题目内容
Everyone has worries. How do you deal with your worries? There is always something you can do to help yourself feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won't solve your problems.
Grades at school are often a top worry for kids, If you worry most about grades, ask yourself these questions:
● Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
● How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?
● Do I have a good place to do my homework?
● Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had with your friend, you might write down ail the things you could do-write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose one thing that could get your friend back.
You can ask for help when you're worried. You can find someone to talk to, such as your parents, friends, and teachers,
1.What do kids often worry most about?
A. Their hobbies. B. Their homework.
C. Their marks at school. D. A fight with their friends.
2.According to the passage, when you're worried, you'd better _______.
A. work hard B. talk to someone
C. get ready for class D. write down your worries
3.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Who is often worried. B. When people are worried.
C. How to deal with worries, D. What kinds of worries people have.
1.C
2.B
3.C
【解析】略
The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案
【小题1】One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.
A.be used to be the best in riding |
B.the pubic had belief in him |
C.he could not control his horse easily |
D.the other riders had agreed to fail in the race |
“Shoo-in” is _________.
A.due to his honest in the races he ran in |
B.duo to his great effort(努力) shown in more than one hundred races |
C.that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games |
D.that the old meaning of “shoo-in’ had changed |
A.“Shoo-in” came from the word “shoo”. |
B.The US runner Moses was worthy of (配得上 ) a shoo-in. |
C.The public did not know they were being cheated |
D.Some riders bet a lot of money on the chosen horse. |
A.used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game |
B.used to admire( 钦佩 ) a person who seems to be sure to win a race |
C.A word used to describe a dishonest person |
D.used for any athlete or competitor that too clever to be cheated |
A.who Edewin Moses was |
B.Moses won a lot of races |
C.Moses was the best runners in America |
D.We can use “shoo-in” to describe an excellent runner. |