A newly trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the young Navajo students to __1__ the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from   2   homework.

They would stand there, silently,  3   to complete the task. Mary couldn’t figure it out.   4   she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she   5   hadn’t seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in Phoenix.

What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who can’t do the  6  ? Mary would wonder. No,  7  couldn’t be that. Finally she   8   the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a   9   lesson from her young   10   pupils about self-image and a(n)   11   of self-worth.

It seemed that the students  12  each other’s individuality and knew that  13  of them were capable of doing the problems.   14  at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would  15  if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the  16  . So they   17   to compete with each other in public.

Once she understood, Mary changed the system   18   she could check each child’s math problem individually, but not at any child’s expense  19  his classmates. They all wanted to learn,  20  not at someone else’s expense.

1.  A.go to        B.come to         C.get close to    D.bring

2.  A.his           B.their           C.his own         D.her

3.  A.happy          B.willingly         C.readily        D.unwilling

4.  A.Anything      B.Nothing         C.Everything     D.Neither

5.  A.almost         B.certainly        C.hardly           D.never

6.  A.question       B.chalkboard     C.problem         D.homework

7.  A.they         B.it             C.everything     D.each

8.  A.asked              B.questioned     C.told            D.understood

9.  A.outstanding  B.surprising       C.annoying       D.frightening

10.A.sunburned    B.tender         C.Indian        D.naughty

11.A.sense        B.image         C.way           D.aspect

12.A.had          B.ignored          C.respected       D.cared

13.A.none           B.no one        C.each           D.not all

14.A.Especially    B.Even though       C.Even so       D.Even

15.A.lose          B.win            C.achieve          D.answer

16.A.time         B.situation         C.chalkboard     D.condition

17.A.refused        B.rejected         C.tried           D.promised

18.A.if             B.so that        C.unless        D.in case

19.A.in favour of  B.of            C.by means of   D.in front of

20.A.and          B.but             C.so              D.or

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No fight can end,and no friendshiip can move on,until everyone says these little words:I’m sorry. Sometimes,though,they can be difficult to say.  71  

It is not about winning.

Friendships aren’t like the Super Bowl, and there should never be a winner and a loser.When you start fighting with a friend,it may feel important that you “win” the fight by proving you’re right and he is wrong,or by making him be the first to apologize.

In reality,you’ll both lose if you let your fight ruin your friendship,and you’ll both win if you find a way to heal it.

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You may have heard the expression “His pride stood in the way”. It is usually used to describe a person who is so determined to be “right” that he lets an opportunity for happiness pass him by forever.  73     Remember: as time goes on,we usually forget who was right and who was wrong in a disagreement,and only remember the sadness of losing a friend.

Take the first step.

Are you sick of fighting?Do you think this fight is just not important enough to ruin your friendship?   74     You don’t have to take full responsibility for starting the fight, or even say that your feelings were wrong..But you should find something you did or said that’s worth apologizing for.Maybe you’re sorry that you let the fight go for so long,or that you overreacted to something your friend did. If you say you’re sorry,it’s like an invitation for your friend to do the same.   75   

A. Then try to be the first to apologize.

B. Stop thinking about your pride.

C. It’s about taking some responsibility for the argument.

D. Don’t let this happen to a friendship you care about

E. Here are some things to keep in mind.

F. There are some special cases when you shouldn’t be the one to apologize first.

G. .Once you’ve both said it,you’ll both feel a million times better.

Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.?

Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. A mother describes her child's hurriedly-made table as “perfect”!Even though it couldn't stand on uneven (not same in height) legs. Another way is to shift blame. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.?

The trouble with failure—prevention methods is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time—and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child who's not invited to a birthday party, who doesn't make the honor roll or the baseball team feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick comfort prize or say “It doesn't matter”,because it does. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and be helped to master it.

Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grown-ups and children exactly alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask “Why did I fail?”. Control the natural impulse(冲动) to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about asking them.?

This passage mainly tells us about _______.?

A. the reasons why people fail

B. how to fail?

C. the ways to prevent failures

D. the importance of facing failures?

When the writer says “every person has the right to fail”, he means to say _______.

A. the world is full of failures        

B. no one is perfect?

C. failures are quite common in our lives     

D. no one can grow up mentally without failures?

By “protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed”, the writer means that most parents try their best _______.?

A. to let their children know that they won't fail?

B. not to teach their children about knowledge of failure?

C. to provide their children for the knowledge against failure?

D. to keep their children from realizing that they failed?

According to the writer, _______.

A. parents should tell their children to think nothing of not being chosen into a football team?

B. children should be encouraged to get rid of disappointment all by themselves

C. parents should judge what their children have done as it is?

D. children should learn to enjoy a game that they won't win??

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I often dream of being teacher. I dream of standing on the       1. _________

platform in the classroom and give lessons to lovely boys           2. __________

and girls. I teach them, play with them, watch them                3. __________

growing up. I am always young when I was staying                4. __________

with them. I know there is not easy to be a teacher. I               5. __________

have to learn in order to teach. Without much knowledges,          6. __________

I can never teach wonderful. What is more, I have to               7. __________

be the friends with my pupils and take good care of them.           8. __________

Only by this way can I be a good teacher and win                 9. __________

respect from them. Though I am a student now, I                 10. __________

will work very hard to make my dream come true.


Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand and remember.Churchill warned the British to expect “blood, toil, tears and sweat”; Roosevelt told the Americans that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”; Lenin promised the war-weary Russians peace, land and bread.Straightforward but effective messages.
We have an image of what a leader ought to be.We even recognize the physical signs; leaders may not necessarily be tall, but they must have bigger-than-life, commanding features -- Lyndon Baines Johnson’s nose and ear lobes, Ike’s broad grin.A trade-mark also comes in handy; Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, Kennedy’s rocking chair.We expect our leaders to stand out a little, not to be like an ordinary man.Half of President Ford’s trouble lay on the fact that, if you closed your eyes for a moment, you couldn’t remember his face, figure of clothes.A leader should have an unforgettable identity, instantly and permanently fixed in people’s minds.
It also helps for a leader to be able to do something most of us can’t: FDR overcame polio; Mao swam the Yangtze River at the age of 72. We don’t want our leaders to be "just like us." We want them to be like us but better, special more so. Yet if they are too different, we reject them.
A Chinese philosopher once remarked that a leader must have the grace of a good dancer, and there is a great deal of wisdom to this. A leader should know how to appear relaxed and confident. His walks should be firm and purposeful. He should be able, like Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Lke and JFK, to give a good, hearty, belly laugh, instead of the sickly grin that passes for good humor in Nixon or Carter. Ronald Reagan’s training as an actor showed to good effect in the debate with Carter, when by his easy manner and apparent affability, he managed to convey the impression that in fact he was the president and Carter the challenger.
The every simple truth about leadership is that people can only be led where they want to go. The leader follows, though a step ahead. Americans wanted to climb out of the Depression and needed someone to tell them they could do it, and Roosevelt did. The British believed that they could still win the war after the defeats of 1940, and Churchill told them they were right.
A leader rides the waves, moves with the tides, understands the deepest yearning of his people. He cannot make a nation that wants peace at any price go to war, or stop a nation determined to fight from doing so. His purpose must match the national mood.
1.The underlined word “yearning” in the last paragraph probably means_________.
A.love  B.trouble     C.desire       D.feeling
2.From the fourth paragraph we can learn that_________.
A.leaders usually look special or different
B.leaders don’t have to be tall
C.most leaders look ordinary
D.leaders should always have trademarks
3.According to the article, a leader_________.
A.usually tries to simplify our messages
B.tell us what we want to hear
C.encourages us to think about things in a new way
D.is usually confident and handsome
4.From the passage we can infer that          .
A.it helps for a leader to be able to dance or act well
B.great leaders are usually totally different from us
C.Carter was humorous and made good speeches
D.it is the people rather than the president that makes what a nation is
5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.Want to be a leader?
B.What makes a leader?
C.What does a leader look like?
D.What must a leader do?

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