Malala yousafzai, the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner, is a Pakistani activist for female education.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, the largest city in the Swat Valley. At a very young age, Malala developed a thirst for knowledge. For years her father, a passionate education advocate himself, ran a learning institution in the city, and school was a big part of Malala's family.
In 2007, when Malala was ten years old, the situation in the Swat Valley rapidly changed for her family and community. The Taliban began to control the Swat Valley and quickly became the dominant socio-political force throughout much of northwestern Pakistan. Girls were banned from attending school, and cultural activities like dancing and watching television were prohibited.
Determined to go to school and with a firm belief in her right to an education, in early 2009, Malala, through writing blogs on BBC, delivering speeches and many other international movements, appealed to global attention to female rights.
But, not everyone supported and welcomed her campaign to bring about change in Swat. On the morning of October 9, 2012, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban.
Although Malala was seriously attacked by Taliban, she refused to compromise her principles. Malala's bravery against inequality did inspire people to fight for their own rights, and Malala was supported both physically and mentally by people all around the world.
In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was named a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive this prize. Accepting the award, Malala reaffirmed that “This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want change.”
1. What can we learn from the second paragraph?| A．Malala was tired of learning. | B．Malala thought little of learning. |
| C．Malala was keen on learning. | D．Malala's father didn't support education. |
| A．She felt depressed. |
| B．She decided to stop her ambitions. |
| C．She was devoted to removing child labor. |
| D．She continued to fight for women's right. |
| A．Sensitive and stubborn. | B．Devoted and brave. |
| C．Ambitious and optimistic. | D．Creative and considerate. |
| A．She has a caring attitude. |
| B．She is satisfied with her education. |
| C．She feels powerless to change the world. |
| D．She will have more supporters in the coming year |
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【推荐1】In mid-August, Hou Changliang and Lei Yudan finally held their wedding ceremony at Hou’s hometown in Shaoyang, central China’s Hunan Province.
During the past 11 years, Hou has been traveling and teaching in rural schools across three provinces in Southwest China. In 2011, he signed up for a program, funded by government agencies since 2003. The programme sends college graduates to China’s underdeveloped western regions to work for one to three years in different fields, such as education, agriculture and rural management.
Born into a rural family, Hou knows how life-changing education can be for a rural kid. When most young people were competing for places in big cities, Hou headed deep into the mountains. For Hou, the most difficult aspect of teaching in a remote village was not the poor working conditions, low income that came with it. For two years, he battled to end the alarming drop-out rate among his students in Dahua, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Locals often saw little reason to support school education for their children, especially girls. “The number of students tended to dwindle after winter vacations,” said Hou. “After the Chinese New Year, some were brought to big cities to work when they were old enough.”
Since the 1990s, working in cities has gradually become the main way of employment for rural laborers. Working in cities becomes the most popular path for young people from rural regions to earn a decent(体面的) income and become independent early,but at the cost of their education.
Studies into the high drop-out rate of rural students in middle school show that students from poor families often feel anxious about the burden of education on their parents and are more likely to drop out when they have poor grades.
“If I can’t change the parents’ mind, at least I can change the mind of my students - the future parents,” said Hou.
1. What is the purpose of the programme in China’s underdeveloped western regions?| A．To develop different fields. |
| B．To provide jobs for the graduates. |
| C．To promote the education development. |
| D．To guide college students to choose a career. |
| A．The hard working conditions and income. |
| B．The gap between the rural area and the city. |
| C．The drop-out rate is too high. |
| D．The students’ ignorance of the importance of education. |
| A．Shoot up. | B．Remain the same. | C．Decrease. | D．Change. |
| A．They obey their parents. |
| B．Their mind needs to change. |
| C．They feel great pressure to study. |
| D．They generally have poor grades. |
【推荐2】Steph Clemence always intended to go to college. She had good grades and considered herself college bound. But life has a tendency to throw obstacles in the way. When her father died tragically in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a modest income, paying for college became out of the question.
Around that time, Steph tried to figure out what to do with a life that had differed so much from the plan she’d carefully laid out. The answer came one afternoon when she was cleaning her bedroom closet and found a list from the English teacher she’d had in her junior year, Dorothy Clark. One afternoon, Mrs. Clark walked into the classroom carrying a stack of papers. She instructed each students to take one. The handout was titled Mrs. Clark’s Book List. “It wasn’t homework,” the teacher announced, “but it could be a road map. Some of you might not go on to higher education, but you can continue to learn.” It would, she believed, form the equivalent of two years at a liberal arts college.
“She knew the income levels of the kids in my high school,” says Steph. “Working-class and logging families. She knew most of us would not go to college. She was right. But she knew we could continue to learn after high school. She was also right about that.” Steph studied the list. Each of those books sparked her passion to learn more about the person, subject matter, or time in history. That made her look for other books that weren’t on the list, hoping to deepen her knowledge. Over the years, the reading list was a constant in her life, traveling with her even on vacations.
Now Steph is 70 and she never did get to college. But she has only four books left to read from the list. She expects to complete them sometime in 2023. “Each of the books has added something to who I am and how I see the world.” she says, “I now have gained an insight to see why things happened and what it might mean.”
1. What prevented Steph going to college?| A．Her bad grades. |
| B．Her low income. |
| C．The lack of financial support. |
| D．Her tragic accident. |
| A．To prepare students for college. |
| B．To share her books with students. |
| C．To serve as a reading task for students. |
| D．To inspire students to continue learning. |
| A．Regretful. |
| B．Satisfied. |
| C．Moved. |
| D．Determined. |
| A．An influential reading list. |
| B．An excellent reading habit. |
| C．An impressive English teacher. |
| D．A memorable experience in high school. |
【推荐3】Emerson, my 11-year-old daughter, is on a wild ride with the United States Postal Service (USPS) and our mail carrier, Doug. She has a serious letter-writing habit and maintains correspondence with her favorite people. If you’ve been the receiver of her hand-decorated letters and envelopes, then I know they really make your day.
A letter from Emerson is likely to include some art, a joke and enough questions to guarantee a response. But when she wrote a letter to Doug, she put something new in it. “You may know me as the person living here that writes lots of letters...You’re very important to me, helping me stay in touch with friends. I cheer people up with my letters, but you do too!” Emerson wrote.
The next day, a package arrived with two letters. One was from Doug and the other from his superior, Sara, saying she had shared Emerson’s note in the internal newsletter (内部通讯) of the USPS and believed many postal folks wanted to thank Emerson. Emerson was so pleased with the letter that it perturbed me much, for the possible result of no reply would come as a blow to her.
Surprisingly, today, we saw Doug come with two boxes of letters from around the country. These letters were so human, filled with family, pets and a sense of kindness. But there was something more in them. People felt seen—some for the first time in a long time. “I work alone in a small rural post office...” “Not many people think about how hard we work...” Emerson wrote back seriously.
I’m not sharing this because I’m a proud dad, but because it’s relatively easy, if we take the time, to give others links they need to be well. We all want to be seen, known and loved. Send a letter. Give a call. Take a step of bravery, like Emerson.
1. What do we know about Emerson?| A．She brings much joy to others. |
| B．She likes to make fun of friends. |
| C．She is really skilled at writing. |
| D．She is helping with the mail work. |
| A．To make friends with him. |
| B．To cheer him up. |
| C．To express her appreciation. |
| D．To share her daily life. |
| A．Touched. | B．Concerned. |
| C．Delighted. | D．Astonished. |
| A．Connect with others actively. |
| B．Care more about mail carriers. |
| C．Face challenges with bravery. |
| D．Show kindness to other people. |
She had to pack up her bedroom in Virginia Beach, where she lived with her mother, two sisters and brother. She had to say goodbye to her two dogs, who used to sleep in her bed, and to the beach, where she loved to ride waves on her boogie board.
But it was time to take the leap, however heartbreaking and awkward it would be. Even at 14, Douglas knew that.
So off she went about 1,200 miles to West Des Moines, Iowa, to train with a coach from China and live with a white family she had never been met. When she arrived, Douglas thought that she must be the only black person in the state. When she woke up, she always said, “This isn’t my bed set. Where am I?”
Liang Chow, who had coached the Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, transformed Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the world, helping her skyrocket from an average member of the national team to the top of the sport. And a couple with four young daughters became her second family, nurturing her in Iowan while her real family supported her from afar.
That move also was important in Douglas’s making history. By winning the Olympic all-round title, she became the first black woman to do so. She also became the fourth American woman to win the all-round, following Mary Lou Retton in 1984, Carly Patterson in 2004 and Nastia Liukin in 2008.
Douglas won, scoring 62.232 points, and led the competition from beginning to the end. Viktoria Komova, who sobbed into her coach’s chest when she learned she had lost, won the silver, with 61.973 points. Aliya Mustafina, the 2010 world all-round champion, won the bronze with 59.566 points. The other American in the competition, Aly Raisman finished fourth after losing a tiebreaker (决胜局) to Mustafina.
Douglas said she had felt confident all along that she would win. “It was just an amazing feeling.” she said, giggling (咯咯笑). “I was just like, believe, don’t fear, believe.” After sacrificing so much, she had no other choice but to push forward, she said.
1. Why did Douglas leave her home at 14? (no more than 10 words2. How did she feel when Douglas first arrived at the new home? (no more than 5 words)
3. What does the underlined word “skyrocket” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean? (no more than 3 words)
4. According to Para. 5, what achievement did Douglas make? (no more than 15 words)
5. What do you think of Douglas from the story? Give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)
【推荐2】“I don’t do throw-up.” My own words were coming back to haunt (烦扰) me as I heard one of my campers yell, “Ewww, Bridger threw up.” I froze. I forced myself to turn around and look. I glanced quickly, then immediately looked away. I stopped breathing through my nose so I wouldn’t be able to smell it.
Working at Camp Seafarer for the summer was like a dream to me. Being a counselor (夏令营负责人), though, was more work than I had expected. I was always exhausted, and it was hard to keep giving 100 percent of myself twenty-four hours a day. In the end, however, it was worth staying up with a homesick camper or saying a longer goodnight to the shyest girl to help bring her out of her shell. It was just so much responsibility trying to keep twelve ten-year-olds safe, while trying to help them have a great summer. Now my responsibility was spreading to the one thing I hated most, cleaning up throw-up.
I looked around at Bridger who looked like she was in pain. Then I noticed my co-counselor, Jessie standing around. I looked at her, waiting for her to start the work. “I’ll take Bridger to the health center,” Jessie said. I couldn’t believe it! I was stuck with doing the one thing I have always said I would never do. “All right, I can do this,” I said to myself. What to get first? Paper towels! I went into the bathroom to find some. As I approached my enemy, I noticed a lot of girls were crowded around me laughing.
I then squeezed my eyes shut and went in for the kill, picking up the mess. I picked up the paper towels as fast as I could and threw them into the trash can. I had done it! I could handle this job. Then I noticed that now all the people were laughing.
“Sarah!” Bridger cried, “The throw-up was fake!”
I learned, that summer, that with responsibility comes great rewards, such as my campers’ laughing over the fake throw-up. Every smile and every hug made the job worth it.
1. How might the author have felt about the news of Bridger?| A．Panicked. | B．Confused. |
| C．Satisfied. | D．Relieved. |
| A．It often made her very angry. |
| B．It cured her of homesickness. |
| C．It was tiring but worthwhile. |
| D．It helped overcome her shyness. |
| A．The co-counselor Jessie. |
| B．The throw-up. |
| C．The paper towel. |
| D．The trash can. |
| A．She broke her mental block. |
| B．She recognized Bridger’s trick. |
| C．She was rewarded by the camp organizer. |
| D．She was looked down upon by her co-counselors. |
【推荐3】I woke at 4 a.m. in a black hostel room, my eight roommates all still sound asleep at the early hour. I stepped outside without being noticed, forced a cheese roll into my mouth, and headed to the Kaikoura dolphin-watching tour office.
With more adrenaline (肾上腺素) than I had experienced when jumping out of a plane, I put on my flippers (脚蹼) quickly and got ready for the adventure. The moment I dove off the water, I was shocked awake. No amount of coffee, tea, or sugar has ever given me such a strong wake-up. It turns out that the ocean is freezing at 5 a.m. before the sunrise. Don’t be scared off by the temperature, though, because 5 a.m. is when the dolphins are most playful!
After a little while, I was face to face with a wild dusky dolphin! At one moment, it jumped up high into the air while the next it dove deep into the water. It made strange whale noises to draw the attention of more members of the group, including a tiny baby dolphin no bigger than a cat. What impressed me most was that the baby dolphin came close up, swam around playfully and kept looking at me with those black glassy eyes, seeming most interested in this strange fish-like creature that kept getting twisted (缠绕) in her own flippers.
The sun rose, warming my back as I continued to struggle with my flippers among the most graceful animals in the ocean. It was the most beautiful sight, as the dark blue of the ocean turned light greenish-blue, brightening our swimming companions for the early hours of the morning.
The practice of swimming with wild dolphins is banned in the North Island, where the species of Hector’s dolphins are in decline. But in Kaikoura, the practice is quite common and actually helping to increase the dolphin populations.
By supporting this adventurous experience, you’re supporting dolphin protection.
1. Why was I shocked awake when diving off the water?| A．The water was freezing cold. | B．Adrenaline went up. |
| C．I had drunk a lot of strong coffee. | D．I was surprised by the playful dolphins. |
| A．A wild dolphin kept jumping beside me. |
| B．I had difficulty handling my flippers. |
| C．My strange appearance scared dolphins. |
| D．The baby dolphin swam around playfully. |
| A．Dangerous but exciting. | B．Adventurous and tiring. |
| C．Scary but unforgettable. | D．Impressive and meaningful. |
| A．Swimming with Wild Dolphins in Kaikoura. |
| B．Dolphins—My Playful Companions. |
| C．Supporting Dolphin Protection |
| D．A Deep Dive into the Ocean. |
For four centuries, historians have guessed why Elizabeth never married. In her own day, her decision to remain single was considered absurd and dangerous. A queen needed a husband to make political decisions for her and to organize and lead her military campaigns. More important, she needed male heirs (继承人) to avoid a civil war after her death.
There was no shortage of suitors for the Queen, both English courtiers (朝臣) and foreign princes, and it was confidently expected for the best part of 30 years that Elizabeth would eventually marry one of them. Indeed, although she insisted that she preferred the single state, she kept these suitors in a state of permanent expectation. This was a deliberate policy on the Queen's part, since by keeping foreign princes in hope, sometimes for a decade, she kept them friendly when they might otherwise have made war on her kingdom.
There were, indeed, good political reasons for her avoiding marriage. The disastrous union of her sister Mary I to Philip II of Spain had had an unwelcome foreign influence upon English politics. The English were generally prejudiced against the Queen taking a foreign husband, particularly a Catholic one. Yet if she married an English, jealousy might lead to the separation of the court.
There were other deeper reasons for Elizabeth's unwillingness to marry, chief of which, I believe, was her fear of losing her autonomy as Queen. In the 16th century, a queen was regarded as holding supreme dominion(统治权)over the state, while a husband was thought to hold supreme dominion over his wife. Elizabeth knew that marriage and motherhood would bring some harm to her power.
She once pointed out that marriage seemed too uncertain a state for her. She had seen several unions in her immediate family break down, including that of her own parents. Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, had had her mother, Anne Boleyn, killed; her stepmother Catherine Howard later suffered the same fate. When Elizabeth was 14 she was all but attracted by Admiral Thomas Seymour, who also went to the prison within a year. Witnessing these terrible events at an early age, it has been argued, may have put Elizabeth off marriage.
Elizabeth had to decide her priorities. Marriage or being single? Elizabeth was far too intelligent. The choice she made was courageous and revolutionary, and, in the long run, the right one for England.
1. To the suitors including English courtiers and foreign princes, Elizabeth ________.
| A．held back the truth |
| B．gave a definite answer “no” |
| C．kept them expecting on purpose |
| D．said she preferred the single state |
| A．prejudice against her |
| B．separation of the court |
| C．jealousy among English courtiers |
| D．a negative impact on English politics |
| A．Queen Elizabeth was not a Catholic. |
| B．Some foreign princes made war on Britain. |
| C．Catherine Howard was killed by Anne Boleyn. |
| D．Admiral Thomas Seymour was killed by Henry VIII. |
| A．Pitiful. | B．Approving. | C．Negative. | D．Neutral. |
【推荐2】Michelle Rasul, aged 9, is one of the world’s top DJs—people who play recorded music on the radio or at celebrations or parties. Rasul even competed in this year’s international championship and placed 14th out of 85 DJ stars from around the world.
At her home in Dubai, the rising star from Azerbaijan described how she got her start. “I looked at my dad while he was practicing DJ-ing, ‘Wow, is he doing magic or something? He’s a real magician(魔术师).’” Michelle said recently. She added, “When I turned 5 on my birthday, I told him, ‘Dad, I want to be a world-famous DJ. I’m going to start practicing.’”
Rasul is the youngest-ever person in the DMC World DJ Championship. She placed 14th out of 85 DJ stars from around the world. Although she did not go to the next round this time, she is determined to beat her father, Vagif “DJ Shock” Rasulov, in next year’s competition. Rasulov came in 9th place this year and taught Rasul how to DJ.
Sadia Rasulova, a former violinist, is Rasul’s mother. “She just catches things so fast,” she said. “I realized that she’s a star, and that she’s really talented(有天赋的). When children of her age were listening to children’s music, she listened to rap artists like Tupac Shakur, Chuck D, Jay-Z, the Notorious B. I. G. and Michael Jackson, who remains her favorite.”
Her parents started putting video of her DJ-ing online, and Rasul’s popularity grew. Her Instagram page has around 110,000 followers. Online messages from DJs aged 6 to 65 came in from around the world.
While the rest of the world pay attention to her achievements(成就)as a DJ star, Rasul is busy attending online school, reading and hanging out with friends and dogs at her neighborhood park. But her heart is always in turntables. “I can’t imagine my life without music,”she said.
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?| A．When Rasul began to learn music. | B．How Rasul’s great dream formed. |
| C．What a good DJ Rasul’s father is. | D．How important the family background is. |
| A．To keep her own record. | B．To learn more skills from her father. |
| C．To try to place ninth in the competition. | D．To challenge her father in the competition. |
| A．Much concern. | B．Mother’s love. | C．Great expectation. | D．High praise. |
| A．She prefers school life. | B．She focuses on music completely. |
| C．She lives a normal life as a kid. | D．She does her best to please her followers. |
【推荐3】It is common to see most live streamers sitting in front of a desk in a well-decorated room. But Zeng Qinghuan, a 30-year old from Xinhua County in Loudi, Hunan, has turned her whole village into a live streaming set. Her goal is to use e-commerce to help her people live a better life.
Known as “Xiangmei Xinbao” on Douyin, Zeng now has more than 3 million followers. One of her videos about traditional ways of planting and harvesting rice has attracted more than 300,000 followers.
Zeng used to study fashion design and has worked in some big cities before. In 2019 she returned to her village to care for her sick grandmother. She then found that she could build a career there—by being a live streamer with the help of her cousin.
At the beginning, she didn’t make any money. Zeng’s parents didn’t give her any support until she could stand on her own feet and help people sell their products. She has now sold local agricultural products worth tens of millions of yuan, like fermented tofu, preserved pork and dried sweet potatoes.
“I’m a daughter of the great mountains. I can also be a contributor to rural development in these new times,” she said.
Rural revitalization (振兴) is a key part of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25). Zeng hopes her experience can encourage more young people to return to their rural hometowns and start their own businesses. In 2021, after she became a deputy (代表) of the Loud Municipal People’s Congress, she put forward a proposal to ensure that “each village has one, product and one live streaming host of its own”. She plans to help cultivate 100 social media influencers from her county within three years, and two villages have taken part in the project, “I believe that the rural areas will become a big stage, and being a farmer will be seen as a respectable job too.” said Zeng.
1. What do we know about Zeng’s live streaming career?| A．It was encouraged by her sick grandmother. |
| B．It brought her a fortune as soon as it was started. |
| C．It was a great success with the help of her parents. |
| D．It inspired more local villagers to follow. |
| A．Invite more young people to her hometown. |
| B．Train more social media influencers in her county. |
| C．Expand her business to make more money. |
| D．Produce more agricultural products to help the farmers. |
| A．Down-to-earth and ambitious. | B．Responsible and modest. |
| C．Gifted and faithful. | D．Caring and fashionable. |
| A．A way of ordinary people’s better life |
| B．A travel path to the country areas |
| C．An approach of a village girl’s success |
| D．A road to Rural revitalization |
