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Mitchell once had a very serious car accident£®More than 65 percent of his _1__ was burnt£®He was unable to __2__ a knife at dinner, or go to the bathroom without _3__£®But Mitchell never believed he was __4__£®¡°I am in charge of my own spaceship,¡± he said£®¡°It's my up or my down£®I could __5___ to see this situation as a defeat __6__ a starting point£®¡± Six months later Mitchell bought himself a plane and he was piloting it __7__£®
Later he _8__ with two friends and founded a food company that __9_ to be Vermont's second largest food company£®Then four years __10__ the car accident, the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed£®The accident made Mitchell unable to walk anymore£®¡°I __11__ what was happening to me£®What did I do to get this?¡±
Mitchell worked __12__ day and night to regain as much independence as possible£®He was elected Mayor of Crested Butte, Colorado£®He __13__ the town from mineral mining that would __14__ its beauty and environment£®
Although he had __15__looks and physical difficulties, Mitchell __16__ flying and speaking in public£®¡°Before I __17__ walk, there were 10,000 things I could do,¡± Mitchell says, ¡°Now there are 9,000£®I can __18__ cry for the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have£®I tell people that I have had two big bad lucks in my life£®__19__ you think you also have bad lucks, you can step back, take a __20__ view and have a chance to say, ¡®Maybe that isn't such a big deal after all£®¡¯ It's not what happens to you; it's what you do about it,¡±
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2£®A£®put up B£®take up C£®pick up D£®set up
3£®A£®help B£®strength C£®spirit D£®pain
4£®A£®burnt B£®defeated C£®touched D£®hurt
5£®A£®choose B£®learn C£®come D£®manage
6£®A£®and B£®but C£®or D£®so
7£®A£®yet B£®again C£®ever D£®too
8£®A£®appeared B£®cheered up C£®practiced D£®teamed up
9£®A£®seemed B£®grew C£®happened D£®hoped
10£®A£®after B£®before C£®till D£®from
11£®A£®understand B£®asked C£®wondered D£®realized
12£®A£®sadly B£®bravely C£®proudly D£®kindly
13£®A£®took B£®accepted C£®changed D£®saved
14£®A£®ruin B£®produce C£®attract D£®serve
15£®A£®amusing B£®charming C£®shocking D£®moving
16£®A£®stopped B£®continued C£®began D£®tried
17£®A£®could B£®couldn't C£®must D£®mustn't
18£®A£®only B£®still C£®thus D£®either
19£®A£®Though B£®Unless C£®When D£®Since
20£®A£®bigger B£®wider C£®louder D£®deeper
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u GONE WITH THE WIND Author: Margaret Mitchell £¤25 (in bookstores) £¤18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O¡¯Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time. | |||||
u A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett £¤18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin¡¯s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty (ƶÇî) and the scorn (³°Ð¦) of her fellows. It¡¯s an excellent book with 4 tapes for children. | |||||
u PETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie £¤15 (in bookstores) £¤12 (online) It is a children¡¯s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling¡¯s adventures in Never¡ªNever Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes) | |||||
u UNCLE TOM¡¯S CABIN Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe £¤20 (in bookstores) The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom¡¯s Cabin talked about the struggle (¶·Õù) between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago. | | ||||
u THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett £¤35 (in bookstores) £¤30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan (¹Â¶ù), finds herself in her uncle¡¯s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic (ħ·¨) of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. | |||||
A£®PETER PAN | B£®GONE WITH THE WIND |
C£®A LITTLE PRINCESS | D£®THE SECRET GARDEN |
A£®there are only three books with tapes |
B£®we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores |
C£®two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
D£®THE SECRET GARDEN is £¤5 cheaper in bookstores than online |
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. nature¡¯s magic
A£®abc | B£®acd | C£®bcd | D£®abd |
A£®as an advertisement | B£®as an introduction to the western literature (ÎÄ»¯) |
C£®in a Chinese film | D£®only to middle school students |
Author: Margaret Mitchell £¤25 (in bookstores) £¤18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O¡¯Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time. |
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u A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett £¤18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin¡¯s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty (ƶÇî) and the scorn (³°Ð¦) of her fellows. It¡¯s an excellent book with 4 tapes for children. |
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u PETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie £¤15 (in bookstores) £¤12 (online) It is a children¡¯s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling¡¯s adventures in Never¡ªNever Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes) |
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u UNCLE TOM¡¯S CABIN Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe £¤20 (in bookstores) The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom¡¯s Cabin talked about the struggle (¶·Õù) between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago. |
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u THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett £¤35 (in bookstores) £¤30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan (¹Â¶ù), finds herself in her uncle¡¯s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic (ħ·¨) of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. |
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1. All of the following books have children as their main characters (Ö÷½Ç) except _________.
A. PETER PAN B. GONE WITH THE WIND
C. A LITTLE PRINCESS D. THE SECRET GARDEN
2. We can know from the passage that _________.
A. there are only three books with tapes
B. we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores
C. two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett
D. THE SECRET GARDEN is £¤5 cheaper in bookstores than online
3. Mary in THE SECRET GARDEN brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of _________.
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. nature¡¯s magic
A. abc B. acd C. bcd D. abd
4. This article may appear ___________.
A. as an advertisement B. as an introduction to the western literature (ÎÄ»¯)
C. in a Chinese film D. only to middle school students