early. You say you want to see that new film while they say you can"t see it. You say you"ve met
some nice kids and you"d like to go out with them, but they say they"d like to see your friends first.
When you"re a teenager, it seems that every time you say "I want to", they will certainly answer "No,
you can"t." Also, no part of your life is safe from the "prying eyes" of your parents. 15-year-old Debbie
says, "My dad always wants to know where I am, what time I"m going to be home. Most parents do
that. Do they have to know everything? 1 "
2 When something goes wrong, most parents just don"t believe in their children. Without asking
why, they think their kids are wrong. And not many parents would allow their kids to choose for
themselves.
3 But remember that not too long ago you were really a child. Your parents still remember
the childish mistakes you used to make. They want to protect you though you do not want them to
do so. And when something seems to threaten your well-being, they worry.
So, if you want to get more freedom, please try to understand your parents and do not just lie.
4 If you want them to allow you to stay out late, don"t just say, "All the other kids can stay out late.
" Tell them as much as you can about what you want to do and where you"ll be and why it"s important
for you to stay out later ..., they might just say yes.
B. No one likes being troubled.
C. They should give us more freedom.
D. Try a more friendly way.
E. Young people further complain that their parents do not respect them.
A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage and the young mechanic had
it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was
amazed. The sad truth is, great talent is not enough.
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than
5 percent of Americans earn more than $100, 000 a year. A business consultant who specializes
in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this
business consultant who gave me the phrase, "They are one skill away from great wealth."
There is an old saying that goes, "Job means" just over broke (***)" ". And unfortunately, I
would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because school does not think financial
intelligence is intelligence, most workers" live within their means". They work and they pay the bills.
Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they
will earn.
When I ask the classes I teach, "How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald"s?
" almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, "So if most of you can cook a better hamburger,
how come McDonald"s makes more money than you?" The answer is obvious: McDonald"s is
excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus
on bui1ding a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled
with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather
than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
B. he is ready to help others
C. he has a sharp sense of hearing
D. he knows little about car repairing
B. do in their own way
C. live in their own circle
D. live within what they earn
B. They lack financial intelligence.
C. They don"t make full use of their talents.
D. They have no specialized skills.
B. good business systems
C. talented workers
D. excellent service
B. what schools should teach students
C. why so many talented people are poor
D. how McDonald"s makes much money
Honestly, since my daughter was born, I have thought a lot about how to raise a child. I once
heard a story that told about when a baby was born. The story said that when a baby was born,
a new master was born. The parents of that baby would become the servants. The question is:
Why? Based on my observation, this phenomenon is true. Most parents who don"t pay much
attention to their kids have difficulties with their kids" attitude.
I"ll make a comparison of how two families raise their children. The first one is a family with
three children. Both mother and father never say "No" to their children"s demands. As a result,
all of their children became stubborn and won"t listen to their parents" words, "We can"t."
The second family educated their children strictly from one year old to high school. The parents
never approved or agreed directly to give their children what they wanted. They always postponed
one or two days, even if they could afford it. Due to the way their parents educated them, these
children understood that if they wanted something, they had to wait or they had to make an effort first.
As a result, all the kids from the second family successfully graduated from university on time.
In my opinion, if we want to be successful parents and raise our children well, we have to start
disciplining them when they are toddlers but not wait until they become teenagers.
B. To list different ways that parents may take.
C. To criticize some parents" foolish action.
D. To prove that his way of education is right.
B. Gave up.
C. Put off.
D. Made a decision.
B. Parents should educate their children as early as possible.
C. It is right time to educate their children when they are teenagers.
D. Children should be helped whenever they make mistakes.
“Good night, Yammine.”“Good night, Chief.” I reply.The cell door 1 and I hear Chief’s
keys clinking as other doors clang shut further down the row. I step into my little cell and sit
down. I glance up at the window, covered in mesh (铁网),and think to myself, “This isn’t
a life, it’s just a(n) 2 .”Being 3 makes me feel as though I’m being buried alive. I am a
puppet (木偶) with people 4 strings so that I eat, sleep and wake when they want me to.
I lie on my bed as night 5 and think the same thoughts 6 . I think about how it all went so
wrong, and imagine how I will 7 for all the time I’ve lost.Every day I live the same routine
and nothing changes except the people. Prisoners depart for other prisons, or get 8 . Others
9 from different prisons, or fresh from custody (拘押). It’s a 10 revolving (旋转) door.
When I committed my 11 , I was a lost young boy, but now I am 12 . Walking around the
yard, I would notice my fellow prisoners reading books and writing letters to friends and family,
which upset me as my 13 at school was limited.I longed for the day when I’d be able to sit
in the sun, enjoying a cup of coffee and reading a newspaper or book 14 my choice. I also
longed to write letters to my friends and family, sharing my thoughts and feelings.I decided not to
waste my time inside and, 15 , make the most of all the resources available to me. I started to
learn and was 16 to realize my dream.Now, after five years’ persistence, heartache and hard
work, I have 17 my goal. Having 18 a course as a reading adviser, I can now help others to
read and write. And I have even started a creative writing workshop at Junee Correctional Centre.
Learning to read and write at a higher level has given me the inner strength to present myself in a
more 19 manner.And the day I’ve dreamed about has come true: I now enjoy my cup of coffee
with a book in my other hand. Learning to read and write has changed my life and this article is my
first piece of “proper” writing, and it won’t be my 20 .
( )2. A. existence
( )3. A. at school
( )4. A. pulling
( )5. A. becomes
( )6. A. once and for all
( )7. A. do up
( )8. A. revealed
( )9. A. reach
( )10. A. continually
( )11. A. mistake
( )12. A. caught
( )13. A. attendance
( )14. A. in
( )15. A. however
( )16. A. devoted
( )17. A. gained
( )18. A. attended
( )19. A. positive
( )20. A. best
B. appearance
B. at home
B. shaking
B. drops
B. over and over again
B. make up
B. sentenced
B. get
B. occasionally
B. crime
B. home
B. absence
B. of
B. instead
B. intended
B. recognized
B. completed
B. negative
B. worst
C. offence
C. in hospital
C. winding
C. feels
C. once again
C. fix up
C. punished
C. arrive
C. accidentally
C. error
C. found
C. allowance
C. over
C. thus
C. determined
C. arrived
C. started
C. sensitive
C. latest
D. holiday
D. in prison
D. casting
D. falls
D. for good
D. mend up
D. released
D. go
D. rarely
D. fault
D. trapped
D. assistance
D. by
D. moreover
D. decided
D. achieved
D. organized
D. passive
D. last
very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to
go to her room. She held our hands and said, "Victor and Elizabeth, my children, I"m very happy
because you love each other, and because one day you"ll get married. Everyone in the family loves
you, Elizabeth. Will you take
my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone."
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and
helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother"s death.
The time came for me to go to university. I didn"t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that
I should go. It as hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let
him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest
scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university.
He ended his talk by saying, "Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must
study hard and discover everything that you can. This is why God made you intelligent-to help other
people."
After the professor"s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I
remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to
help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized
that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped
me, too. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day"s holiday during the next two years,
I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.
After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in
the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life
begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn
first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them.
In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month,
I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast about 150 metres high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch
lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to
give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.
B. Elizabeth was a brave girl who loved Victor and gave him much help.
C. Victor"s mother was very angry when she knew he loved Elizabeth.
D. Victor did not want to leave his family because his mother died not long before.
B. he learnt much about death both in the hospitals and in the university
C. he worked hard and took only one day"s holiday during the next two years
D. he built a tall mast to catch lightning and send the electricity down to the lab
B. use electricity to help others
C. build the best machine to learn about death
D. become the greatest scientist of tomorrow
② Victor got help from the professor and other scientists.
③ Victor went to university and attended the professor"s talk.
④ Victor found the answer to giving life to things that were dead.
⑤ Victor experienced a storm, seeing the lightning destroying the tree.
A. ①②③④⑤ B. ⑤①②④③ C. ①③②⑤④ D. ⑤①③②④
upturned by a storm 1 and their hope, together with their merchandise vanished 2 . He was so
upset by the blow that he became 3 and couldn"t 4 concentrate his attention. His _5_ who suffered
the same catastrophe never lost heart. His days went on as 6 as before. My friend asked him how he
could 7 it. He said:" You curse, you grieve, life goes on as usual; you are happy and enjoy yourself, the world 8 as usual. Which course do you follow?"
That"s how a person leads his life. When you are optimistic and in a good 9 , your future seems sunny and bright. 10 , when you are worried and have your mind 11 in sadness, your future will turn dark.
The latter situation, if you allow it 12 , will cost you a great deal. You will lose 13 and courage to fight
for the better. You will 14 the joyful things that come your way. They are really the most important, the most reliable part of links of our life. If they get loose and drop 15 , how can you keep happiness?
There"s a poem 16 : "Whether you are 17 or not, whether you like or dislike, show attention or
18 , flowers bloom luxuriously all the same." Yes, that"s 19 . Just as flowers keep blooming, fine days
are passing away day after day. How to spend your days - joyfully or 20 - will entirely depend on
yourself.
( )2. A. in a moment
( )3. A. worry
( )4. A. even
( )5. A. family
( )6. A. colorfully
( )7. A. do with
( )8. A. does
( )9. A. condition
( )10. A. On the other hand
( )11. A. caged
( )12. A. continue
( )13. A. trust
( )14. A. let go
( )15. A. each other
( )16. A. reads
( )17. A. know
( )18. A. ignore
( )19. A. one
( )20. A. carefully
B. all of a sudden
B. eager
B. no longer
B. partner
B. sadly
B. try
B. runs
B. situation
B. Therefore
B. to cage
B. going on
B. confidence
B. catch up
B. one after one
B. which reading
B. aware
B. not
B. that
B. naturally
C. in sudden
C. low-spirited
C. never
C. parent
C. painfully
C. settle
C. goes
C. mood
C. On the contrary
C. cage
C. keeping on
C. wisdom
C. give away
C. one after another
C. that writes
C. understand
C. reject
C. it
C. faithfully
D. at once
D. high-spirited
D. ever
D. colleague
D. wealthily
D. manage
D. keeps
D. behavior
D. Moreover
D. caging
D. to last
D. ambition
D. hand out
D. one another.
D. that says
D. aware of
D. avoid
D. what
D. sorrowfully
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