From Baby’s Doodles (乱涂) to Mother’s Paintings

It all started by accident (偶然) when Eve discovered her mother’s ink pen and loved using it.

Eve’s mother, Ruth is so artistic that she is able to change Eve’s random (随意的) lines into shapes which are easily recognized (辨认). A random curve (曲线) becomes an elephant’s ear, and crooked (弯曲的) lines become the branches of a tree. Nothing seems to escape her eye — she can see and paint the outline of a woman’s face or the hooked nose of a bird where most people would just see meaningless scratches (乱涂乱画).

Since then, the mother and daughter have worked together on several quite attractive pieces. The process begins with Eve using a black ink pen to make her “sketches” (草图). Later, Ruth takes over with her water-colours, quickly turning the doodles into a “grown-up” painting.

“All of the pieces are completed within 30 to 60 minutes, the reason for this is that I don’t want to give myself any room to over analyze (过度分析) or second guess,” Ruth wrote on her blog.

According to Ruth, children can help bring out creativity in adults. “As we get older, we tend to (趋向于) create a box that everything is supposed to fit neatly into. As a child, there is no box. It is just endless freedom to explore any and every possibility of creativity and adventure,” she said. “I feel so blessed that my daughter can remind me once again what it is like to paint like a child.”

1.What does Eve NOT draw using her mother’s ink pen?

A. The Branches of a tree. B. Crooked lines.

C. Meaningless scratches. D. Random lines.

2.What’s the process of Eve’s sketches to her mother’s painting?

① Ruth spends within 30-60 minutes turning doodles into a painting.

② Eve uses a black ink pen to make her sketches.

③ Ruth takes over with her water-colours.

A. ③②① B. ①②③ C. ②③① D. ②①③

3.How does Ruth think of children and adults?

A. Children are more creative than adults.

B. Adults are more creative than children.

C. Children tend to over analyze something.

D. Adults explore any possibility of adventure.

Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good_____and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went to school psychologist's office to____ for help.

"Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a ____study of them," said the psychologist.

"I've been trying hard." Johnnie was about to_____.

The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were_____able to learn maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will ____what you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very____you."

Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon ___amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb". The plants he____grew, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his ___for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.

One day while he was downtown, he happened to___ an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission , he started the work, but he couldn't ____all the tools or the plants that were____for it. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little _____

Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they____beauty before the eyes of people.

1.A. job B. garden C. lesson D. present .

2.A. ask B. raise C. wish D. collect

3.A. funny B. public C. careful D. similar

4.A. lie B. cry C. laugh D. agree

5.A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never

6.A. spread B. produce C. find D. educate

7.A. strict with B. proud of C. angry with D. sure of

8.A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything

9.A. picked up B. pointed at C. talked about D. looked after

10.A. suggestions B. invitations C. situation D. attention

11.A. buy B. rent C. clean D. notice

12.A. afford B. master C. stare D. read

13.A. common B. natural C. possible D. necessary

14.A. farm B. lake C. park D. market

15.A. find B. spread C. collect D. describe .

In the 1950s, a female swimming athlete set a goal for herself. She decided to swim across the English Channel before she retired. If she could make it, she would be the first person in the world who did it.

On that day, she jumped into the sea without any hesitation and swam towards the opposite bank.

In the journey, she faced heavy fog, heavy rain and heavy waves. Though she was very tired, she carried on swimming.

But in the end, she gave up. And what she didn't know at the moment she gave up was that the opposite bank was only I mile away.

Later people asked her about the reason. And she said:"The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the destination which I was so close to."

Too many success stories have been lecturing us about courage and persistence(坚持). But they never told us where to find courage and persistence.

You can have courage only when you know where your goal is. You can manage to persist only when you know where your goal is, and prepare yourself well mentally(心理上).

Courage and persistence never fall from the sky. They come from weighing between input and output.

A life without goals is like a ship without a compass. It goes nowhere. There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals.

1.In paragraph 1, the underlined word "it" refers to _______.

A. being retired

B. swimming across the English Channel

C. swimming towards the bank

D. setting a goal

2.________ is not mentioned in the passage.

A. Fog

B. Waves

C. Rain

D. Wind

3.The underlined word "weighing" in paragraph 8 probably mean _______.

A. 权衡

B. 有……重

C. 称重量

D. 有分量

4.Why did the athlete give up? Because ________.

A. the bank was one mile away

B. she was too tired

C. she didn’t have courage at first

D. she thought her destination was far away

5.What can be inferred (推论) from the last sentence of the passage?

A. If you have courage and persistence, you have goals.

B. Even if you have no goals, you have courage to persist.

C. There is no courage or persistence unless you know your goals.

D. Between input and output, you must find courage and persistence.

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