We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others.

Photographers use cameras,artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.

Spencer Johnson's story Who Moved My Cheese? shows changes exist in(存在于)our life.  Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.

Just look at the cycle(循环)of the seasons. Trees bud(发芽)in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.

Since we accept the cycles of nature,we should also accept the changes in our life.

We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.

1.What do writers use to share their life experiences?

A. Stories.       B. Newspapers.      C. Basketballs.    D. Pianos.

2.Who Moved My Cheese? tells us that ______.

A. changes exist in our life   

B. we should move other’s things       

C. we should use books to share our life experiences 

D. there are difficulties in our life

3.The cycle of the seasons means ______.

A. we should wear warm clothes in winter    

B. we should accept the changes in our life      

C. we should prepare for the weather 

D. leaves turn yellow in autumn

4.If you fail a test, what should you think according to the passage?

A. I have no chance to pass the test.

B. Exams are hard for me.

C. I have bad luck.

D. It's good for me because I know there are more to learn

5.What's the main idea of this passage?

A. Weather changes in different seasons.

B. Who Moved My Cheese? is a good book. 

C. We should change ourselves when life changes.

D. We should not lose heart when we meet with difficulties.

 

My dad was a fisherman. He worked hard and stayed out until he caught enough    36   to feed the family nearly every day. When the weather was bad he would    37   me to school. An old truck was used in his fishing business. When we got to the school, he would give me a big   38   on the face and tell me to be a good    39  . It was so embarrassing for me. I was 12 years old, and my dad would still kiss me goodbye!

I remember the day when I decided I was too    40   for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean (倾斜) toward me, but I put my hand up and   41  , “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way. He had a surprised look on his face for a long time, and his    42  started to be wet. He turned and looked out of the windshield (挡风玻璃). “You’re   43  ,” he said.“You are a big boy—a man. I won’t kiss you any more.”

It wasn’t long after that when my dad went out to   44   and never came back. It was a day when most of the fishermen stayed at home except Dad. He had a big family to feed

How I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would    45   have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.

1.A. food       B. birds            C. animals      D. fish

2. A. ride          B. carry            C. drive            D. bring

3. A. kiss      B. laugh            C. look         D. hand

4. A. man           B. boy          C. teacher      D. fisherman

5. A. old           B. young            C. excited      D. moved

6. A. spoke     B. said         C. repeated     D. answered

7. A. hands     B. feet         C. eyes             D. face

8. A. kind          B. clever           C. wrong            D. right

9. A. school        B. sea          C. boat         D. river

10. A. still            B. ever         C. never            D. only

 

What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.

Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better. Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old. As for space travel, I would say, we will travel to Mars(火星) and some other stars in about fifty years.

Helen Lester: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with too much pollution. There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.

Kitty Smith: I agree with Helen Lester. Things will be worse. The weather in the future will be much hotter. Human beings will have to look for another planet to live on.

1.What are the students doing?

A.They are talking about space travel.

B.They are predicting the future.

C.They are talking about pollution.

D.They are predicting the weather in the future.

2.How many things does Roy Burns predict?

A.Two

B.Three

C.Five

D.Six

3.What does Helen Lester think life will be like in the future?

A.People will live much longer.

B.People will have to live on the moon.

C.Everybody will drive a green car.

D.There will be more buildings and fewer trees.

4.What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?

A.太空站

B.宇宙

C.星球

D.南极

5.Why does Kitty Smith think human beings will have to live on another planet?

A.The earth will be too crowded for human beings to live on.

B.There will be too much pollution everywhere.

C.There will be too many people.

D.The earth will be too hot to live on.