根据短文内容.回答下列问题. Once there were five beggars . One was English, one Turkish, one Greek, one was an Arab and onewas Persian. One day they met and decided to stay together, sharing what they had and helpi 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community．Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school．When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer．One year, she organized a Super Saturday fun day for kids in the community．She also used to volunteer at the mint festival every year, One summer she served food, another year she organized an art programme．

　　After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old．When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading．

　　She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community．She also helped one woman write her stories．Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her．She put the information in a book and got it published．Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and grandchildren．

　　After a hurricane(飓风)destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross．She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre．She says,” I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what．”

　　One day Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees(难民)who needed to learn English．Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman from Somalia．Sahra is reading and writing skills．Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life．She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them．In the end, they wrote a book　together and used the photos in the book．This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life．

　　Helen says, “The most rewarding(有益的)part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help, They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs．”

1．When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?

2．What did Helen do after she retired?

3．Why was Ann excited when her book got published?

4．Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?

5．How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?

6．Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?

7．What can you learn from Helen?

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Confidence（自信） is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude （态度）.A study shows that the people who are more confident are much __ (1)______. They can have more chances to make ____(1)_____ successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions:
·Speak loud   When you are not confident, you can’t do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loudly enough so that people can hear you clearly. The .high voice can help you become more confident.
·Play sports   Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. (2) A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
·Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done.
·Get rid of （消除） fear Fear comes along with failure （失败）. But it’s easy to overcome （克服） if you know that failure is part of your life. Don’t hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.
·Pick up a hobby   If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.
【小题1】在空白处填下所缺的单词，每空一词：____________ ____________
【小题2】将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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【小题3】根据短文内容，回答问题：How can you encourage yourself?
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【小题4】找出与下句意思相同或相近的句子：
Please speak as loudly as possible in order to make yourself heard clearly.
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【小题5】请找出或写出短文主题句。
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阅读下面短文，完成文后的任务。

     What is your favorite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for the pianist Lang Lang,
Tom and Jerry                       .
     When Lang was two years old, he saw Tom playing the piano. This was his first time to enjoy
Western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano. His talent for music has
taken him from Shenyang to the world.
     Lang became a good piano student at the age of three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and
better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.
     Lang's performances are energetic. He is wellknown for making facial (面部的) expressions and
moving around while playing the piano. The road to success has never been easy. Lang's father stopped
his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang thinks himself
lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.

1. 从文中找出与下句意义相近的句子。
    When Lang was three years old, he became a good piano student.

2. 根据上下文，将第一段最后一句补充完整。
    But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry                                                                     .
3. 将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。

4. 根据短文内容，回答下面问题。
    How does Lang Lang feel about his success?

5. 根据短文内容，给其拟制一个标题。

阅读表达。

A man had a little daughter-an only and much-loved child. He lived for her. So
when she became ill, he became a crazy man. He tried everything to bring her health
back.
However, his efforts didn't work and the child died. The father was really sad,
shutting himself away from his friends and refusing to do any activity. He didn't
want anything to bring him back to his normal self until one night he had a dream.

     He was in heaven and saw a group of all the little children angels (天使). They were walking in a line. All
the angels were wearing white clothes and each child carried a candle (蜡烛). He noticed that one child's
candle was not lighted (点燃). Then he saw that the child was his little girl. ______ he rushed to her right away
and put her into his arms. He kissed her and then asked, "Why is your candle alone unlighted, darling?"
     "Daddy, they often light it again, but your tears always put it out."
     Just then he woke up from his dream. The lesson was clear, and its effects were quick. From that hour on,
he was not a sad father. He became cheerful with his friends. His darling's candle would not longer be put out
by his useless tears. The father was too sad to communicate with others and to do anything.

Stephen Hawking was born in 1942．He's a world famous scientist and expert on space and time．Stephen is trying to find the answers to some very big questions such as: How did the universe (宇宙) begin? How will it end?

When Stephen was a student at University, he studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty, he became very ill．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, "He has only two more years to live．" The doctor were wrong——he didn't die．"He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair (轮椅)．(4)He talks with the help of a computer．" After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University．Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学)．

Because of his health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write．So he started to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, (5)he became one of the most famous scientists in the world．In 1981, he met the Pop (教皇) in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time．It sold more than 5.5 million conies in 333 different languages．

任务一、根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Where did Stephen Hawking study and got a degree of philosophy in 1965?

2．What did the doctor say when he was 20?

3．From Stephen Hawking’s life experience, what can we learn?

任务二、将文中用下划线标志的句子翻译成汉语。

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