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“Can’t hold a candle to” is a popular expression.When there wasn’t electricity,someone would have a servant light his way by holding a candle.The expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servant.Now,it means such a person cannot compare or compete.

Another expression is “hold your tongue.”It means to be still and not talk.“Hold your tongue”is not something you would tell a friend.But a parent or teacher might use the expression to quiet a noisy child.

“Hold out”is an expression one hears often in sports reports and labor news.It means to refuse to play or work. Professional football and baseball players “hold out” if their team refuses to pay them what they think they are worth.

The expression “hold up” has several different meanings.One is a robbery.A man with a gun may say,“This is a hold up.Give me your money.”Another meaning is to delay.A driver who was held up by heavy traffic might be late for work.Another meaning is for a story to be considered true after an investigation.A story can hold up if it is proved true.

“Hold on” is another expression,which means wait or stop.As you leave for school,your brother may say,“Hold on,you forgot your book.” It is used to ask a telephone caller to wait and not hang up his telephone.

Our final expression is “hold the line.”That means to keep a problem or situation from getting worse—to hold steady.For example,the president may say he will “hold the line on taxes.”He means there will be no increase in taxes.

1.The expression “can’t hold a candle to” can be used when _______.

A. some footballers refuse to play a game

B. someone else is wanted on the phone

C. someone is not qualified for a position

D. someone was delayed by heavy traffic

2.The tune of the phrase “hold your tongue” is probably a little_______.

A. amusing B. polite

C. unfriendly D. offensive

3.If some teachers “hold out”,they probably______.

A. change their attitude B. refuse to work

C. make a compromise D. show their devotion

4.Which of the following sentences can convey positive meanings?

A. I was late as I was held up by a hold up.

B. Hold on!You have to pay the bill,sir.

C. You can’t even hold a candle to Michael.

D. I promise to hold the line on house prices.

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Lying alongside mountains of smelly garbage under the South American sun, Cateura is a long way from the conservatories of Prague or Vienna. Yet the township, which grew out of Paraguay's largest dump(垃圾场), is gaining a reputation as a hothouse for musical talent and for its youth orchestra(管弦乐队) that plays instruments made from garbage. "The world sends us garbage. We send back music," says Favio Chavez, leader of the "Recycled Orchestra," during a recent visit by the group to Los Angeles. Orchestra members, poor children from Cateura, play violins fashioned from oven trays and guitars made from dessert dishes. The orchestra provides the youngsters an outlet and an escape, a chance to go beyond the mess of their slum(贫民窟) through the music of Mozart, and even Sinatra. "In the beginning, it was difficult to play," says the l0-year-old violinist Celeste Fleitas." But Favio helped me learn over time. From Favio, I have learned to be more responsible and value the things I have."

The destination for more than 1,500 tons of waste each day, the community has no safe drinking water and little access to electricity or sanitation(卫生设施). Illiteracy is severe, and the children of the township often fall into drugs, violence and crimes.

Favio Chavez, a musical talent, came to Cateura as an environmental technician in 2006 and started a youth music school. He knew shop-bought instruments were beyond the means of villagers whose sheds are worth less than a violin, so he approached a carpenter to make some out of waste from the dump.

The orchestra caught the eye of Paraguayan filmmaker Alejandra Amarilla. She uploaded a short piece of the orchestra to YouTube in 2012, hoping to secure crowdfunding for what would become Landfill Harmonic, a documentary released across the United States this month and promoting the youngsters on a tour of the world's music halls later on.

1.What is the best title of the text?

A. Youngsters carry tunes from garbage to victory

B. A music talent hit the road to the world stage

C. A town for music fans

D. An orchestra on a global tour

2.What do we know about Cateura?

A. It has raised people's awareness of recycling trash

B. It has caught more attention through the orchestra

C. It recycles more than l,500 tons of rubbish per day

D. It provides its children with better schooling conditions

3.Why did Alejandra Amarilla upload a piece of the orchestra to YouTube?

A. To assist the youngsters with a world tour

B. To collect funding for a documentary

C. To organize carpenters to make instruments

D. To catch the eye of the Paraguay government

4.What can we learn from Favio Chavez?

A. To work in a team weighs more

B. To recycle things is to conserve things

C. To be creative is a quality of a leader

D. To own nothing is no excuse to do nothing

We often close ourselves off when unfortunate events happen in our lives; instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. We try to deflect the hurt and pain by pretending it doesn’t exist, but although we can try this all we want, in the end, we can’t hide from ourselves. We need to learn to open our hearts

to the potentials of life and let the world soften us.

Whenever we start to let our fears and seriousness get the best of us, we should take a step back and re-evaluate our behavior. The items listed below are ways you can open your heart more fully and completely.

Breathe into pain

Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt. When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it. When we run away from sadness that’s unfolding in our lives, it gets stronger and more real. We take an emotion that’s fleeting and make it a solid event, instead of something that passes through us.

By utilizing our breath we soften our experiences. If we dam them up, our lives will stagnate, but when we keep them flowing, we allow more newness and greater experiences to blossom.

Embrace the uncomfortable

We all know what that twinge(刺痛) of anxiety feels like. We know how fear feels in our bodies: the tension in our necks, the tightness in our stomachs, etc. We can practice leaning into these feelings of discomfort and let them show us where we need to go.

The initial impulse is to run away — to try and suppress these feelings by not acknowledging them. When we do this, we close ourselves off to the parts of our lives that we need to experience most. The next time you have this feeling of being truly uncomfortable, do yourself a favor and lean into the feeling. Act in spite of the fear.

Ask your heart what it wants

We’re often confused at the next step to take, making pros and cons lists until our eyes bleed and our brains are sore. Instead of always taking this approach, what if we engaged a new part of ourselves that isn’t usually involved in the decision making process?

I know we’ve all felt decisions or actions that we had to take simply due to our “gut” impulses: when asked, we can’t explain the reasons behind doing so — just a deep knowing that it had to get done. This instinct is the part of ourselves we’re approaching for answers.

To start this process, take few deep breaths then ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?”

See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome.

Title: Open Our Hearts

Background information

★Unfortunate events often 1. us deeper into ourselves;

★We can’t hide ourselves 2. the fact that we pretend not to have been hurt;

★We should take a step back and re-evaluate our behavior whenever fears and seriousness 3. us.

4. to helping open our hearts

★Breathe into pain

★Try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to 5. up the hurt whenever a painful situation arises in our lives;

★Utilize our breath and we can 6.more newness and greater experiences in the future.

★Embrace the uncomfortable

★We can practice leaning into the feelings of discomfort and 7.a way out in our lives;

★Running away only8.us experiencing the parts of our lives that we need most.

★Ask your heart what it wants

★To treat the process of decision making from a different9. ;

★See what10., then engage and evaluate the outcome.

We express the hope that a climate beneficial to a negotiated settlement would be created soon, ________ there may no longer be the need for the armed struggle.

A. in case B. even though

C. so that D. as long as

He was a professor.At the age of 90,he still worked eight hours every day regardless1.the weather.

His secretary said:“He was extremely old,but he forced himself to walk from his living place to the office through two blocks.2.would take him an hour to do so,but he insisted because it made him get a sense of3. (succeed).”

One day,a university student4.(step) out of his office with a pile of books.He complained: “He always answers my questions with just a yes or no.However,he always gives me dozens of books and suggests me5.(find) the answer on my own.”

By chance,the professor knew6.the student complained about.He explained to him with a smile:“This is the method I have learnt—the7.(hard) you work independently,the better solutions you will find.If you can make full use of the books,you will8.(probable) become a good lawyer in the future.”

This 90-year-old man was Pound,9.was the president of Law College of Harvard.He believed “all slopes are easy10.( go)”,of which he often reminded his students.

A first-grade student whose best friend is suffering from cancer decided that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough—he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the tough time he was going through.

Five-year-old Vincent Butterfield decided the only way was to shave his head in support of his best friend Zac Gossage who lost his hair through chemotherapy(化疗).

Zac was diagnosed(诊断) last June with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (急性淋巴细胞白血病). He is being treated but still goes to Union Central Elementary in Missouri every day—because that's where he gets to play with Vincent.

When the little boy was asked why he shaved his hair off, he told KSDK: "To make Zac feel like he's not the only one without any hair."

Vincent has also been learning about cancer and raising money for his best friend after learning how expensive his chemotherapy treatments are.

He made more than 20 scarves and sold them, raising more than $200 to give to Zac.

The little boy's mom Karen Butterfield told KSDK," We had been making these scarves and he just kind of said it would be cool if we could make a whole bunch of these and sell them."

When asked what friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac and responded: "It's a beautiful thing."

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells. The cancer, which attacks the blood and bone marrow (骨髓), is most common in children aged two to five years old and has optimistic survival rates.

1.What's the main idea of the passage?

A. What is acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

B. A boy shaved his head in support of his best friend who suffered from cancer.

C. How expensive the chemotherapy treatments are!

D. A boy liked to sell scarves.

2.The underlined word"buddy"could be replaced by  .

A. friend B. parents

C. teacher D. brother

3.What's the best way to support his friend in Vincent Butterfield's opinion?

A. Playing and telling jokes.

B. Shaving his head.

C. Learning about cancer.

D. Raising money for his best friend.

4.Vincent Butterfield did these things for his friend EXCEPT  .

A. learning about cancer B. raising money

C. making and selling scarves D. diagnosing

5.Which statement is Not True according to the passage?

A. Survival rates of acute lymphoblastic leukemia are low in children aged two to five years old.

B. Zac still goes to Union Central Elementary in Missouri every day during the treatment.

C. Chemotherapy treatments are expensive.

D. Vincent thinks highly of their friendship.

A Northern Ireland team is leading the research for a thinking computer which can sense a user's moods(情绪)．Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast hope to complete the 10－million－euro project for an emotion－sensitive(感知情感功能的)computer within four years.

The aim is to make computers think and do things more like humans. And 160 researchers join in the project. The university's researchers made an agreement with the European Commission. The work may try to make “multi－modal interfaces (界面 )”which allow machines to sense and respond to the moods of the user.

Programme coordinator (协调者) Professor Roddy Cowie said while it sounded like science fiction，computers which responded to human feelings would appear.

“At the moment，our use of computers is limited by the fact that we need a keyboard and a screen to access(使用) them，”he said.

“But feelings are part of normal speech, and experience has shown that most users are deeply uncomfortable with speech interfaces that ignore them－too uncomfortable to use them very much.”

“If we can make computers more expressive, and also less challenging to use，there is a great chance to let people make full use of information technology.”

The emotion－sensitive computer would have its own “personality” and build a social relationship with the user.

“It's a fair bet that in 30 years' time, emotion－sensitive interfaces will be as much part of life as windows and mouse interfaces are now，”said Professor Cowie.

The project team believes such computers would play an important part in teaching and learning.

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Researchers at Queen's University have completed a project.

B. The research for an emotion－sensitive computer is being led by a Northern Ireland team.

C. 160 researchers have joined in the 10 million－euro project for a thinking computer.

D. Computers are playing a more and more important part in our daily life.

2.It can be learned from the passage that ________．

A. an emotion－sensitive computer has been invented and is being put into use

B. an emotion－sensitive computer cannot respond to the moods of the user

C. an emotion－sensitive computer has not been invented by the team

D. the research for an emotion－sensitive computer has not gained people's support

3.What does Professor Roddy Cowie think of the emotion－sensitive computer?

A. He thinks it is only a part of science fiction.

B. He thinks it is worth the research and it is easy to produce.

C. He believes it is impossible for the team to invent the emotion－sensitive computer.

D. He believes it can come into being.

4.In Professor Roddy Cowie's opinion，________ limits our use of computers.

A. the fact that a keyboard and a screen are needed to use computers

B. the fact that we don't know much about computers

C. the fact that feelings are part of normal speech

D. the fact that the emotion－sensitive computer has its own “personality”

5.What are emotion－sensitive computers believed to do in the future?

A. They will take the place of teachers in teaching and learning.

B. They can build a social relationship with human beings.

C. They will replace human beings and control the world.

D. They will have the same“personality”as their users.

--- Alas! I have left my key to the office in my car.

--- Don't worry. I   it for you. Wait a minute.

A. get B. am going to get

C. will get D. am getting

Sonya and her family have been homeless since she was 3 years old. Over the years, they have moved more than 15 times to different shelters around New York City. Moving around was hard on Sonya, At school, Sonya hid her homelessness from teachers and other students. She didn't want to be treated differently than other kids.

In sixth grade, Sonya discovered a way to deal with some of her stress (压力). She began studying dance at her middle school. “It was a way for me to express myself, instead of just holding everything in，” she explains. Soon, Sonya auditioned (试演) for a summer dance camp run by Alvin Alley, a famous dance company. She was accepted.“I was delirious，” says Sonya.

Dancing became an even more important part of Sonya's life in high school. But things were not going well for Sonya at school. Each time her family moved to a new shelter, Sonya missed school. As the second?oldest of six kids, Sonya often took care of her younger sisters and brothers. She helped them get ready in the morning and took them to school. They would be on time, but Sonya would be late.

Worrying about her family kept Sonya from thinking about her own future. That changed the summer after 11th grade. Sonya learned she would have to go to summer school to graduate. She became determined to succeed, no matter what. “It was a wake?up call，” she says.“I had to focus on (集中精力于……) school and on myself.”

Sonya made up the work that she had missed, and finally graduated from high school. No one in her family had gone to college before. But in September 2015, Sonya enrolled (登记入学) in the State University of New York at Potsdam. She plans to become a doctor for kids and to teach dance to children who have disabilities.

1.According to the text, Sonya ________.

A. learned to dance at the age of 3

B. kept moving to a better school

C. hid no secrets from her teachers

D. became homeless at an early age

2.What does the underlined word “delirious” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Sorry. B. Angry.

C. Excited. D. Polite.

3.By saying “It was a wake?up call”， Sonya means that ________.

A. she had to finish high school

B. she must support her family

C. she should focus on dancing

D. she needed to teach herself

4.What' s the main idea of the text?

A. A girl finds hope through dance.

B. Dancing makes someone famous easily.

C. Going to college is now becoming popular.

D. More and more kids stay at shelters in New York.

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