--What shall we do with our project, stop or continue, sir?
---________ and try to finish it _______.

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Preparing for tomorrow

       Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the    36    ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their    37     and they couldn’t learn them．

       Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these    38    ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton    39     by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to    40    , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．

       Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago．  41     did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them    42    ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could    43    high goals．

       Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are    44     to see．” If that’s true, then it is also    45     that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．

       “I want to be doing something more    46     with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He    47     what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only    48     I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see    49    ．”

       You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to    50     that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet    51    ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you    52    ．

       Think of today as another chance to   53    yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from    54    , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to    55    ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．

A．desk      B．wall  C．chalkboard       D．door

A．duty      B．desk  C．mind D．level

A．words    B．grammars C．pronunciations  D．sentences

A．started   B．ended       C．warned     D．reminded

A．greatness       B．wealth      C．honor              D．failure

A．Seldom  B．Little C．Hardly      D．Totally

A．nervously      B．eagerly     C．seriously   D．simply

A．keep      B．have  C．set     D．a(chǎn)chieve

A．prepared       B．forced      C．a(chǎn)ttracted   D．tempted

A．proper   B．exact C．legal  D．true

A．difficult B．significant C．pleasant    D．interesting

A．boasted  B．behaved    C．felt    D looked

A．wish      B．expect      C．hope  D．imagine

A．what      B．when C．why  D．how

A．survive  B．happen     C．gain  D．win

A．a(chǎn)dventurous   B．a(chǎn)ctive       C．ready D．intelligent

A．concern  B．a(chǎn)rrange     C．a(chǎn)dore D．desire

A．prepare  B．enjoy C．imagine    D．conduct

A．history   B．nature       C．life    D．marriage

A．suffer    B．experience       C．struggle    D．work

The pupils of the remote Beau-Roc primary school in Haiti are chanting (singing the same words again and again)．One of them plays a guitar made from an empty oil tin．Their headmistress, Emile Jean-Noel, is one of the few women school headteachers in the country．

Today, over 70% of Haitian population live without proper food, water, schools, or housing． To reduce the hunger that prevents learning and to encourage parents to send their children to school, meals are provided by the World Food Programme．

"We are so cut off that we have many difficulties," comments Emile, adding that finding chalk, school books and other materials is practically impossible．Emile tries to encourage people around her to make use of available resources．Her efforts are bearing fruit．One of her successes was convincing local women to contribute to their children' s schooling and increase their income by selling embroidery（刺繡） and other handicrafts．

Recent political instability（不穩(wěn)定）has meant that the country has not invested （投資） in education for ten years．Only 44% of children go to school and less than half of them finish primary school. Less than a third of these children go on to secondary school．In rural areas it is not rare to find 17 and 18 year olds in primary school- Beau-Roc has only 4 teachers for 260 pupils．Emile works constantly to improve her pupils' environment．Under her direction, a local worker is now constructing a store house for the food delivered regularly by the WFP．

Not only is Emile' s salary small, but she receives it irregularly．For her, transport is a real headache．She lives five kilometers away and has to take the tap tap, a privately-owned bus, costing more than she can afford．

"The decision to be a rural teacher in Haiti should not be taken lightly" , Emile comments． "With all the sacrifices and risks it requires, only those who are really cut out for teaching should do it．" However, Emile loves her job．"I always feel at home with the children and, because the parents understand what I'm doing, I try to give my best．"

1.Which of the following is extremely difficult for Beau-Roc primary school?

2.In the last paragraph, "those who are really cut out for teaching" refer to people who are _____．

3.What topic is presented in this passage?

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.

The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.

Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.

But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.

There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.

1.What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?

A. Using too much packaging.

B. Recycling too many wastes.

C. Making more products than necessary.

D. Having more material than is needed.

2.The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.

A. the tendency of cutting household waste

B. the increase of packaging recycling

C. the rapid growth of super markets

D. the fact of packaging overuse

3. According to the text, recycling ______.

A. helps control the greenhouse effect

B. means burning packaging for energy

C. is the solution to gas shortage

D. leads to a waste of land

4.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

 A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.

B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.

 C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.

D. Other products are better packaged than food.

5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

 A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.

B. Needless material is mostly recycled.

C. People like collecting recyclable waste.

D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.

My chance came at last. Our school was going to hold a sports meet. I knew what it   41   to me so I got up very early to prepare for it. I  42   running and jumping. When I was   43 , I reminded myself of my promise and went on.

  44   the time came nearer, I felt quite   45  . On the first day I came fourth in the 1500m   46   but I was far from   47   because what I wanted most was the highlight of the sports meeting—250x8 relay race. I would run the last leg for my team.

With a shot, the race began. All the students were   48   for their team. The competition was so   49   that I began to feel nervous. Before my turn came, my team was   50   the others. Even worse, I almost dropped the stick when I was trying to   51   it.

  52  after that, there was nothing in my mind except to run as fast as possible. Just when I was approaching the finish line, my legs   53  . Then my promise came to mind again and   54   me to go on. To my surprise, I was the first to   55  the finish line!

  56  , I had proved to myself and those who had often laughed at me that I am not   57   at all! My classmates greeted me warmly and I hugged them tightly. I had won the prize as well as their   58  .

From the sports meeting, I learnt that sometimes things are not so difficult as they   59   to be. Just try your best without fear and you might be surprised at the   60  .

A. mattered                B. held                  C. meant               D. brought

A. exercised               B. practiced           C. chose                D. tried

A. tired                   B. upset                 C. lazy                  D. happy

A. For                    B. By                    C. With               D. As

A. confident               B. worried             C. proud                D. nervous

A. run                    B. jump                 C. race                  D. match

A. happy                    B. sad                   C. excited              D. pleased

A. heading                 B. racing               C. cheering            D. shouting

A. difficult                 B. close                 C. heated               D. near

A. running before           B. leading           C. falling behind    D. catching up with

A. fetch                         B. hold                  C. pass                  D. take

A. Then                     B. But                   C. Thus                 D. Even

A. gave in                  B. gave out            C. gave up             D. gave away

A. had                    B. made                C. let                    D. got

A. draw                         B. cut                    C. cross                 D. catch

A. At last                   B. After all            C. Above all          D. As a result

A. bad                    B. weak                 C. slow                 D. strong

A. congratulations       B. respect                     C. support             D. pride

A. seem                     B. hope                 C. look                  D. expect

A. beginning                 B. place                 C. result                D. time