On a Sunday morning, I was driving down a road and saw something I couldn’t believe. A little girl, less than two, was pushing her stroller (婴儿车) across the road. It was Sunday morning and traffic was not heavy.
I stopped my car at once and ran toward her. This little girl knew enough to run from a stranger. I tried to catch her in order that I could get her out of the road. Suddenly her father came running down a hill across the road from where I had parked my car. He ran right to her and caught her up, saying “bad girl” to her. I picked up the stroller and gave it to him. The father grabbed (抓住) the stroller and walked toward where he came from without a word. I went back and sat in my car for a few minutes with my son. My hands were shaking and tears were about to run out of my eyes. “Do you feel cold, Mom?” asked my son. I just shook my head.
After this happened, I thought about how thankful I am. Even though the father didn’t say thank you, I feel that I did something good. Doing something for someone else is pleasing, even when it’s only a matter of being in the right place at the right time. I didn’t really “save” her, but I feel like it was important that I happened to be there. It is sad that I was the only one who stopped. It really made me a little disappointed that no one else stopped to help.
1. When the author saw the little girl, _____.A.the girl had lost her way |
B.she was driving to work in a hurry |
C.the girl feared to go across the road |
D.there weren’t many cars on the road |
A.she wanted to stay on the road |
B.she didn’t know the author at all |
C.she wanted to look for her father |
D.she needed to catch her stroller |
A.Because she was not feeling well. |
B.Because she was too excited to keep calm. |
C.Because the weather was very cold at that time. |
D.Because she failed to be understood by the girl’s father. |
A.really necessary |
B.worth praising |
C.not welcome |
D.not useful |
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【推荐1】Abebe Bikila stared at the athletes from his own country, who were competing in the Olympic Games. The name Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚) was written across the back of each athlete’s uniform (衣服). As Abebe Bikila watched, he made up his mind to become one of those athletes.
In 1932, Abebe Bikila was born in a poor family in a small town near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As a child, he always ran to school a few kilometres away from his home. After leaving school, Abebe Bikila went into the army. He was later found to be excellent as a marathon (马拉松赛跑) runner. In 1960, he was on his way to Rome as a member of the Ethiopian Olympic team.
In Rome, Abebe Bikila succeeded in completing things that no runner had ever achieved before. When he won the Olympic marathon, he became the first black African to win a gold medal. And he set a new world record. Another thing that made people surprised was that he ran the race in his bare (赤裸的) feet. When asked why he ran barefoot, Abebe Bikila said, “I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.”
By 1964, Abebe Bikila had become wellknown as a barefoot runner. In the same year, he headed for the Tokyo Olympics. But six weeks before his big race, Abebe Bikila suffered an attack of appendicitis (阑尾炎). When he arrived in Japan, he was still recovering from the operation to remove his appendix. But Abebe Bikila ran the marathon — this time wearing shoes — and won it! He beat his own record in 1960 by more than four minutes. That made him the first runner to continuously win two Olympic marathons.
In 1968, a car accident left the great runner unable to walk for ever. Abebe Bikila died in 1973. A huge crowd, including the then ruler of Ethiopia, Atse Haile Selassie, gathered as he was laid to rest. Abebe Bikila will always be remembered for his great ability, love of country, and true Olympic spirit. In the heart of all sports fans, Abebe Bikila remains an excellent Olympic athlete.
1. What made Abebe Bikila want to be an Olympic athlete?A.Joining the army after leaving school. |
B.Running to school when he was young. |
C.Taking part in a marathon at a young age. |
D.Watching the athletes from his country compete. |
A.made some mistakes |
B.didn’t wear his shoes |
C.failed to win a medal |
D.set two world records |
A.strongminded | B.warmhearted |
C.peaceloving | D.welleducated |
A.The early life of Abebe Bikila |
B.Abebe Bikila, a real sports hero |
C.Abebe Bikila, a true peace runner |
D.Abebe Bikila’s experience in Rome |
【推荐2】Gautam Shah had spent 20 years working in IT—and his whole life caring about nature. He saw advances in conservation that got mentioned only in science journals, “but the story lines within that data are amazing; they’re fascinating,” Shah says. ‘They’re absolutely things that can engage an audience. ”
Eager to use his techie skills for wildlife conservation, Shah—a National Geographic explorer—founded a game company called Internet of Elephants in 2016. The Kenya-based start-up designs digital experiences to tell real conservation stories based on real data. One example: Wildeverse, an improved reality mobile app like Pokemon Go, launched in April 2020. In the game, players can “track” apes (类人猿) by collecting environmental samples such as fruit and animal waste. Rather than putting lots of high-tech tricks in a game, Shah says, the company prioritizes (优先) telling an interesting, true story through whatever technology is best suited to it.
Shah believes that gaming has a unique ability to connect audiences with wildlife in a deep, personal way that will show much concern and advocacy. His goal is for Internet of Elephants to reach more than 50 million people by 2027.
Hopefully, he says, “we can create an entire industry where creating games and these types of digital experiences about wildlife conservation becomes as common things as creating a wildlife documentary. ”
1. We can learn from paragraph 1 that Gautam Shah ________.A.has got a creative idea of doing something interesting |
B.has found some amazing data in science journals |
C.thought science journals should be amazing |
D.had devoted his life to IT industry |
A.To improve reality mobile apps. |
B.To win more than 500 million online players. |
C.To collect money for a wildlife conservation project. |
D.To use digital experiences to promote wildlife protection. |
A.Play high-tech tricks in the game. |
B.Tell interesting, true stories about animals. |
C.Find apes by following their movements. |
D.Have “conversations” with many animals like apes. |
A.Considerate and ambitious. | B.Creative and responsible. |
C.Caring and tolerant | D.Curious and generous. |
【推荐3】Years ago, I appeared on stage with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir in the Town Hall. There I was, my feet in plain shoes, sweat dirtying my clean white shirt, singing my heart out in front of the big organ. I still have a tape recording of that performance somewhere, where I swear I can hear myself singing, high and thin and possibly off-key.
But life got in the way and I stopped singing. Then, in the summer of 2019, I found myself facing some gloom in my own life. It felt as if it had been a long time between songs, as if there was something unsung, some absent music in my ears. I began to fear I might be making myself ill and unable to breathe in a normal way.
Could singing help me reclaim my voice and calm my fast-beating heart? Research from the Royal Society noted that “group singing can improve physical and mental health, as well as promote social bonds”. So, rather than letting my unsung tunes strangle (扼杀) me, I decided to take on a new choral experience, one being in the Big Feminist Sing, a community choir.
“If you don’t know what to sing,” the choir director said, “find someone who looks confident and go and stand next to them.” Find a friend if you’re in trouble; take a risk; use your voice; be part of something bigger than yourself. I’ve been singing in the choir ever since, because group singing gives me a sense of safety — and each rehearsal (排练) is a lifeline, a connected thread, an intake of air working toward a collective voice. It doesn’t matter if I am a bit off-key to start with. Decades of unsung situations have changed, and I have flown.
1. How did the author feel during her performance in the Town Hall?A.Excited. | B.Relaxed. | C.Nervous. | D.Curious. |
A.Something unsung in the author’s life. |
B.Some difficulty in the author’s life. |
C.Some disease that stopped the author singing. |
D.Something affecting the author’s voice. |
A.Finding a true friend is never easy. |
B.The choir director’s position counts. |
C.Teamwork has benefited her a lot. |
D.Singing alone improves her health. |
A.To get a sense of safety out of singing. |
B.To make changes from stage experiences. |
C.To taste music in a choir. |
D.To enjoy the amazing power of group singing. |
【推荐1】I parked outside the grocery store that weekend, still tired after another stressful week of work. I’m an accountant, and it was the middle of busy season, which meant tight deadlines and crazy hours. A long weekend was coming up, and a friend suggested that I relax at a nearby woman recover center. I moved through the passageway with my shopping cart, hurrying to beat out a few others who were heading for the already long checkout line. It took me more than an hour to finish the shopping.
When I got back to my car, groceries in hand, I found a note on my car. In beautiful handwriting and blue ink, the writer explained that her car had scraped(刮擦) my Honda Civic when she pulled into the space next to mine. “I’m sorry!” she wrote, and added her insurance policy(保险单) number and cell phone number. At the bottom, she signed her name, Elyse.
What an honest person!I was quite surprised. Few people act like that nowadays. Most people would have just driven away. A few weeks later I got the estimate for the repair: $1,500! There’s no way she’ll pay this much, I thought. I picked up that note with the beautiful blue script and dialed the number, ready for an argument.
“Hello?” Elyse answered cheerily. “Hi, you left a note on my car?” I began. But even when she heard how much the bill was going to be, Elyse still sounded just like she had in her note, so friendly—and calm. How was it possible for her to be like that? I wondered. Believe it or not, I got the money for the repair.
When the busy period at work finally passed, I decided to go to the recover center that my friend had suggested. I had my doubts if it would help, but it couldn’t hurt, right?
Checking in at the front desk, I looked through the guest book, looking for a blank spot to write my name. Finally, I reached the last page. There, at the top, in the same perfect handwriting that she had used in her note to me, was Elyse’s name.
1. The author got her car scraped when she was _______.A.parking her car outside the grocery store |
B.doing some shopping in the grocery store |
C.driving to the grocery store |
D.on her way to the woman recover center |
A.Elyse is a woman who is difficult to deal with |
B.anyone who scrapes others’ car should write down his name and address |
C.the grocery store where the author did shopping was not busy |
D.the author didn’t expect Elyse could pay for the repair voluntarily |
A.She is an accountant and usually very busy. |
B.She is always too busy to make any friends. |
C.She is quite selfless and likes helping others. |
D.She is poor and always trying to get money from others. |
A.A fixed amount. |
B.A repair price. |
C.A guessed amount. |
D.An exact price. |
A.Elyse is the boss of the woman recover center |
B.the author would return the money for the repair to Elyse |
C.the author is eager to learn perfect handwriting from Elyse |
D.the author may meet Elyse and they might become friends |
【推荐2】My mother was never truly happy in Connecticut finding the winter bitter cold and the culture provincial (偏狭的). Though she grew up in New Jersey, she moved to San Francisco in her early twenties, met and married my dad out there. After I was born, they decided to return east, closer to their own parents. But she never let go of her love for the Bay Area.
California was always part of the conversation when I was a kid. I ate meals off a map-of-the-world placemat (餐垫), and Mom taught me to identify San Francisco before I learned where Hartford was. She told us stories of perfection on a single city, fantasizing about retiring out west. My dad would play along, but his heart wasn’t in the same place.
While my mother’s status in the nonprofit world advanced, her desire to move back to her favorite place grew strong. She applied for jobs in the Bay, underwent bicoastal Skype screenings, even traveled out for a couple of interviews on a whim (心血来潮). Sometimes her cover letters disappeared, other times she made it down to the final two candidates. With each rejection, she promised to make her next job application even stronger.
This past May, I relocated from San Francisco to New York for a job. A few weeks later, Mom called me. Her pursuit had finally paid off. She’s been offered a vice president position at a public health nonprofit in Oakland. A few weeks later, she packed up her baggage and left Connecticut for good.
Our lives are more semblable than ever these days. We’re both discovering our new homes, making friends. We’re looking for a good yoga studio to join, reading the same books and chatting about the plots by text message. I emailed her photos from my trip to Burning Man and she replied with stories about her new coworkers who go every year.
There’s even time for the occasional dating disaster.
Perhaps that’s the paradox (悖论) of growing older. Things will always change, and they can change immediately—my mother is proof. But an individual’s own power to create change always stays the same. Everything can change, and therefore nothing ever really changes.
Now when I’m out west for a visit, Mom meets me at a station with her big bag. We stop by the Grand Lake farmers market, picking out the freshest seasonal ingredients, before hiking up the hill to her new apartment. One of these days, I’ll actually cook her dinner.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A.The author spent her childhood in California. |
B.The author’s father didn’t want to live in California. |
C.The author’s mother liked to use plates with map designs. |
D.The author’s family preferred listening to stories of the west. |
A.She always likes to struggle on her own. |
B.She owns a public health nonprofit company. |
C.Nothing can stop her from reaching her goal. |
D.She takes everything of her daughter on herself. |
A.Changeable. | B.Comfortable. | C.Similar. | D.Creative. |
A.The relationship between the author and her mother is good. |
B.Everyone has the power to make a difference to his family. |
C.Culture and living conditions have influence on one’s life style. |
D.The author’s mother had a hard time before she looked for a job. |
A.her family’s life changes all the time because of her mother |
B.the mother-daughter feelings will stay the same forever |
C.she has grown up during her family’s constant moves |
D.her mother always wants to change her current situations |
【推荐3】It was a dark and cold night. The taxi driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “ Where do you want to go, sir?”
“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.
After a long time, the car arrived at the hotel at last. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week, I took a taxi from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other driver last week.
1. When did this story happen?A.In the morning | B.In the afternoon |
C.At noon | D.At night |
A.sad | B.sorry |
C.happy | D.worried |
A.make the young man happy |
B.let the young man have a good look at the city |
C.show the young man around |
D.get more money from the young man |
A.knew the way from the station to the hotel | B.had never been to the hotel before |
C.didn’t want to stay in the city | D.didn’t know the city very well |