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1、When I look back, I find that many of the opportunities that allowed positive growth didnt always appear easy or fun. They often appeared as something that looked like hard work. But when we focus, consistently show up, and put in hard work, it will result in candy. 1. Why do many people miss their

2、opportunities according to the author? _A. Their hard work fails to pay off. B. They dont work hard continuously. C. They havent realized their potential. D. They dont value their opportunities. 2. What does the author think of the learning process according to Paragraph 4_A. It is often interesting

3、 for most people. B. It is often long and hard for most people. C. You can speed it up with the help of others. D. You can predict your progress from its start. 3. How did the authors eating disorder affect her emotionally?A. She lacked hope for her life sometimes. B. She was unwilling to do therapy

4、 at first. C. She refused to change her eating habits. D. She liked eating candy very much. 4. What would be the best title for the text?A. Power of positive thinkingB. Candy and achievementsC. Hard work leads to successD. Opportunities come candy-wrappedPassage 2 News Review Learn to swim. Do you w

5、ant to study in Tsinghua University? If your answer is yes, you need to be able to swim or get prepared to learn to swim from now on. Recently, the university has made a new rule that students must pass the 50-meter swimming test to finish school. This rule has been brought into a broad discussion.

6、Some agree with it because it can help students do more sports, but others disagree. They believe that it doesnt respect their personal wishes. It shouldnt be a must for graduation. Whats your opinion? Thomas Edison was an great inventor in the US. When he was seven, her mother caught a serious illn

7、ess so she had to receive an operation（手术） in time. However, the room was too dark. So Edison brought a mirror and an oil lamp to light the room. How smart he was. This story comes from the Chinese textbook for Grade-two students in the primary school. But recently, many people believe it was not tr

8、ue because the first operation about that illness in the world took place in 1886. Edison reached seven years old in 1854. Some people wonder why the story appears in the textbook. Maybe thats because the editor（编辑） cares too much about the educational meaning without checking whether it was true or

9、 not. Paper books never disappear With the development of E-books, many people prefer to read on the Internet. Some experts worry that paper books may disappear as time goes by. However, a recent study has shown a rising enthusiasm of paper books all over the world, especially among young people of

10、16 to 24. Just in last month, 7% more paper books have been sold in the UK and E-book sale has fallen in a row by 4% in total over the month. Also, a survey made by Voxburner says that 60% of 16-to-24-year-olds prefer paper books. The most popular reasons given were, I love the feeling of holding th

11、e books and the smell of the paper, and I wont end up with headache and sore eyes. 1. The blank in the second paragraph should be filled in_ . A. Thomas Edisons childhoodB. Some good stories in the textbookC. Textbooks are not trueD. Educational meaning in Edisons story2. The Chinese meaning of the

12、underlined wordenthusiasmin this passage is_ . A. 热情 B. 厌恶 C. 危机 D. 成本3. To explain why paper books never disappear, the writer does all the following things EXCEPT_. A. list some numbersB. give us some reasonsC. show a survey resultD. tell a story of his ownPassage 3In a video posted online, a Unit

13、ed Airlines passenger, who is an Asian, is shown with a bloody face after he was forced off an overbooked flight on April 9, 2017, making the already troubled airline earn more bad press. Overbooking on flights happens all the time. Empty seats cost airlines money, so they offset（抵消） the number of p

14、assengers who miss flights by selling several more tickets. In this case, the problem arose because United（美联航） decided at the last minute to fly four employees to a connection point and needed four passengers to make way for them. Normally, when theres an overbooking issue, airlines will offer comp

15、ensation （赔偿） to the passengers who are willing to take a later flight. At first, they were offered $400, a hotel room for the night, and a flight the following afternoon. When no one took the offer, the amount was upped to $800. Still no volunteers. So a manager boarded the flight and informed pass

16、engers that four people would be selected to leave the flight. A couple who were selected agreed to leave the plane voluntarily. However, A man refused, saying he was a doctor and had to see patients in the morning. An airline manager told him that security would be called if he did not leave. Then,

17、 security officers came to speak to him. Their conversation ended with the man being yanked（猛拉） from his seat onto the floor and dragged off, blood visible on his face. This incident caused a stir in public. Many criticized Uniteds racism and cruelty. Some even called for a boycott of the airline. T

18、he company is facing increasing pressure around the world. United is also suffering from broader worries among investors（投资人） about US airline performance. 1. What can we learn about overbooking on flights?A. It rarely occurs. B. It makes more money. C. Its for employees. D. It always causes problem

19、s. 2. What do airlines usually do first when theres an overbooking issue?A. Select some passengers randomly and ask them to leaveB. Call the security and force some passengers to leaveC. Find some volunteers and offer them compensationD. Require the last few passengers not to board the plane3. Why d

20、id the man refuse to leave the plane?A. He was unsatisfied with the compensation. B. He was frightened by the security officers. C. He had got an appointment the next day. D. He was badly injured and was bleeding. 4. What can be learned from the last paragraph?A. The companys reputation is greatly d

21、amaged. B. The company has already lost many investors. C. Incidents like this will not happen again. D. No passengers will take Uniteds flights. Passage 4Van Gogh painted sunflowers for the first time in the summer of 1886. Two years later, his interest appeared again after he settled in Arles. Aft

22、er he had invited the French artist Paul Gauguin, whom he admired, to join his Studio of the South, he began painting sunflowers to brighten up the whitewashed walls of the yellow house he was living in, not far from the towns railway station. Gauguin accepted Van Goghs invitation. When he began dra

23、gging his heels（脚后跟）, Van Gogh painted the last two of the four original Sunflowers for the modest bedroom where his guest would sleep following his arrival that autumn, “Van Gogh saw the Sunflowers for Gauguins bedroom as a way of attracting his friend to come from Brittany, “says Bailey. According

24、 to Martin Gayford, “Gauguin was very surprised by the Sunflowers, which he repeatedly praised and asked for as a gift. Years later, Gauguin himself painted some sunflower pictures.”Van Goghs Sunflowers stand for （代表）his relationship with Gauguin. “I think he painted them for the joy of it,” says Ja

25、nsen. “Van Gogh was at the height of his powers in the summer of 1888,”explains Bailey. “He painted the Sunflowers quickly and with great energy and confidence.” Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in late August, “Im painting quickly now, which wont surprise you when its a question of painting large

26、 Sunflowers.”Van Gogh recognized at once that he had created something important and that his sunflowers were so different. As he told Theo in January 1889, while other artists were known for painting other flowers, “The sunflower is mine.” This, in fact, explains the reason for the popularity of Van Goghs Sunflowers today. 1. Van Gogh painted sunflowers in 1888 in order to _. A. give them to Gauguin B. make his livingC. decorate his house D. show his artistic talent to othe