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When I was learning calligraphy (书法), my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practiced handwriting with old sheets of newspaper complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you'll write better.”
The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered，“When you used old newspaper to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft. It didn't matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn't pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper and you'll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you'll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you'll do the handwriting much more attentively than practicing. Of course you've made rapid progress.”
Indeed, we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspaper”．We don't care if we scrawl and waste it, thinking that it will come endlessly—the “old newspaper” is inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there's no chance for us to draft. That's because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.
Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper.
1.The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought ________.
A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper
B．it was comfortable to write on the best paper
C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper
D．the student could write more on the best paper
2.The student didn't make much progress at first because ________.
A．he didn't follow his teacher's advice
B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write on
C．he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft
D．he was not used to the calligrapher's teaching manner
3.We learn from the passage that ________.
A．the student finally gave up
B．the student made rapid progress by practicing more carefully
C．the calligrapher was strict with his students
D．old newspaper is not useful
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．What teachers say is always true.
B．Success calls for attentiveness.
C．Handwriting is easy to practice.
D．New things are always better than old ones.
5.The writer wants to tell us that ________.
A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting
B．life is like old newspaper
C．we should learn from the student in the story
D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft
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When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practised handwriting with old sheets of newspapers complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you’ll write better. ”
The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspapers to practice handwriting，you would think you were writing a draft（草稿）. It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspapers were plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper you’ll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity (稀少) of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you’ll do the handwriting much more attentively than otherwise practising it. Of course you’ve made rapid progress.”
Indeed，we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspapers”. We don’t care if we scrawl and waste them, thinking that they will come endlessly --- those “old newspapers” are inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draw a draft. That’s because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed. Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of best paper.
1.The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought _______.
A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper
B．it was comfortable to write on the bet paper
C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper.
D．the student could write more on the best paper.
2.The student didn’t make much progress at first because _________.
A．he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft
B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write
C．he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice
D．he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner
3.We learn from the passage that _________.
A．the student finally gave up
B．the student made rapid progress by persisting more carefully
C．the calligrapher was strict with his students
D．old newspaper is not useful
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．What teachers say is always true.
B．Success calls for attentiveness.
C．Handwriting is easy to practice.
D．New things are always better than old ones.
5.The writer wants to tell us that _________.
A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting
B．life is like old newspaper
C．we should learn from the student in the story
D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft
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My father told me a story that ________ European woman helped him a lot when he was in America in ________ 1970s.
A．a; the
B．an; /
C．the; the
D．an; the
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I’d like to tell you a story my grandmother told me when I was six or seven years old. We had to go to her home for Thanksgiving dinner and the _______ was rather a long one. I had filled the time with making a _______of all the things that I wanted for Christmas that year.
Later I showed the list to my grandmother. After she read it, she said, “That _______is a long list!” Then she told me this story:
“Once there was a little girl who came to live in an orphanage(孤儿院). As Christmas time _______ , all of the other children began _______the little girl about the beautiful Christmas tree that would appear in the huge downstairs _______ on Christmas morning. Each child would be given their one and only Christmas gift, a small, single _______ .”
“The headmaster of the orphanage was very _______ , so when he caught the little girl climbing down the stairs to look at the Christmas tree in the hall, he sharply _______ that the little girl would not _______ her Christmas orange because she had been to _______ as to disobey the rules. The little girl ran back to her room_______ and crying. The next morning as the other children were going down to breakfast, the little girl stayed in her bed. She couldn’t stand the _______ of seeing the others receive their gift when there would be _______ for her. Later, as the children came back, the little girl was _______5 to be handed a napkin(面巾纸). As she carefully _______ it, there to her disbelief was an orange all peeled and sectioned. “It was then that she imagined _______ each child had taken one section from their orange and given it to her so that she, too, would have a Christmas orange.”
How I _______ this story! I would ask my grandmother to tell it to me over and over as I _______. How I wish the world, as a whole world display that same kind of _______ for others, not just at Christmas, but throughout the year.
1.A. story B. drive C. moment D. holiday
2.A. choice B. order C. list D. joke
3.A. hardly B. usually C. specially D. really
4.A. moved B. approached C. linked D. took
5.A. telling B. informing C. warning D. sending
6.A. hall B. kitchen C. bedroom D. reading-room
7.A. apple B. star C. orange D. flower
8.A. serious B. caring C. humorous D. strict
9.A. required B. announced C. asked D. insisted
10.A. deliver B. make C. receive D. reach
11.A. curious B. outgoing C. frightened D. disappointed
12.A. delighted B. blank-minded C. seared D. broken-hearted
13.A. possession B. attraction C. thought D. effect
14.A. few B. none C. everything D. something
15.A. surprised B. happy C. willing D. pleased
16.A. touched B. felt C. smelt D. opened
17.A. whether B. when C. how D. what
18.A. wrote B. loved C. told D. understood
19.A. grew up B. dropped in C. turned up D. hung out
20.A. help B. thankfulness C. happiness D. concern
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Once my mother told me a story that in Africa, when an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “I must be 36 to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed.” 37 , a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the 38 antelope, or I will starve to 39 .” So almost simultaneously(同时地), the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the 40 sun.
This is 41 : full of chances and challenges. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go 42 when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we don’t study hard, sooner or later, we will 43 the other students. At first I didn’t know what the word “exam” 44 . Later, I knew an exam was a kind of 45 . In competitions, there are always winners and 46 . As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people can 47 .
Each time I saw children playing games and heard their 48 , I wished I were that age again. 49 , I remembered my parents’ words: You must work very hard for a good future. So I 50 my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not sure what competition 51 meant. One day, I was 52_in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. Suddenly I 53 what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the 54 : it is kind and necessary.
I learned a lot from realizing this 55 . Now I understand better about the world. Competition is important for us all.
1. A．able B．willing C．ready D．eager
2. A．On the contrary B．At the same time C．In other words D．In the first place
3. A．fastest B．weakest C．slowest D．strongest
4. A．death B．survival C．disease D．suffering
5. A．sinking B．setting C．shining D．rising
6. A．rule B．life C．study D．exam
7. A．over B．through C．ahead D．beyond
8. A．fall behind B．pass by C．catch up D．hold back
9. A．felt B．meant C．referred D．doubted
10. A．victory B．defeat C．process D．competition
11. A．competitor B．players C．losers D．failures
12. A．improve B．conclude C．acquire D．handle
13. A．crying B．laughter C．whisper D．delight
14. A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Otherwise
15. A．put up B．brought up C．made up D．picked up
16. A．commonly B．simply C．obviously D．really
17. A．succeeding B．participating C．taking D．getting
18. A．doubted B．acknowledged C．knew D．admitted
19. A．tough B．important C．content D．opposite
20. A．experience B．knowledge C．fact D．consequence
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This is a story told by my father: When I was boy, the most exciting thing was when to celebrate the Spring Festival. My grandma was the best cooker in th world but could make the most delicious dishes. Once, I just couldn’t wait for the Spring Festival dinner. As I was about take a piece from a cooked duck, I saw Grandma in the kitchen looking at me. Shake his head, she said, “It’s not a good time to do that, dear.” I apologize and controlled me at the best till the dinner started. You know, that was a dinner we had waited for several month.
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My friend Monty Roberts told me a story about a young boy. One day at school, the boy was asked to write a paper what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-paper his dream of owning a farm. He put a great deal of his into the paper and the next day he handed it in to his . Two days later he received his paper back. On the page was a large red F with a that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, “ did I receive an F?” The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like . Owning a farm requires a lot of money. There’s no a young man could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “ you rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your .”
The boy went home and about it long and hard. Finally, after a week, he turned in the paper, making no changes.
Monty then said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my farm. I have that school paper over fireplace.” He added, “The part of the story is that two summers ago the same schoolteacher 30 kids to camp out on my farm. When the teacher was , he said, ‘Look Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream . During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. you had enough courage not to yours.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what…
1.A. in B. at C. for D. about
2.A. giving B. taking C. describing D. making
3.A. opinion B. thought C. soul D. heart
4.A. classmate B. teacher C. father D. writer
5.A. front B. middle C. back D. last
6.A. word B. note C. paper D. letter
7.A. What B. Where C. Why D. How
8.A. you B. me C. him D. them
9.A. road B. way C. opinion D. idea
10.A. Now B. Although C. Since D. If
11.A. work B. idea C. grade D. advice
12.A. thought B. wrote C. spoke D. read
13.A. new B. same C. different D. second
14.A. never B. again C. even D. still
15.A. first B. biggest C. best D. most
16.A. brought B. took C. carried D. found
17.A. arriving B. leaving C. moving D. reaching
18.A. stealer B. maker C. lover D. leader
19.A. Unluckily B. Generally C. Finally D. Fortunately
20.A. take up B. make up C. give up D. break up
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When I was nine years old my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick(蹦蹦跷). My mother told me they were too _______ and that we simply couldn't _______ one. One day before Christmas, my _______ and I went to the department store to pay our credit bill. While my mother and I were at the counter paying the _______, my dad said he needed to see something in the tool department. Soon he _______ with a long thin box. I remembered _______ at the very moment if it was a pogo stick in that box.
When we got home my dad put the box in the barn (谷仓). While my parents were _______ with their housework, I _______ out to the barn and found the box. I was so _______ and I knew that as soon as I opened that ________ box, my bright shiny pogo stick would ________.
No such ________！Inside the box was a silly old ________. And so Christmas morning was both great and ________. I got some nice gifts but I didn't get the present that I ________ wanted.
After all the packing paper was cleaned up my dad said he needed to tend to something in the barn. When he came back in, he was ________ my beautiful pogo stick. I couldn't believe it, how they were able to ________ the money for it and how they ________ me with the broom.
________ we didn't have much money, my parents gave me the most important ________ of all, an abundance of love.
1.A.heavy B.expensive C.ugly D.dangerous
2.A.afford B.order C.handle D.make
3.A.mother B.father C.parents D.friend
4.A.fine B.price C.bill D.fee
5.A.came back B.went away C.passed by D.walked around
6.A.asking B.checking C.examining D.wondering
7.A.tired B.familiar C.busy D.satisfied
8.A.helped B.slipped C.jumped D.escaped
9.A.upset B.worried C.anxious D.excited
10.A.magical B.strange C.broken D.delicate
11.A.arrive B.leave C.change D.appear
12.A.luck B.fun C.hope D.joy
13.A.stick B.book C.broom D.toy
14.A.annoying B.disappointing C.frightening D.disturbing
15.A.usually B.shortly C.secretly D.really
16.A.cutting B.decorating C.carrying D.repairing
17.A.save B.lose C.donate D.offer
18.A.cheated B.tricked C.taught D.hurt
19.A.If B.Since C.Unless D.Although
20.A.tool B.gift C.advice D.promise
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When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventually, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
1.Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?
A. The author. B. The author’s father.
C. The girl. D.The girl’s mother
2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?
A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.
B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.
C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.
D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.
3. The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.
A. named B. treated
C. proved D. described
4. According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?
A. To meet the author himself.
B. To sell the O. Henry story.
C. To talk with the O. Henry expert.
D. To give money to the girl.
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oubts about whether my story had ever been told.
when B. Since C. that D. yet