If you have failed in the past to try to make big changes in life，try again now，one tiny step at a time．

Every year it’s the same．As December comes to an end，you think about the new year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to write down your hopes for the new year，you think about the last year．You excitedly write down all the changes you are going to make，but by the end of January those ideas get lost in your busy life．

Here’s a suggestion：Forget the too big，hard-to-achieve goals(目标) and just think about the small ones．“We often think that we have to do everything in big steps, even though it’s so hard for us to reach it．” said Robert Maurer，who recently wrote the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life．“What we try to do is to begin with such a small step that we can’t find any excuse not to do it．”

“Kaizen”，a Japanese word，is used to mean to change behavior and attitudes（态度）．During World War Il，American factory managers were able to increase productivity by trying small, continuous improvements instead of sudden changes．After the war，the idea was brought to a rebuilding Japan．It made Japan develop fast. The Japanese called it “kaizen”, which means “improvement”．

Maurer studied the idea and did some experiments with it. “Kaizen” could possibly help people succeed in doing everything

1.Robert Maurer wrote a book to tell us           .

A．we should do everything in big steps

B．how to change one’s life with one small step

C．we should try a lot of sudden changes

D．how to find a small step without any excuse

2.The writer of the passage suggests we should           .

A．make changes at the end of the year

B．do few experiments with “kaizen”

C．do things with hard-to-achieve goals

D．take a tiny step to achieve big goals

3.Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?

A．Robert Maurer studied “kaizen” and found it helpful.

B．You can achieve your goals if you are not too busy.

C．You can’t find any excuse not to reach a big goal.

D．“Kaizen” was brought to Japan during World WarⅡ.

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. 
In about 1840, photography was developed.Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things.That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. 
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many pictures of great people.The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的). 
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed the ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art.  
【小题1】The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________
A. his business B. his garden   C. his window
【小题2】The Daguerreotype was____________.
A. a Frenchman  B. a kind of picture    C. a kind of camera
【小题3】If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to__________. 
A. watch lots of films
B. buy an expensive camera
C. take many films and something else with him. 
【小题4】Mathew Brady______________.
A. was very lifelike    B. was quite strong     C. was famous for his unusual pictures
【小题5】This passage tells us_____________.
A. how photography was developed
B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world

Wang Yani was born in 1975. Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an  1 .Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh.

One day, Yani painted lines on her faher’s painting. He got  2 . At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to    like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything. He   4  remembered his childhood(童年). He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn’t understand. They just got angry. He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter. So he decided to    5  her.

With her father’s help, Yani soon   6  . Her lines became flowers, trees, and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get   7  for her paintings. By the end of six, Yani had made over 4,000 works. Her paintings were very special. People  8  her works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.

Yani became famous when she was young. Her works were 9  in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America,  10  her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life..

You’ve probably known the crazy traffic in Beijing. Sometimes the cars could hardly move for a long time. The terrible traffic is caused by the poor road and China’s ability to cope with (对付) so many cars on the road at the same time.

With more Chinese people buying cars every day, the problem seems to only get worse. But a design company called Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment has a possible solution: the super bus.

The super bus would carry up to 1,400 people in its passenger compartment (隔间). It would travel on a rail system that would be elevated (升高的) above the roads, so cars could drive under it. The bus will run on electricity and solar power, creating far less pollution than that from the cars it would be replacing (代替).

Beijing authorities haven’t decided whether to create railways for the super bus throughout the city. But they are willing to give it a test drive. Later 2010, the company will test for the first time and in 2011 and 2012, the company will test the super bus with passengers.

According to the government, Beijing is probably to have five million cars on the road by the end of 2010. So it seems to be necessary to start taking the bus instead soon.

1.__________ caused the terrible traffic in Beijing.

A．The drivers        B．The roads         C．The buses         D．The government

2.__________ cars will be on the road by the end of 2010.

A．1,400 million       B．2,000 million       C．5 million          D．50 million

3.What is Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment?

A．It is an interesting park.                   B．It is a super bus.

C．It is a kind of equipment.                  D．It is a design company.

4.Which is TRUE about the super bus according to the passage?

A．The super bus will travel above the roads.

B．The super bus will produce more pollution.

C．The super bus will only hold several people.

D．The super bus is very small.

动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

1.Jane is such a kind girl that she always             (reply) to anyone with a smile on her face.

2.By the end of the 20th century, the weather             (affect) people’s life a lot.

3.I’m surprised to find that the price of bread             (rise) by 15% recently.

4.Have you ever thought about devoting all your life to             (support) different charities?

5.It’s said that women in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia            (not allow) to drive all the time.

6.Though there’s enough time, I prefer          (complete) the task quickly first to spend more time on my hobbies.

7.— Mary, could you help me?

— Wait a moment. I        (argue) about what colour to wear at tonight’s party with my elder sister.

8.The notice says that anyone who breaks the school rules             (punish) by our principal.