Hope MattersReyes Guana, 42, grew up in a poo...

Hope Matters

Reyes Guana, 42, grew up in a poor Mexican family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet.

As a boy, Guana had a good relationship with the school cleaner. He called her "Nike" because she wore Nike shoes. The boy liked how Nike made everything clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, too. "Well, it's good if you want to be a cleaner," Nike told little Guana. "But make sure you go to college."

Guana also looked up to the principal (校长) of his school. The school leader told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. "Wow, when I grow up, I want to do what you're doing," Guana told him. "Well, if you stick to your dream, you will," the principal replied.

And Guana really got there. But it was quite a long journey for him. Twenty-three years ago, he followed in Nike's footsteps and was cleaning schools. He worked at three schools to pay for his college education. He held that job for four years and then worked his way up to being a school safety monitor. After that, he worked as a teacher for a few years.

Now, as a principal, Guana never forgets where he came from. He helps students from poor families and shows respect (尊重) for every school staff member. He always invites everyone to school parties, including those who clean the floors and those who drive the school buses.

1.Guana hoped to be a cleaner because he ______.

A.was good at cleaning B.admired the cleaner "Nike" a lot

C.needed to support his poor family D.had to pay for his college education

2.Guana became a school safety monitor ______.

A.when he was nineteen B.after he worked as a teacher

C.as soon as he got enough money D.before he was named principal

3.The underlined phrase got there is closest in meaning to _____.

A.went back to "Nike" B.entered a college

C.realized one's dream D.became well-known

4.According to the writer, _____.

A.Guana should have been named principal earlier

B.a boy from a poor family can have a bright future

C.a cleaner is more important than a college student

D.the cleaners and the drivers should get more respect

5.What would be another title for this passage?

A.From Cleaner to Leader B.Different Jobs

C.From Failure to Success D.Relationship Works

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Reyes Guana grew up in a poor Mexican family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet. At weekends, the whole f1. went to fields to work. When the children were young, they stayed in the car. As they grew o2., they worked, too.

As a boy, Guana was a “very shy” child who was very q3. in school. He had few friends but he had a good relationship with the school cleaner. He liked to call the friendly lady “Nike” because she usually wore Nike clothes and shoes. Nike was well organized and the boy liked　 h4. she made everything clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, too. “Well, it’s good if you want to be a cleaner,” Nike said to little Guana with k5.. “But make sure you go to college and make it as one of your steps there.”

Guana also looked up to the principal (校长) of his school. He was a tall and good-looking man. Also, he always went to someone in n6.. The principal told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. “Wow, when I grow up, I want to do what you’re doing.” “Well, you can do it!” the principal r7.. Guana did get there, and the two men remain friends. The former principal is now almost 90 years old.

But b8. becoming a school principal, Guana followed in Nike’s footsteps and worked for three schools in Lodi, California. And being a cleaner at a school made him think about how to show respect for everyone in an organization. In Guana’s school system today, everyone is i9. to parties and events. Everyone is important not only the people who clean the floors or drive the buses but also the people who teach the students or lead the schools.

He never f10. where he came from, or how he felt. Now, Guana tells his own three children how important an education is for their lives.

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Jose grew up in a poor Puerto Rican neighborhood in New York City. He was not only poor but also blind.

When Jose was still very young, a friend ________ a $10 guitar for him and Jose taught himself to

________ songs with it. At the age of ten, he took his ________to a theatre and played ________ the audience. Jose played very well. People stood up and ________ for the ________boy. Jose said that day was the start of his ________. By the time he was twenty, he became well-known. Then he made a(an) ________ record called “Light My Fire”. It was his first record. Then, Jose became one of the famous stars in ________.

Now Jose  writes his own songs and ________ all over the world. Jose thinks it all started with the $10 guitar!

1.A. gave                     B. sent                         C. bought           D. lent

2.A. play                          B. write                         C. sing                          D. make

3.A. parents                         B. friend                      C. record                     D. guitar

4.A. for                                 B. with                         C. at                              D. in

5.A. shouted                        B. clapped                   C. laughed                   D. jumped

6.A. clever                           B. bright                      C. blind                        D. quiet

7.A. interest                 B. project                     C. success          D. life

8.A. useful                            B. excellent                C. creative                  D. important

9.A. sports                            B. theatre                    C. culture                    D. music

10.A. succeeds          B. interviews              C. performs                D. explores

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Victory Bacelis is a California immigrant（移民）who grew up in a poor village in Mexico. He is used to working hard. He works more than 90 hours a week at three different jobs, including McDonal’s. He is saving up to buy a house.

One day, while Victory was cleaning the floor at McDonal’s, he found an envelope and picked it up. There was $612 in it. He called the police to report the lost money. The police couldn’t find the owner, so they gave the money back to Victory.

Then Victory read a story in the newspaper about Adrian Snadoval, a baby who was very sick. Victory decided to give the money away to help pay for the baby’s operation. Victory truly has a heart of gold.

1.Where did Victory Bacelis grow up?

A. in California　　　　　 B. in America

C. in Mexico　　　　　　 　 D. at McDonal’s

2.Why does Victory work so hard? Because ______.

A. he is very strong

B. he likes his work very much

C. he is helping his parents

D. he is saving up to buy a house

3.What was in the envelope?

A. 3 dollars　　　　　　　　 B. 90 dollars　　　　　　　 C. 612 yuan　　　　　　 D. 612 dollars

4.How did Victory deal with the money finally?

A. He gave it away to a very sick baby.

B. He kept it himself.

C. He gave it back to the owner.

D. He gave it to the police.

5.The writer thinks that Victory is ______.

A. very poor　　　　　　　　 B. very funny

C. very kind　　　　　　 　 D. very lucky

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I grew up very poor and with a single mom in the throws of addiction(吸毒成瘾). Often there was no money for food, and I was very _______

On my fifth birthday, a couple close family members were invited to go to a park to celebrate my birthday. No cake, no presents, not a problem. Except for my aunt. She had an ______ in her hand.

Before everyone sang happy birthday, I saw a little boy, probably my age, and a woman, digging in the park dumpster for ______. Something happened to me. I begged my mom to invite them to my party but my mother ______. She said no.

I didn't know others are hungry like me until that day. It hurt my heart. I　 _____them when my aunt handed me an envelope. I opened it and I saw there was 100 dollar in it. But my mother was ______ that my aunt would give me such a large amount of money.

We were poor, I didn't eat 3 days a week, I had a very _______childhood. But I had never dug in a dumpster(垃圾箱)for food.

My aunt told me I can do ______ I want with that money. So I did. I walked to the dumpster to the boy and his mother. I _______to the boy that it was my birthday and my one present was a $100, and I wanted to give it to them. There were so many tears and thank yous.

I and my aunt understood how ______ it was to give the only money I've ever seen away. My mother never did. I paid dearly for the action that night. But it was worth it.

1.A.scary B.busy C.bored D.hungry

2.A.umbrella B.envelope C.egg D.earring

3.A.material B.license C.inspiration D.food

4.A.accepted B.refused C.admitted D.admired

5.A.watched B.stopped C.influenced D.avoided

6.A.glad B.anxious C.unhappy D.shame

7.A.unexpected B.hard C.lively D.valuable

8.A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything

9.A.explained B.returned C.announced D.shouted

10.A.powerful B.fun C.boring D.upset

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At Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States, four poor Mexican boys worked together on a strange electric machine. They were encouraged by their teacher Allan Cameron to build the machine. It only cost them $800 to build it. They used pipes(管子), cameras, computer parts, and whatever they could find. All the other students wondered what it was. The machine was like a very small submarine(潜艇). It could move around in a swimming pool. The boys could control（控制） its movement from outside the pool.

Carl Hayden High School had been invited to a competition of high schools and universities. The schools were from the United States and Canada. The school that could build the best machine would be the winner. Many students came from schools that gave them lots of money and support. The Carl Hayden boys had hardly any support and very little money.

Students from eleven schools traveled with their machines to the University of California, including students from the famous university, MIT. When students saw the machine made by the Carl Hayden boys, some of them laughed. Its name was “Stinky” because it had a very strong smell. But when the competition started, they saw that “stinky” was no joke. It did better than all the other machines, including the ones from MIT, and it took first place in the competition.

Since then, the boys from Carl Hayden High School have become famous. People have even offered them money for college, and a movie producer has asked them if it is OK to make a movie to tell their story.

1.According to the passage, the four Carl Hayden boys__________.

A. were from rich families

B. got a lot of money from their school

C. did better than other competition teams

D. were helped by their teacher to build the machine

2.Which of the following about the competition is TRUE?

A. It was held by MIT.

B. 11 high schools took part in it.

C. The winner of it must build the best machine.

D. Competing schools were from the United States.

3.What’s the underlined word “they” refers to in Paragraph 3?

A. The other machine

B. The Carl Hayden boys

C. The students from MIT

D. The students who laugh at “stinky”

4.What would be the best title(标题) of the passage?

A. A special machine

B. A high school beat MIT

C. A competition for teens

D. Smart students in the US

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If a country wants to develop rapidly, education must come first. However, in China, many poor families in some villages can’t ________________________ an education for their children. Some children reach the school age, ________________________ they have to stay at home and do some farm work.

Luckily, Project Hope started ________________________ October 30th, 1989. It has mainly two ________________. One is to help the poor children who can’t go to school without money, the other is to build ________________________ for the students in poor areas so that they can have a better studying environment.

With the help of Project Hope, a lot of poor children have returned to school and many new schools have been built ________________________ it started. So the children can get much knowledge and ________ their dreams. ________ they get knowledge, they will have ability(能力) to build their hometown. At the same time, their living conditions will be ________________________ as well.

There are still many poor children in ________________________ of help. As for the project, there is still a long way to go.

1.A. give   B. offer     C. afford

2.A. so       B. but        C. and

3.A. in       B. for         C. on

4.A . purposes  B. ways      C. uses

5.A. stations      B. schools         C. hospitals

6.A. since B. after      C. before

7.A. shake          B. create   C. realize

8.A. If              B. Once     C. Though

9.A. well   B. worse   C. better

10.A. need        B. detail    C. public

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If a country wants to develop rapidly, education must come first. However, in China, many poor families in some villages can’t 　 an education for their children. Some children reach the school age, 　 they have to stay at home and do some farm work.

Luckily, Project Hope started 　 October 30th, 1994.It has mainly two 　 .

One is to help the poor children who can’t go to school without money, the other is to build for the students in poor areas so that they can have a better studying environment. With the help of Project Hope, a lot of poor children have returned to school and many new schools have been built 　 　 it started. So the children can get much knowledge and 　 their dreams. 　 　 they get knowledge, they will have ability（能力）to build their hometown. At the same time, their living conditions will be 　 　 as well.

There are still many poor children in 　 of help. As for the project, there is still a long way to go.

1.A. give    B. offer    C. afford    D. provide

2.A. so    B. but    C. while    D. and

3.A. in    B. during    C. on    D. for

4.A. purposes    B. ways    C. uses    D. policies

5.A. stations    B. schools     C. hospitals    D. shops

6.A. when     B. after    C. before    D. since

7.A. shake    B. create    C. consider    D. realize

8.A. But　　     B. Once    C. So    D. Though

9.A. bad    B. worse    C. better    D. well

10.A. need    B. detail    C. public    D. surprise

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Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and conditions are not important because they really are. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great abilities, and that’s just how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually put it into practice. What’s more, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, the time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like great pain and will probably make you give up well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people showing some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some unusual talent, but thinking that way does you no good，and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, with all your heart and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards(回报). Time and hard work won’t make sure that you will get the great success you may want, but it will make sure that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

1.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A. the reasons for success

B. the meaning of success

C. the standards of success

D. the importance of success

2.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ________.

A. work makes one feel pain

B. one always enjoys his work

C. one gives up his work easily

D. it takes a lot of time to succeed

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Having a goal is very important to success.

B. Being good is different from being great.

C. One cannot succeed without time and practice.

D. Luck, talent and family help to achieve success.

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Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck． I’m not going to say luck, talent, and conditions are not important because they really are． Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great abilities, and that’s just how life is．

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually put it into practice． What’s more, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising． To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, the time that most people won’t put in．

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love． If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like great pain and will probably make you give up well before you ever become good at it．

When you see people showing some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost． It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some unusual talent, but thinking that way does you no good，and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway．

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, with all your heart and over a long period of time． If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards(回报)． Time and hard work won’t make sure that you will get the great success you may want, but it will make sure that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into．

1.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________．

A．the reasons for success

B．the meaning of success

C．the standards of success

D．the importance of success

2.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ________．

A．work makes one feel pain

B．one always enjoys his work

C．one gives up his work easily

D．it takes a lot of time to succeed

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Having a goal is very important to success．

B．Being good is different from being great．

C．One cannot succeed without time and practice．

D．Luck, talent and family help to achieve success．

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