Miss Marquis was my mentor (导师) when I was 12 and she’s my mentor now as a teacher.
My family moved to the UK from Saudi Arabia in 2017. When I started school there, I didn’t have a great understanding of the English language. Thankfully, I had an amazing teacher called Miss Marquis who helped me get through it. She pushed me all the way and gave me the right guidance.
During my teacher training with ARK, I was given a place at Globe Academy in London as a math teacher. When I saw the head of the English department was Miss Marquis, my jaw (下巴) dropped. It was unbelievable.
I still can’t call her by her first name. The respect I have for her is still there. In one of the lessons I observed she was reading the same book we used in our GCSEs and it took me back to the days when I was being taught by her. You knew you could go to her and share your problems. At the same time, you would never mess about in her lesson. Misbehaving was simply not done.
My aim as a teacher is affected by her. Teaching is about the mark you make on other people’s lives. I’ve worked in a few different schools during my training but I chose ARK because it gives opportunities to children who may not be from wealthy backgrounds. I am trying to have an impact on these people.
It doesn’t matter how many books you read, and nothing can prepare you for your first lesson. I have read all the theories about how to manage behavior but a lot of them just go out of my head when I walk into the classroom because they’re not robots. They’re all unique individuals and you can’t control them. You need to put the work in and build relationships with the students.
1. When did the author get to know Miss Marquis?A.When he began school in a totally new place. |
B.When he worked as a guide at an English school. |
C.When he experienced difficult situations in ARK. |
D.When he arrived in Saudi Arabia with his family. |
A.Embarrassed. | B.Puzzled. | C.Amused. | D.Shocked. |
A.Cold and selfish. | B.Kind but strict. |
C.Gentle but careless. | D.Energetic and friendly. |
A.To be devoted to his/her teaching career. |
B.To be equipped with enough knowledge. |
C.To respect and encourage his/her students. |
D.To be well prepared for his/her first lesson. |
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Lots of people give you advice on overcoming fear.
Next, fear encourages us to take action. Fear is a call to action. In the past, our ancestors didn't run away in fear when they saw a tiger running toward them but tried to kill it for food. Now, most of us don't face serious danger like hungry tigers every day, but we do face serious bosses or public speaking. So, what can we do?
Lastly, fear lets you know you are alive. Why do we like roller coasters?
So fear can guide you towards what’s important for you and encourage you to take action to improve. Don’t we all need that kind of friend?
A.The first is that fear is an excellent guide to opportunity. |
B.They frighten us in a mostly safe way. |
C.Imagine what life would be like without fear. |
D.Let fear provide us with the energy to do what needs to be done. |
E.Fear is showing you what is important and what matters to you. |
F.Don't fear to be wrong. |
G.They say if you can overcome fear, you will be successful. |
【推荐2】Perhaps you have ever heard the saying: Change is the only constant. Everyone, without doubt, goes through changes in their life, whether it is a physical state of aging or a mental state of emotional maturity. However, some are afraid to make the conscious decision to move or they think it's too late to have a fresh start.
I have a friend named Jack. At the age of 37, he is a Senior Manager at one of the Big Four. He has a great salary, owns his own apartment and enjoys the fine things in life, but not without the heavy burdens that his job brings. On the surface, it looks like he has got life figured out. Yet when I once asked if he was happy with his work, he answered that he some- times wished to quit his job to do something less stressful. But he’d become accustomed to this lifestyle and felt that it would be too late to give it up to achieve a new ambition.
For him, the risks are too high, so whether he can't abide his present job or not, he has to choose to suck it up. You might have come to a similar situation as Jack’s or you might be a Jack. You're now facing a wall. No matter what it is—the stress of your job or the terrible feeling, it’s time that you had to decide whether you'll tear down that wall or continue to let it enclose you. I suggest pushing back the boundaries and breaking the fixed patterns. Why do you feel it's too late to start over? That is simply because you're comparing yourself with others—younger or more successful individuals. In fact, you should compare yourself with the older version of you.
Don't become that person who lets life pass by only to regret it when you are making your way into old age. Don't let your life plateau(停滞不前)and waste away in the daily chores. Don't give up the potential you still have hidden and be locked away by your current state. Now, you’d better bravely start going after the things you want to do, without abandoning your dreams, ambitions and responsibilities.
1. What kind of people does Jack represent according to the author?A.Those leading a happy life. |
B.Those having an easeful career. |
C.Those thinking it's too late to change. |
D.Those having a high ambition to work. |
A.Value. | B.Recommend. | C.Understand. | D.Tolerate. |
A.Let life stand still. |
B.Enjoy the present job. |
C.Have a small goal in life. |
D.Consider ourselves as a failure. |
A.Everyone Can Meet a Jack |
B.Don't Try to Control Yourself |
C.Never Think Change Is Too Late |
D.You Should Make Alteration Earlier |
【推荐3】There was once a girl named Ivy. She hardly talked. There was something strange about her. During “Parent and Teacher meeting day”, only her mom would come not her dad. When she was asked about her father’s whereabouts (下落), she would just ignore the question.
Ivy was bullied (欺凌) a lot. She would hide in the library, when the bullying made her sad. She wrote many poems because it was her only resource of relief from the harsh (残酷的) reality. It was her dream to be a poet.
The school year was coming to an end. It was Ivy’s least favorite school day, “Parent and Teacher meeting day”. A student asked where her dad was, she ignored him and told the class that she was going to recite a poem.
“My father”
“My father was a happy man, never mad.
Did I ever tell you he was a fireman?
He saved lives and helped the poor.
This makes me love him more.
He always made me happy.
By surprising me with white lilies.
He was a great dancer.
Too bad I could not see him because of his cancer.
Do not worry father you are never too far.
Because you’re always in my heart.”
The whole class was silent. God knows what they felt. Was it sadness? Was it guilt? Was it pity? For a moment, they thought they could see her father. He gave her a white lily and vanished (消失) into thin air.
The whole class who was amazed by this sight and gave her a round of applause. She was very happy because she felt light-hearted.
The whole class learned something and that is to always value your loved ones because you never know when they might leave you.
1. What was strange about the girl?A.That she hardly talked. | B.That she was often bullied. |
C.That she would ignore questions. | D.That she rarely mentioned her father. |
A.He went to a faraway place. | B.He lost to the battle of cancer. |
C.He was once mad at the little girl. | D.He cared little about others’ interests. |
A.Never tease other people. | B.Learn to appreciate poems. |
C.Cherish those you love. | D.Practise kindness in daily life. |
【推荐1】If you are a recent social science graduate who has had to listen to jokes about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have had the last laugh. There are many advantages for the social science major because this high-tech “Information Age” demands people who are flexible and who have good communication skills.
There are many social science majors in large companies who fill important positions. For example, a number of research studies found that social science majors had achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or pre-professional courses. Studies show that social science majors are most suited for change, which is the leading feature of the kind of high speed, high-pressure, high-tech world we now live in.
Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their long-term company jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily. A study showed that many companies had filled a large percentage of their entry-level positions with social science graduates. The study also showed that the most sought-after quality in a person who was looking for a job was communication skills, noted as “very important” by 92 percent of the companies. Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are. It is probably due to these skills that they have been offered a wide variety of positions.
Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don’t regret their choice of study.
1. Compared with graduates of other subjects, social science graduates _____.A.are ready to change when situations change |
B.are better able to deal with difficulties |
C.are equally good at computer skills |
D.are likely to give others pressure |
A.Willingness to take low-paid jobs. | B.Readiness to gain high-tech knowledge. |
C.Skills in expressing themselves. | D.Part-time work experience. |
A.keep for some time | B.successfully get |
C.immediately start | D.lose regretfully |
【推荐2】I was so worried about handing my little boy over during his first week of school, but you made it easier. You smiled at him like a mother would at her own child.You showed warmth and your hugs were always on offer.After a day in class with you, Charlie would come home singing. Whenever I hear Do Your Ears Hang Low or see him stretching to the sky when singing about the days of the week, I will think of you.I didn't tell you at the time, but I loved your morning song so much that I implemented it in my own class (I'm a teacher, too).
When you saw I was troubled, you hugged me with your smile and I knew everything would be OK. You made parents feel as cared for as our children.In the short time I knew you; you taught me about the type of teacher I desire to be. You never seemed disturbed by the mountain of paperwork or impossible work-life balance that comes with the role. Instead, you appeared to embrace every minute.
I can't understand why you've been taken from us. Telling Charlie was one of the hardest things I've had to do.I'm not sure he fully understands, but he told me he loved you and has been asking whether your"robot powers"will work in heaven.
A friend once told me white feathers are angels telling us that loved ones in heaven are well. On the first day collecting the children without you,a white feather floated through the sleet (雨夹雪). Watching the younger ones bounce and gigle as they tried to catch it was beautiful.
I wish I had told you all of this when you were with us.I hope that you knew how you brought happiness to everyone you met and how loved you were. Goodbye, Dear Friend.
1. What does the underlined word "implemented" in Paragraph l probably mean?A.Looked back on. | B.Looked forward to. |
C.Thought highly of. | D.Made use of. |
A.They need to sing songs before children. |
B.They need to feel the affection as well. |
C.They find it hard to handle their kids. |
D.They find it necessary to hug the teachers. |
A.inform us of the loved one's death |
B.remind us it's time for a snowball fight |
C.tell us the teacher stays in our mind after death |
D.warn us of the falling snow when collecting children |
A.To make a remark on Charlie's teacher. |
B.To say goodbye to her fellow teacher. |
C.To take pity on her fellow teacher. |
D.To recall and show respect for Charlie's teacher. |
【推荐3】As I walked into the primary school, I looked down at my new black shoes. I stood at Mrs. Blackstone’s door. Before I tried the great escape, the door opened. “We’ve been waiting for you!” Mrs. Blackstone, my new fifth grade teacher, said loudly. With a smile my mom walked away and I was left standing in the center stage in front of a group of students.
Over the next few days, Mrs. Blackstone made it her job to find me a new best friend. During history lessons, when I didn’t want to speak in front of the class, she’d not only call on me but have me stand up to address my classmates.
One spring afternoon, Mrs. Blackstone asked me to stay after class. “I’d like to speak with you, Amanda.” My mind raced. Had I got a bad grade? Had I hurt anyone’s feelings? “Are you enjoying your new school?” She sat comfortably behind her desk. “I want to tell you something, between you and me, not to be shared with anyone else.” She continued, “I see something special in you. The way you communicate with others, and the kindness you show—I think you have great potential to be something important.” I listened carefully to every word. “I have been a teacher for over twenty-five years; I can see it. But you must believe in yourself. That’s very important. Remember that and you’ll go far,” she said.
Her voice was music to my ears that day. I walked out of her office, not staring at my shoes, but looking straight ahead with my head high. My teacher saw something special in me! Years later, her words still remain inside of me.
1. What does the underlined word “address” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Fight with | B.Speak to | C.Argue with | D.Play with |
A.nervous | B.embarrassed | C.disappointed | D.unhappy |
A.To tell the author a secret. | B.To help the author to realize her mistakes. |
C.To encourage the author to believe in herself. | D.To share her story with the author. |
A.A Teacher for Every Child | B.An Unforgettable Lesson |
C.Special Treatment | D.Magical words |
【推荐1】I came to love the way Morrie lit up when I entered the room. He did this for many people, I know, but it was his special talent to make each visitor feel the smile was unique.
“Ahhhh, it’s my buddy,” he would say when he saw me, in that foggy, high-pitched voice. And it didn’t stop with the greeting. When Morrie was with you, he was really with you. He looked at you straight in the eye, and he listened as if you were the only person in the world. How much better would people get along if their first encounter each day were like this instead of complaints from a waitress or a bus driver or a boss?
“I believe in being fully present,” Morrie said. “That means you should be with the person you’re with. When I’m talking to you now, Mitch, I try to keep focused only on what is going on between us. I am not thinking about something we said last week. I am not thinking of what’s coming up this Friday. I am not thinking about doing another Koppel show, or about what medications I’m taking.”
Morrie could spend every waking moment in self-pity, feeling his body for decay (腐烂), counting his breaths. So many people with far smaller problems are so self-absorbed, their eyes glaze over if you speak for more than thirty seconds. They already have something else in mind a friend to call, a fax to send, a lover they’re daydreaming about. They only snap back to full attention when you finish talking, at which point they say “Uh-huh”or “Yeah, really” and fake their way back to the moment.
“Part of the problem, Mitch, is that everyone is in such a hurry,” Morrie said. “People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think of the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running.”
1. What is about Morrie?A.He likes smiling to others. |
B.He likes critical thinking. |
C.He is a man of many ideas. |
D.He is a man of many words. |
A.They listen to others carefully. |
B.They always talk about themselves. |
C.They pay little attention to the conversation. |
D.They complain to each other about life problems. |
A.Serious. | B.Lazy. | C.Optimistic. | D.Smart. |
A.People focus on material possessions in life. |
B.People had better cherish the present moment. |
C.People should learn how to strike up a conversation. |
D.People seek for the next thing to achieve happiness. |
【推荐2】I was taught at a young age to be afraid rather than to experience life. Don’t ride a bike because you might get hit by a car. Don’t swim because you might drown. That’s why I was initially afraid to approach others. They might say no—how could I live with that rejection?
A book changed me. Near the end of the book, the writer suggested trying out what I had just read but to pretend it was like the training game in a sport—when the games didn’t count. When my teams would lose formal games, I couldn’t bear to watch. But when they lost in the training game, I didn’t care.
I don’t know why the suggestion to pretend my attempts didn’t count could resonate with me. But I knew this new way of thinking worked for me. It gave me power to know the results didn’t matter because this was the exhibition game when I was practicing what I had learned before the real games started.
I discovered there were other ways to use this new tool. It allowed me to have a successful sales career, even though I heard the word “no” hundreds of times. It was part of the business, but I didn’t let it get me down. I turned a negative into a positive by reasoning that every time I heard the word “no”, it meant I was one step closer to “yes”. It’s amazing how powerful you feel when you remove the fear that stops you from going after what you want in life.
I still work my sales job, and we have a lot of high-school and college students working at the company. I will pass on the advice that I learned many years ago and encourage them to use that idea for whatever they want to achieve.
1. Which word can describe the author when he was young?A.Stubborn. | B.Out-going. | C.Confident. | D.Dissociable. |
A.The training games are also important. | B.Whatever the game is, it doesn’t count. |
C.Just have a try and downplay the results. | D.Don’t worry about life’s gains and losses. |
A.Cope. | B.Deal. | C.Fight. | D.Agree. |
A.Positive results. | B.Steps to success. |
C.Excuses to escape. | D.Unbeatable strikes. |
【推荐3】When I was six, on my first day in an American classroom, my classmates and the teacher suddenly stood up, put their hands over their hearts, and started reading the Pledge of Allegiance(效忠誓言). It marked the beginning of a fascination with what I eventually learned to call culture.
That fascination deepened in college, where I majored in Russian and learned everything I could about the country. Then I won a chance to study community theater in Irkutsk. When you’re involved in a different culture, you start wondering everything about it. So I developed a habit of exploring them whenever in an unfamiliar situation. Culture offered the chance to see the world. Culture also, at least partially, led me to WWF.
Four years later, I moved to Alaska. WWF’s Alaska office was looking for someone who could speak Russian. They hired me. I’ve been with WWF ever since. As WWF’s Arctic and Bering Sea program officer, I connect the dots between polar bears, climate change and communities. I lead WWF’s efforts to help polar bears and other Arctic marine mammals coexist alongside people.
While I picked up some environmental knowledge when volunteering with a conservation group in Siberia, I learned loads about Arctic ecosystems and species, especially through translating. My ability to move between cultures has proved just as critical to my work at WWF as my technical expertise. The people who live and work in the Arctic represent many backgrounds and opinions—Alaska native communities, government agencies, activists, people with different nationalities. You can’t do conservation work here without recognizing the cultural barriers those differences can create.
I work with Alaska native communities in the remotest parts of the state to help them find solutions to human-polar bear conflict. But when I first go into a community, I never start by talking about “human-polar bear conflict”. Instead, I ask them what’s happening with polar bears in their village. And I listen. We can work together to find solutions. I also rely on Alaska native people to help me share those solutions with other Alaska native communities.
1. Why did the author go to Irkutsk?A.To learn Russian. | B.To learn community theater. |
C.To help polar bears. | D.To join WWF. |
A.To study Arctic ecosystems. |
B.To set up wildlife reserves. |
C.To collect money for Arctic animals. |
D.To help people live in harmony with animals. |
A.The benefits of volunteering. |
B.How to get along with different people. |
C.How to study environmental problems. |
D.The importance of learning other cultures. |
A.Asking locals for situations first. |
B.Living in the local communities. |
C.Stressing the need to protect polar bears. |
D.Talking about human-polar bear conflict directly. |
【推荐1】Growing up in Arizona's rodeo(竞技 )country, I was familiar with the events that come with traveling rodeos: bull riding, dressing and mutton busting. Mutton busting is like bull riding, but instead of bulls, they use sheep. And in place of the men, it's children between six and ten years old who try to hang on for eight seconds.
It took me all of five minutes to say yes to the idea of riding a sheep. Being seven years old.my decision-making ability was pretty limited. I figured I could ride a sheep as well as the next kid. Little did I know that I was in for a world of pain and embarrassment.
My nerves were shaking the day of the rodeo. I hated being in front of crowds. I didn't like getting dirty: I didn't even like sheep, which I thought of as just dirty and smelly. Yet there I was, getting ready to ride one for eight seconds in front of hundreds of people. I wanted to run out of the field and hide in the hot car until it was over. But by the time this idea occurred to me, it was too late. I was lifted away from my mother by a rodeo trainer and placed onto a platform.
My feet went into the narrow pen(羊圈) first. I felt my shoes touch the dirty floor of the pen. Once I was balanced on the lop of the sheep. The trainer let go and told me to lean forward. I did as he said. I could feel the animal's heart beating faster than mine. I realized that the poor sheep was even more frightened than I was.
Then the gate opened, and I quickly discovered quickly discovered that my hold was too weak. Within three seconds I had fallen off the sheep, and found myself face-down on the sunbaked earth. The sheep thought this was its time to take revenge(复仇), and attacked me from behind. There I lay, hat down, covered in dirt, with tears streaming down my face. I looked behind me to see my mother running to comfort me, "Stand up and show them you're okay, " she told me as she wiped the dirty tears from my face. I stood up, dirty and upset, waved my little hand, and walked out with my mother.
Sadly, I didn’t win anything, not even the respect of these rodeo animals. I did find a new admiration for those little balls of wool, though.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about “mutton busting”?A.It is a dirty and terrible game. | B.Only strong adults can ride a sheep |
C.It is intended to pick the fastest sheep. | D.It's a game for 6-to-10-year-old children. |
A.it was part of growing up. | B.he thought he could do well. |
C.mother made him do so. | D.he found it very interesting |
A.Why the author lost the competition. |
B.Why a mother should comfort her child |
C.How the author failed in the sheep riding |
D.How the sheep hurt the author when it attacked |
【推荐2】I’m not sure what I had in mind when I signed up to volunteer in Ghana. But Ghana seems different than the other developing countries I have encountered. Little children like to point us out to their mothers, and my hand waves back are often met with stormy silence. Perhaps the best part is that we aren’t treated like tourists: we pay the same price as the locals for our breakfast. We blend in (融入) while we stick out, a strange paradox (矛盾).
When I arrived I told the people in charge of the program to place me where there was the biggest need for help. That ended up being this 12m×10m run-down school room out in the slums (贫民区). When I entered the classroom, I found there were between 80 and 120 children under the age of 6 in it. It reminded me of overturning a rock and having hundreds of ants run loose. There was no rhyme or reason in this room: the children maintained the discipline themselves.
Within days, we had learned the names of those children who finally attended the class, al thirty or so of them. The one that impressed me most was a five-year-old girl sitting at the front row, studiously quiet. She learned everything we taught her, at a pace that took my breath away. She far outpaced any Western five-year-old I’d ever worked with and fueled my passion to keep going.
Now I look at this run-down classroom and these children in their ragged clothes, thinking of how different they are and how differently we can change their lives. Then the usual chaos attacks, I hold up a bag above my head and within ten seconds, the classroom is quiet. All the children are staring at my bag of candy and I realize maybe they’re not that different after all.
1. How do the local mothers react to the author’s greeting?A.They remain silent. | B.They treat her to breakfast. |
C.They offer to be her guide. | D.They let their children respond. |
A.The classroom was very large. |
B.The classroom was full of ants. |
C.The classroom was poorly equipped. |
D.The classroom looked extremely crowded. |
A.She decided to leave Ghana. |
B.She chose to follow her example. |
C.She would continue her volunteer work. |
D.She thought poorly of Western five-year-olds. |
A.They are eager to learn. |
B.They can never resist candy. |
C.They are willing to change their lives. |
D.They cannot keep silent for over ten seconds. |
【推荐3】Ali knocks on my front door every few weeks to offer my family food. He’s from Iran and knows how much I love Persian cooking. A self-made taxi driver, he shares more than food.
I wonder if he hears my screams through the walls. I have sensory processing challenges, and my brain gets overloaded every couple of months. When this happens, I have a severe headache.
I arrived in my new neighborhood near Novato after trial and error. After two years on the East Coast for graduate school and then six years spent working abroad, I had always felt like an outsider. I decided to return to my hometown of San Francisco since I had held on to the idea of the city’s diversity all those years. But after a short time in Berkeley, a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay, my sensory sensitivities became unbearable. I had to run even farther from the city to the suburbs (郊区).
The suburbs felt so much more like the San Francisco of my youth. Having grown up between the Haight, the Fillmore, and the Sunset, and being a product of San Francisco public schools — living among cultural diversity — I’ve always felt that immersion (沉浸) in difference is my norm (准则).
In her book Radical Suburbs, Amanda Kolson Hurley writes in America, the fixed idea of “white suburbs” is changing. My neighbors are Guatemalan, Iranian, and African American. My husband is South Asian; our daughter is mixed. “Diverse suburbs are growing faster than white suburbs,” Hurley writes.
Back to Ali. His wife, Janet, is a nurse from Sacramento who grew up on a farm. Her father helped build Bay Area bridges. She’s black, and her sister visits regularly. On the other side of my short fence (围栏) is Valeria, a middle-aged homemaker from Guatemala and she has two grown sons. Once a month her nieces and nephews visit their house. We can all hear them singing beautiful songs.
My neighbors make me feel at home.
1. Why did the author decide to go back to San Francisco?A.She was fed up with working abroad. |
B.She wanted to handle her health problem. |
C.She hoped to have the sense of belonging. |
D.She found life on the East Coast unbearable. |
A.She grew up in Iran. |
B.She is of mixed race. |
C.She moved to America at school age. |
D.She likes living in diverse communities. |
A.They are limited to whites. |
B.They are becoming more diverse. |
C.They are filled with cultural shock. |
D.They are becoming more populated. |
A.It is friendly. |
B.It is a middle-class one. |
C.It is different from San Francisco. |
D.It is populated mainly by Guatemalans. |