Helping Seniors | |
 | Posted 5 / 15 /20 4：53PM |
| I created Teens Helping Seniors with my friends. The group has about 200 volunteers. The volunteers deliver food or other supplies for the elderly in town. I spend six to eight hours a week buying food and making deliveries. By now we have completed 350 deliveries. | |
 | Posted 5/ 15 /20 6：25PM |
| I organized Mittler Senior Technology, a program to help the elderly learn how to use computers and smartphones. Now there are 50 Local seniors in the weekly technology classes. I want to make sure that the seniors could stay connected to the world. | |
 | Posted 5 /16 /20 , 5： 20PM |
| I came up with a way to help lonely seniors with my friends. We call it the Joy 4 All Project. By dialing 569-4255, the elderly can hear pre-recorded jokes and poems. The hotline has received more than 1, 800 phone calls. | |
 | Posted 5 / 16 /20 7：46PM |
| I heard that the seniors in the nursing home couldn’t see their families and friends very often, so my friends and I've decided to cheer up the elderly by writing them letters. We want them to know that nobody is being forgotten. By now more than 100 students in my school have joined us. | |
1. Who created Teens Helping Seniors?
| A．Kathy. | B．Linda. | C．Matt. | D．Jordan. |
| A．50. | B．100. | C．200. | D．350. |
| A．Teaching them computer knowledge. |
| B．Recording jokes and poem. |
| C．Delivering food for them. |
| D．Writing them letters. |
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【推荐1】Last fall, I went to New York for sightseeing. I visited many tourist attractions there, and I also saw many unfortunate citizens on the street, like beggars and homeless folks.
Standing outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I heard a voice ask, “Can you do me a favor?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended out. Naturally, I reached into my pocket for some change immediately and placed it in her hand without even looking at her. I was really annoyed at being bothered by a beggar. What I only thought at that moment was to send her away.
But the blind woman said with a warm smile on her face, "I don't want your money. I just need you to show me the way to the subway entrance."
In an instant, I realized what I had done just now. Her unexpected words took me by surprise and shame. I had acted with prejudice ——I'd judged another person simply for what I assumed she had to be. I felt ashamed of myself and couldn't face the old woman anymore. And I felt small beside her.
The incident reminded me that I believed in being humble, even though I had lost that belief for a moment. The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in the U. S. at the age of 15. Through the years, I have experienced many acts of prejudice. I remember a time at the age of 17 when I was a busboy, I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me. But now, living my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget who I am and where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to go. It is the blind woman who cured me of my blindness.
1. What did the author think the blind woman wanted at first sight?| A．To ask for directions. | B．To offer him some help. |
| C．To demand some donations. | D．To borrow money from him. |
| A．He had a prejudice on the woman. | B．He couldn't face the woman. |
| C．He was judged by his appearance. | D．He was an immigrant himself. |
| A．To indicate he led a miserable life. | B．To tell he didn't work hard at school. |
| C．To prove he used to be a humble man. | D．To show he used to be unfairly judged. |
| A．Be Considerate - Always Minding Your Words |
| B．Be Humble - Always Dropping Your Prejudice |
| C．Be Generous - Always Helping Those in Need |
| D．Be Aggressive - Always Having a Big Dream |
【推荐2】When I was in college, a man named Henry worked as a custodian (看门人) in our student union building. White-haired, with a Pennsylvania Dutch accent, Henry could usually be seen in a baseball cap, a T-shirt and a pair of jeans.
He was the custodian, and he was the most respected and most well-known person in the building. Everyone loved Henry, and it was because of all the implicit ways he expressed his love for everyone around him. Henry didn’t have to say, “I love you.” He lived his love.
Henry was always excited when he met someone new, and he wanted to know everything about them. He felt it was important to do things for people he valued. And Henry seemed to value everyone he met. He brought in articles or cartoons for certain people, went out of his way to introduce people to each other, kept dozens of names and birthdays in his wallet so he could send cards, and helped students keep in touch with graduates who had written to him. He even assisted students who didn’t have enough money to buy their books.
Henry taught me --- and many others he supported --- how to live life to the fullest. Not by skydiving or exploring some foreign countries, but by appreciating where you are in life and valuing those around you.
The funny thing is that despite all he did and taught us, Henry truly believed that he was the lucky one --- that he was the one who was gaining so much by getting to know us. But all of us who remember Henry know that we were the ones who were truly blessed.
We will never forget the man who taught us that best way to say “I love you” often has little to do with the words.
1. What does the word “implicit” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?| A．silent. | B．proper. |
| C．attractive. | D．unbelievable. |
| A．made international travels to live a full life |
| B．was a role model of how to be a caring person |
| C．was busy organizing former students’ reunions |
| D．gathered plenty information about the needy students |
| A．it would make people think highly of him |
| B．he was the most popular person in the college |
| C．it was part of his responsibility as a custodian |
| D．he treasured everything around him in his life |
| A．Kind. | B．Adventurous. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Sympathetic |
【推荐3】One night Peter received a call from his social worker asking, “Can you take in an 11-year-old boy just for the weekend?" It was just a few days after he had said goodbye to two brothers he was fostering（收养）, so he told the social worker that his heart was deeply saddened by the loss of the two boys that had just been reunited with their birth parents. Peter thought he didn't have enough energy left to care for another child at the moment. But the worker convinced him.
The social worker arrived at his home with the boy at 6 am after driving five hours from another county. There is a huge shortage of foster families in Oklahoma so when a child enters the foster care system, social workers are often forced to place the children outside of the county of origin, often removing the child from the only place he or she has ever known. Add in the fact that older children are much more difficult to place.
Peter asked why Anthony, the boy, was in foster care. Then he knew that the boy had been abandoned(抛弃）by his mother when he was 2. He was then placed with a family. But almost ten years later, the family abandoned him at the hospital. Peter was shocked," It's like my life!”
The two have been together ever since. And on the 12th of November, Anthony finally got to share Peter's last name officially. However, Peter didn't stop fostering kids. “It's hard to be a single foster dad but it's worth every minute of it. We are about to have another child next month and we are excited.”
1. What can we infer about Peter from the first paragraph?| A．He is rich. |
| B．He is kind. |
| C．He is busy. |
| D．He is brave. |
| A．Peter asked him to do so. |
| B．He knew Peter liked the boy. |
| C．Peter lived in the boy's birthplace. |
| D．He couldn't find a foster family locally. |
| A．He likes his present life. |
| B．He worked at the hospital. |
| C．He wanted to have a family. |
| D．He also had a poor childhood. |
Katie always felt there had to be something more to life than just partying, buying clothes and driving a cool car. She finally discovered what she was missing out on when she traveled halfway around the world to help poor kids.
When she was 14, she discovered a club at school called Operation Smile, an organization that supports free operation for facially deformed (面部畸形的) kids in developing countries. At that time, she joined Operation Smile just to satisfy her school’s community service requirement.
After working with Operation Smile for a while, she learned different countries have different deformities. The more she learned about what affects kids around the world, the more she wanted to go abroad with Operation Smile.
At 15, she was chosen to go abroad. Before her trip, she attended a weekend “mission (使命) training”. That’s when she was told she’d be going to the Philippines. Although she was excited, one night during training, she broke down in tears. She felt pity for all those unfortunate kids. After her arrival in the Philippines, she met the kids waiting for operation, and they were running around and happy. It seemed normal. Her job was to play with the kids before their operation to help them feel more relaxed. She also went to nearby schools to hand out toothbrushes and teach students how to brush their teeth.
When their operation was over, the kids were always overjoyed, but their parents were blown away. Sometimes they couldn’t even recognize their kids because their appearances had improved so much. They would cry and hug the doctors and nurses and give them presents — they were so grateful.
1. According to the text, what is “Operation Smile”? (no more than 15 words)2. What was Katie’s original purpose in joining Operation Smile? (no more than 10 words)
3. Why did Katie break down in tears one night during training? (no more than 10 words)
4. What did Katie do to help relax those kids? (no more than 8 words)
5. Would you like to join the club? why? (no more than 20 words)
【推荐2】A cancer survivor has become the first woman to complete an exhausting “Sea to Summit” triathlon (三项全能运动) which saw her swim, cycle, and run over 330 miles in just five days. Andrea Mason was overjoyed when she crossed the finish line early Wednesday morning.
The race was set in the French Alps. Setting off at 6:15 am on Friday, 39-year-old Mason battled through severe pain, and hallucinations (幻觉), but she pushed on---managing to complete the race in an impressive four days, 23 hours, and 41 minutes. Andrea had been diagnosed with cancer and needed life-saving surgery. Following a successful operation, she is now hoping to raise awareness of women’s health. In the past year, Andrea set up her own charity, Lady Talk Matters, in order to normalize the conversation surrounding female health.
Andrea, from Blackpool in Lancashire, England, said, “I am so happy all went according to plan as there were so many things that could have gone wrong. I wanted to do it in five days, and I did, but it was very tough. I had some low moments, particularly when I couldn’t sleep in my limited rest periods, and when I couldn’t keep any food down as I was running. For sure I had some doubts along the way as I was exploring the unknown with such a huge run, particularly as large parts of it were in the dark. It was bigger than I imagined, the impact on my body was huge, but every time I felt like giving up, I thought about all the women out there in pain or who still hadn’t been diagnosed. That is why I put myself through this.”
Andrea had to swim 23 miles around Lake Annecy, cycle 205 miles with 30,000 feet of vertical climbing around Mont Blanc, and run 105 miles with 4,000 feet of vertical climbing around The Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. You could say Andrea’s actually spent a lifetime training for an event like this. She completed her first three-mile race “powered by chocolate bars” when she was just four.
1. What brought Andrea Mason so much joy?| A．She swam and ran over 330 miles in five days.. |
| B．She battled bravely and defeated cancer finally. |
| C．She completed a marathon in just five days. |
| D．She finished an exhausting triathlon lately. |
| A．To help the poor women. | B．To promote women’s health. |
| C．To focus on women’s life. | D．To raise the status of women. |
| A．Thinking of other women who might have cancer. |
| B．Thinking of other women who had more pain. |
| C．Her strong willpower to win. |
| D．Her family’s support. |
| A．Andrea liked sports very much. |
| B．Andrea faced huge challenges. |
| C．As a little girl, Andrea won many races. |
| D．Andrea’s success lay in long-term effort. |
【推荐3】When I was reading a post about taking someone to the movies, something happened a couple of years ago suddenly hit me.
I used to drink Cokes and they had a competition where there was a code inside the bottle cap. You might win something so long as you went to a website and entered the code. I won some free Cokes. But what astonished and delighted me was the Grand Prize I won then.
The Grand Prize was free movies for a year. They pointed out that one movie a week was what free movies for a year meant. All of the tickets were valid(有效的)for one year from the day I received them. So I must use them in the following year. 1 used quite a few taking friends to movies we all wanted to see.
Then I donated 20 tickets(all I had left by that time)to the local Women's Transition House. Women and children could go there when they want to avoid a bad situation in general and get help to make a new start. It was the best thing I did with the tickets.
My workplace team had decided to help people in need, so we collected donations for that particular New Year's Day. I knew that the Women's Transition House provided some childcare for the women so they could go for job interviews and things like that.
I put those tickets in a box and wrote a note on the outside. And I asked the Women's Transition House staff to give movie tickets to women there over the holidays to have some fun to do, with or without their children, which made me really happy.
1. How did the author get the tickets?| A．By visiting a website by chance. | B．By reading a post. |
| C．By getting a code from a website. | D．By winning the prize for drinking Cokes. |
| A．10. | B．20. | C．30. | D．40. |
| A．Lucky and caring. | B．Strict and careful. |
| C．Responsible and patient. | D．Brave and kind. |
| A．Actions speak louder than words. | B．Good luck favors those who are always ready. |
| C．The roses in their hands, the flavor in mine. | D．God helps those who help themselves. |
【推荐1】Here are some eBooks for you to learn better English. Choose what you like.
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This eBook will make conversations in English so much easier. There are over 30 audio (音频的)files with typical conversations, and exercises with answers at the back so you can practise what you have learnt.
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Learn over 1, 000 English words and expressions so you can speak English fluently when you travel outside your country! Learn the language for over 30 typical situations and make travelling abroad easy with this eBook!
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Learn over 250 phrasal verbs with audio files, example sentences and pictures. Native English speakers use phrasal verbs all the time, so you need to learn them too. Start improving this important area of English now with our fantastic eBook!
1. What are the books mainly about?| A．Travel safety | B．Business news |
| C．English learning | D．Video selling |
| A．Conversations in 30 audio files. |
| B．1, 000 words and sentences. |
| C．Over 500 words and expressions. |
| D．Over 250 phrasal verbs and sentences. |
| A．A travel guide | B．A book advertisement |
| C．A news report | D．A history story |
【推荐2】If you’re feeling unsure about where to find the perfect gifts for your friends or family, fear not! We have gathered a list of five special gift shops, each offering a unique selection of presents.
Games Gadgets
Tel: 402-875-5543
Games Gadgets is the perfect one-stop shop for electrical goods. Here at Games Gadgets we provide a wide range of electronic goods at some of the very best price s around. From Cameras and GPS Sat Navs to Gaming Accessories and Computers, iPads and iPods, we have everything you could ever need.
Reba
Tel: 406-637-2219
Reba supplies fashion clothes, jewellery and gifts to people throughout the local area. Reba is an independent store, supplying well-known brands as well as up-and-coming designers. Reba is a store for those who love clothes, jewellery and gifts and it always aims to offer something different.
The Sweet Shop
Tel: 421-896-3129
The Sweet Shop is a brand-new gift store created just for chocolate lovers. The shop sells a wonderful collection of chocolate-themed goodies from dark to white chocolate. It is extremely popular with all kinds of parties, chocolate lovers and people who are looking for a fun activity.
Blue Department Store
Tel: 419-156-9910
A favorite shopping destination for many foreigners. Blue is devoted to top brands including expensive famous wines which are all 30 percent off, maybe 40 to 50 percent off. We have more than 70 kinds of world-famous wine in our store.
Location: No.6001 Oak Street, O’Hare International Airport.
Quality Stuff Off-Price Department Store
Tel: 491-938-9012
Quality Stuff Off-Price Department Store opened only one month ago and it features new sportswear this season. They have well-known brands such as Nike, Adidas, Levis, Nautica and Hush Puppies. Quality Stuff Off-Price Department Store is famous for the discounted price of each item. Discount rates vary from 40 percent to 80 percent. The best buys here are some brands, which find a nice balance among style, quality and price.
1. Photographers will most probably go to ________.| A．Reba | B．Games Gadgets | C．The Sweet Shop | D．Blue Department Store |
| A．Fashion clothes and electronics. | B．New sportswear and art supplies. |
| C．Fashion clothes, jewelry, and gifts. | D．White chocolate and famous wines. |
| A．It caters to all types of sweet desires. | B．It only sells dark and white chocolate. |
| C．It offers instructions to chocolate lovers. | D．It sells a variety of chocolate-themed gifts. |
| A．Reba. | B．Games Gadgets. |
| C．The Sweet Shop. | D．Blue Department Store. |
| A．421-896-3129. | B．491-938-9012. |
| C．419-156-9910. | D．402-875-5543. |
【推荐3】In May 2020, on the occasion of the 73rd World Health Assembly, WHO will host the first-ever Health for All Film Festival in Geneva.
Whether you are an amateur filmmaker seeking to tell the story of change-makers in your community through the lens of your smart phone or you're working with a production company to promote dialogue around global health challenges and solutions, WHO wants to see your story.
Filmmakers are invited to submit a short video for one of the following 3 categories.
CATEGORY 1: Video reports （3-8 minutes long）
Video reports showing human-interest stories about health from individuals, communities, and/or healthcare workers navigating a local or global health challenge, championing solutions, or driving change.
CATEGORY 2: Animation videos （1-5 minutes long）
Animation videos that include challenges and solutions to achieving health and well-being for all, or to educate about a health issue.
CATEGORY 3: Videos about nurses and midwives （3-8 minutes long）
Any audiovisual narration style will be accepted for this special theme for the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife in 2020.
Eligibility criteria （合格标准）
Only films completed between 1 January 2017 and 30 January 2020 are qualified to participate in this festival. Closing date for entries is 30 January 2020.
The video can be submitted in any language. If the video is not in English, it must contain English subtitles.
Submit the video via your Facebook account, Google account, or email.
Awards
Maximum 15 videos per category will be selected for the Health for All Film Festival. The list of selected videos will be announced in March 2020 and the selections screened in Geneva in May.
An independent jury will nominate （提名）a winner in each category, and there will be a special prize for videos made by students.
1. Which video is suitable for the festival?| A．A 5-minute video about nurses and midwives. |
| B．An 8-minute animation video about a health issue. |
| C．A 4-minute video report about a health challenge. |
| D．A 6-minute video about a human-interest story |
| A．by mail | B．in English |
| C．with subtitles | D．before 30 Jan. 2020 |
| A．3 | B．4 |
| C．15 | D．45 |
【推荐1】We all know friendship is a good thing. But do you know that friends have a huge influence on your happiness and quality of life? Good friends add special meaning to life. They help you share the good times and get over the difficult ones. Among other things, good friends can:
Improve your mood. Happiness can be infectious(传染的). Spending time with happy and positive friends can raise your emotion as well as your attitude toward life.
Help you reach your goals. Whether you are trying to get fit, give up smoking, or otherwise improve your life, encouragement from a friend can really increase your chances of success.
Reduce your stress and depression. Having an active social life can improve your immune system(免疫系统) and help reduce loneliness.
Support you through hard times. Even if it’s just having someone to share your problems with, friends can help you deal with serious illness, the loss of a job or loved one, the breakup of a relationship, or any other challenges in life.
1. According to the text, good friends can help you ________.| A．keep young | B．contribute more to society |
| C．realize your goals | D．win a fight against another classmates |
| A．Friendship makes people work longer. |
| B．If you want to succeed, you should make more friends. |
| C．With friendship people will be no sadness. |
| D．With friendship people can deal with challenges better. |
| A．Challenges in our life | B．The best way to make friends |
| C．The advantages of friendship | D．The meaning of life |
【推荐2】TECFIDERA
What is TECFIDERA?
● TECFIDERA is a prescription (处方) medicine used to treat people with multiple sclerosis, a serious illness that gradually destroys your nerves, making you weak and unable to walk.
● It is not known if TECFIDERA is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age.
Before taking and while you take TECFIDERA, tell your doctor if you have or have had low white blood cell counts or any other medical conditions.
Tell your doctor if you are:
● pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TECFIDERA will harm your unborn baby.
If you become pregnant while taking TECFIDERA, talk to your doctor about joining in the TECFIDERA Pregnancy Registry. You can join in this registry by calling 1-800-456-2255. The purpose of this registry is to monitor the health of you and your baby.
● breastfeeding (母乳喂养) or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if TECFIDERA passes into your breast milk. You and your doctor should decide if you will take TECFIDERA or breastfeed.
How should I take TECFIDERA?
● Take TECFIDERA exactly as your doctor tells you to take it.
● The recommended starting dose (剂量) is one 120 mg capsule taken by mouth 2 times a day for 7 days.
● The recommended dose after 7 days is one 240 mg capsule taken by mouth 2 times a day.
● TECFIDERA can be taken with or without food.
● Swallow TECFIDERA whole. Do not press, chew, or put capsule contents in food.
● Protect TECFIDERA from light. You can do this by storing the capsules in their original container.
Throw away opened TECFIDERA after 90 days.
What are the possible side effects of TECFIDERA?
TECFIDERA may cause serious side effects including decreases in your white blood cell count, sickness, redness, stomach pain and so on.
Redness and stomach problems are the most common reactions, especially at the start of the treatment, but they should decrease over time. Call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms and they bother you or do not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of TECFIDERA. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at 1-800-FDA-1088.
1. Before taking TECFIDERA, your do NOT have to tell your doctor if you are ______.| A．under 18 years old | B．breastfeeding |
| C．expecting a baby | D．above 90 years old |
| A．Increasing the dose by 2 times every 7 days. |
| B．Never dividing the capsule by any means while taking it. |
| C．Taking it exactly as the instructions show. |
| D．Never taking it on an empty stomach. |
| A．contact FDA | B．report your doctor for prescribing the wrong medicine |
| C．have a high white blood cell count | D．have some eye problems |
【推荐3】A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.
When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man, “Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”
“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready, I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off.
They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here you are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”
“I must see the patient (病人), ” the doctor said, “How can I go back without seeing the patient?”
“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”
1. The doctor __________ when the doorbell started to ring.| A．was sleeping upstairs | B．was sleeping downstairs |
| C．was working upstairs | D．was working downstairs |
| A．to go out for a walk with him | B．to go to a place out of town |
| C．to go to his house | D．to go to hospital |
| A．to fool the doctor | B．to give the doctor money |
| C．to get home in the doctor’s car | D．to get some medicine |
