get it looking like it does today. We live on a corner and the yard is 1 by a rock wall. We call this area
our "rock garden".
Last summer, I found a tiny little 2 in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn"t
plant it. We 3 to let it continue growing until we could 4 what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the 5 plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided
to treat it with care and 6 the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I
noticed something 7 . The sunflowers had not 8 where I saw the stalk (茎) began. It 9 had begun
under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the 10 .
That"s when I 11 that if a tiny little sunflower didn"t let a big rock stand in its 12 of developing,
we too have the capability of doing the same thing. 13 our environment begins to see that we believe
in ourselves like that little sunflower, we can 14 the same nutrient as well.
15 , we need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the capabilities in 16 our desires. Like the
sunflower, it knew it had the capability to overcome its obstacle because it 17 in the universal truth and
had 18 that it would succeed.
Stand tall like the sunflower and be 19 of who and what you are and the environment will begin to
support you. You will find a way to go under or 20 your big obstacle in order to reach your desires.
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Mr.Clinton and his 3-year-old son Tony are basketball fans. Last October 10th was Tony’s birthday,
so Mr.Clinton decided to drive him to New York, for the first game of the World Series. They had no
ticket but hoped to buy a pair from scalpers.
It was a two hours’ ride. After they arrived, they walked in the street for two hours, carrying a sign
(牌子) that read, “ We need two tickets.” There were many scalpers around, but the cheapest ticket
was $200. They were about to leave when suddenly a man stopped them. He took out two tickets and
handed them to Mr. Clinton.
“How much do you want?”
“Just a present,” said the man. “Enjoy the game.”
Mr. Clinton wouldn’t accept, so the man explained, “I’m Jackson. Hans is my boss. He and his wife
haven’t missed a World Series in 18 years. But he is ill and can’t watch the game this time. So he told
me to give the two tickets to people who I thought would actually enjoy the game. A lot of people
looked as if they might just take the tickets and sell them. Then I saw you and I followed you for a while.
You seemed very disappointed. You made me think of my dad and me when I was a child. I dreamed
of going to a World Series game with my father. But my dream never came true.”
How do you suppose this made Mr. Clinton and his son feel? Here is what Mr. Clinton said: “This is
the most wonderful thing that ever happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to each other over
30 times and said, ‘I can’t believe this.’ We still never forget Jackson and Hans.”
A. people who buy tickets at a reasonable price
B. people who sell tickets at a reasonable price
C. people who buy tickets at a high price
D. people who sell tickets at a high price
grumpy. Not sleeping enough sleep can also make it harder to think clearly the next day.
Sleep scientists have long known that getting a good night’s sleep is very important. It helps kids be
able to do their best during the day.
A recent study shows that sleep helps improve problem-solving skills and creative(创造性的) thinking. For the study, two groups of students answered a math problem. The group that slept for eight hours
solved the problem correctly more often than the group that did not get enough sleep.
While you sleep at night, your brain is busy doing its “homework”. It sorts out(整理) all the information that you get in the day. Getting enough sleep each night can improve your thinking ability. That will surely
help you do your best at school. Experts say that, in return, can lead to better grades.
B. active and creative
C. impatient and angry
D. bored and weak
A. Sleep to Success
B. A Recent Study
C. Do Sleep Well
D. The More Sleep, the Better
The sun was shining as Kevin walked to the old bench(长凳) where he met Mike every afternoon
after school. They were good friends and loved to play football. They didn’t have enough money to buy
a real football, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks covered with a piece of plastic. It wasn’t
beautiful, but it worked well. The two friends didn’t stop kicking and running until very late.
The next afternoon, Mike and Kevin met again at the old bench. Soon the home-made ball was
spinning(旋转) across the grass as the boys laughed and shouted happily. The ball was stopped by a
boy wearing a nice pair of sneakers(运动鞋). Kevin was upset when he saw it was Steven.
The next morning, Kevin’s mother gave him an envelope(信封). “Your uncle sent you a birthday
present,” she smiled. Kevin’s eyes grew big when he saw the $100 bill. Later that day, a pair of new
sneaker lay next to his chair, and in the corner, a real football.
The next afternoon, Steven invited Kevin to play football on the field next to the library. Steven did
not want Mike to join them only because Mike’s sneakers were dirty and he was not good at football.
When the game was over, Kevin and Steven walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. Steven
picked up a stone and threw it at him. Kevin, holding his new football in his hands, walked on and did
not look back.
One afternoon, as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something lying under it. He looked
closer and saw it was the home-made ball. Kevin was full of sorrow at the sight of his old home-made
ball, and he let out a sad sigh(叹气). As his sadness turned to anger, he picked up his new football and
kicked it into the air. Kevin kicked it so hard that it flew past the library and over the school gate. Then
Kevin walked to the bench and picked up his home-made ball. Holding it in his hands, Kevin sat down
and waited.
B. Playing Football
C. Two Close Friends
D. A New Football
took, and, against 2 of 100, I scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 3 have scored more than
80. 4 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him-and he always 5 it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man 6 questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of
them I"d prove myself a 7 . In a world where I have to work with my 8 , I"d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man 9 . He had a habit of telling 10 .One time he said, "Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man 11 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter
and made 12 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 13 his head and
pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 14 him some nails. He picked out the right size
and left. Well, Doc, the 15 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀). 16 do you
suppose he asked for them?" I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two
fingers. He burst out laughing and said, "Why, you fool,he used his 17 and asked for them. I"ve been
18 that on all my customers today,but I knew 19 I"d catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because
you are so goddamned educated. Doc. I knew you couldn"t be very 20 ".
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
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B. practised
B. doctor
B. effort
B. as usual
B. jokes
B. tested
B. hammering
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B. packed
B. other
B. How
B. hand
B. proving
B. at once
B. silly
C. an exam
C. certainly
C. Therefore
C. drove
C. designed
C. winner
C. hands
C. too
C. news
C. found
C. waving
C. shook
C. sent
C. right
C. Who
C. voice
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C. in fact
C. slow
D. a number
D. frequently
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D. attention
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D. tales
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D. next
D. Which
D. information
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D. right now
D. smart
when his eyes fell on a grave marker that caught him by surprise, "Elizabeth A. Richardson, American
Red Cross, Indiana July 25, 1945".The chance discovery led to his new book-- An American Woman
in World War Two, which tells about the war through the eyes of Richardson.
Richardson joined the Red Cross in 1944 and worked on a Clubmobile- a converted bus from which
she and other women served coffee and chatted to American soldiers scattered across England and
France. More important than the food, they were a reminder of home for lonely and miserable soldiers.
She died at 27 in a crash of a two-seater L-5 Sentinel aircraft. She was one of four women buried at the
American Cemetery at Normandy.
Madison said the present understanding of World War Two just focused on the experiences of male
soldiers, but women were also important to the war effort and brought their own views to the conflict.
"The point I try to make in the book is how close Richardson came to understanding war," he said. "She
saw the effects of it, and she grieved (感到悲痛)."
When Madison returned from Normandy in 2001, he managed to contact Richardson"s younger
brother, Charles Richardson Jr. It was her family"s keeping of her letters and diaries that made possible
the book, which quoted from them extensively.
Madison believes America"s fascination with World War Two will outlive those who fought it and the
generations that follow them. Since the late 1980s, he has taught undergraduate courses on the war at
Indiana University, and he said students obviously warm up to the subject. He said he sometimes talked
to World War Two soldiers who "have a sense that young people don"t know and they don"t care". "I
tell them it"s the opposite", he said.
A. His friends suggested it.
B. He got it quite by accident
C. It was requested by Richardson"s brother.
D. It was arranged by his university.
B. were braver than male soldiers
C. didn"t experience much suffering during the war
D. had a good understanding of the cruelty of the war
B. That it talked about war from a woman"s point of view.
C. That it quoted a lot from Richardson"s letters and diaries.
D. That it reminded people of those who contributed in World War Two.
B. don"t respect World War Two soldiers
C. are eager to learn about World War Two
D. are more interested in learning about male soldiers
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