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第八天 一．美文晨讀 One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream, and listen to the chirps of birds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their upright or original position after the wind had died down. When I think about the bamboo tree’s ability to bounce back or return to its original position, the word resilience comes to mind. When used in reference to a person, this word means the ability to readily recover from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person’s emotions. Have you ever felt like you are about to snap? Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it. During the experience you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained, mentally exhausted and you most likely endured unpleasant physical symptoms. Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you. A measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant ordeal. With hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant ordeal may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having. If the going gets tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don’t break. 二．詞匯訓(xùn)練 1. His mother works in the school library. She is a l_______. 2. I really appreciate your kindness. That is to say, Im g______ to you for your kindness. 3. The two brothers are very much a______. I cant tell them apart. 4. In spite of all my friend’s s_______, I still like him. 5. His spoken English is poor. He may fail the o______ examination. 6. He picked up a _______ (紐扣) that had come off his shirt. 7. The evidence has _______(證實) the first witness story. 8. She ______ (嘆息) as she lay back on the bed. 9. He was found ________(有罪的). 10. When heated, water can turn into ________(水蒸氣). 三．七選五 How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts suggest: 1. Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N. Y., was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus clown. “I became interested in the clowns,” she recalls “One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.”2To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing. 3It doesn’t take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favorite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life. “Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they are gone,” says Virginia Tooper. Laugh when you need it most. “4” says comedian Bill Cosby. “And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might by, you can survive it,” he insists. Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain – because it comes naturally.5. Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs. A．You can soften the worst blows through humor. B．Mix with people who laugh. C．Practise the art of laughing. D．Keep a laughter file. E．He who laughs last laughs best. F．But it’s also something that has to be developed. G．People’s joy can affect those around them. 四．閱讀理解 A According to the dictionary definition of “create”, ordinary people are creative every day. To create means “to bring into being, to cause， to exist something each of us does daily”． We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture(質(zhì)地), as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss. A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. If we believe the expression，“There is nothing new under the sun”, the creativity is remaking or recombining(重組) the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph. A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results. To think up a new idea is one thing；to put the idea to work is another. These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our daytoday activities. 1．Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage? A．To prepare for a meal. B．To arrange the furniture in a special way. C．To buy some books from a bookstore. D．To “write” a letter with the computer. 2．“There is nothing new under the sun” really implies that ________. A．a(chǎn) new thing can only be created at the basis of earliest things B．a(chǎn) new thing is only a tale C．we can seldom create new things D．we can hardly see really new things in the world 3．What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice? A．It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to use it in practice. B. To find a new thought will clearly lead to the production of a new thing. C．A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor. D. One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice. 4．The best title for this passage is ________ . A．How to Develop One’s Creativity B．What Is Creativity C．The Importance of Creativity D．Creativity，a Not Faraway Thing B Relations between Frenchspeaking Qubcois and the Englishspeaking majority in Canada have been the main ethnic issue of the past 40 years. Support for separatist parties increased mainly because of the failure of Canada’s other provinces to deal with Qubec’s demand to be recognized as a “distinct society(特殊社會)”， with powers to preserve its culture and language from further Anglicization(英語化). Qubec’s still controversial (有爭議的)1977 language law made French the province’s official language. Twothirds of Canada’s population live in the 5% of its land area taking up the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence lowlands. However, Canada’s ethnic mix has changed a lot since the 1970s, due to a move from a restrictive immigration policy to one which welcomes those with money or skills. Significant numbers of Asians have moved to Canada. The government promotes a policy which encourages each group to maintain its own culture, creating a “mosaic” or a “community of communities”． The largest element of the indigenous population is the one million people of native Amerindian descent, known in Canada as First Nations. There are also 300,000 Mtis (FrenchAmerindians) and an Inuit population of some 56,000 in the north. In 1992 the Inuit successfully settled their longstanding land claim, and in 1999 the Nunavut area, with only 27,000 mainly Inuit inhabitants, gained the status of a territory, the first part of Canada to be governed by native Canadians in modern history. A Supreme Court land rights ruling in 1997, establishing the principle of “aboriginal title”, opened the way for the return of ancestral lands claimed by native Amerindian nations, and in 1998 the federal government formally apologized for their past mistreatment. 5. This passage is mainly about ________ . A．Canada’s original population B．Canada’s policy on ethnic affairs C．Canada’s main peoples and ethnic issues D．Canada’s immigration policy 6. The underlined word “indigenous” in the third paragraph probably means ________ . A．original B．special C．great D．foreign 7. We can infer from the passage that ________ . A．the federal government’s language law made French the province’s official language B．there was not any ethnic issue in Canada in the past 40 years C．other provinces succeeded in dealing with Qubec’s demand to be recognized as a “distinct society” D．over half of Canada’s population live in the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence lowlands 8. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? A．Amerindians are the only native population of Canada. B．Qubec want to keep their culture and language. C．The federal government didn’t apologize for their past mistreatment. D．The native Amerindians established the principle of “aboriginal title”． 9. What do you think has promoted greatly Canada’s ethnic mix? A. Most of its population live in the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence lowlands. B．Some provinces want to be recognized as “distinct societies”． C．Its policy that welcomes immigrants with money or skills. D．Its strict restrictive immigration policy. 五．書面表達(dá) 出身于貧困家庭、帶著妹妹上大學(xué)的洪戰(zhàn)輝的確把中國感動了。12年來，他靠打零工，辛辛苦苦供養(yǎng)生病的父親和自己毫無血緣關(guān)系的妹妹，從而成為人們心中的“道德英雄”。總有一種力量，震撼著我們的心靈。洪戰(zhàn)輝自強不息、勇敢面對挫折的精神給你的啟示是什么？請用英文寫一篇120詞左右的短文，向《中學(xué)生英文報》投稿。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________  第八天 二．詞匯訓(xùn)練 1. librarian 2.grateful 3.alike 4.shortcomings 5.oral 6.button 7.confirmed 8.sighed 9.guilty 10.steam 三 七選五 B G D A F 四．閱讀理解 1--4. CADB 5--9.CADBC 五．書面表達(dá) The story of Hong Zhanhui, an ordinary college student, has moved China to tears. Over the past 12 years, Hong has managed to support his sick father and his sister, who has no blood relationship with him, by doing various part-time jobs. Now he lives with his 12-year-old sister on campus, taking care of her like a father. Poverty and suffering should not serve as an excuse for begging for sympathy and help from society. When meeting with difficulties, everyone should face them bravely. Many of us dream of becoming successful people, but no matter what you want to be, start from being an ordinary person, be responsible and struggle hard for what you want.