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Week Two
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On April 22, 2012, I jumped from an
airplane 13,000 feet up. What was the purpose? It
was
just to overcome my fear of
heights.
Seven years ago, when I
went to France, I couldn't go up the Eiffel Tower
because I was
afraid. It seemed so
high. I wanted to overcome my fear, so I could
dare to go skydiving(
跳伞
). At
first, I didn't think I could, but I
finally made it.
I don't think
that I could have jumped out of that plane without
the encouragement of my
wonderful
friends and classmates
—
Yucel
and Tatiana! It was a pity that we couldn't jump
together. However, as we prepared to
jump, there was something special among
us
—
a special
bond.
I made a
reservation(
预定
) to go
skydiving one week before the day of my jump. I
felt
nervous during the whole week,
kind of blue; but mysteriously. When it was the
moment to jump
from the airplane, I
didn't feel any fear… I just jumped! That was
awesome! Awesome!
There was a whole new world and the
beautiful sky. I had never seen such a beautiful
world!!!
First, I felt an awful
acceleration(
加速度
), and then
I felt like I was lying in the air… like a bird! I
think it was an illusion, but it was
wonderful!
The oncoming wind blew me
strongly. It was amazing! After about 50 seconds
of freefall,
the parachute opened. When
I landed on the ground, I felt a lack of oxygen.
It was difficult to
breathe in during
the freefall.
I was so glad that I
survived and was able to overcome my fear!
Everything went well! If
possible, I want to jump again. My
first jump is an outstanding memory for me.
1. What could be the best title for the
passage?
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A.
Overcoming
Fear of Heights
B.
Not Daring to
Go up the Eiffel Tower
C.
Jumping from
a Plane
D.
A Special Bond with Friends
2. By saying
.
A.
he gave up going skydiving in the end
B.
at last he succeeded in skydiving
C.
he made up his mind in the end
D.
he finally made a reservation
3. The author felt it a
pity that
.
A.
he couldn't encourage his
friends
B.
he couldn't jump with his
friends
C.
he didn't climb the Eiffel
Tower
D.
he had made the reservation
earlier
4. How did the
author feel when it was time for him to jump?
A.
He was a little afraid.
C.
He was nervous.
B.
He was worried.
D.
He was very
calm.
5. Why
did the author feel a lack of oxygen when he was
landing on the ground?
A.
Because he was falling for
about a minute.
B.
Because it
was his first time to do so.
C.
Because people breathe in less air when
falling freely.
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D.
Because the
wind was blowing him strongly.
B
Paper-cut is a very special
visual art of Chinese handicrafts. One saying is
that it originated
from the religious
ceremony or offering
sacrifices(
贡品
). The ancient
people cut papers into
animals or
people. They either buried them with the dead or
burned them on the funerals, wishing
that things that paper stood for could
be with the dead. Later, they were used during
festivals to
decorate gates and
windows. After hundreds of years' development, now
they have become a very
popular means
of decoration among country folk, especially
women.
It is easy to
learn about cutting a piece of paper but very
difficult to master it with perfection.
Beginners need only a knife and paper.
For craftsman, they need knives and gravers of
various
types to make
complicated(
复杂的
) patterns.
It can be one piece of paper or many pieces.
Simple
patterns can be cut with a
knife. For complicated patterns, people first
pasted the pattern on the
paper and
then used various kinds of knives to make it. No
mistake can be made during the
process
otherwise the work would fail.
Paper cutting covers nearly all topics,
from flowers, birds, animals, legendary people,
figures
in classic novels, to types of
facial make-up in Peking opera. Paper cutting has
various styles in
different parts of
China.
In the past, women living
in the countryside gathered in their free time to
make paper cutting,
which is a way to
judge their skillfulness. As society develops,
fewer and fewer people learn this
skill
while there are some who still regard it as a
profession. At present, there are factories and
associations for paper cutting in
China. Exhibitions and exchanges are held
regularly and books of
this kind are
published. Paper cutting has changed from
decoration to a kind of art. At the same
time, paper cutting also appears in
cartoons, on stage, in magazines or in TV series.
6. What is the passage
mainly about?
A.
Ancient
religious ceremonies.
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B.
A special
kind of art form in China.
C.
Decoration of
festivals in ancient China.
D.
Animals made of paper.
7. Why did ancient people burn paper
animals or people on the funerals?
A.
They wanted to give them warmth.
B.
They wanted the dead to have enough
food.
C.
They wanted the animals to
accompany the dead.
D.
They wanted
the dead to use them as decoration.
8. From the passage we can see that
.
A.
it is very easy to become a paper
cutting artist
B.
it takes
great patience and skill to make perfect paper
cutting
C.
paper cutting is limited to
some topics
D.
people in different parts
of China have similar styles
9. What can we learn from the last
paragraph?
A.
More and more people regard
paper cutting as a profession.
B.
Paper cutting is in danger of
disappearing in the future.
C.
Paper cutting is a way to judge a
woman's skill.
D.
As a kind of
art, paper cutting is still popular today.
C
Good hobbies
can bring a lot of pleasure to kids and their
parents. Hobbies are things that a
person likes to do in his spare time.
Some kids like swimming or playing sports, while
others may
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like quieter
hobbies such as reading, music, cooking, computer
games or board games (
棋类游戏
).
Older kids who can read might enjoy the
guitar or the piano, while younger ones might
enjoy
playing the toy drums and singing
along.
Good hobbies for kids can
be any type of activity that is beneficial for
their over-all growth
and has been
proven to help them later in life, including self-
confidence and any skills that they
might learn. When choosing hobbies,
parents should remember not to push kids too hard,
otherwise they might give up before
they really try the hobbies. Also you should give
your kids
the right to choose hobbies
by themselves.
Good hobbies are something
that will grow with your kids,
stretching(
使发挥全部本领
) and
challenging them enough to keep them
interested, but do not take them away from their
school
work. Instead, good hobbies can
help to improve their homework.
Also some hobbies are appropriate only
for certain age groups, and can be very good for
developing specific areas. For example,
some musical instruments are age-specific. Older
kids
who can read might enjoy the
guitar or the piano, while younger ones might
enjoy playing the toy
drums and singing
along.
Take my own experience as a
working parent, my daughter started a new hobby in
6th grade.
It has turned out to be a
good thing for her self-confidence and mental
ability. So trying a wide
variety of
hobbies, maybe one at a time, can be a good thing
for everyone.
10. It can be inferred from
the passage that
.
A.
good hobbies
can be developed very easily
B.
kids are not good at choosing good
hobbies
C.
kids of different ages
enjoy different hobbies
D.
boys and
girls enjoy different hobbies
11. In
the last paragraph, the writer intends to
.
A.
show how clever her daughter is
B.
show the results of choosing a good
hobby
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