【正文】 lco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong. For a few thousand pounds, all you39。ve ever hoped for can be yours. can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets? A. Choose the holiday in Devon. B. Go to the Snowdonia Center C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2017. D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays? A. It provides chances of family gatherings. B. It provides customers with good food. C. It offers a sport lesson. D. It offers fortable room. 23. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2017? A. You can have free meals on deck every day. B. You can tour many countries without changing hotels. C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play. D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking. . B I love football. I started playing football when I was nine years old. It helped make me who I am today. And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing(追逐 ) that dream. My romance with football started when my dad dragged me, kicking and screaming, to join a league. I had no desire to be there. I was naturally weak and the smallest kid by far. Fear turned to awe(敬畏 ) when I met my coach, Jim Graham, a huge, sixfootfour wallofaguy. And he is really strict and oldschool. Coach Graham used to ride me hard. I remember one practice in particular. “ You’re doing it all wrong, Pausch. Go back! Do it again!” I tried to do what he wanted. It wasn’t enough. “ You owe me, Pausch! You’re doing pushups after practice.” When I was finally dismissed(解散 ), one of the assistant coaches came up to me. “ Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn’t he?” he said. “ Yeah.” “ That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “ When you’re doing bad and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.” That conversation has stuck with me my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s willing to tell you anymore, that’s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics(批評者 ) are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better. There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children selfesteem(自尊 ). It’s not something you can give。 it’s something they have to build. Coach Graham knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can’t do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process. When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was this weak kid with no skills and no physical strength. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can’t do today. I really felt grateful to Coach Graham for what he had done to me, though it surely did feel good at that time to do so many pushups after practice. 24. Which words can best describe Coach Graham? A. Strict and mean. B. Big and proud. C. Strict and wise. D. Careful and strong. 25. The author believes that those who criticize you actually ______. A. make fun of you B. encourage you to do better C. think ill of you D. give you up 26. The author was grateful to Graham because the coach ______. A. made him a member of NFL B. made him do lots of pushups C. taught him the importance of playing football D. taught him the value of hard work 27. What lesson can we learn from this passage? A. Behind bad luck es good luck. B. Never offer to teach fish to swim. C. No pains, no gains. D. Where there is a will, there is a way. C A popular saying goes, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” However, that’s not really true. Words have the power to build us up or knock us down. It doesn39。t matter if the words e from someone else’ or ourselves—the positive and negative effects are just as lasting. We all talk to ourselves sometimes. We’re usually too shy to admit it, though. In fact, more and more experts believe talking to ourselves out loud is a healthy habit. This “selftalk” helps us encourage ourselves, remember things, solve problems, and calm ourselves down. Be aware, though, that as much as 77% of selftalk tends to be negative. So in order to stay positive, we should only speak words of encouragement to ourselves. We should also be quick to give ourselves a pat on the back. The next time you finish a project, do well in a test, or finally clean your room, join me in saying “Good job!”! Often, words e out of our mouths without thinking about the effect the