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1、Breakthrough of Middle School English【心灵鸡汤】生活中的五个球 几年前在某个大学的毕业典礼中，可口可乐的总裁BrianDyson说了一段有关工作与生活中其他事物间的关系的话。 想像生活是一个比赛，你必须同时丢接五个球，这五个球分别是工作、家庭、健康、朋友以及精神生活，而你不可让任何一个球落地。 你很快就会发现工作是一个橡皮球，如果它掉下来，它会再弹回去，而其他四个球：家庭、健康、朋友以及精神生活是玻璃制的，如果你让这四个球其中任何一个落下来，它们会磨损、受损甚至粉碎，而一旦落下，它们将不再和以前一样。 你必须知道并在生活中设法求得平衡，但要怎么做呢? 不要

2、认为你应该与其他人做比较，这只会降低了你原有的价值。因为每个人都是独一无二的，因为每一个人都很特别的。别人认为重要的事不是你该列为遵循的目标。只有你才知道什么最适合你。 不要将贴近你的心的人、事、物视为理所当然的存在。你必须将他们视为你的生命一般好好地抓牢他们。没有他们，生命将失去意义。 别让你的生命总在依恋过去种种或是寄望未来中逝去，如果你活在每个当下，你就活出了生命中的每一天。 当你还能给予的时候别轻言放弃。只要你不放弃，就有无限延伸的可能。 别害怕承认你并非完美。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这脆弱的细丝紧密地串绑在一起。 别害怕遇到危险。正因如此，我们才得以藉由这些机会学习勇敢。 不要说真爱

3、难寻而将爱排除于你生活之外。最迅速找到爱的方法就是散布你的爱；最快速失去爱的方法就是紧紧地将守着你的爱不放；维持爱最好方式就是给它自由。 不要匆忙的过着你的一生，那匆忙会让你忘了曾经到过哪里，也让你忘了你要去哪里。 不要忘记，心灵的详和是来自于感恩。 不要惧怕学习，知识是没有重量的，你永远可以轻易的带着它与你同行。 不要漫不经心地蹉跎光阴或口无遮拦。时间与言词两者都是，一放便再也收不回来。 生命不是一场竞赛,而是一步一脚印的旅程。昨天已是历史，明天尚是未知，而今天则是一个上天的恩赐：这就是我们为什么称之为PRESENT（现在）的原因。 【趣味阅读】The House of 1000 Mirro

4、rs Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high

5、and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House, he thought to hims

6、elf, This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often. In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looki

7、ng dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again. All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces

8、of the people you meet? 【完形填空】Farley worked for the Canadian government. One day, he was _1_ to learn more about wolves. Do wolves kill lots of caribou（北美驯鹿）? Do they kill people?They gave him lots of food and clothes and guns. Then they put him on a plane and took him to _2_. The plane put him down

9、 and went away. There were no houses or people in this place. But there were lots of animals and lots of wolves.People tell terrible stories about wolves. They say wolves like to kill and eat people. Farley remembered these stories, and he was _3_. He had his gun with him_4_.Then one day, he saw a g

10、roup of wolves. There was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. A father wolf and another young wolf lived with them.Farley watched these wolves every day. The mother was a very _5_ mother. She gave milk to her babies. She gave them lessons about life. They learned how to _6_ food. The father wolf go

11、t food for the mother. The young wolf _7_ the children. They were a nice, happy familywolf family! Farley did not need his _8_ any more. In a short time, he got on well with the family. Farley watched them for five months. He learned that many stories about the wolves were _9_. Wolves do not eat peo

12、ple, and they do not eat many large animals. And he also learned bad things about men. It was men who killed many caribou and wolves.Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves. He wanted people to _10_ them and not to kill them.1. A. seenB. told C. heardD. found 2. A. a small townB. a big city C. a far

13、 placeD. a lonely village3. A. afraid B. happy C. angryD. tired 4. A. at times B. all the timeC. once a week D. every afternoon 5. A. bad B. good C. hungry D. thirsty6. A. cook B. make C. getD. pick 7. A. shouted at B. looked intoC. laughed at D. played with8. A. food B. clothes C. gun D. plane9. A.

14、 not good B. not true C. not easy D. not clear10. A. grow B. have C. teach D. understand【强化训练】ARice is a big part of Chinese life. In the past, people greeted each other by saying “Have you had your rice?” Some people still say it today.The rice-growing season is different from north to south in thi

15、s big country. In northern China, the season is from May or June until August or September. Near the Yangtze River, rice is planted from April to June and harvested from August to October. In Chinas southeast, early (March to July) and late (June to November) rice harvests are both very big.China is

16、 the worlds largest rice-growing country. In 2003, China grew 166 million tons of rice.But it is not easy to feed the worlds largest population. In the 1960s, thousands of Chinese died because they had no food to eat.In the 1970s, a Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, grew a new kind of rice called hy

17、brid rice. It makes 20 per cent more rice than other types of rice. Hybrid rice is a stronger plant, compared with common rice. It can grow in lots of water or in not much water. It also doesnt easily get diseases or worms.Today, half of Chinas rice plants are Yuans special hybrid. China uses Yuans

18、hybrid to grow much more rice than before.Yuan is known as the “father of hybrid rice.” At the end of last month, he won the World Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people.1. In the past, Chinese people greeted each other by saying “_?” A. How are you B. How old are you C. Have you had yo

19、ur rice D. Where are you going2. “China is the worlds largest rice-growing country” means _.A. Chinas rice is bigger than other countries riceB. China is a big countryC. China is becoming biggerD. China grows more rice than any other country3. Hybrid rice is special because _. A. it makes more rice

20、than other types of riceB. it can grow in lots of water or not much waterC. it doesnt easily get diseases or wormsD. A,B and C4. Yuan Longping is famous because he _. A. grows the most rice B. eats lots of riceC. invented hybrid rice D. greets a lot of people every day5. The best title for this pass

21、age is _. A. Rice-growing in China B. The Father of Hybrid RiceC. How to Grow Rice D. Rice Harvesting BMen always wanted to fly. For thousands of years they watched birds flying and wished that they could fly too.At first they made wings like birds. Then they jumped off high buildings and tried to f

22、ly. Many men did this, but they all failed to fly. They crashed to the ground.Then two brothers tried another way.They built a balloon. It was made of thin cloth and paper. They lit a fire under it. Up into the air it went. It reached a height of 1800 metres.A few months later, the brothers sent up

23、another balloon with a sheep, a duck and a hen in a basket under it. The balloon traveled to a place two and a half kilometers away. In October 1783 a man went up with a balloon but it didnt rise very high. A month later two men went up in a balloon full of hot air. The balloon rose to a height of 9

24、00 metres. The wind blew it along for nine kilometers. Then it came gently back to the earth. Men had traveled through the air for the first time.根据文章，判断正确（ture）或者（false）1. Long, long ago men wanted to fly like birds. （）2. No men tried another way and went up through the air at last. （）3. In Novembe

25、r 1783 two men went up in a balloon for the first time. （）4. A balloon with a basket under it went up farther than two men in a balloon full of air. （）5. The wind could help the balloon rise higher. （） CHelen and Mary were good friends. They often went out together in the evening.One evening after t

26、hey had walked part of the way home together, they had to say goodbye, because their homes were in different directions.“Be careful on your way home,” Mary said to Helen. “I would be happier if our houses were nearer.” “Me too,” answered Helen. The streets were very quiet at that time of the evening

27、.The next morning Helen and Mary met at an English class, and Helen said to Mary, “Do you know what happened to me after I left you yesterday evening?”“No,” answered Mary anxiously. “What happened to you?”“Well,” Helen said, “while I was walking home along that quiet street near my home, a robber ca

28、me up behind me and pulled my necklace off my neck and ran away with it.”“What are you going to do now? Have you been to the police?”“No,” Helen said with a smile.“Why not?” ask Mary in surprise.“Because,” Helen answered , “when the man pulled my necklace, I turned round suddenly and put my hand out

29、 to try to stop him. I caught a chain, which he was wearing round his neck, and pulled it off him. My necklace is a cheap one. It was not real silver, but this chain is made of real gold! If I went to the police, I might have to give it to them.”根据文章，判断正确（ture）或者（false）1. The girls walked all the wa

30、y home together because the streets were very quiet at that time. （）2. They wished they hadnt lived far away from each other. （）3. The next day Mary met Helen in the street again. （）4. Mary told Helen what had happened the day before. （）5. A man robbed Helen of the necklace on her way home.DWho desi

31、gned the first helicopter? Who _1_ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most _2_? There is an answer _3_ all these questions - Leonardo de Vinci.Leonardo may have been the greatest genius _4_ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but ma

32、ny of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldnt _5_ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked. But Leonardo _6_ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By

33、the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master painter, and as he got older he became _7_ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways _8_ he was ready to paint.Many of Leonardos wonderful paintings are still with _9_ today. You may know one of his most famous works the _10_ wo

34、man known as the Mona Lisa.1. A. tookB. madeC. paintedD. invented2. A. artists B. doctors C. painters D. people3. A. to B. of C. for D. from4. A. the scientistsB. the artistsC. the worldD. people5. A. draw B. paint C. workD. build6. A. was justB. wasnt justC. wasntD. was no longer7. A. less B. noC.

35、even D. very8. A. before B. afterC. because D. when9. A. himB. usC. themD. you10. A. interesting B. cryingC. smilingD. surprising EBabies love chocolate and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example. She does not like newspapers

36、very much Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees, and trees are plants. Vegetables and fruit are plants, too, and we eat a lot of them. So can we also eat wood and paper?Scientists say, All food comes in some way from plants. Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow f

37、at. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little sea-plants, then bigger fish swim along and eat the Chickens eat bits of grass and give us Think for a minute. What food does not come from plants in some way?Scientists can do wonderful things with plants. They can make food just like meat and chee

38、se. And they can make it without the help of animals. It is very good food, too. Now they have begun to say, We make our paper from wood. We can also make food from wood. The next thing is not very difficult. What is the next thing? Perhaps it isfood from paper. Scientists say, We can turn paper int

39、o food. It will be good, cheap food, too, cheaper than meat or fish or eggs.So please keep your old books and letters. (Dont feed 喂 your cat.) One day, they will be on your plate, if what scientists say may come true.1. The writer asks us to keep our old books and letters because _.A. they are useful for reading B. They may be used to feed cats C. We can make food from them soon D. we can read them at breakfast2. From the passage， we can infer that _ do not come from plants in some way.A. few kinds of food B. meat and fish C. cheese and chicken D. wood and paper7