Many people like to travel (旅行) by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport(机场)is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off (起飞) and it is often late. You can’t open the window. You can’t choose(选择)the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to get out of the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe (安全的). Railway stations(火车站) are usually in cities. When you can’t catch a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.
I also like cars. You can start your journey (旅行) when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.
【小题1】Why do many people like to travel by plane?

A.Because it is fast.
B.Because you can walk around in the plane.
C.Because it is safe.
D.Because you can carry many things in a plane.
【小题2】Which is not the good thing about the train?
A.It is safe.
B.It takes a little more time.
C.You can open the windows.
D.You can choose the food.
【小题3】If you want to take a lot of things with you, what do you take to go out?
A.A bus.B.A car.C.A train. D.A ship.
【小题4】What is the bad thing about the car?
A.You needn’t go to a station.
B.You can start your journey when you want to.
C.There are too many cars on the road.
D.You have to wait for a long time.
【小题5】What does the writer think of the plane, train and car?
A.He likes to take a train because it takes a little more time.
B.He likes to take a car because he has a car.
C.He doesn’t like traveling by plane he can’t choose the food on the plane.
D.He thinks it takes a lot of time to go to and get out of the airport.

Long long ago a man went to India and he had never been there before. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit, but much of it was expensive because they couldn’t grow much because there was little water. Finally he saw a big basket of some very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop.

So he went up and asked, “How much each kilo?”and the shop keeper said, “Two rupees(卢比). ”Two rupees in India was nothing. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it:oh, my god!His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burnt, and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying, “Ah!Ah!Ah!”

But he still continued to eat the fruit!Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)!You can’t eat so many!People use them as a condiment, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them like that. ”But the silly man said, “No, I can’t stop!I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them up. It’s my money!”

And you think that man was silly, right?We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though it’s been a long time, hard experience tells us it won’t work, and we know there’s no more hope, we still continue just because we’ve put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid.

So even if you’ve lost something, let it go and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.

1.The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because  .

A.he hadn’t eaten it before                B.he was hungry

C.it was cheap                           D.he hadn’t seen it before

2.The underlined  word“condiment”in Paragraph3 probably means_______.

A.零食             B.水果             C.调料             D.蔬菜

3.Which of the following sentence is TRUE?

A.The man went to India to buy fruit.

B.The man didn’t want to waste money.

C.The man bought the fruit because it was expensive.

D.India can grow a lot of fruit.

4.From the passage, we can learn that_________.

A.we shouldn’t waste money

B.we shouldn’t eat chilies

C.we shouldn’t buy something cheap

D.letting something go is better than keeping on losing

 

 

Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (书法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”

Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.

Demanding (追求) perfection  stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.

Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不现实).. Going for a goal  that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.

Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力争)  for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.

Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.

He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”

“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.

1.What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?

A.To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

B.To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

C.To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer.

D.To show why New Year’s resolutions are important.

2.Many Americans stop working on their New Year’s resolutions because ______.

A.they think it is silly to make resolutions

B.they find keeping resolutions is boring

C.the time of keeping resolutions is too short

D.their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic

3.Which of the following statements would Miller probably agree with?

A.Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals.

B.To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down.

C.People should try to realize their goals step by step.

D.A good resolution helps people realize their possibility.

 

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