What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically按字母表的顺序and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love:12+15+22+5=54, and luck : 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer祈祷? They can’t , either.

Then what else? Don’t be worried You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude态度.Yes, attitude is the word See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.

When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive积极地attitude towards failure失败,you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.

1In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important things in a person’s life?

    AHard-work.             BKnowledge.            CMoney.          DAttitude.

2According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ___________.

    Aask for help from others                      Bsay your prayers to God

    Cchange your attitude                         Dtry maths-solving methods

3From the passage we can learn that ______________.

    Adifferent attitudes come from different courses of life.

    Bmathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

    Cfailure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

    Dnone of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more

Many years before the United States was founded建立, Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames架子of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.

One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne; hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage马车fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.

In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit for fuels燃料 such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills烧烤架which are fueled by charcoal木炭 or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.

1Who invented the barbecues first in history?

AAmerican people.                   BTaino Indians.

CSpanish explorers.             DEnglish settlers.

2The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue_______________.

Ais only held on a hot sunny day

Bwelcomes people who keep diaries

Cis held both indoors and outdoors

Dhas its social occasion for over 200 years

3The underlined expression “ social occasion” can be best translated into______________.

    A社交功能               B社会福利               C社会地位               D社会背景

4The following are all the barbecue ways        EXCEPT __________________.

    Adrying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires

    Broasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches

    Ccooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal

    Dheating meat in the bright and hot daylight

On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged, rich white South American lady found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin stewardess机舱乘务员over to complain about her seating.

“What seems to be the problem, Madam?” asked the stewardess.

“Can’t you see?” she said “You’ve sat me next to a black man. I can’t possibly sit next to this kind of human. Find me another seat!”

“Please calm down, Madam,” the stewardess replied “The flight is very full today, but I’ll tell you what I’ll do---I

Will go and check to see if we have any free seats in Club商务舱or First Class.”

The lady had an unfriendly look at the outraged被激怒的black man beside her.

A few minutes later the stewardess returned and said to the lady with a self –satisfied smile, “I’m sorry, Madam, this Economy经济舱is full, and Club is also full. However, we do have one seat in First Class.”

The lady could not help looking at the people around her. But before she had a chance to get up or make any answer, the stewardess continued , “ We seldom make this kind of upgrade升级,however, and I had to report it to the captain机长.When the captain heard this, he said that it was not proper to make someone sit next to such an obnoxious令人讨厌的person.” Having said that, the stewardess turned to the black man sitting next to the lady, and said, “So if you’d like to get your things, sir, I have a seat ready for you…”

At this time, the people around stood up and clapped their hands. The black man walked up to the front of the plane.

That was an unforgettable flight for me, for I was the black man who had never flown First Class before.

1Where did this story happen?

    AAt the booking office.                            BIn the Economy cabin.

    CIn the Club cabin.                              DIn the First Class cabin.

2The black man was finally upgraded to the First Class cabin because _____________.

    Athe stewardess loved him                        Bhe was angry with the white lady

    Cthe captain knew him                           Dthe white lady was too impolite

3What might be the correct order of the cabins from the front to the back on this place?

AClub→Pilots’ →Economy →First Class

BPilots’ →Club →Economy →First Class

CClub→Economy→ First Class→ Pilots’

DPilots’ → First Class →Club→ Economy

4What can be the best title of this article?

AFlying First Class

BOn a British Airways Flight

CSitting Next to a Lady

DAn Unforgettable Free Flight

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