What is the first solar term within a year of the traditional calendar? ()
A、Start Festival
B、Spring Equinox
C、Start of Spring
A、Start Festival
B、Spring Equinox
C、Start of Spring
In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last yes.
As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
What do we learn from the first paragraph?
A) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.
B) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.
C) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.
D) A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.
段落翻译: Before you make up your mind about which way to go, take a hard, honest look at your motivation for starting a company. Too many people are looking to get rich, escape the corporate grind, and work shorter hours with more free time. None of those reasons is likely to lead to success. If you are focused on solving a customer problem or need, believe you can do what you do better than anyone else, dying to work long hours, wear many hates, and juggle endless responsibilities, then you have the right startup mindset. You also need certain personality traits. One of them is a willingness to work very hard all by yourself, at least for the first year or so (and possibly longer).
Ironically,it is often success that leads people to flirt with failure.Praise won for _ 28_a skillsuddenly puts one in the position of having everything to lose.Rather than putting their reputation on theline again,many successful people develop a handicap—drinking,_ 29_,depression—that allowsthem to keep their status no matter what the future brings. An advertising executive 30_ fordepression shortly after winning an award put it this way:“Without my depression,I'd be a failure now;with it,I'm a success 'on hold.’”
In fact,the people most likely to become chronic excuse makers are those 31 _ with success.Such people are so afraid of being 32a failure at anything that they constantly develop onehandicap or another in order to explain away failure.
Though self-handicapping can be an effective way of coping with performance anxiety now and then,in the end,researchers say,it will lead to_ 33_. In the long run,excuse makers fail to live up to theirtrue_ 34_and lose the status they care so much about. And despite their protests to the _35they have only themsclves to blame.
A) contrary F) labeled K) potential
B) fatigue G) legacies L) rcalms
C) heavily H) mastering M) reciprocal
D) heaving l) momentum N) ruin
E) hospitalized J) obsessed o) viciously
ination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ____________.
A) intention B) attempt
C) purpose D) desire
The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy did well, so he couldn’t understand why, after 3 months of trains, the master had taught him only one move.“Master,” the boy finally said, “Shouldn’t I be learning more moves?” “This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll need to know,” the master replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training. Several months later, the master took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy skillfully used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, strong, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be outmatched. Concerned about the boy, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the master came forward.
“No,” the master insisted, “Let him continue.”
Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a fatal mistake. He dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy won the match. He was the champion.
On the way home, the boy and his master reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind.
“Master, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the master answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.
16. Judging from the context, what happens when a referee calls a “time-out”(Line2, Para 7)?
A. The time for the game has run out
B. The game stops for a short time
C. Either side can claim victory
D. The game ends in a tie
17. Why did the master insist on continuing the match?
A. Because the time-out would give the opponent an advantage
B. Because the boy was confident of winning
C. Because he had confidence in the boy’s skill
D. Because all he cared about is winning the final
18. What caused the defeat of the boy’s opponent in the final?
A. Over-confidence
B. Impatience
C. Inexperience
D. The time-out
19. Why did the master only teach the boy one move?
A. The boy could not do other moves with only one arm
B. It was the only move the master knew well
C. It was the move his opponents were not good at
D. His opponent would be helpless when he made this move
20. What does the story show?
A. One can turn his weakness into an advantage
B. It is very important to have a good teacher
C. Even a disabled person can win in a judo match
D. To master judo one only needs to learn one difficult move
Identify the country or countries you will be travelling to. It is particularly important to know which countries you are travelling to because it determines where and how you are going to send your application.
● If you are intending to visit just one Schengen country, you will need to apply for the Schengen visa directly with the embassy or consulate of that particular country.
● If you are intending to visit two or more Schengen countries, your application must be sent to the embassy or consulate of the country that shall be your main destination.
● If you are intending to visit several Schengen countries, but do not have a main destination, you should apply for the visa at the embassy or consulate of the first Schengen country on your travel itinerary.
Fill out an application form. beforehand to obtain a Schengen visa. You can download and print off the form. online.
Prepare all the requirements for your Schengen visa application. Depending on the consulate or embassy, you are required to show the following documents:
● A valid national passport
● Evidence showing the purpose of your trip (e.g. hotel reservations)
● Proof of medical insurance
● A round-trip travel ticket
● Proof of funds
Check the processing time to ensure you get your Schengen visa on time. The processing time varies per embassy, so it is important to take the processing time into account when planning your trip.
1. This passage is mainly about ().
A. what is a Schengen visa
B. who can apply for a Schengen visa
C. how to apply for a Schengen visa
2. If you are intending to visit two or more Schengen countries, you will need to send your application ().
A. to the embassy or consulate of the country that shall be your main destination
B. directly with the embassy or consulate of that particular country
C. to the embassy or consulate of the first Schengen country on your travel itinerary
3. You can download and print off the form. ().
A. via your phone
B. on the Internet
C. by your friends
4. You are required to show the following documents EXCEPT ().
A. a round-trip travel ticket
B. a valid national passport
C. a birth certificate
5. The processing time is () per embassy.
A. different
B. the same
C. similar
A.Searching for information.
B.Sending emails.
C.Watching movies.
D.Listening to musi
E.
was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs.He was drawing excessively fine distinctions.Of course advertising seeks to persuade.If its message were confined merely to information-and that in itself would be difficult if not impossible to achieve,for even a detail such as the choice of the color of a shirt is subtly persuasive-advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention.But perhaps that is what the well-know television personality wants.
6.By the first sentence of the passage the author means that().
A.he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertising
B.everybody knows well that advertising is money consuming
C.advertising costs money like everything else
D.it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising
7.The phrase“live up to" in Line 3,Paragraph 2 can be replaced by().
A.survive
B.complement
C.agree with
D.carry on
8.In the passage,which of the following is NOT included in the advantages of advertising?()
A.Securing greater fame
B.Providing more jobs
C.Enhancing living standards
D.Reducing newspaper cost.
9.The author deems that the well-known TV personality is ().
A.very precise in passing his judgment on advertising
B.interested in nothing but the buyer‘s attention
C.correct in telling the difference between persuasion and information
D.obviously partial in his views on advertising
10.In the author‘s opinion.()
A.advertising can seldom bring material benefit to man by providing information
B.advertising informs people of new ideas rather than wins them over
C.there is nothing wrong with advertising in persuading the buyer
D.the buyer is not interested in getting information from an advertisement
—What kind of job _______________?
—I want to be a doctor, so that I can save lives and help people to be healthier.
A. do you have in heart
B. do you have in mind
C. you put in your heart
D. you keep in your mind
A.struggle
B.playing
C.trying
D.to try
cultures and other ways of doing things, ________ is often the case in other countries.
A) as B) what C) so D) that