题目内容
She worked very hard, ______________(然而), she didn't pass the test.
When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship (奖学金) and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “ Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story ” , shown in late April.
Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted (吸毒) parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “ What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society, ” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “ next to nothing could hold me down ” . She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University . But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “ I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time. ”
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “ as simple as making a decision ” .
【小题1】 In which order did the following things happen to Liz?
a. Her mother died of AIDS.
b. She worked at a petrol station.
c. She got admitted into Harvard.
d. The movie about her life was put on.
e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.
A.b, a, e, c, d | B.a, b, c, e, d | C.e, d, b, a, c | D.b, e, a, d, c |
A.how Liz managed to enter Harvard University |
B.what a hard time Liz had in her childhood |
C.why Liz loved her parents so much |
D.how Liz struggled to change her life |
A.Envy and encouragement. | B.Willpower and determination. |
C.Decisions and understanding. | D.Love and respect for her parents. |
A.she had little experience of social life |
B.she could hardly understand the society |
C.she would do something for her own life |
D.she needed to travel more around the world |
It’s you and I who are to blame for the state of the earth. No question about it. It’s our life-style that is threatening life on Earth, so we must make the changes. The good news is that many of those changes are really quite simple, even enjoyable, but for every careful step we take as individuals, we must press government and industry to take a big step on our benefit. And we must start now. Tomorrow’s too late.
My aim this year is to persuade as many of my friends and colleagues as possible to choose the train, and leave their cars behind too. My gardens have been pesticide(杀虫剂)–free zones for years and I enjoy seeing more wildlife on my doorstep as a result; I’ve tried to reduce my contribution to water pollution too, by using environment-friendly, phosphate(磷)–free washing powder , and by no longer thinking of the toilet as a suitable waste-disposal(处理) point .
I ran after a young lady through town recently to give her back the piece of paper she had carelessly thrown away. She disappeared into a shop, and when I followed her inside and made my presentation, she was doubly embarrassed--she worked there, and the boss gave her a ticking–off too. I’ve started asking fellow drivers at gas stations why they aren’t using unleaded (无铅的) petrol . These are small things, but we have to start somewhere, and every little does help.
1.We can learn from the first paragraph that____________.
A.you and I are responsible for looking after the environment
B.the government and industry are responsible for looking after the environment
C.the government is responsible for looking after the environment
D.both A and B
2.To help the environment, the author is trying to do everything mentioned below EXCEPT_________.
A.taking the train instead of a car
B.avoiding the use of pesticides
C.throwing away the old cars
D.running after those who throw articles carelessly
3.The author ran after a woman through town because he wanted__________.
A.to find out where she worked
B.to give her back the piece of paper she had lost
C.to ask her to pay him for picking up the piece of paper.
D.to tell her not to throw away pieces of paper carelessly
4.The purpose of this passage is to__________.
A.persuade his friends to take the train
B.try to advise us all to protect our environment
C.make clear who is responsible for the environment
D.inform us of the good news
It’s you and I who are to blame for the state of the earth. No question about it. It’s our life-style that is threatening life on Earth, so we must make the changes. The good news is that many of those changes are really quite simple, even enjoyable, but for every careful step we take as individuals, we must press government and industry to take a big step on our benefit. And we must start now. Tomorrow’s too late.
My aim this year is to persuade as many of my friends and colleagues as possible to choose the train, and leave their cars behind too. My gardens have been pesticide(杀虫剂)–free zones for years and I enjoy seeing more wildlife on my doorstep as a result; I’ve tried to reduce my contribution to water pollution too, by using environment-friendly, phosphate(磷)–free washing powder , and by no longer thinking of the toilet as a suitable waste-disposal(处理) point .
I ran after a young lady through town recently to give her back the piece of paper she had carelessly thrown away. She disappeared into a shop, and when I followed her inside and made my presentation, she was doubly embarrassed--she worked there, and the boss gave her a ticking–off too. I’ve started asking fellow drivers at gas stations why they aren’t using unleaded (无铅的) petrol . These are small things, but we have to start somewhere, and every little does help.
1.We can learn from the first paragraph that____________.
A.you and I are responsible for looking after the environment
B.the government and industry are responsible for looking after the environment
C.the government is responsible for looking after the environment
D.both A and B
2.To help the environment, the author is trying to do everything mentioned below EXCEPT_________.
A.taking the train instead of a car
B.avoiding the use of pesticides
C.throwing away the old cars
D.running after those who throw articles carelessly
3.The author ran after a woman through town because he wanted__________.
A.to find out where she worked
B.to give her back the piece of paper she had lost
C.to ask her to pay him for picking up the piece of paper.
D.to tell her not to throw away pieces of paper carelessly
4.The purpose of this passage is to__________.
A.persuade his friends to take the train
B.try to advise us all to protect our environment
C.make clear who is responsible for the environment
D.inform us of the good news