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Reading books can be a great way to pick up new vocabulary, see grammar in action and develop your understanding of a language.1.

For beginners, I would recommend starting with something short and simple. Avoid the classics, for they often use very old English words and can involve complex themes. Children's books are a great place to start.2..Dr Seuss writes his books in thyme and they are all very funny. Starting with something like this means you are more likely to finish the book and want to read more.

3.The book isn't too long and if you've seen the film it may be easier to follow. If you like reading about historical events, Anne Holm’s I am David is a good read.

If you're not quite ready to read a full book, why not try Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes? 4.Or, try a very short book like one from Roger Hargeaves's Mr Men and Little Miss series. Although they are intended for young children, they are a good way to pick up some more basic vocabulary.

My final piece of advice would be to read something that interests you. Look at the short summary of the book on the back cover and see if it looks like something that you would enjoy. Think about the type that is in your own language and find one of that type in English. 5..

A. Dr Seuss's books are guaranteed to make you laugh.

B. The key to success is choosing the right book for you.

C. Reading can bring you a lot of fun as well as knowledge.

D. For more advanced learners, you could try the Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien.

E. This way, you're more likely to enjoy reading, rather than see it as a headache.

F. How much you can understand a book depends on your vocabulary.

G. This book contains lots of short stories, based on fairy tales, all written in thyme.

阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

For 52 years my father got up at 5:30 am every morning, went to work, and returned home at 5:30 pm. I never saw my father stayed home from work ill, nor did I ever see my father lay down to take a nap. He had no hobbies, other than taking care of his family. All he asked from me, his daughter, was to help him while he was repairing something, so we could have some time to talk.

For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me at 9:00 am every Sunday. Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea. Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swing set for my daughter.

On the morning of January 16, 1996, my sister telephoned me: my father was in the hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤) in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way I realized that I hadn't communicated with him as much as I'd always wanted to. I vowed(发誓) that when I arrived, I would have a long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 1:00 am, only to find that my father, at the age of 76, had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

1. From the first paragraph we can infer (推断) that the author's father ______.

A. was a good driver B. had many hobbies

C. sometimes fell ill D. was in good health

2.The underlined phrase "other than" in the first paragraph has the same meaning as "______".

A. without B. including C. except D. due to

3.According to the last paragraph, we can know that the author's father was born in ______.

A. 1920 B. 1918 C. 1916 D. 1922

4. The author wrote the article in order to ______.

A. praise her father

B. remember her father

C. show her father was healthy

D. let her father be known

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

The other day I talked to a stranger on the bus. When he found out that I was from ________, he told me he had a good friend who lived there and he wondered if, by any chance, I ________ to know him. At the moment I thought he might be joking, but I could ________ from the expression on his face that he was ________ . I felt like saying that it was impossible to all the millions of people in Chicago I could have ________ with his friend. But instead, I just________ and told him that Chicago was a very big city. He ________ , and I thought he was going to ________ talking about the subject. But I was ________ . He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me about his friend.

He told me that his friend's main ________ in life seemed to be playing tennis. He said he was an excellent tennis player, and that he ________ had his own tennis court(网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, ________ he only knew two people who had private tennis courts. I told him I knew several people having private tennis courts, including my brother who was a doctor in California---and, in fact, ________ my next door neighbor in Chicago. He said that maybe there were ________ private courts in the country than he realized, but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence(巧合) ________ his friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year, and he stayed next door to a doctor who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my ________ had gone to Sacramento last summer and had rented (租用) the house________ my brother's. For a moment, we________ at each other, but we did not say anything.

"Would your friend's name happened to be Roland Dickwood?" I asked finally. He laughed and said, "Yes. Would your ________ name happened to be Dr Ray Hunter?" It was my ________to laugh. "Yes, "I replied.

1.A. Chicago B. a city C. Sacramento D. California

2.A. wanted B. happened C. went D. had

3.A. speak B. watch C. see D. tell

4.A. serious B. anxious C. friendly D. gentle

5.A. talked B. worked C. met D. lived

6.A. smiled B. sat C. thought D. talked

7.A. rose B. nodded C. smiled D. agreed

8.A. stop B. begin C. continue D. change

9.A. right B. curious C. wrong D. foolish

10.A. habit B. interest C. duty D. belief

11.A. once B. exactly C. even D. almost

12.A. for B. or C. so D. but

13.A. same B. as C. also D. well

14.A. some B. no C. more D. fewer

15.A. if B. because C. while D. when

16.A. brother’s friend B. brother C. friend D. next-door neighbor

17.A. far from B. next to C. near D. behind

18.A. stared B. talked C. laughed D. shouted

19.A. friend's B. brother's C. neighbor's D. court's

20.A. chance B. time C. turn D. moment

Envy seems to be bad-but it doesn't have to be. Researchers are finding that, if approached the right way, there can actually be an advantage.

Psychologists classify envy in two ways: negative and positive. With positive envy, you are motivated by another person's success and struggle to follow it. With negative envy, you want to cut the advantaged person down so you look better by comparison. Let's say you feel sufferings of envy after your rival(对手) at another firm gets promoted. Negative envy might drive you to destroy his success, but positive envy would inspire you to work harder and get promoted, too.

Studies show positive envy can be a great motivator(动力). In a 2011 study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers in the Netherlands conducted a series of experiments with more than 200 university students. Researchers found that when they caused feelings of positive envy----as opposed to admiration or negative envy----in the students, it drove them to want to study more and perform better on a test measuring creativity and intelligence. While admiration may feel better, the researchers found, it doesn't motivate performance like the pain and frustration of envy.

“Those painful sufferings of envy are there for an evolutionary(进化的) reason,” says Texas Christian University researcher Sarah E. Hill, “warning us that someone has something of importance to us.” Building on this theory, Dr. Hill and others conducted a series of experiments, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, to test whether envy improves attention and memory----the tools needed to copy a rival's steps to success. In one experiment, half of the participants were asked to recall past feelings of envy; the other half weren't. The two groups were then shown mock(模拟的) interviews of imaginary peers. The group filled with envy paid closer attention and better recalled details about the interview subjects. In other words, envy made them more astute(机敏的). Not only can envy motivate us to reach for higher goals, it may even give us the cognitive push to get there.

1.What’s the bad effect of negative envy?

A. It makes you lose heart and gets discouraged.

B. It has you feel motivated.

C. It makes you harm or hurt others on purpose.

D. It reminds you to struggle to follow your dreams.

2.What’s the benefit of positive envy?

A. It inspires you to find a possible rival to try to defeat them.

B. It encourages you to work harder with a positive attitude.

C. It won’t hurt your opponents in the same firm.

D. It won’t destroy your success at another firm.

3.Compared to admiration, positive envy can__________.

A. make you feel worse in all sides

B. be more likely to get you to admire others

C. make you feel the pain in your performance

D. be more likely to get you inspired to get success

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Envy seems to be bad.

B. Keep your envy in secret.

C. Make full use of positive envy.

D. Forget about your envy now.

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