A friend of mine was fond of drawing horses. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse,that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly (肚子) or the foot of the horse,if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule. They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar (奇特的) to himself;and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way. Now the very same thing is true to literature (文學) .And the question, " How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is,you are not yet experienced (有經驗的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will never ask the question,and I think that you will often begin at the tail―that is to say,you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.
( ) 1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses .
A. very well B. in the way of western rule
C. in the way of his own rule D. all of the above
( ) 2. The writer was surprised because .
A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse
B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse
C. the artist made his own rule
D. the artist did not follow other people's rule
( ) 3. You are not yet experienced because .
A. you don't know where to begin
B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail
C. you always asked question
D. you do not trust to your own powers
( ) 4. When you become more experienced you .
A. never ask question B. often begin at the tail
C. should write the end of the story D. should think of the beginning
( ) 5. The topic of the passage is .
A. How to draw a horse B. How to write a story
C. How to make your own rules D. Trust to your own powers
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An old woman suddenly got blind (9$) . She promised (答應) a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see a 1 "If you fail," she said, "you will get n 2 . ”The doctor agreed.
The doctor soon found out what was wrong with her,but he d 3 not to cure (治愈) her right away. Instead,each time he v 4 ,he secretly took one of her things. When he had taken e 5 he wanted,he cured her blindness and set her a large b 6 Now when the old woman could see again she f 7 that all her things had gone and she refused (拒絕) to p 8 the bill. So the doctor took her b 9 a judge. "But I say I am not cured,because I can't still see any of the things in my house."
The old woman w 10 her case (案子) and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
1. a 2. n 3. d 4. v 5. e
6. 7. f 8. p 9. b 10. w
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With the improvement of people's material conditions,people have higher demands for living quality. Everyone wants to have a s 1 body and good living habits. H 2 can we do that?
First,get up e 3 and keep d 4 exercises in the morning every day. It's a g 5 beginning of the day.
S 6 ,pay attention to daily diet and have balanced food. It can ensure your h 7 . Besides these,the m 8 important thing is to be c 9 and good natured. Hope you will be h 10 forever.
1. s 2. H 3. e 4. d 5. g
6. S 7. h 8. m 9. c 10. h
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Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century (世紀) .Sandwichwas rich (有錢的) ，but he liked to play cards (紙牌) for money. He often played for 24 hours,and didn't even stop to have his meals. He ordered (命令) his servants (仆人) to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between (在兩者之間) the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's idea,and from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did.
From the name of the man,Sandwich,we have the word of the food sandwich today.
( ) 11. Sandwich was the .
A. name of a servant
B. name of a man with a lot of money
C. poor man who lived on playing cards
D. name of food which was liked by the rich
( ) 12. Sandwich .
A. was so interested (興趣) in playing cards that he often had no time to have his meals
B. often brought some bread with him to play cards
C. never ate anything when he played cards
D. had no money to play cards with at last
( ) 13. People liked Sandwich's idea because .
A. bread,together with meat was cheap
B. he always won when he played cards
C. they liked Sandwich himself
D. when they ate with one of their hands they could do something with the other
( ) 14. Today,sandwich is .
A. also a name of a rich man
B. two pieces of bread with meat in between
C. not interested in playing cards
D. not liked by most of the people
( ) 15. As food,sandwich .
A. is usually made of (用.... 制作) bread and chickenB. sometimes smells (聞) good,but sometimes not
C. is made of bread and meat
D. is easy for us to play
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We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money,but most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job,did Jim,as a friend,really feel good about it? Or did he envy my luck?" "And was Paul friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back,doubts like these can make us feel bad.
But when we look back,it is too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends,or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meanings. And if we do not really listen,we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog!"(你真幸運！) Is he really on your side? If he says, " You're a lucky guy (人，家伙) ！"，that is being friendly. But "a lucky dog?" there is a bit of envy in those words. What he may be saying is that he does not think you deserve your luck.
"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another phrase that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem. But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Is what he says shown by the tone of voice? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake.
( ) 11. When the writer recalls (回想) some of the things that happened between him and his friends,he .
A. feels happy,thinking how nice his friends were to him
B. feels he might not have understood his friends' true feelings
C. think it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend
D. is sorry that his friends let him down
( ) 12. When the writer talks about someone saying, "You're a lucky dog!"， he is saying that .
A. the speaker is just friendly ,
B. this sentence suggests the same as "You're a lucky guy"
C. the word "dog" should not be used to apply to people
D. sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious
( ) 13. This passage tries to tell you how to .
A. avoid (避免) mistakes about money and friends
B. get an idea of friendly people
C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you
D. keep people friendly without trusting them
( ) 14. The writer suggests that be trusted.
A. everybody B. nobody
C. all the people D. not all the people
( ) 15. Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. The person who says " You are a lucky dog" is on your side.
B. In order to understand what others really mean,you'd better look in their eyes.
C. We won't make any mistakes when we are older.
D. We have no way to tell the real meaning behind anyone's words.
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Once there was an unknown young painter who made a living by painting portraits (pictures of persons) . One day,a rich man came by and asked him to draw a portrait for him. They agreed on the pay of 10,000 dollars.
Soon the portrait was finished. But the rich man hit on a bad idea, "The man in the painting is me. If I don't buy this painting,no one else will. Why should I pay so much money for it？”So he said, "I will only pay 3 ,000 dollars."
The young artist was shocked and strongly argued about the fairness. But the rich man just didn't listen to him, "I ask you one last time,will you sell it for 3 ,000 dollars or not?"
The young artist knew the rich man went back on his word on purpose,so he said calmly, "No,I'd prefer not to sell the painting rather than being humiliated by you. But if you break your promise today,you'll pay 20 times of it later. Let's wait and see."
Before long the painter moved out of this sad place,visiting many famous teachers to study hard on painting night and day.
More than a dozen ( means 12) years passed. The rich man had already forgotten the artist's painting and words until one day,some of his friends came to tell him, "It is so strange!We paid a visit to a famous artist's exhibition of paintings,and found that the man on one of the paintings which is marked 200,000 dollars looks exactly the same as you. It is so ridiculous that the title of the painting is Thief."
It was a headon blow to him. He immediately thought up the young painter years ago. If the painting was really the one on which he broke his promise that year,it would be terrible. He went to the exhibition right away. As he feared,the painting named Thief was no other than that one on which he had broken his words that year. He quickly apologized to the artist and paid 200,000 dollars to buy back the portrait.
The young painter finally brought the rich man to his knees. Nobody can really humiliate or beat you as long as you put all your heart in what you are interested in. And this young man's name was Pablo Picasso.
( ) 6. The rich man changed his mind to pay only 3 ,000 dollars,because .
A. nobody else would buy the painting except him
B. the painting was just worth that price
C. he wanted to bully (欺負) the young man with no fame
D. he was short of money at that time
( ) 7. The underlined word "humiliated" probably means " ".
A. 羞辱 B. ,&敗 C. 打擊 D. 輕視
( ) 8. We can learn from the passage that the young painter .
A. became very famous because of the painting Thief
B. finally made his word come true
C. painted another painting in memory of the rich man
D. changed his name many years later
( ) 9. According to the passage,the writer wants to tell us that .
A. one should become famous to stop others from bullying him
B. we must make a lot of money to make others respect us
C. we should not look down upon unknown artists
D. no one but yourself can defeat you
( ) 10. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. Pablo Picasso
B. The Painting Titled Thief
C. Pay for What You Should Pay
D. Cost of Going Back on One's Word
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Apple II Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers Inc. in 1976. year later ， the Apple II was market personal computer. | IMac Uder leadership ， Apple introduced the all in-one iMac computer in a 1998. The iMac became the first machine, which offered only a CD-ROM slot. |
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IPad By 2010, Steve Jobs was ― confident that the world was , ready to have a tablet computer that would be great for watching movies and playing games. The touch-sensitive iPad is a great success. | IPhone 4s IPhone 4s came out on October 4 ， 2011 in America. It looks like iPhone 4. It has a screen and a case which 二. are the same size as those of iphone 4. But it has a better camera and faster data transfer speeds. |
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( ) 1. When was the Apple II invented?
A. In 1976. B. In 1977. C. In 1998. D. In 2010.
( ) 2. When did the iMac first come out?
A. In 1976. B. In 1998.
C. In 2010. D. In
2011.
( ) 3. Which one was the oldest?
A. The Apple II. B. The iMac.
C. The iPad. D. The iPhone 4s.
( ) 4. From the passage,we can know that the iPad .
A. has a better camera
B. is the first personal computer
C. has a CD-ROM slot
D. is great for watching movies
( ) 5. According to the passage,which of the following is true?
A. IPhone 4s' screen is larger than iPhone 4.
B. IPhone 4s has a larger and slimmer case than iPhone 4.
C. IPhone 4s uses less time to transfer data than iPhone 4.
D. IPhone 4s with an improved camera is cheaper than iPhone 4.
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Tomorrow was a young man's girlfriend's birthday and he was having a difficult time deciding on a present for her. He had a very special reason for a right gift: tomorrow he was going to make an offer of marriage to her.
He finally decided on perfume (香水) .All girls liked perfume. But what kind did she prefer? He couldn't ask her,because that would spoil the surprise.
At last he had an idea. That afternoon,pretending to take Fritz for a walk,he went to his girlfriend's house and got the little dog. Together,they went directly to the perfume counter of the town's biggest department store. He asked a clerk to open a large number of bottles and wave the stoppers (瓶塞) under the dog's nose.
Resting in the young man's arms,Fritz began to get tired and bored as this game went on. Then he suddenly became frisky (活蹦舌Li^的) ，wiggling in the young man's arms and barking excitedly,as the clerk waved one stopper under his nose. "I'll take that one," said the young man.
"My favorite perfume！”said the delighted girl the next morning. "How did you know?" she asked,putting some perfume behind each ear.
"Intuition (直覺) ，I guess," said the young man,deciding that it wasn't exactly wrong to tell a lie. One day,after they were married,he would admit that his intuition had really been a little dog.
( ) 6. Fritz is the name of .
A. the young man B. the young man's girlfriend
C. a dog D. a department store
( ) 7. The young man felt difficult to choose a present for the girl because .
A. he didn't have much money
B. the present would be very important to him
C. he didn't know what his girlfriend preferred
D. he lived in a small town
( ) 8. The birthday present was actually decided on by .
A. the young man's intuition
B. the store clerk
C. the young man himself
D. the little dog
( ) 9. When she received the gift,the girl felt .
A. glad but surprised B. thankful but disappointed
C. surprised but unhappy D. delighted but unsatisfied
( ) 10. The underlined sentence "he was going to make an offer of marriage to her" in the first paragraph means .
A. he would send her a beautiful gift
B. he was going to give her a surprise
C. he would ask her to marry him and be his wife
D. he was going to hold a party to celebrate her birthday
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c To love even if you are already 90 years old,to still have a dream to catch the clouds in the sky. It seems impossible to imagine that these words came from a woman at her age of 101. Most of us generally believe that people at that age would do nothing every day but wait for death to come nearer and nearer. However,that's not true for Grandma Toyo Shibata.
Have you ever thought of starting a new career writing poems at an age of 92? That's just what Grandma Toyo did. More surprisingly,she even had her two collections of poems come out when she was nearly 100 years old. Her first collection,Don't lose heart,has been ranked one of the bestselling books of 2010 in Japan,which sells far more than 1. 5 million copies.
Some say her poems are very like Tagore's. Though simple and relaxed,her poems sharply point out the nature of life. Grandma Toyo writes what she loves and prizes. And her works can easily catch the hearts of millions of readers.
You may think Grandma Toyo lived an easy and comfortable life. However,life didn't treat her that well. She had to take several different jobs to support her family at a very young age. She was one of those who witnessed the Second World War. It's hard to imagine how many difficulties and hardness she has got over all her life.
But Grandma Toyo never complains what life has done to her,yet often feels thankful for the kind people that have helped her. Though she's in her 100s,she still has strong passion of life. Grandma Toyo always brings mirrors and lipsticks with her. She thinks keeping beautiful is also important. Every day is new for her!
( ) 11. According to the passage,most of us think that people at Grandma Toyo's age
A. can write beautiful poems
B. will start a new career
C. are too close to death to do anything
D. often complain about their life
( ) 12. The underlined word "passion" in the passage probably means " ”.
A. love B. strength C. pride D. impression
( ) 13. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Grandma Toyo had her first collection of poems come out at the age of 92.
B. Both of Grandma Toyo and Tagore's poems point out the nature of life.
C. Grandma Toyo lived an easy and comfortable life.
D. Grandma Toyo took several different jobs during the Second World War.
( ) 14. The underlined sentence u Grandma Toyo always brings mirrors and lipsticks with her" shows that .
A. she never complains what life does harm on her
B. she's worried that she will lose them
C. she's afraid that she can't find them any more
D. she never stops her steps towards beauty and happiness
( ) 15. Which would be the best title of the passage?
A. An Old Lady in Her 100s.
B. Toyo Shibata ― "Tagore" in Japan.
C. Make Every Day Thankful and Wonderful
D. Have Your Dream Come True
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