题目内容
我的同学正在和他们的朋友聊天，但我却沉默地坐着。
My classmates were talking with their friends, but I sat ________ ________.
—________
—It’s June 25th.
A.What’s the time now? B.What’s the date today?
C.What day is it today? D.Where are you from?
It was last January, when I’d just finished a charity(慈善) and was on the train back home, that I put down my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had helped.
When I got off the train, I felt amazingly good. The next day, I wrote more thank-yous and the same feeling of happiness hit me again. I suddenly had the idea: Why not keep on doing this for every day of the year?
To keep on task, I decided to pick out a different theme for each month. January was charity.
February would be neighbors, I decided. And I thought of a number of names right away: the owner of our local bookstore, who let me and my little son in before the store opened and offered to play his favorite songs; our babysitter, who dropped off a bag of old board games for our kids to play; …
While writing the notes, I realized how often I had spent my time on the phone moving from app to app, appreciating(欣赏) other people’s lives. Writing thank-you notes allowed me the time to do something different, paying more attention to my own life.
In the following months, I wrote to my friends, doctors, teachers and parenting role models. In July, my “food” month, I wrote to Julie, who used to cook at my favorite restaurant. It went like this:
Dear Julie,
I’ve been finding myself missing you lately. Thank you for hosting and cooking beautiful and thoughtful food. Jake and I will never forget when you sent out biscuits shaped into the number VI for our sixth anniversary (周年纪念日）. We talk about it every year.
Thank you. We miss you.
Love,
Gina
I was happy to receive a note back from her. Julie replied, “I don’t think I’ve ever received such a touching letter before. I’m going through a hard time right now, and this helps.”
On December 31, I wrote my last card — to Jake, my husband, and our two kids. And I took a picture of us, so I could remember the feeling welling up inside me. Gratitude.
1.The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 means ________.
A.writing thank-you notes B.putting the phone away
C.taking the train back home D.raising money for charity
2.How did Julie most probably feel after reading the note from Gina?
A.Shy and surprised. B.Pleased and relaxed.
C.Nervous and excited. D.Moved and encouraged.
3.The theme of the December notes might be “________”.
A.photos B.family C.holidays D.community
4.What did Gina get by doing her task according to the passage?
A.Many thanks from her neighbors. B.More time to appreciate her own life.
C.More help from people around her. D.Happy moments to be with her friends.
5.The best title for the passage can be ________.
A.My Thank You Year B.An Amazing Trip
C.Happiness inside Us D.Important People in Our Life
—____________ did your father do last night?
— He read a book.
A.What B.When C.Where D.Who
The lovely girl is from England. ____________ name is Lucy.
A.His B.Her C.Your D.My
Joe moved to Canada with his family at the age of 41. There were many stressful(压力重的) days for them in the beginning. Since Joe had no job, the savings(存款) they brought with them were diminishing quickly.
One day, Joe went out to look for a job. As he walked, he saw many things on the street that people threw away. Joe could not believe his eyes. “Why would people throw away such things?” he asked himself. Joe saw a “new” television and decided to take it home to see what the problem was.
Since he was 12 years old, Joe’s main hobby has been electronics(电子产品). As a teenage boy, he began to repair radios, TVs and so on.
Joe brought the television home and turned it on. There were pictures on the screen, but there was no sound. He opened the back cover. Before long, Joe found the problem. The loudspeaker(扬声器) was broken. He went out again. Among the waste on the street, he found a toy piano. He carried the piano home. Luckily its loudspeaker worked. Fifteen minutes later, Joe had a TV with both pictures and sound.
Joe began to question people about why they were throwing away electronics. The answer was the same from everyone: getting them repaired was too expensive. People would rather(宁愿) buy new products.
Joe decided to open an electronics repair shop that would offer fair prices.
Today, Joe has been very successful in his new country. Instead of losing hope, he chose to make the best out of a difficult situation.
1.The underlined word “diminishing” means “________” in Chinese.
A.增加 B.减少 C.节省 D.饱和
2.How did Joe feel when he saw the things thrown away by people?
A.Surprised. B.Angry. C.Bored. D.Tired.
3.What was Joe mainly interested in when he was a teenage boy?
A.Watching TV. B.Playing the piano.
C.Listening to the radio. D.Repairing electronics.
4.Why did Joe bring the toy piano home?
A.To play it for fun. B.To put it in his shop.
C.To repair the television. D.To sell it for money later.
5.When something was wrong with electronics, people would rather buy new products than get them repaired because ________.
A.the people there were really wealthy (富有的) B.they wanted to offer Joe some help
C.the government asked them to do so D.the cost of getting them repaired was too high
Thanks to my teacher, he always encourages me________ harder.
A.work B.working C.to work D.works
I will fly kites with my cousin next week. (对划线部分提问)
_____ next week?
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory (记忆) works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance (机会) to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault (过错). But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed (责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write, they have to remember them. Since they cannot write them down in a small notebook, they have to remember days, names, songs and stories. Therefore, their memory is being exercised the whole time.
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.
1.Someone can't have a good memory if ________.
A.he can't read or write B.he doesn't use his memory
C.his parents don't have a good memory D.he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time
2.If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ________.
A.you can't use them any more
B.they will become stronger
C.they become weak but they slowly become strong again
D.they become weak and won't become strong until you use them again
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Your memory works in the different way as your arms or legs.
B.Your memory becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.
C.Don't learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory.
D.A good memory comes from less practice.
4.Few people know that it is only ________ if a friend has a poor memory.
A.his own fault B.his parents' fault
C.his teachers' fault D.his grandmother's fault
5.The writer wants to tell us ________.
A.how to use our arms or legs B.how to read and write
C.how to have a good memory D.how to learn from the people
