When I was young, it wasn't the parental love that filled my thoughts in the spring. It was baseball.
I loved everything about the game — the crack of a bat, the excitement of chasing a ground ball across short green grass, even watching the games on our old black-and-white TV. Yet looking back now, nothing was quite as important to me as the annual ritual (老规矩) of playing catch with my dad.
Dad was never much of a baseball fan, but as green leaves began to shoot on bare branches and warmth returned to the air, he would grab his old mitt (棒球手套) and head out to the yard with me just the same. There was something beneficial about playing catch with him, the hum of the ball as it sailed through the air, and the friendly pop as it hit the leather netting. We may have been 26 feet apart, but the flight of that ball connected us, forming as strong a relationship as any father-son talk ever could have.
I was never the star of my Little League team, yet Dad never cared about that. Every year, he would be out there, waiting to field any false throw I sent his way.
As I grew older, I realized that our game was a reflection of our relationship—that even if a problem didn't involve a glove and a ball, Dad would always be there to handle anything I threw in his direction. His devotion to our springtime ritual showed his devotion to me — not only to my love of baseball but also to my life.
I've often heard it said that "the devil is in the details." Now I realize that in my relationship with my father, love was in the details.
1. When the author was young, he didn't care much about ________.| A．the sound of hitting a ball | B．the company of his father |
| C．the joy of running after a ball | D．the games broadcast on TV |
| A．having a father-son conversation with him |
| B．killing time while doing some physical exercise |
| C．making him an excellent baseball player |
| D．giving him a guiding hand in his life |
| A．a yearly celebration was held to start their spring baseball catching ritual |
| B．the author and his father used to have a loose relationship with each other |
| C．the author fully realized his father's love for him when he was young |
| D．the author's father always stood by him whenever he was in trouble |
| A．The same hobby shared between the author and his father. |
| B．The way the author and his father used to spend spring days. |
| C．The author's sweet memory of his father's love for him. |
| D．The analysis made by the author about father-son relationship. |
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【推荐1】A large amount of evidence suggests that children whose parents are involved in their academic achievements are more likely to be higher-achieving students than those whose parents are not involved in their academic lives. Parental involvement in children’s school achievements can also decrease the likelihood that these children will use drugs, be suspended from school or engage in violent behavior.
Parental involvement in the academic achievements of their children increases achievement levels. Parents’ expectations of their child’s academic achievement, a structured household, and a shared respect and appreciation for learning all contribute to positive achievement outcomes in children. Additionally, it is more costly for schools to provide resources to increase students’ academic achievements than it is for parents to be more involved at home.
Parents’ involvement in children’s achievements conveys the message that those accomplishments matter, which positively affects a child’s sense of self-worth. Parents’ self-respect is also increased as they become more involved in the academic achievements of their children.
Primary school students whose parents are actively involved in their children’s educational lives have fewer behavioral issues in school. Parental involvement increases students’ enjoyment in academic activities, too, which can contribute to better behavioral outcomes. Students might also tend to behave better if they know their parents will visit the school if they are any behavioral concerns.
Children whose parents are involved in their academic achievements will have better health as adults, will be more likely to receive post-secondary education and will likely be better parents than others whose parents are not involved in their achievements. Parents who are involved in children’s academic achievements model this behavior for their children, which teaches them to value education, and ultimately influences these children to do this behavior as parents.
1. What can we infer about parental involvement from Paragraph 2?| A．It’s replacement for school activities. |
| B．It promotes home-school relationship. |
| C．It increases parents’ expectations of their children. |
| D．It’s a cheap way to improve students’ performance. |
| A．It means parents are making an unnecessary move. |
| B．It can replace or force their children to make efforts. |
| C．It may confuse the responsibilities of teachers and parents. |
| D．It shows that the family attach great importance to their studies. |
| A．A lifelong effect on children. | B．An alternative care from the old. |
| C．A teaching method of public schools. | D．A family tradition passed through generations. |
| A．Teachers. | B．Students. | C．Parents. | D．Sociologists. |
【推荐2】On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent fear greatly: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins — a girl and a boy — were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing.
“I saw him breath, but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still breathing, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”
Still, the Sydney couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.
“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate told Today. “We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”
Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.
“We were trying to entice him to stay,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to have him.”
Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again — and then he started breathing. Finally, the couple’s lost boy had made it.
Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy. The Oggs only recently told the kids the story of their birth. “Emily burst into tears,” Kate said. “She was really upset, and she kept hugging Jamie. This whole experience makes you cherish them more.”
1. In the passage, which of the following is true?| A．Kate gave birth to twins after only 14 weeks of pregnancy in 2010. |
| B．Neither of the twins weighed more than 3 pounds each when they were born. |
| C．The boy had no heartbeat when he was born. |
| D．Two minutes after the twins were born, the parents heard the boy wasn’t going to make it. |
| A．attract |
| B．order |
| C．invite |
| D．beg |
| A．the doctors were tired of saving the boy. |
| B．hearing the sad news, the couple felt so hopeless. |
| C．Jamie came back to life and grew up healthily. |
| D．Emily was so happy after she heard the story. |
| A．Life-Giving Touch |
| B．The Boy Who Lived |
| C．Power of Parents’ Love |
| D．A Medical Miracle |
【推荐3】The Oklahoma teen’s eyes were covered by two blindfolds (眼罩) for the big surprise: being reunited with her father, James, after 12-year separation.
“I had actually discussed with her the night before at a restaurant and talked over the details of where we would go and how we would pull it off,” said Amanda, Rory Beth’s mother.
A video shows Amanda led her blindfolded daughter out of their car and guided her across the parking lot of Broken Arrow Lanes in Broken Arrow.
Little did she know, her father was on the sidewalk holding a birthday cake that read, “Happy Birthday Rory Beth, Love Dad.” When the teen slowly pulled down her blindfolds, she was dumbfounded. Both the father and daughter stood silently looking at each other until James finally walked over and hugged her. James only broke their embrace to look at his daughter and hold her face. “There were definitely lots of tears from myself, her brothers, and even a few bystanders,” said Amanda.
James was a truck driver who spent a lot of time on the road, and Amanda split with him when Rory Beth was a baby. “It was hard to figure out how to make it work,” Amanda said. Amanda felt Rory Beth was now old enough to understand and to ask any questions she may have, so the reunion happened.
The birthday surprise was on June 4, and the father and daughter had seen each other again since, even celebrating Father’s Day together. Amanda said her daughter and James were both delighted to be reunited “She’s already calling him ‘daddy’ and tells him that she loves him,” Amanda said. “They’re both very committed.”
1. What caused Rory Beth to be separated from her father for 12 years?| A．Her parents’ divorce. |
| B．Her father’s working as a taxi driver. |
| C．The misunderstanding between them. |
| D．Her preference for living with her mother. |
| A．Her father was eager to see her. |
| B．She had many questions to ask her father. |
| C．She was old enough to recognize her father. |
| D．Her mother thought it was time for her to see her father. |
| A．Tired. | B．Scared. |
| C．Shocked. | D．Confused. |
| A．The video about the reunion was shot by James himself. |
| B．Rory Beth’s brothers accompanied her to see her father. |
| C．Rory Beth called James “daddy” on her 12th birthday. |
| D．Amanda had a conversation with Rory Beth on June 3. |
【推荐1】A man who broke his neck outdoors in freezing conditions survived lying in snow for nearly 20 hours thanks to his dog, who kept him warm through the night and barked for help.
The Michigan man, named only as Bob, was alone when he left his farmhouse on New Year’s Eve to collect firewood. Anticipating a journey of only several meters, Bob was wearing just long johns, a shirt and slippers when he went outside, despite the temperature being around -4 degrees centigrade. However, he slipped and broke his neck.
“I was yelling for help but my nearest neighbour is about a quarter of a mile away and it was 10:30 pm, but my Kelsey came,” said Bob.
Kelsey is Bob’s five-year-old Golden Retriever. She kept Bob warm by lying on top of him, and kept him awake by licking his hands and face.
Bob said, “She kept barking for help but never left my side. She kept me warm and awake. I knew I had to persevere (get) through this and that it was my choice to stay alive.”
“By morning my voice was gone and I couldn’t yell for help, but Kelsey didn’t stop barking.”
“She was letting out this screaming howl that got my neighbour’s attention. He found me at 6:30 pm on New Year’s Day.”
Bob’s neighbour eventually discovered him after hearing Kelsey’s howls and called the emergency services. When Bob arrived at the hospital, his body temperature was below 21 degrees centigrade. Normal body temperature is 37 degrees centigrade and hypothermia (低体温症) occurs when the body drops below 35 degrees centigrade.
“I was surprised to find out that I didn’t have any frost bite,” said Bob, “I am sure it was because of Kelsey’s determination to keep me warm and safe.”
And to the surprise of doctors, Bob made a quick initial recovery from his neck injury.
“I think his dog really kept him alive and helped him, and he was very fortunate,” said Chaim Colen, MD, Neurosurgeon at McLaren.
“I am so thankful for my two heroes,” Bob said. “Kelsey kept me warm, alert, and never stopped barking for help. Dr Colen saved my life. They are truly heroes and I will be forever grateful.”
1. What happened to Bob on New Year’s Eve?| A．He fell on some firewood. | B．He slipped inside his house. |
| C．He got lost while walking his dog. | D．He was injured and couldn’t move in snow. |
| A．She kept barking for help. |
| B．She found the emergency services. |
| C．She lay on top of him to keep him warm. |
| D．She licked his hands and face to keep him alert. |
| A．A New Year Eve’s Accident |
| B．An Old Dog Is Still Useful |
| C．A Loyal Dog Saves Her Owner’s Life |
| D．The Love between a Dog and Her Master |
【推荐2】Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects (物品). Why do we often think that more is more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less.
I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate less-used things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holiday due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund (基金) (our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor).
For weeks, I’ve been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? And how do we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ball — simple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on it, throwing it. It was totally, completely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move on to lunch.
We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full attention and I had his. My little experiment to find joy in a single object worked for both of us.
1. What do the words “more is more” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?| A．More money, more worries. |
| B．Enough is enough. |
| C．The more, the better. |
| D．Earn more and spend more. |
| A．Saving up for her holiday. |
| B．Raising money for a poor girl. |
| C．Adding the money to her fund. |
| D．Giving the money to a sick mother. |
| A．He tried out an idea. |
| B．He thought of many questions. |
| C．He helped his son start a hobby. |
| D．He trained his son’s attention. |
【推荐3】Employees working around the clock, cake pans shipped overnight from the supplier. For six weeks, Bill Hanisch of Hanisch Bakery in Red Wing, Minnesota, pulled out all the stops for high school seniors.
When COVID-19 shut down schools in Red Wing, seniors missed major important events. Bill realized they’d miss out on in-person graduation too. Graduation is the final vital moment of watching these kids grow up through school,“ he said. ”It’s even more important in smaller communities like Red Wing.“
Bill knew that kids didn’t always see what was special about their hometown, which was part of why he wanted to bake cakes for the high school seniors. ”I’m hoping that at their 10-year or even 25-year reunion, they’ll think it was pretty special,“ Bill said.
After receiving calls from parents and school administrators, Bill sat down to do the math. He usually sells cakes for $28 a pop to turn a profit but figured he could break even(收支平衡)selling graduation cakes for $15. He posted on Facebook that he would love to give cakes to graduating seniors in all the towns but couldn’t do it financially with the pandemic.
To his surprise, donations rolled in alongside orders. What began as an idea to celebrate the seniors of Red Wing quickly grew into a race to bake and deliver 1,200 cakes to 15 towns. Hanisch Bakery got to work. On May 19, Hanisch Bakery delivered its first round of cakes, to the happy graduates at Kenyon. Then May 20, another school delivery. May 22, two more schools. After that, the daily deliveries didn’t stop until June 11, the end of graduation season.
With the graduation season finally over, Bill looked over the numbers to survey the damage. After adding up all the donations, Bill realized he’d broken exactly even at $15 a cake. Did it keep Hanisch Bakery going through such hard times? Bill said happily. “That’s the icing on the cake.”
1. What inspired Bill to launch the graduation cake project?| A．His intention of obtaining popularity. |
| B．His own merry graduating experiences. |
| C．Kids’ lack of recognition for their hometown. |
| D．Parents desire to assist graduation ceremony. |
| A．By raising prices. | B．By promoting sales. |
| C．By getting sponsorship. | D．By reducing labor costs. |
| A．His project met with no troubles. | B．The outcome was a pleasant surprise. |
| C．The cakes enjoyed wide popularity. | D．His bakery suffered economic losses. |
| A．Skillful. | B．Smart. | C．Energetic. | D．Responsible |
【推荐1】How hard we have all prayed (祈祷)to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the happy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have.
At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you “young lady”. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you — this young lady — heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.
But there is always something that troubles you a lot. You say; “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.”
“No”, they say, “your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good.” Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.
Another time you tell your grandma, “Grandma, see, I am a grown-up now.”
“Good, now, you can sit here and knit (编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.” To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a big girl can’t do such easy work.” You wish then you were a child again.
But the fact is, you are growing up, and you can’t help it. That’s the way it goes!
1. The passage tells about problems faced by ______.| A．A growing-up boy | B．a teenage life |
| C．an old woman | D．a grown-up |
| A．People treat her as a young lady. |
| B．She is no longer a kid. |
| C．People begin to call her teenager. |
| D．She can join women in all kinds of activities. |
| A．she has to lie in bed, doing nothing |
| B．she knows she has already worked the whole afternoon |
| C．she wishes she were not growing up |
| D．she finds it isn't her turn to do knitting |
People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales—it is the honoring of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something ,while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits .Unlike the average art museum visitors ,design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled .This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do ,and how design has improved the quality of our lives .Art museum exhibits ,on the other hand ,would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something between their understanding.
In recent years ,several new design museums have opened their door ,Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public’s growing interest in the field with new ideas .London’s Design Museum ,for example ,shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins .The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums ,and visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.
1. Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they.
| A．show more technologically advanced products |
| B．help increase the sales of products |
| C．show why the products have sold well |
| D．attract more people than store windows do |
| A．do not admire mass-produced products |
| B．are puzzled with technological exhibits |
| C．dislike exhibits in art museums |
| D．know the exhibits very well |
| A．are not as strict as those to art museums |
| B．are not aimed to interest the public |
| C．may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors |
| D．often contain precious exhibits |
【推荐3】In one of the green highland villages of Haraaz area, about 100 km west of the Yemeni capital Sanaa farmers have begun 10 harvest the coffee crop, despite the tough challenges they face due to the war.
“We have mainly relied on the rainy season to irrigate coffee plants since the war broke out more than four years ago, which cut electricity and caused a severe fuel shortage.” said farmer Mohsen Al-Hamassi at his coffee farm in al-Hutib village east of Haraz.
“Fuel prices on the black market have doubled, making it difficult for many farmers to run their own irrigation water pumps, and the solar energy to run the water pumps is very expensive.” he said, adding that only some can afford to buy a solar energy system.
After collecting the red coffee beans from the trees and packing them in plastic bags, the farmers carry them on their backs and put them in pickup trucks, which then transport the crop to nearby locations. The crop is then unloaded into large open containers intended for drying the crop in the sun. After drying the crop for several days, the farmers then pack the crop in bags and sell them to local traders who transport the beans to coffee plants and sell the coffee powder to local retailers and exporters.
The Yemeni coffee is highly sought after in the international markets due to its well-known high quality and delicious taste, but the continuous conflict and full blockade (封锁) have prevented farmers from increasing the production and exporting their crop abroad. However, despite these challenges, the farmers have been trying to keep up the pace of coffee agriculture and production.
Yasmin, a student at Sama University, said the coffee is an Arab symbol of hospitality (好客) during the reception of guests and a symbol of love during family activities. She compared the feeling of drinking coffee to the pleasure of reading a book, drawing classical art or listening to music. “Yemeni coffee is good to the last drop,” Yasmin added.
1. What can we learn from the passage?| A．Coffee prices in Yemen have gone up due to the war. |
| B．Yemeni coffee is very popular in the international markets. |
| C．Yemeni farmer entirely rely on the cultivation of coffee plants to earn a living. |
| D．Solar energy reduce the cost of coffee planting in Yemen. |
| A．By providing examples. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By following the sequence of events. | D．By following the order of importance. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Positive. | C．Negative. | D．Ambiguous. |
| A．Yemeni coffee is of high quality. | B．Yemenis are very friendly to strangers. |
| C．Coffee is considered a symbol of Yemen. | D．Coffee is quite popular at Sana University. |
【推荐1】Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan declared a war on paper textbooks. “Over the next few years," he said in a speech at the National Press Club, “textbooks should be abandoned." In their place would come a variety of digital-learning technologies, like e-readers and multi-media websites.
Such technologies certainly have their place. But Secretary Duncan is threatening to light a fire to a tried-and-true technology that has been the foundation for one of the great educational systems on the planet. And while e-readers and multi-media may seem appealing, the idea of replacing an effective learning platform with a widely hyped (炒作) but still unproven one is extremely dangerous,
An expert on reading, Maryanne Wolf, has recently begun studying the effects of digital reading on learning, and so far the results are mixed. She worries that Internet reading, in particular, could be such a source of distractions for the student that they may cancel out most other potential benefits of a web-linked, e-leaning environment, and while it's true that the high-tech industry has sponsored considerable amounts of research on the potential benefits of Web-based learning, not enough time has passed for longitudinal (纵向的) studies to demonstrate the full effects.
In addition, digital-reading advocates claim that lightweight e-books benefit students' backs and save schools money. But the rolling backpack seems to have solved the weight problem, and the astonishing costs to equip every student with an e reader, provide technical support and pay for regular software updates promise to make the e-textbook a very pricey choice.
As both a teacher who uses paper textbooks and a student of urban history, I can't help but wonder what parallels exist between my own field and this sudden, wholesale abandonment of the technology of paper.
1. What does the underlined part “a tried-and-true technology" in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．Foundation | B．Paper | C．E-books | D．Platform |
| A．Its price. | B．Its efficiency. | C．Its content. | D．Its weight. |
| A．E-readers and multimedia websites are learning methods that are proved effective. |
| B．the results of digital reading effects are understandable |
| C．digital reading can't provide potential benefits for users |
| D．students may not focus on leaning by digital reading |
| A．Objective. | B．Supportive. | C．Positive. | D．Disapproving. |
【推荐2】One of the most important things in the world is friendship． In order to have friends， you have to be a friend． But how can you be a good friend at school？
Listen ﹣ Listen when they are talking． Don't say anything unless they ask you a question． Sometimes it's not necessary for you to have anything to say； they just need someone to talk to about their feelings．
Help them ﹣ If your friend is ever in need of something， be there to help them． You should try to put them first， but make sure you don't do everything they want you to do． Try to take an extra pencil or pen with you to classes in case they forget one． Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need．
Be there for them ﹣ Be there for your friends to help make them feel better in hard times． Marilyn Monroe， a famous U．S． actor， once said， "I often make mistakes． Sometimes I am out of control， but if you can't stay with me at my worst， you are sure not to deserve to be with me at my best．" Always remember this! If you don't want to stay with your friends when they're in hard times， then you don't deserve to be with them when they're having a good time!
Make plans ﹣ Try to make plans with your friends． Go shopping， go for ice cream， have a party， go to a movie and so on． Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy． By planning things together， you both can have a good time． And you'll remember these things when you're all old!
1. While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings， you should ．| A．give him or her some advice |
| B．calm him or her down |
| C．just listen unless asked |
| D．share your feelings as well |
| A．put them before ourselves |
| B．try to do everything for them |
| C．change their bad habits first |
| D．ignore their faults |
| A．Life without a friend is death． |
| B．A friend is easier lost than found． |
| C．A man is known by his friends． |
| D．A friend in need is a friend indeed． |
| A．How to find a good friend． |
| B．How to be a good friend． |
| C．How to help friends in trouble． |
| D．How to make more friends． |
【推荐3】“Free Solo” is a documentary beautifully calculated to literally take your breath away. And it does. The film’s subject, Alex Honnold, is the top-ranking climber of free soloing, the art of climbing dizzyingly steep rock faces with no ropes, no harnesses (安全带), just bare hands and dazzling determination and skill. “There’s no margin for error; you have to do it perfectly,” one climber explains, comparing the endeavor to an Olympic sport where “if you don’t get the gold medal you are going to die.”
“Free Solo” opens with a striking overhead shot, almost too exciting to watch, of Honnold at work, his hands finding narrow gaps that don’t seem to exist, pulling off seeing — is — not — believing moves that are more astonishing than the most ambitious special effect.
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, “Free Solo” lets us in on how much went into the climb on a physical, psychological and emotional level, showing us how meticulously (细致地) even the tiniest move is planned. Vasarhelyi and Chin are the ideal people to tell this story, and not only because they’ve already done another superb mountaineering film, 2015’s “Meru”, which was short-listed for the best documentary Oscar. Chin has been an accomplished climber as well as a photographer and filmmaker, so he’s known Honnold for years and has the kind of friendship with the climber that makes the film possible.
Chin insisted his entire crew, including fellow cinematographers Clair Popkin and Mikey Schaefer, be experienced climbers, and one of the film’s most dramatic aspects is how nervous these extremely knowledgeable folks were about Honnold’s safety. The directors and crew worried that their presence might put too much pressure on Honnold or might lead to acts of what Chin characterizes as “Kodak courage”. More than that, no one wanted to be there shooting film if he made a mistake and died.
A perfectionist since Honnold was a boy, he found his gift for free solo early. One possible reason why Honnold is so good at it, which doctors hypothesized after giving him an MRI, is that his amygdala, the part of the brain that regulates fear, doesn’t react the way it does in most people. Though we inevitably worry about Honnold’ future safety, we’ve come to understand why his mother, Dierdre Wolownick, says that “climbing is when he feels the most alive. How can you take that away from somebody?” Seeing him at the peak of his skill on the biggest screen possible is an experience for everybody to savor (尽情享受).
1. What does it take to free solo?| A．Gift and good fortune. |
| B．Knowledge and experience. |
| C．Strength, determination and skill. |
| D．Ropes, harnesses, a photographer and a filmmaker. |
| A．They’ve ever shot a superb mountaineering documentary. |
| B．They have rich experience and companionship with Honnold. |
| C．They were accomplished climbers, photographers and filmmakers. |
| D．They are physically, psychologically and emotionally well prepared. |
| A．Wild and daring. |
| B．Gifted and vain. |
| C．Demanding and particular. |
| D．Talented and perfectionistic. |
| A．“Kodak courage” is highly expected. |
| B．Too much pressure was put on Honnold. |
| C．Chin and his crew cared much about Honnold’s safety. |
| D．Chin took on knowledgeable folks to shoot the documentary. |
