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湖北省沙市中学2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷
Most teens I meet these days lack basic social courtesy(礼仪) when dealing with people.
My own son, who basically grew up with his grandmother, the original 1 guru(专家), has perfect table manners. This is partly because he was 2to manners at a very young age. However, when we eat at home, he would not 3manners. So I asked him why. He said," I behave the way I am supposed to 4 when I'm out, but when I am at home I want to be 5"
That's when I realized that most parents, myself included, do6 their children the proper way to behave outside the home, but they are also 7to believe that at home, anything goes.
My 8to him was "good behavior has nothing to do with where you are or whom you are with".
Then he answered, "But I behave 9when I'm with others so that they think better of me." And that is when I realized that I was doing things all 10. I explained to him that it had nothing to do with what people think. This 11him even more.
So I went on to explain that behavior, whether in your everyday 12with people or at the dining table at home, is an 13of who you are. Well, at the age of 13, he got it.
So basically, what I am saying is that teaching your children 14comes with the underlying lesson that it is not about 15to do or not to do, but rather, who they are. This way it is not 16; it comes from within.
Teach your teens or children the 17courtesy of greeting their friends' parents and 18themselves when they go to someone's home. Teach teenage boys to open the door of a car, or any door 19 anyone who matters, for any girl, whether they are their girlfriends or not. This includes holding elevator doors or letting women step out of the elevator first.
Just 20that teenage boys who practice good manners' and courtesy grow up to become men who respect people in general.
Following My Dream
I grew up in a poor family with six brothers, three sisters, my father and mother. We had little money and few goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was happy and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still afford a dream.
My dream was athletics. By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything moving on the football field. And I was so lucky that my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but often told me "The dream is priceless." However, when I was about to get off the ground, one particular thing happened, which almost ruined (毁坏)my long-held dream.
It was the summer holiday in Senior Two and a friend recommended me for a summer job. I was offered $12.25 per hour. Compared with the average $3.5, that was a big sum. I was so excited, because this meant a chance for money in my pocket, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the start of savings for a house for my mother. The prospect (前景)of the job was inviting, and I wanted to jump at the opportunity.
Then I realized I would have to give up summer baseball training to handle the work schedule. I didn't dare to tell my coach. I thought of the advice my mother often gave me when I lacked courage, "If you make your bed, you have to lie in it." I decided to talk to my coach by myself. After all, my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his disappointment to me. I gathered my courage and knocked at his door…
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I grew up in a poor family and we {#blank#}1{#/blank#} little money and few goods. | I felt {#blank#}2{#/blank#} and energetic. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} that each person should build his dream even though he was poor. | |
By the time I was 16, I could {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a fast ball and hit anything moving on the football field. | I was so {#blank#}5{#/blank#}that my coach was Ollie Jarvis who often told me "The dream is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}." | |
In the summer holiday I was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} for a summer job. I was offered $12.25 per hour. | I was so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} about the big sum, because this meant a chance for money in my pocket, money for a new bike and so on. | |
If I wanted to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to work, I would have to give up summer baseball training. | I didn't dare to tell my coach, but my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to me. |
What should one do even if he was poor in the author's opinion? {#blank#}11{#/blank#}
Why did the author want to give up summer baseball training? {#blank#}12{#/blank#}
What is the coach's attitude towards the author's dream? How do you know that? {#blank#}13{#/blank#}
What would happen when the author knocked at his coach's door? {#blank#}14{#/blank#}
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