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Success never comes easy. How many of you have heard of successful people who haven¡¯t made any effort? People often have to overcome failures 1. they can accomplish something great. They usually don¡¯t find success from the very beginning.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime, but this didn¡¯t stop him from completing over 800 painting. Thomas Edison 2. (fire) from his first two jobs for lack of competence. Later, as an inventor, he tried 1,000 times 3. (create) the light bulb, without success. He was confident in 4. (he), and5. (eventual) he did success. When 6. (ask), ¡°How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?¡± Edison replied, ¡°I didn¡¯t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was 7. invention with 1,000 steps.

These successful people have set good 8. (example) to us. They wouldn¡¯t have achieved their success if they 9. (abandon)their dreams. Believe in yourself and try your best, and success will not be far 10. you.

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If feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War? She¡¯ll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don¡¯t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don¡¯t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major (Ö÷ÐÞ) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.

¡°Why can¡¯t you be like my coworker¡¯s son?¡± she bemoans all the time. Her coworker¡¯s son received a four year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don¡¯t know what to answer except that I simply can¡¯t be like Mr Perfect as I¡¯ve called the unnamed coworker¡¯s son. I can¡¯t be like him. I¡¯m the type of person who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (ÃûÉù) or salary.

I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I¡¯ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes home around 5 pm or even 6 pm. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn¡¯t mean I¡¯ll be successful. I¡¯d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.

1.Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?

A. The writer¡¯s studies. B. The writer¡¯s future job.

C. Dinner plans. D. Wars around the world.

2.We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer¡¯s mother________.

A. doesn¡¯t want the writer to major in English

B. doesn¡¯t think the writer should be a doctor

C. gets along very well with the writer

D. doesn¡¯t think working in the science field is a good idea

3.The underlined word ¡°bemoans¡± in Paragraph 2 most probably means ¡°________¡±£®

A. agrees B. shouts

C. complains D. smiles

4.Which of the following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?

A. He wants to be like his mother¡¯s coworker¡¯s son.

B. He wants to find a job in his community in the future.

C. He doesn¡¯t think his mother¡¯s coworker¡¯s son is perfect.

D. He wants to do something he really likes in the future.

If you are a fruit grower¡ªor would like to become one¡ªtake advantage of Apple Day to see what's around. It's called Apple Day but in practice it's more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.

Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste£¬a wide variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesn't taste of anything special£¬it's still worth a try£¬as is the knobbly(¶à¸í´ñµÄ) Cat's Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else.

There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you'll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it's a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.

At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple?themed fun and games.

Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards(¹ûÔ°)£®If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale£¬near Faversham in Kent.

1.What can people do at the apple events?

A. Attend experts' lectures.

B. Visit fruit?loving families.

C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard.

D. Taste many kinds of apples.

2.What can we learn about Decio?

A. It is a new variety.

B. It has a strange look.

C. It is rarely seen now.

D. It has a special taste.

3.What does the underlined phrase ¡°a pipe dream¡± in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. A practical idea.

B. A vain hope.

C. A brilliant plan.

D. A selfish desire.

4.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A. To show how to grow apples.

B. To introduce an apple festival.

C. To help people select apples.

D. To promote apple research.

Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.

Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, ¡°The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.¡±

Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the ¡°real¡± and not the virtual(ÐéÄâ). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.

1.Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?

A. To explain what they are.

B. To introduce BookCrossing.

C. To stress the importance of reading.

D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.

2.What does the underlined word ¡°it¡± in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The book. B. An adventure.

C. A public place. D. The identification number.

3.What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?

A. Meet other readers to discuss it. B. Keep it safe in his bookcase.

C. Pass it on to another reader. D. Mail it back to its owner.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour

B. Electronic Books: A new Trend

C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back

D. A Website Links People through Books

One day an out-of-work mime(ÑƾçÑÝÔ±)is visiting a zoo and attempts to earn some money as a performer. As soon as he starts to draw the crowd, a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mime that the zoo¡¯s most popular attraction, a gorilla, died suddenly and the keeper fears that the attendance at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mime accepts.

So the next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it¡¯s a great job. He can sleep when he wants to, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime. However, eventually the crowds get tired of him and he doesn¡¯t like just swinging on wires any longer. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his.

Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition(¸ô¿ªÎï), and dangles(Ðüµ´) from the top of the lion¡¯s cage. Of course, this makes the lion furious, but the crowd loves it. At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the mime a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the mime keeps laughing at the lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps going up.

Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the furious lion he slips and falls. The mime is terrified. The lion gathers its strength and prepares to pounce(ÃÍÆË). The mime is so scared that he begins to run round and round in the cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the mime starts screaming and yelling, "Help me! Help me!", but the lion is quick and pounces. The mime soon finds himself lying on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, "Shut up, you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?"

1.The mime goes to the zoo in order to ¡¡¡¡¡¡.

A. perform to make some money

B. take part in an interview

C. look for a better job as a worker in the zoo

D. help the zoo keeper to draw more visitors

2.The mime doesn¡¯t like his job any longer probably because ¡¡¡¡¡¡.

A. he can¡¯t have enough sleep every day

B. the visitors throw something at him

C. people are less interested in his performance

D. he wants to stay with the lion in the cage

3.The underlined word "furious" (in Paragraph 3) means "¡¡¡¡¡¡".

A. happy B. angry

C. frightened D. satisfied

4.According to the passage, we can know that ¡¡¡¡¡¡.

A. the lion wants to catch hold of the mime

B. both the lion and the mime will be killed

C. another employer dresses up as the lion

D. the zoo keeper will fire both of them

Move over millennials(ǧìûÒ»´ú), here comes Generation Z, today¡¯s youngest group.

Born in 1995 or later, a lot of Gen Z-ers are entering into adulthood and will soon join the workforce. People of Generation Z have grown up with the internet. Policy makers, sociologists, as well as employers and marketers, are trying their best to understand these young people. So, how should we pin down the Gen Z-ers?

Most people will agree that the single biggest difference between Gen Z and other generations is how connected they are. This is a group of people who were hooked up to social media as soon as they were born. A recent Guardian article says that the average teenager in the UK has at least 150 followers on Instagram and spends around half an hour a day on Snapchat, an image messaging app. ¡°We are the first true digital natives,¡± Hannah Payne, an 18-year-old UCLA student and lifestyle blogger. ¡°I can almost create a document, edit it, post a photo on Instagram and talk on the phone at the same time, all from the user-friendly interface(½çÃæ) of my iPhone.

The Guardian also notes that young people in the UK are becoming more active in politics. Voting is just one way of making one¡¯s voice heard. Most of Generation Z are still too young to vote, says the Guardian. Instead of party politics, they focus more on single-topic issues such as feminism(ÄÐŮƽµÈ)or climate change. And ¡°much of the civil engagement and organizing they do takes place on social media rather than through traditional political structures,¡± according to the newspaper.

1.The underlined phrase ¡°pin down¡± in the second paragraph can be replaced by ______.

A. set an example to B. have an interest in

C. give an explanation for D. make a decision on

2.The biggest difference between Generation Z and other generations lies in _________.

A. how linked they are

B. how enthusiastic they are

C. how they communicate with each other

D. how many hours they spend on the Internet

3.What do Instagram and Snapchat have in common?

A. They are newly-created cellphones

B. They are popular among millennials

C. They are online games invented by teenagers

D. They are applications applauded by teenagers

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Generation Z have great interest in politics

B. Most Gen Z-ers haven¡¯t entered the political field

C. Voting is the only way of making yourself noticed

D. Voting on social media is the same as voting through traditional ways

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