When I read a post about taking someone to the movies, I was reminded of something that happened a couple of years ago.
I used to drink Cokes and they had a promotion (促销) where there was a code (编码) inside the bottle cap. You went to a website and entered the code and maybe you won something. I won some free Cokes. But then I won the grand prize! I was surprised and pleased.
The grand prize was free movies for a year. They pointed out that one movie a week was that free movies for a year meant. All of the tickets had a deadline (截止日期) later than a year from the day I received them. So I must use them in the following year. I used quite a few by taking friends to movies we all wanted to see.
But the best thing I did with them was that I donated 22 tickets (all I had left by that time) to the local Women's Transition House, a place where women and their children could go when avoiding a bad situation in general and get help to make a new start.
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, asking the Women’s Transition House staff to give movie tickets to women there over the holidays to have something fun to do, with or without their children. It made me really happy to do this.
1. How did the author get the tickets?| A．By visiting a website by chance. | B．By exchanging some Cokes for them. |
| C．By attending a knowledge competition. | D．By winning the prize for drinking Cokes. |
| A．About 22 | B．About 30. | C．About 52. | D．About 365. |
| A．Lucky and caring. | B．Creative and careful. |
| C．Responsible and generous. | D．Thankful and happy. |
| A．Jobs. | B．Childcare. |
| C．Free movie tickets. | D．Interview skills. |
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【推荐2】How to Become a Morning Person
Everyone knows that early to bed and early to rise is good for health.
Shift your bedtime.
Relax before bed.
Don’t watch TV or fiddle around (摆弄) with laptops right before you go to bed because they are shining light into your eyes and maybe even tricking your brain into thinking that it’s earlier than it really is.
The secret to becoming a morning person is exposure to bright light. That’s because light suppresses (抑制) melatonin, a hormone (激素) that plays an important role in circadian (昼夜) rhythm. Natural light is the best, so get outside or open your bedroom window.
Make mornings more pleasant.
Try to schedule something to look forward to in the morning so that getting up feels like less hard. Perhaps a hot cup of coffee, sipped in silence, and the daily crossword puzzle.
| A．Lighten up. |
| B．Work up a sweat. |
| C．It’s important to make sure you’re getting enough sleep. |
| D．But many people have great difficulty in getting up early. |
| E．It’s hard to stop surfing the internet late at night if you’re a night owl. |
| F．Make sure the light around you is not too bright when it’s close to your bedtime. |
| G．Knowing that something pleasant awaits can help you take that first painful step out of bed. |
【推荐3】Going to the post office is usually a weekly event for me. However, our world has changed and now I must give careful consideration to this journey, as my age and health condition put me into the “vulnerable” category. There are decisions that I need to make. Is this a package that must go out now? Which of the post offices is closest to me? Before I set out from my home, I need to make two decisions!
On the drive over, I determined that I should wait for someone to come out and ask them to take my package in. One more decision was made. Then I realized that I would be making contact with a perfect stranger, and what is the difference between talking to that stranger and just going in and talking to the clerk? Another decision was made and then I walked inside and waited for my turn.
Shortly, I was called to the window, where the postal clerk was aware of the fear in my eyes. She quietly stepped back from her station and signaled me to come forward. I stepped up to the counter and placed my package on the scale. She then signaled me to step back. I moved away and she began the process of weighing it and determining the proper postage. She told me the price and signaled me forward as she took a step back. Again, I believed she saw the terror in my eyes and said, “One moment, Ma’am. ” She leaned under the counter and picked up a wipe. She thoroughly cleaned the credit card machine and the entire counter around it. She then stepped back and again signaled me forward. As I inserted my card, my tears started to roll down. I was so moved by the care with which she accomplished this usually very simple task. When I had completed the transaction(交易), she again signaled me back as she stepped forward. She took the receipt, wiped it down, and lay it on the counter. Beside it, she placed a clean tissue as she could see my tears were still streaming down my cheeks. She again stepped away from the counter. I picked up the receipt and took a step back.
In gratitude, I bowed to her. She bowed to me with equal respect.
1. What does“vulnerable” underlined in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．Easily lost. |
| B．Easily hurt. |
| C．Easily surprised. |
| D．Easily overlooked. |
| A．To clean the writer’s card. |
| B．To relieve the writer’s fear. |
| C．To signal the writer better. |
| D．To show the writer politeness. |
| A．The clerk’s care. |
| B．The cheap price. |
| C．The clerk’s tissue. |
| D．The clean counter. |
| A．A Tough but Simple Decision. |
| B．A Silly but Wise Person. |
| C．An Ordinary but Special Day. |
| D．A Kind but Cruel Clerk. |
【推荐1】On November 14, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi while trying to settle a line(边界) problem between Mississippi and Louisiana. Being an expert outdoorsman, he liked to hunt large animals.
However, his hunt was going poorly that days, and he couldn’t seem to find anything worthy of firing his gun. His followers, trying to help him, caught a Louisiana black baby bear for the President to shoot, but he refused. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree did not seem sporting, so he spared the life of the baby bear and set it free.
A famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star, Mr. Clifford Berryman, drew a cartoon titled, Drawing the Line in Mississippi, which used the story of the President refusing to shoot the bear.
The cartoon in the Washington Star showed Teddy Roosevelt, gun in hand, with his back turned on a pretty baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, got the idea from the cartoon and make a toy bear. Planning to use it only as a display, he placed the bear in his toy store window, and next to it placed a copy of the cartoon from the newspaper. To Michtom's surprise, he was surrounded by customers eager to buy it. He asked for and received President Roosevelt's permission to use his name for the bears that he and his wife made, and the Teddy Bear was born! Michtom soon made Teddy bears by the thousands. The money from selling Teddy bears made him, in 1903, form the Ideal Toy Company.
1. Why did Theodore Roosevelt come to Mississippi?| A．To go on a hunting trip. | B．To look for large animals. |
| C．To do some outdoor games. | D．To deal with a line problem. |
| A．He was caring. | B．He loved animals. |
| C．He was not hunting. | D．It was too young. |
| A．He was a far-sighted businessman. |
| B．He liked drawing cartoons of bears. |
| C．He became President Roosevelt’s friend. |
| D．He didn’t expect Teddy Bear to be popular. |
| A．Morris Michtom. | B．Teddy Roosevelt. |
| C．Mr. Clifford Berryman. | D．Michtom and his wife. |
【推荐2】I can hear the sound of insects and feel autumn is nearing. This means my year of study at Nara University of Education is coming to an end.
The time I’ve spent here has flown by so quickly. It seems as if I came here a month ago, but in reality I have to go home soon. When I came here, I missed my family and friends and found it hard to overcome loneliness, but on the other hand, I was interested in the new environment and had a lot of fun.
I had visited Japan three times before coming to study at this university,but when I started living in Japan, many days were filled with a mixture of anxiety and excitement. I sometimes made silly mistakes, but I thought this was the best way to learn about Japanese culture. I was not the only one that was not accustomed to the different customs of Japanese people.
My plan before coming to Japan was to make friends with some Japanese students in universities. However, I found my best friends were those who came from other countries. I didn’t know much about other countries but I came to be more interested in them through making friends from different places, which made me aware of many differences and sometimes hard-to-understand customs. Furthermore, I was surprised to see myself thinking more about my own culture and realised I should come to know it better.
I am really happy that I came to Nara. During my stay, I felt the closer connection between humans and nature here than in Europe.
1. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refer to?| A．Different countries. |
| B．Different cultures. |
| C．Many different places. |
| D．Foreign students. |
| A．They value their lives much more. |
| B．They are difficult to get along with. |
| C．They are mindful of protecting the environment. |
| D．Many Europeans love to make friends with them. |
| A．To look back on his study. |
| B．To call on readers to visit Nara. |
| C．To show the beauty of Japanese culture. |
| D．To share his experience of studying abroad. |
【推荐3】In 2011, she gave birth to her son, Sam, six weeks premature. During the birth his heartrate dropped and during the rush to get him out, Gill suffered a major tear which resulted in a permanent stoma (造口), an artificial opening made in her belly.
She was medically retired from her job as a police officer and diagnosed with post-traumatic (创伤后) stress disorder, postnatal depression and anxiety.
It took several years for Gill to find her feet, thanks in large part to exercise and an optimistic outlook. In 2015 she joined a cycling club and has since done a triathlon (三项全能运动), half ironman, scuba diving, sky diving and more. She has also setup a positivity blog and website called Stoma Chameleon which aims to inspire people who have experienced birth trauma or have a stoma.
“When I had my traumatic birth, there was nothing positive out there about how people can recover from something like that,” she explained before taking her latest swim in the lake at Chillingham Castle. “I wanted to show them what is possible and that they’re capable of more than they think.” Her challenge, which involved swimming in the sea at Boulmer or local rivers and lakes, aimed to raise money for the Birth Trauma Association.
“I am getting my bag out and my bikini on to raise awareness of birth injures and stomas,” said Gill. “I didn’t get my bag out in public until June 2020, and now I am putting up a sign on the beach telling my story to strangers, while walking energetically and excitedly in the icy sea.”
1. Why did Gill retire from her job?| A．She had to take care of Sam. |
| B．Her son had a medical accident. |
| C．She suffered much physically and mentally. |
| D．She didn’t like working in the police station. |
| A．Stand on both her feet. | B．Start to be independent. |
| C．Get rid of her stoma. | D．Adapt to the new situation. |
| A．To show her swimming skills. |
| B．To develop her own confidence. |
| C．To help people with similar experiences. |
| D．To raise money for Stoma Chameleon. |
| A．Swimming with a stoma. | B．A miserable policewoman. |
| C．The power of exercise. | D．Caring about mental health. |
【推荐1】Twelve-year-old Mathew Flores is different from other kids. He loves junk mail, and these ads were the only reading materials he could find. Once he asked his mailman if he could offer him some.
The question surprised the mailman. He asked the boy the reason, and then shared the story on Facebook. “Today while delivering mail, I saw a boy reading ads, and he asked me for more mail. In fact, he wants to go to the library, but his family is very poor and he doesn’t have money to take the bus.”
The mailman then asked his Facebook friends if they could give some books to the boy. He wrote, “Most kids want computers or mobile phones! But what he wants is books. It’s great to see his unusual wish, and you may have seen him smile when I said I could help him!” “He is counting on me,” he said. “So I am counting on you!”
The mailman thought the Facebook post might bring in 50 to 60 books. But it was passed on quickly. People from around the world, including the UK, Australia and India, have sent books. Hundreds of books have been delivered to the boy’s door, with hundreds more still on their way.
When books first started arriving, Flores was surprised at what happened. “I thought they were mistaken, but they indeed were for me.” He says that he can’t wait to share the books with other kids, and has promised to read every one.
1. To help Flores, the mailman ________ .| A．took him to the library | B．paid for his bus tickets |
| C．offered him some junk mail | D．posted his story on Facebook |
| A．He is honest. | B．He is hardworking. |
| C．He is warmhearted. | D．He is confident. |
| A．An unexpected gift | B．A junk mail |
| C．An excellent job | D．An interesting book |
【推荐2】Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank (存钱罐) onto the living room floor and immediately started counting. Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack.
“What are you doing with that money?” Jackie asked her granddaughter.
“I’m taking it to school,” Sunshine replied. “I’m going to take it for milk money. My friend Layla doesn’t get milk— her mom doesn’t have milk money and I do.”
Jackie’s heart melted at Sunshine’s words. Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms.
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the $30 the kindergartner had saved. There are 20 kids in Sunshine’s class and about half don’t get milk. It costs $ 0.45 a carton (纸盒). The total adds up to about $180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day.
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter’s plan. To her surprise, many people offered to donate toward the cause. Within a week, Jackie raised more than $1,000. Now every student in Sunshine’s class can get free milk for the rest of the year.
Jackie said Sunshine doesn’t see her kind act as a big deal. She was just trying to look out for her friends. “She doesn’t understand the effect she’s brought about,” Jackie said. “But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to.”
1. Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?| A．She hoped to show off her savings in class. | B．She needed to train her counting skills. |
| C．She wanted to play with the coins. | D．She intended to pay for her friend’s milk. |
| A．Relieved. | B．Touched. | C．Curious. | D．Proud. |
| A．Two heads are better than one. | B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. | D．There’s no such thing as a free lunch. |
| A．Small Coins, Big Changes. | B．Jackie’s Piggy Bank. |
| C．Piggy Bank and Carton Milk. | D．A Moved Grandmother. |
【推荐3】After delivering 130 boxes of lunch to medical workers, Xu Kai, fully dressed in a protection suit, headed for his next destination without wasting a second.
The photographer, 29, opened a kitchen near a caner hospital in Xi'an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, last year to serve patients and their families. The kitchen, for those who are poor, provided cooking tools “so that every penny can be saved end the life of the patients.” Xu explained that the use of the stove cost just two yuan each time. “I hope that the familiar taste of home can give the patients some extra strength in fighting against the disease.”
The kitchen temporarily closed in the early stage of the latest COVID-19 resurgence (复苏) that hit Xi’an in December last year. The big city had to take closed-off management in all communities to control the spread of the virus. As epidemic control measures were upgraded, Xu decided to reopen his kitchen to help people in need. “We mainly offer free meals to medical workers, cancer patients and the college students who came here for the postgraduate entrance exam but couldn’t leave the city,” he said.
So far more than 10000 meals have been delivered since his kitchen reopened on December 27, averaging over 1,000 meals a day. The number of volunteers at the kitchen New Year’s Day, Xu and volunteers specially prepared dumplings, a traditional Chinese food consumed during festivals.
Xu beforehand estimated that about 3, 000 yuan would be spent every day to run the kitchen, but the actual cost almost doubled. “It’s a lot of pressure, but many generous people and businessmen have constantly sent vegetables and other daily necessities to assist us,” Xu said, pointing to a pile of packaged rice and vegetables provided by a Taiwan businessman.
1. What was Xu’s original intention of opening the kitchen?| A．To provide lunch for medical workers. |
| B．To help poor patients save money. |
| C．To make money by providing cooking tools. |
| D．To prepare a healthy diet for patients. |
| A．They couldn’t take the exam. |
| B．They were infected with COVID-19. |
| C．They were trapped in Xi’an. |
| D．They were forced to leave the city. |
| A．About 1, 500 yuan. | B．About 3, 000 yuan. |
| C．About 4, 000 yuan. | D．About 6, 000 yuan. |
| A．The kitchen got much support. |
| B．The kitchen was in great trouble. |
| C．Many locals worked as volunteers. |
| D．Xu made a lot of money in his business. |
