Before I turned 10, I lost my parents. I lived alone in a room that a family member allowed me to use rent-free. To support myself, I began to deliver newspapers.
I would be up every morning by 5 am and walk five kilometers to the newspaper office. By 6 am, I would collect 50 copies of Manzil. After distributing (分发) the copies, I would rush home—another 3 kilometers—quickly eat and be off to high school.
One winter morning in 1945, I got home after my deliveries to find a boy of my age at my doorstep. He introduced himself as Afzal and said his father wanted to see me.
I was greeted at the door by Afzal’s mother, Naseem. She served tea and snacks as Afzal’s father, Mr. Kader, joined us. She gently asked me about my daily routine. I told her about my morning job.
Later, as I was about to leave after thanking them, Mr. Kader asked me to wait. Naseem asked me, “How many miles do you walk every day?”
“A little more than six,” I replied.
My reply shocked her. I saw Mr. Kader wheeling a new bicycle.
“This is for you!” he said.
It took a few seconds for the love to sink in. I didn’t realize tears were rolling down my face.
Mr. Kader said, “Your newspaper editor is a friend of mine. He gave me your address, so I knew you lived close by. Then Afzal told us more about you.”
I bowed, gratefully, shook hands with Afzal and left. This time I did not have to walk—I had the bicycle.
The bicycle saved my life for many years thereafter and taught me a lifelong lesson: Help should always be need-based. Never try to feed a person who is dying of thirst.
1. What difficulty did the author have when he delivered the newspaper?| A．His bike is too broken to use. | B．He had no money to rent a room. |
| C．He did have enough time to school. | D．It is a long way to deliver newspapers. |
| A．Confused | B．Uninterested |
| C．Moved | D．Satisfied |
| A．From his friend. | B．From newspaper. |
| C．From his neighbors. | D．From the authors teacher. |
| A．Do whatever you can to help others. |
| B．Know what others need when giving help. |
| C．Helping should avoid hurting other’s feelings. |
| D．You should be grateful for whoever helps you. |
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【推荐1】Twenty years ago, when Angela and I were studying in college, our professor taught us a lesson we've never forgotten. On the last day of class before graduation, she walked up on stage to teach one final lesson, which she called "a life lesson on the power of mindset". As she raised a glass of water over her head, everyone expected her to repeat the saying "glass half empty or glass half full. Instead, with a smile on her face, our professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water I'm holding？"
Students shouted out answers, from a couple of ounces to a couple of pounds. After a few moments of fielding answers and nodding her head, she replied, "From my point of view, the absolute weight of this glass is not important. It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it's quite light. If I hold it for an hour straight, my arm might feel painful. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely be losing the power of sense, and finally get paralyzed (麻痹的), forcing me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the absolute weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me．"
As most of us students nodded our heads in agreement, she continued. "Your anxiety, anger, disappointments, fear and other passive feelings are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a little while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to feel pain. Think about them all day long, and it will make you paralyzed, unable to do anything else until you drop them．"
1. What is the passage mainly about？| A．A lovely professor． |
| B．The weight of the glass |
| C．How long we should hold the glass． |
| D．Glass half empty or glass half full |
| A．During the writer's last visit to the college． |
| B．When the writer started his college life． |
| C．In the professor's last lesson at college． |
| D．Just before the writer graduated from college． |
| A．They gave no reply． |
| B．They disagreed with her． |
| C．They accepted her viewpoint． |
| D．The text didn't talk about it． |
| A．worry |
| B．hopefulness |
| C．joy |
| D．fearlessness |
| A．Working under stress for long is quite common for modern people． |
| B．Momentous feeling of sadness will definitely ruin a person． |
| C．People will feel well if they don't touch the bottle at all． |
| D．One should get rid of bad feelings as soon as possible． |
【推荐2】Almost everyone labels me an optimist. But even optimists can temporarily lose hope. This was the case for me on a particularly cold and gloomy January day. I felt depressed by the painful challenges I was dealing with in my personal life. Marriage, health, and financial struggles had joined forces to create a tornado of emotion that threatened to crush my spirit. I felt angry. The weather seemed to reflect my mood — the gray sky blocked even a single ray of sunlight.
About midway through the day, I left work to get some lunch. Still feeling negative, I noticed that the sun had come out for a brief moment. I began to think about my negative attitude and remind myself that I was responsible for choosing my state of mind. Even as I consciously reminded myself of this truth, I felt incapable of making the shift.
As I stopped at a red light, I looked at the car directly in front of mine. The personalized license plate caught my eye — it read “Sunout”. This brought an immediate smile to my face. It felt like a reminder that the sun was shining after all. But then my eyes moved to the car that was perfectly parallel to the Sunout vehicle. The license plate on that car read “Complainer”. This brought more than a smile to my face as I laughed out loudly! Seeing the two very opposite license plates at that exact moment in time, I felt my spirits and mood lift as I made the conscious decision to choose a positive attitude.
I shared my story with several co-workers who responded with warm laughter. I learned that day that when we are feeling too discouraged to bring ourselves out of a state of negativity, relief is just near!
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 1?| A．The writer had problems at school. |
| B．The writer was going to be laid off. |
| C．The writer was in low spirits that day. |
| D．The writer couldn’t meet the work challenges. |
| A．Changing her job. | B．Moving her car. |
| C．Making a choice. | D．Changing her mood. |
| A．Because they helped her make an informed choice. |
| B．Because they showed personality of car owners. |
| C．Because they were what she was looking for. |
| D．Because they reflected the truth of life. |
| A．Time waits for no man. | B．Life is just like a mirror. |
| C．Great minds think alike. | D．Laughter is the best medicine. |
【推荐3】Family love is one of the most valuable gifts in life and one that you cannot buy anywhere. Whether you have a close relationship with your family depends on you.
You’ve probably heard the song lyric, “A house is not a home, when there is no one there to hold you tight”. What changes a house into a home is true love. Love strengthens the connection, while anger tears it apart.
Give Freedom
It doesn’t matter whatever position you have in a family; you need to give freedom to the other members of it.
Learn to Forgive
There will always be differences in personalities and preferences between family members. Because of these differences, disagreements happen. And it’s unwise to react straight away, to jump to conclusions and start an argument.
This gives you a better understanding and the ability to forgive more easily.
Look for Solutions
Family life is not a battlefield. Do not focus on problems; instead focus on the solutions. Although we are all expected to be responsible for our actions, it still feels more comfortable for some to put the blame on others.
| A．No one likes to be ruled all the time. |
| B．Stop the blame game, and look for solutions. |
| C．Increase Your Love. |
| D．When disagreements happen, put yourself in the other person's shoes. |
| E．Here are four ways for you to become closer to your family. |
| F．In a close relationship there will definitely be a lot of arguments, disharmony and disagreements. |
| G．Spending some time with family members is one of the factors that can strengthen our family connections. |
【推荐1】Are animal brains too simple for thoughts and choices? Stories about animal kindness have really changed my point of view. In fact, some stories are amazing, especially when animals are meeting with people. Here are two stories that interest me:
James, a wildlife writer, told a story about how an African woman had placed her baby in the shade of a tree while she was working. An elephant group walked by and saw the baby. Several elephants pulled leafy branches from the tree and covered the sleeping baby. Flies can be a problem in Africa and the branches protected the baby from the flies. The elephants were so gentle and quiet that they did not even wake up the baby. Then the elephants walked away.
An English magazine offers another story. Bill, the cat, stayed at home while its master was away on a trip, but the man was injured in a railway accident and died a few days later in a hospital. At the funeral（葬礼）, the man's brother was surprised to see that Bill was there. The faithful cat had traveled a long way to the hospital, looked at the coffin（棺材）, and then sadly returned home.
Humans are only one part of the earth. The beautiful flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The sky and mountains, the cows and men, all belong to the same family. These stories, I hope, will inspire more people to treat animals as our friends rather than pets or our next meal.
1. What did the author used to believe?| A．People meet with animals often. |
| B．Animal brains are too simple to make choices. |
| C．We should change our old views about animals. |
| D．Animal stories have many amazing facts. |
| A．They woke up the baby by pulling branches. |
| B．They helped to protect it from the flies. |
| C．They walked by doing nothing. |
| D．They ate some branches and walked away. |
| A．He wants to make animals become our sisters and brothers. |
| B．He wants to inspire more people to treat animals as friends. |
| C．He wants to warn people against having more food or pets. |
| D．He wants to make the earth a whole family. |
【推荐2】One day, I visited a shelter with my pet rabbit Soapy. No one smiled a greeting, and they appeared uninterested. One little girl in particular moved like a wisp （细丝）in the background. I was told that she had been there for over a month and had not spoken the entire time. Her mother said she had talked at one time but not in recent memory. I didn't want to imagine what could have happened to rob this little girl of the natural curiosity and enthusiasm so natural to childhood.
Spreading a blanket on the floor, I sat down and put Soapy on it. I told the group that Soapy would come to talk to them if they sat on his blanket. Several children did this, including the silent girl. She sat rigidly at the edge of the blanket, staring hard at Soapy. She didn't reach out to him or encourage him in any way. Rather she sat tensely, just staring.
Soapy circled around and finally came to a stop about two inches from her. He quietly reached out and laid his chin on her knee. I was astonished. While a common behavior for dogs, this is not a behavior normally exhibited by a rabbit.
The girl slowly leaned toward Soapy. When her face was within inches of his, she carefully reached out and circled him with her arms. Quietly, she pillowed her head on his back and whispered to him, so softly that no one in the room could hear. Soapy remained motionless.
I looked up and noticed that the shelter workers had stopped talking. Every adult in the room froze in place. Time seemed to have stopped.
The little girl reappeared when I was to leave. I held Soapy out to her. She wrapped him in a big hug and pressed her face against him. Soapy laid his head on the child's shoulder, his breathing slowed, and his eyes closed. As the little girl released her hug and turned away, I thought I saw the beginnings of a faint smile.
The rabbit in his cloud of soft, warm fur had touched something deep in the child. Soapy's innocence and trust appeared to kindle those very same qualities in the little girl. It seems the language of the heart is simple after all.
1. Why didn't the little girl in the shelter speak?| A．Because she preferred staying silent and still. |
| B．Because she had suffered too much hard experience. |
| C．Because she was once robbed of her favorite rabbit. |
| D．Because she found people there all unwilling to greet. |
| A．To praise interpersonal kindness. | B．To promote the pet industry. |
| C．To draw attention to children. | D．To share a moving story. |
| A．Soapy the Magic Rabbit | B．An Unforgettable Surprise |
| C．The Language of the Heart | D．Humans and Animals |
【推荐3】Peter Kline has run over 100 marathons. But what makes him so remarkable is that he has finished 45 of those marathons while pushing young people with disabilities in front of him. Kline wants them to know the joy of running, too.
Kline started hitting the road when he was in his early fifties after running a 10K and then he began running marathons. His friend Scott Patrick suffered from a brain cancer, and asked Kine to run to raise money for cancer research. Kline helped Patrick and other volunteers raise about $60,000.
Being able to help others through his beloved sport made an impression. Kline knew of a father and a son who would run races together—the father pushing his son with disabilities as he completed the course. But, he wondered, “What about kids who don’t have a dad to do that?”
After being connected to a woman with two daughters who have cerebral palsy（脑瘫）, he decided to run the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon in 2012 with one of the girls. The little girl loved it, and KJine said his mission to share his love of the sports just started rolling.
He has been calling the mission “Marathons with Meaning”. Kline has a business card that says “Marathons with Meaning” and wherever he sees young people with disabilities, he just goes up to the parents and says, “If your kid ever wants to run a marathon, let me know.”
Kline said he paid for everything having to do with the race himself out of his own pocket. “It feels better that way of giving back to society.” The young people he pushes have ranged in ages from 8 to 32 and have many types of disabilities. “They love it,” Kline said. “They absolutely love the sounds, the noises, the feelings. The other runners are always very kind. They give them high-fives.”
1. What causes people to notice Peter Kline?| A．He is a disabled marathon runner. |
| B．He has run more than 100 marathons. |
| C．He has helped disabled kids to run marathons. |
| D．He has accompanied a father and his child to finish a course. |
| A．By sharing his love of sports with others. |
| B．By helping raise money for cancer research. |
| C．By advocating his project “Marathons with Meaning”. |
| D．By assisting a child without father to run in a marathon. |
| A．It is funded by people interested in marathon. |
| B．Kline promotes it every time he has a chance. |
| C．It only welcomes disabled children to participate. |
| D．Kline wishes people to contribute to society trough it. |
| A．Generous and caring. | B．Honest an responsible. |
| C．Diligent and hopeful. | D．Energetic and knowledgeable. |
