As a child, I was generally happy, singing and dancing to my favorite songs, smiling and laughing with my friends and family. But as far back as second grade, I noticed a “darkness” about me. I didn’t enjoy engaging in many things.
In middle school things in my life began to get even worse. I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed—swimming, tennis, family. I hated going to sleep knowing I had to wake up to another day. I was always tired. Everything was horrible. Finally, midway through eighth grade, I was told I had a chemical imbalance, diagnosed with clinical depression, and put on medication. It took months for me to feel the effects of the medication.
When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself, rather than relying on medicine. Aristotle said, “To live happily is an inward power of the soul,” and I believe that this quote describes what I had to do to achieve happiness. Happiness is a journey. Everyone seems to need different things to be happy. But I believe people are blinded from what truly makes one happy.
“The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for,” a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be truly happy in life. People need love; I feel they need their family and their friends more than anything in the world. People need work to do, something to make them feel they are making a difference in the world. People need to know that more good is to come in the future, so they continue to live for “now” instead of constantly worrying about the bad that could come. And most importantly, people need to know that happiness is not something that happens overnight. Love and hope are happiness.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 2?
A. He was diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Six.
B. He hated going to sleep because he couldn’t sleep well.
C. He suffered a lot from clinical depression.
D. He spent months recovering from the clinical depression.
2.What made the author feel happy again?
A. His understanding of happiness. B. The medicine’s effect.
C. Aristotle’s words. D. His families’ love.
3.People who want to be truly happy should have the following EXCFPT , according to the author.
A. hope B. belief
C. love D. work
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Ways to overcome depression. B. The importance of being happy.
C. The essentials to happiness. D. Love and happiness.
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As a child, I was generally happy, singing and dancing to my favorite songs, smiling and laughing with my friends and family. But as far back as second grade, I noticed a “darkness” about me. I didn’t enjoy engaging in many things.
In middle school things in my life began to get even worse. I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed—swimming, tennis, family. I hated going to sleep knowing I had to wake up to another day. I was always tired. Everything was horrible. Finally, midway through eighth grade, I was told I had a chemical imbalance, diagnosed with clinical depression, and put on medication. It took months for me to feel the effects of the medication.
When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself, rather than relying on medicine. Aristotle said, “To live happily is an inward power of the soul,” and I believe that this quote describes what I had to do to achieve happiness. Happiness is a journey. Everyone seems to need different things to be happy. But I believe people are blinded from what truly makes one happy.
“The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for,” a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be truly happy in life. People need love; I feel they need their family and their friends more than anything in the world. People need work to do, something to make them feel they are making a difference in the world. People need to know that more good is to come in the future, so they continue to live for “now” instead of constantly worrying about the bad that could come. And most importantly, people need to know that happiness is not something that happens overnight. Love and hope are happiness.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 2?
A. He was diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Six.
B. He hated going to sleep because he couldn’t sleep well.
C. He suffered a lot from clinical depression.
D. He spent months recovering from the clinical depression.
2.What made the author feel happy again?
A. His understanding of happiness. B. The medicine’s effect.
C. Aristotle’s words. D. His families’ love.
3.People who want to be truly happy should have the following EXCFPT , according to the author.
A. hope B. belief
C. love D. work
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Ways to overcome depression. B. The importance of being happy.
C. The essentials to happiness. D. Love and happiness.
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Wallace Chung can sing, dance and act as well. This is ________ he has appealed to his fans for nearly 20 years.
A. why B. because C. that D. how
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Freddy made up his mind to enjoy his singing and to ________ as many happy experiences as he could.
A．develop B．accumulate
C．calculate D．process
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Erica McElrath calls herself “ The Happy Lady”. And by now, you may have caught her singing and dancing with her mp3 player on any of several city street corners. “ I don’t want money,” said McElrah, 40, of St. Louis. “ I come out here to make people smile.”
McElrah lost her full-time job in January. Since then, she has spent her days doing what she loves-dancing in the street. Her message to people in hard times: do something that you enjoy, no matter what your circumstances. “ Life isn’t that bad,” she said. “ If you’re working 40 hours a week, you shouldn’t be complaining.”
McElrah graduated from parkway Central High School and has spent the past 21 years working as a nursing assistant, She began singing and dancing publicly on her days off a few years ago to help her through the pain of her second divorce.
Her favorite spot is the northwest corner of Chouteau Avenue and South Grand Boulevard near St. Louis University. McElrah’s mp3 player is loaded with hundreds of classic rock hits and 80’s pop songs, including those by Joe Cocker, Tina Turner, Neil Diamond and Toto. But her favorite artist, by far, is Stevie Nicks.Videos of McElrah have appeared on YouTube, a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. “People think I’m crazy, but I don’t care,” She said. “ I can dance a little. I just go with the music.” Even a rude gesture from a passing motorist doesn’t bother her either. “ I just smile and wave,” she said.
McElrah’s show of bravery recently earned her a job opportunity with Liberty Tax Service, which temporarily offered her a job as a dancer Statute of Liberty to promote a new place near Grand Center starting in January.
“ Just be happy and do what you love,” she said. “The money will come.”
1. At first McElrah began singing and dancing in public in order to _____.
A．make a living B．entertain the public
C．rise to fame D．encourage herself
2.Erica McElrah was offered a job because of _____.
A．her beautiful voice B．her positive behavior
C．her lively dancing D．her competitive spirit
3.Which of the following about Erica McElrah is TRUE？
A．She doesn’t care others’ comments on her.
B．Her favorite artist is Joe Cocker.
C．She once worked as a doctor.
D．She has been divorced once.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Ways To Be Happy
B．Learn To Do What You Love
C．Happy Lady’s Singing and Dancing Life
D．What Made The Happy Lady Famous?
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Erica McElrath calls herself “ The Happy Lady”. And by now, you may have caught her singing and dancing with her mp3 player on any of several city street corners. “ I don’t want money,” said McElrah, 40, of St. Louis. “ I come out here to make people smile.”
McElrah lost her full-time job in January. Since then, she has spent her days doing what she loves-dancing in the street. Her message to people in hard times: do something that you enjoy, no matter what your circumstances. “ Life isn’t that bad,” she said. “ If you’re working 40 hours a week, you shouldn’t be complaining.”
McElrah graduated from parkway Central High School and has spent the past 21 years working as a nursing assistant, She began singing and dancing publicly on her days off a few years ago to help her through the pain of her second divorce.
Her favorite spot is the northwest corner of Chouteau Avenue and South Grand Boulevard near St. Louis University. McElrah’s mp3 player is loaded with hundreds of classic rock hits and 80’s pop songs, including those by Joe Cocker, Tina Turner, Neil Diamond and Toto. But her favorite artist, by far, is Stevie Nicks.
Videos of McElrah have appeared on YouTube, a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. “People think I’m crazy, but I don’t care,” She said. “ I can dance a little. I just go with the music.” Even a rude gesture from a passing motorist doesn’t bother her either. “ I just smile and wave,” she said.
McElrah’s show of bravery recently earned her a job opportunity with Liberty Tax Service, which temporarily offered her a job as a dancer Statute of Liberty to promote a new place near Grand Center starting in January.
“ Just be happy and do what you love,” she said. “The money will come.”
1.At first McElrah began singing and dancing in public in order to _____.
A. make a living
B. entertain the public
C. rise to fame
D. encourage herself
2.Erica McElrah’s actions are _______.
A. popular with others
B. stopped by her family
C. supported by passers-by
D. laughed at sometimes
3.Erica McElrah was offered a job because of _____.
A. her beautiful voice
B. her positive behavior
C. her lively dancing
D. her competitive spirit
4.Which of the following about Erica McElrah is TRUE？
A. She doesn’t care others’ comments on her.
B. Her favorite artist is Joe Cocker.
C. She once worked as a doctor.
D. She has been divorced once.
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Ways To Be Happy
B. Learn To Do What You Love
C. Happy Lady’s Singing and Dancing Life
D. What Made The Happy Lady Famous?
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As a child I was always good at drawing and art. I won ____, got constant attention, and even saw my face in the ____ and on television because of my natural ability to ____.
Most people who ____ to come across something that they are good at are ____ to take it and run with it. Of course, my life was no ____. From teachers, to principals, to family members, ____ seemingly had a ton of advice to give me in regards to art.
All the while, my true desire was ____. I entered poetry, essay, and short - story contests and ____ them all. It was such a contrast from my artistic ____ experience! It was so bad that I ____ a good friend of mine who told me once, “If you are so good at drawing why do you even care about writing? ____ drawing!”
Though well intended, eighteen years later I’m ____ I didn’t take his words to heart. Years went by with me still writing and still occasionally entering ____.It wasn’t until my first year in college that I finally got honorable ___ in a poetry contest. As a writer I’ve truly ____.
I’m sure there are things in your life that are ____ and yet, rewarding. Endurance (忍耐), especially when it comes to things you truly love is ____. Take some time to devote some more ____ to the “thing” that didn’t come ____ and see what happens.
1.A. praise B. awards C. supports D. success
2.A. street B. school C. newspaper D. book
3.A. draw B. act C. learn D. show
4.A. want B. mean C. agree D. happen
5.A. encouraged B. invited C. developed D. permitted
6.A. perfect B. different C. similar D. lucky
7.A. everyone B. who C. that D. no one
8.A. art B. fixing C. writing D. music
9.A. won B. ignored C. missed D. lost
10.A. interest B. competition C. career D. talent
11.A. had B. made C. found D. met
12.A. Give up B. Take in C. Stick to D. Put away
13.A. glad B. sorry C. sad D. sure
14.A. training B. contests C. articles D. trouble
15.A. appearance B. change C. mention D. name
16.A. forgot B. regretted C. expected D. grown
17.A. challenging B. beautiful C. appealing D. hopeful
18.A. meaningless B. popular C. essential D. painful
19.A. consideration B. energy C. money D. education
20.A. young B. bad C. usual D. easy
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As a child I was always good at drawing and art. I won ____, got constant attention, and even saw my face in the ____ and on television because of my natural ability to ____.
Most people who ____ to come across something that they are good at are ____ to take it and run with it. Of course, my life was no ____. From teachers, to principals, to family members, ____ seemingly had a ton of advice to give me in regards to art.
All the while, my true desire was ____. I entered poetry, essay, and short - story contests and ____ them all. It was such a contrast from my artistic ____ experience! It was so bad that I ____ a good friend of mine who told me once, “If you are so good at drawing why do you even care about writing? ____ drawing!”
Though well intended, eighteen years later I’m ____ I didn’t take his words to heart. Years went by with me still writing and still occasionally entering ____.It wasn’t until my first year in college that I finally got honorable ___ in a poetry contest. As a writer I’ve truly ____.
I’m sure there are things in your life that are ____ and yet, rewarding. Endurance (忍耐), especially when it comes to things you truly love is ____. Take some time to devote some more ____ to the “thing” that didn’t come ____ and see what happens.
1.A.praise B.awards C.supports D.success
2.A.street B.school C.newspaper D.book
3.A.draw B.act C.learn D.show
4.A.want B.mean C.agree D.happen
5.A.encouraged B.invited C.developed D.permitted
6.A.perfect B.different C.similar D.lucky
7.A.everyone B.who C.that D.no one
8.A.art B.fixing C.writing D.music
9.A.won B.ignored C.missed D.lost
10.A.interest B.competition C.career D.talent
11.A.had B.made C.found D.met
12.A.Give up B.Take in C.Stick to D.Put away
13.A.glad B.sorry C.sad D.sure
14.A.training B.contests C.articles D.trouble
15.A.appearance B.change C.mention D.name
16.A.forgot B.regretted C.expected D.grown
17.A.challenging B.beautiful C.appealing D.hopeful
18.A.meaningless B.popular C.essential D.painful
19.A.consideration B.energy C.money D.education
20.A.young B.bad C.usual D.easy
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As a child, I started learning to play to piano, my favorite musical _____ , but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school _______I could concentrate more on my studies.
It’s one of my biggest ______ to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would _____. However, I didn’t keep my promise because I was ______ with my study. _____ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been ______ that I never returned. I haven’t taken lessons since then but to be honest, I ______ to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn’t help recalling many ______—times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher ______ me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so ______ that I could hardly say anything. But her ____ helped ease my shame. These memories, ______, good or bad, never caused my ______ for playing the piano again.
This thought then led me to think that ____ is like music, and that we all try to play different __ in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch(音高) is _____ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own _____ style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is ______ that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn’t _____ that I’ve stopped making music.
1.A. instrument B. performance C. room D. stage
2.A. because B. so that C. now that D. for
3.A. successes B. regrets C. decisions D. hobbies
4.A. play B. graduate C. leave D. return
5.A. occupied B. angry C. satisfied D. patient
6.A. Actually B. Constantly C. Suddenly D. Gradually
7.A. astonished B. glad C. disappointed D. amazed
8.A. liked B. needed C. wanted D. decided
9.A. dreams B. expressions C. words D. memories
10.A. instructed B. hurt C. punished D. respected
11.A. frightened B. moved C. embarrassed D. excited
12.A. happiness B. satisfaction C. comfort D. sigh
13.A. instead B. meanwhile C. therefore D. however
14.A. hope B. courage C. feeling D. effort
15.A. life B. learning C. attitude D. enjoyment
16.A. cards B. sports C. roles D. games
17.A. hard B. wonderful C. surprising D. complex
18.A. unique B. boring C. common D. similar
19.A. necessary B. strange C. possible D. important
20.A. matter B. mean C. report D. appear
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As a child, I was always told to “eat my greens”. These were the unappealing vegetables that sat on the edge of my plate. Peas, and green beans, all looked and tasted ______. Let’s face it, when there were so many other delicious treats to _______, why eat boring vegetables?
Since then my taste buds have ______ and I’m also fully aware of the health benefits of eating fresh vegetables. But we still need ______ of the amazing goodness these green super foods give us. In the UK, a campaign has been ______ for several years to encourage us to eat our “5 A Day”—five portions of fruit and vegetables. That’s ______ evidence has shown there are significant health ______ through getting at least five 80g portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day.
But I struggle trying to fit these five portions into my daily ______, partly because I have a sweet ______ and vegetables are, well, tasteless. Researchers have been ______ how to make eating vegetables more ______. They analyzed the psychology behind our food ______ and found that most of us are ______ by taste. Brad Turnwald from Stanford University says that “studies show that people ______ to think of healthier options as less tasty for some reason.”
In Europe, a project called VeggieEAT has also been trying to find ways to get people to ______ more vegetables. Project leader, Professor Heather Hartwell believes in ______ encouraging people into eating the right things. One idea is to put a ______ of a tasty looking fruit on a supermarket trolley as a ______ about buying something from the fruit store after looking at the picture. She says, “Choice is a really ______ thing. But making vegetables look attractive will increase their sales.”
Certainly, eating “twisted citrus-glazed carrots” does sound tempting, even if it just tastes like a carrot, but if it makes us eat more vegetables then that can only be a ______ thing for our health.
1.A. disgusting B. delicious C. ripen D. sweet
2.A. buy B. prepare C. offer D. enjoy
3.A. appeared B. developed C. existed D. shrank
4.A. reminding B. informing C. warning D. talking
5.A. planned B. aimed C. run D. intended
6.A. why B. how C. when D. because
7.A. needs B. benefits C. issues D. risks
8.A. diet B. education C. work D. exercise
9.A. tendency B. preference C. tooth D. appetite
10.A. showing B. discovering C. reporting D. studying
11.A. appropriate B. attractive C. beneficial D. independent
12.A. choices B. values C. wastes D. judgments
13.A. confused B. disturbed C. motivated D. challenged
14.A. manage B. decide C. agree D. tend
15.A. grow B. eat C. store D. harvest
16.A. gradually B. suddenly C. falsely D. seriously
17.A. variety B. lot C. picture D. number
18.A. worry B. concern C. clue D. hint
19.A. easy B. complex C. quick D. good
20.A. difficult B. strange C. beneficial D. awful
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As a child, I was always told to “eat my greens”. These were the unappealing vegetables that sat on the edge of my plate. Peas, and green beans, all looked and tasted _______. Let’s face it, when there were so many other delicious treats to _______, why eat boring vegetables?
Since then my taste buds have _______ and I’m also fully aware of the health benefits of eating fresh vegetables. But we still need _______ of the amazing goodness these green super foods give us. In the UK, a campaign has been _______ for several years to encourage us to eat our “5 A Day”—five portions of fruit and vegetables. That’s _______ evidence has shown there are significant health _______ to getting at least five 80g portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day.
But I struggle trying to fit these five portions into my daily _______, partly because I have a sweet _______ and vegetables are, well, tasteless. Researchers have been ________ how to make eating vegetables more ________. They analysed the psychology behind our food ________ and found that most of us are ________ by taste. Brad Turnwald from Stanford University says that “studies show that people ________ to think of healthier options as less tasty for some reason.”
In Europe, a project called VeggieEAT has also been trying to find ways to get people to ________ more vegetables. Project leader, Professor Heather Hartwell believes in ________ encouraging people into eating the right things. One idea has been to put a ________ of a tasty looking fruit on a supermarket trolley as a ________ about buying something from the fruit store. She says, “Choice is a really ________ thing. But making vegetables look attractive will increase their sales.”
Certainly, eating “twisted citrus-glazed carrots” does sound tempting, even if it just ________ like a carrot, but if it makes us eat more vegetables then that can only be a good thing for our health.
1.A. delicious B. disgusting C. ripen D. sweet
2.A. buy B. prepare C. enjoy D. offer
3.A. developed B. appeared C. existed D. shrank
4.A. talking B. informing C. reminding D. warning
5.A. planning B. running C. aiming D. intending
6.A. why B. how C. when D. because
7.A. needs B. issues C. benefits D. risks
8.A. diet B. education C. work D. exercise
9.A. tendency B. tooth C. preference D. appetite
10.A. showing B. discovering C. reporting D. studying
11.A. attractive B. appropriate C. beneficial D. independent
12.A. wastes B. values C. choices D. judgments
13.A. confused B. disturbed C. challenged D. motivated
14.A. manage B. tend C. agree D. decide
15.A. grow B. harvest C. store D. eat
16.A. suddenly B. slowly C. firmly D. seriously
17.A. picture B. lot C. variety D. number
18.A. sign B. concern C. hint D. clue
19.A. complex B. easy C. quick D. casual
20.A. looks B. smells C. feels D. tastes
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