It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework, __41__ newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see __42__ do taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful __43__ she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked __44__ she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite __45__ keep your mind active,take an interest in the world __46__ you, and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as __47__ you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to __48__. I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 71 and now he is good at __49__ tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.

Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to __50__ the Lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.

41. A. look     B. read   C. see     D. watch

42 A. her      B. him   C. other      D. others

43. A. than   B. since    C. though      D. because

44. A. what   B. why   C. who     D. how

45. A. early    B. dear   C. easy     D. late

46. A. under    B. around    C. above      D. between

47. A. soon   B. busily    C. hardly      D. often

48. A. place    B. song   C. school      D. dance

49. A. buying    B. losing    C. sending   D. playing

50. A. follow    B. give   C. make     D. bring

A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some medicine. Upon entering the house, I  36 that there was a piano in the living room beside the wall.Being a piano music lover and player, I asked if the woman played. She said “Yes” and   37 that she had been taking lessons—at the age of 54!
“I have been  38 for 8 years now.” I said, after hearing her words.
“Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she requested(请求).
I thought she was kidding and I  39 smiled. When I had bought the medicine, she asked me to play some music. I thought for a moment and 40  to play David Lanz’s Return to the Heart,   41 she had so much passion(热情)for and interest in music, and it’s one of my favourite songs.
I played the song to the best of my ability(能力), putting as much emotion into it as possible. She  42 it. As I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling, “Young man!”
I  43 , and saw an old lady taking one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to thank you for the  44 song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to get out of bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good.” she said. With that, she turned around and walked slowly back to her room.
I was deeply touched by her  45  and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It was  46 to its name, returning to one’s heart to  47 and joy. 
【小题1】
A.noticedB.heardC.learnedD.knew
【小题2】
A.explainedB.addedC.dreamedD.wished
【小题3】
A.waitingB.writingC.practisingD.playing
【小题4】
A.simplyB.proudlyC.shylyD.happily
【小题5】
A.promisedB.agreedC.decidedD.hoped
【小题6】
A.sinceB.untilC.becauseD.if
【小题7】
A.hatedB.rememberedC.heardD.loved
【小题8】
A.turned aroundB.looked upC.ran awayD.went on
【小题9】
A.valuableB.prettyC.beautifulD.popular
【小题10】
A.kindnessB.experienceC.appreciationD.condition
【小题11】
A.correctB.trueC.rightD.real
【小题12】
A.sadnessB.happinessC.peaceD.honesty

Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine".

"Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"

According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."

I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system(体制)of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.

For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.

This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.

As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感)is needed in geometry(几何学)just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them .

1.What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter?

A. She sets herself a goal too high to reach.

B. She should be more polite to her parents.

C. She is hard-working but not very bright.

D. She takes her grades much too seriously.

2.What does the word "obsession"in paragraph 3 mean?

A.A plain and unavoidable fact.

B.A satisfied and very proud state.

C.A practical and widely-used way.

D.A fixed and often unreasonable idea.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Social skills are as important as high grades.

B. Interest in grades can shake self-confidence.

C. The writer regrets not having studied hard at school.

D. Danish educational system is for very smart students.

4.The writer wants to tell us that____.

A.learning happily is the key to self-development.

B. top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest.

C. tests should be improved to give children inspiration.

D. education should meet one's needs for word and money.

 

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A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls and nobody liked her. So she was always unhappy and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发卡).(2)When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to wear it to school.

On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smile at her.(1)Most of her classmates said ____ to her, but this never ____ before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip brought her happiness. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. All her classmates wanted to know what happened to her,but she didn’t want to tell them about her beautiful hair clip. When she went back to her home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.” She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school at all.

It is not important what we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about ourselves.

1.填入文中(1)处所缺单词,使句子完整:_____________ _____________

2. 将文中(2)处划线部分的英语译成汉语:

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3.在文中找出与下句意思相近的句子:

She was very glad to see some good things happened to her.

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4. 回答问题:Why did the little girl always feel unhappy at first?

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5. 在文中找出本文的主题句:

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