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When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather" s farm in Kansas.Grandpa had sent me into
the 1 to gather pecans for us to enjoy later.
Pecan picking was really 2 work and my little basket was only
half full.I wasn" t about to_3_ Grandpa down.Just then something caught my 4 . A large brown squirrel was a few feet away.I
watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and 5 in a large hole in the trunk.A moment
later the squirrel 6 out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut.Once again, he took
the pecan back to his hiding place.
Not so 7 anymore, I thought.I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole.It was 8 with
pecans!Golden pecans were right there for taking.This was my 9 . Handful by handful, I scooped all
of those pecans into my basket.Now it was full! I was so 10 of myself.I couldn" t wait to show Grandpa
all the pecans. 11 , I ran back and shouted, "Look at all the pecans!" He looked into the basket and
said, "Well, well, how did you find so many?" I told him how I" d 12 the squirrel and taken the pecans
from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I" d been in observing the squirrel and his habits.Then he did
something that 13 me.He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently 14 my shoulders.
"That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter 15 of food, " he said."Now that all of his pecans
are gone, don" t you think that little squirrel will 16 the cold winter?"
"I didn"t think about that, " I said.
"I know, " Grandpa said."But a good man should never take 17 of someone else" s hard work."
Suddenly I felt a bit 18 .The image of the starving squirrel wouldn"t 19 my mind.There was only one
thing I could do.I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
I didn"t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling-the 20 of knowing I had
done just the right thing.
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| Lisa, a 25year old from Beijing, recently places a number of very unpleasant statements on the Internet regarding the elderly.They include things like "don"t rely on others", "don"t expect others to help", "don"t be talkative", and "dont"t be so stubborn". The underlying message was that elderly people should not take advantage of their old age to demand special favours from others, particularly from the young.This of course flies_in_the_face_of the Chinese tradition of respecting the elderly.But, in my opinion, Lisa"s "requests" might not be totally unreasonable.Old people do sometimes behave like they"re "stubborn"and "talkative". Still, the young woman is rudely insensitive to why the elderly behave that way.As people get old, they become increasingly weakened physically.So it"s natural for them to ask for more help from others.As their memories decline, they tend to be talkative because they easily forget what has just been said.The American psychologists D. R.Atkinson and G. Hackett said that the brain is characterized by flexibility.It has the ability (most pronounced up to the age of 12) to change itself as a result of experience.But, as the brain ages, this flexibility decreases.As a result, the elderly are often inflexible in their ways. Therefore, old people need real care and deserve to be taken care of.Many have devoted most of their lives to the wellbeing of the family or social.Their aging is no reason for showing prejudice (偏见)to them. According to Chinese tradition, older people are to be respected.As are Westerners. I live in the US for eight years, and in Hong Kong for 13.Never have I seen or heard anyone who would openly tell old people "to behave themselves". We may encourage old people to be more selfreliant.But rudely demanding that they do so is ageism. That"s where the difference lies. 1. What does Lisa think of the elderly? A. The elderly hate to rely on the others. B. The elderly should take advantage of their old age. C. They are not talkative but stubborn. D. The elderly always demand special favors from the young. 2. The underlined part in the first paragraph can be replaced by"________". A. expresses the apparent meaning of B. shows disagreement with C. deals with the surface meaning of D. draws a conclusion from 3. What"s the writer"s attitude towards this problem? A. The young woman is too sensitive to why the elderly behave that way. B. The elderly naturally ask for more help from others, because their brain is characterized by flexibility. C. The elderly are often inflexible in their ways, which makes the young suffer. D. The elderly deserve to be taken care of and we shouldn"t show our prejudice because of their aging. 4. The last three paragraphs really want to show that________. A. we should respect the elderly B. the people in the US or Hong Kong respect the older people C. old people should be encouraged to be more selfreliant D. different ideas about the elderly are allowed to exist | |||
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| 1. ________This was not because the woods and fields were always far away, but because they were too far from the city to permit people to make a day trip between morning and nightfall. 2. ________He decided to turn his little school into a dormitory (宿舍楼) for the summer holidays.Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of money.The idea was a success.A few years later, the school house was much too small to hold the many young people who wanted to stay there.3.________.This was the first hostel (青年招待所). Today, young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostel and get to know each other.When young people arrive at the hostel, they have only to show their cards of membership in a hostel organization in their own country.4.________ Often, at the evening meal, a group of boys and girls from various parts of the country or world will happen to meet at the same hostel.They may put their food together and prepare a dinner with many kinds of dishes.Sometimes a program will be organized after the meal with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period.5.______For this reason, a few weeks spent "hosteling" can be just as useful a part of one"s education as classes in school. A. In 1970, a young German school master had an idea which changed this situation. B. People can stay in the hostel if they brought enough equipment with them. C. One can learn a lot about other places, just by meeting people from those places D. As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby. E. For years, children in the industrial areas of Europe seldom left their cities to see the beauties of the countryside. F. More and more young people went to the hostel for summer holidays. G. This card will permit them to stay in a hostel all over the world for very low prices. | |||
| 短文填空 We are all called upon to make a s  peech at some point in life, but most of us don"t do a very good job.1________. So, you have to give a speech-and you are terrified.You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble (结结巴巴) over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience.Later you think, "Thank Goodness, it"s over.I"m just not good at public speaking.I hope I never have to do that again." Cheer up!2.________.Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speechmaking.Ask yourself the purpose of your speech.What is the occasion?Why are you speaking?Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject.Spend plenty of your time doing your research.Then spend plenty of your time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow.Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. 3.________.Don"t talk over their heads, and don"t talk down to them.Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Just remember:Be prepared.Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion.Be brief. 4.________.And be yourself.Let your personality come through so that you make persontoperson contact with your audience. If you follow these simple steps, you will see that you don"t have to be afraid of public speaking.In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you vo  lunteer to make more speeches!You"re not convinced yet?5.________. A. It doesn"t have to be that bad. B. Take several deep breaths after your speech. C. This article gives some advice on how to give a good speech. D. Say what you have to say and then stop. E. Don"t say what you aren"t familiar with. F. Never forget your audience. G. Give it a try and see what happens. | |||
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People always think about "the problem of youth". If there is one-which I take leave to doubt-it is | |||
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| I am a good mother of three children.I have tried never to let my passion stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe.I show up.I listen.I try to laugh.I am a good friend to my husband.I have tried to make marriage vows (誓言) mean what they say.I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me.With  out them, there would be nothing to say to you today.So here"s what I want to tell you today:Get a life.A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love, and who love you.And remember that love is not leisure (休闲), it is work.Pick up the phone.Send an email.Write a letter.And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted. It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.It_is_so_easy_to_exist_instead_ of_to_live.I learnt to live many years ago.Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all.And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination.I learned to look at all the good in the  world and tryto give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally.And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this:Read in the backyard with the sun on your face.Learn to be happy.And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion (激情) as it ought to be lived. 1. It can be inferred from the passage that________. A. the author is a s  uccess in personal lifeB. the author didn"t try her best to work well C. the author spent all her time caring for her children D. the author likes traveling very much 2. How did the author form her view of life? A. Through social experience. B. By learning from her friends. C. Through an unfortunate experience. D. From her children and husband. 3. By the underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to________. A. make a living rather than live a real life B. work rather than enjoy life C. waste a lot in life D. forget the most important lessons in life 4. What"s the author"s  attitude toward work?A. Do it well to serve others. B. Earn enough money to make life better. C. Try your best to get a higher position and a pay raise. D. Don"t let it af  fect your real life. |
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