【推荐1】Every year in Australia, the strongest long-distance runners race more than 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne. The race takes more than five days to complete. It attracts world-class athletes—the kind who become spokespeople for sports shoes and drinks.

In 1983, however, as the competitors lined up to race, they were joined by a 61-year-old farmer wearing overalls（工作服）.     1     The other runners thought he was a confused spectator（观众）.Cliff told them that he was there to race. He explained that on his family’s sheep farm，he often had to round up 2,000 or so animals by himself. Cliff said, “    2    ”

When the race began，the younger runners flew past Cliff. Instead of trying to catch them, Cliff shuffled（拖着脚走）along in an unusual way.     3     But something happened. When all the other runners took a break to sleep, Cliff kept running. The other runners caught up to him each morning. But finally Cliff was too far ahead to be passed.    4    

Cliff received $10,000 for winning the race. He said he did not realize there would be prize money, and he gave the money to his fellow runners. Doing this made him a hero in Australia. Since then, many runners have started to use his special way of running.    5     The farmer changed long-distance racing and proved that age and style aren’t everything.

A．His name was Cliff Young.

B．He greeted them with a big smile.

C．No one sleeps during the race anymore, either.

D．On the fifth day, the sheep farmer shuffled into the first place.

E．Cliff was welcomed by cheerful crowds when he went home.

F．Sometimes I had to run after those sheep for two or three days.

G．The other runners and the spectators thought he would never finish the race.

【推荐2】Chelesa Fearce had a secret that her classmates didn’t know. A secret that could not defeat her. A secret that she was ready to reveal on graduation day: she was homeless.

Today, six years later, her story of perseverance continues, from a teenager studying by the stove light at motels to Spelman College graduate and medical researcher now starting Yale Medical School.

“Homelessness taught me how to work hard, always persevere and never let anything get in my way,” Fearce said recently.

The 23-year-old girl made national news in 2013 with her story of success over a difficult situation. Her academic success landed her a full scholarship to Spelman, where she graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. She has worked full-time for the past two years at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland, doing research on drugs. And this month, Fearce starts Yale Medical School with a full scholarship to cover living expenses. She expects to be at the Ivy League school for eight years and to graduate with her doctorate and a medical degree. Her longtime goal is a career in psychiatry (精神病学).

Fearce’s story is kept alive on the home front by the Clayton County school system. In her name, the system annually awards scholarships to local homeless students with good academic records. The scholarships of $250 to $1,000 come from donations collected in the whole country, which ranked first in the state in 2016—2017 in student homelessness with about 2,700 students.

Hearing about her helps “the students know what is possible,” said Jacqueline Evans, which deals with the problem of student homelessness. “Sometimes, you have to see somebody else to know it can happen to you.”

1. Which word can describe Fearce’s attitude to her homelessness?

A．Thankful.	B．Painful.
C．Curious.	D．Concerned.

2. What did Fearce do in 2018?

A．She delivered speeches.

B．She settled in Spelman.

C．She researched biochemistry.

D．She studied drugs carefully.

3. How were the scholarships in Fearce’s name gotten?

A．Through the government’s funds.

B．Through the efforts of Fearce.

C．By way of local donations.

D．By way of contributions.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Chelesa Fearce Lets Out Her Secret

B．Fearce’s Story Inspires Many More

C．Strong Will Makes a Girl Well-known

D．The Homeless Is at Yale Medical School

【推荐3】Exactly five years ago, on New Year’s Eve, I was invited to a children’s ball by a man high up in the business world, who had his connections, his circle of acquaintances, and his close friends. So it seemed as though the children’s ball was merely an excuse for the parents to come together and discuss matters of interest to themselves, quite innocently and casually.

I was an outsider, and , as I had no special matters to air, I was able to spend the evening independently of the others. There was another gentleman present who like me had just stumbled upon this affair of domestic happiness. He was the first to attract my attention. His appearance was not that of a man of noble birth. He was tall, rather thin, very serious, and well dressed. Obviously he had no heart for the family celebration. The instant he went off into a corner by himself the smile disappeared from his face, and his thick dark brows knitted into a frown. He knew no one except the host and showed every sign of being bored to death, though bravely keeping the role of thorough enjoyment to the end. Later I learned that he was a provincial, had come to the capital on some important business, had brought a letter of recommendation to our host, and our host had taken him under his protection, not at all with love. It was merely out of politeness that he had invited him to the children’s ball.

They did not play cards with him. They did not offer him cigars. No one entered into conversation with him. Possibly they recognized the bird by its feathers from a distance. Thus, my gentleman, not knowing what to do with his hands, was compelled to spend the evening stroking his whiskers. His whiskers were really fine, but he stroked them so eagerly that one got the feeling that the whiskers had come into the world first and afterwards the man in order to stroke them.

1. According to the author, the real purpose of the children ball was that ________.

A．the parents wanted to make their children happy

B．the parents had a chance to meet and socialize

C．the host hoped to make the guests happy

D．the host wanted to give a welcome to an important guest

2. The gentleman was unhappy because ________.

A．he was one of the poor relatives of the host	B．he was from the countryside
C．he was trying to do some business with the host	D．he was not really welcome in the ball

3. The gentleman touched his whiskers eagerly just because ________.

A．he liked his whiskers very much	B．he had the habit of doing so
C．he was embarrassed in the ball	D．he felt uneasy wearing whiskers

【推荐1】More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that’s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!

Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don’t even have to ride all the way.

Folding bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travelers.

Health Benefits of Bicycling:

It helps to prevent heart diseases.

Bicycling helps to control your weight.

A15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.

Bicycling can improve your mood (心情).

Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.

Bicycling is healthier than driving.

1. From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very      .

A．surprising	B．exciting
C．expensive	D．popular

2. When you are riding your bicycle around your neighborhood, you may      .

A．pollute the environment around	B．find something you didn’t notice
C．go everywhere and use a little oil	D．get off your bike and begin to work

3. If you travel with a folding bike, you can fold it and      .

A．take it onto a train	B．get out of the car
C．put it in your purse	D．go on airline websites

4. One of the benefits from bicycling is that      .

A．you can fold the bicycle	B．you will be friendly to others
C．you will be more relaxed	D．you may get fatter and fatter

5. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people.

B．Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes.

C．Riding a bike pollutes your neighborhood.

D．Common bikes are welcomed by all airlines.

【推荐3】If you cannot afford to travel in any class above economy, flying generally sucks (恶心), either a little or a lot, depending on your tolerance level. But it especially sucks if you are too wide for the airlines design.

Just getting to your seat can be a challenge, as your hips (臀部) bounce from seat to seat on each side of the aisle(过道). If someone is standing up to put things in the overhead locker, there is a decision to be made about whether it’s worth trying to squeeze past. Everything is just slightly too small: the seats, the overhead lockers, even the bathrooms—and those, it seems, are getting even smaller.

The Washington Post recently reported that, on some newer planes flown by American, Delta and United airlines, the bathrooms in economy class are just 61 cm wide: about 25 cm narrower than the average portable toilet, and roughly the width of the average dishwasher. Your face might be the only thing you can poke in there comfortably—which makes it a poor design, considering what a passenger is likely to need the bathroom for.

According to the manufacturer, these “Advanced Spacewell” bathrooms make space for six additional passengers, which is great for the airlines’ financial bottom line. But what about the other bottom line? Concerning, well, bottoms(臀部) that can’t fit into their planes’ bathrooms?

As bodies get bigger and aeroplane spaces get smaller, fat people among us have come up with solutions. Armrests that turn us into sausages (香肠) can be pulled up, or slowly encased (围住; 包起) into the soft flesh of our sides until we go numb(麻木的). We can ask the flight attendant to get us a seat-belt extender, if security has confiscated the one we brought with us, as can sometimes happen. But squeezing into a tiny toilet and closing the door behind us? Not workable.

Unlike the impossible task of squeezing down the aisle to your seat, or the side-to-side dance necessary to get big hips past the armrests, fitting into a space just 61 cm wide is not just a challenge—it is almost impossible. It is not like missing out on an option for the in-flight meal—a bathroom is as essential as a safety-compliant seat belt, or the air that is pumped into the cabin(飞机舱). If airlines are not willing to make space for us，bigger passengers may have no option but to reconsider booking a flight at all.

1. What is the advantage of the new toilets?

A．All passengers can use them at the same time.

B．They are more comfortable.

C．The airlines can increase their profits.

D．They are practical and convenient.

2. What does the underlined word “confiscated” mean?

A．Taken.	B．Questioned.
C．Checked.	D．Provided.

3. What does the fifth paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Fat people can deal with many problems they face on planes.

B．Flight attendants are likely to be helpful when asked for assistance.

C．Flying is pleasant for overweight people at present.

D．People’s bodies are getting bigger year by year.

4. The author believes that bigger passengers______.

A．will have to find more creative solutions in the future

B．might be unable to travel by air in the future

C．should miss out on the option for the in-flight meal

D．should grasp the chance to lose weight before flying