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I received a hard blow to my self?confidence in the first interview of my college years. I applied to be a host in our Student Acting Group and felt confident that I would be accepted. But one of the members told me, “You seem unfit because you are a little vertically?challenged.” My life had never been the same since. I used higher heels to complement (补足) my height and psychological tricks to hide my lack of confidence. But no matter how hard I tried to do that, there was still something missing.

As president of English Club, I organized the rehearsal (排练) of Snow White for an English party. Unfortunately, we could not find an actor to be the last dwarf (矮人). It had to be someone who was humorous by nature and fluent in English. Suddenly, all eyes turned to me, and I knew I would have to be the dwarf. To my great surprise and delight, once on stage, I was totally absorbed in the performance and my humorous nature was put to full use. As the dwarf, I was a big hit.

Yes, each of us is only one among millions of others, but each of us is an individual and each of us is unique. Developing our individuality will change our lives, making of them a kaleidoscope (万花筒) of new colors.

A world lack of diversity (差异) would be a boring place. The real tragedy (悲剧) is not being short, shy or ugly, but having your identity lost in a world in which everyone is a clone of a model cool boy or a perfect charming girl.

Given a choice, I would rather be ugly than live in such a world. I'd rather be a real dwarf accompanying a Snow White than be a Snow White among nothing but Snow Whites. I would rather be myself. I would contribute my individual and unique color to create a more diverse universe. Please, be yourself.

TitleA sad (72)______ The turning

pointBeing president of English Club, the writer organized for an English party the rehearsal of Snow White.

●In the play the last dwarf should be humorous and could speak English (75)________.

●It turned out that only the writer was fit for the role.

●The writer (76)________  wonderfully by being lost in the performance and making good use of his humorous nature.

The (77)_______ Every one of us is individual and unique. And our lives will be (78)________ by developing our individuality.

●If a world is short of (79)________, it will be a boring place.

●The real tragedy is not to be short, shy or ugly but to lose your identity by cloning a model cool boy or a perfect charming girl.

The writer's

preferenceThe writer prefers to be a real dwarf accompanying a Snow White rather than be a Snow White among Snow Whites.

●He prefers to be himself to devote his individual and unique color to (80)________  the universe full of changes.

 

71.yourself 72.experience 73.refused 74.confidence 75.fluently

76.performed 77.lesson 78.changed / improved 79.diversity

80.making

 

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A couple of years ago, I received a $ 600 insurance dividend (保险股息).Sitting at the kitchen table, my wife and I discussed what we might do with the money. I realized now that the refrigerator overheard our talk. The very next day it went wrong. The repairman told us we needed a new unit. Cost:$600. Not long after that, we got a refund(赔偿金)from the shop, enough to pay for a trip to Mexico. “I’ve something to tell you,” I said to my wife in a low voice. “How about the living-room?” she suggested. I remembered the color TV set was there. “No, not there. Let’s go out.” I showed her the check as we stood on the driveway. We held each other excitedly and hardly noticed the rain. My car was parked within5 meters. I didn’t think anything about it at the time. As I started for the airport the next day, the car began making strange sounds. Changing the engine cost about $ 1, 000.

Then I looked through our financial records. I discovered that during the last ten years we spent all our “found money” repairing a hot water heater, a television and a stove.

I never mention money in front of our mechanical equipment. But if this article is published and I am paid for, the word processor(文字信息处理机)is going to go for sure. It’ll know.

1.What went wrong first as the writer’s?

   A. The refrigerator          B. The stove

   C. The TV set              D. The engine of the car

2. What has been repaired and still remains all right?

   A. The car                 B. The color TV set

   C. The stove               D. The hot water heater

3.Which statement is wrong according to the passage?

  1. There are many pieces of modern equipment in the writer’s home
  2. The writer often discusses with his wife on how to spend their money.
  3. The writer has gone into a lot of trouble to repair his things
  4. The writer’s refrigerator can overhear him

 

 

     When I first got an email account ten years ago, I received communications only from family,friends,and colleagues.Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail ,I have an endless seriers of advertisement and otner correspondence that do not interest the at all.If we want e-mail to continue to be useful,we need special laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime.

If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam,the problem will certainly get much worse。Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly 。as more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products ,individual(个人的)e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails。Would people continue to use e-mail if they ahd to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?

   This problem is troubling for inviduals and companies as well. Many spam emails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company.Companies rely on e-mail on on e-mail for their Comployees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local commnications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively.such a situationg results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks.These computer problems raise productton costs of companies ,which are,in the end,passed on to the consumer.

For these reasons,I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam.Spammers should be fined,and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people.E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently,but spam is destroying this conwenience.

1.What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean?                                                          

  A.messages     B.ideas          C.connections         D.programs

2.According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?     

  A.Companies rely on e-mail for communications.

B.More people in the world communicate by e-mail.

C.Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.

D.More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam.

3.According to Paragraph 3,who is the final victim of spam?            

 A. The business                 B. The advertiser        

 C.The employee                D.The consumer

4.What is the purpose of the text?

         A.To inform                         B.To educate                      C.To persuade                    D.To instruet

 

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