1、stayed in the hole and thought, “3”The next day, he looked out again. He could see a piece of cheese. It was not very far from him.4This time he did not hear any cats “Miaow”, but a very quiet “Woof, woof”.“Its a dog!” he thought. “If the dog is there, the cat wont be there. I expect the dog has cha
2、sedthe cat away, so I am safe.”5 He really did not see the cat there, so he ate the cheese happily. At that time, the cat jumped out and caught the mouse. When the cat finished his meal, he thought, “Im happy that I listened to my parents and learned a second language.”A. The dog may play with the c
3、at.B. But he sat still and waited quietly.C. His parents were very smart mice.D. The mouse ran out of the hole quickly.E. Suddenly, a good smell came to his nose. 1 F. Once his parents waited and had a big meal.G. Im happy I listened to my parents and learned to wait.Passage 2As a man was passing th
4、e elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by only a small rope tied to their front legs. No chains(链条), no cages. Itwas very clear that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds.1He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these anima
5、ls just stood there and didnt want to get away. “Well,” the trainer said, “when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same sizerope to tie them and, at that age, it was enough to hold them.2They believe the rope canstill hold them, so they never try to break free.”These animals could at
6、 any time breakfree from their bonds, but because they believed they couldnt, they were stuck right where theywere.Humans go through their lives hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something,simply because we failed at it once before?5We should give ourselves a chance of hopeby trying to get awa
7、y from failure.A. They just stood there without struggle.B. People can behave themselves as the elephants.C. Like the elephants, how many of us behave like them?D. But for some reason, they did not get away from the ropes.E. Failure is part of learning and we should never give up in life.F. As they
8、grow up, they are used to believing they cannot break away.G. The man was amazed that the thought of elephants changes their behaviors. 2 Passage 3Kagiso Legobe met a 12-year-old disabled boy on the road. After learning the boys difficulties, his heart was touched.1 He needed a wheelchair to get aro
9、und. He lived with his aunts family. They could not afford to buy him a wheelchair.“ 2 I was shocked at what I saw. It was a shabby(破旧的) little house. I learnt that the boy had dropped out of school because he couldnt walk by himself, so he had to stay at home. He must get a good education.” said Le
10、gobe.“His aunt told me that the boy had lost his parents. He had an eight-year-old sister. Theydepended on others help.3” he added.Then Legobe opened a bank account(账户).Money that has been raised would beused to provide some necessities for the boys family. Legobe thanked all those who had offered a
11、 helping hand to the disabled boy.“5He said he couldnt afford to miss even a day at school,” Legobe said.A. His aunt taught him at home.B. People could donate money to it.C. Legobe decided to build a school.D. I followed him to his aunts home.E. I decided to try to help them out of the situation.F.
12、The boy was excited that he could go to school again.G. The poor boy couldnt walk freely due to his disability. 3 Passage 4Long time ago, there were two mountains called Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain. Both mountains were very high. Yu Gong, who lived in the north of the mountains, was nearly
13、90 yearsold. He and his family had to walk a long way to get to the south of the mountains.One day, Yu Gong called all his family together to talk about how to move the two mountains to other places. His wife said, “An old man like you cannot even move a small hill. What can you do tothe big mountains?Where can you throw so much earth and stone?” “2” Yu Gong said.So it was decided.A man named Zhi Sou said to Yu Gong, “You are so silly! Youre so old and weak that you canteven take away the grass and trees.Yu Gong said, “Look,When my sons die, my grandchildren wil
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