1 . Nickenson Chery began at Florida National University (FNU) in 2008 as a radiology major. Midway through his career, Nickenson switched to Health Services Administration after realizing he’d prefer the medical field. But the career change came with stress, “I spent entire nights awake studying and doing homework. I’d consistently go to bed at 2 or 3 a. m., only to wake up early the next day and start over.” The hard work eventually paid off as Nickenson graduated from FNU with his Bachelor’s Degree in 2015.
When asked about his experience and impression of his time at FNU, he said, “I truly loved FNU. It was a great experience. I always felt at home and part of a family. If you need any help, professors and staff are always available. They give you all the tools necessary to get your work done and succeed. If it wasn’t for FNU, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I’ll always recommend FNU to anyone looking for a great education, regardless of what they want to study.”
Nickenson’s journey was just beginning, taking a long road that led him across the country searching for the perfect career. It started here in South Florida, serving as an intern (实习医生) at Aventura Hospital. When that didn’t lead to a long-term option, he moved to Las Vegas for a short amount of time, only to leave there as well and end up in his current home, Boston. Nickenson Chery now works at Boston Children’s Hospital Trust, proving that whatever the struggles one faces perseverance and hard work will lead you to success.
Nickenson left these words to current students at FNU, “You have to know where you’re going. Don’t take anything for granted. If it wasn’t for FNU that taught me a lot of stuff in and out of the classroom, I would’ve never gotten this position. I have a degree from FNU; nothing can stop me.”
1. What’s Nickenson’s impression of FNU?| A．Joyful and peaceful. | B．Supportive and loving. |
| C．Rewarding but uncomfortable. | D．Creative but disappointing. |
| A．He changed jobs until finding a suitable one. |
| B．He faced criticism while working at FNU. |
| C．He returned to FNU for further studies. |
| D．He spent much time traveling alone. |
| A．He hopes students at FNU can seek help whenever necessary. |
| B．He advises students at FNU be careful when making choices. |
| C．He wishes students at FNU to work hard and support themselves. |
| D．He recommends students at FNU have clear goals and be grateful. |
| A．It’s never too late to learn. | B．It pays to put theory into practice. |
| C．Actions speak louder than words. | D．Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. |
Mrs. Green in Room 301
The notice was posted next to the mailboxes in the apartment building I’d just moved into in Brooklyn, New York. “A Mitzvah for Mrs. Green,” it read. “Sign up to drive Mrs. Green in Room 301 from her chemotherapy(化疗) treatments twice a month.”
Since I wasn’t a driver, I couldn’t add my name, but the word “mitzvah” lingered in my thoughts. It means “to do a good deed”. According to my grandmother, it also had another meaning. This was the one she was always pointing out to me because she noticed how shy I was about letting people do things for me. “Linda, it’s a blessing to do a mitzvah for someone else, but sometimes it’s a blessing to let another person do something for you.”
Three weeks later, on the night of taking my final exam, the snow was falling steadily for hours. Pride would not let me knock on a door and say, “It’s a 10-minute ride by car but a long wait for the bus, and it’s a 30-minute bus ride, so could you possibly give me a lift to school?” So I trudged (艰难地走) to the bus stop. For an hour, I prayed desperately that a bus would come. Then I gave up. The wind at my back pushed me toward home and I seemed to hear Grandma’s whisper: Ask someone for a lift! It could be a mitzvah. That idea had never really made sense to me. And even if I wanted to ask someone for a good deed, there wasn’t a soul on the street.
But as I pushed the door of my apartment building open, I found myself face to face with a woman at the mailbox. In that split second, desperation overcame pride, “Could you possibly give me a lift?” I hurriedly said, feeling quite awkward and uncomfortable, “I never ask anybody for a lift, but...” An odd look crossed the woman’s face, and I added, “Oh! I live in Room 401. I moved in recently!”
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Then, without hesitation, she said, “Of course.”
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Back home, I happened to know Grandma Alice was Mrs. Green!
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . “Why do you always apologize before you ask a question?” my colleague, Dan asked. I looked at him
“There’s no reason for it; you shouldn’t do that,” he said. “Sorry if it annoys you,” I responded. I probably annoyed him again by
This happened over 35 years ago, but I still
I figured out some
I don’t think it occurred to me at the time, but it did years later, that it also probably related to being
Besides, I became conscious of not implying
Before Dan’s comment, I hadn’t thought about it
| A．blankly | B．sadly | C．hopefully | D．impatiently |
| A．concern | B．annoyance | C．excitement | D．relief |
| A．arguing | B．resisting | C．escaping | D．apologizing |
| A．account for | B．reflect on | C．call for | D．take up |
| A．simple | B．surprising | C．clear | D．logical |
| A．choices | B．decisions | C．reasons | D．actions |
| A．doubt | B．loss | C．achievement | D．plan |
| A．strengthen | B．soften | C．change | D．keep |
| A．weak | B．positive | C．female | D．reasonable |
| A．impressing | B．fighting | C．chasing | D．blaming |
| A．approval | B．defence | C．connection | D．judgment |
| A．bad | B．lazy | C．responsible | D．creative |
| A．refusing | B．insisting | C．denying | D．acknowledging |
| A．crazily | B．fast | C．consciously | D．bitterly |
| A．failure | B．disadvantage | C．virtue | D．barrier |
I was lying in bed in the dark ready for sleep I got the heart-broken news that my parents lost their lives in the flight accident. I couldn’t accept the news for a long time, since nobody would stay with me in the empty house. In the weeks that followed, with depression and grief, I decided to continue seeing the counselor on my own. One day, he gave me a homework assignment: I was to write down a list of one hundred life goals in my rest of my life.
It took me two weeks to complete the task. When I finally handed over the list, I was instructed me to pick one goal and take two small steps toward it before the following week. Looking over my list of one hundred goals, I chose. “Fly an airplane.” I bought a flying magazine. That was one step. Then I went to a local airport and arranged with a flight instructor to take a low-cost “Discovery Flight.”
And so began my journey to become a pilot, starting from scratch. No knowledge. No experience. When I bought $300 worth of textbooks, I began to question what I’d gotten myself into. Then came the fear that accompanies every new challenge thrown at one while flying.
That’s when I realized I needed to adjust my mental attitude. Somewhere along the way, I had read that people should tell themselves they were the best at whatever they were attempting to do. I took this to heart. With that well-hidden confidence. I sought the help of flight instructors and ground instructors. The instructors encouraged me to believe that I was born to be a super pilot and just to recover all this “lost” ability. No way would I ever miss a flying training class.
Eventually, the time came for my first flight check with the chief instructor, an airline pilot with 11,000 hours. As if I wasn’t nervous enough already, one of my classmates told me that he’d recently been through the same routine. Not only did he fail but he actually cried. But passing the test is a must to get the pilot certification.
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The chief informed me that it’s my turn to accept the order and the check.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Several years later, a terrible earthquake happened in my hometown. And I was invited to help teenagers regain confidence after the disaster.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
| A．In a park. | B．In a restaurant. | C．In an office. |
| A．An office worker. | B．A doctor. | C．A student. |
1. What did the speaker do one day?
| A．He invited a friend to his house. |
| B．He had lunch with a friend. |
| C．He paid a visit to his friend. |
| A．He checked every car in the street. |
| B．He asked a policeman for help. |
| C．His friend called a policeman. |
| A．Before lunch. | B．After dinner. | C．After lunch. |
| A．Walking is easier than driving in crowded cities. |
| B．Driving in the city is a pleasure. |
| C．Parking cars is always difficult in the city. |
Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. I have thought long and hard about it and it’s true. I would have been a different person if my mom hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessory (配饰) into a life lesson I carry with me today.
My mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task, but she made it look effortless. If we complained about not having what another kid did, we’d hear something like, “I don’t care what so-and-so got for his birthday, you are not getting a TV in your room, a car for your birthday, a lavish sweet 16 party.” We had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table. My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house. Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds. We had to keep track of our belongings, and if something was lost, it was not replaced.
It was summer and, one day, my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed — and there it was in the window. White, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers, the basket winked at me and I knew — I knew — I had to have it.
“It’s beautiful,” my mother said when I pointed it out to her, “What a neat basket.”
I tried to hold off at first, and I played it cool for a short while. But then I guess I couldn’t pretend to ignore it any longer: “Mom, please can I please, please get it? I’ll do extra chores for as long as you say. I’ll do anything, but I need that basket. I love that basket.”
I was desperate.
“You know,” she said, gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believed was the coolest thing ever. “If you save up you could buy this yourself.”
“By the time I make enough it’ll be gone!”
“Maybe Roger here could hold it for you,” she smiled at Roger, the bike guy.
“Mom. Someone else will buy it.”
“There might be another way,” she said.
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My mother bought the beautiful basket but hid it, and I was determined to make enough money.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________However, the unthinkable happened — a neighborhood girl appeared with the exact same basket.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________At first I didn’t want to be a traffic police officer. I wanted to be a criminal police officer. When I
Later I found out that traffic police is the most commonly seen on the street, and there is indeed a lot of danger. With our help, traffic problems can be tackled, and life can run
There are the motorcycles
If there’s
1. How long had the woman worked abroad after university?
| A．For half a year. | B．For a year. | C．For a year and a half. |
| A．In Spain. | B．In the UK. | C．In Australia. |
| A．Giving talks. | B．Leading the tour. | C．Contacting the journalists. |
1. Where does Molly come from?
| A．Singapore. | B．Canada. | C．Japan. |
| A．At age four. | B．At age seven. | C．At age thirteen. |
| A．Her love for snow. | B．Her mom’s choice. | C．Her friend’s support. |
