Begin with “I feel” instead of “You always”.
Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Don’t stop the other person’s words.
Keep looking at the other person’s eyes when he or she is speaking.
Try to see the problems on the other person’s side.
Never put anyone down . Saying things like “You are foolish” makes the talk difficult.
Try to find a result that makes both people happy.
Peer mediators never decide on the winner. They don’t decide who is right or who is wrong. Instead they help disputants find their own“win-win” result. A “win –win” result can make everyone feel good.
Peer mediators’ work is often successful just because it gets disputants to talk to each other. And getting disputants to talk to each other is the first step in finding a “win-win” result.
【小题1】 Peer mediators’ work is ____________.
A.to teach lessons to disputants |
B.to help disputants find a way to make both of them happy. |
C.to find out who starts the quarrel |
D.to give students some special training |
A. 贬低任何人 B. 落后于任何人
C 奉承任何人 D. 向任何人低头
【小题3】 What’s the first step in finding a “win-win” result?
A.Letting disputants be afraid of peer mediators. |
B.Letting disputants feel peer mediators are kind. |
C.Letting disputants to talk to each other. |
D.Letting disputants feel good by telling funny stories. |
A.disputants will realize they are wrong. |
B.disputants will understand peer mediators better. |
C.it is easy for peer mediators to decide who is right. |
D.it is hard for peer mediators to get a “win-win” result. |
A.All schools have peer mediators. |
B.Peer mediators are usually students. |
C.When disputants are speaking, peer mediators can stop their words at any time. |
D.Peer mediators can make disputants get a “win-win” result every time. |
B
People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many meanings using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.
For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest (抗议) and say “Do not bad mouth me.”
Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret(后悔) because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say, “You took the words right out of my mouth!”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”.
This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives “from hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
【小题1】“I really put my foot in my mouth this time” means _________.
A.I regretted I had done the thing | B.I really did this |
C.I have never done this thing | D.I want to do this thing |
A.You are clever | B.I am very lucky |
C.We have the same idea | D.I am very angry |
A.rich | B.poor | C.happy | D.sad |
A.everyone in England has the same mouth |
B.people use their mouths to eat, talk, shout and sing |
C.rich persons’ mouths are quite different with the poor persons’ |
D.the word “mouth” has many different meanings in the English language |
To write a great news story, you have to make sure it is correct, relevant (相关的) and fresh.
For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.
Any mistakes that appear in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble.
For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong. He wasn't the first. The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake
A news story is not only correct , but also relevant to its readers. People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them. That is why you care more about what happens at your school than at American schools. It is also why newspapers in Beijing don't talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong .
Finally, news must always be fresh. When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day. You don't want to read about news from last week!
So, now you know what makes a good news story. Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news .You can try writing a news story for our newspaper like a real reporter.
【小题1】The writer mentions main factors (因素) to make a news story really great.
A.two | B.three | C.four | D.five. |
A.Nanchang | B.Hong Kong. |
C.Shanghai. | D.Beijing. |
A.A small mistake can't get a newspaper into trouble. |
B.A lot of people like reading about news from last week. |
C.The passage doesn't tell us who was the first man to go into space. |
D.People are mostly interested in news that happens far away from them. |
A.why to be a good reporter. |
B.where to find interesting news. |
C.when to choose a good newspaper. |
D.how to write a great news story |
People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it’s not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.
At first, a mistake is a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things, because when you are trying new things, you are growing. If you never try new things, how can you improve? How can you create? The simple answer is: “you can’t” Look around you, everything you see is the result of someone trying new things.
Another good thing about mistakes is this: when you are making mistakes, you are learning. For example, Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb. When he was asked how he felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.
Finally, when you make a mistake, you are much closer to success. Why? Because you have said what you should say, and you have done what you should do. Every time you make a mistake, you are closer to success. But it doesn’t mean that you can make mistakes without thinking. Instead, when you try new things you have to think them over, so that you can keep away from some unnecessary mistakes. We shouldn’t spend all our time and money on the only one way, but use them correctly, because our time and money are limited(有限的)
There is an old saying, “if you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.” So go bravely and make mistakes. And learn, and grow, and succeed.
【小题1】If you are making a mistake, that means__________.
A.you’re careful | B.you’re kind |
C.you’re growing | D.you know nothing |
A.improve | B.create | C. spend | D.A and B |
A.gave up | B.invented the light bulb |
C.invented the computer | D.invented 10,000 new things |
A.time | B.money | C.success | D.new things |
A.Never make mistakes |
B.You can make mistakes without thinking |
C.Sometimes it’s good to make mistakes |
D.Making mistakes is terrible |
Most schools in England require children to wear a school uniform.
There are at least four advantages. Firstly, when they go on a school trip they all look the same and so they can’t get lost. Secondly, it stops kids worrying about what to wear each day. Everyone is equal. Thirdly, parents don’t have to shop for expensive and different clothes for their children to show off. Fourthly, wearing a uniform gives a sense of being proud and discipline(纪律约束) in them.
【小题1】What colour are the shoes that the English students wear in school?
A.White | B.Grey | C.Black | D.Yellow |
A.On the tie | B.On the sweater | C.On the shirt | D.On the skirt |
A.It gives students a sense of being proud |
B.It helps children show off |
C.It helps children choose different clothes |
D.It makes children strange |
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived there, I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
In the early morning, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I pay you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug(拥抱). She held on me and said, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”【小题1】
The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.
A.show she was familiar with the city |
B.see some places for the last time |
C.let the driver earn more money |
D.reach the destination on time |
【小题2】
The taxi driver did not get the money because he ______.A.wanted to give her a hand |
B.shut off the meter by mistake |
C.had received her payment already |
D.was in a hurry to take other passengers |
【小题3】
What can we learn from the story?A.No pains, no gains. |
B.People should respect(尊重) each other. |
C.An act of kindness can bring people great joy. |
D.People should learn to enjoy our life. |