题目内容
______of us has read the story,so we know nothing about it.
A.Some B.Both C.None D.All
C
Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account ( 账户)each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off( 注销)the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent, of course \
Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it puts in 86, 400 seconds. Every evening it writes off, as it is lost. There is no balance or overdraft 透支) . If you fail to use the day’s savings, the lost is yours. There is no going back. There is no taking from " tomorrow". You must make good use of it so as to get more in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade; To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature( 早产)baby; To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper; To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet; To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train; To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided(避免)an accident.
Make good use of every moment that you have. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called "The Present".
【小题1】The underlined word "balance" in paragraph 1 means_________.
A.平衡 | B.贷款 | C.余款 | D.提款 |
A.We can store time in it whenever we like. |
B.Someone puts $ 86, 400 in it every day. |
C.The time in it will surely get lost if you don’t use it. |
D.Someone helps you spend your time every night. |
A.The Bank of Money | B.The Bank of Time |
C.The value of one hour | D.The clock is running |
A.what a bank is | B.how to save money |
C.the difference of time units | D.to make good use of time |
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is going to hear a singer. It is something far less happy, as you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and did that or why you did not do this or that.
At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry words “I want to talk to you.” And only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If you got a “D” in the exam, that means parents’ cold faces and the contempt(轻视) of the classmates.
“To face the music” is well-known to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you have no choice.
【小题1】“To face the music” means “to ”.
A.do something that we don’t like to |
B.go to the theatre |
C.go to the music show |
D.do something we want to |
A.we like to take the exam |
B.we are afraid of taking the exam |
C.the exam is very important |
D.we are afraid of passing the exam |
A.“To face the music” is well-known in the US. |
B.“To face the music” has a history of more than 100 years. |
C.The young Americans know the meaning of “to face the music”. |
D.Only the old in the US know the meaning of “to face the music” |