Dear Daughter,

As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.

    First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real proof of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.

    It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn’t critical for your life, the learning skills you acquire will be something you will treasure forever.

    Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don’t be trapped by what others think or say, but make up your own mind.

    Most importantly, make friends and be happy. Pick a few friends and become really close to them – pick the ones who are genuine to you. Don’t worry about their grades, looks, or even personalities.

    Start planning early. I think your plan to study fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses.

    Whether it is coursework planning or picking a major, you should take control of your life. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver’s seat – this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great.

    So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny fate, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.

    May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.

                                                          Love,

                                                         Dad (& Mom)

1.According to the letter the author’s daughter is ______.

A. scared to be leaving home                B. a well-rounded student

C. the pride of her university              D. learning to drive a car

2. Which advice below is given to his daughter by the author?

   A. Party with friends in her free time.

B. Ignore what others think or say.

C. choose friends with similar personalities.

D. Treasure and make the best of her college years.

3. From the passage, we can conclude the father is ______.

A. worried about his daughter               B. strict with his daughter

C. positive about his daughter’s future            D. sad about his daughter’s leaving home

4.From the letter we can draw a conclusion that_________.

    A. the daughter will no longer need her father’s help

    B. the father will also gives the daughter advice on everything

    C. the father will help the daughter when she meets with trouble

    D. the daughter will not accept her father’s help in college.

If you are lost in the mountains, stay calm in the face of darkness, loneliness, and the unknown. It will greatly increase your chances of survival. Many people think that   preparing necessary equipment and knowing how to use it are very important, but in fact eighty percent of mountain survival is your reaction(反应) to fear.
Finding a hiding place
Unnecessary labor (劳动) will make you sweat and make you cold. Find a hiding place around you before trying to start your own construction. If you are in a snow-covered area, you may be able to dig a cave in deep snow for protection from the wind. You should try to hide yourself in the middle of the mountain if possible. Stay out of the valleys--- cold air falls, and the valley floor can be the coldest area on the mountain.
Signal(发信号) rescuers for help
The best time to signal rescuers is during the day. Signal for help from the highest point possible--- it will be easier for rescuers to see you, and any sound you make will travel farther. If you take a box of matches and a space blanket ( a special blanket for traveling ), build three smoky fires and put your blanket ---gold side facing out --- on the ground.
Do not walk away
It will make finding you more difficult , as search teams will be trying to follow your path and may miss you if you have gone off in a different direction. Searchers often end up finding a car with no one in it. If you get frostbitten(冻伤) , do not rewarm the affected area until you are out of danger.
You can walk on frostbitten(冻伤) feet, but once you warm the area and can feel the pain, you will not want to walk anywhere. Try to protect the frostbitten area and keep it dry until you are rescued.
【小题1】 When lost in the mountains, you can increase your chances of survival if you _____.

A study of a university in Shanghai had found that many of the students there are using a quote（引语）from the Italian poet Dante as a kind of motto. The study of Fudan University, one of China’s top universities, of 489 students, found that 82 had chosen Dante’s “Follow your own path and don’t worry about what others say” as their motto, out of 278 people who said they had a motto. This was followed by “Believe yourself” and “Self-improvement without stop.”
Students also expressed a common hope for greater understanding and care and said they were always ready to give a hand to those in need. Some researchers think that mottoes can play an important part in children’s growth and they say that a good motto can help children develop a better character.
【小题1】The study shows ________.

When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’ll most certainly be right．”It made a deep   21  on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have  22  in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，  23  I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a  24  ，I know I need to change something．

    Remembering that I’ll be  25 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 26 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，  27 only what is truly important.

    About a year ago I was  28  with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs  29  order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I  30  with that diagnosis all day．  31  ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  32  with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

     33  wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all  34  ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of  35  ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to  36  for the new．Right now the new is you．But someday not too  37  from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true．

    Your time is  38  ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be  39  by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner  40  ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

A．impression      B．curse              C．decision           D．joke

A．seen           B．looked            C．found            D．1ost

A．would                 B．should             C．might            D could

A．hurry           B．1ine              C．moment          D．row

A．successful        B．rich             C. dead               D．frustrated

A．apologies       B．fortune            C．impressions       D．choices

A．proving          B. leaving           C．confirming       D．telling

A．diagnosed        B．cured             C．treated           D．round

A．on              B．for               C． in                     D．at

A．met                  B．got               C．did              D．1ived

A．However       B．But               C．Therefore          D．So

A．incurable       B curable             C. fatal            D. changeable

A．Anyone        B．Someone          C.No one            D．Everyone

A．want          B．avoid               C．share            D．escape

A．destination     B．1ife                C．science            D．disease

A．make up       B．make for         C．make our         D．make way

A．distant          B．short            C．long             D．away   

A.1imited           B．rare              C．enough            D．1ost

A．wasted        B．cheated          C．excited            D．trapped

A．voice         B．love                 C. direction          D．confusion

I have a friend named Monty Roberts. He has let me use his horse ranch(养马场)to put on events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
Last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant(流动的)horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.”
“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4000-square-foot house on it.”
“The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later ,he received a large red “F” on his paper with a note, ‘See me after class.’ The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added ‘If you’ll rewrite his paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it’s a very important decision for you.’”
“Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’”
“I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
【小题1】 The teacher gave him an “F” for his written paper because the
teacher thought 　　    .