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We never thought that Ge Zhenlin was still ________

A.
living
B.
alive
C.
live
D.
A and B

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Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job．Before then I had done bits of reviewing --- novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio．That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for television．He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff．

At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn’t require specialized knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio．There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable．

Tom’s original plan for a team of critics for the arts never took off．It was a good idea, but we didn’t get together as planned and so everything was done by phone．It turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area, and so I chose film．Without Tom’s initial push, though, we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on one film．

The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument --- or forces me, in an uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing．But what is my role in the public arena（舞台）? I suppose that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity of the director．So if a film review isn’t really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don’t feel I have a responsibility to be ‘right’ about a movie．Nor do I think there should be a certain number of ‘great’ and ‘bad’ films each year．All I have to do is put forward an argument．I’m not a judge, and nor would I want to be．

1.What do we learn about Tom Seaton from the first paragraph?

A．He encouraged Mark to become a writer．

B．He had worked in various areas of the media．

C．He met Mark when working for a film company．

D．He prefers to employ people that he knows．

2.The weekly lunches were planned in order to ______．

A．help the writers get to know each other

B．provide an informal information party

C．divide the work that had to be done

D．entertain important visitors from the arts

3.What does the author mean when he says that Tom’s plan ‘never took off’ in Paragraph 3?

A．It was unpopular． B．It wasted too much time．

C．It wasn’t planned properly． D．It wasn’t put into practice．

4.Which of the following best describes what Mark says about his work?

A．His success varies from year to year． B．He prefers to write about films he likes．

C．He can freely express his opinion． D．He writes according to accepted rules．

Honestly, since my son was born, I have thought a lot about how to raise a child. I once heard a story that told about when a baby was born. The story said that when a baby was born, a new master was born. The parents of that baby would become the servants. The question is: Why? Based on my observation, this phenomenon is true. Most parents who don't pay much attention to their kids have difficulties with their kids' attitude.

I'll make a comparison of how two families raise their children. The first one is a family with three children. Both mother and father never say "No" to their children's demands. As a result, all of their children became stubborn and won't listen to their parents’ words, "We can't."

The second family educated their children strictly from one year old to high school. The parents never approved or agreed directly to give their children what they wanted. They always postponed one or two days, even if they could afford it. Due to the way their parents educated them, these children understood that if they wanted something, they had to wait or they had to make an effort first. As a result, all the kids from the second family successfully graduated from university on time.

In my opinion, if we want to be successful parents and raise our children well, we have to start disciplining them when they are toddlers but not wait until they become teenagers.

1.Why did the writer give two different stories in this passage?

A. To help prove his opinion about raising a child.

B. To list different ways that parents may take.

C. To criticize some parents’ foolish action.

D. To prove that his way of education is right.

2.What does the underlined word “postponed” in the third paragraph mean?

A. Carried out at once. B. Gave up.

C. Put off. D. Made a decision.

3. In the writer’s opinion, which of the following about raising a child is TRUE?

A. Children should be respected once they were born.

B. Parents should educate their children as early as possible.

C. It is right time to educate their children when they are teenagers.

D. Children should be helped whenever they make mistakes.

4. What do you think is the best title of this passage?

A. Make a comparison of how two families raise their children

B. To be successful parents

C. How to raise children well

D. Educate children strictly from one year old to high school

One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experience, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.

When we see something we don’t like, we wish it could be different -- we cry out for something better. That may be human nature, or perhaps it’s something that’s ingrained（根深蒂固的）in our culture.

The root of unhappiness is that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place. We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, as it just is.”

An example: in my recent post（帖子）, A Beautiful Method to Find Peace of Mind, quite a few commentators thought my outlook was negative, pessimistic, or fatalistic（听天由命的）... because I said you should expect people to mess up, expect things to go differently from what you planned. Above all, you should embrace that.

It’s too negative to expect something to go wrong, they said. However, I think it’s only negative if you see it as negative, or if you judge it as bad.

Instead, you could accept it as the way the world works -- as the way things actually are. And try to understand why they are that way.

Does it mean you can never change things? Not at all. But changing things is not because you can’t accept things as they are, but because you enjoy the process of change of learning and growing.

Can we make this world a better place? Again, that’s an assumption that it’s a bad place fight now. But instead, you could say the world is just what it is -- and that’s neither good nor bad. You can say that you’ll continue to try to do things to help others, to grow as a person, to make a difference in this world -- not because you’re such a bad person now, but because that’s the path you choose to take, because you enjoy that path.

As you catch yourself judging, and wishing for different -- try a different approach: accept, and understand. It might lead to some interesting results.

1. Which of the following statements is correct according to the author?

A. We can never change things because we can’t accept them.

B. We shouldn’t try to do whatever we can to help others and make a difference.

C. It’s wrong of you to expect things to go differently.

D. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

2. What’s the main idea of the whole passage?

A. The world is a good place for us to live in.

B. Unhappiness comes from what we want to be different.

C. You might as well accept the world as it is and try to embrace it.

D. Let’s make the world more beautiful.

3.Where does the passage probably come from?

A. A novel. B. A news story. C. A travel guide. D. A magazine.

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words. "PAID IN FULL".

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

1.According to the passage we can infer that _________.

A. the author’s father was once very rich.

B. the author’s father didn’t love him.

C. the author’s father had not enough money to buy a run car.

D. the author’s thought was wildly unrealistic.

2.When author graduated from his school, his father sent him _________.

A. a beautiful run car B. a new leather-bound Bible

C. a gift he hoped for D. only an empty box

3.After graduation, author _________ before his father died.

A. often went to see his father B. had never gone home

C. went home once in the while D. always contacted his father by phone

4.The passage can imply that _________.

A. Good fortune lies within bad, bad fortune lurks within good.

B. The author’s father didn’t understand his child.

C. where there is a will, there is a way.

D. Every man is the son of his own works.

Today is my first day at Merchiston Castle School,and I was really nervous about it, because I have never visited the school before and didn’t take any summer course. Despite my anxiety,I soon relaxed once I arrived; the staff were so nice that I felt my spoken English was better than it actually was! As soon as I walked into the dayroom of my boarding house,I was absolutely(完全地) amazed by the friendly atmosphere; everyone was so friendly that a boy as shy as I had no difficulty in setting in,and I made many new friends on my very first day,although I was struggling to remember all the names.

Also I realized there were other international students in the house from all over the world,such as South Korea,Japan and Russia.Although their English was not so fluent,it didn’t take long for us to understand each other at all.In some ways,it was even better to practice Enlgish by speaking to the international students,because we were both learning.

As a boarder,the quality of food is something I consider very important,and Merchiston has not let me down.The school kitchens are run by a professional catering company,and the quality of food is excellent,also they take the issue of a healthy diet really seriously.I remember once I was asked to take more salad for my meal by a member of the kitchen staff for I did not have enough vegetables.This brings to another point of being a boarder:you need to learn how to look after yourself and be responsible for yourself.One of the huge advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school,which means we don’t have to pull ourselves out of the bed as early as the daypupils!

1.Why was the writer nervous when he was at Merchiston Castle School on the first day?

A．Because he had no friends and relatives there.

B．Because he didn’t know the school well.

C．Because he was not good at English.

D．Because he was shy.

2.On the first day, .

A．though the writer was anxious,he soon relaxed

B．he found the dayroom of his boarding house terrible

C．he made many new friends,but he didn’t remember any of their names

D．he thought he spoke English better than the staff in the school

3.Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A．In the boarding house,there are only students from South Korea,Japan and Russia.

B．The international students in the boarding house don’t speak Englsih very fluently.

C．The food in Merchiston doesn’t make the writer disappiointed.

D．The professional catering company thinks the issue of a healthy diet is very important.

4.The underlined word“boarder”in the first paragraph means“ ”.

A．a student who is from abroad	B．a student who lives at school
C．a student who is good at English	D．a student who used to be shy

We never thought that Ge Zhenlin was still ________

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