Elizabeth Anionwu, who has received four honorary degrees for her excellent work in nursing, has devoted her life to improving the lives of thousands in the black community who are suffering with sickle cell disease.
Born to an Irish woman and a Nigerian man, her own upbringing was tarnished by racial discrimination and cruelty. Soon after her birth in 1947, she was sent away to a children’s home run by nuns (修女) who were, at times, very unkind indeed. Once, she was made to stand with a dirty wet sheet over her head as a punishment for wetting the bed.
But a caring nursing nun she met at the age of four inspired her career in nursing. “I had painful eczema (湿疹), which the nuns would treat with a special medicine and cover with bandages,” she explains. “Other nuns would tear them off in a hurry and my skin would break and bleed. But one nice nun treated me very gently and I never felt a thing. Later on, I discovered she was a nurse and I decided that’s what I wanted to be.” At 16 she became a school nurse assistant, which was the start of a 50-year career as a nurse and professor.
In the early 70s, Anionwu had her first encounter with sickle cell anaemia-a painful disease found mostly in African and Caribbean families-which at the time was often overlooked. Families had no information about how to cope with their illness or the symptoms to look out for, so Anionwu took action, raising awareness of the disease and setting up the Sickle Cell Society. It’s then that she became the first sickle cell and thalassemia (地中海贫血症) specialist in Britain.
Elizabeth Anionwu has spent her life as a nurse and tutor, working with black and minority communities in London. In 2019, she was presented with the Pride Of Britain’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her great services to nursing.
1. What does the underlined word “tarnished” in paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Inspired. | B．Troubled. |
| C．Moved. | D．Discouraged. |
| A．People knew a lot about anaemia. |
| B．People with anaemia didn't suffer much. |
C．Anionwu noticed anaemia before the 1970s. |
| D．Anionwu was actively involved in fighting anaemia. |
| A．Independent. | B．Respectable. |
| C．Ambitious. | D．Trustworthy. |
| A．A guidebook. | B．An autobiography. |
| C．A news report. | D．A book review. |
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【推荐1】It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.
Once Mr White was ill in bed. He couldn’t work and a young officer, Mr Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening to the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they drank wine. Of course they found the officer was angry.
“I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier. “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back.”
And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier’s turn. He said, “I’m sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but....”
Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, “If you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish you at once!”
“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!”
1. The military camp was built in the village to _______.| A．stop the soldiers from going to towns | B．stop the soldiers from meeting their friends |
| C．train the new soldiers | D．make the young men live quietly |
| A．he was kind to them | B．they felt lonely |
| C．they had something important to do | D．they were the best of all |
| A．a traffic accident had happened | B．he was afraid something happened to the nine soldiers |
| C．the nine soldiers would come back | D．the nine soldiers drank too much in the town |
The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem on one of the main computers. He dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper, “Hello?”
Feeling it was inconvenient to talk to a youngster, the boss asked, “Is your daddy home?” “Yes,” whispered the small voice. “May I talk with him?” the man asked. To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, “No.”
Wanting to talk with an adult. the boss asked. “Is your mommy there?” “Yes,” came the answer, “May I talk with her?” Again the small voice whispered, “No.”
Knowing that it was not likely that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message with the person who should be there watching over the child. “Is there any one there besides you?” the boss asked the child. “Yes,” whispered the child, “a policeman.”
Wondering what a policeman would be doing at his employee’s home, the boss asked, “May I speak with the policeman?” “No, he is busy,” whispered the child. “Busy doing what?” asked the boss. “Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the fireman,” came the whispered answer.
Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, “What is that noise?” “A hello-copper,” answered the whispering voice. “What is going on there?” asked the boss, now alarmed. In a low whispering voice the child answered, “The search team just landed the hello-copper!”
Alarmed, concerned and more than just a little frustrated the boss asked, “The search team?Why are they there?” Still murmuring, the young voice replied, “They are looking for me!”
1. Why did the boss call his employee?(no more than15 words)2. Who did the boss want to talk to?(no more than 5 words)
3. Who called the police most possibly?(no more than 5 words)
4. What does the underlined word “murmuring” in the last paragraph probably mean? (no more than 5 words)
5. What do you think will happen next?(no more than 20 words)
【推荐3】When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note—“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”—and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically (魔术般) appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories, I took it home and planted it on the back porch (门廊). Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
1. Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer to ___________.| A．show his magical power | B．pay for the delivery |
| C．satisfy his curiosity | D．please his mother |
| A．He wanted to have tea there. | B．He was a respectable person. |
| C．He was treated as a family member. | D．He was fully trusted by the family. |
| A．Nobody wants to be a milkman now. |
| B．It has been driven out of the market. |
| C．Its service is getting poor. |
| D．It is not allowed by law. |
【推荐1】As many of us know, having an older relative can be demanding especially when it comes to addressing concerns about their safety. Yes, grandma might still be able to function on her own during routine activities, but what if she was targeted by criminals and robbed in her own home?
Good news: there’s a simple solution. Just have your grandmother start weightlifting at the gym every day until she becomes a world-famous weight lifter capable of laying some sick Dwayne Johnson smackdown on any intruder foolish enough to try and smell what she’s probably cooking. It’s extreme, but it works, apparently.
As reported by the Associated Press, on November 21st, 2019, a young man approached the home of 82-year-old Rochester resident Willie Murphy, claiming that he needed an ambulance. When Murphy called first responders without opening the door, the man reportedly forced his way into the house.
And that, as the old saying goes, is when things got real.
The intruder was apparently painfully unaware that Murphy is an award-winning bodybuilder whose near-daily trips to the local YMCA have resulted in her ability to lift over 200 pounds, a capability which she put on full display when she “hit him with a table”. She then beat the intruder with a broom, and in a self-defense maneuver, poured shampoo in his face. Police arrived on the scene in time to witness the would-be burglar getting the crap kicked out of him by an old lady.
Murphy, who won the 2014 World Natural Powerlifting Federation Lifter of the Year award, decided not to send him to court, instead using the time to win everybody in the world over with the quote “I was whaling on that man... ‘Cause I said to myself, ‘If it’s my time to go to hell, I’m taking him with me’ “.
And, in case you were worried, the man got his ambulance ride after all.
1. Why did the young man come to Murphy’s home?| A．He was paying Murphy a visit. | B．He was planning to rob Murphy. |
| C．He expected Murphy to call an ambulance. | D．He was attracted by the smell of Murphy’s cooking. |
| A．She is as strong as Dwayne Johnson. | B．She was worried about the intruder. |
| C．She started weightlifting at a very young age. | D．She works out in the local gym almost every day. |
| A．He was charged with burglary. | B．He went to hell with Murphy. |
| C．He was knocked down by the police. | D．He was taken away by an ambulance. |
| A．Humorous and ironic. | B．Serious and bitter. |
| C．Persuasive and entertaining. | D．Sympathetic and positive. |
【推荐2】Six “sacrificial pits（祭祀坑）”. dating back 3,200to 4,000 years. were newly discovered in Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan. Southwest China's Sichuan province. Over 500 artifacts. including gold masks. bronze wares. ivories. jades. and textiles. were unearthed from the site.
Sanxingdui site. first found in 1929. is generally considered as one of the most important archaeological（考古）sites along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. However. the work of excavation on the site only began in 1986. when two pits—widely believed for sacrificial ceremonies—-were accidentally discovered.
Investigation in the area around No.1 and 2 pits was relaunched in October 2019. and No. 3 pit was found in December 2019. according to Lei Yu. a researcher of Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute who heads the ongoing excavation. Thirty four research universities and research institutes have cooperated in this project. He said the new discoveries will help to better understand many unexplained findings in 1986. More excavation followed institutes have cooperated in this project. He said the new discoveries will help to better understand many unexplained findings in 1986. More excavation followed in March 2020, and five more pits were found last year. And detailed research began in October. Excavation capsules with hi-tech equipment were set up in the pits in order to prevent the site from further damage.
Sanxingdui site covers an area of 12 square kilometers, and its core zone of an ancient city covers nearly 4 square kilometers. According to the National Cultural Heritage Administration, studies of Sanxingdui site will become a crucial project in an ongoing program Archaeology China, which tries to explain the origins of Chinese civilization and how diverse cultures communicate and come together.
1. How did archaeologists protect the Sanxingdui site?| A．By dividing the task of excavation into several parts. |
| B．By cooperating with research universities and institutes. |
| C．By conducting more experiments around the site. |
| D．By using excavation capsule armed with hi-tech equipment. |
| A．The size of the core zone is about 1/3 of Sanxingdui site. |
| B．The discovery of Sanxingdui site only began in 2019. |
| C．There are 6 sacrificial pits discovered in Sanxingdui site in all. |
| D．All sacrificial sites were discovered in the meantime. |
| A．Sanxingdui discoveries tell us more about ancient China. |
| B．Sanxingdui Site needed to be protected. |
| C．Sacrificial pits were unearthed in Sanxingdui Site. |
| D．Hi-tech helped to exploreSanxingdui Site. |
【推荐3】Wu Lidi, a 48-year-old cleaning lady at a student dormitory, was deeply moved by a special exhibition held by students in front of the entrance of a canteen in the Nanjing University.
The exhibition, titled “A Cleaning Lady’s Spring,” displayed Wu’s paintings on a blackboard hanging on the dormitory’s first floor where she works. Her artwork ranged from breathtaking natural landscapes and the colorful university campus to an imaginary world. During the exhibition, many students left handwritten messages of appreciation, gratitude and wishes to her. The messages included “Thank you for your blackboard paintings that have accompanied me through four years of my youth,” “You have painted a wonderful world,” and “I hope you will stick to what you love.”
Wu’s artistic journey began modestly. She never received any professional training in painting. Her interest in painting dates back to her youth when she often created blackboard designs for her class.
After becoming a cleaner at Nanjing University, her enthusiasm for painting was reawakened when she volunteered to enrich a blackboard with pictures. Initially, only a few characters “Welcome Home” were presented on the blackboard and it needed some color and life. Litle did Wu know, this seemingly small effort marked the beginning of her extraordinary journey of life in the university.
Wu has since become increasingly devoted to blackboard art, improving her skills with online resources in her spare time. Her paintings evolved from simple flowers and plants to complex landscapes, and her techniques shifed from chalk drawings to watercolor masterpieces. Her dedication earned her widespread popularity among the students who often lovingly referred to her as “a cleaning lady who could have become an artist.”
Despite her demanding responsibilities for cleaning an entire building, she still managed to spare time for her paintings. As she put it, “I take pleasure in painting, so I’m happy to do it.” Moreover, every student passing through the building could glimpse her creations. Wu hoped to bring a touch of happiness to the students’ life through her art.
Wu was grateful to the students who held the exhibition for her, acknowledging that their encouragement fueled her passion. She said she would continue creating more paintings for the lovely students.
1. What happened at the painting exhibition in front of the canteen?| A．Students showed their painting skills. | B．Wu’s artworks raised a lot of money. |
| C．Students displayed their gratitude to Wu. | D．Wu created different artworks on the spot. |
| A．She had a humble beginning. | B．She painted to release pressure. |
| C．She started painting as an adult. | D．She improved skills with students’ help. |
| A．Shy and talented. | B．Passionate and artistic. |
| C．Devoted and cautious. | D．Creative and humorous. |
| A．A cleaner who never gave up her career | B．A cleaner who brightened her campus |
| C．The evolution of a cleaner’s painting skills | D．The impact of a cleaner’s blackboard paintings |
