Book: No Looking Back

Author: Shivani Gupta

Shivani had thrown a party one evening and awoke the next morning in hospital because of a car crash. It took Shivani years of pain, struggle and determination to regain control of her life and her body. Then tragedy struck again. As the newly-married Shivani drove to Manali with her family, a truck crashed into her car. Shivani refused to give in—she wouldn't let her injury keep her from achieving her ambitions.

Book: Courage Beyond Compare

Author: Sanjay Sharma

The 10 sportspersons in the book are champions in diverse fields like athletics, swimming, and badminton, who have brought glory to the country. They overcame their physical limitations to reach the top of their chosen fields.

Book:Face to Face

Author: Ved Mehta

Blind since the age of four, the author led a lonely childhood in India until he was accepted to the Arkansas School for the Blind, to which he flew alone at 15. America and the school changed his life, leading him to degrees at Oxford and Harvard and a fruitful writing career.

Book: This Star Won’t Go Out

Author: Lori and Wayne Earl

Diagnosed with cancer at 12, Esther Earl was a bright and talented, but very normal teenager. She lived a hope-filled and generous life. A cheerful, positive and encouraging daughter, sister and friend, Esther died in 2010, shortly after turning 16, but not before inspiring thousands through her growing online presence.

1.The book No Looking Back mainly talks about ________.

A. an unlucky girl who experienced two car accidents

B. 10 disabled athletes who are champions in sports field

C. a successful author who was blind during his childhood

D. an inspiring teenager who died of cancer

2.When reading the book written by Sanjay Sharma, we will ________.

A. find the author is a sports lover

B. get inspired by the sportspersons' spirits

C. be proud to be a sportsperson

D. find sportspersons are full of power

3.In which book does the author tell of himself?

A. Face to FaceB. This Star Won’t Go Out

C. Courage Beyond CompareD. No Looking Back

4.Which word can best describe the characters of all the four books?

A. Intelligent.B. Passionate.

C. Inspiring.D. Pessimistic.

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Be an inventor

The biggest secret about inventing is that anybody can do it! Perhaps this sounds crazy, but it’s true. Maybe you have the wrong idea about inventing, so read on to discover the truth.

Wrong idea number 1: 1.

Well, inventing means creating something “new”, but the idea could come from something that already exists. 2.

Wrong idea number 2: Inventors are born, not made.

There are a lot of factors that make invention possible. Take Mozart, for example. He was born with a special talent for music. 3. His father was a music teacher, and Mozart practiced for hours every day, from the time he was in kindergarten.

4. Very successful creators don’t give up when they get something wrong. As one inventor said, “A failure is the right answer to the wrong question!”

Wrong idea number 3: Inventors are always old people.

5. Here is an example of a young inventor: Louis Braille went blind when he was a child. When he was 15, he invented a system of reading and writing for blind people that is still used in most countries today.

A. Everyday things can give people lots of ideas.

B. An invention has to be something completely new.

C. But other factors were also important for his creativity.

D. As a young man, George Nissen invented the trampoline (蹦床).

E. Don't believe that you can’t invent something when you are young.

F. Thomas Edison said that being an inventor was “99% hard work and 1% inspiration”!

G. The Wright brothers, for example, got the idea for building a “flying machine” from watching birds.

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。

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no ________ left. When she heard her daddy say to her ________ mother, “Only a miracle(奇迹) can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She ________ all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she ________ her way six blocks to the local drugstore.

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

“It’s ________ my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He’s really sick and I want to get a ________. His name is Andrew and he has something ________ growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”

“We don’t ________ miracles here, child. I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling ________ at the little girl.

In the shop was a ________ customer. He bent down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother ________?”

“I don’t know,” she replied. “He’s really sick and mommy says he needs a(n) ________. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my ________.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven cents, ________ I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents-the ________ price of a miracle for your little brother. ________ me to where you live. I want to see your brother and ________ your parents.”

That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon(外科医生). The operation was completed ________ and before long Andrew was ________ again.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle ________ ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the faith of a little child.

1.A. timeB. medicineC. moneyD. food

2.A. tearfulB. hopefulC. helpfulD. regretful

3.A. emptiedB. pulledC. putD. poured

4.A. followedB. madeC. feltD. found

5.A. withB. aboutC. forD. from

6.A. drinkB. doctorC. tabletD. miracle

7.A. badB. smallC. extraD. new

8.A. displayB. offerC. sellD. store

9.A. calmlyB. sadlyC. strangelyD. coldly

10.A. well-dressedB. kind-hearted

C. well-behavedD. good-looking

11.A. haveB. needC. makeD. like

12.A. companionB. surgeonC. protectionD. operation

13.A. savingsB. wishesC. ideasD. worries

14.A. becauseB. soC. thoughD. but

15.A. sameB. exactC. properD. reasonable

16.A. BringB. SendC. TakeD. Drive

17.A. helpB. encourageC. persuadeD. meet

18.A. surprisinglyB. secretlyC. successfullyD. separately

19.A. happyB. wellC. strongD. fat

20.A. meantB. coveredC. measuredD. cost

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