【推荐1】G-7 LEADERS READY TO HELP BATTLE AMAZON WILDFIRES

WITH“TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL MEANS”

French President Emmanuel Macron announced this afternoon that the G-7 leaders had reached an agreement on how to help fight the record number of forest fires currently raging in the Amazon.

“There is real convergence(趋同性) to say we all agree to help the countries harmed by these fires as quickly as possible,” the host of the G-7 summit told reporters in French from the conference venue in Biarritz. He went on, listing all of the contacts being made, “With all the countries of the Amazon… so that we can finalize very concrete technical and financial commitments.”

On Friday, Macron threatened to block an important EU trade deal with Brazil and other South American countries, claiming that Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro had lied about his position on climate change.

Hours before the beginning of the annual meeting of word leaders on Friday, Macron released a video outlining his plan to mobilize all of the powers gathered in Biarritz to partner with Amazon countries “to invest first in fighting the fires and helping Brazil and the other impacted countries and then to invest in reforestation everywhere.”

Macron emphasized France’s stake in the fires, referencing French Guiana, a former prison colony and current overseas department of France located on the northeastern edge of the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro shot back, accusing Macron of having an “unacceptable” and “colonialist” mindset.

Over 75,000 fires have been recorded in the Amazon rainforest so far this year, more than double the 40,000 blazes recorded there in all of 2018, according to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research. The fires can be caused by natural phenomena, like lightning strikes, but are often intentionally set by loggers and ranchers clearing land for cattle grazing of farming. Bolsonaro, a climate change skeptic, has encouraged farmers to exploit the land and weakened government agencies tasked with enforcing environmental regulations, NPR reported.

Smoke from the blazes has reached as far east as the Atlantic coast and blocked out the sun as far away as Saō Paulo, more than 2,000 miles to the south. Meanwhile NASA is tracking a carbon monoxide plume stretching across Brazil into the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

1. What did Emmanuel Macron announce?

A．They had contacted all the other countries.

B．They were ready to help battle Amazon wildfires.

C．They had decided the way of helping fight the fires.

D．They were confident to put out Amozon fires.

2. What does the underlined part “his position on climate change” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．His attitude towards climate change.

B．The location of the terrible fires.

C．The severe situation of this country.

D．The direction of his future leadership.

3. We can infer that the purpose of Macron’s video is to      .

A．urge more powers to help affected countries in need.

B．assess the damaging scale of the Amazon wildfires

C．prepare Brazil people for their better future life

D．attract more organizations to make donations.

4. Which of the following cannot be the reason for the wildfires?

A．Lightning strikes.

B．Being set for more farming land.

C．Demanding climate change.

D．Making land with grass for cattle.

【推荐2】For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that there is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of man. There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man. Thus man was defined as a rational being, as a social animal, an animal that can make tools, or a symbol-making animal.

More recently, this traditional view has begun to be questioned. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man. An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our time is so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume that men in every age have had in common something that can be called “human nature.” The historical approach was reinforced, particularly in the United States, by studies in the field of cultural anthropology (人类学). The study of primitive peoples has discovered such a diversity of customs, values, feelings, and thoughts that many anthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a blank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text. Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed. In the name of human nature, for example, Aristotle and most thinkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery. Or in order to prove the rationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and selfishness as natural human characters. Popularly, one refers cynically to “human nature” in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, cheating and lying.

Another reason for skepticism about the concept of human nature probably lies in the influence of evolutionary thinking. Once man came to be seen as developing in the process of evolution, the idea of a substance which is contained in his essence seemed untenable(站不住脚). Yet I believe it is precisely from an evolutionary standpoint that we can expect new insight into the problem of the nature of man.

1. Most philosophers believed that human nature ________.

A．is the quality distinguishing man from other animals

B．consists of competitiveness and selfishness

C．is something partly innate and partly acquired

D．consists of rationality and undesirable behavior

2. The traditional view of “human nature” was strongly challenged by _______.

A．the emergence of the evolutionary theory

B．the historical approach to man

C．new insight into human behavior

D．the philosophical analysis of slavery

3. The author mentioned Aristotle, a great ancient thinker, in order to ______.

A．emphasize that he contributed a lot to defining the concept of “human nature”

B．show that the concept of “human nature” was used to justify social evils

C．prove that he had a profound influence on the concept of “human nature”

D．support the idea that some human characters are inherited

4. According to the passage, anthropologists believe that human beings _________.

A．have some characters in common

B．are born with diverse cultures

C．are born without a fixed nature

D．change their characters as they grow up

【推荐3】Specialists(专家)say it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is what these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. The specialists say that there are three stages of culture shock. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to get used to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

There are some evident factors(因素)in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems—the telephones, post office, or transportation—may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be the biggest problems. The language may be difficult.

Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their own country. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same positions as they have back home. They find themselves without any identify. They have to build a new self-image.

Culture shock gives rise to (使发生)a feeling of helplessness. This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security (安全). This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for a short time, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience—these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.

1. When people move to a new country, they_______.

A．will get used to their new surroundings with difficulty

B．have well prepared for the new surroundings

C．will get used to the culture of the country quickly

D．will never be familiar with the culture of the country

2. According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock include all of the following except_______.

A．the language communication	B．the weather conditions and customs
C．the public service systems	D．the homesickness

3. According to the passage, the more successful you are at home,_______.

A．the fewer difficulties you may have abroad	B．the more difficulties you may have abroad
C．the more money you will earn abroad	D．the less homesick you may feel abroad

4. The writer tells us that the best way to overcome culture shock is to _______.

A．protect ourselves from unfamiliar environment	B．develop a strange sense of self-protection
C．get familiar with new culture	D．return to our own country

【推荐1】If you live in Shanghai, you might have to take a "lesson" in sorting garbage（垃圾分类）, as the city recently introduced new garbage-sorting regulations（条例）. It's now required that people should sort garbage into four categories, namely recyclable, harmful, dry and wet waste. However, if people fail to sort their garbage properly, they can be fined up to 200 yuan.

More cities are introducing similar regulations, following the practice in Shanghai. By the end of 2020, garbage-sorting systems will have been built in 46 major Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shenzhen, reported People's Daily.

According to a study by the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, over 90 percent of the public believe that garbage sorting is important for the protection of the environment. However, garbage sorting is still a big problem in China. Only 30 percent of participants said they think they are adequately（充分地）sorting their trash, the study noted.

According to Xinhua News Agency, it's partly because many people lack the willingness to sort their own waste. In the past, some previous garbage regulations didn't give clear fines for people who failed to sort garbage.

"It's a must to have a legal guarantee to promote garbage sorting." Liu Jianguo, a professor from Tsinghua University, told China Daily.

Liu Xinyu, a researcher of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told China Daily that the importance of the new regulations in Shanghai is to change the past voluntary action into compulsory action for everyone.

Aside from China, many other foreign countries have also introduced garbage-sorting regulations. In Japan, waste sorting has become a basic survival skill. In Germany too, people are asked to sort waste into specific categories. For example, in Berlin, people have yellow bins（垃圾桶）for plastic and metals and blue bins for paper and cardboard.

1. What do we know about garbage sorting in Shanghai?

A．It sets an example for many other cities in China.

B．People should put their garbage into two categories.

C．People will be fined 200 yuan each time they break the regulations.

D．Shanghai is the only city to introduce garbage-sorting regulations in China.

2. What is the current situation of garbage sorting in China?

A．Some people can properly sort their garbage.

B．Few people know the importance of garbage sorting.

C．People are not happy with the current garbage sorting regulations.

D．China's garbage-sorting problem is the most serious in the world.

3. Which of the following best explains "compulsory" underlined in paragraph 6?

A．Willing.	B．Motivated.
C．Selected.	D．Forced.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Why garbage sorting is important.

B．How other countries sort garbage.

C．Garbage sorting has started in China.

D．The world's garbage problem is becoming worse.

【推荐2】It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow passage, people say "sorry". When getting off a bus, English passengers say "thank you" rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles, and here are some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people in UK.
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customers and retail assistants in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional（例外的）to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.
Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is showed in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.
1. What is the author's attitude towards English politeness?

A．He thinks it is artificial.

B．He appreciates it very much.

C．He thinks little of it.

D．He thinks it goes too far.

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The author think it's unnecessary to say “thank you” to the bus driver.

B．In Germany, employers often say “thank you” to employees for their job.

C．Germans think it is unnecessary to thank workers because payment is enough.

D．German men never treat a woman to dinner.

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．English people try to avoid criticizing others in the daily life.

B．In Germany, passengers sometimes say “thank you” to bus drivers.

C．English drivers often say “thank you” to passengers when they get off the bus.

D．Germans are more considerate and polite than Englishmen.

4. The author develops the text through the method of         .

A．giving comments

B．telling stories

C．making comparisons

D．giving reasons/examples

【推荐3】I first came across the concept of pay­what­you­can cafés last summer in Boone, N．C., where I ate at F．A.R.M (Feed All Regardless of Means) Café.You can volunteer to earn your meal, pay the suggested price ($10) or less, or you can overpay—paying it forward for a future customer's meal.My only regret after eating there was not having a chance to give my time.So as soon as Healthy World Café opened in York in April, I signed up for a volunteer shift(轮班)．

F．A.R.M and Healthy World are part of a growing trend of community cafés.In 2003, Denise Cerreta opened the first in Salt Lake City.Cerreta now runs the One World Everybody Eats Foundation, helping others copy her pay­what­you­can model.

“I think the community café is truly a hand up, not a handout，” Cerreta said.She acknowledged that soup kitchens(施粥所) have a place in society, but people typically don't feel good about going there.

“One of the values of the community café is that we have another approach，” she said.“Everyone eats here, no one needs to know whether you volunteered, overpaid or underpaid.”

The successful cafés not only address hunger and food insecurity but also become necessary parts of their neighborhood—whether it's a place to learn skills or hear live music.Some teach cooking to seniors; some offer free used books.Eating or working there is a reminder that we are all in this world together.

My 10 am～1pm shift at World Healthy Café began with the café manager—one of the two paid staff members.Our volunteer crew wasn't the most orderly, but we managed to prepare and serve meals with a lot of laughs in between.At the end of my shift, I ordered my earned meal at the counter, together with other volunteers.After lunch, I walked out the door, with a handful of new friends, music in my head and a satisfied belly and heart.

1. What did the author do at F．A.R.M Café last summer？

A．She enjoyed a meal.	B．She ate free of charge.
C．She overpaid for the food.	D．She worked as a volunteer.

2. What is the advantage of community cafés compared with soup kitchens？

A．People can have free food.

B．People can maintain their dignity.

C．People can stay as long as they like.

D．People can find their places in society.

3. Why are community cafés becoming popular in the neighborhoods？

A．They bring people true friendships.

B．They help to bring people together.

C．They create a lot of job opportunities.

D．They support local economic development.

4. How did the author feel about working at Healthy World Café？

A．It paid well.	B．It changed her.
C．It was beneficial.	D．It was easy for her.

【推荐1】Terrific New Technologies

•A fashionable smart speaker

The new Amazon Echo smart speaker has the same popular feature as the original--an always listening voice assistant ready to play music and news, set timers, and use third-party apps. Only now it's actually stylish.The $120 speaker comes in different finishes, including fabric and wood.

•A helping hand for parents

10 Suzy Snooze helps babies and kids sleep so parents can catch up on their own sleep. It's a sound machine and a nightlight. It connects with an app over wi-fi and turns into an audio monitor. If a kid cries at midnight, it'll detect the sound and try to calm him back to sleep. It can also let early risers know when it's OK to get out of bed. Made by Bleep Bleeps, the $249"smart nightlight"has an adorable little face.

•Safety for ding dongs

Doorbells used to just ring, ding, and dong. But thanks to modern technology, doorbells can now double as Internet-connected- surveillance(监视) devices.Rings $249 Video Doorbell Pro can record HD video of your front steps, even at night. It includes motion sensors and two-way audio, so you can yell "get off my lawn" from anywhere. You can also use the app to see what's going on in front of your house while you're at work or in the backyard.

•The must-have kitchen gadget

The Instant Pot makes food fast in one pot. The surprise kitchen hit is a combination of pressure cooker, rice cooker, slow cooker and even yogurt maker. It has sensors and settings to make cooking as safe as possible. Starting at $80, an Instant Pot can make dishes in less time than it typically takes to cook them.

1. What can Suzy Snooze do for parents?

A．Provide sunlight.

B．Play with babies.

C．Comfort crying babies.

D．Remind parents to wake up kids.

2. What is the advantage of the Video Doorbell Pro compared with traditional doorbells?

A．It can play HD videos.

B．It can make a sound of ding-dong.

C．It can communicate with the users.

D．It can take on the work of a monitor.

3. Who are most probably interested in the Instant Pot?

A．Those who love fast food.

B．Those who enjoy cooking.

C．Those who are busy working.

D．Those who like going camping.

【推荐2】Over the last 50 years, illegal trade in wildlife has become one of the greatest threats to our natural world. Traffickers (贩子) are exploiting communities in developing areas, driving them to illegally hunt down animals for their body parts. These criminal networks only pay a tiny portion of the final price they get for the animals they receive. Beautiful animals are shipped off to faraway markets, whole or apart.

Angry? We’ve barely started yet. The animal parts are being shipped along with weapons, drugs, even people". These heartless profiteers don’t care about the destruction they cause. Live animals are hidden during transport with no thought for their survival. Many of them don’t make it. Perhaps it’s a mercy when traffickers choose to kill and freeze the animals, before hiding them in the containers the size of a small bus. It’s not one or two animals here and there—it’s entire species that we are seeing driven towards extinction, lost forever from our global heritage. And for one reason alone: to put more money in the pockets of these criminals—whatever the cost.

Now, humans reap as they have sown. COVID-19 has “affected us all. It’s breaking our economies. It has sealed us in our homes and is attacking the weakest among us. In a short period? almost every person on the planet has been affected and we still don’t know the final toll. The source could well be these criminal profiteers. We don’t know for certain how the pandemic started. Some scientists suggest that the disease might have been transferred to a person from a pangolin (穿山甲) being traded illegally in one of these markets—these are most trafficked mammals in the world, with over a million consumed by the trade since 2000.

Yet we would never have imagined that these markets for body parts of wild animals would affect us in this way. It’s time to say “enough”. Dr, Rebecca Drury, Head of Wildlife Trade at Fauna & Flora International (FFI) says, We would like to see stronger action to stop illegal hunting, trafficking and consumption of illegally- sourced wildlife. It is no longer an option to ignore the dangers of illegal and unregulated wildlife trade and consumption, to human health and to healthy, functioning ecosystems needed for life on earth to thrive. We must ensure that the lessons from COVID-19 pandemic are applied to prevent repeats of this global crisis.

The governments of the world are doing what they can. But while bans are put in place, the greedy individuals driving the trafficking will try to use their illegal networks to keep selling, lining their pockets until they are stopped. It’s precisely because this is a trade that happens in the shadows, so we must stop it at source. That’s why FFI is raising funds—to help put a stop to this mean trade. To do so they are asking readers of The-Week to make an urgent contribution today.

1. What can we know from Paragraph 2?

A．Most of the live animals can’t survive the long trip.

B．Most of the live animals were killed and frozen during the trip.

C．Generally, the animal parts won’t shipped along with drugs or people.

D．Traffickers will give it a second thought when considering the cost of the trafficking.

2. What does the author want to convey mainly in Paragraph 3?

A．Humans are paying a price for the illegal animal trafficking.

B．COVID-19 has brought disasters to humans.

C．COVID-19 originates from the pangolin.

D．Scientists have known the transferring path of COVID-19.

3. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A．Dr Rebecca Drury suggests stopping the trade of wildlife.

B．The most trafficked mammals in the world are the pangolin.

C．FFI is trying to find the source of the illegal wildlife trade.

D．Humans can prevent global crisis if they stop the illegal wildlife trade.

4. What is the purpose of the article?

A．To show us millions of endangered animals are being cruelly killed.

B．To confirm illegal wildlife trade threatens some of our beloved animals.

C．To discuss how to stop the trafficking.

D．To call on immediate action to end the illegal wildlife trade.

【推荐3】Many people have become accustomed to saying “bless you” or “gesundheit” when someone sneezes. No one says anything when someone coughs, blows their noses or burps (打嗝), so why do sneezes get special treatment? What do those phrases actually mean, anyway?

Wishing someone well after he sneezes probably originated thousands of years ago. The Romans would say “Jupiter preserve you!” or “Salve!” which meant “good health to you” and the Greeks would wish each other “long life”. The phrase “God bless you” is due to Pope Gregory the great, who spoke it out in the sixth century during a bubonic plague epidemic (黑死病) (sneezing is an obvious symptom of one form of the plague).

The alternative term “gesundheit” comes from Germany, and it literally means “health”. The idea is that a sneeze typically comes ahead of illness. It entered the English language in the early 20th century, brought to the United States by German-speaking immigrants.

Actually every country around the globe has its own way of wishing sneezers well. People in Arabic countries say “Alhamdulillah!” which means “praise be to God”. Hindus say “Livel” or “Live well!”. Some countries have special sneezing responses for children. In Russia, after children are given the traditional response, “bud zdorov (be healthy)”, they are also told “rosti Bolshoi (grow big)”. When a child sneezes in China, he or she will hear “bai sui” which means “may you live 100 years.”

For the most part, the various sneeze responses originated from ancient superstitions (迷信). Some people believed that a sneeze caused the soul to escape the body through the nose, Saying “bless you” would stop the devil from claiming the person’s freed soul. However, some people believed that those evil spirits used the sneeze as an opportunity to enter a person’s body. There was also the misconception that the heart temporarily stopped during a sneeze (it doesn’t), and that saying “bless you” was a way of welcoming the person back to life.

1. What’s the purpose of paragraph 1?

A．To lead in the topic of the text.	B．To explain the definition of blessing.
C．To introduce the evidence of the text.	D．To tell the cause of saying “bless you”.

2. Why do people say “bless you” to sneezers?

A．To avoid illness.	B．To wish them health.
C．To comfort their family.	D．To get a get-well card from others.

3. How does the author state people’s ideas in the last paragraph?

A．By raising questions.	B．By analyzing data.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By listing causes.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．How “bless you” is introduced into English.

B．Why we wish sneezers health in various ways.

C．How people from various countries avoid sneezers.

D．Why people say the blessing when someone sneezes.

【推荐1】For high school leavers starting out in the working world, it is very important to learn particular skills and practice how to behave in an interview or how to find all internship(实习). In some countries, schools have programs to help students onto the path to work. In the United States, however, such programs are still few and far between.

Research shows that if high schools provide career-related courses, students are likely to get higher earnings in later years. In Germany, students as young as 13 and 14 are expected to do internships. German companies work with schools to make sure that young people get the education they need for future employment.

But in America, education reform (改革) programs focus on how well students do in exams instead of bringing them into contact with the working world. Harvard Education school professor Robert Schwartz has criticized education reformers for trying to place all graduates directly on the four-year college track. Schwartz argued that this approach leaves the country’s most vulnerable(易受影响的) kids with no jobs and no skills.

Schwartz believed that the best career programs encourage kids to go for higher education while also teaching them valuable practical skills at high school. James Madison High School in New York, for example, encourages students to choose classes on career-based courses. The school then helps them gain on-the-job experience in those fields while they’re still at high school.

However, even for teens whose schools encourage them to connect with work, the job market is daunting. In the US, unemployment rates for 16-to 19-year-olds are above 20 percent for the third summer in a row. “The risk is that if teenagers miss out on the summer job experience, they become part of this generation of teens who had trouble in landing a job,” said Michael, a researcher in the US.

1. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Arguments about recent US education reform.

B．Tips on finding jobs for high school leavers.

C．The lack of career-based courses in US high schools.

D．Advice for American high school leavers.

2. According to Robert Schwartz, _________.

A．there is no need for kids to go for higher education in the US

B．teenagers in the US can’t miss out on the summer job experience

C．education reform should focus on students’ performance in exams

D．students should get contact with the working world at high school

3. The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 5 most probably means __________.

A．discouraging	B．interesting
C．creative	D．unbearable

4. What can be inferred from the text?

A．High school leavers with no practical skills can’t find a job at all.

B．Unemployment rates for US teenagers remain high at the moment.

C．Students with career-based courses never have problems finding a job.

D．US companies work with schools to prepare young people for future employment.

【推荐2】Unlike most Chinese high school students, seniors in Canada can choose the courses they would like to take by themselves. However sometimes they cannot take the course they want to take due to different reasons like schedule conflicts.

Take me for example. At the end of last semester(学期), my adviser told me the two classes I had chosen for this semester took place during the same period, which meant that I had to give up one of them. She recommended that I take the course called life management. I had never heard of that kind of course in China so I just followed her advice.

On the first day of school, I found out that life management is an open class and every student is able to take the course. The teacher of the class told us honestly that this is an easy course that can increase our average score. It was really different from what I had expected. So I planned to drop the class. Then came the question: Could I change the class?

In fact, students are able to change classes within the first month of the semester. During that month, there’s often a long queue at the office door and a lot of students want to switch courses.

After the first week, I looked through courses that were available for me. I had two choices: biology and chemistry. Chemistry is for college students who would like a collection of degrees in one specific area after high school. After having discussions and making choices, I switched my class from life management to grade 11 university-level biology. Although biology is quite difficult for me because of the many difficult words I have to use and understand, I will still try my best.

To be honest, quite a lot of students want to change classes because they want easier courses. But I think challenging myself is always the best choice. I would rather get a lower mark in a course I can really learn from than get high scores in an easy open class.

1. According to the text, if one takes "life management", he can ________.

A．learn much he is interested in	B．plan his life well
C．become quite different from others	D．get high marks

2. We know from the passage that within the first month of the semester ________.

A．many students switch courses

B．few students follow the adviser

C．teachers choose students who they think have talents

D．teachers refuse the students hating their courses

3. Why did the writer finally choose biology?

A．Because it was easy for him to get a high score.

B．Because he wanted to do as other students did.

C．Because he wanted to challenge himself.

D．Because his teacher advised him to.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Studying hard abroad

B．Choosing can be tough

C．Courses in Canadian schools are difficult

D．Courses in China high schools are easier

【推荐3】This past Columbus Day, my husband and I went fishing with some friends on their boat while our 10 and 8-year-olds were in school. We left the house all at the same time, about 7 am. My children walked to and from school every day and we knew they were OK for a couple hours by themselves anyway so we told them to go inside after school and we would be home around 4 pm.

The adults decided to go fishing offshore: we live on the Gulf Coast, since it was a beautiful day in the normally still very humid Texas fall. At around 2 pm we started back to shore and wouldn't you know, we ran out of gas. We were out of cell phone service, even 911 wasn't working, and we didn't have a radio so we were stuck waiting for someone to come by. We were out there until 10 pm. All-the-while, my children were at home, expecting us to return shortly after they got home. At about 7 pm, when it was getting dark, my 10-year-old thought something might he wrong so she walked to each house on the street until someone answered the door and asked them what they should do. This was how we were found by the game warden and “rescued”.

Talking with that neighbor the next day, I never took such pride in my children. This neighbor explained to me how calm both my children were when explaining the situation and how impressed they were with my children seeking help, even though they didn't know these particular neighbors. I never doubled them for a minute, though next time we go fishing, we'll monitor the gas more carefully.

1. How did the children go to school?

A．Bu bus.	B．By car.
C．By boat.	D．On foot.

2. What happened to the author and her husband?

A．They used up their gas.	B．They lost their cell phones.
C．They found a radio on shore.	D．They fell into the water.

3. What did the author think of her children's behavior?

A．Worried.	B．Proud.
C．Doubtful.	D．Confident

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．It is wonderful to raise free-range kids.

B．One should keep calm in face of danger.

C．A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.

D．Parents should pay more attention to their children.