Fraser Doherty was only 14 when he started making jam(果酱).There had always been a special way of making jam in the Doherty family. One day his grandmother told Fraser the secret and, with her help, he began to invent his own unusual jam, all called SuperJam.
The jam was good because soon Fraser was making it and selling it to his friends and neighbors after school. Within four years he produced 1,000 tins of jam a week from his parents’ home in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2007, when he was just 17, he won an order to produce 120,000 tins of jam a week for a big British supermarket(超市).That meant that he needed to start producing jam in a factory, not at home.
When Fraser was 18 he studied business at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. He hoped that his business would grow and if it did, he could sell jam to other supermarkets. Things went really well. At the age of 24 he was already a millionaire(百万富翁). Today he sells jam to over 2,000 supermarkets around the world, from Australia to Russia!
Traditional jam contains often 80 percent sugar, but Mr. Doherty, whose company is called SuperJam, has created a healthy choice. He uses only fruit and fruit juice, not sugar. He wanted to make jam as healthy as possible, and take the place of the traditionally unhealthy jam with a “super jam”. “It was quite surprising to change a product that people have made the same way for hundreds of years, but I wanted to add a new way.” A food researcher said, “Fraser has taken an old product and he has made it young, exciting and modern.”
1. When did Fraser begin to do business?| A．At age 24. | B．At age 18. | C．At age 17. | D．At age 14. |
| A．He left the university. | B．His business went well. |
| C．He invented more jams. | D．His company was founded. |
| A．SuperJam sells better. |
| B．Traditional jam tastes worse. |
| C．Traditional jam is all made of sugar. |
| D．SuperJam is made of fruit and fruit juice. |
| A．Kind-hearted | B．Honest. | C．Creative. | D．Strong-willed. |
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【推荐1】When Marybeth Hearn was 10 years old, she asked her parents to let her train a dog to become a guide dog. It turned into a lifelong thing. Over more than fifty years, Hearn has raised 56 dogs to help visually impaired (视力受损的) people. But her influence doesn’t end there — the longtime high school teacher has encouraged several of her family members and some of her students to train many more.
When she looked to her parents for support years ago, things were different from what she expected. Her mom didn’t like dogs, and her dad doubted she would be able to find any money to pay for the cost of the training. However, Hearn presented the project at a Lions Club and raised $2, 500. So on a sunny summer day in 1962, the family drove home with a black Lab named Letta, the first of a long series of dog trainees.
Two sons and a granddaughter have followed in Hearn’s footsteps, but her greatest influence has come from guiding student trainers, who since 1992 have worked through a school club with 170 dogs that ended up in different service posts. They spend 14 months with each dog teaching them skills. The dogs live full-time with the students, attending their classes and field trips to become socialized.
The dogs then go to trainers employed by Guide Dogs for the Blind, an organization that partners with the program, before graduating and being paired with two-legged companions. Those that aren’t up to the difficult task of helping the blind can become other kinds of service animals. Often students attend the graduations and help pass the dogs on.
“I love seeing the look on kids’ faces ... when they get to see that dog again after three or four months and the dog remembers them,” Hearn said. “It’s a great feeling.”
1. What has Hearn done since she was a child?| A．She has collected money for the blind. |
| B．She has trained dogs to help the blind. |
| C．She has petted and cared for many homeless dogs. |
| D．She has provided the blind with education for free. |
| A．Mad. | B．Uncaring. | C．Unacceptable. | D．Supportive. |
| A．continue to be trained |
| B．be taken away as a pet |
| C．live full-time with Hearn’s students |
| D．become another kind of service animal |
| A．Honest and hard-working. |
| B．Strong-minded and caring. |
| C．Outgoing and careful. |
| D．Strict and creative. |
【推荐2】Watching wooden dolls come to life may not be one of the most popular forms of entertainment today, but with over twenty years’ experience, talented puppeteer (木偶表演者) Peter Roberts has earned himself the title “master puppeteer” because of his great ability to turn puppets into believable, almost living characters. “People are quite often surprised to hear what I do for a living and have little appreciation of puppet as a form of entertainment. But while the exact origins of puppet theatre are unknown, it has been popular in many cultures and may have been the very first kind of theatre,” he explains.
Roberts’ shows are highly original. “A puppet show can involve anything from clowning (傻逗) to storytelling,” he says. Equally diverse are the audiences he performs for. “Some are attracted by the puppets themselves, while others enjoy the dialogue.” Roberts believes that this form of entertainment can be appreciated by people of all ages and cultures.
Roberts’ interest in puppets started when he received some beautiful glove puppets one Christmas. He started putting on shows with these for family and friends and then moved on to handmade Chinese string puppets. Learning mostly from books and personal experience, he explains, “I was already spending most of my free time carving puppets and putting on shows, so I hardly noticed the change from students to full-time professional puppeteer.”
The puppets are designed specifically for each show, which is extremely time consuming. According to Roberts, “Sometimes what you expect and what you actually create in the end are two very different things. I’ve made some of my best puppets ‘accidentally’.”
When most people hear the word “puppetry”, they more than likely think of a way of keeping children entertained at birthday parties. Certainly the subject matter will be expected to be light-hearted rather than serious. However, Roberts wants to point out that puppets convey serious messages sometimes.” he says.
1. What do we know about puppetry in the first paragraph?| A．It is a most popular form of entertainment. |
| B．It cannot give people pleasure any more. |
| C．It was first brought to life by Peter Roberts. |
| D．Its value as an art form is not fully recognized. |
| A．usually attract people full of humor |
| B．are most something for old aged audience |
| C．display something meaningful for different people |
| D．involve hard work and great intelligence |
| A．the puppet show books | B．his university major |
| C．a Christmas gift | D．some Chinese string puppets |
| A．It is just a kind of entertainment for kids. |
| B．It can be educational as well as entertaining. |
| C．It is only a kind of serious art form. |
| D．It should be kept light-hearted. |
【推荐3】When I was 13, I climbed my first mountain — a fairly gentle 3,900-foot peak. I was overweight at the time and out of breath when I reached the summit. But I loved challenging myself. Soon I’d climbed nearly 100 peaks. My parents were happy that I finally found a hobby.
I often go climbing with my friend Mel Olsen. She and I drove to tackle 11,240-foot Mount Hood. It’s safer to start winter climbs at night when there’s less risk of the sun melting the snowpack. That day, we started at 3 am. At around 9 am, we reached an ice step. It was about three or four feet tall and sloped at a 75-degree angle. I volunteered to go first. I placed my left foot on the ice step.
I gained a sense of the ice when I stuck my ax and crampons (鞋底钉) into it, and it felt good. Confident I was safe, I put my full weight on it. Suddenly, I heard a crack, and as the snowpack became thinner, a whole piece of ice broke off the step, right under my foot.
In an instant, I fell backward, bouncing off the rock face and rolling down the mountain as if I were a character in a video game. I remember thinking: This is it. You’re done. I stuck out my arms and legs, grabbing at anything. That stopped my rolling down the mountain, but I was still sliding. After a few seconds, I came to a stop on a shallow slope.
I asked myself: Where are you? Mount Hood. What’s the date? December 30. Good. My brain was functioning. Then I checked my body to see where I was hurt. For the most part, I was fine, except that I was suffering from a sharp pain in my left leg. Later I’d learn that I’d broken my femur (大腿骨) and that the bone was slicing into my skin and muscle.
At the bottom of Mount Hood, I was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital. The doctors told me it would be a year before I could climb again, but I was back on the trails within six months.
1. Why did the author and her friend set out at 3 am?| A．It was the best time to enjoy scenery. | B．It was more challenging to climb at night. |
| C．They hoped to avoid some possible dangers. | D．They wanted to finish the climb before sunset. |
| A．To show her strong character. | B．To make her idea more convincing. |
| C．To help readers imagine the scene. | D．To add to the humor of the description. |
| A．By recalling what had happened. | B．By checking whether she was injured. |
| C．By calling an ambulance for rescue. | D．By asking herself some factual questions. |
| A．She is too brave to pay attention to any danger. |
| B．Adversities can’t stop her from challenging herself. |
| C．The love for nature sets her apart from her friend. |
| D．She has a strong desire for professional knowledge. |
【推荐1】One day King Solomon was sitting on his throne (宝座、御座) and his guards were standing around him. Suddenly the door was opened and the Queen of Sheba came in. “King,” she said, “in my own country I have heard much about your power and glory, but much more about your wisdom. Men have told me that there is no puzzle that you can not solve. I have here a puzzle which I think will test your wisdom. I would like to show you.”
Then she held up in each hand beautiful wreath(花环) of flowers. The wreaths were so nearly alike that none could point out any difference. “One of these wreaths,” said the Queen, “is made of flowers picked from your garden. The other is made of artificial(人工的) flowers, shaped and colored by a skillful artist. Now, tell me, which one is true, and which one is false?” The king was puzzled. He moved uneasily on his golden throne. His ministers and guards shook their heads.
Suddenly the king remembered that close by his window there was a climbing vine(藤) filled with beautiful sweet flowers. He had seen many bees flying among these flowers and gathering honey from them. He asked one of his ministers to open the window.
It was opened. The queen was standing quite near to it with the two wreaths still in her hands. The next moment two bees flew eagerly in. Then came one after another. All flew to the flowers in the queen’s right hand. Not one of the bees so much as looked at those in her left hand. “Queen of Sheba, the bees have given you my answer,” said King Solomon.
And the queen said, “You are wise, King Solomon. You gather knowledge from the little things which common men pass by unnoticed.”
1. What did the Queen of Sheba hear about King Solomon?| A．He could solve all the puzzles. |
| B．He was kind to his people in the country. |
| C．He liked sitting with all his great men. |
| D．He could deal with all kinds of troubles. |
| A．the Queen was impolite to him |
| B．he didn’t like flowers at all |
| C．it was hard to tell the difference of the two wreaths. |
| D．none of his ministers and guards knew the names of the flowers. |
| A．let the bees fly in | B．let the fresh air come in |
| C．keep himself calm down | D．make the flowers grow well |
| A．the artificial flowers | B．flying through the windows |
| C．visiting the Queen | D．the sweet smell in the room |
| A．loved King Solomon deeply |
| B．admired King Solomon very much |
| C．would like to ask for help from King Solomon. |
| D．didn’t believe in King Solomon clearly |
【推荐2】Su Min, a 56-year-old retiree, has never been happier. After fulfilling her family's expectations of dutiful Chinese womanhood, Ms. Su is embracing a new identity: fearless traveller and Internet celebrity. For six months, she has been on a solo drive across China, documenting her journey for more than 1.35 million followers across several social media platforms.
Ms. Su had rarely traveled before. But she had long been eager for driving. Growing up in Tibet, she sometimes missed the school bus home and had to walk 12 miles through the mountains. Each time a truck passed by, she imagined sitting behind the wheel, safe and comfortable. But cars were rare, and having one seemed impossible. After marriage, she put her heart and soul into taking care of her home, her children, grandchildren, shouldering endless housework at home.
Then, in late 2019, she came across a video online of someone introducing their camping gear while on a solo road trip. She remembered her childhood dream of driving — the freedom and comfort it had represented. Over the following months, she watched every video about road trips. She took a lot of notes: which apps they used to find campsites, which tricks they had for saving money. Soon, Ms. Su made up her mind: Once her grandsons entered preschool, she would start a trip of her own. She had bought a small several years earlier with her savings and a monthly pension of around 2100 yuan. On Sept. 24, she fixed her tent to the top of the car and set off although her daughter worried about her safety. She visited historical Xi’an, mountainous Sichuan and the old town of Lijiang — covering more than 8,500 miles so far.
She posted video updates as she drove. In her videos, she was surprised at her newfound freedom. She could drive as fast as she wanted brake as hard as she liked. Ms. Su says, “I've been a wife, a mother and a grandmother, and I came out this time to find myself. It took me so many years to realize that I had to live for myself.” And she plans to cover all of China. That could take a few years.
1. What did Su Min dream to do in her childhood?| A．Drive her own car. | B．Escape from her home. |
| C．Travel around the world. | D．Walk through the mountains. |
| A．She started her road trip without making preparations. |
| B．She started her trip before her grandson entered preschool. |
| C．She was inspired by an online video about a solo road trip. |
| D．She won support from her daughter from the very beginning. |
| A．find her freedom | B．discover her strengths |
| C．become an Internet celebrity | D．inspire other women’s love for travel |
| A．Ambitious and humorous.. | B．Demanding and thoughtful. |
| C．Selfless and faithful. | D．Brave and determined. |
【推荐3】Born in London in 1825, Thomas Henry Huxley was one of the greatest men of the nineteenth century. In 1846 Thomas Henry Huxley was appointed assistant doctor aboard H. M.S. Rattlesnake. The ship had been asked to survey areas of the Great Barrier Reef and the neighboring seas. This gave Thomas Henry Huxley an opportunity to study animal life and was the start of his biological career. The voyage lasted four years, during which time he gathered much information on plankton (浮游生物).
On his return from the voyage, Thomas Henry Huxley was made a member of the Royal Society in recognition of his scientific work. Although he continued to publish papers about plankton, his interest was turning towards vertebrate (有脊椎的) animals. For some time Thomas Henry Huxley and his workmates had been discussing the possibility that animal species had evolved (进化), one from another. No satisfactory theories had been put forward, but in 1859 Darwin’s Origin of Species appeared. Thomas Henry Huxley at once realized its importance and how the theory of natural selection provided “the working hypothesis (假说) we sought”.
For the rest of his life Thomas Henry Huxley struggled to ensure the full recognition of Darwin's work. In 1863 Thomas Henry Huxley published Man’s Place in Nature in which he compared man and great apes (猿). He clearly showed similarities.
Despite his many achievements, he was given no award by the British state until late in his life. From about 1870, Thomas Henry Huxley was too involved in other things to continue actual research. He had always been interested in education. He pioneered the teaching of biology and his method of selecting “type animals” is still followed today. He spent the last ten years of his life writing essays mainly on biology.
1. Why did Huxley go on the voyage?| A．To explore the deep sea. | B．To do research on sea animals. |
| C．To work as a doctor on the ship. | D．To gather information for his paper. |
| A．He had doubt about it. | B．He thought highly of it. |
| C．He couldn’t understand it. | D．He thought he developed it first. |
| A．It discusses the importance of human beings. |
| B．It focuses on Darwin’s theory of natural selection. |
| C．It talks about the differences between man and apes. |
| D．It provides evidence about the evolution of man from apes. |
| A．He contributed a lot to biology teaching. |
| B．He continued his research till his death. |
| C．He became a good novelist late in his life. |
| D．He never got awards for his achievements. |
【推荐1】How to start running and actually stick with it
Want to know how I went from someone who thought “how on earth do you have fun running when, after five minutes, you’re fighting for your life?” to a marathon completer?
First, don’t overthink it. Pop your trainers on and head outside-you’re already halfway there. I started small:just like that.
Then, join a running club. I am now part of Run Dem Crew, where I’ve found some of my closest friends. While the pandemic (流行病) has stopped us from meeting up, my weekly runs make me feel closer to them. I log my mileage on an app, checking in with my friends.
And finally, realise that not every run is going to be your best. Just after my 5km I joined LDN Brunch Club, a running collective who meet on Sundays and hunt out the best brunch spots in the capital. On my first day, I leapt out of bed, picked my best outfit and headed to Shoreditch. I was terrified: 20km was the distance. Little did I know my poor inexperienced muscles (and smoker’s lungs) would pack in at 8km. I tapped out, let the group go on without me and sulked.
| A．But I got back up again. |
| B．I signed up for my first 5km. |
| C．I’ve got some pieces of advice. |
| D．Your body can’t adapt quickly enough. |
| E．It has become a lifeline during lockdown. |
| F．Next thing I knew I was doing a marathon. |
| G．As simple as running may be, it certainly isn’t easy. |
【推荐2】Jennifer Rocha, who graduated from UC San Diego, said she wanted to thank her parents for their support by taking graduation photos in the fields where she worked alongside them since high school. “I wanted to take those pictures out there, specifically in the field, because that’s what made me go to college,” Rocha said. “That was my dad’s lesson of saying: if you don’t pursue a higher education, you’re going to be working here the rest of your life.” Rocha said her parents encouraged her and her siblings to pursue a higher education.
She started working in the fields with her parents when she was a junior in high school. Each day, she would leave cross country practice to go home and work planting strawberries overnight. “It was tough labor,” Rocha said as she remembered working late nights in the fields. “I was like, ‘You know what? I don’t want to be doing this my whole life.’”
Completing the past four years of college was not always an easy feat for Rocha. While being a full-time student, she also worked at the university’s police department to help pay for her tuition. She worked long hours to fund her education. At times, her work shifts wouldn’t end until 4 or 5 am, leaving only a few hours to spare before the next class. “I have class at like 8 am, and it’s not worth me driving and then coming back,” Rocha said. “So, I would just nap in my car and then go to class after that. It was tough times, but I mean,we got that diploma.”
Rocha hopes her photos and her story will be an inspiration to immigrant families. She said it was important to include her parents in her graduation photos. “I wanted to not just honor them but honor all the migrant skilled workers, because a lot of times they aren’t recognized and we forget about them. My parents being migrant workers were able to have three girls get their college education, and you can do it, too, and your kids can,” she said.
1. Why did Rocha take graduation photos in the field?| A．To thank her parents for their hard work. | B．To memorize her help with parents in fields. |
| C．To show her preference for field work. | D．To show her success in ending field labor. |
| A．Get a higher agriculture education. | B．Stay away from working in fields. |
| C．Devote her whole life to fields. | D．Become a learned field worker. |
| A．Exciting. | B．Boring. | C．Carefree. | D．Difficult. |
| A．To stress the importance of education. | B．To remind others of labor’s value. |
| C．To inspire others to pursue education. | D．To win awards at graduation. |
【推荐3】On a warm morning last summer, California bus driver Tim Watson was about halfway through his daily express route from Milpitas to Fremont when an alert from the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) flashed across his dashboard screen. A toddler had been kidnapped in Milpitas, the message read, and it asked that drivers be on the lookout for the boy.
The victim was described as a three-year-old child in plaid shorts and red shoes; the suspect, a man in his 20s wearing jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt. Tim felt his stomach drop when he realized that a man with a toddler in plaid shorts had boarded the bus just ten minutes earlier.
Before alerting authorities, he wanted to confirm their identities. Pulling into a parking lot, he announced that he needed to look for a lost bag. He moved slowly down the aisle, peering under each seat, until he approached the last row. “I saw the red shoes,” says Tim. “But I knew I had to keep cool.”
Back behind the wheel, Tim apologized for the delay and pulled the bus onto the highway. Not wanting to arouse suspicion, he waited a few minutes, then radioed the bus dispatcher, who directed him to continue to his final stop, where police officers would be waiting.
Minutes later, after making the last turn, he stopped the bus and opened the doors. As the man got off the bus with the boy, a police officer grabbed the child out of his arms, threw the suspect to the ground, and handcuffed him behind his back.
The police officers told Tim that the man, David Edington, 23, had snatched the boy from the Milpitas library after he wandered away from his mother. Tim thought about his own sons, ages 17 and 21. “I went back in the bus alone and broke down,” he says. Then he climbed out again to check that the boy was OK. Tim found him sitting calmly in the front seat of a squad car, without a tear in sight. “I just smiled at him,” Tim says. “I knew he was safe.”
Now, Tim is still humble about his actions. “I try to teach my kids to look out for people who can’t defend themselves,” he says. “And that’s what I did.”
1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?| A．To arouse the readers’ attention. | B．To introduce the reason for the story. |
| C．To state the setting of the incident . | D．To describe an emergent situation. |
| A．Because he had recognized the suspect on the bus. |
| B．Because he had spotted the suspect minutes earlier. |
| C．Because he desired to confirm the suspect’s identity. |
| D．Because he longed to get the suspect caught in time. |
| A．Alert and cautious. | B．Intelligent and pitiful. |
| C．Tough and respectable. | D．Humble and warm-hearted. |
| A．He closely resembled Tim’s sons. | B．He was in his 20s and was cool-headed. |
| C．He showed regret for what he did. | D．He kidnapped the boy to get more money. |
