My mother often asked me,“What is the most important part of the body?Through the years I would guess at  1 I thought was the correct answer

    When I was youngerI thought sound was very important to us as humansso I said.“My  Mommy.”

    She said,“NoMany people aye deafBut you  3  thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”

    Then last yearmy grandpa  4  Everybody was hurtEverybody was cryingMy mom looked at me when it was our  5  to say our final goodbye to GrandpaShe asked me,“Do you know the most important body part yetmy dear?

    I was shocked  6  she asked me this nowI always thought this was a game between her and meShe saw the confusion(迷惑)on my face and told me,“This  7  is very importantIt shows that you have  8  lived your life.”I saw her eyes well up with tears(跟泪).She said,“My dearthe most important body part is your shoulder.”

    I asked.“Is it because it holds up your head?

    She replied,“Noit is because it call hold the head of a friend or loved one when they9

Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in lifemy dearI only hope teat you have enough love and  10  that you wilt have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

1Aif                   Bwhat              Cthat                Dwhether

2Aears                 Beyes              Cbody               Dhead

3Afeel                 Bstop             Ckeep               Dforget

4Aworried             Bvisited           Cdied               Dcame

5Aneed                Bchance                  Cduty               Dturn

6Awhen               Bunless             Cbefore              Dbut

7Aexperience           Banswer            Cproblem            Dquestion

8Aeasily               Breally              Ccarefully           Despecially

9Asleep               Bthink              Claugh              Dcry  

10Avisitors            Bfriends            Cclassmates         Dteachers

Mary Cassatt is considered one of America’s most famous female artists

    She was born in Pennsylvania in 1844When she was a childMary and her family spent five years travelling and living in EuropeMary saw the great art museumsand she wanted to become an artist

    When she was seventeenshe said that she wanted to go to Paris to study artAt that time people thought that only men could become paintersIt was not considered proper work for a woman Her father refused to let her study artFinally he said she could study it if she went to a school near their homeShe attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

    At her graduation(毕业)in 1866she again said that she had to go abroad to learn more about paintingHer lather agreed to let her goAt 22 she sailed for ParisShe lived in Francebut she went to other countries in EuropeShe spent a lot of time in museumsShe worked hard to improve her workShe studied the famous paintings of the old mastersand she copied and sketched(画素描)for hours

    She foundthoughthat she g referred the new ideas used by a group of artists living in ParisThey called themselves impressionists(印象派画家).Like them Mary Cassatt tried to show real 1people and the real worldBecause these ideas were newit took some years before

people recognized(承认)her as the great artist that she was

1Mary Cassatt went to art school Dear home because________

    Ashe did not have enough money to go away

    Bshe was frightened about leaving home

    Cher father would not let her leave home

    Dit was the best school

2Mary Cassatt showed that she was serious about becoming an artist by________

    Aspending long hours painting

    Btaking many trips to Europe

    Creading many art books   

Dtalking to older artists

3From this passage we can learn that in the 1800s_________

    Aall careers were open to women

    Bsome careers were not open to women

    Call women wanted to stay at home and have children

    Dmale artists welcomed female artists

4We learn from the passage that Mary Cassatt became a great artist because she_________

    Acame from a rich family

    Bworked hard and never gave up

    Chad good teachers

    Dtravelled in Europe

The continent of Africa has a long history and a rich cultureand this is shown in traditional dressYou often find three coloursredgold and greenin the clothingThe first colour stands for(象征)the blood of millions of people who suffered as slaves(奴隶);the second is for the rich resources(资源)of the African earthand the third represents the grasslands of home

    Because clothing has a strong social meaningpeople are very careful in choosing what to wearIt would be a serious mistake to wear the wrong clothingor to wear clothes in the wrong wayFor examplein Ghanaa woman should wear her waistband(腰带)differently according to the importance of the social event

    Traditional dress also tells us about everyday lifeAfrican designs are famous for loose(宽松的)clothingTile climatewith the hot sun and wide temperature ranges(变化),requires that the clothes are comfortable for daily life

    Although many people wear Western clothesparticularly in the big cities in Africatraditional African dress is very highly valuedThis is because it has deep cultural meanings

1The passage is mainly about_________

    Athe history of clothes in Africa

    Bmodern fashion styles in Africa

    Cthe meanings of traditional dress in Africa

    Dthe materials used in traditional dress in Africa

2According to the passagered_________

    Arepresents the setting sun

    Bstands for the African earth

    Cis chosen because it is a bright colour

    Dis a reminder of the sad history in Africa

3Traditional dress should also be practical because_________

    Ait needs to keep people dry in the rainy season

    Bit needs to protect people from the climate

    Cpeople wear it in the big cities

Dit has deep cultural meanings  

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown SeattleWashingtonin the United StatesIt was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beansThe coffee shop’s business did welland by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle

    Things really began to change for the company in 1981That yearHoward Schultz met the three men who ran(经营)StarbucksSchultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipmentHe noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers

and he was curious about the companySchultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks didand he liked what he sawHe wanted to become part of the companyIn 1982the original(原先的)Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing

    In 1983Schultz travelled to ItalyThe unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eyeTo Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three placeshomeworkand coffee barsHis experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle

    Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortableand customers everywhere seemed to like itBetween 1987 and 1992Starbucks opened 150 new storesand that was only the beginningIn factby the year 2000three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!

TodayStarbucks has thousands of storesincluding stores in twenty-six countriesOne thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurantsBy working together with a store already in the cityStarbucks gets an understanding of customers in the cityThis understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers

1What is the main idea of this passage?

    AHow Starbucks has grown

    BWhat Starbucks makes

    CStarbucks’ customers

    DHow Starbucks makes its coffee

2Which is true about Starbucks’ first ten years of business?

    AIt grew very quickly

    BIt was run by Howard Schultz

    CIt made special coffee makers

    DIt was a small company

3Who is Howard Schultz?

    AA coffee seller in New York

    BAn Italian coffee maker

    CThe man who changed the company

    DOne of the original owners of the company

4What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?

    AOpening restaurants in just a few locations each year

    BOnly selling locally produced coffee beans

    Cworking with other major coffee-making companies

DLearning about local customers

When we talk about intelligence(智力),we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in schoolBy intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving(表现),especially in a new situationIf we want to test intelligencewe need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do

    For examplewhen in a new situationan intelligent person thinks about the situationnot about himself or what might happen to himHe tries to find out all be canand then he acts immediately and tries to do something about itHe probably isn’t sure how it will all work outbut at least he triesAnd if he cannot make things work out righthe doesn’t feel ashamed(羞愧)that he failedhe just tries to learn from his mistakesAn intelligent personeven if he is very younghas a special outlook(看法)on lifea special feeling about lifeand how he fits into it

    If you look at childrenyou’ll see great difference between what we callbrightchildren andnon-brightchildrenThey are actually two different kinds of peoplenot just the same kind with different amount of intelligenceFor examplethe bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around himBut the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-worldhe seems to have a wall between him and life in general

1According to this passageintelligence is the ability to__________

    Aget some high scores on some tests

    Bdo well in school

    Cdeal with life 

    Dhave a lot of book knowledge

2In a new situationan intelligent person________

    Aknows more about what might happen to him

    Bis sure of the result he will get

    Ccares more about himself

    Dkeeps his mind on what to do about the situation

3If an intelligent person failedhe would_______

    Atry not to feel ashamed

    Blearn from his mistakes

    Ctry to find all he could

    Dmake sure what result he would get

4Bright children and non-bright children________

    Aare two different types of children

    Bare different mainly in their degree of cleverness

    Chave difference only in their way of thinking

Dhave different knowledge about the world

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