We do some strange things when we don’t like the way our life is going．Too often we blame(责怪)someone else．‘‘I wish my parents were more understanding．”

“I have such a bad Chemistry teacher!”

“My friends are so boring and self-centered．They make my life worse and worse．’’

Blame! Blame! Blame!

It seems natural to sing this self-pitying song，but the truth is，if you don’t like your life，you should do something about it．No one else knows exactly how you feel or what you need．No one can read your mind correctly．You are the only one with the power to check your life，and if you want it to be different，you can change what you’re doing．

When you’re in trouble，don’t give away your power to decide how you feel about yourself. Choose how you want to think and act．Other people can’t make you unhappy or angry．They only act in their own way and then it’s up to you to decide how you will respond(回应)．For example，your friends go out to lunch without you and you feel very angry．How are you going to act? You may blame your friends，“They are not kind．Who needs them anyway?” Or you may tell your friends how you feel，listen to their explanation，and let them know you’d like to be invited next time．

When you decide everything in your own way，you’re getting hold of your own life and shaping(塑造)it according to your tastes and feelings．You can choose to be happy，to make friends and to build an interesting life．When you blame others for what is or isn’t happening in your life，you have stopped growing or learning．

One of the most important rules is that you can never change another person by your direct action．The only person you have the right to change is yourself．Once you change，the other person has something different to respond to and change is possible．If you want change in your life，begin with yourself．

1.What should we do if we don’t like our life?

A．Change what we’re doing． B．Read our minds correctly．

C．Sing that self-pitying song． D．Tell others what we want．

2.If the writer’s friends have dinner together without him，he may _________.

A．ask somebody else to talk to them

B．do the same thing to them in return

C．talk to them and try to find out why

D．forget it and be still friendly with them

3.What’s the writer’s idea about how to change others?

A．He thinks it’s impossible to change others．

B．He believes our love can change everything．

C．He chooses to talk with others directly．

D．He prefers to change ourselves first instead．

4. At the beginning of the passage three examples are given __________.

A．to support the idea that people often blame others

B．to suggest that there are various problems in people’s life

C．to show that not all chemistry teachers are fit for their job

D．to explain the reason why some people’s life is worse and worse

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Blame! Blame! Blame! B．Who Controls My Life?

C. Change! Change! Change! D．What Makes Me Unhappy?

1.The teacher told him not to______(为…叹息) over the failure of yesterday’s test.

2.John__________(钦佩) his friends for her courage.

3.The fans _________(尖叫) with excitement when they saw the famous singer.

4.The new owners have tried to give the restaurant a more family-friendly_________(气氛)

5.They are busy __________（搜集）information about birds.

6.We aim to offer healthy diet to all our__________(顾客).

7.His English was so _________ (有限) that he couldn’t even tell the foreign friend where he was from.

8.The experiment shows that the _________(系统) is not good enough and needs to be improved.

9.Many laws of nature actually ___________(存在) though they have not yet been discovered.

10.How life began on earth is one of the biggest __________(谜，难题)

11._________(curious) drove Wang Peng inside the new restaurant.

12.It is my _________(believe) that we will find a cure for eye cancer in the next five years.

13.You’d better keep a _________(balance) diet, or you will fall ill.

14.The changes to the book were all made with the author’s _________(permit)

15.Finally he lost his _________(patient) and shouted at his mother.

16.Being too proud of a small success is one of his_______(weak).

17.He _________(seek) advice from his teacher last Sunday.

18.Fresh air and physical exercise are_______(benefit) to our health.

19.Mary _________(gentle) refused to accept the gifts from those strangers.

20.How can I drive away the feeling of _________(sad)?

1.你刚才讲述的故事使我想起了我以前的一次经历.

The story you have just told ________ ________ ________ an experience I once had.

2.他为自己没有信守诺言而向我道歉。

He _______ to me for not having _______ _______ _______.

3.这些男孩喜欢捉弄他们的老师。

These boys like _________ _________ ___________ their teacher.

4.显然他在跟我们撒谎

_______ _______ __________ that he is _______ _______ _______ ________us.

5.吃得多而锻炼少对你的健康有害。

Eating a lot and exercising little __________ ____________ ___________ your health.

6.过去 David 靠给报社写文章维生。

David _______ _______ _______ _______ writing articles for newspapers in the past..

7.我没有生病，相反,我很健康。

I’m not ill; _______ _______ _______, I’m very healthy.

8.他是由他姨妈抚养长大的

He ________ _________ ________ by his aunt.

9.没有什么比诚实更重要的了

Nothing is _________ __________ _________ honesty.

10.水的出现使得生命的发展成为可能。

The appearance of water ________ ________ _________ for life to develop

11.我们竭尽所能阻止孩子们单独去河里游泳

We do our best to _________ _________ _________ __________ alone in the river.

假如你们学校将对“良好饮食习惯”这一话题进行讨论。请根据下列提示，用英语写一篇发言稿。内容要点应包括：

注意：1.发言稿必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；2.发言稿开头与结尾已为你写好，不

计入总词数; 3.词数：100左右.4.参考词汇: 偏食be particular about food, 零食 snack

Dear friends,

As we all know, we are what we eat. Therefore, it’s very important for us to form healthy eating habits.

That’s all. Thank you!

温馨提示：请将答案涂写在答题卡或答题卷，否则无效！！

Wisconsin Historical Museum

30 N. Carroll Street on Madison’s Capitol Square

Discover Wisconsin’s history and culture(文化) on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program. Admission is free.

Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00am -- 4:00 pm.

(608) 264-6555 www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum

Swiss historical village

612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus

The Swiss Historical Village offers a delightful look at pioneer life in America’s heartland. 14 buildings in the village give a full picture of every day life in the nineteenth-century Midwest.

Tue.—Fri., May 1st –October 31st , 10:00 am—4:00 pm. Admission is $20.

(608) 527-2317 www.swisshistoricalvillage.com

Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café

6858 Paoli Rd., Paoli, WI

One of the largest collections of fine arts and crafts(手工艺品) in Wisconsin. Over 5000 sp. ft. of exhibition space in a historic creamery. While visiting enjoy a wonderfully prepared lunch at our café overlooking the Sugar River. Just minutes from Madison!

Gallery open Tue. –Sun., 10:00 am—5:00 pm.

Café open Wed. –Sat., 11:00 am –3:00 pm.

Sun. brunch with wine, 10:00—3:00 pm.

(608) 845-6600 www.artisangal.com

Christopher Columbus Museum

239 Whitney St., Columbus

World-class exhibit –2000 quality souvenirs(纪念品) marking Chicago’s 1893 World Columbian Exhibition. Tour buses are always welcome.

Open daily, 8:15 am – 4:00 pm.

(920) 623-1992 www.columbusantiquemall.com

1.Which of the following is on Capitol Square?

A. Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B. Swiss Historical Village.

C. Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.

D. Christopher Columbus Museum.

2.Where can you go for a visit on Monday?

A. Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B. Swiss Historical Village.

C. Artisan Gallery & Creamery café.

D. Christopher Columbus Museum.

3.Where can visitors have lunch?

A. At Wisconsin Historical Museum.

B. At Swiss Historical Village.

C. At Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.

D. At Christopher Columbus Museum.

4.We learn from the text that___________.

A. Swiss Historical Village is open for half a year

B. Christopher Columbus Museum overlooks a river

C. tickets are needed for Wisconsin Historical Museum

D. Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café are open daily for 4 hour

If we are to help students develop reading skills in a foreign language, it is important to understand what is involved in the reading process itself. If we have a clear idea of how “good readers” read, either in their own or a foreign language, this will enable us to decide whether particular reading techniques are likely to help learners or not.

In considering the reading process, it is important to distinguish between two quite separate activities: reading for meaning (or “silent reading”) and reading aloud. Reading for meaning is the activity we normally engage in when we read books, newspapers, road signs, etc.; it is what you are doing as you read this text. It involves looking at sentences and understanding the message they convey, in other words “making sense” of a written text. It doesn’t normally involve saying the words we read, not even silently inside our heads; there are important reasons for this, which are outlined below.

Reading aloud is a completely different activity; its purpose is not just to understand a text but to convey the information to someone else. It is not an activity we engage in very often outside the classroom; common examples are reading out parts of a newspaper article to a friend, or reading a notice to other people who can’t see it. Obviously, reading aloud involves looking at a text, understanding it and also saying it. Because our attention is divided between reading and speaking, it is a much more difficult activity than reading silently; we often stumble and make mistakes when reading aloud in our own language, and reading aloud in a foreign language is even more difficult.

When we read for meaning, we do not need to read every letter or every word, nor even every word in each sentence. This is because, provided the text makes sense, we can guess much of what it says as we read it.

1.The passage is mainly about ____________.

A. reading skills B. silent reading

C. reading processes D. reading aloud

2.The underlined word “stumble” in Paragraph 3 means ____________.

A. step over something and fall

B. repeat something or pause for too long

C. walk with heavy movements

D. speak in a fluent and confident way

3. We can infer from the passage that the author will continue to ____________.

A. discuss in detail how to read aloud

B. introduce some more reading activities

C. tell how good readers read in their own language

D. explain why we needn’t say the words when reading for meaning

4. We can conclude that ____________.

A. reading silently is easier than reading aloud

B. to understand a sentence, you have to read all the words in it

C. silent reading involves looking at a text and saying the words silently to yourself

D. there’s no difference between reading in one’s own language and in a foreign one

A famous doctor once received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.

The child's mother was very much obliged to the doctor, and she called on him to thank him for what he had done for her child. "Doctor," she said, "you have saved my little son. I don't know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it." The doctor stood up and said coldly, "Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done." The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, "Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?""Fifty pounds", he answered.

The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.

1.The lady was thankful to the doctor because ________.

A. he had saved her life

B.he had lent her some money

C. he had saved her son's life

D. he often called on her

2.The doctor refused the lady's purse because he thought ______.

A. the purse should be given between friends

B.the lady just gave him that purse and wouldn't give him the medical fee

C. the lady was not kind to him

D. the purse was too small

3.The money in the purse _______.

A. was only 150 pounds

B. was less than 200 pounds

C. was not enough for the medical fee

D.was much more than the medical fee

Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.

Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu, The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was.

1.According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly _______.

A. poor old people

B. rich young people

C.parents with their children

D. men with their girl friends

2.The difference between the two kinds of menu lie in _______.

A. the color B.the price

C. the shape D. the food

3.According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid _______.

A. always by the ladies only

B.sometimes by the ladies

C. always by the men only

D.either by the men or by the ladies

4.According to the passage we can know that, generally speaking,_____.

A. men are more generous than women

B. women are more generous than men

C.women like their men friends to be generous

D.men like their lady friends to be generous

Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing. 1.Read on for some techniques worth trying.

1. 2.

People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent

reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study.

3.

Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.

2. Go for a walk.

Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact,exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. 4.

3. Learn something new.

Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. 5. Or go dancing with your friends.

A. Focus on the future.

B. This can be espocially harmful to the aged.

C. It should be something like learning gardening.

D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.

E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.

F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.

G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final .

He discovered the youth was and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes .”

The president requested the youth to his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to .”

“Go and clean your mother’s when you go back today, and then me tomorrow morning,” the president said .

The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother . That night, Mother and Son for a very long time, longer than any talk before.

The next , the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked “Please tell me how you about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the of family relationship.”

The president said, “You are . This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

1.A. Election B. test C. interview D. competition

2.A. strong B. excellent C. humorous D. cute

3.A. maker B. cleaner C. mender D. seller

4.A. wash B. hide C. show D. dry

5.A. found B. let C. helped D. watched

6.A. study B. ignore C. work D. rest

7.A. Clothes B. hands C. feet D. shoes

8.A. see B. move C. recognize D. answer

9.A. on purpose B. in patience C. by chance D. at last

10.A. Carefully B. nervously C. happily D. shyly

11.A. after B. until C. because D. as

12.A. Believed B. sensed C. noticed D. expected

13.A. Quietly B. sadly C. excitedly D. angrily

14.A. Thought B. slept C. sat D. talked

15.A. Morning B. noon C. afternoon D. evening

16.A. Worried B. felt C. brought D. spoke

17.A. Courage B. Appreciation C. success D. family

18.A. Important B. difficult C. different D. impossible

19.A. value B. secret C. type D. change

20.A. Educated B. respected C. trusted D. Hired