Harrison School Spring Fundraisers

From the first graders’day at the zoo to the fifth graders’ tour of the downtown art museum, Harrison students look forward to spring field trips each year. Help make these exciting experiences possible by taking part in these school fundraisers.

Share a Harrison Hunger-Buster

What is your favorite food? Maybe it’s your mother’s chocolate chip cookies or your uncle’s famous toast. Share your recipe with the students, teachers, and parents in the Harrison community.

•Ask relatives and friends for a recipe for the school cookbook, Harrison Hunger-Busters.

•Bring the recipe to Mrs Voltz in the front office either before or after school by February 15.

•Buy a cookbook for$4.50 to see your friends, recipes. We will announce the beginning of the sale when the cookbooks arrive. Your family will surely enjoy these delicious dishes.

Try Your Luck in a Raffle(抽奖)

Mark your calendars for the spring raffle! Teddy bears, posters, games and pencils are just some of the prizes for the lucky winners.

•Buy a raffle ticket at the front office for $l. 00.

•The winners will be announced at the end of the day on March 2 1. Good luck!

Celebrate at the School Fair

Saturday, May 2

10: 00 a.m.——3: 30 P.m.

Join family and friends on the field behind the playground for a fun-filled day. Race down the huge slide, jump or test your skills at one of the many exciting games. Don’t forget to stop by one of the food stands for delicious snacks and drinks. Tickets for food and games will sell for 50 cents each.

With everyone’s help, we can make the Harrison fundraisers and field trips successful!

21. Money earned during fundraisers will be used to pay for       .

A. prizes for the winners                                                     B. cookbooks for students

C. field trips for students                                                     D. food at the school fair

22. what do we know about the first event?

A. Students may get pencils for the prizes.

B. Parents will prepare some delicious food.

C. The date of the cookbook sale is February 15.

D. The cookbook has lots of recipes from different people.

23. If two students want to go to the School Fair, they have to pay       .

A. 50 cents                        B. $1. 00                                   C. $2. 00                                   D. $4. 5

24. The writer wrote this text to       .

A. persuade students to send in recipes for a school cookbook

B. offer ways that students can earn money after school

C. amuse students with some ideas for a school fair

D. tell students about future school events

You might have heard about identity theft: it’s what can happen when a thief gets enough of someone’s information to commit fraud(诈骗). Why should people care about it? Because recovering a stolen identity can be a time—consuming and expensive process. Imagine that someone pretends to be you: they use your name; they even convince businesses that they’re you and they open a credit card in your name, get a cell phone in your name, or buy things using a credit card that has your name on it.

ID thieves can be creative about getting your information. There are some low—tech ways they get it: sometimes they steal garbage, going through it to find personal information» or they steal mail.

There are high—tech ways, too: ID thieves might put software onto your computer without you knowing it—it can happen when you open an email attachment, click on a pop—up (弹出窗口) advertisement, or download some music files. Some software lets a thief see everything on your computer, and record everything you type on your computer.

Unfortunately, even if you’re really careful with your personal information, thieves can still get it. Sometimes, they hack (入侵) into computer systems at stores or schools, hospitals or businesses. They look for personal information to use or sell to other thieves.

It’s pretty easy for you and your family to make it harder for a thief to steal your identity. You can start with the low—tech defenses: being careful with your mail and garbage. Tear anything that has personal information on it before you throw it away. And be sure to take care with your purse, your wallet, or your backpack.

Practice some routine higher-tech defensive plays, too: protect your computer by installing (安装) and turning on an up-to-date firewall along with anti-spyware and anti-virus software. Once you are online, be careful with your personal information. Some sites might ask for a credit card number, stop and check if they really need that number. When you get email or pop—ups on your computer, don’t respond automatically. Emails that ask you to reply or click a link could be thieves trying to trick you into giving them your personal information. It’s a technique called “phishing”, because the thieves are fishing for your information. Stop and think before you click.

25. The purpose of the first paragraph is to tell readers that       .

A. people worry about identity theft

B. it is important to avoid identity theft

C. it is too difficult to recover a stolen identity

D. thieves manage to obtain personal information

26. What can we learn from the text?

A. Schools can be targets for identity thieves.

B. Email attachments mainly expose you to spyware.

C. Identity thieves prefer high—tech ways.

D. Identity thieves mainly target people on the Internet.

27. What does the author think of identity theft?

A. It becomes more and more serious.                               B. It is out of control at present.

C. It will eventually be stopped.                                    D. It can be prevented in some simple ways.

28. The underlined word “palys” in paragraph 6 probably means       .

A. tasks                              B. games                                  C. exercises                       D. actions

29. Which of the following is an effective way of preventing identity theft?

A. Take the Social Security card with you.

B. Click on a link only after considering whether it’s safe.

C. Enter your credit card number on personal computers only.

D. Throw anything with your personal information in the garbage.

It was the first day of school. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a little old lady smiling at me.

She said. “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty—seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed, enthusiastically responding, “of course!” And she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked.

“I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then retire and travel.”

“No, seriously.”

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”

We became instant friends. Over the course of the year, Rose made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she took great delight in the attention given to her from the other students, she was living it up. At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet (宴会) and I’ll never forget what she taught us.

As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. A little embarrassed, she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey (威士忌酒) is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know. ”As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began: “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You have got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive tiling, you will turn twenty years old. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.”

At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to honor the wonderful woman!

30. while meeting Rose at college for the first time, the author was curious about       .

A. her age                          B. her dream                      C. her life                           D. her motivation

31. In Rose’s opinion, one can learn to grow up by       .

A. getting new ideas                                                    B. making mistakes

C. gaining new knowledge every day                                  D. finding chances of doing productive things

32. The story of Rose mainly tells readers that       .

A. it is never too late to change your life

B. it is good for old people to have friendship

C. it is never too late to be all you can possibly be

D. it is very important to be healthy when people are old

Do you still remember a time when the product you bought isn’t what you had planned to buy before? Some sort of propaganda (宣传) influenced you to make that decision. That thing has a name and it’s called persuasion, a process which aims to change one’s altitude, behavior beliefs, intention and principles. Persuasion is a very powerful weapon that can be used wisely in all types of businesses, presentations and public speeches. So it’s necessary to master the nr. of persuasion.

There are many benefits of mastering the art of persuasion. Firstly, it can help you convince and encourage people of your class. By mastering the art of persuasion, you can change a person’s attitude toward something. We often convince our parents to spend some money and buy us cars, cinema tickets and beautiful clothes. You Steer (驾驭) all these actions by using effectively the art of persuasion. Most of us don’t even realize that our lives are getting influenced by persuasion.

Secondly，it can help you succeed in a job interview. When you apply for a job, you know there are thousands of applicants for the same job you’re eager to get. The only way to stand out from thousands of interviewees for that particular job is by applying persuasion to nail that job. You sell yourself to him, convince your interviewer that he won’t find somebody like you elsewhere and he’ll look to you in a brighter way than the others.

Thirdly，it can help you succeed in your business. The business world today is getting larger and more competitive and it doesn’t fit everyone. Only the ones who can master the art of persuasion are able to succeed. Persuasion in business can be applied through several ways, such as propaganda and advertising. Therefore, you should realize that persuasion is quite helpful in selling more products or services and can help you succeed in all types of businesses.

Lastly, it can help you avoid being persuaded by other people. Can you recall the product that you bought in a shop that seemed to be very useful and cost-effective at first glance and made you change your view upon it, but after a while you realized that you wasted your money for something worthless? I know you remember it. And that was a successful attempt of persuasion. You could have prevented that purchase if you mastered the art of persuasion by making the right decision with a reasonable response.

33. What is the text mainly about?

A. The specialty of persuasion.

B. The importance of persuasive skills.

C. The concept of persuasion.

D. The difficulty of grasping persuasive skills.

34. According to the second paragraph, the art of persuasion can       .

A. help you change others’ lives                                         B. help you change a person’s opinion

C. make you have more friends                                          D. prevent your life being influenced

35. In an interview, you can make yourself outstanding by       .

A. showing your brightness                                                 B. speaking confidently %

C. using your skills of persuasion                                       D. focusing on the job

How Do You Practice Patience

Patience may be a virtue, but I’m not very good at it—and I’m probably not alone. The following advice may help you practice patience.

Try to figure out why you are in a hurry

We tend to lose our patience when we’re multi—tasking or, when we’re on a tight schedule. If you’re stretching yourself too thin, you should reconsider your to-do list before you attempt to change your natural reaction to an overwhelming (压倒性的) situation.   36 

Remind yourself that things take time

People who are impatient are people who insist on getting things done now and don’t like to waste time.   37   Think about your happiest memories. Chances are, they were instances when your patience paid off, like when you worked steadily towards a goal that wasn’t immediately satisfying. Almost anything really good in life takes effort, and if you’re impatient, you’re more likely to give up on relationships, goals, and other things that are important to you.

Expect the unexpected

Yes, you have plans, but things don’t always work out as planned.   38   This applies not only to circumstances, but also the behavior of those around you. If you yourself blowing up over your spouse (配偶) accidentally forgetting to take out the trash(垃圾), you’re not in touch with the fact that people aren’t perfect. Even if the occasion is not an isolated incident but is instead caused by their repeated carelessness, losing your patience isn’t going to make it any better.

Give yourself a break

  39   Just sit quietly and think. Don’t watch television; don’t even read. It may be hard at first, and you may even feel pretty impatient after a minute or two, but by taking some time out you can slow your world down, and that’s important to develop the attitude necessary to develop patience. Second, stop holding yourself and the world around you to unreachable standards.

Remember what is valuable

  40   Move the world toward peace by being kind, generous in forgiveness of others, being grateful for what is, and taking full advantage of what matters most. When other unimportant things fuel our impatience, taking time to remember any one of these items reduces our tendency to want something different right now.

A. Make plans carefully.

B. Accept the turns in life gracefully.

C. However, some things just can’t be rushed.

D. First, take a few minutes to do nothing.

E. People think that it is not easy to gain patience.

F. Not focusing on what matters most in this life fuels impatience.

G. Try to spread out your tasks so that you’re doing only one thing at a time.