题目内容
Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms.Shelton believed in readiness.Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the1.They quickly protested that the words were not on their2and they couldn’t learn them.
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these3.She said that she would teach them something that should be given.Ms.Shelton4by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to5, maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day.
Ms.Shelton spoke those words many years ago.6did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them7.She believed that if they were well prepared, they could8high goals.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are9to see.” If that’s true, then it is also10that they only become what they are prepared to become.And many things in life are just about getting ready.
“I want to be doing something more11with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me.He12what he was doing was just not that important.Other people have said things to me such as, “I only13I had a meaningful relationship.” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see14.”
You fill in the blanks.What is it you would like to15that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet16.Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you17.
Think of today as another chance to18yourself for the exciting future you are looking for.Today is not wasted.If you desire more from19, then you can use today as training.For you will experience only what you are prepared to20.Something wonderful can happen.And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow.
- 1.
- A.desk
- B.wall
- C.chalkboard
- D.door
- A.
- 2.
- A.duty
- B.desk
- C.mind
- D.level
- A.
- 3.
- A.words
- B.grammars
- C.pronunciations
- D.sentences
- A.
- 4.
- A.started
- B.ended
- C.warned
- D.reminded
- A.
- 5.
- A.greatness
- B.wealth
- C.honor
- D.failure
- A.
- 6.
- A.Seldom
- B.Little
- C.Hardly
- D.Totally
- A.
- 7.
- A.nervously
- B.eagerly
- C.seriously
- D.simply
- A.
- 8.
- A.keep
- B.have
- C.set
- D.achieve
- A.
- 9.
- A.prepared
- B.forced
- C.attracted
- D.tempted
- A.
- 10.
- A.proper
- B.exact
- C.legal
- D.true
- A.
- 11.
- A.difficult
- B.significant
- C.pleasant
- D.interesting
- A.
- 12.
- A.boasted
- B.behaved
- C.felt
- D.looked
- A.
- 13.
- A.wish
- B.expect
- C.hope
- D.imagine
- A.
- 14.
- A.what
- B.when
- C.why
- D.how
- A.
- 15.
- A.survive
- B.happen
- C.gain
- D.win
- A.
- 16.
- A.adventurous
- B.active
- C.ready
- D.intelligent
- A.
- 17.
- A.concern
- B.arrange
- C.adore
- D.desire
- A.
- 18.
- A.prepare
- B.enjoy
- C.imagine
- D.conduct
- A.
- 19.
- A.history
- B.nature
- C.life
- D.marriage
- A.
- 20.
- A.suffer
- B.experience
- C.struggle
- D.work
- A.
One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read:
For washing the car...........................................$5.00
For making my own bed this week...................$1.00
Going to the provision shop..............................$0.50
Playing with little sister ...................................$0.25
Taking out the rubbish......................................$1.00
Getting a good report card................................$5.00
And for sweeping the common corridor...........$2.00
Total .......................................................... ......$14.75
His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote:
For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me.....................................No Charge
For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you..............No Charge
For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose............................No Charge
When you add it all up, the full cost of my love...................................No Charge
Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, “Mummy, I love you.” Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the “bill”“All paid.”.
1.What’s the best title for this passage?
A.Part-time Job |
B.Mother’s Love, No Charge |
C.Payment for House Work. |
D.Greedy Mother |
2.The writer wrote the passage in order to ______.
A.show that children should be paid for their housework |
B.show that children should not be paid for their housework |
C.show a clever way of teaching children |
D.tell children how to spend their spare time |
3.How do you think of the mother in the passage?
A.Clever. |
B.Greedy. |
C.Cold-hearted. |
D.Selfish. |
4.From the last passage we know that ______.
A.the boy got all the money he wanted |
B.the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy |
C.the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework |
D.the mother was angry with what the boy said |