题目内容
accept/receive?(1)The letter I_______yesterday was from my sister.?
(2)The headmaster_______ _______your proposal,but I don't know whether he'll________it or not.?
(3)Xiao Wang was_______as a League member last week.?
When you are little, it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my enthusiasm when, at the age of 12, I addressed(向……演讲) the people at the Rio Earth Summit. “ I
am only a child,” I told them.” Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this world would be. At school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do. You grown-ups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect your words.”
I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation. Some of the people even cried. I thought that maybe I had reached some of them, that my speech might actually spur(刺激)action. Now, ten years from Rio, after I’ve sat through many more conferences, I’m not sure what has been achieved. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.
When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I’m learning that as we have to make choices—educa-tion, career, lifestyle—life gets more and more complicated. We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is progress, but we aren’t taught how to seek a happy, healthy way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was idealistic and naive(天真的).
Today I’m no longer a child, but I’m worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in. I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of the change. I hope this goal will be met through our common efforts. Thank you all.
【小题1】The purpose of what the speaker said at the age of 12 was to .
| A.end poverty and make schools beautiful |
| B.find environmental answers and show off |
| C.focus people’s attention on some social problems |
| D.find a wonderful place and clean it up |
| A.A long period of laughing. | B.A cold and unfriendly welcome. |
| C.An expression used for greeting. | |
| D.Great applause or cheering. |
| A.question and answer | B.a personal lecture |
| C.cause and effect | D.listing steps in a process |
| A.He is an experienced educator. |
| B.He is an impolite man. |
| C.He is a man of great worries. |
| D.He is a man of social responsibility. |
John once told me a story about his friend, Michael. Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a convict (罪犯) returning home from a prison far away. What he did had brought shame (羞耻) on his family, and they had neither visited him nor written to him. He hoped, however, that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.
When he was set free he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal (信号) for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven (原谅) him, they were to put up a white ribbon (丝带) in the big apple tree near the railway. If they didn't want him back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go far away.
As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put his hand on the young convict’s shoulder, "There it is," His eyes was filled with sudden tears. "It’s all right. The whole tree is white with ribbons."
【小题1】According to the passage, the white ribbon in the big apple tree means ________.
| A.pleasure | B.forgiveness(原谅) | C.happiness | D.education |
| A.anger | B.interest | C.worry | D.happiness |
| A.The young man was afraid that he was refused by his family. |
| B.The young man’s seat was far from the window. |
| C.The young man was afraid of seeing the white ribbons in the tree. |
| D.The young man was sure that his family would accept him. |
| A.The young man couldn’t live with his family. |
| B.There were many white ribbons on the apple tree. |
| C.He was afraid. |
| D.The young man was very sad. |