—Sorry, Bill, I can't go straight on and spend more time with you in Huangshan. ——_______

A. It was just like you.                   B. Isn't it as bad as that?

I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've      that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully      today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never      while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The      is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!

I once       a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend      Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her      son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He      he was racing those cars around a great track, which in      was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable      for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.

When his mother told him the time had come to      , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？”      to the Oscar.

“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”

The horrified mother       . “Put that back immediately！”

Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me;       it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a       hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to     , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.

You may have learned to let go of past       and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the      ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?

“I like the       of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I      . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.

1.A.discovered　               B. inferred                  C. preferred             D. worried

2.A.spend                           B. live                         C. affect                    D. enjoy

3.A.struggle             B. work                       C. succeed                D. concentrate

4.A.story                             B. fact                        C. idea                       D. figure

5.A.wrote                           B. told                        C. knew            D. heard

6.A.saw                      B. recognized   C. met              D. visited

7.A.careful                B. small                        C. lonely                    D. clever

8.A.pretended                  B. believed                 C. insisted                 D. suggested

9.A.fact                      B. case                        C. turn             D. need

10.A.cared                         B. asked                       C. won                       D. looked

11.A.act                              B. leave                       C. play                        D. wait

12.A.running            B. getting                     C. pointing                D. shouting

13.A.shouted                     B. noticed                  C. suffered                D. breathed

14.A.selling               B. keeping                   C. earning                 D. sharing

15.A.special              B. comfortable          C. expensive  D. necessary

16.A.rest                            B. cheat                       C. stop                       D. sit

17.A.difficulties                 B. events                     C. failures              D. achievements

18.A.time                           B. future                      C. body             D. brain

19.A.idea                            B. meaning                  C. dreams                  D. thoughts

20.A.obey                          B. permit                    C. wish              D. agree

There’s no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris’s Valentine’s Day card – the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.

When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented Doris with a Valentine’s Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on February 14, 1941, he must have been fairly confident about his affections(钟爱). After all the couple had been dating since they met in a café three months earlier.

But little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happy about having married Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her that Valentine’s Day. “I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece（壁炉台）every Valentine’s Day,” she said. “It’s a special to me now as it was 70 years ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.”

They first met in a café. “Harry was in the café drinking and he said hello. He asked me my name and we got talking happily. He offered to walk me to the bus stop but when we got outside, a bombing raid（突然袭击）had started and we had to run to a nearby air-raid shelter（防空洞）,” Doris said.

Mr. Ward said,“I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. I gave her the Valentine’s card then and she is still my Valentine now.” Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.

“Harry is quite romantic and we are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card,”Dorris said.

1.When did the couple first meet?

A. In 1940.                          B.In 1939.                   C. In 1941.                          D. In 1942

2.Why does Mrs. Ward always use the same Valentine’s Day card?

A. She is an environmentalist.

B. She can’t afford a new one.

C. She values the card very much.

D. She doesn’t want to waste money.  

3.What do we know about the 70-year-old Valentine’s Day card?

A. It was first given to Doris on a plane.  

B. It is usually kept in their cupboard

C. It was made by hand by Mr. Ward.            

D. It is sent to Doris by post every year.

4.By saying “Mrs. Ward’s card is not the only thing that has endured the passing of time.”, the author means __________.

A. The card records their romance

B. The card will still be used in future

C. They both treasure the very card

D. Their affections are still strong

Many of us feel uneasy when someone stands too close to us, talks to us too loudly or makes eye contact(接触) with us for too long. But have you ever wondered why those things make you uncomfortable?

It’s all about personal peace, which means not only an imaginary space around the body, but also the space around all the senses. People feel that their space is being violated(侵犯) when they meet with an unwelcome sound, smell or look. This is probably why a man on a crowded bus shouting into his mobile phone or a woman next to you putting on strong perfume(香水) makes you feel angry.

Whether people have had a stronger wish to protect their personal space in recent times is hard to say. Yet studies of airlines show that people have a strong desire(渴望) to have space to themselves. In a survey （调查）by TripAdvisor, a travel website, people said that if they had to pay more for some extra service, they would rather have larger seats than extra food.

Although people may need their personal space, some hardly realize it. For example, people on a bus who hold newspapers in front of their faces to read in fact keep a distance from strangers.

Go and watch a library table. You will notice that one of the corner seats will usually be taken first, because they are the farthest way. What if someone sits opposite to you? Maybe you will pile up books as if to make a wall.

Preference(偏好) for personal space are different from culture to culture. Scientists have found that Americans generally prefer more personal space than people from other cultures. In Latin(拉丁人的) cultures, however, people are more comfortable standing close to each other.

1.The writer mainly _________ in this article.

A. tells us how to achieve personal space

B. explains what personal space people need is

C. introduces some knowledge about personal space

D. argues for the importance of keeping personal space

2.Who might feel his personal space is safe according to the passage?

A. A person who has to sit next to a lady putting on strong perfume.

B. A person who has been watched by a stranger for a long time.

C. A person who hears strange noises when reading at home.

D. A Latin boy who is chatting with a friend sitting close to him.

3.What can we know from the survey by TripAdvisor?

A. People need a smaller personal space in recent times than before.

B. People have a strong desire for personal space in recent times.

C. There are not enough seats on the plane to meet people’s needs.

D. Food service is better provided than seats on the plane.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The space around the body is more needed than that around all the senses.

B. If you hold newspapers on the bus, your personal space won’t be violated.

C. People usually choose the corner seats first in a library for personal space.

D. Different cultures share the same preferences for personal space.

It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why.

First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you expand? The simple answer is “You can’t”. Look around you. With very few exceptions (例外), either everything you see in your physical world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new.

    Another good thing about mistakes is this: When you are making mistakes, you are learning. Consider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.

   Finally, when you make a mistake you are much closer to success. Why?

   Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some number of things before you succeed. Every time you make a mistake you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer.

    But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences(结果) of a mistake. Quite the contrary, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits so that in the event that it doesn’t work out the way you want it to, you will be in a position to try again.

We all have limited resources in the form of time and money so don’t blow them all on one approach to a problem. Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time and allocate(分配) these resources appropriately so you can learn, make corrections, and try it again. Only by accepting and using your mistakes in this way can you make significant advances in your business and your career.

There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”

So go forth and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And prosper(成功).

1.The underlined word “eliminate” means _______.

A. avoid                      B. remove                           C. accept                             D. solve

2.According to the article, one thing you should pay attention to about making mistakes is _______.

A. avoiding making the same mistakes

B. accepting the punishment willingly

C. taking consequences into consideration

D. trying things out one by one

3.The article is mainly about _______.

A. how to deal with mistakes

B. what benefits mistakes bring

C. how to achieve success

D. how to make use of your mistakes

4.What would the writer probably suggest we say to ourselves when we make a mistake?

A. Never mind, I can always try again.

B. I’d better stay out of trouble.

C. Now I can learn something new.

D. Look at this mess. Anyone would be upset.

As any parent with an iPhone or an iPod Touch knows, mobile apps (手机软件) can be an engaging and entertaining experience for kids. Now, a new study of PBS Kids suggests that the experience can be an educational one as well.

The study, which was administered by PBS under a grant from the Department of Education, first tested the vocabulary level of a group of 90 Title 1 school children, aged 3 to 7. Then, the children were each given two weeks with an iPod Touch loaded with the Martha Speaks Dog Party app created by PBS Kids.

The study monitored how the children used the iPod, during what hours, and in what context. On average, the study found that kids played with the iPod Touch for a total of 5 hours across the two weeks, with half that time spent playing the Martha Speaks app. At the end of the two week trial, the children were given another vocabulary test, which revealed an increase in vocabulary acquisition by as much as 31 per cent.

The study findings are particularly useful as smart phones and mobile devices have become increasingly popular among families and parents are faced with a proliferation of mobile apps designed for kids. According to a recent Nielsen study, smart phone usage is 12% higher in households with children than other households.

“Mobile apps can be a great learning tool in the hands of children,” said Lesli Rotenberg, SVP, Children’s Media, PBS. “This research is important in helping to better understand and guide the development of new apps that improve the value of children’s screen time with significant educational outcomes.”

So what does it all mean? Well, at the very least it will help parents get over that guilty feeling when they hand over their iPhone or iPod Touch for a little peace and quiet. At best, it provides more evidence that mobile devices and apps do indeed have educational value and could be an important part of the child-learning process for many years to come.

1.What Lesli Rotenberg said in the fifth paragraph suggests that       .

A. he has a positive attitude towards mobile apps

B. he thinks children should never use smart phones

C. he is doubtful about mobile apps designed for children

D. he thinks parents should be careful with mobile apps for children

2.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that       .

A. parents will feel more comfortable giving kids iPhone or iPod Touch

B. parents will know what kind of mobile phones are suitable for kids

C. parents will know what children do with mobile phones

D. parents can watch over their children now and then

3.What would be the best title of the text?

A. The popularity of smart phones among kids 

B. The entertaining function of smart phones

C. Smart phones make kids learn more.             

D. It’s too early for kids to use smart phones

To make our digestive (消化的) system work well, we should avoid doing some things after having a meal, for example, drinking water. It is true that a person should drink 8 glasses of water every day to stay healthy. However, drinking water right after eating or even during a meal may disrupt (扰乱) digestion. It might affect the natural levels of acid and bile (酸和胆汁) that are necessary for proper digestion. What’s more, drinking cold water after eating might slow down digestion. So try to avoid drinking water at least an hour after a meal, and avoid drinking it while eating.

Though walking after eating is healthy, doing it immediately after a meal is not. Doing so will make it difficult for the digestive system to take in nutrients (营养) from the food. Besides, the blood will flow towards other parts of the body, like legs, hands, etc., which will make the digestive tract not have enough amount of blood flow that is needed for proper digestion. So we should wait for at least 2 hours after eating, and then begin exercising.

Sleeping should also be avoided right after eating. This is because going to bed right after a meal will lead to improper digestion. What’s more, such a habit will also make you put on a lot of weight. Therefore, wait for an hour or two, and then go to sleep.

Many of us have the habit of drinking tea just after lunch or dinner, which is really unhealthy. The tea leaves contain a large amount of acid which prevents the protein in the food from digesting. The best time to drink tea is at least one hour after eating.

Eating fruits right after a meal may fill the stomach with air and cause discomfort. They will also take time to reach the digestive tract, disturbing the entire process of digestion. To protect your stomach from digestive problems, eat fruits before or after 1-2 hours of a meal.

In a word, if you avoid doing all the above things after eating, you will surely make your digestion easy, and you will be less likely to have digestive problems.

根据首字母或中文提示写出所缺单词的正确形式

1.The students have no time to play now. They are making p_______ for the next week’s exam.

2.Our foreign teacher speaks Chinese very f____________ as if he were Chinese..

3.Yesterday she was late again. The teacher required she e___________ to him the reason.

4.He asked me to keep him i____________ of the latest news.

5.He had to leave before the meeting was over because there was an __________(突发事件).

6.The village schools are in great need of ____________(有经验的) teachers.

7.She is studying American ____________ (文学) at Georgetown University at present.

8.In the competition every point __________.(重要)

根据中文提示完成下列句子

1.众所周知，老年人习惯于回顾那些难忘的岁月。

As we all know, the old are used to __________________ those unforgettable years.

2.经常锻炼帮助那位影星强身健体，并保持苗条的身材。

Regular exercise helps the film star ______________________________ and keep a slim figure.

3.他妈妈不准他熬夜看电视.

His mother forbids him __________________ late to watch TV.

4.最终他妈妈意识到她和他爸对他要求太苛刻了。

In the end his mother realized she, along with his father, _____________________ him.

5.专家们警告说，一些地方的房价已经失去了控制。

 Specialists warned that housing prices have gone ____________________ in some areas.

6.他们经常质疑他们是谁，他们如何适应社会。

They often question who they are and how they _________________________

7.好在这些成长的烦恼并不会持久。最终一切都会好起来。

The good news is that these kinds of growing pains do not last. In the end everything __________________ OK.

从南京“彭宇案”开始，社会就陷入“助人恐惧”中。最近，你班就“是否应该帮助陌生人”展开了讨论， 同学们就这一话题意见不一。请根据下表的讨论结果，以“Should we help strangers?”为题写一篇短文。

注意：1. 词数120左右；             2. 开头已写好，不计入总词数；

3. 覆盖所有要点，适当发挥 

参考词汇: 美德virtue

                      Should we help strangers?

  We used to appreciate those who like to help strangers. But nowadays people tend to be very cautious of helping strangers. Recently our class had a discussion about whether we should help strangers.

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