Homeboy Goes to Harvard UniversityOn January ...

Homeboy Goes to Harvard University

On January 11, 2007, as students sat and listened, a very important guest speaker named Richard, spoke to the students in the lecture hall. He not only showed the potential（潜能）within young adults, but  encouraged them to work hard at their lessons.

Richard was a young child when his mother died and his father walked out. He was forced into many different foster homes（寄养家庭）where he felt unhappy. He did not know that his life was taking a turn for the worst.

His uncle, after getting out of prison, got him into drugs and alcohol. His uncle taught him that his place in life was either to be in prison or die trying to be “a man.” His uncle’s teaching almost started affecting him until a very important person came into his life: a teacher. This teacher taught him there is a place in the world for everyone and it isn’t related to drugs.

Richard is now a Harvard University graduate and has a great and loving family. Why? He was taught to have respect not only for others, but for himself.

After the meeting, it was hoped that the students realized within them there is a potential, and within everyone around them, is knowledge. As Richard reminded them, “Knowledge is power.”

1.On January 11, 2007, students listened to a speech made by Richard, who graduated from ________.

A．Harvard University                      B．a foster school

C．his teacher’s school                    D．his uncle’s university

2.Richard encouraged the students ______.

A．to love life         B．to be a man        C．to study hard       D．to leave drugs

3.When he was young, Richard lived a（an）_______ life in foster homes.

A．rich              B．unhappy          C．relaxing           D．interesting

4.Who played an important role in Richard’s successful life?

A．His uncle.         B．His teacher.        C．His friends.        D．His parents.

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On January 11, 2007, as students sat and listened, a very important guest speaker named Richard, spoke to the students in the lecture hall. He not only showed the potential（潜能）within young adults, but　 encouraged them to work hard at their lessons.

Richard was a young child when his mother died and his father walked out. He was forced into many different foster homes（寄养家庭）where he felt unhappy. He did not know that his life was taking a turn for the worst.

His uncle, after getting out of prison, got him into drugs and alcohol. His uncle taught him that his place in life was either to be in prison or die trying to be “a man.” His uncle’s teaching almost started affecting him until a very important person came into his life: a teacher. This teacher taught him there is a place in the world for everyone and it isn’t related to drugs.

Richard is now a Harvard University graduate and has a great and loving family. Why? He was taught to have respect not only for others, but for himself.

After the meeting, it was hoped that the students realized within them there is a potential, and within everyone around them, is knowledge. As Richard reminded them, “Knowledge is power.”

1.On January 11, 2007, students listened to a speech made by Richard, who graduated from ________.

A. Harvard University　　　 B. a foster school

C. his teacher’s school　 D. his uncle’s university

2.Richard encouraged the students ______.

A. to love life　 B. to be a man

C. to study hard　 D. to leave drugs

3.When he was young, Richard lived a（an）_______ life in foster homes.

A. rich　 B. unhappy　 C. relaxing　　 D. interesting

4.Who played an important role in Richard’s successful life?

A. His uncle.　 　 B. His teacher.

C. His friends.　　 D. His parents.

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—When I first got to Harvard, my awkward English brought me great trouble.

——Oh, dear, it _______a struggle for you to keep up with other students.

A．might be          B．can be            C．could have been    D．must have been

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It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, free yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you chance to reinvent yourself. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life.

Each day is a new beginning and a piece of blank paper. How would you like to create your day? If you wake up in a negative mind, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your picture will not show hope, happiness and joy.

If you take each day to think actively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life different? What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an “attitude of gratitude”.

Each day is a chance to look at things in a different way. You can experience each day in the beauty of the world—and the beauty of you who is in it! You find yourself changing from “I can’t” to “I can”. With a focus on positive intentions, you feel you are full of power and more like a “winner” than a “loser”.

You pay more attention to the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don’t want to live there! So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day?

1.The first paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A. we should make every day a new start

B. January 1st is the most important day

C. learning is helpful in reinventing ourselves

D. we needn’t change ourselves at all

2.The underlined word “negative” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

A. not clear        B. not wise        C. not happy        D. not careful

3.If you have daily positive intentions, you will ________.

A. get a positive result            B. have a busy life

C. get gifts from others            D. be a complete loser

4.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. past regrets or hurts can make you older and wiser

B. think actively and you will be a winner, not a loser

C. the present is not where you should live for ever

D. positive intentions for each day are of great help

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It does not have to be January 1^st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, free yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to reinvent (重新审视) yourself. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life.

Each day is a new beginning and a piece of blank paper. How would you like to create your day? What would you like to paint on it? If you wake up in a negative mind, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your picture will not show hope, happiness and joy.

If you take each day to think actively, and have a positive intention（意图） for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an “attitude of gratitude(感恩)”.

Each day is a chance to look at things in a different way. You can experience each day in the beauty of the world－and the beauty of you who are in it! You find yourself changing from “I can’t” to “I can”. With a focus on positive intentions, you feel you are full of power and more like a “winner” than a “loser”.

You pay more attention to the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don’t want to live there! So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day?

1.The first paragraph mainly tells us________.

A. We should make every day a new start.

B. January 1^st is the most important day.

C. Learning is helpful in reinventing ourselves.

D. We needn’t change ourselves at all.

2. If you have daily positive intentions, you will________.

A. get a positive result                                   B. have a busy life

C. get gifts from others                                  D. be a complete loser

3.From the passage we can learn that________.

A. past regrets or hurts can make you older and wiser.

B. think actively and you will be a winner, not a loser.

C. the present is not where you should live for ever.

D. positive intentions for each day are of great help.

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He, as well as his sister, 　　　　 to enter Harvard University recently because of excellent behaviors.

A. has been allowed　　 B. have been allowed

C. has allowed　　　　　 D. have allowed

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Finding fish is going to get harder as climate change continues to heat the world's oceans. A new study finds that warming seas over the past 80 years have reduced the sustainable catch of 124 species of fish and shellfish. Sustainable catch refers to the amount that can be harvested without doing long-term damage to the health of populations of some species.

Overfishing has made that decline worse, researchers say. Overfishing refers to catching so many fish that the size of the population falls. In some parts of the world, such as the heavily fished Sea of Japan, the decrease is as high as 35 percent. That's a loss of more than one in every three fish.

Researchers examined changes in 235 populations of fish and shellfish between 1930 and 2010. Those fish populations spread far apart across 38 ocean regions. Temperature changes vary from one ocean site to another. But on average over that time, Earth's sea-surface temperatures have risen by about half a degree Celsius.

On average, that warming has caused the sustainable catch to drop by 4.1 percent, the study found. About 8 percent of the fish and shellfish populations the team studied saw losses as a result of the ocean warming. However, about 4 percent of some populations increased. That's because certain species have thrived in warmer waters. One example is a kind of black sea fish. It lives along the northeastern U.S. coast. As warming continues, these fish will reproduce faster until they reach their limit.

About 3.2 billion people worldwide rely on seafood as a source of food. That means it's urgent for commercial fishing fleets and regulators to consider how climate change is affecting the health of all of those fish in the sea.

1.What does the new study discover？

A.Overfishing is to blame for fish health.

B.Warming seas cause fewer fish and shellfish.

C.Seafood matters to people's health worldwide.

D.The living regions of fish and shellfish are different.

2.What does the underlined word "thrived" in paragraph 4 probably mean？

A.Survived narrowly. B.Disappeared soon.

C.Decreased sharply. D.Developed quickly.

3.What do we know about species of fish and shellfish？

A.About 8 percent of them suffered from a great loss.

B.About 35 percent of them survived in the Sea of Japan.

C.About 3.2 billion species have been saved up to now.

D.About 80 species have died out because of warming seas

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the new discovery?

A.Satisfied B.Not interested

C.Worried D.Terrified

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Tom’s father, as well as his brothers, ________ in New York for a few more days.

A. suggest him to stay                      B. suggest he stays

C. suggest him staying                      D. suggests he stay

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____ well known to the Irish is ____ St. Patrick was taken to Ireland as a prisoner when he was 16.

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____ is well known to the Irish is ____ St. Patrick was taken to Ireland as a prisoner when he was 16.

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