An old man and his wife used to live on the second floor. Bill’s mother and the old lady were good friends. Unfortunately the lady died last month. Her husband could not live alone, so he had his grandson move over and live with him.
The grandson has become a problem to all the neighbors, especially to Bill’s family. The walls of the building are thin and he is noisy. Bill is used to peace and quiet but the young man likes to listen to the radio late at night. Sometimes friends of his visit and they make a lot of noise. That is too much for Bill’s family.
Bill’s mother once asked the old man politely if he was able to sleep well at night, but obviously the man didn’t understand what she meant. If he did and spoke to his grandson, the young man obviously didn’t listen, since things haven’t changed any. Everyone in Bill’s family agrees that something must be done though they don’t want to hurt the kind old man.
1. Bill’s family got angry because ________.
| A．the old lady had died |
| B．a young man moved in |
| C．the old man could not live alone |
| D．the grandson made a lot of noise |
| A．The old man could not live without his wife’s help. |
| B．The old man and his wife were sometimes making trouble too. |
| C．Bill’s mother was kind to her neighbors. |
| D．Bill’s mother was the only one who likes the young man. |
| A．he never thinks other people might not be happy with so much noise around |
| B．the walls of the building are thin |
| C．he likes to listen to the radio at night |
| D．friends of his visit |
| A．anyone is able | B．only the grandfather is going |
| C．Bill’s mother is able | D．nobody is likely |
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【推荐1】Noah reached for his guitar, remembering his father as he did so, thinking how much he missed him. He strummed once, adjusted the tension on two strings, then strummed again. This time it sounded about right, and he began to play.
Soft music, quiet music. He hummed for a little while at first, then began to sing as night came down around him. He played and sang until the sun was gone and the sky black. It was a little after seven when he quit, and he settled back into his chair and began to rock. By habit, he looked upward and saw Orion and the Big Dipper, Gemini and the Pole Star, twinkling in the autumn sky. He started to run the numbers in his head, then stopped. He knew he’d spent almost his entire savings on the house and would have to find a job again soon, but he pushed the thought away and decided to enjoy the remaining months of restoration without worrying about it. Besides, thinking about money usually bored him. Early on, he’d learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn’t be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise. It was another trait he got from his father.
Clem, his hound dog, came up to him then and nuzzled his hand before lying down at his feet. “Hey, girl, how’re you doing?” he asked as he patted her head, and she whined softly, her soft round eyes peering upward. A car accident had taken her leg, but she still moved well enough and kept him company on quiet nights like these. He was thirty-one now, not too old, but old enough to be lonely. He hadn’t dated since he’d been back here, hadn’t met anyone who remotely interested him. It was his own fault, he knew. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close, something he wasn’t sure he could change even if he tried. And sometimes in the moments right before sleep came, he wondered if he was destined to be alone forever.
The evening passed, staying warm, nice. Noah listened to the crickets and the rustling leaves, thinking that the sound of nature was more real and aroused more emotion than things like cars and planes. Natural things gave back more than they took, and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to be. “It’ll keep you from going crazy,” his father had told him the day he’d shipped out. “It’s God’s music and it’ll take you home.” He finished his tea, went inside, found a book, then turned on the porch light on his way back out. After sitting down again, he looked at the book. It was old, the cover was torn, and the pages were stained with mud and water.
It was Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, and he had carried it with him throughout the war. It had even taken a bullet for him once. He rubbed the cover, dusting it off just a little. Then he let the book open randomly and read the words in front of him: This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless. Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done. Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, death and the stars. For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern, and he was glad he’d come back. Though he’d been away from fourteen years, this was home and he knew a lot of people here, most of them from his youth. Like so many southern towns, the people who lived here never changed, they just grew a bit older.
1. The underlined sentence in paragraph two is the equivalent of “_________”.| A．he hated those who were unable to appreciate simple things in life |
| B．he didn’t see eye to eye with people who liked to save money |
| C．he had difficulty in figuring out how he got this trait from his father |
| D．he didn’t understand why people were so materialistic |
| A．Noah often played the guitar and observed the stars. |
| B．Clem the dog showed great affection for her master. |
| C．Noah was destined to be alone since no woman seemed interested in him. |
| D．Noah planned to restore his house before landing himself a job. |
| A．Patients suffering from mental disorder can be cured by nature. |
| B．The closer you are to nature, the closer you are to your true self. |
| C．Where there is God’s music, there is home. |
| D．A good book is a man’s best company. |
| A．had been a treasure but was now too damaged to read |
| B．recorded the lives of New Bern’s people who never changed over the years |
| C．was beyond Noah’s understanding so he randomly picked up some words to read |
| D．stirred a feeling of nostalgia in Noah |
If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.
So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.
Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative (保守的). The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.
Having been an immigrant (移民) myself, I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.
Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.
To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.
But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got.
1. After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _______.
| A．notice small changes |
| B．expect small changes |
| C．welcome small changes |
| D．exaggerate small changes |
| A．Cautiously. |
| B．Positively. |
| C．Sceptically. |
| D．Critically. |
| A．the relaxed policemen |
| B．the messy arrivals hall |
| C．the tight security |
| D．the bank robbers |
| A．Life in Britain. |
| B．Back in Britain. |
| C．Britain in Future. |
| D．Britain in Memory. |
【推荐3】When I was younger I was fascinated with stories of magic. I was absorbed in books where wizards(男巫) and fighters battled the powers of darkness in strange worlds. I was delighted when they won bringing peace and happiness to their lands
As I got older, however, I realized that there was no such thing as magic
There is such a thing as magic in this world. There is such a thing as magic in each one of us.This magic is called LOVE.
| A．I struggled through a long period of poverty. |
| B．I was not eager to have any power that controlled the world. |
| C．Then one day I started to discover a different kind of magic. |
| D．May you choose it, share it, and live in it every single day of your life. |
| E．It didn’t get rid of my pain but it helped me deal with it so much better. |
| F．It helped me see them as the beautiful, loving and joyful souls they truly are. |
| G．Most of the readers like me secretly wished for magical powers for themselves. |
【推荐1】How to Feel at Peace
Is feeling truly peaceful a pipe dream? Nope! With a little work, you can feel calm, cool, and collected (just like you deserve to).
Release what you cannot control.
This is the most important part of feeling at peace and the first place you should always start. 90% of the time, when we’re worried about something or stressed out, the source of our anxiety is really something that we have no control over.
Get an inspiration from nature.
Go sit out in an area nearby. Listen to the trees. Watch the animals. Do they seem worried about what their brother did last Christmas? Do the trees seem to notice when it starts to rain?
Create goals.
Having a goal that you can work for can really help when you’re feeling lost and aimless in life.
When other people make us angry, it is usually because we cannot understand why they’re doing something that’s making us angry. Instead of blowing up at someone or stressing yourself out, try to see things from their side of the table. Think about why they did what they did... and remember that we’re all people with our own problems and our own dreams.
| A．Forgive yourself. |
| B．Find the humanity in all people. |
| C．All you can do in life is to try your best and let fate take its course. |
| D．Happiness is on the horizon, and we’re here to show you what to do. |
| E．No. Nature adapts and embraces every twist and turn in life and you should too. |
| F．Really, what’s the point in life if you don’t have something to work towards, right? |
| G．A huge source of worry in our lives comes from when we beat ourselves up from inside. |
【推荐2】A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age.
Men often discover their similarity to each other by the common love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love my, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond(纽带) of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best container of a life preserving the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which become our steady companions and comforters.
Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay(腐朽), but good books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Preserved in books, their spirits walked abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect(智者) to which one still listens.
1. The writer introduces the topic of the passage by ____| A．describing life experience of great writers |
| B．telling his own story of reading good books |
| C．presenting the best thoughts in good books |
| D．comparing good books to good friends in life |
| A．Readers feel sympathy for the author. |
| B．Readers live together with the author. |
| C．Readers and the author share the same feeling. |
| D．Readers are the author’s companions and comforters. |
| A．We can learn about the great and good through books. |
| B．The most important part of a man’s life is his treasures. |
| C．Good books help us to know about their authors’ friends. |
| D．Books are often regarded as best containers in our life. |
| A．one should have some good friends |
| B．one should read as many books as possible |
| C．one should keep company with good books |
| D．books are the most lasting products of human efforts |
【推荐3】One day, when I was working as a psychologist(心理学家) in England，a boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. “This boy has lost his family,” he wrote. “He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I'm
very worried about him. Can you help?”
I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.
The first two times we met, David didn't say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children's drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon -- in complete silence and without looking at me. It's not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?
"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.
"It’s your turn," he said.
After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one -- without any words -- can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.Ziyuanku.com
1. When he first met the author, David _________ .| A．felt a little excited | B．walked energetically |
| C．looked a little nervous | D．showed up with his teacher |
| A．David enjoyed being with the author. |
| B．What David really needs is to play chess with someone. |
| C．David didn't say a word the first two times they met. |
| D．The author knows how to treat David's problem. |
| A．He recovered after months of treatment. |
| B．He liked biking before he lost his family. |
| C．He went into university soon after starting to talk. |
| D．He got friends in school before he met the author. |
| A．His teacher’s help. |
| B．The author’s friendship. |
| C．His exchange of letters with the author. |
| D．The author’s silent communication and company with him. |
【推荐1】A number of people have asked me whether happiness measures are really accurate and reliable--and it’s a reasonable question. So let’s take a look behind the curtain(帷幕). But not just for intellectual curiosity; as we will see, understanding and measurement of happiness can itself make you better at improving your own well-being--and avoid some critical errors.
Think of the tests to find a vaccine(疫苗)for COVID-19. They take a long time because the drug companies with trial vaccines are conducting experiments that send people to a treatment group(they get the vaccine) and a control group (they get a placebo（无效对照剂), and then waiting to see if the drug is effective and safe by comparing the two groups after enough time has passed. In the research on happiness, this usually isn’t possible. Happiness researchers instead rely on self-reported happiness surveys, where large groups of people report their levels of life satisfaction.
All of the surveys are self-assessments(自我评估), which might cause your doubt. Perhaps people assess their happiness based on their present mood--or maybe they lie when asked about their happiness. To test this, scholars have compared survey data with other sorts of tests--and they’ve found them consistent. For example, self-assessments correlate highly with happiness is usually very close to how others understand your happiness. Further, well-constructed surveys tend to be unchangeable over time and might correlate strongly with other measures of well-being. And in a rare instance of honesty on the Internet, scholars have even proved the accuracy of certain virtual happiness surveys.
Thus, while single-number surveys are great for researchers like me, in order to understand and manage your own happiness you need more different self-tests, of which there are many. Professor Martin Seligman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has created a number of reliable self-tests on emotions,gratitude, optimism, relationships. These self-tests can be extremely useful at a personal level--but they can also be harmful when relied on too much. I have used them to have a huge impact on my life, but I have also seen the worsen problems with unhappiness in others. The key is to remember that happiness self-tests are a source of information to understand ourselves better, work on positive changes (personally, I have made many, and my well-being is much higher as a result), and manage our unique personalities.
The most dangerous use of happiness self-tests is social comparison. Researchers have long found that social comparison is a killer of joy, but you hardly need a study to tell that-just spend a few hours browsing Instagram and see how bad you feel about yourself.
1. How does the author explain the uniqueness of happiness surveys?| A．By introducing a concept. |
| B．By making a comparison. |
| C．By using an expert’s words. |
| D．By referring to previous studies. |
| A．People tend to tell lies on the Internet. |
| B．People know clearly about themselves. |
| C．People’s moods matter to their happiness. |
| D．People vary greatly in views on happiness. |
| A．Their practical applications. |
| B．Their appeal to the public. |
| C．Their major disadvantages. |
| D．Their impacts on our daily life. |
| A．How we can effectively measure happiness. |
| B．What we can get from measuring happiness. |
| C．How we can improve our well-being with self-tests. |
| D．Whether the measurement of happiness is really helpful. |
【推荐2】A few weeks ago, a 71-year-old man pulled his car to the roadside in Northwest Portland and stopped. He rolled down the window, turned off the engine and stared at a house.
The place, distinguished by three gables, is partially hidden by hedges and trees. Most people who pass by would never notice it. And if they did give it a glance, they’d probably think it’s a nice house in a nice neighborhood. Nothing more.
The house, in the 2500 block of Northwest Westover Road, is known as the Bessie & Louis Tarpley House. Built in 1907, it’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The current owner is Barbee Lyon, 79.
He and his first wife took possession in 1975. When they divorced, he bought out her share.
A retired lawyer, Lyon learned Louis Tarpley, the home’s first owner, had also been a Portland lawyer. Setbacks in Tarpley’s life led to the house auction(拍卖) in the late 1920s.
“I’m only the fifth owner of the home,” Lyon said. A previous owner was Frank Masco.
He and his wife, Esther, and their nine children had lived across town in a tiny house needing constant repairs. In the mid-1950s, the elder Masco wanted to move to a bigger house and one closer to work. A docker ( 码 头 工 人 ), he was on-call 24 hours a day and had to quickly get to the Willamette River docks.
He found a home on Westover Road. At the time, many people wanted to live in new construction in the suburbs. The Westover house was offered at a deep discount.
And later the family moved on several times, finally living in Vancouver.
One Sunday in July 2019, Charley Masco drove to Portland for an appointment at a computer store.
When it ended, he traveled the familiar route to Westover Road, pulled over and looked at that home.
He decided to do something bold. He got out of his car and walked up the steps and rang the doorbell. He waited. No response. Nervous, he thought it was a mistake to do this and considered turning around and walking back to his car.
Barbee Lyon opened the door and saw a stranger.
“I’m not selling anything,” Masco said quickly. “I just want you to know I once lived here.” Lyon opened the door wide.
“Come in.”
And for the first time since 1966, Masco stepped into his childhood home.
Every room looked as Masco had remembered it: The built-in china hutch in the dining room, the hanging lights above the table and, in the kitchen, a massive wood-burning stove where his mother used to cook family meals. It was as if he had walked into his own museum.
Lyon told Masco he’d never done major structural remodeling, which meant Masco knew his way around the home.
It was as if he had never left.
There, on the top floor, was the window he and his siblings quietly opened to sneak out at night and return before their parents knew they were gone. The loft where friends daydreamed about the future. The living room – no TV ever allowed – where the family gathered to share music, play cards or just talk with each other.
Then they all walked to the basement.
In the far corner, Masco saw his father’s old wooden workbench. And above it, baby food jars.
Masco had forgotten about them.
He explained that his father had nailed lids from the jars to a rafter, filling the glass with different size screws, nuts and bolts, and then screwing the jars back into the lids to give him easy access while working.
Masco thought about his father, his mother and three of his siblings who have died. He thought about his father, tinkering in the basement, while his mother was in the kitchen preparing dinner.
He thought about the 71-year-old man he was and the boy he had once been.
Kruse, Lyon’s wife, reached up and unscrewed a jar. She handed it to Masco, believing it belonged to this stranger.
Masco thanked her.
He clutched the small bottle to his chest. “My dad,” he said quietly. “This is my dad.”
1. Why did Charley Masco come to visit the Westover house?| A．He wanted to review his past and hold memories. |
| B．He attempted to buy back his childhood house. |
| C．His friend invited him to be a guest at his newly-bought house. |
| D．He came to the house where his father lived to seek roots. |
| A．The house’s owner had been a Portland lawyer. |
| B．The house was auctioned at a very low price. |
| C．He desired to improve his family’s living conditions. |
| D．The house was equipped with a basement. |
| A．He bought the house from Louis Tarpley. |
| B．He took possession of the house at about 35. |
| C．He lived in the house with his first wife Kruse. |
| D．He disliked being disturbed by strangers. |
| A．He knew the house owner was a bad-tempered man. |
| B．He thought it was improper to pay an unexpected visit. |
| C．He might not hold back his feelings when he went in. |
| D．He feared the house owner would take him for a salesman. |
| A．every room was not as he had remembered it |
| B．the house had experienced great structural changes |
| C．the childhood home was where his heart was |
| D．he couldn’t recall anything about baby food jars |
| A．Collision of Two Hearts | B．Experiences of Two Families |
| C．An Unexpected Meeting | D．The Harbour of the Heart |
【推荐3】What Are the Roots of Your Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem is a person’s subjective assessment of his or her worth to himself or herself. Self-esteem covers various beliefs about oneself (such as “I’m a failure” and “I’m beautiful”) as well as physiological states, including sadness, joy, and shame. When we don’t believe that we are worthy of these things, our ability to enjoy them can suffer.
Healthy self-esteem as an adult can be a gift given in your childhood. It is a blessing that most people overlook. There are so many ways adults with high self-esteem were supported as children that resulted in them having high self-esteem. For instance, they were praised for what they had achieved.
It is common that these adults also believe that in order to be appreciated they need to be perfect.
How you feel about yourself impacts how you live your life. People with high self-esteem tend to have better relationships than those with low self-esteem. High self-esteem enables you to ask for help and support from the people around you when you need it.
| A．There is also a good chance that they were spoken to respectfully. |
| B．When we start to doubt what’s important in life, we tend to do less of it. |
| C．Since self-esteem is connected to how we perform, it is important to work on it. |
| D．People with poor self-esteem, on the other hand, often experienced the opposite. |
| E．This creates an image in their mind that without accomplishment they are worthless. |
| F．They face failure too, but they understand that failure or success doesn’t define them. |
| G．So if you struggle to reach out for assistance, it could be rooted in your low self-esteem. |
【推荐1】A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age.
Men often discover their similarity to each other by the common love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love my, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond(纽带) of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best container of a life preserving the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which become our steady companions and comforters.
Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay(腐朽), but good books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Preserved in books, their spirits walked abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect(智者) to which one still listens.
1. The writer introduces the topic of the passage by ____| A．describing life experience of great writers |
| B．telling his own story of reading good books |
| C．presenting the best thoughts in good books |
| D．comparing good books to good friends in life |
| A．Readers feel sympathy for the author. |
| B．Readers live together with the author. |
| C．Readers and the author share the same feeling. |
| D．Readers are the author’s companions and comforters. |
| A．We can learn about the great and good through books. |
| B．The most important part of a man’s life is his treasures. |
| C．Good books help us to know about their authors’ friends. |
| D．Books are often regarded as best containers in our life. |
| A．one should have some good friends |
| B．one should read as many books as possible |
| C．one should keep company with good books |
| D．books are the most lasting products of human efforts |
【推荐2】Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feel there are a number of reasons for this.
Some people blame the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less take-away food.
There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.
There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime(消遣), it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.
The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as steering them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.
1. What kind of children may eat more unhealthy food according to the text? (回答词数不超过6个)2. Why do the author thinks that children are becoming overweight? (回答词数不超过10个)
3. What is the main purpose of the text? (回答词数不超过4个)
4. What does the passage mainly talk about? (回答词数不超过5个)
【推荐3】It's common for students to hear the same standard,cliched advice:"dream big","follow yours dreams",and "reach for the stars." But Student of the Year judge Alien Ma has something a bit different to add—"be practical".
The judge knows a thing or two about both big dreams and practical applications,and has seen plenty of students achieve both.
"We are looking to nurture talents,in this case technology talents,says Ma,CEO of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). "When someone has this kind of crazy idea or brilliant idea—sometimes you can’t tell the difference—they need to find somebody to help them realize their dream."
And with all the big and sometimes crazy ideas Ma has heard from students through HKSTP,he says it is important to find a balance between creative ideas and practical applications.And part of this means being able to see the benefit of patience and long-term goals.
Ma says he sees many students try to get good marks through easy classes,rather than challenging themselves with harder courses that will pay off with knowledge that would be useful for their future.
"You should be looking out for your future,"he says.
And for secondary school students,Ma says this means having a broad understanding of the world around them, especially as it relates to Science,Technology,Engineering and Maths (Stem) knowledge.
"I think a lot of students today have this broad,sometimes international understanding,"he says.Ma sees many strong students using their knowledge to help others.And for him,these are the students that really stand out from the crowd,as they're making the connection between their knowledge and how they fit into the world around them."They don’t just study,they’re not just scholars,"he says."They are good scholars,but also good sports players or good musicians,for example,but they also give back to society.That’s what impresses me the most."
1. What do the underlined words mean in Para1?| A．Do not dream big any more. |
| B．Realizing dreams is equally important. |
| C．The standard advice is no longer useful. |
| D．Anyone who dreams big is great. |
| A．They are short of patience. |
| B．They can't balance study and life well. |
| C．They are far away from being practical. |
| D．They can’t tell crazy and bright ideas apart. |
| A．Set a goal. | B．Fit into society. |
| C．Begin with easy classes. | D．Take the long-term view. |
| A．Politeness. | B．Inspiration. |
| C．Admiration. | D．Hopefulness. |
