Food may help you understand more about yourself. Choose your favourite food from the five below. See the answers. Does your choice really tell you who you are ?

 A. noodles with beef (the hotter, the better );

 B. big dinner with all kinds of dishes;

 C. pizza;

 D. fried chicken;

 E. cakes.

Answer :

 A. You always try to make yourself different others. Success and fame are your only interests.

 B. You finish things quickly and don’t like changing your ideas. You’re never afraid of hard work. But you always buy lots of things that you don’t need.

 C. You work hard and always save money. But sometimes you aren’t kind to others and always think you are right.

 D. Exercise is not your favourite thing. You don’t like staying by yourself very much. People think that you’re shy but sweet.

 E. Because you are nice and easy-going, you have lots of friends. You are always ready to help others.

1.The passage is probably a/an _________ .

    A. news report          B. science discovery  

C. personality test       D. interesting story

2. According to the passage, a person who has a lot of friends may choose _______ .

    A. noodles with beef                 B. fried chicken   

C. big dinner with all kinds of dishes    D. cakes

3.Who will works hard, but always wastes money according to the passage ?

    A. the man who chooses pizza

    B. the man who chooses cakes

    C. the man who chooses noodles with beef

    D. the man who chooses a big dinner with all kinds of dishes

The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
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【小題1】One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.

I am a person who can get angry easily. But since I read an article    1  by my English teacher, things have changed a lot. I’m    2  at a boarding (寄宿的) school. So I  3  learn not only how to study well, but also how to   4  with others. Some of us are outgoing  5 others are quiet. It is   6   that people have problems and arguments. So how can we be tolerant（寬容的，容忍的）? Smiling   7 others is the easiest way. Another way is  8  if your ideas are reasonable (有道理的) and right   9  having an argument. If others’ ideas are really not good, keep an open mind. Try 10  them.   11  a friend is much better than having an enemy after all. Also   12  point out other’s mistakes in public. This will make people lose   13  and get angry. If you really want to help, send a letter instead. On the other hand, if    14  points out your disadvantages, don’t be angry. Just think this is a person who really __15___to help you and become friends. Remember: Tolerance makes life easier.