In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our control. For instance, we can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us back. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be promoted to management. We can eat healthy food, exercise and stay away from alcohol and cigarettes, and still get sick.
The bottom line is that life is not fair.
That is a tough pill to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people shut down after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. They can’t handle the fact that our efforts don’t always get the results that we expect. But if we let life’s unfairness defeat us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings (幸事) that life has in store for us.
For example, my first marriage ended in divorce. To me, it felt very unfair. I had worked hard to be a good wife and mother. However, no matter what I did, I could not make the relationship work.
I could have been shut down by that experience. I could have decided that if one person didn’t appreciate me as a wife, then no one would. I could have given up. But I knew that I wanted to be married. I knew that I wanted to experience traditional family life. So I didn’t let one seemingly unfair experience stop me from believing that I could one day be happily married. And then one day, I met this kind, thoughtful, generous man with whom I now have a wonderful friendship and marriage. But that wouldn’t have happened if I had decided to give up after one failed marriage.
What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that deserve a good outcome, but get bad things in return instead.
When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairness, our faith needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go according to plan, we have to let go of the outcome that we are looking forward to and keep trying, working hard and doing the right thing. Please don’t be discouraged. Accept that life is neither fair nor straightforward. And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit.
1.We can learn from the first three paragraphs that ______.
A. life doesn’t often turn out the way we expect
B. the author thinks life should reward us for our efforts
C. unsatisfactory results simply mean your effort is not enough
D. people should focus on the process rather than the outcomes
2.The author wrote about her unsuccessful marriage to ______.
A. complain about the unfairness of her life and marriage
B. tell readers how she met her second husband and became happily married
C. express how proud she is for not being shut down by a blow from life
D. show that we need to have faith and continue working for our goals
3.When we encounter unfairness in life, the author suggests we ______.
a. do nothing but accept them
b. be confident with ourselves
c. keep doing what we should do
d. find out what has gone wrong
A. ab B. ad
C. bc D. cd
4.The author wrote the article mainly to ______.
A. share her experiences of unfairness in life
B. tell us how to deal with life’s seeming unfairness
C. tell us that life has beautiful blessings in store for us
D. explain why life seems neither fair nor straightforward
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There is still a long way to go to solve all the problems _________conservation of natural resources.
A. concerning B. concerned
C. concerning about D. concerned about
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—Nowadays a growing number of people go to work by bike.
—Bicycling is good exercise；________it doesn't pollute the air.
A. therefore B. moreover
C. however D. otherwise
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Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact1.she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished2.a driving mistake.
Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without 3.(stop).
When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason 4.she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, so that she had simply not seen 5..
When the judge had finished6.he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she7.(choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.
When she had8.(success)done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no problems9.your eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms.Mary10.(dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.
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科目：高中英語 來源：浙江省2016-2017學年高二下學期期末模擬考試英語試卷 題型：書面表達
I always prided myself on being a wise shopper and having a good nose for bargains. So when I came across a sporting goods store with a sign “Going Out of Business Sale”, I marched into the crowded store. Up and down the aisles (通道), I wandered, humming to myself and enjoying the energy and excitement of a sale.
All of a sudden, there, at the back of the store sat a canoe(輕舟) exactly like my husband’s dream Supremo Numero-Uno, whose picture had been stuck on the bathroom mirror for years. My heart beat wildly. I pushed my way through the crowds, and nearly fell into the canoe looking for the price tag. There it was, with the manufacturer’s suggested price at $6,750 plus tax crossed out and a handwritten TO CLEAR $750 AS IS. Must be a mistake. $6000 off? Salesman. I had to talk to a salesman. I spotted a young fellow with a “Hi. I’m Mathew”. “Mathew. Tell me about this El Supremo canoe. What’s wrong with it? Why is it only $750?”
“Oh. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s brand new. We’re closing the store. It’s on clearance like everything else. I’ll go check.” A few minutes later he came back and said, “I’m sorry ma’am. Someone made a mistake on the sale tag. It should be $4,750 for the whole package.”
I felt tears well up in my eyes. “Oh well”, I said sadly. “Of course, it was too good to be true. This is exactly like my husband’s dreamboat. I guess I started to dream myself when I saw that price tag. He’s going to be 62 years old Friday. Had to retire early for his health. It’s been hard on just the pension but the stubborn old fool has been saving $10 every week for years to buy one just like this. I promise I won’t buy anything, but it’s just an old man’s silly dream, you know. Always said he wanted to fish in a canoe after he retired,” my voice lowered and I turned and walked away.
Paragraph 1:
I was already at the mall door when Mathew caught up with me. “Do you have $750 plus $25 for delivery, ma’am?” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
“Ma’am. There’s something you should know. This store was my Grandpa’s and the canoe had been ordered by him.
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One day, a father and his son were walking with their horse. An old man saw them and said, “You 1. (suppose) to ride a horse, not to walk it!” The father then put his son on the horse.
Soon they passed a group of people, 2. said, “That’s a lazy boy! He gets to ride the horse while his father walks.” The father decided to take his son off and get on the horse himself.3. they kept going, they came upon two 4. (passer-by). One said, “You are a 5. (self) man! Your son has to walk while you get to ride!” The man then reached down and put his son on the horse with him. 6. a while, they entered a town. Everyone started to laugh at them, 7. (say), “You are too heavy for that horse!” The father and his son didn’t know what 8. (do).
Finally, they decided to carry the horse. When they came to a bridge, the horse 9. (fall) to the water. “If you try to please 10. ,” the father told his son, “in the end, you will please no one.” Then they went home.
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1.It was in the park where an accident happened to the old man.
2.I'm sorry for that I said.
3.The email play an important part in our communication.
4.The criminal has admitted to put the time bomb inside the railway station.
5.We've replaced the old adding machine for a computer.
6.The Asian Games are hosted each four years.
7.Edison is based his ideas on scientific experiment.
8.Your wife as well as you are friendly to me.
9.The company is in charge of Tom when the boss is away.
10.He used to getting up late but now he is used to getting up early.
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科目：高中英語 來源：江蘇省高中英語選修六牛津譯林版練習題：Unit 4 Helping people around the world 題型：閱讀理解
About this time every year, I get very nostalgic(懷舊的)．Walking through my neighborhood on a fall afternoon reminds me of a time not too long ago when sounds of children filled the air，children playing games on a hill, and throwing leaves around in the street below. I was one of those children, carefree and happy. I live on a street that is only one block long. I have lived on the same street for sixteen years. I love my street. One side has six houses on it, and the other has only two houses, with a small hill in the middle and a huge cottonwood tree on one end.When I think of home, I think of my street. Only I see it as it was before. Unfortunately things change. One day, not long ago, I looked around and saw how different everything has become.Life on my street will never be the same because neighbors are quickly grown old, friends are growing up and leaving, and the city is planning to destroy my precious hill and sell the property to contractors.
It is hard for me to accept that many of my wonderful neighbors are growing old and won't be around much longer. I have fond memories of the couple across the street, who sat together on their porch swing almost every evening, the widow next door who yelled at my brother and me for being too loud, and the crazy old man in a black suit who drove an old car. In contrast to these people, the people I see today are very old neighbors who have seen better days. The man in the black suit says he wants to die, and another neighbor just sold his house and moved into a nursing home. The lady who used to yell at us is too tired to bother any more, and the couple across the street rarely go out to their front porch these days. It is difficult to watch these precious people as they near the end of their lives because at once I thought they would live forever.
The “comings and goings” of the younger generation of my street are now mostly “goings”as friends and peers move on. Once upon a time, my life and the lives of my peers revolved around home. The boundary of our world was the gutter at the end of the street. We got pleasure from playing night games or from a breathtaking ride on a tricycle. Things are different now, as my friends become adults and move on. Children who rode tricycles now drive cars. The kids who once played with me now have new interests and values as they go their separate ways. Some have gone away to college like me, a few got married, two went into the army, and one went to prison. Watching all these people grow up and go away makes me long for the good old days.
Perhaps the biggest change on my street is the fact that the city is going to turn my precious hill into several lots for now homes. For sixteen years, the view out of my kitchen window has been a view of that hill. The hill was a fundamental part of my childhood life; it was the hub of social activity for the children of my street. We spent hours there building forts, sledding, and playing tag. The view out of my kitchen window now is very different; it is one of tractors and dump trucks tearing up the hill. When the hill goes, the neighborhood will not be the same. It is a piece of my childhood. It is a visual reminder of being a kid. Without the hill, my_street_will_be_just_another_pea_in_the_pod.
There was a time when my street was my world, and I thought my world would never change. But something happened. People grow up, and people grow old. Places changes, and with the change comes the heartache of knowing I can never go back to the times I loved. In a year or so, I will be gone just like many of my neighbors. I will always look back to my years as a child, but the place I remember will not be the silent street whose peace is interrupted by the sounds of construction. It will be the happy, noisy, somewhat strange, but wonderful street I knew as a child.
1.The writer calls up the memory of the street________.
A. every year when autumn comes
B. in the afternoon every day
C. every time he walks along his street
D. now that he is an old man
2.The writer finds it hard to accept the fact that________.
A. many of his good neighbors are growing old
B. the lady next door who used to yell at him and his brother is now a widow
C. the life of his neighbors has become very boring
D. the man in his black suit even wanted to end his own life
3.What does the writer mean by saying “my street will be another pea in the pod”？
A. His street will be very noisy and dirty.
B. His street will soon be crowded with people.
C. His street will have some new attractions.
D. His street will be no different from any other street.
4.Which could be a good title for the passage?
A. The Past of My Street Will Live Forever
B. Unforgettable People and Things of My Street
C. Memory Street Isn't What It Used to Be
D. The Big Changes of My Street
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科目：高中英語 來源：內蒙古烏蘭察布分校2016-2017學年高一下學期第二次調考英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
In late summer or early fall the large, yellow seed heads of sunflowers will be ripening. If gardeners can keep off the birds and other wildlife trying to eat the seeds, they can have a large harvest. The bright yellow blooms will make a rainbow garden, brightening up any space.
However, planting the sunflower seeds is a skilled job. Plant seeds no deeper than the full length of itself. Smaller sized sunflowers can be spaced a foot apart. Larger varieties will nee
d to be spaced as far apart as three feet. This allows ripe plants enough space for the seed heads to ripen without knocking the ripe seeds off before gardeners have a chance to harvest them.
Most sunflower seeds, especially those with eatable seeds, are large enough to handle without the need for seed sorters. This is why sunflowers make an excellent choice for a children's garden as well. Gardeners will want to mix plenty of soil fertilizers into the ground as sunflowers tend to be heavy feeders.
Sunflowers can be slow starters and the tiny new plants don't seem to grow very rapidly. Gardeners should protect the new plants as they begin to grow. Once they get going, sunflowers are able to out-grow many weeds, making them easier to grow in the home vegetable garden than many other plants.
Most pests and diseases are not a bother to the sunflower, however, more than one gardener has said that their lovely looking plants were destroyed overnight by hungry squirrels, mice or birds. To preserve their harvest, gardeners can cover the ripening seed head with stockings or net cloth to help keep the destroyers off the seeds.
Planting sunflower seeds is easy and can help even the smallest gardener feel successful in their gardening attempts.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to plant sunflowers.
B. Different kinds of sunflowers.
C. Ways to preserve sunflowers.
D. Tips on making your garden bright.
2.Why should enough space be left between sunflowers?
A. To prevent birds from eating sunflower seeds.
B. To offer the sunflowers enough sunlight.
C. To protect the ripe seed heads before harvest.
D. To help the sunflowers grow stronger.
3.Why do children love to grow sunflowers in their garden?
A. They want to decorate their garden with sunflowers.
B. The seeds are easy to plant and unnecessary to sort.
C. They want to share their own harvest with their parents.
D. Sunflowers don’t need too much soil fertilizer.
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