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COVID-19 has had a bad influence on people’s life. To help people in need, Jack and his friends decided to hold a sale and make some money.
They were divided into four groups. Each group bad a leader and they sold different things.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Recycling bags | Books and pens | Toy cars | Homemade |
| Leader: Peter | Leader: Tina | Leader: Jack | Leader: Lucy |
The money made by each group:
Money(yuan)
1.Why did Jack and friends hold a sale?
A.To make money and help people in need.
B.To help with the recycling project.
C.To help students in poor areas.
2.Which is the following is TRUE?
A.There are five leaders in total.
B.Lucy is the leader of the second group.
C.Peter’s group made the most money.
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— The COVID-19 Breakout (新冠状病毒爆发) has a big influence ______ everyone's life. As a Chinese, I'm really proud of our great motherland.
— I can't agree with you more.
A.on B.with C.to
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Years ago, an important event happened in my life and it has had a great influence on my life. I met Mr.Kurt, a successful salesman at a dinner party. While we were _____, Kurt asked me, “John, what is your plan for personal growth?
I really didn’t know what to say for quite some time, and then I tried to find things in my life that might qualify for growth. I told him about the many activities that I had taken part in. And I went into a _____ about how hard I worked and the gains I was making. I kept talking for over ten minutes. Kurt listened patiently, but then he _____ smiled and said , “ You don’t have a personal plan for growth, do you?”
“No, I have to say.” “ You know,” Kurt said, “Growth is not an automatic process(自动化过程).”
And that really____me. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t doing anything on purpose to make myself better. And at that moment, I made the _____ ：I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my life.
That night, I talked to my wife about my_____with Kurt and what I had learned. I____her the workbook and tapes Kurt was selling. We realized that Kurt wasn’t just trying to make a sale. He was offering a_____for us to change our lives and achieve our dreams.
Several important things happened that day. First, we decided to buy the resources. But more importantly, we made a promise to______together as a couple. From that day on, we learned together, traveled together, and worked together. It was a______decision. While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.
1.A. working B. preparing C. thinking D. eating
2.A. discussion B. speech C. communication D. research
3.A. quickly B. recently C. finally D. suddenly
4.A. touched B. controlled C. worried D. pleased
5.A. choice B. rule C. decision D. conclusion
6.A. agreement B. relationship C. interview D. conversation
7.A. lent B. showed C. offered D. sold
8.A. way B. road C. tool D. route
9.A. move B. survive C. grow D. gather
10.A. hard B. wrong C. strict D. wise
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Many people have a fear(害怕) of public speaking. According to a study, it has an influence on 3 in every 4 people. This fact is surprising and worrying, as most jobs require some speaking ability. The following will help you to make a speech better.
Write note cards. Write main ideas on your cards. Don’t write details. Put in some fun facts, questions, and other activities on the cards to share with the class. Don’t look at your note cards for a long time while speaking. If necessary, you’re only going to want to have a quick look at the card for information, not read every last word.
Smile at your class. When it comes time to speak, there’s nothing that draws your class into your speech than a good old-fashioned smile. Be happy, because you’re about to teach your class something they didn’t know before. Studies have shown that smiles are infections. That means once you smile, it’s hard for everyone else not to smile. So if you want your speech to go off well, smile. That’ll make everyone smile and maybe those smiles will make you actually smile.
Make eye contact. Nothing is more boring than listening to a speaker who looks at the floor or at note cards. Relax. Your class is made up of your friends and you talk to them all the time. Talk the same way now. have a look at every person in the classroom at least once. That way, everyone will feel like you’re communicating with them. Also, you’ll look like you know what you’re talking about.
Use hand motions. Move your hands along as you talk, using them to express your key points and keep the class interested. It will also lead your nervous energy into a better place.
1.According to the passage, ______ of people might fear to speak in public.
A. 100 percent B. 75 percent
C. 50 percent D. 25 percent
2.In Paragraph 3 of the passage “smiles are infection” means ______.
A. smiles can be passed on B. it’s hard to smile
C. smiles keep people fit D. people should smile every day
3.Which picture matches the last paragraph best?
4.The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. a boy’s speech in class
B. how to write note cards
C. the fear of public speaking
D. how to make a speech better
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Many people have a fear(害怕) of public speaking. According to a study, it has an influence on 3 in every 4 people. This fact is surprising and worrying, as most jobs require some speaking ability. The following will help you to make a speech better.
Write note cards. Write main ideas on your cards. Don’t write details. Put in some fun facts, questions, and other activities on the cards to share with the class. Don’t look at your note cards for a long time while speaking. If necessary, you’re only going to have a quick look at the card for information, not read every word.
Smile at your class. When it comes time to speak, there’s nothing that draws your class into your speech than a good old-fashioned smile. Be happy, because you’re about to teach your class something they didn’t know before. Studies have shown that smiles are infections. That means once you smile, it’s hard for everyone else not to smile. So if you want your speech to go off well, smile. That will make everyone smile and maybe those smiles will make you actually smile.
Make eye contact. Nothing is more boring than listening to a speaker who looks at the floor or at note cards. Relax. Your class is made up of your friends and you talk to them all the time. Talk the same way now. Have a look at every person in the classroom at least once. That way, everyone will feel like you’re communicating with them. Also, you know you’ll look like what you’re talking about.
Use hand motions. Move your hands along as you talk, using them to express your key points and keep the class interested. It will also lead your nervous energy into a better place.
1.According to the passage, ______ of people might fear to speak in public.
A. 100 percent B. 75 percent
C. 50 percent D. 25 percent
2.How many points are mentioned in the passage?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
3.In Paragraph 3 of the passage, “smiles are infections” means ______.
A. smiles can be passed on
B. it’s hard to smile
C. smiles keep people fit
D. people should smile every day
4. Which picture matches the last paragraph best?
5. The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. a boy’s speech in class
B. how to write note cards
C. the fear of public speaking
D. how to make a speech better
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TV has a huge influence on our lives. Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important ___of the day. TV brings the outside ___closer to people’s homes. Some people say the world is ___ than before because of TV. Do you think so?
What’s ___in other countries? How do people live in faraway(遥远的) places? Is___a good sports game somewhere? What lives in the deepest sea?
If you want to__these and other kinds of questions, just __the TV and watch. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn __reading or listening to the radio. __with TV they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can both hear and see.
TV helps to open our eyes, and TV also helps to open our ___. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing things.
1.A. sports B. jobs C. programs D. activities
2.A. world B. environment C. space D. music
3.A. bigger B. smaller C. richer D. poorer
4.A. shining B. happening C. changing D. doing
5.A. there B. that C. it D. this
6.A. ask B. discuss C. tell D. answer
7.A. turn off B. turn up C. turn on D. turn to
8.A. through B. about C. for D. in
9.A. So B. But C. Or D. And
10.A. arms B. mouths C. minds D. legs
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Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a better life.
Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teacher, Dolores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores wondered how she could help them.
Dolores decided to stop teaching so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers so they could buy their children the things they needed.
Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote.
Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy. Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got good pay for their work. She knew that nothing would change unless people made new laws to help the workers. Through all her hard work, new laws were made that gave farm workers good pay.
Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people. She has shown how much one person can change things.
1.Dolores became a ____ after she left college.
A．farmer B．teacher C．worker D．lawyer
2.Dolores gave up her first job because ____.
A．she found it was too boring for her B．the work condition was too bad
C．she wanted to do more for others D．she got little pay for her work
3. How did Dolores help farm workers?
A．She gave them food and clothes. B．She helped them teach their children.
C．She helped them got more pay. D．She made new laws for them.
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Dolores Huerta has worked hard most of her life to help other people. She has helped change things so that farm workers can have a better life.
Dolores grew up in California. She was a good student and liked school. After she finished high school, she went to college and studied to be a teacher. After she became a teacher, Dolores noticed that many of her students were not getting enough food to eat. Some of them wore very old clothes. Dolores wondered how she could help them.
Dolores decided to stop teaching so that she could spend more time helping the farm workers and their families. One thing she wanted to do was to get more pay for farm workers so they could buy their children the things they needed.
Dolores knew that many farm workers moved often from one place to another to help pick different kinds of fruits and vegetables. She began talking and writing about these workers. Even people who lived far from California read what Dolores wrote.
Getting higher pay for the farm workers was not easy. Dolores worked hard to make sure that farm workers got good pay for their work. She knew that nothing would change unless people made new laws to help the workers. Through all her hard work, new laws were made that gave farm workers good pay.
Dolores Huerta has worked for more than 30 years in many different ways to make life better for working people. She has shown how much one person can change things.
1.Dolores became a ____ after she left college.
A. farmer B. teacher C. worker D. lawyer
2.Dolores gave up her first job because ____.
A. she found it was too boring for her
B. the work condition was too bad
C. she wanted to do more for others
D. she got little pay for her work
3.How did Dolores help farm workers?
A. She gave them food and clothes.
B. She helped them teach their children.
C. She helped them got more pay.
D. She made new laws for them.
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We should do our best to help homeless people live a _____ life.
A. happily B. bad C. normal D. terrible
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At present , the terrible foggy haze（雾霾）weather has influenced our normal life badly . So our government should _____ to reduce the air pollution.
A．put out B．carry out C．take steps D．get over