From that day on, when eight-year-old Jack with gray eyes began riding my school bus, he was a troublemaker. His father passed away and he did not live with his mother. If a fight_________, it must have Jack. If a girl was crying, _____were that Jack had pulled her hair. I practiced every bit of ________, talking to him again and again, but no use. No matter how I spoke to him,________or strictly, he would stare at me with those big gray eyes________a word.

Towards the end of the year, I received many small gifts from kids on my bus. A little girl sent me a star key chain. She had written, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.” On the last day of school I was_________because of talking to the headmaster. When I got on the bus I___________that the star key chain was gone. “Jack was the first one to get on the bus. Check his__________,” insisted the girl who had given me the gift.

I asked him to come forward. I________my hand into one pocket. Then I felt it – the_________shape of the key chain. Jack stared at me for a long time. There was no__________in those big gray eyes, and no plea(请求)for _____. He seemed to be waiting for what would happen. I was about to_________the key chain out of Jack’s pocket when I __________myself.” Let him keep it,” a_________seemed to whisper. “It must have fallen off before I got here,” I said to the kids.

Many years later, I was in a department store________someone said, “Polly?” I turned to see the big gray eyes. To my____________ , he hugged me and pulled________from his pocket ---the key chain that_________, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.”

“You were the only one who kept________,” he explained. We hugged again…

1.A. build up B. gave up C. broke out D. picked out

2.A. challenges B. changes C. choices D. chances

3.A. interest B. respect C. patience D. hope

4.A. slowly B. gently C. coldly D. rudely

5.A. without B. through C. after D. upon

6.A. observed B. delayed C. complained D. punished

7.A. wondered B. doubted C. admitted D. realized

8.A. seat B. hands C. pockets D. schoolbag

9.A. expanded B. raised C. hid D. reached

10.A. charming B. original C. familiar D. normal

11.A. pride B. regret C. pleasure D. anger

12.A. encouragement B. admission C. mercy D. escape

13.A. pick B. slide C. rid D. pull

14.A. stopped B. enjoyed C. helped D. prepared

15.A. sound B. voice C. tone D. noise

16.A. until B. when C. before D. while

17.A. delight B. fear C. surprise D. amusement

18.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

19.A. wrote B. repeated C. appeared D. said

20.A. asking B. persuading C. trying D. arguing

When Tom Szaky sees a juice container thrown away, he doesn't see rubbish, but he sees a pencil case. Sweet wrappers? A beautiful kite! But these are not the imaginings of a dreamer. For the 28-year-old CEO of Trenton, New Jersey-based TerraCycle, they’re a business model.

The fast-talking Szaky is leading the new industry of upcycling(升级改造). Instead of recycling (shredding or breaking down materials and enabling them to be reproduced as other products), TerraCycle takes packaging headed for landfills(废物填埋地)and reuses it - more or less whole. TerraCycle’s 85 employees make nearly 200 products, sold at shops such as Petco, Kmart, Whole Foods Market, and Target.

Szaky’s $7.4 million company, now also moving ahead in Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom and Brazil, is quite different from the business he founded with classmate Jon Beyer in 2002 as a freshman at Princeton University. The two entered a business competition with a plan to sell organic plant fertilizers made from worm waste. They lost the competition, but started the business anyway.

With their goal - to make products entirely out of rubbish - suddenly clear, Szaky knew the time was right to drop out of Princeton.

TerraCycle’s first product used dining-hall waste to feed the worms and thrown-away bottles to package the fertilizer. The result: a cheap, green breakthrough. Word spread, and in 2004, Home Depot began carrying the fertilizer in its Canadian stores.

To Szaky, waste does not exist in nature. TerraCycle is a “second chance” employer of, say, a piece of furniture, an ice-cream container. As Szaky points out, “The biggest problem with most green, fair-trade, and organic products is that they tend to cost more. At TerraCycle, everything is made from rubbish, and rubbish is free. People should be able to protect the planet without having to pay a cost for that right.”

1.What is Tom Szaky now?

A. The CEO of TerraCycle. B. An employee of Home Depot.

C. A student at Princeton University D. The manager of a food company.

2.How did Szaky get the idea of upcycling?

A. From his visits to foreign companies.

B. From his studies at Princeton University.

C. Through shopping at big stores in America.

D. Through the experience of a business competition.

3.What is the goal of TerraCycle?

A. To make cheap and green products.

B. To recycle waste materials in another way.

C. To make products completely out of rubbish.

D. To change worm waste into organic plant fertilizers.

4.What is the advantage of upcycling according to Szaky?

A. The cost is kept rather low. B. More materials are available.

C. It has a large promising market D. Its products are environmentally friendly.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a Frenchman. At his time sports were not taught in French schools. De Coubertin believed that sports should go hand in hand with studies. He had an idea. His idea was to begin the Olympics all over again.

Sports teachers of other countries liked de Coubertion’s ideas. So in 1896, the modern Olympic Games were held in Athens(雅典), Greece. Since then the Olympics have been held once every four years, except three times, when there were wars.

Before the start of the Olympic Games, runners carry lighted torch(火炬)through many nations towards the stadium(运动场)where the games will be held. These sportsmen are from different countries. Yet they work together to carry the Olympic torch. It is passed from runner to runner. When the last runner enters the stadium, he or she places the torch in a special(专门的)basin filled with oil. It catches fire. It is then, only then, that the Olympic Games can begin.

The Olympic flame(火焰)burns throughout the games. It is the flame of peace.

1.Before 1896 French schools didn’t teach_____ .

A. maths B. history

C. sports D. physics

2.De Coubertin_______________.

A. was the first man to start the Olympic Games

B. helped start the modern Olympic Games

C. believed that sports were less important than studies

D. failed to begin the modern Olympic Games

3.According to this passage, the third modern Olympic Games should have been held in_________ .

A. 1915 B. 1924

C. 1896 D. 1904

4.“Marathon” in this passage is _______________.

A. a foot race B. a jumping contest(比赛)

C. field sports D. a boxing(拳击)match

A little boy wanted to meet God. He thought it was a long trip to where God lived, _______ he packed his suitcase with lots of food and drinks and he started his_________

When he had gone about three blocks, he _______an elderly man. The boy sat down next to him and ________his suitcase. He was about to take a drink when he noticed that the man looked _______, so he offered him a drink.

The man________it and smiled at the boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he ________him another one.

The man ________smiled at him. They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.

As it grew dark, the boy ________it was time to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he______, ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man________him his biggest smile ever.

When the boy_______home a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of ________on his face. She asked him what made him so happy.

He replied, “I had lunch with God, and God’s got the most beautiful ________I’ve ever seen!”

Meanwhile, the elderly man returned to his home. His son was________by the look of joy on his face and asked him the ________question as the little boy’s mother. The elderly man replied, “I ate and drank in the park with God.” However, he _______, before his son responded, “You know, he’s much _________ than I expected.”

Too often we underestimate the_______of a touch, a smile, a kind word, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. We should treat the people we meet________; they come into our lives for a reason. Embrace all equally!

1.A. if B. so C. but D. or

2.A. work B. study C. journey D. exploration

3.A. came across B. picked up C. learned from D. took away

4.A. hid B. opened C. examined D. ignored

5.A. worried B. anxious C. thirsty D. tired

6.A. refused B. avoided C. received D. accepted

7.A. lent B. bought C. made D. offered

8.A. again B. still C. only D. just

9.A. imagined B. realized C. announced D. pretended

10.A. played around B. sat around C. turned around D. got around

11.A. gave B. promised C. supplied D. begged

12.A. left B. called C. missed D. returned

13.A. joy B. confidence C. disappointment D. horror

14.A. drink B. food C. face D. smile

15.A. sad B. nervous C. amazed D. excited

16.A. same B. strange C. unique D. unusual

17.A. replied B. added C. reminded D. thought

18.A. braver B. shorter C. younger D. cleverer

19.A. power B. quality C. favor D. difficulty

20.A. differently B. proudly C. calmly D. kindly

The Advantages of Hobbies

Hobbies provide entertainment and a chance lo continuously learn something new and develop a skill set.1.

Hobbies are praised as a key to stress reduction.Becoming lost in the mental concentration or physical action which you are deeply interested in helps you shift focus from the parts of life that are stressful.2.And in turn you are more peaceful when working on other work.

3.Many people set goals with their hobbies that provide them satisfaction when these goals have been achieved.These goals can be simple,like improving a golf score,writing a certain number of pages for a novel each day or seeing an entire collection of classic films.

Hobbies provide a sense of community when you meet other people who enjoy similar activities.4.More populated cities typically have numerous clubs or groups for people to share their knowledge and enthusiasm about a particular hobby.Becoming a member of one of these organizations allows greater growth within your hobby,as well as a chance to make new friends.

Having a hobby can develop a talent that makes a person feel proud and satisfied.For example,a tennis hobby developed at a young age can lead lo a career as a professional athlete one day.5.For example,writer Vladimir Nabokov also collected butterflies,which allowed him to do better in his chosen fields because he used learned skills from one to improve the other.

A.There are a variety of hobbies.

B.Hobbies provide a sense of achievement.

C.Some hobbies affect other aspects of your life.

D.Focusing on something enjoyable can calm the mind.

E.They also provide many other social and health benefits.

F.Having a hobby increases the chances to interact with like-minded people.

G.Some hobbies containing physical activities offer an enjoyable way to stay healthy.

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