Knowing yourself is beyond(超过) figuring out your favourite colour or favorite subject in school. Knowing yourself is the process(过程) of understanding yourself on deeper levels inside yourself than the surface. You do not get to know yourself simply by growing up. So how can you get to know yourself better?

First, understand your own personality is the first key. Who are you in your private moments as well as in our public ones? Understand what makes you react a certain way in different situations. Ask yourself “Why did I do that?” and answer it. You also need to know about your personal values. What is most important to you? Which values can you never compromise(妥协)? Honesty or love? Next, get to know your body, including your abilities, limits and flexibilities(适应性). Have you ever said “I can’t do this” without even trying a physical challenge? Before you close the door to wonderful possibilities, take another look. Your dreams and hopes create the pathway into your future. Start getting to know your dreams well. If you want to become a musician, ask yourself: What instrument do you want to play? What level of proficiency (精通) do you want to learn? Make your dreams part of your daily pursuits(追求). Take them seriously. Work at them. Last but not least, you should take the time to find out your likes and dislikes. It takes courage to do so. But knowing this about yourself gives you a lot of confidence about who you are.

Overall, write down the things that really matter to you. Hopefully, you’ll get a clearer idea of the type of person you are.

1.Knowing yourself is the process of ______.

A.growing up and growing old B.figuring out your favourite things

C.asking yourself serious questions D.looking deep inside yourself

2.Which question may you ask yourself when getting to know your dream?

A.Who am I behind my name? B.Why did I do that?

C.What is important to me? D.Am I always interested in arts?

3.The steps to know yourself are to know your ______.

A.personality → body →likes and dislikes → dreams

B.personality → body →dreams →likes and dislikes

C.personality → personal values → body → dreams →likes and dislikes

D.personality →personal values →dreams → body → likes and dislikes

4.The writer mainly wants to talk about_____.

A.figuring out your favourite colour or favorite subject.

B.getting to know yourself by growing up.

C.the ways to get to know yourself better.

D.writing down the things that really matter to you

The Red Cross(红十字会)is an organization(组织)that helps people who are in need. No matter how bad the situation is, it will always be there to help. But the American Red Cross may have never been formed(形成) without the love of a woman named Clara Barton.

Clara Barton was born in North Oxford on December 25,1821. When she was eleven, her elder brother was badly hurt. Clara looked after him the whole time. Through this experience, she learned something very important about herself. She found that she became active when she took care of others.

When she was older, she became a nurse in the American Civil War(国内战)and she helped save hundreds of people. After the Civil War, Clara traveled to Europe to rest. But soon she cared for soldiers again! This time, she learned about an organization called the Red Cross. It worked together with her during the wars. Clara thought the Red Cross was badly needed in America. Over several years, she asked four different presidents to bring the Red Cross to America. They all said no. Finally, one of the presidents changed his mind in 1881.He said: “I am deeply moved by her spirit!”, and in the same year, the American Red Cross was born. Since then, she had worked as a chairman in the organization until 1904.

1.What is the Red Cross?

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2.When was Clara Barton born?

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3.Did Clara Barton do n lot to help people after she became a nurse?

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4.Why did one of the presidents change his mind?

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5.How long did Clara Barton work in the American Red Cross?

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地球是生命的摇篮,离开她我们将无法生存。然而,随着社会的快速发展,人类为了满足自己日益增长的物质生活需求,正一步步摧毁我们的家园。我们必须面对现实,采取行动保护环境。请写一篇题为“Let’s do something to protect the environment!”的宣传稿呼吁广大师生保护环境,并张贴在你校英语宣传栏内。

提示:1. 减少使用塑料制品;2. 绿色出行;3. 治理垃圾;4. …… (至少补充一种方法)

要求:1. 内容须包括所有提示要点,可适当发挥;2. 逻辑合理,语言得体;3. 词数:90左右。短文的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。

参考词汇:垃圾桶 rubbish bin;分类 sort

Let’s do something to protect the environment!

Hello, everyone! Today there is more and more pollution and the environment is becoming worse and worse. So we have to do something to protect the environment. Here are some ways.

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I believe if everyone makes an effort, the environment will become better and better.

There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food. Taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need. But regardless of(不管)age, some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.

The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough. According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100,000 traffic accidents a year. Also sleep problems can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure(血压).

Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, peopele who sleep a lot are usuallv seen as “lazy”. Also, you can sometimes hear some people say proudly that they don’t have much time to sleep. they only sleep four or five hours a night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you’ll do.

How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas an expert (专家) in sleep. He says , “Sleep is like a credit (信用卡) card. When you sleep less. you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The morehours you don’t sleep, the more hours you should t sleep to ‘pay back’ the hours on your ‘sleepcredit card.’”

For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said. “Don’t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish(愚蠢的) idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more.”

1.According to the writer, the easiest and cheapest way to improve health is to .

A.eat healthy food every day

B.take excrcisc as much as possible

C.get medical help whenever necessary

D.sleep eight hours or more every night

2.What does “sleep-deprived” mean in Paragraph 2?

A.Having a good sleep. B.Excited about sleep.

C.Having less sleep. D.Interested in sleep.

3.According to Dr. James Maas. what is sleep like?

A.An hour. B.A report.

C.A credit card. D.A piece of paper.

4.What do the words of the famous person mean in Paragragh 5?

A.Sleeping during the night is foolish.

B.Sleeping during the night is helpful.

C.People have no courage.

D.People always do less work.

5.What is the best title of the passage'?

A.The Value of Sleep

B.The Value of Study

C.The Ways of Eating Less

D.The Ways of Making Money

In ancient times, a king had a big stone placed on a roadway. He wanted to see if anyone would move the stone out of the way. Some of the king's richest business men and courtiers (朝臣) came by and just walked around it.

Many people even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them did anything about getting the stone out of the way. They just complained and went away.

A farmer then came along carrying a large bag of vegetables. When getting closer to the stone the farmer laid down his bag and tried to push the stone out of the road. After trying and pushing for long time, he finally. succeeded.

After the farmer went back to pick up his vegetables, he noticed a wallet lying in the road where the stone had been. In the wallet there were many gold coins and a note from the king explaining that the gold was for the person who moved the stone from the roadway.

If you were on the way, what would you do? Complain it or move it away? Every difficulty we come across in life gives us an opportunity to improve our situations, and while the lazy people complain, the others are creating opportunities through their kind hearts, generosity (慷慨大方) and willingness to get things done.

1.Why did the king put such a stone on a roadway?

A.In order to make the roadway special.

B.In order to stop someone who are lazy from walking to his country.

C.To see if anyone would move the stone out of the way.

2.What did many people do with the big stone on the way?

A.They just complained and didn't do anything about it.

B.Many of them tried to move it but failed.

C.Many thought it was the king's duty to move it away from the road.

3.The farmer got the stone out of the way successfully by ________.

A.pushing it without any hard work

B.trying and pushing hard

C.using his large bag of vegetables

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Many people didn't notice the stone on the way.

B.The farmer got a lot of money after moving away the stone.

C.The king wasn't glad to see the farmer removed the stone from the roadway.

5.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A.all things are difficult before they are easy

B.seeing is believing

C.opportunities are for those who are willing to do something with kindness and generosity.

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