题目内容
The part she starred in i me a lot .
impressed
It was not a good day today. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.
When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.
I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on(弥补)the schoolwork I had missed.
After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.
When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.
【小题1】What happened to the writer on this bad day?
| A.The writer argued with his parents. | B.The writer heard some terrible news. |
| C.Many small things went wrong. | D.Part of the writer’s house was on fire. |
| A.At night | B.In the morning. |
| C.At lunchtime. | D.In the afternoon. |
| A.He did some homework. | B.He made a telephone call. |
| C.He made fun with his friend. | D.He was tired, so he went to bed. |
| A.give it away | B.eat it too fast |
| C.cook it too long | D.make it very well |
| A.the writer fell off from his bike | B.the writer went to school |
| C.the writer got up early in the morning | D.the writer doesn’t like eating fish |
For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed(消耗) by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted(轻松地) movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to meditation(沉思)for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!
The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping(单脚跳) along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.
Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.
If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.
【小题1】The author felt depressed because she __________.
| A.couldn't consume her waking hour. |
| B.had not seen a film for a long time. |
| C.had not finished her work on time. |
| D.had worked on a hard job for too long. |
| A.take photos. | B.find a solution to the project. |
| C.hop along the path. | D.cheer herself up. |
" __________.".
| A.unsuccessful | B.unrelated(不相关的) | C.uninteresting | D.unexpected |
| A.a bath can make people relaxed. |
| B.depression is usually caused by hard work. |
| C.walking in a busy city centre harms people's health. |
| D.adults should express their inner feelings freely. |
| A.explanation | B.suggestion | C.introduction | D.reminder |
Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.
The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes "the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't seem to learn from history." Perhaps at least in teaching history to my children I can do a small part in changing this.
A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We cannot even understand why we are and where we are without history, much less (更不必说) try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.
I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio (录音机) tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. if, in doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.
【小题1】
What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?
| A.Many people aren't clever enough to learn well from the past. |
| B.Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes. |
| C.Many people feel it hard to understand history. |
| D.Many people have no interest in studying history. |
In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because ___________.
| A.it makes the current political situation go smoothly |
| B.it helps us realize the importance of historical events |
| C.it helps us understand why things are the way they are |
| D.it helps people accept the present situation where they live |
What would be talked about in the following paragraph?
| A.How to teach history effectively. |
| B.Some negative reasons for studying history. |
| C.How to get more people to study history. |
| D.Some bad historical figures. |
The main purpose of this passage is to ____________.
| A.inspire the parents to teach their children history |
| B.show the importance of history in politics |
| C.explain the reasons why children study history |
| D.introduce the writer’s own way of teaching history |