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It may seem as if Mother's Day was invented by a company named Hallmark, but people have been taking time on the calendar to give a shout-out to Mom for a long time. The Greeks and Romans had mother goddess festivals — although their celebrations didn't involve the menfolk taking their underappreciated mothers out to dinner. A more recent tradition wasMothering Sunday, which developed in the British Isles during the 16th century. On the fourth Sunday in April, young men and women who were living and working apart from their families were advised to return to their mothers’ houses.
Mother's Day as it is observed in the United States started in the 1850s with Ann Jarvis, a West Virginia woman who held “Mothers' Work Days” to promote health and hygiene(卫生) at home and in the workplace. During the Civil War, Jarvis organized women to improve sanitary conditions for soldiers on both sides, and after the war she became a peacemaker, furthering the cause by bringing together mothers of Union and Confederate soldiers and promoting a Mother's Day holiday.
Jarvis's work inspired another 19th-century woman, Julia Ward Howe. In 1870 Howe published her “Mother's Day Proclamation”, which envisioned the day not as appreciation of mothers by their children but as an opportunity for women to exercise their collective power for peace. Howe started holding annual Mother's Day celebrations in Boston, her hometown, but after about a decade she stopped footing the bill and the tradition faded away.
It was Jarvis's daughter Anna who succeeded in getting Mother’s Day recognized as a national holiday. After her mother died, in May 1905, Anna started holding yearly ceremony on the anniversary and conducting a tireless PR campaign to have the day made a holiday. In 1908 she succeeded in enlisting the support of John W anamaker, the Philadelphia department store magnate and advertising pioneer, and by 1912 West Virginia and a few other states had adopted Mother's Day. Two years later, President Woodrow Wilson signed a resolution declaring the second Sunday in May a national holiday.
It wasn't long, though, before whatever ideals the day was supposed to celebrate were buried under an amount of greeting cards and candy. By the 1920s Anna Jarvis was campaigning against the holiday she had been instrumental in creating. “I wanted it to be a day of emotionalism, not profit,” she said.
1.The first paragraph suggests that .
A.mothers didn't get enough appreciation
B.Mother's Day was invented by Hallmark
C.young people returned to their mothers' houses
D.Greeks and Romans were the first to celebrate Mother's Day
2.Who plays the most important role in creating Mother's Day?
A.Ann Jarvis. B.Julia Ward Howe.
C.Woodrow Wilson. D.Anna Jarvis.
3.Why did Anna Jarvis object to Mother's Day at last?
A.Because it was an emotional day.
B.Because the festival was not profitable.
C.Because the celebrations went against the original spirit.
D.Because the day was buried under greeting cards and candy.
4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.The Objection to Mother’s Day
B.The Argument on Celebrating Mother's Day
C.The Story Behind the Creation of Mother's Day
D.Different Form of Celebrations on Mother's Day
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Invention can be ________ as it may suddenly begin just by noticing something usual.
A．accidental B．careless
C．necessary D．imaginative
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_______, nobody was injured in the accident．
A．As it may seem strange
B．Because it may seem strange
C．Strange as it may seem
D．Strange as may it seem
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Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes.
Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities (能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped(淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut.
Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have.
Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you're hungry.
Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.
Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.
Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the had days, if you could, and did, play a bit.
Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.
1.The author intends to tell us that____________.
A. true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means
B. big houses are people's most valued possessions
C. big houses can in a sense bring richness of life
D. true happiness comes from spiritual riches
2.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that__________.
A. however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied
B. however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor
C. though their house is big, they prefer a simple life
D. though their house is big, it seems to be a cage
3.It can be learned from the passage that __________.
A. more money brings more happiness
B. art is needed to make your house beautiful
C. literature can enrich your spiritual life
D. sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. House of Life B. Secret of Wealth
C. Rest and Refreshment D. Interest and Enthusiasm
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Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money．Strange as it may seem，if you’re unsatisfied，the issue(问题) is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires--not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don’t have enough tastes．
Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities(能力)to enjoy life．Most people are already swamped(淹没)with things．They eat，wear，go and talk too much．They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a deserted hut(茅屋).
Your house of life ought to be a mansion(豪宅)，a royal palace. Every new taste，every additional interest，every fresh enthusiasm(热情) adds a room．Here are several rooms your house of life should have．
Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things．If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them，they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you’re hungry．
Literature，classic literature，is a beautiful，richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment．To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person，for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library．
Music like Mozart’s and Bach’s shouldn’t be absent．Real riches are of the spirit．And when you’ve brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk．you have increased your thrills and bettered them．And life is a matter of thrills．
Sports，without which you remain poor，mean a lot in life．No matter who you are，you would be more human，and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days，if you could，and did，play a bit．
Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life，the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding．
1. The author intends to tell us that ________．
A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means
B．big houses are people’s most valued possessions
C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life
D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches
2. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that__________.
A. however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied
B. however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor
C. though their house is big, they prefer a simple life
D. though their house is big, it seems to be a cage
3. It can be learned from the passage that __________.
A. more money brings more happiness
B. art is needed to make your house beautiful
C. literature can enrich your spiritual life
D. sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. House of Life B. Secret of Wealth
C. Rest and Refreshment D. Interest and Enthusiasm
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It was Mother’s Day. I was so busy with my work that I couldn’t _______back home. When I passed by a_______shop, an _______ came to my mind, “I’ll send Mum some roses.”
While I was _______ my flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get_______ only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as_______ as forty dollars a dozen. Maybe he would be happy with carnations (康乃馨). “No, I _______ have red roses,” he said, “my mum was_______ill last year and I didn’t spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, roses, as rose is her_______.”
After hearing it, I said I would pay ________ of the money for the young man. ________ by both of us, the assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the ________ and ran out of the shop. It was________ worth twenty-five dollars I paid to see the exciting ________. Then I paid for my dozen of roses and told the assistant to________ them to my mother.
As I walked out, I felt ________. Suddenly I saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon I ________ it was not a park________ a cemetery(墓地). Crying, the young man carefully ________ the roses, “Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”
Seeing this, I turned and quickly walked to the________.I would take the flowers home myself.
1.A.come B.go C.return D.turn
2.A.flower B.clothing C.rose D.jewellery
3.A.fact B.idea C.word D.picture
4.A.selling B.getting C.picking D.showing
5.A.in B.on C.at D.for
6.A.much B.expensive C.cheap D.high
7.A.have to B.might C.should D.can
8.A.a bit B.hardly C.nearly D.badly
9.A.flower B.dream C.favorite D.gift
10.A.the rest B.some C.all D.much
11.A.Surprised B.Moved C.Excited D.Pleased
12.A.roses B.street C.assistant D.air
13.A.only B.not C.well D.very
14.A.incident B.time C.scenery D.moment
15.A.send B.offer C.present D.give
16.A.nice B.amazed C.shameful D.relaxed
17.A.understood B.learned C.realized D.was told
18.A.and B.or C.but D.nor
19.A.grew B.lay C.buried D.laid
20.A.man B.shop C.street D.cemetery
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Can you believe everything that you read?
It seems as if every day, some new articles come out about a new discovery about this or that. For example, water is bad for you, or good for you. The answer depends on which scientific study has just come out. People cannot decide which food items are healthy, how pyramids were constructed, and why dinosaurs disappeared. When we look for answers we sometimes can believe persuasive researches and scientists. But how trustworthy are they really? Here are two examples of scientific hoaxes (骗局).As far back as 1726, Johann Beringer was fooled by his fellow scientists into thinking he had made an amazing discovery.
The fossils of spiders, lizards, and even birds with the name of God written on them in Hebrew were unlike anything that had been found before. He wrote several papers on them and was famous for those only to have it revealed that they were planted by jealous colleagues to ruin his reputation.When an early human being was discovered in 1912, scientists at this time were wild with excitement over the meaning it had for the theory of evolution. There were hundreds of papers about this Piltdown man over the next fifty years until it was finally discovered to be a complex hoax. The skull (头骨) of a man had been mixed with the jawbone of an orangutan (猩猩) to make the ape (猿) man.
The next time you read the exciting new findings of a study of the best scientist, do not automatically assume that it is true. Even qualified people can get it wrong. While we certainly should not ignore scientific research, we do need to take it with a grain of salt. Just because it is accepted as the truth today does not mean it will still be trustworthy tomorrow.
1.What does Paragraph 1 want to say?
A. Researchers and scientists are not perfect.
B. Something that we read may not be true.
C. Researchers and scientists know everything.
D. People don’t know whether water is good or bad.
2.What is the reason why Johann Beringer was fooled?
A. His fellow scientists wanted to make fun of him.
B. His workmates are eager to become famous too.
C. These scientists made a mistake because of carelessness.
D. His colleagues envied him and did so to destroy his fame.
3.The excited scientists thought that this Piltdown man ______.
A. was in fact a complex hoax
B. was a great scientific invention
C. contributed to the theory of evolution
D. had the skull like that of an ape
4.What does the underlined phrase “with a grain of salt” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Happily. B. Generally. C. Doubtfully. D. Completely.
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Hebrew is probably a kind of language.
B. Truths of science will never be out of time.
C. People believe scientists because they are persuasive.
D. We are advised to believe famous scientists.
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When the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (巴黎圣母院) was on fire, it seemed as if the nation had lost a piece of its soul. A similar tragedy took place in 19th century Russia. And the rebuilding effort of the Russians might offer some inspiration for the French.
Standing in the heart of the Russian capital, with 60,000 square meters of floor space and 1,500 rooms, the Winter Palace was among the world’s grandest building. On Dec. 17, 1837, a fire broke out at the Winter Palace. By the morning of Dec.19, only the structure’s framework remained.
For the czar (沙皇) , the fire presented a political challenge. Fearing that Russia's enemies would cast the fire as a blow to the czarist orders, the czar’s supporters quickly worked together to shape the description of the fire in Russia and abroad. They wanted the country to appear united. And they certainly didn't want despair to become the story.
The first full account of the fire was written in French by the poet Petr Viazemskii. A Russian translation appeared two months later. That text and others painted a highly idealized picture of the response to the tragedy. The accounts noted that the czar forcefully directed the fire’s containment. Soldiers were selfless to save the palace. The Russian people felt the loss just as deeply as the czar.
To erase the shame of the fire, the czar set a nearly impossible goal: rebuild the palace within 15 months, and he ordered that rebuilt palace look exactly as it had before.Thousands of workers labored on the construction site. They made rapid progress. On Match 25, 1839, the czar celebrated the rebirth of the Winter Palace.
Outwardly identical to the old version, the new palace featured more iron and brick in its structures---and less wood. It was far less fire-prone than the original.
Notre Dame hasn’t experienced the same level of destruction as the Winter Palace, if the Russian phoenix of 1839 is any indication, there is hope that a renewed Notre Dame will once again grace the banks of the Seine.
1.What do we know about the fire in the Winter Palace?
A. It burnt down 60,000 rooms
B. It lasted more than 24 hours
C. It was set by Russia’s enemies
D. It completely destroyed the palace
2.Why did the czar decide to rebuild the palace in a short time?
A. To secure his power
B. To challenge his enemies
C. To unite French people
D. To celebrate his birthday
3.What did Viazemskii and others stress in their accounts?
A. The scene of the fire
B. The selflessness of the czar
C. The Russians’ joint effort to fight the fire
D. The ideal result achieved by the Russians.
4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To describe a fire at the Winter Palace
B. To praise the renewal of the Winter Palace
C. We express sympathy for the Notre Dame
D. To inspire confidence in rebuilding the Notre Dame.
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When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’11 most certainly be right．”It made a deep on me．and since then, for the past 33 years，I have in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life， I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a ，I know I need to change something．
Remembering that I’ll be soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death， only what is truly important
About a year ago I was with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I with that diagnosis all day． ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there And yet death is the destination we all ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to for the new．Right now the new is you, but someday not too from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true．
Your time is ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart
1.A. impression B. curse C. decision D. joke
2.A. seen B. looked C. found D. 1ost
3.A. would B. should C. might D. could
4.A. hurry B. 1ine C. moment D. row
5.A. successful B. rich C. dead D. frustrated
6.A. apologies B. fortune C. impressions D. choices
7.A. proving B. leaving C. confirming D. telling
8.A. diagnosed B. cured C. treated D. round
9.A. on B. for C. in D. at
10.A. met B. got C. did D. 1ived
11.A. However B. But C. Therefore D. So
12.A. incurable B. curable C. fatal D. changeable
13.A. Anyone B. Someone C. No one D. Everyone
14.A. want B. avoid C. share D. escape
15.A. destination B. 1ife C. science D. disease
16.A. make up B. make for C. make our D. make way
17.A. distant B. short C. long D. away
18.A. 1imited B. rare C. enough D. 1ost
19.A. wasted B. cheated C. excited D. trapped
20.A. voice B. love C. direction D. confusion
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When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’ll most certainly be right” It made a deep 1 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have 2 in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，3 I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a 4 ，I know I need to change something．
Remembering that I’ll be 5 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 6 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，7 only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was8 with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs 9 order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die．I10 with that diagnosis all day．11 ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is12 with surgery．I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
13 wants to die．Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all14 ．No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of 15 ．It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to 16 for the new．Right now the new is you．But someday not too 17 from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away．Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true.
Your time is 18 ，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife．Don’t be19 by dogma (教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking．Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner 20 ．And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.
1.A. joke B. curse C. decision D. impression
2.A. looked B. seen C. found D. 1ost
3.A. might B. should C. would D. could
4.A. hurry B. 1ine C. row D. moment
5.A. successful B. dead C. rich D. frustrated
6.A. choices B. fortune C. impressions D. apologies
7.A. proving B. confirming C. leaving D. telling
8.A. treated B. cured C. diagnosed D. round
9.A. on B. for C. at D. in
10.A. met B. 1ived C. did D. got
11.A. But B. However C. Therefore D. So
12.A. incurable B. fatal C. curable D. changeable
13.A. No one B. Someone C. Anyone D. Everyone
14.A. want B. avoid C. escape D. share
15.A. destination B. science C. 1ife D. disease
16.A. make up B. make way C. make our D. make for
17.A. distant B. long C. short D. away
18.A. enough B. rare C. limited D. 1ost
19.A. wasted B. cheated C. excited D. trapped
20.A. love B. voice C. direction D.confusion
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It seems as if every day, some new articles come out about a new discovery about this or that. For example, water is bad for you, or good for you. The answer depends on which scientific study has just come out. People cannot decide which food items are healthy, how pyramids were constructed, and why dinosaurs disappeared. When we look for answers we sometimes can be