What Is Success The Oxford English Dictionary defines（定義） the word success as "the fact that you have achieved something that you want and have been trying to do or get; the fact of becoming rich or famous or of getting a high social position". Some rankings（排行榜） put Albert Einstein, Michael Jackson, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs as among the most successful people in the world. What Michael Jackson did for music is the same as what Albert Einstein did for physics. All of them do have greatly influenced the industries or media to which they belonged. J.K.Rowling, the author of the famous Harry Potter novels. She created a magical world that sold more than 500 million books and became hit movies. With an estimated（估算的） net worth of ﹩650 million in 2017, she certainly goes for the dictionary definition of success, but for her it didn't come easy. Having no job, raising her child alone, she was refused by publishers about a dozen times before one took a chance on her. This is what people love: the rags-to-riches success story.

In comparison with Rowling, the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh practically suffered a lot in life to make ends meet. When he was alive, he only sold one painting even though he created more than 2,000 works of art. Van Gogh died when he was 37 years old and with very little money to his name. However, in 1990, his painting Portrait of Dr.Gachet sold for﹩82.5 million, which has a value today of around﹩137 million. So, the question is: Is Van Gogh considered successful even though he died poor?

Besides the dictionary definitions, different people have competing ideas of what success really means. Often times the most agree on the same characteristics that make a person a success. A financial magazine named Inc. points to the following qualities that make a person successful: Drive, Confidence, Patience, Honesty, Passion…

Success isn't always about getting a lot of money or fans, even though those are the stories we see most often. There are other people who we may not know well, but who have achieved success in their own right. One perfect example is mothers. They spent days, months, and years teaching their children from birth to young adulthood. If a child grows up to be a kind, helpful, thoughtful and considerate adult, can the mother consider herself a success?

Perhaps success really is subjective, and it's up to people to define it for themselves. However, one thing seems to be in complete agreement when we search for the definition and can be best summed up by Steve Jobs, who said, "If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."

1.The word " rags-to-riches" in Paragraph 2 probably means " ______ ".

A.winning success from luck

B.turning talent into treasure

C.gaining money from honor

D.rising from poorness to wealth

2.The writer mentions Vincent van Gogh to show that ______ .

A.success is through loneliness

B.success is beyond time and space

C.success is to take the life-changing opportunity

D.success is to achieve something you want and try

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Most successes happen overnight if we look closely.

B.What makes people successful is the strong mind and body.

C.A child growing to be a gentle adult can be the mother's success.

D.Albert Einstein makes greater achievement than Michael Jackson.

4.The writer probably agrees that people should ______ .

A.reorder the rankings of the world's most successful people

B.reach an agreement of what makes a person success

C.recognize and appreciate different kinds of success

D.drive themselves to set great goals for success

Learning with Legos For more than 60 years, Lego bricks（磚塊） have developed children's imaginations. Now, a new form of these toys is called Lego Braille Bricks. It is being tested around the world.

Lego Braille Bricks are designed to help people learn Braille（盲文）. That's a system of writing in which letters are replaced by raised knobs（凸起）. The small knobs on the bricks are put as Braille letters. Blind children can use their fingertips to read the knobs to learn Braille. According to the World Health Organization, 36 million people worldwide are blind. In the United States, only 10% of blind children learn Braille. Lego Braille Bricks can help change that.

Braille Bricks will be launched（上市） by Lego in 2020. For some schools, it will be free. The Danish Association of the Blind was one of the first organizations to come up with the idea of using Lego bricks to teach Braille. Thorkild Olesen, the president of the organization, is blind. He says many teachers don't have the tools and skills to help kids learn Braille. So they teach with audio tools, such as audio books. "Like any other people, we need to express ourselves in writing, " Olesen told TIME for Kids." Audio is great. But it can never replace Braille. Braille is the most important tool for us. It is the best way for blind people to learn to spell correctly, write, and read like common people."

Olesen's organization shared his idea for Braille Bricks with the Lego Foundation（基金會(huì)）. Olesen explained to the toy maker that the knobs on Legos are similar to Braille letters. Stine Storm is a project manager at the Lego Foundation. She liked the idea of turning Lego bricks into a learning tool. "It was a fun and playful way to teach Braille to blind children," she says, "Lego Braille Bricks will also have printed letters on them that match the Braille letters, so sighted children and blind children can play with the Legos together."

What is the new form of the toy called? 1.

How can blind children learn Braille with Lego Braille Bricks? 2.

When will Braille Bricks be launched by Lego? 3.

Why is Braille the most important tool for blind people? 4.

Why does Stine Storm like the idea of turning Lego bricks into a learning tool? 5.

題目①

假如你是李華，你們班將要以“好讀書，讀好書”為主題舉辦一次讀書分享活動(dòng)。請(qǐng)寫一封郵件邀請(qǐng)你們班的英國(guó)交換生 Peter 參加，在郵件中告訴他活動(dòng)舉辦的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)，舉辦此活動(dòng)的目的和意義，并提醒他需要做何準(zhǔn)備。

提示詞語(yǔ)：share， encourage， book

提示問(wèn)題：

When and where will this activity be held?

Why does your class hold the activity?

What should he prepare for the activity?

Dear Peter,

I'm writing this email to invite you to take part in our book sharing activity.

Yours,

Li Hua

題目②

旅行讓人開闊眼界，增長(zhǎng)知識(shí)。

假如你是李華，你們學(xué)校的英語(yǔ)報(bào)刊以“Man Who Travels Far Knows More”為題進(jìn)行征稿。請(qǐng)用英語(yǔ)寫一份稿件投稿，介紹一次令你印象深刻的旅行經(jīng)歷以及這次旅行帶給你的收獲或感悟。

提示詞語(yǔ)：visit， take photos， culture， memory

提示問(wèn)題：

When and where did you travel?

What did you do during your travel?

What have you got from this travel experience?

Man Who Travels Far Knows More

I have traveled to some places.

What ________ lovely day today! What about going out for ________ walk?

A.a; an B.a; a C.the; the D./; /

—Mum, what are you cooking in the kitchen? It ________ nice.

—I am cooking chicken soup.

A.feels B.smells C.sounds D.tastes

Shirley did well in all her subjects, and the Whites ________ her.

A.were afraid of B.were famous as C.were proud of D.were careful with

He couldn’t ________ the new mobile phone because it was very expensive.

A.hope B.spend C.afford D.help

My teachers often encourage me ________ more friends but I find it difficult.

A.to make B.made C.making D.makes

Miss Brown, we ______ cleaning our classroom. Can we go home now?

A. finish B. finishing

C. are finished D. have finished