In the early 1980s, one of our neighbors asked my mom if she would make a few gift baskets for her to give as gifts for the holidays. My mom agreed and news of the unique gift baskets my mom was making spread like wildfire throughout the neighborhood. My mom was busy throughout the holiday season, so she asked a friend to help her. When the orders continued after the holiday season for baby gifts, birthday gifts and more, it occurred to them that maybe this job could be turned into a business and they did it.
My mom went into her business because she had creative ideas. She got orders and filled order. But there was no goal and no real plan. In 1991, my mom’s partner got into financial trouble and there was not enough money to support either mom or her partner.
So if you are led by your creativity or enthusiasm, make sure you ask yourself what you purpose to do your business is. If you don’t set goals, how will you know which direction to go in? Do you want to create jobs and growth in the economy? Are you looking for a hobby? You can’t keep scores if you don’t know what game you are playing.
After my mom’s partner quit, she had to abandon her business to support herself. She swore she would run a business again and do it differently the next time. However, there wasn’t a “next time” for her. She passed away just after her 51st birthday. She never had someone tell her how important having a goal was, she never had a chance to be everything she could be.
There are no right or wrong goals, only the ones that matter to you. Set them so that you can make progress and achieve success, whatever they may mean to you.
1.What did the writer’s mom do after failing in her business?
A. She found a different partner.
B. She celebrated her 51st birthday.
C. She planned to have a second try with different methods.
D. She decided never to run a business again.
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The writer began her business with a set goal.
B. The writer mother was a woman without creativity.
C. The writer’s mother died because of her failure in business.
D. The writer believes having goals in mind ensured one’s success.
3.How does the writer present his point of view mainly?
A. By providing examples. B. By explaining causes.
C. By making comparisons. D. By listing figures.
科目：高中英语 来源：山西省2016-2017学年高二下学期第一次月考英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
Money Matters
Parents should help their children understand money.1.so you may start tallking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things,candy or toys,for example.
1.The basic function of money
Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services.it’s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have.If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier . 2.when your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.
2.Money lessons
Approach money lessons with openness and honesty. 3.If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money,explain,”You have enough toy trucks for now.”Or,if the request is for many different things, say.“You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.”
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Begin at the grocery store. Pick put similar brands of a product—a name brand butter and a generic(无商标产品),for example.You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money.5. If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved.Later,you may explains how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.
A. Wise decision.
B. The value of money.
C. Permit the child to choose between them.
D.Tell your child why he can—or cannot—have certain things.
E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.
F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store.
G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest.
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖北省荆门市2016-2017学年高二下学期3月月考英语试卷 题型：完形填空
As I sat there one night in Namibia, staring out at one of the most perfect sunsets I’d seen in a while, I realized why I never wanted to visit Africa alone. Sometimes the _____ of travel is not so beautiful when you don’t have someone to _____ it with. And there I was, staring out at this gorgeous _____ , and I was alone. I had no one to share that moment.
Sure, there was my tour group, but it’s not the same. Sharing a moment with people you have a bond with is much _____ from sharing it with strangers. Days later, I kept coming back to the _____ I felt at that moment. There was nothing wrong______ anyone on my tour-----they were all nice, polite, and talkative, and we got along well. But tours are _____ organized, and sometimes you closely _____ with people and sometimes you don’t. Dining alone may well be one most awkward times of solo travel. But like anything, the more you do it the more you get used to it.
And as I sat there looking at this beautiful sunset while zebra _____ from the nearby watering hole, a ___ hit me at the moment-----I am alone .And I am _____ it. While I’m an introvert(内向的人)and I like my “me” time, after 6.5 years, solo travel isn’t for me any longer. I no longer _____ to wander cities or gaze upon African sunsets alone. I want to _____ with people I know. I want_____ faces. I want to share moments. I make plenty of _____ on the road, but I’m tired of having to ______ in each new city.
I think everyone should travel alone at some point in their life; you _____ a lot about yourself by doing so. I never ____the solo travel I’ve done in the past and never felt alone or bored during those years, but Africa made it ______ that it’s time to move on to a new _____ of my life. I couldn’t hold onto the past any longer.
1.A. route B. beauty C. destination D. plan
2.A. share B. compare C. award D. admire
3.A. grassland B. sky C. desert D. sunset
4.A. different B. helpful C. unusual D. admirable
5.A. doubt B. sadness C. wonder D. comfort
6.A. for B. in C. with D. on
7.A. expensively B. commonly C. meaningfully D. casually
8.A. play B. compete C. bond D. fight
9.A. drank B. lay C. bent D. ate
10.A. stone B. truth C. stick D. ball
11.A. fond of B. proud of C. afraid of D. tired of
12.A. desire B. fail C. dare D. refuse
13.A. communicate B. work C. travel D. deal
14.A. round B. familiar C. healthy D. similar
15.A. friends B. mistakes C. decisions D. plans
16.A. take over B. look over C. turn over D. start over
17.A. learn B. worry C. care D. concern
18.A. recall B. dream C. regret D. experience
19.A. clear B. valuable C. impressive D. basic
20.A. situation B. discovery C. challenge D. chapter
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Academy Award nominees（提名者）____go home empty-handed may not have a shiny Oscar to show off,but they may tum out to be the bigger____in the game of life.According to a study____in British Medical Journal, Oscar-winning screenwriters are more____,more productive,and more respected than____nominees;____,they die sooner by about four years.
"Because success is usually linked to better heath,this is the first____ever that success is not associated with ____longevity（寿命）,"says Donald Redelmeier,lead author of the study.Researchers tracked down（追踪）information about every person who was ever____for an Oscar since the awards were first handed out 73 years ago.
To____the puzzling findings,he offer two theories.The first is the "work-to-death hypothesis（假说、理论）". ____Redelmeier,screenwriters are more apt to____unhealthy lifestyles,meaning they smoke____,exercise less,and ____a lot of late-night hours,which translates into not____sleep.
Screenwriters don't have a boss to report to,____brings into account Redelmeier's second____,the "party-hearty hypothesis." "When you become a successful screenwriters,you____status without daily accountability,and as a____ your success may lead you more alcohol,more____,and more obesity",he says.
1.A. that B. when C. where D. who
2.A. winners B. losers C. writers D. innovators
3.A. brought B. taken C. published D. drawn
4.A. possible B. successful C. useful D. helpful
5.A. losing B. succeeding C. getting D. gaining
6.A. however B. therefore C. but D. so
7.A. job B. music C. dance D. song
8.A. talented B. improved C. excited D. satisfied
9.A. announced B. nominated C. declared D. informed
10.A. explain B. tell C. speak D. say
11.A. According to B. Due to C. Owing to D. Thanks to
12.A. make B. lead C. earn D. take
13.A. much B. many C. more D. most
14.A. work B. spend C. cost D. settle
15.A. enough B. little C. few D. small
16.A. what B. when C. which D. that
17.A. argument B. explanation C. settlement D. suggestion
18.A. gain B. win C. defeat D. beat
19.A. start B. result C. place D. matter
20.A. actions B. steps C. measures D. parties
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科目：高中英语 来源：安徽省滁州市九校2016-2017学年高二下学期期末联考英语试卷 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I was reading an article in a book while I came across a word I didn’t know. “Dad, what is the meaning of the word?” My dad, as he usual did after work, was watching his most favorite show. “You have the dictionary, don’t you?” he shot back. He didn’t even look up my face. I went back my room, and there on my study table is that dictionary. I looked it up and found it’s exact meaning. Ten year have passed and I still use that dictionary, along with the lesson I received earlier in life from my old man: to be independent.
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科目：高中英语 来源：山西省运城市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：短文填空
Mr. Clark works in a middle school. He likes reading and often borrows some books1.the library. He listens to the radio every morning and reads newspapers after supper. So he knows much and teaches well.
Mr. Clark has a nine-year-old son, Mike,2.also likes reading books. And he often asks his father some questions. Mr. Clark always thinks he’s too young3.(understand) him and chooses the easiest ones to answer. Of course the boy is not satisfied with it.
On day Mike read something about lights and was4.(interest) in it. He asked his father a few questions, and without any5.(difficult) his father answered them all. Then his father said6.(proud), “Fathers always know 7.(much) than sons!” The boy thought for a while and said, “I don’t think8..” His father asked, “oh? Why?” Mike didn’t answer, and asked instead, “Who9.(invent) lights in the l9th century?” “Thomas Edison,” answered Mr. Clark. “why didn’t his father invent them, then?”10.(look) at his son, Mr. Clark didn’t know what to say!
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科目：高中英语 来源：甘肃省武威市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末练习英语试卷 题型：书面表达
假如你是李华。你的美国笔友 即将随其父母来中国，并中国度过中秋节。他来信向你询问 有关中秋节的习俗，请你告诉他有关中秋节的习俗。
要点如下: 1 历史悠久。2 中国人独有的传统节日。 3 家庭团圆。4 共进晚餐。 5 吃月饼。 6 赏月。
要求: 1 词数100 左右。 2 可适当添加细节。 3 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Mike,
I am glad to know that you are coming to China with your parents and spend the Mid-Autumn Day here.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：广东省揭阳市、揭东一中2016-2017学年高一下学期期末联考英语试卷 题型：短文填空
Have you ever dreamed of being famous 1. a musician? At first many singers may form a band to practise their music. And then they may get the chance to give 2. (perform) in pubs or clubs. Later they may gradually become popular. 3., the Monkees started in a different way. They began as a TV show. The TV organizers had put an advertisement in a newspaper 4. (look) for rock musicians who could act as well as sing. 5. (honest) speaking, only one of them was good enough and the other three members pretended 6. (sing). So it couldn’t 7. (call) a real band at the beginning. Anyhow, their shows were 8. (humour) and they became popular. After a year or so, they worked harder and produced 9. own records and started touring. About 1970, the Monkees broke up but they reunited in the mid-1980s and in 1996 produced a new record, with 10. they celebrated their former happy time.
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科目：高中英语 来源：江苏省连云港市2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
UrbanSpace in midtown New York is a place where white-collars come for lunch during their workdays.For the past a few months,customers have always lined up before a kiosk which sells a very authentic Chinese food in north China—Jianbing,or the Chinese crepe.
The kiosk is branded "Mr.Bing",and is owned by Brian Goldberg,who is born and raised in New York.Goldberg is very involved with Chinese culture.He was a Chinese major back in college in Boston,and studied in China 20 years ago.
"When I went to China,I just love Jianbing so much.It tastes so good.It's hot.It's fresh.It's customizable.They make it how you like it.When I come back to America,I can't find it. So I make it!"said Goldberg.
Goldberg's Jianbing plan is not a whim（突发的想法）.It was the theme of his business plan when he was a MBA in Columbia University.As a student,he didn't have enough funds to start.It was until five years ago that he made the first step in Hong Kong.To open the Hong Kong shop,Goldberg spent many weekends flying back and forth from Beijing,Tianjin,and Shandong Province,the origins of Chinese Jianbing.
After tasting tons,he focused on one kiosk in Beijing,Xiaoyan Jianbing,whose chef offered to teach him and his Hong Kong employees the recipe.In Hong Kong,"Mr.Bing" was fairly popular,but Goldberg always thought of going back home.
Two years ago,he moved back to New York and put himself into his Jianbing shop. Selling Jianbing to New Yorkers is surely not the same with selling them to Chinese.To cater to the taste of Americans,Goldberg applied several changes to the recipe after trial and errors.
The Jianbing as you see today at Mr.Bing's is a revised version: fried wonton skin is used to replace dough stick（油条）,and a signature Chinese spicy sauce instead of fermented bean curd,and there is meat,which Americans love.
Even with one storefront,Goldberg is selling hundreds of Jianbing each day.He is confident this Chinese snack can be something."Anyway,Americans didn't know much about sushi or burritos（墨西哥玉米面卷饼）back twenty years.But now they are having them all the time."Goldberg said.The great goal of Goldberg is bringing Jianbing to the world and establishing his own signature brand with "Mr.Bing".
1.Which of the following is NOT a possible factor for Americans' love of Chinese Jianbing?
A. It tastes delicious. B. Its price is very cheap.
C. It is hot and fresh. D. It has been improved.
2.The underlined sentence 'It's customizable.' in Paragraph 3 means that .
A. customers can make orders of Jianbing on the Internet
B. customers can make Jianbing by themselves very easily
C. it can be made according to customers' tastes and needs
D. it can be seen distributed among every corner of the USA
3.From Goldberg's experience we can conclude that .
A. he once studied Chinese in Columbia University 20 years ago
B. he takes possession of several storefronts in Hong Kong,China
C. before setting up his business of Jianbing he did market research
D. he has bought the parent of recipe from Chinese Xiaoyan Jianbing
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. A man's duty of spreading Chinese culture
B. Jianbing of Mr.Bing attracts New Yorkers
C. A kind of traditional Chinese food—Jianbing
D. Chinese snack can be something in the USA
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