Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air．You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit(精神)and you keep all of them in the air．You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball．If you drop it, it will bounce(弹跳)back．
But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass．If you drop one of these, they will be broken．They will never be the same．You must understand that and try to have balance(平衡)in your life．How?
Don’t look down on your value by comparing yourself with others．It is because we are different and each of us is special．
Don’t let other people set goals for you．Only you know what is best for yourself．
Don’t give up when you still have something to give．Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying．
Don’t shut your life out of your life by saying it’s impossible．The quickest way to receive love is to give it：the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly(紧紧地); the best way to keep love is to give it wings．
Don’t use time or words carelessly．You can’t get them back．Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a secret, and today is a gift．
(1)
The balls of friends, family, health, and spirit are made of _________．
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A．
glass
B．
silk
C．
cotton
D．
rubber
(2)
The passage tells us not to _________ because everyone is special．
[ ]
A．
be afraid of difficulties
B．
be afraid to learn
C．
run through life so fast
D．
compare yourself with others to look down on your value
One of the world's greatest storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2nd, 1805, in Denmark．He was the son of a poor shoemaker．After his father's death he traveled to Copenhagen to try out for the theater．He hoped to become an actor, but his real talent was for writing and he first became known for his poetry．He also wrote plays, novels and travel books, but while many of these are now almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are famous around the world．
His first collection of fairy tales, Tales Told for Children, was published in 1835 and included such favorites as The Tinderbox and The Princess and the Pea．His most famous fairy tales, however, are The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen．There probably isn't a child in the world who hasn't read at least one of these, or had it read to him．
Shortly before his death, in August 1875, he was asked what music he would like to be played at his funeral．“It should be in time with little steps,”he said,“because most of the people at my funeral will be children．”
There is a statue(雕像)of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbor．It was put there because the Danish are very proud of their most famous writer．
(1)
What is the main idea of this passage?
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A．
Hans Christian Andersen wrote several travel books．
B．
Hans Christian Andersen was born in Denmark．
C．
Hans Christian Andersen was famous for his writing．
D．
Hans Christian Andersen died in August 1875．
(2)
What did Andersen want to be at first?
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A．
An actor．
B．
A shoemaker．
C．
A writer．
D．
A bookseller．
(3)
What was the title of his first collection of fairy tales?
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A．
The Tinderbox．
B．
The Princess and the Pea．
C．
Tales Told for Children．
D．
The Little Mermaid．
(4)
Which fairy tales are his most famous ones?
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A．
The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid and The Tinderbox．
B．
The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling and The Tinderbox．
C．
The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen．
D．
The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen and The Princess and the Pea．
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