Sometimes two very different individuals (个体)become the best friends. For example,, who could have thought that a spider would become friends with a pig? But in American writer E.B.White’ novel Charlotte’s Web, this is exactly what happens

Wibur the pig grows up in a barn(谷仓) and makes many friends, including a spider called Charlotte. One day a sheep tells Wibur that he will finally be served up as dinner. But Charlotte decides to save her friend. To help Wibur,Charlotte writes words like “terrific”, “radiant” and “humble” on her web to praise Wibur. This makes the farmer believe that is too important to kill.Wibur is saved, but Charlotte is so tired that she dies.

The book was first published in 1952. In over 60 years Charlotte has become one of the most famous spiders of all time. She teaches us about love and promise. “She is very, very loving under that crusty(暴躁),that ugly look,” Peter Neumeyer, writer of The Annotated Charlott’s Web

The book’s success drew the attention of Hollywood filmmakers , however, they wanted a happier ending. White was strongly against this idea and as a result the film, like the book, ends with Charlotte’s death.

Jen Doll, reporter with The Atlantic, believe that “death is a part of life”. She says this is one of the main messages of the book.

As Charlotte tells Wibur, “You have been my friend. That in itself is a wonderful thing. I wove(纺织)my webs for you because I like you. After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while and then we die. A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess(杂乱), with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a little. God knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.”

1.Which of the following about the story is TRUE?

A.It’s a good example of how differences make us different

B.It encourages children to love their family and friends

C.The farmer kills Wibur as dinner

D.Charlotte is loving and helpful although she is ugly

2.What is the disagreement about Charlotte’s Web between Hollywood filmmaker and White?

A.How Charlotte makes friends with Wibur

B.How to make Charlotte lovely

C.Whether Charrlotte should die

D.Whether Wibur should be killed

3.In the last paragraph, Charlotte’s main message is that _________

A.life could be boring and troublesome

B.friendship is more important than life

C.dying for a good cause is worthwhile(值得的)

D.life is like a web

 

Elizabeth and I are 18 now, and about to graduate. I think about our elementary school friendship, but some memories have blurred(模糊). What happened that day in the fifth grade when Beth suddenly stopped speaking to me? Does she know that I’ve been thinking about her for seven years? If only we could go back, and discover what ended our relationship.

I have to speak with Beth. I see her sometimes, and find out school is “fine”. It’s not the same. It never will be. Someone says that she’s Liz now. what happened to Beth?

I can’t call her. Should I write? What if she doesn’t answer me? How will I know what she’s thinking?

Yes, I’ll write her a letter. These things are easier to express in writing. “Dear Be-,” no, “Dear Li-” no, “Dear Elizabeth,” I begin. The words flow freely, as seven-year-old memories are reborn. I ask her all the questions that have been left unanswered in my mind, and pray she will answer. I seal my thoughts in the perfect white envelope, and imagine Beth looking into the mailbox. Will she know why I’m writing? Maybe she once thought of writing the same letter.

As the mailman takes my envelope from me forever, I wonder if I’ve made the right decision. Do I have the right to force myself into Beth’s life again? Am I simply part of the past? I have taken the first stop. Beth has control of the situation now.

One day has passed. Are my words lying on the bottom of the post office floor.

Two days are gone. I’m lost in thought and don’t even hear the phone ring.

“Hello? It’s Elizabeth”

1.What can we learn about Beth?

A. She had a quarrel with the author in the fifth grade

B. She moved to another school in the fifth grade

C. She is now called Liz instead of Beth

D. She hasn’t seen the author for seven years

2.Why does the author decide to write a letter instead of calling?

A. She is sure that Beth will not answer

B. She’s afraid that they’ll quarrel on the phone

C. She doesn’t know Beth’s telephone number

D. It is easier to express her feelings in writing

3.What does the underlined sentence mean in the fifth paragraph?

A .It’s up to Beth to decide what to do next

B .Beth is to be blamed for the ending of their friendship

C. Beth is in the same situation as the author is

D .The author is completely in the hands of Beth now

4.What might happen at the end of the story?

A. Beth answers her letter two day later

B. The letter doesn’t reach Beth at all

C. They make up their friendship

D. Beth refuses to make peace with her

 

There are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you believe that they are worth a try. How? Packaging is the silent but persuading salesman.

There on the shelves, each bottle, can ,box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer, because he/she is buying not only a product but also his/her belief in life. Scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “quality” of the product and on how well it sells, because “consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package. Many products are packages and many packages are products.”, as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers’ feelings for packaging, noticed.

Colors are one of the best tools in packaging. Studies of eye movement have shown that colours draw human attention quickly. Take V8 for example. For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that is it very good for your body. And the word “green” today can keep food prices going up.

Shapes are another attraction. Circles often suggest happiness and peacefulness, because these shapes are pleasing to both the eye and the heart. That’s why the round yellow M signs of McDonald’s are inviting to both young and old.

This new consumer response to the colors and shapes of packages reminds producers and sellers that people by to satisfy both body and soul.

1.According to the passage, _____ seems to be able to persuade a consumer to buy the product.

A. the pleasing color of the package

B. he special taste of the product

C. the strange shape of the package

D. the belief in the product

2.If a package or a product is round in shape, it can ____________.

A. bring excitement to the consumers

B. attract the consumers’ attention

C. catch the eye movement of the consumers

D produce a happy and peaceful feeling

3.“And the word green today can keep food prices going up ” This sentence suggests that consumers today are _________.

A. starting to notice the importance of new food

B. enjoying the beauty of nature more than before

C. beginning to like green vegetables

D. paying more attention to their health

4.It can be inferred from the passage that V8 is a kind of ________.

A vegetable dish B. healthy juice

C. iced drink D red vegetable

 

Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where:Tahua,Bolivia

How much:About $95 a night

Why it’s cool:You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood,but salt?That’s something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses(床垫) and blankets).The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni,a prehistoric dried?up lake which is the world’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633?square?mile flat to make the bricks,and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries.When rain starts to dissolve the hotel,the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where:Vythiri,India

How much:About $240 a night

Why it’s cool:Taking a pulley(滑轮)?operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure.As you look out of your open window—there is no glass!—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷).Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel,or just sit on your bamboo bed and read.You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley?drawn “elevator”.

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where:Cottonwood,Idaho

How much:$92 a night

Why it’s cool:This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet. Sweet_Willy is a 30?foot?tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side.You can relax in the main bedroom,go up a few steps of the loft(阁楼) in Willy’s head,or hang out inside his nose.Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters,there is also a toilet in the 12?foot?tall fire hydrant(消防栓) outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where:Ayvali,Turkey

How much:Between $130 and $475 a night

Why it’s cool:This is caveman cool!Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago,when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash.But your stay will be much more modern.Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel,and the white volcanic ash,called tufa,keeps the rooms cool,about 65? in summer.(Don’t worry—there is heat in winter.)

1.What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?

A.It is located on a prehistoric lake.

B.It should be protected against the rain.

C.Everything in the hotel is made of salt.

D.You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel.

2.What is the similarity of the four hotels?

A.Being expensive.

B.Being comfortable.

C.Being natural.

D.Being unique.

3.What does the underlined words “Sweet Willy” refer to?

A.The name of the hotel.

B.The name of the hotel owner.

C.The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D.The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.

4.Which of the hotels makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?

A.Tayka Hotel de Sal.

B.Green Magic Nature Resort.

C.Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D.Gamirasu Cave Hotel.

 

Successful students are highly motivated(激励) by an inner drive to study well. They have a specific career goal in mind.__ 1.__ So they form their own good study habits,plan ahead and stick to their study timetable on their own initiative.

If you want to be a successful student,motivate yourself and know that it is only you who are responsible for your study. There are some great ways to improve your motivation.

1.You should write down your educational goals,which makes them become clear.

2.Imagine your success. Experience the feeling of reaching your particular goal.

3.__2.__

4.Seek advice and study opportunities from the good students in your class.

Successful students tend to study hard. They pay attention to class as well as taking notes.__ 3.__ Outside class they find a quiet study place to study,because they know that academic life comes before their social life.

Set your goals. After setting goals it is important to write them down for many reasons.

1.Goals that aren’t written are only wishes.

2.It helps you make a commitment(承诺) to yourself.

3.4.__

4.No one wants to regret not doing something they could have done.

Successful students manage their time well by setting up weekly timetable. They make the best use of their study time and find a quiet place and study there every day.__ 5.__ Most of the suggestions mentioned above can improve your motivation.

A.Give yourself rewards. Each time you complete a lesson,do something special for yourself.

B.It gives you a way to see your progress.

C.They make study time productive and not necessarily long.

D.You will be proud of yourself when you achieve success.

E.They know that they are responsible for their success or failure.

F.When you set your goals,make sure that your goals are specific and realistic.

G.They arrive at the classroom early and sit in the front.

 

It surprised me—every time I saw Joe,he was smiling. It didn’t ____ whether he had to stop at a stop light,or if he were the seventh person in ____ at the bank,and the service stopped just before he got there. Joe ___ smiled. It made me wonder why he seemed so ____ every day.

Having observed Joe with other people,I ____ something else also. Joe asked people how they were doing,and really seemed to listen to their ____.If someone were hurting,he had ____ for him and kind words,and offered to ____ in any way he could.

It made me think...What if I tried to smile more?A(n) ____ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store. I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even ____ smiled back at me. Some even ____!The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a ____ time saw me smile and ____ talking...and,you guessed it.He made a shy little attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart ____ a person to reach something...I could get that for him. The smile even transferred over to him,and he ____me.

As I drove home,I was smiling. I ____ what I had just learned,and when

someone passed me and gave me a(n) ____,I smiled at him. He looked puzzled.

Now I know a smile is a small thing,but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day?I couldn’t believe how ____ I felt. Nothing in my life had changed,____ maybe it had. For what I learned was that such a small thing could ____ not only my spirits,but those around me as well.

1.A. work B.happen C.matter D. last

2.A.order B.debt C.hand D.line

3.A. always B.eventually C.immediately D.still

4.A. naughty B.happy C.active D.Humorous

5.A. decided B.judged C.noticed D.considered

6.A. answers B.complaints C.excuses D.comments

7.A. guidance B.respect C.sympathy D.protection

8.A. perform B.attempt C.bother D.help

9.A. experiment B.life C.project D.program

10.A. meet B.touch C.know D.contact

11.A. glared B.greeted C.approached D.escaped

12.A. spare B.long C.hard D.great

13.A. stopped B.tried C.kept D.enjoyed

14.A. persuaded B.accepted C.supported D.needed

15.A. thanked B.changed C.encouraged D.invited

16.A. worried aboutB.thought about C.talked over D.looked over

17.A. gesture B.address C.call D.ticket

18.A. normal B.great C.reasonable D.complicated

19.A. so B.for C.but D.till

20.A. realize B.admire C.show D.lift

 

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