“A rolling stone gathers no moss (苔藓),” but there is one living animal that does gather moss — the three-toed sloth(树懒) of South America. This slowest-moving member of the animal kingdom is so inactive that moss actually gathers on its body and turns it green — strange as it seems!

Most of the sloth’s life is spent motionless, hanging upside down from a limb(大树枝). And that is the way its hair grows. Long and coarse, the strands from receptacles for the damp jungle algae(藻类)turn the brown fur a mossy green. Actually this moss helps the animal survive because it serves as a perfect camouflage against the leafy trees and hides the sloth from the jungle’s swift-moving hunters. The sloth would have little chance of survival on the ground. With long, curved claws hooded over the limb of a leafy tree, it spends the long hot hours during the day drowsing and eating. Inch by inch, it strips the leafy limbs bare and crawls slowly down the trunk to find a new dining spot, but only at night.

In addition to looking rather like a vegetable, the sloth is a strict vegetarian. Running out of its favorite leaf is about the only thing that will make a sloth move. Then its appetite(食欲)may even force the animal into swimming a stream to reach a succulent(肉质植物). It will also force it into fighting to keep the tree all to itself. The sloth is lazy and prefers to be alone, but it will tolerate its own relatives!

1.A suitable title for this passage might be ________.

A. Wild AnimalsB. Animal Kingdom

C. Moss GrowthD. The Lazy Animal

2.The author’s purpose in writing the passage is ________.

A. to help children to gain a better understanding of animal life

B. to prove that the saying “a rolling stone gathers no moss” is wrong

C. to introduce a particular animal to the common reader

D. to discuss with professionals the laziness of some animals

3.Which of the following is NOT true about the sloth?

A. The sloth does not eat any meat.

B. For most of its time, the sloth remains motionless on the ground.

C. To some degree, the sloth is protected by the moss growing on its body.

D. The sloth has a brown fur of its own.

4.According to the passage, the sloth will move about when ________.

A. it senses a coming danger

B. it is forced to swim in a hot day

C. it is short of its favorite food

D. it wants to keep the vegetable to itself

5.Which of the following is NOT mentioned or implied by the author?

A. The sloth has only three toes.

B. The sloth lives in the damp jungle of South America.

C. The sloth usually tries to find a new spot for food at night.

D. The sloth will never fight with other animals.

Regarded as one of the English language’s most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery, human nature, and philosophy. Although Keats didn’t receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success. Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.

Growing up as a young boy in London in a lower middle-class family, the young John didn’t attend a private school, but went to a public one. His teachers and his family’s friends regarded him as an optimistic boy who favored playing and fighting much more than minding his studies. After his father’s death in the early 1800s, followed by his mother’s passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核), he began viewing life differently. He wanted to escape the world and did so by reading anything he could get his hands on.

At around the age of 16, the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a doctor. However, his literary appetite had taken too much of his fancy, especially with his addiction to the poetry of Ehmund Spenser. He was able to have his first full poem published in the Examiner in 1816, entitled O Solitude!If I Must With Thee Dwell. Within two months in 1817, Keats had written an entire volume of poetry, but was sharply criticized by a magazine. However, the negative response didn’t stop his pursuit of rhythm.

John Keats’ next work was Endymion, which was published in May 1818. The story involves a shepherd who falls in love with the moon goddess and leads him on an adventure of one boy’s hope to overcome the limitations of being human. Following Engymion, however, he tried something more narrative-based and wrote Isabella. During this time, John Keats began seeing his limitations in poetry due to his own limit in life experiences. He would have to have the “knowledge” associated with his poems. His next work was Hyperion that would attempt to combine all that he learned. However, a bout (发作) with tuberculosis while visiting Italy would keep him from his work and eventually take his life in 1821.

1.John Keats’ attitude towards life changed because of ________.

A. his early education from school

B. the deaths of his parents

C. Edmund Spenser’s poetry

D. the criticism of a magazine

2.What is the common thing between John Keats and his mother?

A. They read many books.

B. They had a bad childhood.

C. They died of the same disease.

D. They showed strong interest in poetry.

3.What do we know from the passage?

A. Keats received little education at school.

B. Keats once had a chance of becoming a doctor.

C. In 1816 Keats spent two months writing a poem.

D. Endymion was about a real love story.

4.While pursuing his dream of becoming a poet at first, John Keats was ________.

A. determinedB. experiencedC. knowledgeableD. impatient

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The Winner’s Guide to Success

How do successful people think? What helps them to make success? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America. 1.

Be responsible for yourself

Sometimes you may want to blame(责备) others for your failure to get ahead. 2. You’re saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.”

Live life “on purpose”

Almost all successful people live life “on purpose”— they are doing what they believe they should and want to do. When you live your life on purpose, you’ll try your best to do your job or study as well as you can. You love what you do and you can find pleasure in what you do.

Write a plan

It is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. 3. A good plan is like a map to you. Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the “map” you’ll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.

Be willing to pay the price

Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard — even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won’t get anything valuable.

Never give up

4. When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.

5.

Once an American writer was writing a novel. He could not have a good ending for his book until one night when he had a very good idea. He was so excited that he made a phone call to one of his best friends. “I’ve got a perfect idea,” he said, “I’ll put it down later and show it to you.” But he never did, because he died that night. His book was left without a perfect ending. So remember, do what you can right away. Never delay at all.

A. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away.

B. It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done.

C. Some people achieve success much later in life because they fail to realize earlier the importance of hard work.

D. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you’re giving away your own power.

E. Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality.

F. Don’t delay.

G. Here are some keys to success that they give.

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。

Last year, my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding. After the reception(招待会), we were ______ for a bus to go back home. It was nine o'clock at night, and although many buses ______, none stopped.

We waited for one hour and were getting ______. We couldn’t stay there for all the ____ because it was a weekday, and we both needed to ____ the next day. It was almost 10 p. m. when a family who had _____ the same wedding passed by in their car. Probably ____ that we were waiting for some _____ of transport, they stopped and gave us a lift.

I was _____ by their kindness, and I expressed my feeling of being _____ to them.

When we reached our town, the family ____ us at the nearest place where we could catch a shared taxi to get back to the place where we had _____ our bike. On the ____, a man stopped the taxi. The ______ saw his clothes and asked him whether he had money to pay the _____. The man _____ his head and said, "No." When hearing this, the driver _____ to take him. I remembered my own experience a few minutes earlier, and I told the driver to _____ him to sit with us and I would pay his fare.

What a(n) ______ chance to pass on the family's act of kindness! That night, I felt a lightness in my heart, and I went to sleep _____, filled with joy about what I had done. I hope this kindness can continue all over the world with your help!

1.A. waitingB. expectingC. visitingD. guessing

2.A. emptiedB. gatheredC. promisedD. passed

3.A. embarrassedB. hopelessC. asleepD. dangerous

4.A. noonB. morningC. afternoonD. night

5.A. appearB. stayC. workD. rest

6.A. joinedB. heldC. attendedD. observed

7.A. hopingB. realizingC. rememberingD. insisting

8.A. meansB. changesC. ideasD. choices

9.A. surprisedB. terrifiedC. beatenD. moved

10.A. stressfulB. kindC. luckyD. thankful

11.A. stoppedB. helpedC. threwD. dropped

12.A. parkedB. repairedC. boughtD. changed

13.A. averageB. increaseC. runD. way

14.A. passengerB. ownerC. driverD. policeman

15.A. priceB. fareC. dinnerD. visit

16.A. noddedB. shookC. raisedD. hid

17.A. offeredB. refusedC. orderedD. planned

18.A. adviseB. forbidC. encourageD. allow

19.A. immediateB. terribleC. luckyD. funny

20.A. sadlyB. nervouslyC. happilyD. curiously

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