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suddenly everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a
number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the
baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning. While you are on
the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, destroying your half prepared meal. You hang up
hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to bring
you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars
hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a
learner. She suddenly go into a panic (恐慌) and stopped her car. This made the driver following her
stop suddenly. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the
cake went right through the window and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a
truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and
hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument.
Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move
again. In the meanwhile, the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs
were enjoying themselves from the accident, for they were happily having what was left of the cake. It
was just one of those days!
B. accidents may happen anytime
C. troubles always come in groups
D. anyone may have trouble any day
B. your trouble is sure to come
C. you"d better just let it ring all the way
D. you should never go to answer it in a hurry
B. They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.
C. They tried to stop the people from arguing.
D. They would find out who should be responsible
B. such accidents are rather strange
C. no one can explain why such accidents happen
D. some drivers are too careless
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试题【 We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin we】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Simon Cowell, one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyle"s voice. "This lady camp up, and I"m thinking, "This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea". That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed to Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face through -it was one of my favorite moments," Cowell said.
The performance was posted on line and before long, the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world.
Speaking from her home in Scotland, Ms Boyle said that she hasn"t thought of changing her appearance. She said that her friend helped her with make-up. "I mean, that"s hardly a makeover," she added. Ms Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents, "I was kind of slow at school, so getting like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence. "
B. a reporter
C. a beautiful
D. a Scottish woman
B. she was satisfied with the judges
C. she was pretty and in good shape
D. she sang the song I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
B. Susan Boyle was not good at her lesson when at school.
C. Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance.
D. Simon Cowell didn"t think Susan Boyle a good singer at the first sight.
B. It"s easier to succeed at the age of 47.
C. If you have a dream, try to make it come true!
D. If you are not able to study well, to be a singer instead.
today people earn money to go to work. The difference between making money and going to work
suggested by this is important.
Would you give up your job if you had a lot of money? In a 2010 poll(民意测验) conducted by the
Gallup Organization, quite a few people conducted among said they would do so, but researchers find that work is one of life"s main satisfactions for many people.
Take Liu Yan, 23, a former teacher, for example, before she quit her job in 2010, she taught at a high
school. Although the salary was of the ordinary, she liked her job and worked so successfully that in only
one year"s time after her graduation from college. She not only won a prize for excellence in teaching, but
also enjoyed wide popularity among her students. In her second teaching year, however, she met a
millionaire and got married; and went to live in Hong Kong with her husband. There she led a very
comfortable and easy life, spending most of her days doing shopping and going traveling. After one year of endless vacation, though, she began to miss her work and asked for return to her teaching position. "I"m so tired of this kind of life," she explained in her letter to the school she had previously worked for, "that I miss more than ever the days with my students."
So what do you think of it? Which is more important: work or money?
One more question, if there are two jobs, the one offers good salary with little challenge, just like work in
the government department; the other, a lot of challenge but low salary, what"s your choice?
B. Money is more important than work.
C. With the development of society, more people work not only for money.
D. It is difficult to say whether money or work is more important.
B. one would give up his job if he or she had a lot of money
C. money is more important than work
D. one can"t go without money
B. found
C.appreciate
D. gave up
A month after I graduated from high school in 2004,I was coming home from swim practice and was
involved in a car accident.I was so seriously injured that I was in a coma (昏迷) for over two months at
Prince Georges Hospital.
I died eight times during my coma and I couldn"t talk or communicate when I woke up.Walking was
never going to happen again due to all the extreme injuries.Just like my body,my dreams were
shattered (破灭).But I was not going to let my injuries stop me from living my dream.
After 14 operations and 36 blood transfusions,I had to learn how to talk,eat,walk,shower,and live
independently again.When I was out of hospital,I still had to go to outpatient therapy (门诊治疗) in
Waldorf,Maryland.After spending a few months in a wheelchair,I took baby steps to walk on my own.It was a miracle (奇迹) that I could walk again,but I wanted to prove that I could not only walk,but run.
When it came true,I wanted to get back in the pool again.After a few lung tests,I was able to go in the
pool a little bit each week.After a few months of swim training,I began my freshman year at St.Mary"s
College of Maryland and became a proud member of the swim team.
By telling my story,I want to make a positive influence on the world.I am just trying to live each day to
the fullest and inspire other people to never give up on their dreams no matter how bad a situation is.I
remember when I was still in my hospital bed,I would have my mom and dad push me around in my wheelchair to the other rooms to see the other patients and talk to them and their families.I wanted to let them
know that everything was going to be okay.Somehow,things would work out for the best.
B. had finished his high school education
C. was a college student
D. was returning home from a swim competition
B. was in surprise
C. faced physical and mental challenges
D. was worried about his lung
B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. Everything happens for a reason.
D. A good beginning is half done.
a. ran
b. received membership of the swim team
c. trained for swim
d. baby walked
e. learnt to live all by himself
B. e,d,a,c,b
C. d,a,b,c,e
D. e,d,a,b,c
B. His painful experiences.
C. His influence on others.
D. His great achievements.
__3__after midnight,Jack quietly touched me."Mommy,I want to stay with you.I promise I won"t take much room." I shifted__4__to make room.My son soon fell asleep.
An hour later,Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs."Mommy,my__5__is all stuffed up (堵住).I can"t really breathe very well.Will you please__6__with me a little while?" Tara doesn"t often get up at
night,__7__I decided to be there for her.She soon fell asleep.I returned to my own bed.I was determined
to sleep.But to my__8__,I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed.He looked so__9__that I couldn"t
remove him.Quietly and carefully,I lay down between__10__and Jack.
I did manage to get some sleep__11__I heard Tara"s voice again.I returned to__12__Tara."Mom,
please lie down with me a little bit.I had a bad dream,and I"m so__13__.""Of course,honey.It was only a
dream.Mommy"s here and__14__is okay." We fell asleep__15__each other"s arms.
Even in my sleepy state,I thought of__16__these nights of merrygoround (一连串的繁忙活动) will be over.In their place,my twins will be grown.__17__before I"m ready,our children"s rooms will be much too
__18__and empty.So it is especially on days when I"m worn out after a night on this mom"s merrygoround that I remind__19__that these very days and nights are,in fact,"the good old days",ever so__20__.
( )2. A. downstairs
( )3. A. Sometimes
( )4. A. gently
( )5. A. nose
( )6. A. come
( )7. A. even though
( )8. A. joy
( )9. A. friendly
( )10. A. my father
( )11. A. before
( )12. A. show off
( )13. A. scared
( )14. A. something
( )15. A. over
( )16. A. how often
( )17. A. No doubt
( )18. A. noisy
( )19. A. my children
( )20. A. potential
B. in
B. Every time
B. kindly
B. mouth
B. stay
B. so
B. anger
B. heavy
B. Tara
B. when
B. look after
B. exciting
B. anything
B. on
B. how soon
B. No wonder
B. quiet
B. my husband
B. precise
C. out
C. Sometime
C. rudely
C. heart
C. talk
C. no matter when
C. disappointment
C. content
C. Pat
C. after
C. watch out
C. excited
C. everything
C. by
C. how long
C. No problem
C. still
C. my friend
C. precious
D. upstairs
D. Anytime
D. impatiently
D. eye
D. play
D. however
D. surprise
D. sad
D. my mother
D. while
D. take care
D. scaring
D. nothing
D. in
D. how much
D. No worry
D. calm
D. myself
D. previous
Lioyd Morris
"The days that make us happy make us wise."--John Masefield.
When I first read this line by England"s Poet Laureate(桂冠诗人),I was amazed.What did Masefield
mean?Without thinking about it much,I had always assumed that the opposite was true.But his calm
assurance(自信) was remarkable.I could not forget it.
Finally ,I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound (意义深远的)observation.The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear understanding,not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed(变暗淡) by despair and boredom,and without the blind spots caused by fear.
Active happiness-not more satisfaction or contentment-often comes suddenly,like an April shower or
the unfolding of a bud(蓓蕾).Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it.The grass is
greener;bird songs are sweeter;the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more
forgivable.Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.
The insight of happiness are not limited to what is near around you.Unhappy ,with your thoughts turned in
upon your emotional sadness,your vision is cut short as though by a wall.Happy ,the wall crumbles(倒塌).
The long vista(展望)is there for the seeing.The ground at your feet,the world about you-people ,
thoughts,emotions,pressures-are now fitted into the larger scene.Everything assumes a fairer proportion
(比例、关系).
And here is the beginning of wisdom.
B. Because he had never thought about that before
C. Because he thought it was impossible to be both happy and wise
D. Because he thought it rubbish for Masefield to write something like that
B.comprehension
C.Cooperation
D.Responsibility
B.active happiness happens when a bud unfolds
C.it occurs when your understanding of everything is better
D.it happens out of our expectation
B.looking at things from different angles
C.considering advantages and disadvantages
D.sweeping down irresistibly from a commanding height
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