How to Be a Winner

Sir Steven Redgrave

Winner of 5 Olympic Gold Medals

    “In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes(糖尿病) . Believing my career was over, I felt extremely low. Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing. That was it—the encouragement I needed. I could still be a winner if I believe in myself. I am not saying that it isn’t difficult sometimes. But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn’t finished yet. Nothing is to stand in my way.”

Karen Pickering

Swimming World Champion

    “I swim 4 hours a day, 6 days a week. I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary. This is the key to success—you can’t follow a career in any field without being well-organized. List what you believe you can achieve. Trust yourself, write down your goals for the day, however small they are, and you’ll be a step closer to achieving them.”

Kirsten Best

Poet & Writer

    “When things are getting hard, a voice inside my head tells me that I can’t achieve something. Then, there are other distractions, such as family or hobbies. The key is to concentrate. When I feel tense, it helps a lot to repeat words such as ‘calm’, ‘peace’ or ‘focus’, either out loud or silently in my mind. It makes me feel more in control and increases my confidence. This is a habit that can become second nature quite easily and is a powerful psychological tool.”

5. What does Sir Steven Redgrave mainly talk about?

A. Difficulties influenced his career

B. Specialists offered him medical advice.

C. Training helped him defeat his disease. 

D. He overcame the shadow of illness to win.

6. What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary?

A. Her achievements               B. Her daily happenings

C. Her training schedule             D. Her sports career

7. What does the underlined word “distractions” probably refer to?

A. Ways that help one to focus.    

B. Activities that turn one’s attention away.

C. Words that help one to feel less tense.

D. Habits that make it hard for one to relax.

8. According to the passage, what do the three people have in common?

 A. Hard work.       B. Devotion        C. Courage    D. Self-confidence

The Dragon Boat Festival ________ the beginning of the hottest season of the year.

   A. is marking        B. marks                  C. will mark        D. marked

Our website is presenting to you the world’s leading museums and gallaries:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

The Smithsonian is one of the world’s leading research and museum complexes, with 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and various research stations. More than 137 million objects detailing America’s history are exhibited here.  There’s so much to see that, if you spent every day and night looking at the exhibits at normal pace, in ten years you’d see only ten percent of the whole. Therefore, it’s wise to head out with a plan. Focus on some famous exhibits at two or three different museums.

Le Louvre, Paris, France

The Louvre was a medieval fortress and the palace of the kings of France before becoming a museum two centuries ago. The addition of the Chinese architect I. M. Pei’s stylish glass pyramid(金字塔) shocked many when it was opened to public in 1989 as the new main entrance, yet it somehow works and has won compliment in the country, combining the palace’s various elements to make the museum stand out as the most shinning diamond on the French artistic crown. The museum’s collections, though failing to excel in numbers, are among the most important in the world.

The Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece

The amazing groundfloor gallery houses were found from the slopes of the Acropolis( 卫城). Its amazing see-through glass floor provides a walk over history, with a view of the archaeological(考古的) digging. Smaller settlements have been dug out, providing glimpses of Athenian life. Despite its lack of variety in exhibits and limited collections, the Acropolis attracts audience by, for the first time, allowing visitors to take in the stone exhibits, which are displayed in open air characterized by changing natural light.

State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

Russia may be isolated from the artistic centers of the US or West Europe, but the Hermitage has managed to acquire a spectacular collection of world art—three million items in numbers. The museum occupies six buildings along the Neva River, the leading structure being the candy-like Winter Palace. This gloriously  blue-and-white structure was finished in 1764 and over the next several centuries was the main residence of the czars（沙皇）. The museum’s leading attraction is Western European art—in 120 rooms in four buildings ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day.

70. Compared with the other three, which of the following is not geographically distinguished in art history?

   A. Smithsonian Institution.           B. Le Louvre.

   C. The Acropolis Museum.              D. State Hermitage.

71. Which of the following enjoys the largest number of exhibit collections?

   A. Smithsonian Institution.           B. Le Louvre.

   C. The Acropolis Museum.              D. State Hermitage.

72. The new Le Louvre entrance was recognized by French people because ______.

   A. it was designed by a famous foreign architect

   B. it was constructed in a very fashionable style

   C. it demonstrates the joint effect of different factors

   D. it exhibits the diamond on the crown of a French king

73. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

   A. If you plan well, you can view most exhibits of Smithsonian Institution during one visit.

   B. The Winter Palace used to serve as the home for Russian kings.

   C. For preservation, the Acropolis Museum exhibits are not allowed to be exposed to sunlight.

   D. The Russian domestic art works are the most attractive collections in State Hermitage.

（2018·江苏）Developing the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a systematic project which _______ a clear road map and timetable.

A．calls for                                                    B．calls on

C．calls off                                                    D．calls up

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约)mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends. And they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

       So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

       Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

       It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I could choose, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

       I learned to love the journey, not the destination, I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

       By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face, Learn to be happy, and think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

21. The best title of this passage probably is _____________.

      A. Love your friends                      B. Live a real life

      C. Don’t waste time                       D. Be a good mother and wife

22. How did the author form her view of life?

       A. Through social experience.               B. By learning from her friends.

C. Through an unfortunate experience.        D. From her children and husband.

23. By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to ___________.     .

       A. make a living rather than live a real life        B. work rather than enjoy life

       C. waste a lot in life                         D. forget the most important lessons in life

--- Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I order?

--- Of course. ________, Sir.

A. Make yourself at home                              B. At your service 

C. Take your time                                   D. It doesn’t matter

 Queen Elizabeth II is often said to be the richest woman in the world. ________ her personal wealth seems rather small.

A. Besides           B. Otherwise C. However          D. Altogether

 The technology is ______ changing, so it isn’t an easy job to choose a cell-phone today.

   A. constantly        B. automatically   C. temporarily          D. immediately

Visitors worry that London is an expensive city but there really are so many free things to do here. The following ideas should get you started.

     All of London's major museums are free, but most offer some special exhibitions for a fee. My favorite is the Museum of London where you can learn the history of London from Roman times to today. And I love the Geffrye Museum which shows English domestic interiors（内务） and helps bring to life what it was really like to live in London.

     I regularly hear people tell me the Queen Mary's Rose Gardens in Regent's Park is their favorite spot in London, and who am I to argue? I would also recommend St. James's Park as it offers one of the best views of Buckingham Palace. Hyde Park is enormous（巨大的） and Kensington Gardens nearby includes the ever popular Diana Memorial Playground and the Peter Pan Statue. 

   No visit to London is complete without seeing this military tradition. The Queen's Guard in London changes in the Forecourt inside the gates of Buckingham Palace at 11.30am every day in the summer and every other day in the winter. Get there early and view the spectacle（壮观的场面） from outside the front gates.

   Trafalgar Square is one of Britain's greatest visitor attractions and was designed by John Nash in the 1820s and constructed in the 1830s. This iconic square has many sights to see including Nelson's Column and the National Gallery. It is both a tourist attraction and the main focus for political demonstrations. Every December, Norway donates a marvelous（非凡的） Christmas tree, to thank Britain for liberation from the Nazis. 

25. Where can visitors find the Peter Pan Statue?

A. in Regent's Park.      B. in St. James's Park.

C. in Hyde Park.         D. in Kensington Gardens.

26. Which of the following descriptions is True ?

A. In the Geffrye Museum visitors can learn the history of London from Roman times to today.

B. The Queen Mary's Rose Gardens is in Buckingham Palace.

C. There is the Queen's Guard change inside the gates of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 am every day all year around.

D. Trafalgar Square is both a tourist attraction and a place for political demonstrations.

27. The writer wrote the passage to ________.

   A .compare some free places in London.     B . advertise some free places in London.

   C. recommend some free places in London.  D. expose some free places in London.

It’s a headache trying to ________ in a strange, new town. I will just take a taxi and avoid all the trouble.

       A． settle down          B．work out                 C． hold out           D． get around

— I broke your cup．I'm really sorry．

—          .

       A．You're very welcome．                    B．It's my pleasure．

       C．That's all right, don't worry．          D．Can you mind being more careful?

Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport — skateboarding. The country’s first skateboard park is located on the grounds of a local charity group at the edge of Phnom Penh, the capital.

Sports like Khmer boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia. But Chea ，who has been skating for 6 months ，says skating has already become his favorite sport.

The skaters are learning tricks like launching off a jump or half-pipe and flying through the air on their narrow wooden boards.

A non-governmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes weekly programs at the park. Skateistan started its work in Afghanistan years ago. Rory Burke is working with the group which expanded to Cambodia last year.

Rory Burke points out, “Yeah, it’s definitely not a typical Cambodian pastime (消遣）.And I think the idea of ‘why skateboarding’is that it’s not been done before here. We want to use skateboarding as something saying, ‘Hey，this is new ，this is something different.，And that kind of itself becomes a little bit of hook. People see it and they think and they say, ‘Wow, what is that?，and they want to get involved. ”

Skateistan partners with local groups that work with young people. The park is on the grounds of the group known as PSE, where children attend school and learn a trade. There are almost one hundred twenty participants. They all come from troubled lives.

Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha is a student at PSE. “Sometimes I don’t do well on subjects like math,”he says, “I feel bad when I find it hard to keep up with my lessons. So that is why I skateboard -to improve my bad feelings. ’，

He says he began skateboarding more than a year ago. Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off.

Rory Burke says learning to deal with the difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.

43.   According to the passage, PSE is a group ______.

A.    that works with Cambodian students

B.    for young Cambodians to learn a trade

C.    for young Cambodians in troubled lives

D.    for young Cambodians taking skateboarding

44.   What is said about skateboarding in the passage?

A.    It is easy for young Cambodians to learn.

B.    It is a good sport to help regain good feeling.

C.    It originated in Afghanistan years ago.

D.    It is as popular as Khmer boxing in Cambodia.

45.   The underlined part a little bit of hook probably means ______.

A.    something strange  B. something quite new

C.    something different D. something attractive

46.   It can be inferred from the passage that skateboarding is becoming ______.

A.    a sport liked by most young Cambodians

B.    an increasingly popular sport in Cambodia

C.    a sport used to better young Cambodians’ life

D.    a good way to train young Cambodians’ learning skills

 I’m still puzzled by the problem ______ we can get his agreement.

A. how                          B. that                          C. if                             D. where

 The company _____ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

     A. promised     B. is promising     C. is promised     D. has been promising

36. The dog was so ________( devote) to its master that it would not leave him，even when he was dead.

37. London is full of homeless people _______ ( beg) in the streets.

38. Missing the train means________ (wait) for another hour.

39. No one equals him ______ strength.

40. I have reached a stage in my life______ I am supposed to make decisions on my own.

41. Of the six people in the plane that crashed，only one ________( survive)

42. The houses are specially designed _______ the old people.

43. His suggestion is well worth        .( consider)

44. He turned on his computer in search ______ the information he wanted.

45. She made a request that we ______ (go) home at once.

As has been all too apparent in recent days at Balcombe, few issues cause greater concern than energy policy. Many village communities feel their countryside is being ruined by the power-producing machines of wind farms; yet they never take "direct action", even though the planning laws put them at a severe disadvantage. And the generous subsidies (财政补贴) , which encourage the expansion of wind power, are not favorable to the village communities and set landowners in conflict with other residents (居民) .

    Those who disagree with the rapid expansion of wind farms state that the damage they cause is out of proportion(比例) to the benefits they bring, because their energy output cannot match that of the carbon-based power stations they are supposed to replace. Supporters insist that wind must be part of a mix of renewables, nuclear and carbon, and that the country is committed to meeting EU ( European Union) targets for non-carbon energy generation.

    Against this background, the fact that there is an argument within the Government over whether to publish an official report on wind farms' impact on the countryside becomes even more extraordinary. The two parties in the coalition (联合) government are in disagreement over what it should say.

    We have some advice for the two parties: publish the report, and let the country be the judge.  Even if it contains evidence that wind farms are harmful, it will hardly be a pleasant surprise to people who do not like them. Equally, supporters must argue their case by acknowledging the concerns and explaining why they are either misplaced or worthy of much attention.

    The suggestion that further negotiations are to take place to produce an "acceptable" report suggests that the politics of coalition government are doing the country harm in a certain way. Given the sensitivities involved, all the information should be available so that people can reach their own conclusions, rather than being left with the suspicion（猜疑）that facts are being replaced by political beliefs.

12. We can learn from the first paragraph that__________.

A. many village communities are satisfied with the subsidies

B. the residents are in favor of the expansion of wind farms

C. energy policy catches much attention of the public

D. the planning laws offer great benefits to the residents

13. Supporters think that the expansion of wind power____.

A. is more rapid than that of carbon-based power

B. agrees with EU targets for non-carbon energy generation

C. is expected to be much better than that of nuclear power

D. guarantees an increase in energy output

14. It can be inferred from the passage that____.

A. an official report will settle the energy problem

B. the two parties are divided over the issue of wind farms

C. the two parties have agreed on a further negotiation

D. political beliefs concerning energy issue go against facts

15. Which of the following reflects the author's opinion?

A. Increase political impact on energy policy.

B. Leave the two parties to reach their own conclusions.

C. Let the nation judge the facts about wind power.

D. Release a statement of supporters on wind farm.

    Reasons to exercise regularly

    You've been told a hundred times that exercise is good for your health.  ____12____Here are four

benefits that you can get from just a little daily exercise.

  ___13___  DO you feel a bit clearer after good daily exercise? Not only is your brain getting

more energy and oxygen, but many studies have shown that exercise can help you remember and

learn things better. Of course, an intense exercise right before a big exam could leave you more tired

than smart - but the two are still undoubtedly linked.

    You'll become more confident.    ___14___ Through exercising, you will feel more accomplished

and social (if you work out at a gym). Even if you don't see immediate results in your body, the effort

will make you feel better - and a bit of confidence can go a long way.

    You'll live longer. It's no secret that healthy living will keep you alive longer. One study found

that exercise improves life expectancy as much as quitting smoking.  ____15____And just a bit of

regular exercise can slow the process for a while.

    You'll sleep better. If you ever have trouble falling asleep at night, it is a good way to solve this

problem with regular exercise. The National Sleep Foundation says that regular exercise can help you

sleep better. ____16____ If you exercise too closely to bedtime, it can actually have the opposite effect!

Luckily, you can choose other good ways to fill up that pre-bed relaxation time.

A. You'll be happier.

B. It is really true that sitting all day is killing you.

C. You'll improve your memory.

D. Both of these are important parts of losing weight.

E. Obviously, exercise can improve your appearance which can improve confidence.

F. It's true, and it's good for a lot more than just losing weight or building muscle.

G. The best time to exercise is in the morning or in the afternoon, rather than before bed.

 --- Are you going to take part in the speech contest?

--- ______ It’s too good an opportunity to miss.

 A. No problem!      B. That’s for sure.           C. Why me?            D. Why bother?