Before she became famous, and when she was still called Alicia Moore, the young superstar faced more
than her fair share of high school drama.
In her interview with Faze, Pink admits she was sorted as a troublemaker at school, "The problem
was, I was labelled as trouble-so I was like "trouble". I"ll show you trouble. You want trouble, well here
it is!"
Unfortunately, Pink began to deliver what the teachers expected and the vicious cycle began. "It"s
like the label they give you, you grow into it anyway. They treat you bad, so you act bad," Pink says
and continues. "Did I deserve it?-in the end yes, but I feel I just conformed to the label they gave me.
I think a lot of kids just get frustrated and act the way the teachers expect them to."
It"s no surprise that eventually Pink developed a problem with authority, "When they would say it
had to be a certain way I would ask, "why?" They"d say, "Because it always has," so I"d try to prove
them wrong."
Predictably, Pink dropped out of school and soon after began to sing in nightclubs. She sang any
chance she could get and was eventually discovered by a talent scout (星探) while singing in a club in
Philadelphia. She does not regret anything she has done and would not change her past if she could.
"To change that would change who I am," she said in her Faze interview. She believes having faced so
many difficulties at a young age is a good thing. "To experience the good you have to have seen the bad.
Plus it makes you appreciate blessings more," she says.
Pink encourages us to be ourselves and not to worry about being labelled. "Just wait," she says.
"Give it a couple of years then it won"t matter. Because no matter what label they give you, the best
thing you can do is prove them wrong."
B. To be confident.
C. Don"t make trouble.
D. To be happy.
B. Realized.
C. Classified.
D. Discovered.
B. will act the way their parents expect them to
C. are likely to behave in a bad way as others expect
D. are willing to meet with many difficulties
B. she was misunderstood
C. she was unsuccessful
D. she felt lonely
his seventies, hurries down a busy street.In his hand is a black leather bag.Zeng opens his bag, taking
out two forms. 1 .
Each of the forms contains detailed information of a student.On his arrival two hours later a woman
greets him and leads him to her office where another man is waiting.They are the two village officials.
They inspect the forms handed to them by Zeng and immediately recognize the girls. 2 . "It"s a pity
but it doesn"t matter."says Zeng, who wastes no time in deciding to look for the remaining child, Su
Qiuju.
After half an hour, they stop outside a small house made of mud brick.A middleaged man and a girl
in a faded pink dress greet them.Su Qiuju is eight years old.She was forced to drop out of school after
both her parents died.She is now living with her uncle who cannot afford his own children"s education.
However, the year of education Su Qiuju did complete was a successful one. 3 .
When they are about to leave, Zeng says, "I must find a supporter for this girl to sponsor her
education."Zeng has made it his retirement task to help children complete their schooling.Back in 1999,
Zeng took part in a campaign started by the local women"s organization to help students from poor
families. 4 .
His task had begun and since then he has spent his time persuading his friends and neighbors and
others to donate money."To me, children"s education is the most important. 5 . I have to find sufficient
funding before the school opens in September."
When asked how long he will keep up his vital work as the community"s guardian angel, he has a simple
reply."Not until my eyes can"t see, and my feet can"t move."
A. They were having problems with their schoolwork
B. These are for the two girls he"s going to visit this morning
C. They live in a small village not very far, though only one of the girls is still living at home
D. She displayed a talent for handwriting, writing her threecharacter name neatly and beautifully
E. The thought of students dropping out of school bothers me so much that I can"t get to sleep at night
F. Of course, some people question why I would want to give up my retirement to go to so much trouble
G. He was so overcome by the tough situation of many poor children that he donated all his money
to help out a girl
"Let"s set a price limit on our gifts this year,"I suggested to my best friend Joanie.
"That"s a good idea," Joanie agreed. "How about something over five dollars?"
"How about sixty cents?" I felt like the biggest cheapskate in the world.
"I guess this is where I"m supposed to say it"s not the gift but the thought that counts," Joanie smiled.
It is almost impossible to buy anything under sixty cents, so it was really going to have to be very
small gifts with very big thoughts.
Finally, Christmas Day arrived. I gave my mother a candle with a note that said, "You are the brightest
light in my life." She almost cried when she read the note.
I gave my brother a wooden ruler. On the back of it I had painted, "No brother in the world could
measure up to you." He gave me a bag of sugar and wrote on it, "You"re my sweet sister."
For Joanie, I painted a pair of shoes with a note that said, "No one could ever fill your shoes. "She
thanked me and said I always tickled (使……高兴) her and made her laugh.
To my other two friends, I gave Annie a paper fan and a note on it, "I"m your biggest fan." I gave
Helen a calculator that cost one dollar and I painted a message on the back, "You can always count
on me."
My mother knows she is the most important person in my life. My brother thinks I"m sweet. Joanie
thinks I"m funny and make her laugh, which is important because her dad moved away last year and she
misses him and is sad sometimes...
B. had little money to buy gifts for others
C. didn"t know what gifts her friends would like
D. didn"t have enough time to go shopping
B. buys the cheapest skateboards
C. spends as little money as possible
D. buys the cheapest things in the world
B. her mother"s life
C. the girl"s role in her mother"s life
D. the mother"s role in the girl"s life
B. It is the thought not the gift that matters.
C. How to choose cheap gifts.
D. Giving gifts improves friendships.
the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition-and I told the sisters: You take care of the
other three. I take care of this one who looked worse. So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her
in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand as she said just the
words "Thank you" and she died.
I could not help but examine my conscience before her and I asked what I would say if I was in her
place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would
have said I am hungry, I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me much
more-she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. So did that man whom we
picked up from the drain, half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. "I have lived like an
animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for," he said at the end. And it
was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that
without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel-this is
the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus has said: I was hungry, I was
naked, I was homeless, I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and you did it to me.
And with this prize that I received as a Prize of Peace, I am going to try to make the home for many
people who have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home and if we can create a home for
the poor I think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this understanding
love to bring peace, the good news to the poor, the poor in our own family first, in our country and in
the world. When I pick up a person from the street, hungry and I give him a plate of rice or a piece of
bread, I am satisfied. I have removed that hunger. But to a person who is shut out, who feels unwanted,
unloved, terrified, who has been thrown out from society, that poverty is so full of hurt and so
unbearable... And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love,
and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
B. The man couldn"t blame anyone.
C. The author is religious.
D. The man died in the street.
B. to call on the public to love each other
C. to tell the readers the poor are wonderful
D. to express how moved the author is to receive the prize
B. The author was somewhat surprised at what the man said.
C. The author is delighted to help others in trouble.
D. The author may agree to solve social problems in soft ways.
B. The Poor Are Wonderful
C. Smile and Love
D. Relieve Poverty
Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two
other students. 1 She picked up a wire basket and walked towards the back of the shop, where the
rice was kept. The shop was divided by three long aisles, with rows of shelves crammed with all sorts
of things. Except for her and Mr. Patel, the owner, there were only two other people there. They were
two teenage boys, and they were standing at the end of one of the aisles.
She glanced at them as she passed. They were both wearing long, oldfashioned overcoats and they
looked rather ridiculous in them because the coats were too big. 2 "Watch out, stupid," she heard
one of them whisper to the other. She walked on to the next aisle and found the rice she was looking
for.
Then she heard something else. 3 She peered through a gap in the shelf and caught a glimpse of
one of the boys bending down. She saw him pick up a tin of food. But instead of putting it in the
shopping basket, he dropped it into the inside pocket of his long overcoat. Jennifer glanced back down
the aisle. She could see Mr. Patel at the cash till, still checking through his list.
4 The boys still had their backs to her. "Come on, let"s get out of here," she heard one of them
say. At the same time, she saw one of them put another tin in his overcoat pocket. They moved away
from her. She could no longer see what they were doing or hear what they were saying.
When she got to the still, the two boys were in front of her. She watched them pay for the few things
they had in the basket. They had both buttoned their coats and fastened them with their belts. 5 He
even smiled at them as they were about to leave. Jennifer opened her mouth to say something.
A. It sounded like a tin dropping on the floor.
B. But such things were popular with some teenagers at the time.
C. Then she looked through the gap in the shelf again.
D. On her way she had to buy some food and stopped in one of the shops in the street.
E. They were picking many things to their basket.
F. Mr. Patel was so friendly to his customers.
G. Mr. Patel did not seem suspicious at all.
Years ago while lying in my hammock(吊床)and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fence. Upon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next door
neighbor"s 10yearold daughter"s rabbit. For years I had watched her come home from school and head
straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard. I knew that day would be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fast.
The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it with the dog
brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower. Upon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and replaced it
back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as "natural caused"．
Back to the hammock and JD. Within the hour the neighbor"s Volvo palled in as usual and out popped
the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time she stopped about six feet away
and screamed: "D－A－D－D－Y!!!"
Her father, panicstricken, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor that I am, I rushed to
fence and asked if there was anything I could do.
Her father less than calmly shouted, "What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girl"s rabbit and
put it back in its cage?"
B. the rabbit was too clean
C. the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage
D. the rabbit was asleep in the cage
B. because she had a habit of going there to see her rabbit
C. because she wanted to see her rabbit again
D. because the rabbit was dead
B. was already dead before the writer saw his dog dragging it
C. was in the cage playing with the dog
D. was at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog
B. did a smart thing
C. was honest
D. made a mistake
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