【题目】We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. , many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not good enough just as we are.

Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare (比较)us to . By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望). There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at . Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have us the very things that we want. These things make us others. When we are growing up, sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. , it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.

【1】A. Again B. Next C. Otherwise D. However

2A. other B. others C. another D. the others

3A. believe B. work C. mean D. show

4A. to B. on C. by D. in

5A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

6A. helpful B. impossible C. necessary D. important

7A. inside B. among C. around D. for

8A. worse than B. better than C. different from D. the same as

9A. friends B. scientists C. parents D. doctors

【10A. Also B. Anyway C. Although D. After all

【题目】Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy(识字) volunteer. When I began to know what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.

My first student Marie was a 44- year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus timetable, she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always remember what she needs. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only know items by sight, so if the product had a different sign, she would not know it as the product she wanted.

As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie’s self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue her studies. She began to make fast progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt.

At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.

As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.

【1】 Marie didn’t go to the supermarket by bus because______.

A.she lived too close to the supermarket

B.she wanted to stay fit through walking

C.there were no bus stops in front of the supermarket

D.she had no idea which bus to take to the supermarket

【2】What did the writer probably find when he was teaching Marie to read?

A.Marie learnt how to read really fast

B.Marie had no gift for learning how to read

C.It was hard for Marie to change her habits

D.It was hard for Marie to build self-confidence

【3】 We learn that in the end________.

A.Marie could read and became confident

B.the writer chose to help Marie’s son to read too

C.the writer decided to spend more time learning to read

D.Marie thought she learnt more from the experience than the writer

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A.The importance of learning to read

B.The difficulties that a single mother faced

C.The writer’s most unforgettable experience

D.The writer’s experience as a literacy volunteer

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