美文晨讀
Know Ignorance
知其不知
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. If you want to master knowledge and have wisdom, you must study or read books.
If you hope to be wise you must start at the very beginning and learn to see things as they truly are. Problems need solutions. Solutions breed new problems. Wisdom can only be acquired by an inquiring mind (追根問底的人). If you don’t ask questions, you won’t receive the answers.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Desire for knowledge is the stimulant of creativity.
Ⅰ.短語翻譯
1. a chat show ________________.
2. in detail _______________________.
3. widespread poverty ______________.
4. come down to ___________________.
5. rush hour _____________________.
Ⅱ.語法填空
I don't know (6)________ you've noticed (7)________ some students don't want to walk to school. It can be seen every day (8)________ their parents drive them to school. But nowadays, it should be brought to our notice (9)________ the air is seriously polluted. (10)________ can we do about it? Here I have a suggestion (11)________ we should ride on our bikes to school! (12)________ we can do it will not only have significant benefits for our health, (13)________ also help improve our environment. (14)________ we will have a better environment depends on (15)________ we can do for ourselves and for nature.
Ⅲ.閱讀理解
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had looked into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?”
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain (雛菊花環(huán)) would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; but when the rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the bush.
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon hooks. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labeled “ORANGE MARMALADE”, but to her great disappointment it was empty; she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere near tile, centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think--but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma' am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.”
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, when suddenly, thump! thump! Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.16. What kind of books do you think will interest Alice most?
A. Books that her sister was reading. B. Books without pictures or conversation.
C. Books about white rabbits. D. Books with pictures and conversation.
17. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Alice did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing the white rabbit.
B. Alice managed to put the jar back into the shelf.
C. Alice ran after the white rabbit across the field out of curiosity.
D. The people on the opposite side of the earth walk with their heads downward.
18. Which is the right order of the story?
a. Alice jumped into a large hole.
b. She took down a jar from one of the shelves.
c. A white rabbit ran close by her.
d. Alice sat by her sister, doing nothing.
e. She fell upon some sticks and dry leaves.
A. d-c-a-b-e B. d-a-c-b-e C. a-b-e-c-d D. d-c-a--e-b
19. From the passage, we can see Alice is a(n) ___________ girl.
A. helpful and friendly B. curious and imaginative
C. brave and curious D. ignorant and pretty
20. The paragraph “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” can be put between ___________.
A. Paragraphs 1 and 2 B. Paragraphs 2 and 3
C. Paragraphs 3 and 4 D. Paragraphs 4 and 5
Ⅳ.書面表達
假如你是李華，昨天學(xué)校為你舉辦了18歲成人宣誓儀式。請根據(jù)下列要點給你在美國的筆友發(fā)一封電子郵件，描述宣誓儀式過程并簡述你的感受。
要點：1.宣誓儀式;
2. 感謝家長和老師的培養(yǎng)、教育;
3. 老師送賀卡;
4. 表演節(jié)目。
注意：1. 郵件必須包括以上要點，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮;
2. 詞數(shù)120左右;
3. 開頭已為你寫好。
參考詞匯：宣誓 make an oath
Dear Tom,
It is great to receive your email. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Know Ignorance
知其不知
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. If you want to master knowledge and have wisdom, you must study or read books.
If you hope to be wise you must start at the very beginning and learn to see things as they truly are. Problems need solutions. Solutions breed new problems. Wisdom can only be acquired by an inquiring mind (追根問底的人). If you don’t ask questions, you won’t receive the answers.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Desire for knowledge is the stimulant of creativity.
Ⅰ.短語翻譯
1. a chat show ________________.
2. in detail _______________________.
3. widespread poverty ______________.
4. come down to ___________________.
5. rush hour _____________________.
Ⅱ.語法填空
I don't know (6)________ you've noticed (7)________ some students don't want to walk to school. It can be seen every day (8)________ their parents drive them to school. But nowadays, it should be brought to our notice (9)________ the air is seriously polluted. (10)________ can we do about it? Here I have a suggestion (11)________ we should ride on our bikes to school! (12)________ we can do it will not only have significant benefits for our health, (13)________ also help improve our environment. (14)________ we will have a better environment depends on (15)________ we can do for ourselves and for nature.
Ⅲ.閱讀理解
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had looked into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?”
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain (雛菊花環(huán)) would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; but when the rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the bush.
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon hooks. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labeled “ORANGE MARMALADE”, but to her great disappointment it was empty; she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere near tile, centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think--but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma' am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.”
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, when suddenly, thump! thump! Down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.16. What kind of books do you think will interest Alice most?
A. Books that her sister was reading. B. Books without pictures or conversation.
C. Books about white rabbits. D. Books with pictures and conversation.
17. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Alice did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing the white rabbit.
B. Alice managed to put the jar back into the shelf.
C. Alice ran after the white rabbit across the field out of curiosity.
D. The people on the opposite side of the earth walk with their heads downward.
18. Which is the right order of the story?
a. Alice jumped into a large hole.
b. She took down a jar from one of the shelves.
c. A white rabbit ran close by her.
d. Alice sat by her sister, doing nothing.
e. She fell upon some sticks and dry leaves.
A. d-c-a-b-e B. d-a-c-b-e C. a-b-e-c-d D. d-c-a--e-b
19. From the passage, we can see Alice is a(n) ___________ girl.
A. helpful and friendly B. curious and imaginative
C. brave and curious D. ignorant and pretty
20. The paragraph “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.” can be put between ___________.
A. Paragraphs 1 and 2 B. Paragraphs 2 and 3
C. Paragraphs 3 and 4 D. Paragraphs 4 and 5
Ⅳ.書面表達
假如你是李華，昨天學(xué)校為你舉辦了18歲成人宣誓儀式。請根據(jù)下列要點給你在美國的筆友發(fā)一封電子郵件，描述宣誓儀式過程并簡述你的感受。
要點：1.宣誓儀式;
2. 感謝家長和老師的培養(yǎng)、教育;
3. 老師送賀卡;
4. 表演節(jié)目。
注意：1. 郵件必須包括以上要點，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮;
2. 詞數(shù)120左右;
3. 開頭已為你寫好。
參考詞匯：宣誓 make an oath
Dear Tom,
It is great to receive your email. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________
