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一、美文晨读Dave needed to pack for Saturday’s fishing trip. He went into his hall closet, where he had more than 20 rods and reels. Nowadays he went fishing twice a year at Big Bear, a huge lake in southern California about 7,000 feet up in the mountains.California tries to boost the fishing industry by sponsoring a Free Fishing Day twice a year, once in June and once in September. That sufficed for Dave. He went mostly because it was a social event with a few friends, not so much to catch fish. Even by itself, the scenic drive up a twisty two-lane road was worth the trip. Not to mention the big, beautiful houses and trees that lined the shore of the lake.Packing was a project in itself. Dave had even created a computer file named Fishing Trip. It was a checklist of 45 things to take to Big Bear. He took two rods, because on Free Fishing Day you were allowed to fish with two rods instead of the usual one rod. He took a hooded sweatshirt, jeans, two pair of socks, a heavy hooded denim jacket, winter gloves, and a scarf. He also took flip-flops, shorts, a T-shirt, sunglasses, a big hat, and a lightweight raincoat. If you go to Big Bear in June, you’d better be prepared for hot or cold, rain or shine.He packed a couple of magazines to read just in case the fish weren’t biting. He and his friends joked that the fish were always biting - in the spot you just left or the spot you were headed to.After about an hour and a half, Dave had gathered all the items on his list into a neat pile next to his door. He went to bed knowing that tomorrow’s weather and fishing were unpredictable, but the good time with his friends was a gift.二、词汇训练1. The long climb left Jane feeling ________(令人屏息的，气喘吁吁).2. What you say now is not ________(一致的，相符的)with what you said last week.3. I’m going to start ________(减肥)after Christmas.4. My luggage was ________(超重的)by five kilos.5. If anything happens to her, I’ll always have it on my ________(良心，良知).6. It’s bad ________(礼貌)to speak to your
1234567下一页parents like that.7. As a critic, his writing is far too ________(主观的).8. One ________(缺点，不利因素)of New York in the summer is the heat.9. Jenny’s such a ________( 逗人喜爱的)little girl that everyone likes her.10. She overcame her ________(最初的)shyness and really enjoyed the evening.三、七选五We often close ourselves off when painful events happen in our life. Instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. 1The item listed below are four tips you can open your heart more fully and completely.1.Breathe into painWhenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to face it instead of running away. 2 When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and accept it. By using our breath, we soften our experiences and allow more newness.2. 3We’re often confused at the next step to take. Actually, we can try a new decision making process. To start the process, we may ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?” See what comes up, then put it into practice and evaluate the outcome.3.Spend time aloneFor most of our life we’re surrounded by people: our friends, family members and strangers. 4 When you spend time in solitude(孤独), you’re free from the influence of other people. It might be painful at first, but eventually you’ll add a whole new layer of depth and understanding into life.4.Get out of yourself5 But in reality, they actually work hand-in-hand. After you’ve explored the depth of yourself, you come away with a new understanding.Now, it’s time to share that, not through telling others, but through being with others.A.Have a light heartB.Ask your heart what it wantsC.Is there anything I’m hiding from myself?D.How often do we really spend time alone?E.This may seem to go against the last tip to some degree.F.We should open our hearts and take action to heal the wounds.G.When we run away from sadness, it gets stronger and more real.四、阅读理解AThat cold January night, I was growing sick
1234567下一页of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.1. How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?A. Cold and sick
1234567下一页B. Lucky and hopefulC. Satisfied and cheerful D. Disappointed and helpless2. From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.A. solving her problem at the bank B. taking part in various city activitiesC. learning acting in an evening school D. preparing for the first night show3. On her way home the writer_____A. lost her wallet unknowingly B. was stopped by a garbage truck driverC. was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife D. found some homeless people following her4. In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?A. Someone offered to take her back home B. A red-haired man came to see her.C. She heard someone call her name D. Her wallet was found in a garbage truck5. From the text, we can infer that the writer_____A. would stop working at night B. would stay on in San FranciscoC. would make friends with cleaners. D. would give up her job at the bankBBringing Art into Hospitals.The medical world is slowly realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to recover.As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museums and into public places, some of the country’s best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard, modern buildings. Of the 2500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have collections of art in passages, waiting areas and treatment rooms.These recent movements were first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970’s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by more people.A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5000 visitors each week. What a good place to hold exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in
1234567下一页1975. Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.The effect is amazing. Now in the passages and waiting rooms the visitors experience a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that a patient who had a view onto gardens needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.6. Some best artists of Britain have been called in to_____.A. set up new hospitals B. make the corners of hospital collect paintingsC. bring art into hospitals D. help patients recover from serious illness7. After the improvement of the hospital environment, _____.A. patients no longer take drugs to kill their painsB. patients don’t have to stay long in hospitalC. patients need fewer pain killers when they suffer from an illnessD. patients feel happy in hospital8. It can be inferred from the passage that_____.A. the role of hospital environment is being recognizedB. hospital artists have done more than doctorsC. exhibitions attract more people in hospitals than in museumsD. the hospitals is a better place for people than the museum in BritainCA person, like a commodity (商品), needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment (装饰), so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by Go
1234567下一页d. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work you are unique in through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self-satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make us of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony (和谐) with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the elder’s company is like reading a thick book of deluxe (better quality) edition that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part with.As long as one find where on stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.9. It can be concluded from the text that _______.A. people should be packed at all ages B. people should be packed in a special wayC. elderly people also care about packing D. proper packing makes people attractive10. For the middle-aged, attractiveness _______.A. hardly exists B. is the strongestC. comes from the inside D. comes from the appearance11. The underlined sentence means that elderly people _______.A. are usually packed like a finely-made bookB. experience a lot and have a rich knowledge of lifeC. do a lot of traveling and can give you much informationD. enjoy reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairylands五、句子翻译1. 我们每个人都要受到学校的影响。_____________________________________________________________________________________2. 现在，除了星期天和星期六，学生每天都被限制在校园之内。________________________________________________________________________
1234567下一页_____________3. 进入新校后，我们很快适应了这个新的变化。_____________________________________________________________________________________4. 每个人都喜欢她，因为大家认为她心肠很好。_____________________________________________________________________________________5. 随着污染的增加，一些动植物濒临灭绝。_____________________________________________________________________________________6. 情人眼里出西施。(in the eyes of)_____________________________________________________________________________________7. 美的标准随着时代及文化的不同而变化着。(change with)_____________________________________________________________________________________8. 受时代、社会和文化的影响，没有一定的衡量标准来判断什么是美。(with the influence of)_____________________________________________________________________________________9. 她演讲得太精彩了，欢呼声淹没了她的声音。(drown)_____________________________________________________________________________________10. 不像美国，中国人口众多。(unlike)_____________________________________________________________________________________二、词汇训练1. breathless 2. consistent 3. slimming 4. overweight 5. conscience6. manners 7. subjective 8. drawback 9. cute 10. initial三、七选五1.F 2.G 3.B 4.D 5.E四、阅读理解1-5 DDACB 6-8 CCA 9-11 DCB五、句子翻译1. Every one of us is influenced by the school.2. Now the students are restricted to the schoolyard except on Sunday and Saturday.3. After we came into the new school, we adapted to the change quickly.4. Everybody likes her because she is considered warm ? hearted.5. With the pollution increasing, some animals and plants are dying out.6. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.7. Standards of beauty change with time and cultural groups.8. With the influence of history, society and culture, there are no precise criteria which can be used to judge what is beauty.9. She delivered too wonderful a speech and cheers drowned her voice.10. Unlike the USA, China has a large population.
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