One student ______ his hand and said, "I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple." The teacher stepped ______ the platform, passed by y each of the students and said. "Smell ______ to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air."

Half of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher returned to the ______ of the classroom and asked again who else could smell the apple. The rest raised their hands except one boy. The teacher came to the boy and asked, "You really can't smell the apple?"

The boy answered, "No, I can't smell it. I don't think it's a ______ apple." The teacher ______ at the boy and said to the class, "He's right! It's not ______ to get the apple smell from this apple."

All of the other students had been tricked. Some may have thought that perhaps the apple didn't have the apple smell, ______ they didn't dare to speak up. They just ______ the first student blindly and went along with him.

【1】A.watchB.feelC.smellD.taste

【2】A.shookB.roseC.showedD.raised

【3】A.onB.behindC.towardsD.off

【4】A.laterB.onceC.againD.about

【5】A.frontB.middleC.backD.between

【6】A.realB.tastyC.niceD.bad

【7】A.laughedB.smiledC.shoutedD.stared

【8】A.surprisingB.possibleC.commonD.natural

【9】A.andB.soC.butD.or

【10】A.offeredB.admiredC.preferredD.followed

The school teaches students all the same s【2】 as the rest of the country's schools, but the teaching methods are completely different. Southern Cross uses nature as a teaching tool. The teachers and their pupils go out into n【3】 and work with animals and plants. These can be used to study a【4】 from maths and social sciences to languages. The school is in an area where animals live wild and can be hunted. To get to class, students travel a road through the forest that wild animals use as well.

The classroom for small preschoolers is a little different from the rest of the school. For example, the first lesson of the day is maths, but the teaching method is very s【5】. In this school you won't hear a teacher saying "C【6】 how many apples Jane has in her basket." Actually, the children visit a nearby river to count the number of marks left by animals. This way they can see how many different animals come to d【7】 during the night.

The students are encouraged to take care of the injured and small animals. If they find a dead animal in the area, they study where the animal fits in the foot chain and how and why it d【8】.

The headmaster says, "We must make people understand what we are doing to the e【9】. We need to care for our p【10】."

— _______ ! Why are you always borrow money from me?

A.Of courseB.Good ideaC.I'm not sureD.No way

—Of course. The water _______ a bit cold at first, but then I am warm and full of energy.

A.feelB.tastesC.smellsD.looks

某英文網(wǎng)站正在開展以“自律”為主題的征文活動。假如你是李華，請用英語寫一篇短文投稿，談?wù)勔蛞咔槟阍诩疑暇W(wǎng)課時是如何進(jìn)行自律的，以及這樣做給你帶來的好處。

提示詞語：self-disciplined (自律的), listen carefully, finish homework, habit, improve

提示問題：

How did you do to be self-disciplined?

What benefits have you got by doing so?

Self-discipline plays an important role in our life. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes, " Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted (收養(yǎng)) as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he'd beat me."

Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free. " When he was 24, meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.

In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.

Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation (基金會) for Adoption in 1992.

In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.

"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams, "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody. "

【1】When did Dave Thomas begin to do commercials for the hamburger chain?

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【2】Did Dave Thomas live a happy life or a hard life when he was young?

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【3】Who led Dave Thomas to success?

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【4】Where did Thomas start the first Wendy's Old Fashioned hamburgers?

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【5】Why did he start the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992?

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If you say half full, you might be an optimist. If you say half empty, you might be the opposite - a pessimist.

Optimism and pessimism represent your general attitude toward certain situations or to life in general. And your attitude about life may be more important to living than you think.

A new study suggests that your level of optimism may affect your health. People who are optimistic may live longer than those who are pessimistic.

Researchers at Harvard University's School of Public Health in Boston did the study. They compared women with "a general expectation that good things will happen" to women who were less optimistic. They found that the optimists had a much lower risk of getting several deadly diseases, including cancer, heart disease and certain types of infection.

Eric Kim is one of the study leaders. He says there is increasing evidence that strengthening psychological (心理的) resilience may help prevent disease. Kim says that these new findings suggest that people should make efforts to increase their resilience and optimism. He says optimism is connected with healthier behaviors and healthier ways of dealing with difficulty. Optimists tend to take better care of themselves by exercising, eating healthy foods and getting enough sleep.

However, the researchers say that healthy behaviors of optimistic people only partly explain the connection with reduced risk of disease.

For the study, researchers looked at information gathered on 70,000 women in the Nurse's Health Study. This massive study began in 1975. It collects health information on those involved in the study every two years. The Harvard researchers looked at the level of optimism of the women, as well as other factors such as race, diet, physical activity level and overall health. They found the most optimistic women had nearly a 30 percent lower risk of dying from disease.

Kaitlin Hagan, another study leader, says earlier studies show that a person can use simple, low-cost methods to increase optimism. For example, thinking about and writing down the best possible outcomes for areas of their lives, like their careers or relationships.

Leslie Ralph, a clinical psychologist and counselor, has several ideas about how to increase optimism. She says each night you might plan to do two or three simple, enjoyable activities the next day, such as watching the sun rise, visiting a friend, dancing to a favorite song or reading a story with your child. And the counselor adds offering praise or support to someone can also improve your own outlook. A smile and "thank you" from another person may help you feel more optimistic.

【1】What do we know from the passage?

A.Relations lie among optimism, pessimism and a glass of water.

B.Good expectations increase risk of dying from disease.

C.An optimist is more likely to live healthily.

D.Supporting someone may receive praise of a pessimist.

【2】What does the underlined word "resilience" mean in Paragraph 6?

A.The ability to recover from difficulty or change.B.A way of thinking and reacting to things.

C.Factors that influence one's health.D.The ability to experience the sense of touching body.

【3】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.To Be Optimistic or PessimisticB.To Look on the Bright Side or the Opposite

C.Increasing Optimism Keeps You More ActiveD.Looking on the Bright Side Might Help You Live Longer

A.interestingB.more interestingC.most interestingD.the most interesting

某英文網(wǎng)站正在開展以“別讓孝心遲到”為主題的征文活動。假如你是李華, 請用英語寫一篇短文投稿, 談?wù)勗诩倨谀銥榧胰俗隽耸裁?/span>,這樣做的原因以及你的感受。

提示詞語：virtues（美德）, dutiful（孝順的）, cook, busy, take care of, happy

提示問題：

● What did you do during theholiday?

● Why did you do so?

● How did you feel?

It’s one of our traditional virtues to be dutiful. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

提示詞語： school hall, report, enjoy, read, share,

提示問題：● When and where will the reading meeting start?

● What will you do in the reading meeting?

● What do you advise Peter to prepare for it?

Dear Peter,

I’m writing to invite you to take part in the reading meeting and sharing your feelings.

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I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua