A goal for life
Do you have a goal for life? What is it? Do you want to become a great writer, a1singer or just become a rich person?
A survey2that in modern society (现代社会), most people choose practical3such as “making money to buy a house and a car”, “making one’s life better” or “finding a good job”.
Wang You4in a small company in Nanjing 3 years ago. The job was good and he didn’t need to work on Saturday or Sunday. However, he felt the work wasn’t5at all and the life was6. So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2009. When he7in Beijing, he had his new8as finding a good job.
Now9people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress10people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody11his or her own life goal. If one man is poor,12life goal will be to make more money. If one man doesn’t13a diploma (文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal. And if one man doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look14it. If one man has no life goal, he15idle away (虚度) his lifetime.”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      happy
    2. B.
      sad
    3. C.
      famous
    4. D.
      kind
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      saw
    2. B.
      advised
    3. C.
      had
    4. D.
      showed
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      works
    2. B.
      findings
    3. C.
      goals
    4. D.
      results
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      worked
    2. B.
      took
    3. C.
      made
    4. D.
      got
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      interested
    2. B.
      exciting
    3. C.
      excited
    4. D.
      afraid
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      boring
    2. B.
      important
    3. C.
      famous
    4. D.
      arrived
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      got
    2. B.
      arrived
    3. C.
      reached
    4. D.
      went
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      job
    2. B.
      work
    3. C.
      goal
    4. D.
      life
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      more and more
    2. B.
      fewer and fewer
    3. C.
      less and less
    4. D.
      many and many
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      and
    2. B.
      but
    3. C.
      or
    4. D.
      until
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      is
    2. B.
      finds
    3. C.
      comes
    4. D.
      has
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      one’s
    2. B.
      their
    3. C.
      her
    4. D.
      his
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      leave
    2. B.
      get
    3. C.
      find
    4. D.
      give
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      out
    2. B.
      up
    3. C.
      for
    4. D.
      down
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      should
    2. B.
      would
    3. C.
      shall
    4. D.
      will

It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know what future really is? I have to say that future is now. That is to say, we must treasure every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.
There is an old English saying, “Gain (得到) time, gain life.” Then what’s time? Time is something that we can’t see or touch, but we feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeable. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even more precious (珍贵的) than money, because when money is spent, we can make it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. So, some of us even say time is priceless (无价的).
We should always remember: future is now. For us students, we should try our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never put off (推迟) what can be done today till tomorrow.
As we all know, “Time and tide wait for no man.” If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter. Remember: “No pains, no gains.” Today’s hard work is the cause of tomorrow’s harvest.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

  1. 1.

    If we want to have a bright future, we should           .

    1. A.
      know the value of time and make every minute useful
    2. B.
      feel time passing by
    3. C.
      understand that time is always with us and we can waste it
  2. 2.

    The word “unnoticeable” means            in Chinese.

    1. A.
      随意的                       
    2. B.
      不引人注意的                
    3. C.
      慢慢的
  3. 3.

    Time is more valuable than money because           .

    1. A.
      past time will return no more    
    2. B.
      time can’t be seen or touched      
    3. C.
      time is always with us
  4. 4.

    From the passage, we know           .

    1. A.
      when money is spent, we should make it back
    2. B.
      we can put off what can be done today till tomorrow
    3. C.
      today’s hard work leads to tomorrow’s harvest
  5. 5.

    What is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      A Bright Future              
    2. B.
      Time and Monday                
    3. C.
      Future and Today

“Do you like my dress?” She asked a lady. “My Mum made it just for me,” she said with tears in her eyes.
“Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?”
The little girl answered in a low voice, “After Mum made me this dress, she went away. My Dad says that she’s up in heaven with grandfather.”
Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and held the child in her arms.
Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl stopping crying, walked back from the woman, and showed her a spot (点) on her dress, and said, “Right here is where my Mum kissed my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she had put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.”
The lady realized that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at mother. The mother knew that she was going away. So she gave all her love to her lovely daughter and put it into the dress.
The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child in her mother’s love.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

  1. 1.

    The little girl was crying because her mother______.

    1. A.
      died
    2. B.
      went out with her grandfather
    3. C.
      was ill
  2. 2.

    The girl told the woman the spots on her dress were______.

    1. A.
      the strange designs
    2. B.
      her sadness
    3. C.
      her mother’s kisses
  3. 3.

    The little girl showed the lady______.

    1. A.
      how beautiful her dress was
    2. B.
      how happy she was
    3. C.
      how great the mother’s love was
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, it’s clear that the woman was______.

    1. A.
      the girl’s relation
    2. B.
      a careless woman
    3. C.
      kind to the girl
  5. 5.

    From the story, we learn that______.

    1. A.
      a mother should take her child with her
    2. B.
      mother’s love is the greatest in the world
    3. C.
      a girl should wear a dress made by her mother

My father woke up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced, “Get up, you’re going with me to cut the grass in the garden.”
The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited. From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt happy. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got $6 for my work that day.
One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside. “Take away these leaves!” he said. “And don’t make me have to tell you to do it again.” The message was clear. Today I value the importance of doing job well the first time. I will never fail to impress (留下印象) the person I’m working for.
After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the same wish we had gained while working under our father.
Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay. “If you’re only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don’t want to do better than you are doing,” I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I’ve learned much. I’ve learned something that helps me in my next job.
If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.

  1. 1.

    The writer ______ from working in the garden.

    1. A.
      learned to work hard to get money
    2. B.
      found he could be well paid
    3. C.
      felt he could impress others by working hard
    4. D.
      learned any job was good though he might be paid less
  2. 2.

    When the writer finished high school, maybe he was ______ years old.

    1. A.
      fourteen            
    2. B.
      eighteen            
    3. C.
      twenty          
    4. D.
      twenty-two
  3. 3.

    The writer’s father was ______.

    1. A.
      very strict but helpful
    2. B.
      lazy and easy to get angry
    3. C.
      careful and enjoyed working in the garden
    4. D.
      funny and hard-working
  4. 4.

    Which is the most important to the writer according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Finishing work as quickly as possible.
    2. B.
      Asking no money for your work.
    3. C.
      Keeping learning from any job you have.
    4. D.
      Keeping on looking for different jobs.

A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago.
Alexandra’s father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”

  1. 1.

    Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______

    1. A.
      18months
    2. B.
      three
    3. C.
      eight
    4. D.
      ten
  2. 2.

    Which country does Alexandra live?

    1. A.
      America
    2. B.
      Britain
    3. C.
      Romania
    4. D.
      France
  3. 3.

    Alexandra’s painting _________

    1. A.
      took her a lot of time at school
    2. B.
      made her drop out of school
    3. C.
      didn’t influence her studies at school
    4. D.
      made her fall behind others in studies at school
  4. 4.

    When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________

    1. A.
      their life was very hard
    2. B.
      they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings
    3. C.
      Alexandra began to draw her painting
    4. D.
      her parents left their jobs and worked for her
  5. 5.

    From the passage, we can learn ________

    1. A.
      Alexandra was not interested in travelling
    2. B.
      Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life
    3. C.
      Alexandra’s parents were good at English
    4. D.
      Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV

Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job.
So Daniel, what’s it like to be a shark scientist?
Well, it’s a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a shark scientist sometimes does boring desk work, such as writing reports. Also, shark scientists don’t usually get paid a lot.
What qualities (品质) do you need to become a shark scientist?
Shark scientists need to be wise and strong. They enjoy working outdoors and they have to be cool and patient (耐心). They also have to be quite brave!
So do you think it’s a dangerous job?
Well, sharks have up to 15 rows of sharp teeth. However, sharks hardly attack (攻击) humans. There are over 350 kinds of sharks in the world and only about 10 are dangerous to us. In fact, dogs kill more people every year than sharks! Humans kill over 12 million sharks a year for food and sport!
How do you become a shark scientist?
A shark scientist usually studies Marine Science or Zoology at university. It’s also good to get some work experience in an aquarium (水族馆). In my opinion, I have the best job in the world!

  1. 1.

    _______ questions were asked about Daniel’s unusual job.

    1. A.
      One
    2. B.
      Two
    3. C.
      Three
    4. D.
      Four
  2. 2.

    As a shark scientist, Daniel _______.

    1. A.
      studies sharks in his neighbourhood
    2. B.
      makes lots of money
    3. C.
      swims with sharks for a living
    4. D.
      only writes reports on sharks
  3. 3.

    In Daniel’s opinion, one needs to be _______ to become a shark scientist.
    ①excited   ②patient      ③brave    ④strong   ⑤wise

    1. A.
      ①②③④
    2. B.
      ①③④⑤
    3. C.
      ②③④⑤
    4. D.
      ①②④⑤
  4. 4.

    The underlined “Marine Science” and “Zoology” must be two _______ at university.

    1. A.
      subjects
    2. B.
      books
    3. C.
      scientists
    4. D.
      prizes
  5. 5.

    From the passage we can know that _______.

    1. A.
      sharks are likely to attack humans
    2. B.
      dogs are as dangerous as sharks to humans
    3. C.
      sharks are not dangerous to humans at all
    4. D.
      humans do more harm to sharks than sharks do to humans
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