Submitted: 2015-4-9 15:55:40 (Thursday) Score: 100.00%
A. Look and listen
Listen to the statements and fill in the blanks with the words in the list.
felt work self-trust
key word important
play success succeed
mine mind
Action secret
failed kid
1. I've failed
over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan
2. Action
is the foundational key to all success. — Pablo Picasso
3. self-trust
is the first secret of success. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. work
is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut. — Albert Einstein
5. Always bear in mind
that your own resolution (决心) to succeed is more important than any other one thing. — Abraham Lincoln
B. Ask and answer the questions
Ask and answer the following questions with a partner.
1. Who do you think is the most successful person in the world? Why? Your answer：
Reference answer： I think Michael Jordan is the most successful person, because he was not simply a basketball player but a spiritual leader. He showed the spirit of \
lose confidence\encounter, I will always remember his words: I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. 2. How do you understand success? Your answer： Reference answer
： I think
striving to the very end of the game is success. I
believe
enjoying
the
challenge
is
success.
In my opinion, success is to do what you can and enjoy it.
Section One Listen for pronunciation skills
A. Listen and practice
Listen to the following sentences and underline the words which are read in their weak forms.
1. I love them.
them
2. I would rather have a drink than a smoke. would a than a
3. Both of them will come tomorrow. of them
4. Can I have some more? have some 5. Tell him to ask her. him to her 6. They told us to leave.
us to
7.
We will wait till the end of the movie.
the of the
(a) (c） （b） （a） （d） （d） (a) (d) (d)
Section
Four Real C. Listen and write
Listen to the sound clips and fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you've heard.
1. Well, first of all, let me tell you that I don't know if there's a curriculum or course of study that leads you to win the Nobel Peace Prize
.
2. Obviously all of you are working
very hard. You're studying
very hard. You're curious. You're willing to think about new ideas and think for yourself.
3. Are there things that I could be doing differently? Are there new approaches to problems that nobody has thought of before, whether it's in science or technology or in the arts
?
world
4. So they want to make a contribution to society. They want to make a contribution to their country, their nation, their city.
5. And I'm sure that young people
like you are going to be able to make that kind of difference as long as you keep working the way you've been working.
1. How does the speaker express his disagreement? Your
answer
：
He says, \
Reference answer： He says, \2. How does the speaker express his agreement? Your
answer
：
He says, \
Reference answer： He says, \3. How does the speaker state his opinion? Your
answer
：
He says, \my opinion, finding a career means doing something larger than yourself and making a contribution to our society.\\
Reference answer： He says, \\4. How does the speaker summarize his idea? Your
He says, \
Reference answer： He says, \
answer：
Section Two Your turn
Work in pairs to discuss the topic \Luck Have Anything to Do with Success?\Then make a presentation to the class. Your presentation should include:
1. 2.
Giving
Stating reasons
to
your support
your
opinion; opinion;
3. Summarizing your idea. Your
answer
：
When we talk about what can contribute to a person's success, many words, such as perseverance, creativity, luck, and so on, will appear in our minds. Some people argue that luck has nothing to do with a person's success and attribute a person's success to many other factors. In my opinion, however, luck sometimes plays an indispensable role in one's success. Luck is not something that we can control, but being lucky really helps in one's success. Personally I think it is better to be lucky than to be rich. If you are poor but lucky, you might be
rich someday. If you are rich but unlucky, you are in trouble.
Though persistence and some other factors contribute to one's success, luck will help one to be successful more quickly. For example, the famous inventor Edison, who invented the electric bulb in the 19th century. Throughout his invention process, we can see what an important role persistence and other factors played, but at the same time we must admit luck also played a
part.
If
it
had
not
occurred
to
Edison
to
use
metal
in
his
experiment,
the
light
might
not
have
appeared
until
the
next
century.
In conclusion, though success mainly depends on hard work, perseverance, creativity, and some other things, luck will help a person to succeed to some extent.
Reference answer： When we talk about what can contribute to a person's success, many words, such as perseverance, creativity, luck, and so on, will appear in our minds. Some people argue that luck has nothing to do with a person's success and attribute a person's success to many other factors. In my opinion, however, luck sometimes plays an indispensable role in one's success.
Luck is not something that we can control, but being lucky really helps in one's success. Personally I think it is better to be lucky than to be rich. If you are poor but lucky, you might be rich
someday.
If
you
are
rich
but
unlucky,
you
are
in
trouble.
Though persistence and some other factors contribute to one's success, luck will help one to be successful more quickly. For example, the famous inventor Edison, who invented the electric bulb in the 19th century. Throughout his invention process, we can see what an important role persistence and other factors played, but at the same time we must admit luck also played a
part. If it had not occurred to Edison to use metal in his experiment, the light might not have appeared until the next century.
In conclusion, though success mainly depends on hard work, perseverance, creativity, and some other things, luck will help a person to succeed to some extent.
B. Story dictation
Listen to a story and fill in the missing words. The story will be read three times. The first and the third times it will be read at normal speed, and the second time there will be a 10-second pause for each missing part.
Now listen to the story:
Several months ago, my friend, Jerry, was shot by three armed robbers. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of care, Jerry was released from the hospital with parts of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, \ I refused to see his woundsbut did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. Jerry replied, \ I remembered that I had two choicescould choose to die. I chose to live.\
. But when they wheeled me into the operation room and
,
: I could choose to live or I
I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.\ \ She asked if I was allergic to anything
. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses
stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and shouted, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'\
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. (5) Attitude, after all, changes
everything
.