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1、8上译林英语期中测试首字母专项1When Michael Jordan was 13, his father gave him a used sweater and asked,“What do you think the p 1 of it would be?” Jordan replied,“ Maybe$1.” His father asked,“ Can you sell it for $2?” Jordan nodded his head. Then he w 2 it carefully and made it cleaner. The next day, he brought t
2、he sweater to a crowded underground station. Jordan f 3 sold it for$2. Several days later, his father gave him a used blanket,“ Now you can sell it for$20.” Jordan said,“ How is it p 4 ? This blanket is worth$2 at the most.”“ Why dont you t 5 it first? There must be a way,” his father replied. Then,
3、 Jordan gotan idea. He p 6 a picture of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse on the blanket.A man was very fond of the blanket and Jordan easily sold it.W 7 he got home, his father gave him a used T- shirt.“ Can you sell it for$200?” Two months later,a p 8 actress came to New York. Jordan got her autograph(
4、亲笔签名) on the T-shirt. The next day, Jordan sold the T-shirt for$1,200. His father was amazed and asked,“What did you learn from your e 9 ?” Jordan replied,“ Where theresa will, theresa way.” His father said,“ Good. But it also show you that if a piece of used clothing that is worth only a dollar can
5、 add its value, then how about us? There is no r 10 for us to underestimate(低估) ourselves.”2Do you like eating soup?W 1 kind of soup do you like best? What do you know a 2 chicken soup? Have you ever cooked soup at home?I think it is very easy to d 3 . One of my favourite soup is chicken tortilla so
6、up. Its a k 4 of delicious soup. And it has beans, chicken a 5 some other ingredients.Since I cook the soup often,I know the recipe well and it tastes t 6 same every time. But there was one time when I didnt have one of the m 7 important ingredients.I decided to just cook the soup without that ingre
7、dient anyway.I didnt think one ingredient would make a big d 8 . When I tasted it later, it still tasted all right I could eat it, but it wasnt quite the same.I was s 9 that it would be better if I followed the recipe exactly.It is the same in our lives. When you work in groups at school or later at
8、 work, you can t 10 of each member of the group as being an ingredient in the soup. If one “ingredient”isnt there, or isnt doing the job well, the“soup”wont turn out right.Remember the story of the soup the next time you have to work in a group with your classmates.3A teenager has carried out an act
9、 of kindness every day since the start of the pandemic (流行病).18-year-old Sebbie Hall b 1 his kindness marathon in early 2020. His mumAshley asked him to think about what s 2 he could use to raise money. He said he could be kind.Since then, the teen, who has a serious disease, has performed at 1 3 on
10、e act of kindness every daymore than 1,600 in total. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thanked him for his w 4 decision.Sebbie has walked neighbourspets, watered gardens, posted mails for people, washed cars and baked cakes for n 5 in hospitals. Hes handed out personal protective equipment (设
11、备), collected unwanted Halloween pumpkins and t 6 them into soup and pies forneedy people, and given warm coats to the h 7 . The teen has also given 100 roses to 100 women to make them smile, and o 8 help at food banks.His deeds got a donation(捐赠) of28,000, which he has given to many charities. Sebb
12、ie put it simply,“K 9 is my superpower.Im not stopping.I want to raise more money and make more people live h 10 .”Now he is raising money to set up physical therapy suites(理疗套房) every day. He is also an inspiration(鼓舞) for many people.4Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Years Day, when he was
13、15 years old, his father a 1 him to work on the farm for one year in his free time. Jim was unhappy with his fathers i 2 .“ That isnt my j 3 .I have too much schoolwork to do.”Hearing this, his father said,“I promise(答应) to give you the best present if you can finish one years work.”Jim t 4 for a wh
14、ile and agreed.Starting from one Saturday, the boy g 5 up early and worked hard until evening, just like other farmers. Time p 6 quickly. Jims crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father said to his son,“Im happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me wh
15、at you w 7 .” The boy smiled and s 8 his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat.“I ve already got the best present. No pain, no gain.I think this is what you want me to k 9 .” His father was very pleased to hear t 10 .5Ludwig van Beethoven is one of historys most popular musicians. People c
16、ame into theatres to hear him p 2 the piano. What was so special about Beethoven?Beethoven was so talented in the piano t 2 people called him a prodigy. When he was a child, his father made him practise playing the piano d 3 and night.Sometimes, he would punish Beethoven when he made a m 4 . Still,
17、Beethoven loved music.As a young man, Beethoven went to Vienna, Austria. There, he wanted to s 5 with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.A few years later, he went back to Vienna. This time, he studied with a man named Joseph Haydn. Mozart and Haydn are b 6 seen as great influences on Beethovens music.In his l
18、ate twenties, Beethoven began to lose his h 7 . He was totally deaf by the time he was around 45. However, deafness did not stop Beethoven f 8 writing music. In fact, he wrote his masterpieces in the last ten years of his life. That means he wasnt able to hear his own best music!The m 9 Beethoven wr
19、ote was some of the most popular works of the 19th century. To this day, people still use his music in countless movies and television shows.Beethoven left a great legacy 10.w 10 he died in 1827. Many people today call him the greatest pianist and composer of all time.6Chinese people invented firewo
20、rks centuries ago. At that time, they were very e 1 .Only wealthy people could buy them. H 2 , that didnt stop people in Nuanquan Town, Hebei Province from developing their own kind of fireworks. Over 500 y 3 ago, some blacksmiths(铁匠) in the town started their own tradition, Da Shuhua, to c 4 Chines
21、e New Year.The blacksmiths would heat scrap iron to a t 5 about 1,600. On a cold winter night, they would use a wooden ladle to throw the molten iron at a tall stone wall. Upon the wall, the molten iron would explode into t 6 of sparks, creating an effect similar to fireworks.The showers of molten i
22、ron sparks look 1 7 flowers raining down. Thats why this tradition is called Da Shuhua, which is translated as“hitting tree flowers”in English.The t 8 of Da Shuhua is only practised in Nuanquan Town. Every year, many visitors travel there to w 9 this special fireworks show.Throwing molten iron at a
23、stone wall sounds very d 10 to us. But the blacksmiths in Nuanquan Town have developed special skills. Over several centuries, no blacksmith has ever been seriously burned during a Da Shuhua performance.7I cant remember what plans I have had for my vacation this summer. For sure,I never saw m 1 feed
24、ing a pig. But that was just what I ended up doing. For eight weeks,I s 2 at a special pig farm in New Jersey. There,I met nine old pigs. And I found that pigs also had important life lessons to share.People usually think pigs are d 3 . But the truth is that pigs are one of the smartest and cleanest
25、 animals if people take care of them properly.O 4 I dropped their food, they wouldnt touch it until they saw me wash it with water.Pigs like to be clean,b 5 they do play in the mud. The farm owner told me that pigs dont have sweat glands(汗腺). They must bathe in the mud in o 6 to cool off.Pigs are us
26、ually trouble free animals, and grow on their own with little c 7 as long as they have proper housing or shelter with the water and food.Pigs dont speak our l 8 , but that doesnt mean they dont have a lot to say. For me, I learned an important l 9 while I was staying with these pigs: dont judge(评判)a
27、 person before you r 10 get to know him or her.8Learning English is not an easy job. Almost every student sometimes a 1 questions like these: Can I really learn English well? Can I really learn it well enough to t 2 with others? The answer is yes. From some studies we know that almost a 3 can learn
28、a foreign language well if he or she wants to. Some might learn it faster and some might learn it slower. Some might learn it e 4 and some with difficulties. But anyone can learn it well if he or she has the c 5 ways.Many students have their own special ways to learn English. The following are some
29、e 6 .Millie gets up early every morning and the first thing she does is to listen to an English radio programme. This has really helped make her do b 7 in listening.Daniel often p 8 speaking English in class. At first he was nervous when he began to speak. After trying a few times, he found it was n
30、ot as difficult as he had thought. He became more active and he speaks English best a 9 his classmates now.Jack likes to watch American films. He will watch a film many times i 10 it is a good one. And he also likes to read English aloud.9My first home was a beautiful meadow with a pond of clear wat
31、er. Our master, Farmer Grey, was a kind man. My mother and I had a h 1 life. She worked during the day.I played with the other young horses and had great fun.One day, my master sold me to Squire Gordon. He lived with his family in a big house. “ You re a b 2 horse,” he said.“ You have a beautiful bl
32、ack coat.I shall call you BlackBeauty.”I learned to c 3 my master on my back and pull a coach.I learned to wear reins and a bit in my mouth.I did not like them but all the h 4 had to wear them.My master had another horse called Ginger. She was u 5 . She bit and kicked people. Ginger and I pulled a c
33、oach together. We became friends. Ginger told me about her l 6 when she was young. Her master was not kind to her. Squire Gordon and his men felt sorry for Ginger. They were always kind to her. She s 7 biting and kicking people. She became a happy horse.One day in autumn, Mr Gordon and John went on
34、a long journey, and I pulled the coach. The weather was rainy and windy. They could not s 8 well in the rain. We came to a bridge.I stopped.“ Something is w 9 ,”I thought. Mr Gordon and John wanted me to go on to the bridge. But I did not m 10 . Just then a man saw us.“ Hey there! Stop! The bridge i
35、s broken in the middle,”he cried.“Thank you, Beauty!”they said.文章节选自黑骏马(Black Beauty)10Why is the cat not in the Chinese zodiac(生肖)? There is a famous Chinese folk s 1 about this.The Jade Emperor i 2 all animals to take part in a race. The 3.f 3 12 animals to finish the race would become part of the
36、 Chinese zodiac. At that time, the cat and the rat were good f 4 . When they heard about the race, the cat said to the rat,“ We should arrive e 5 to join in the race, but I usually wake up late.” The rat promised to wake his friend up so they could go t 6 . However, on the morning of the race, the r
37、at was so excited when he woke up that he f 7 his promise. He went directly to the gathering area for the race. The cat woke up late only to find that the race was already o 8 . The cat hated the rat after that. But it is only a story. The real r 9 is that there were no cats in ancient China.Researc
38、hers say that before the Han dynasty, China didnt have house cats. There are some descriptions(描述) of cats in China in b 10 , but they were mostly wildcats. Its believed that house cats first appeared in China during the Eastern Han dynasty. But by that time, the animals of the Chinese zodiac had al
39、ready been chosen.11Do you like flowers? Have you ever planted any flowers? What kind did you plant?There was once a company in the United States. It was reported that it would offer a large amount of money to anyone who could find a white marigold. Most marigolds are e 1 golden or brown. It is very
40、 hard to find a white one.Twenty years later, the company received a letter from an old woman. She sent 100 white marigold seeds along w 2 the letter.The woman was a fan of flowers. When she first heard the companys announcement 20 years ago, she g 3 very excited. She thought she could grow her own
41、white marigolds.But her children doubted her. She knew n 4 about seed genetics after all. So her dream of growing white marigolds was just a dream.Still, she worked to m 5 it happen. She planted some common marigold seeds and took good c 6 of them.A year later, when the marigolds bloomed, she chose
42、one of the faintest f 7 and took its seeds. She planted these seeds and waited another year for t 8 to bloom.Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, her life c 9 . Her husband died, her children moved away, and many other things happened. But her desire to grow white marigolds remained
43、 strong in her heart.F 10 , after 20 years, she went out to her garden and found a marigold that was not just whiteit was as white as the purest snow.11. price 2. washed 3. finally 4. possible 5. try6. painted 7. When 8. popular9. experience10. reason21. What 2. about 3. do 4. kind 5. and 6. the7. m
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