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When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived. She worried particularly about the lack of jobs, the cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism(种族偏见).

Despite these worries, I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job for my living expenses.

Determined to do this on my own, I spent a whole day going door to door asking for a job. However, I received little response. This became my routine every day after college for a few weeks.

One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask whether there were any job opportunities. People there were very surprised, and advised me not to continue my job search in that manner. As I was about to leave, a clerk in the building, who had been listening to what the others had said, approached me and asked me to wait outside for a while. Fifteen minutes later, he returned. He asked me about my plans and encouraged me to stay confident. Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to search for a job.

I was a little surprised but had a good feeling about him. He gave me some suggestions on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resumes and went home feeling very satisfied. The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.

It seems that the world always gives back to you when you need it .And this time,it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.

1.What wasn’t the author’s mother worried about?

A. The author couldn’t speak the local language.

B. The author wasn’t familiar with local customs.

C. People might look down on the author.

D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.

2.After staying in New Zealand for a short time, the author ______.

A. decided to go back to his own country

B. had to find a job to cover his living expenses

C. felt the local people were not very friendly

D. wanted to get a job that needed practical skills

3. When the author went into a building to look for a job, ______.

A. a clerk recommended him to the company he worked for

B. he was confident that he would find a good one

C. he found many college students like him already there

D. a clerk gave him encouragement and advice

4.What is the story mainly about?

A. How a stranger offered the author a job.

B. How a stranger turned out to be a real blessing.

C. How the author was helped to get a job by a stranger.

D. How the author adapted himself to a new situation.

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Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious(自觉的)effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

Memory “trick” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber(理发师)shop waiting for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barber shop across the street from my office.

We always seem to find something funny and amusing(有趣的)in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “trick” of our memory can cause us great trouble.

1.If you want to have a good memory, .

A. you should force yourself to remember things

B. you should make a conscious effort of practice and exercise

C. you should never stop learning

D. you should try hard to remember tings

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. One night the writer forgot to lock the front door.

B. One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.

C. The writer remembered to lock the door.

D. the writer remembered unlocking the front door.

3.From the sentence “We never get tired of hearing new ones”, we can infer that .

A. we enjoy hearing new stories about absent-mindedness of professors

B. we don’t want to know anything more about absent-mindedness of professors

C. we will never get tired of listening to new stories about absent-mindedness

D. absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to many other people

4.In the passage, the writer seems to tell you .

A. forgetting things is serious and dangerous

B. always forgetting things is understandable

C. forgetting things at times is natural

D. the way to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

5.The best title for this passage is .

A. How to Get a Good Memory

B.“Tricks”of Memory

C. Forgetfulness and absent-mindedness is Dangerous

D. Get rid of Absent-mindedness

Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self - conscious; that is, they are concerned with their own appearance and actions too much. Negative thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?

It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people unfavorably. A person’s self- concept is reflected in the way he or she behaves and the way a person behaves affects other people’s reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a deep effect on all areas of their lives.

Shy people, who have low respect, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need faith that they are doing “the right thing”. Shy people are very sensitive to criticism. It makes them feel inferior (自卑).They also find it difficult to be pleased by praises because they believe they are unworthy of praise. A shy person may respond to a praise with a statement like this one: “You’re just saying that to make me feel good, I know it’s not true. ” It is clear that, while self- awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.

Can shyness be completely got rid of, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determination since shyness goes hand in hand with lack of self respect. It is important for people to accept their weakness as well as their strengths. Each one of us has his or her own characteristics. We are interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our chances for a rich and successful life.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about ______.

A. the cause of shyness

B. the effect of shyness on people

C. the feelings of shy people

D. the questions in the minds of shy people

2.According to the writer, self-awareness is ______.

A. harmful to people

B. a weak point of shy people

C. the cause of unhappiness

D. a healthy quality

3.What is the shy people’s reaction to praise?

A. They are pleased by it.

B. They feel it is not true.

C. They are very sensitive to it.

D. They feel they are worthy of it.

4.We can learn from the passage that shyness can ______.

A. be overcome with determination

B. help us to live up to our full development

C. enable us to understand ourselves better

D. have nothing to do with lack of self respect

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The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar _________ the students, most of them trying to _________ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer _________ me with a question on the second day, I was _________ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.

Her writing wasn’t perfect, _________ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to _________ , which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t _________ then how much she would also teach me. One Friday afternoon, Jennifer stopped by after class. She wasn’t asking a question _________ a paper I’d returned. _________ , she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, _________ . “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she _________ me. Then she was gone.

Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be_________ a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I heard from him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew _________ . We made trips to the hospital room. I was _________ frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and warmth in my classroom.

A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to _________ . “I’ll be back to school one day,” she said. “I have no _________ that you’ll be with us.” I told her, _________ tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school _________ everything to Jenny.”

Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, __ _________. She _________ all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The strength of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.

1.A. for B. with C. to D. among

2.A. concentrate B. adopt C. devote D. adapt

3.A. offered B. bothered C. challenged D. approached

4.A. thankful B. prepared C. disappointed D. embarrassed

5.A. so B. or C. and D. but

6.A. receive B. learn C. contact D. give

7.A. realize B. argue C. care D. admit

8.A. beyond B. about C. to D. with

9.A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides

10.A. shy B. excited C. delighted D. astonished

11.A. impressed B. supported C. attracted D. comforted

12.A. expecting B. producing C. missing D. taking

13.A. better B. sicker C. worse D. heavier

14.A. hardly B. mainly C. frequently D. truly

15.A. recovery B. success C. school D. attitude

16.A. idea B. influence C. opinion D. doubt

17.A. going back B. fighting back C. leaving back D. running back

18.A. shares B. creates C. means D. exchanges

19.A. smiling B. crying C. sobbing D. shaking

20.A. gave up B. handed in C. left out D. put up

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How to Be Successful in School

Learn the income payoff. Examine the relationship between education levels and income earned during one’s working life. 1. The higher one’s level of education, the more income they will be likely to earn and the better life will probably be.

2. Short-term goals cover a period of less than one year. Do you want to get into a good college? Do you want to graduate in the top 10 percent of your class? It’s important to have short-term goals that are stepping stones to your long-term goals.

Develop a strategy(策略) and plan. A strategy might be to study with a group of friends on a regular time. An action plan will include several individual tasks with timing and any cost that might be required. If you are a student, start now to understand how to make goals, strategies and action plans that work. 3.

4. One of the most important things to be successful in school is to develop good study habits. Good study habits are formed by studying on a regular basis for the amount of time required to learn something. Once good study habits are well formed you will find that learning and success in school become easier.

Seek out other winners. 5. They don’t have to be the smartest, but they should be on their way to being the best they can be. Make friends with such people so that you can support each other to be successful in school.

A. Develop good study habits.

B. Winners are those who make the best of their potential through great effort.

C. Establish short-term education goals.

D. Education is the best choice a person can make.

E. Work hard to develop strong character.

F. Then this skill can help you to be successful in school and later in life.

G. Keep in mind your long-term goals.

Tu Youyou, 84, honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct 5, 2015. She was the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in science for her work in helping to create an anti-malaria(疟疾) medicine.

In 1967, Communist leader Mao Zedong decided there was an urgent national need to find a cure for malaria. At the time, malaria spread by mosquitoes was killing Chinese soldiers fighting Americans in the jungles of northern Vietnam. A secret research unit was formed to find a cure for the illness. Two years later, Tu Youyou was instructed to become the new head of Mission 523. Researchers in Mission523 pored over ancient books to find historical methods of fighting malaria. When she started her search for an anti-malarial drug, over 240,000 compounds(化合物) around the world had already been tested, without any success.

Finally, the team found a brief reference to one substance, sweet wormwood(青蒿), which had been used to treat malaria in China around 400 AD. The team isolated one active compound in wormwood, artemisinin(青蒿素), which appeared to battle malaria-friendly parasites(寄生虫). The team then tested extracts(提取物) of the compound but nothing was effective until Tu Youyou returned to the original ancient text. After another careful reading, she improved the drug recipe one final time, heating the extract without allowing it to reach boiling point.

After the drug showed promising results in mice and monkeys, Tu volunteered to be the first human recipient of the new drug. “As the head of the research group, I had the responsibility.” she explained.

1.When did Ms. Tu start her malaria research?

A. When she was 84 years old

B. After she entered “Mission 523”.

C. In 1967

D. When malaria become serious among ordinary Chinese people.

2.What can we learn about the discovery of anti-malaria drug?

A. The process of testing extracts of the compound is very smooth.

B. No one had ever done any research on it before Tu and her team.

C. The idea of using wormwood to treat malaria was from ancient Chinese text

D. Heating the extract until it reaches boiling point is necessary.

3. The underlined phrases “pore over” in paragraph 3 most probably means ________.

A. think about B. pay attention to

C. search for D. go over

4.Which of the following words can best describe Tu Youyou?

A. Responsible B. Traditional

C. Stubborn D. Lucky

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