Charles was always hardworking in school. He had decided that his first object was to get his lessons well, and then he could play with a good conscience. He loved playing as well as anybody, and was one of the best players on the ground. I hardly ever saw anybody catch a ball better than he could. When playing any game, everyone was glad to get Charles on his side.
Charles would sometimes stay in at break. This, however, was very seldom; it was only when the lessons were very hard indeed. Generally, he was among the first on the playground, and he was also among the first to go into school when called. The teacher could not help liking him, for he always had his lessons well committed, and never gave him any trouble.
When he went to college, the teacher gave him a good recommendation. He was so thoroughly prepared for college that he found it very easy to keep up with his class, and had much time for reading interesting books.
At last he graduated and received his degree. His father and mother, brothers and sisters, came to his graduation ceremony. They all felt excited and loved Charles more than ever. Many situations of profit were opened to him; for Charles was now an intelligent man, and universally respected.
1.When playing, everyone wanted to be with Charles because .
A. he was skilled in games
B. he was recommended by teachers
C. he seldom went out to play games
D. he respected all the students and teachers
2.Charles wouldn’t go out to play when .
A. the weather was bad B. he made some trouble
C. he wanted to read D. the lessons were difficult
3.The underlined word “committed” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by .
A. designed B. done
C. taken D. examined
4.Why could Charles find much time reading interesting books?
A. Because he didn’t have much homework to do.
B. Because his teacher recommended him to do it.
C. Because he had laid a solid foundation for study.
D. Because reading was the only thing he could have fun with.
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Drukair flight timing
Due to the geographical location, Paro airport in Bhutan is severely dependent on weather condmons, so the schedule timings are likely to change without advance notice Travelers are therefore, requested to check with Drukair offices for the latest information. Drukair rights without assigning any reason to cancel, reschedule, or change the route of the journey. The reporting time for your flight is two hours before flight departure (离开). All counters will close 40 minutes before scheduled departure of the flight.
Documents Required for travel by Air (in case the passenger is a patient)
1. Fit to travel by air certificate signed by a physician.
2. Child Health Card or Birth Certificate if the patient is minor and travelling to India and passport if travelling to other countries.
3. Reservation of 5 seats in case stretcher (担架) is required and your reservation should be one day ahead of departure.
4. Passengers with walking difficulties should request for wheelchair assistance at the check-in counters.
For all travel requirements, please contact the nearest Drukair booking office or a travel agent.
Security
According to security regulations, passengers are advised:
• Not to accept any baggage/ packet from unknown persons.
• Not to leave baggage unobserved at anytime especially within airport area.
• Unattended baggage may be removed by Airport/ Security staff as object of suspicion.
• To declare before check-in, if carrying any arms or explosive substance.
• To remove battery cells/ dry cells from radios, transistor sets, two-in-ones and other such electrical/ electronic items and hand them over to the airline staff before security check or carry them in registered baggage.
1.The flight timing depends largely on .
A. the geographical location B. the travelers, reservation
C. the weather condition D. the route of the journey
2.If the passenger is a patient, .
A. a physician should be asked to accompany
B. wheelchair assistance can be provided for free
C. Child Health Card should be brought with
D. the seats for stretchers must be reserved in advance
3.According to security regulations, passengers are advised .
A. not to accept any baggage from others
B. not to leave baggage unattended in the airport
C. to declare if carrying any arms when checking in
D. to remove battery cells from your registered baggage
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He wrote that the “human mind is capable of excitement without the application of unpleasant and violent stimulants (刺激物)”. And it appears that simply reading these words by William Wordsworth proves his point.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the writing of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and the like had a beneficial effect on the mind, making it active and excited by catching the reader’s attention and leading to moments of self-reflection.
Using scanners, they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their original form and in a modem translation. And according to the Sunday Telegraph, the experiment showed the more challenging writing and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the simple readings.
The research also found poetry, in particular, increased activity in the right brain, an area concerned with “autobiographical memory”, which helped the readers to reflect on their own experiences in light of what they had read. The academics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.
The brain responses of 30 volunteers were monitored in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in its original and modern form. In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, “A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”, before reading the simpler, “A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged”. Shakespeare’s use of the adjective “mad” as a verb caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward version.
The next part of the research is looking at the extent to which poetry can affect psychology and provide benefit. Volunteers’ brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth, and four “translated” lines were also provided. The result showed that the first version caused a greater degree of brain activity.
“Poetry is not just a matter of style. It is a matter of deep versions of experience that add the emotional and biographical to the cognitive (认知的),” said Professor Davis, leader of the researchers.
1.The words by William Wordsworth in Paragraph 1 are used to .
A. prove the poet’s point B. introduce the topic
C. serve as an example D. stress the importance of reading
2.What is the beneficial effect of reading classics on the mind?
A. It excites the reader’s mind. B. It reflects the reader’s experience.
C. It catches the reader’s attention. D. It monitors the reader’s brain activity.
3.What method is mainly used in the experiment?
A. Comparing responses. B. Analyzing data.
C. Observing activities. D. Testing ability.
4.According to Professor Davis, poetry can affect the mind mainly because of .
A. its style B. its meaning
C. its depth D. its writer
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During the first decade of the 21st century, a popular and new word has come into our vocabulary. That word is Facebook. This is the most popular social networking website on the Internet. There are about 350 million active users on this website. The main idea of Facebook is that you can keep in touch with all your friends around the world who has Facebook. In the 350 million users on Facebook, 67% of them are between the ages of 13-25. More than 35 million users update their status every day. 2.5 billion Photos are added each month.
The highest age groups who use Facebook are teenagers. Most of them keep the website running whenever they are using the computer and general teens nowadays are always on the computer, if they aren’t in school or when they aren’t asleep. I feel that teens should focus on their schoolwork or be socializing with their friends in person or exercising. Facebook is just changing the new generation of youngsters completely because the teenage life is one of the most important stages of life and wasting it on Facebook is not encouraging this in any way. It is also a complete distraction (分心) to their mind, for they would turn to Facebook just to check if there was anything updated among their friends.
Remember back in the good old days, when teens would do their homework handwritten, play sports and hang out with friends. Today, most teens would only speak to their friends on Facebook, while we can see them battling obesity as they stare at their friend’s message on their wall. In summary, teens don’t have a life because they are on Facebook 24/7, except for those who don t use Facebook or occasionally do.
Facebook is also where people can see the conflicts among their friends, virtual arguments, relationship status and updates, who is in whose ‘top friends, and so on. You can join groups, post pictures and videos, play games, and invite friends to parties. Mainly, all this would just disturb people into living life to its fullest.
1.The figures in Paragraph 1 are mentioned .
A. to show Facebook’s increasing popularity
B. to present the influence of the Internet
C. to attract more teens to use Facebook
D. to prove our life pace is getting higher
2.Facebook influences teens mostly in that .
A. it shortens teens, sleeping time
B. it encourages teens to change their life
C. it wastes teens, time and distracts their mind
D. it holds teens back from communicating with others
3.The author would probably approve the following teens’ behaviors EXCEPT .
A. doing their homework handwritten
B. hanging out with friends more
C. battling obesity by playing sports
D. speaking to friends on Facebook frequently
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Facebook Wastes Teens’ Life
B. How to Live Your Life to the Fullest
C. Technology Destroys a New Generation
D. Modem Communications Brings about Problems
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Happiness is not the absence of problems. 1. Here are a few reminders to help motivate you when you need it most:
1. Pain is part of growing.
When times are tough, remind yourself that no pain comes without a purpose.2. Every great success requires some type of worthy struggle to get there. Good things take time. Everything is going to come together; maybe not immediately, but eventually.
2.3.
Every time it rains, it stops raining. Every time you get hurt, you heal. After darkness there is always light. So if things are good right now, enjoy it. It won’t last forever. If things are bad, don’t worry because it won’t last forever either.
3. Worrying and complaining changes nothing.
4. It’s always better to attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. It’s not over if you’ve lost; it’s over when you do nothing but complain about it. If you believe in something, keep trying. Don’t let the shadows of the past darken the doorstep of your future.
4. Your scars are symbols of your strength.
Never be ashamed of the scars life has left you with. A scar means the hurt is over and the wound is closed. It means you overcame the pain, learned a lesson, grew stronger, and moved forward. 5.
A. Everything in life is temporary (暂时的).
B. But it is the ability to deal with them.
C. Rarely do people do things because of you.
D. A scar is the sign of a success to be proud of.
E. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.
F. Move on from what hurt you, but never forget what it taught you.
G. Change because it makes you a better person and leads you to a brighter future.
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The boss wanted an assistant with knowledge of French and working experience.
A. the; the B. the; /
C. a; a D. a; /
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She is very about this topic, so we’d better not discuss it in front of her.
A. confident B. crazy
C. sensitive D. humorous
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It’s difficult to these old books, for some of them belong to none of the classification.
A. look out B. sort out
C. put out D. give out
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Plenty of students do not like the way their parents often use to speak to them.
A. in which B. how
C. which D. what
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Price decrease farmers’ income, the central government has decided to buy more crops to protect them.
A. Preventing; to affect B. To prevent; affecting
C. Preventing; affected D. To prevent; being affected
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It is required that the students mobile phones in their school, so seldom them using one.
A. don’t use; will you see B. should not use; you will see
C. not use; will you see D. not use; you will see
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Our energy bills have been increasing steadily. these costs, our telephone costs have doubled over the past six months.
A. In addition to B. In memory of
C. In need of D. According to
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The chief engineer hopes they everything ready before we the project next month.
A. will have got; start B. are getting; start
C. will be getting; will start D. have got; shall start
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Ann never dreams of for her to be admitted to her dream university, though she is quit diligent.
A. there to be a chance B. there being a chance
C. there is a chance D. there will be a chance
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Do you have any idea computer plays so important a part in our daily life?
A. how is it that B. what is it that
C. how it is that D. what it is that
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“A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” I’m sure that John would agree with this saying, ______ he felt this way almost every day in school.
By high school, John was the most famous ______ in his town. He was always absent, didn’t answer questions and got into ______. He had failed almost every exam by the time he entered his senior year, yet was ______ each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn’t want to ______ him again the following year. John was moving on, but definitely not moving ______.
I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program since John was one of 405 students who ______. At the start of the training, John was just standing ______ the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn’t ______ join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games ______ him in.
The ice really melted (融化) when the groups started building a list of ______ and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John ______ some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John’s group ______ his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a ______ of the group, and before long he was ______ like a leader. By the end of the training, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were ______ with his passionate concern and ideas. They ______ elected John co-chairman of the team.
John started ______ at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project,______ 300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter.
A bird with a broken wing only needs ______. Once healed, it can fly higher than the rest.
1.A. if B. until C. as D. though
2.A. storyteller B. troublemaker C. dream-seeker D. peace-lover
3.A. fights B. debt C. difficulties D. work
4.A. driven away B. left out C. kept in D. passed on
5.A. love B. pet C. have D. accompany
6.A. in B. up C. away D. back
7.A. signed up B. ran away C. fell down D. went by
8.A. around B. onto C. among D. outside
9.A. hurriedly B. easily C. readily D. warmly
10.A. drew B. led C. sent D. put
11.A. useless B. meaningful C. strange D. positive
12.A. changed B. expressed C. reserved D. noticed
13.A. refused B. ignored C. welcomed D. gathered
14.A. founder B. heart C. leader D. part
15.A. dressed B. treated C. born D. shaped
16.A. impressed B. patient C. disappointed D. familiar
17.A. still B. again C. hardly D. even
18.A. showing up B. dropping out C. going down D. walking around
19.A. buying B. collecting C. donating D. making
20.A. raising B. feeding C. mending D. replacing
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1.If a poisonous insect has b______ you, it often causes the surrounding areas of your skin to become painful and itchy.
2.Great a______ must be paid to developing education, especially in the poor areas.
3.To b______ a programme means to send it out by radio waves, so that it can be heard on the radio or seen on TV.
4.I’m afraid I have to turn down your i______ to dinner, for I will be attending an important meeting then.
5.Having been r______ not to drive after drinking, some drivers are still trying their luck, which is really dangerous.
6.All the competitors could breathe a sigh of relief at the ending of the ______ (激烈的) competition.
7.The orchestra will be at the Festival Hall tonight, p______ (表演) a selection of works by Russian composers.
8.People often show mercy to those who are worth f______ (原谅).
9.The changes to the book were all made with the author’s p______ (允许).
10.Many college students choose to do part-time jobs so as to gain financial i______ (独立) from their family.
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