An Ellenton man just turned 93 years old, and decided it was time for him to go to the beach—for the first time.
Howard Fisher has been living in Florida for 20 years, but never went into the Gulf waters. For his birthday, he finally decided to see what the hype was all about it. On Sunday, he took a trip to Anna Maria Island with the help of his daughter, Sandra.
“I guess he never went to the beach because he wasn’t motivated at the time!” she told FOX 13. “By the time he decided to go, he was 93—and needed my help.”
He told her, “Sandra, isn’t it amusing? I have lived here for 20 years and never once went to the ocean. Now, I think I might like to, but I can’t.”
Sandra responded, “Yes, you can, Dad. I will make sure of it.”
Sandra, who lives in Alabama, visited her father for his birthday, and decided to help his beach wish come true. They got a beach wheelchair, which is loaned out to visitors from noon to 4 p.m. every day, she explained, at Anna Maria Island Beach Café. Those wheelchairs are provided by Manatee County.
Sandra had to document the big day. In her photos, Howard is seen with a big smile, as he relaxed and swam in the calm, green waters.
She said he was mesmerized, as he floated on his back, gazed up above him, and took in his surroundings.
“Look, I float just like a cork,” he said. “Isn’t this great? Look at that sky and those clouds.”
1. Why did Sandra’s father never go into the Gulf waters?| A．Because he was afraid of water. |
| B．Because he was too occupied to go there. |
| C．Because he couldn’t find anyone to help him. |
| D．Because he had no interest. |
| A．Funny. | B．Sorrowful. |
| C．Joyful. | D．Unimaginable. |
| A．They bought one. | B．They borrowed one. |
| C．Visitors lent one to them. | D．Manatee County made one for them. |
| A．A Daughter Took Her 93-year-old Father to Swim in the Sea |
| B．A Daughter Gave Her Father a Big Surprise for His 93rd Birthday |
| C．A 93-year-old Man from Florida Went to Beach for the First Time |
| D．A 93-year-old Man from Florida Regretted Not Having Swum in the Sea |
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【推荐1】The 92-year-old, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, even though she is nearly blind, moved to a nursing home today.
Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
As she walked slowly to the elevator, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room…just wait.”
“That doesn’t matter,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It’s how I arranged my mind. I have already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.” She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account. You take what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put in a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank.” And with a smile, she said, “All my memories are happy ones.”
Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108.
1. We can infer from the passage that the author ________.| A．is one of Mrs. Jones’ children | B．is a relative of Mrs. Jones |
| C．works in the nursing home | D．is the owner of the nursing home |
| A．is very comfortable | B．is fairly big |
| C．isn’t well equipped | D．is equipped with new furniture |
| A．couldn’t see what her room was like |
| B．thought the nursing home was her home |
| C．would have to live in the nursing home |
| D．had already made up her mind to be happy |
| A．Proud. | B．Cheerful. | C．Determined. | D．Honest. |
【推荐2】Liu Jiaoyang, 16, carefully winds a bobbin (绕线筒) with thread, places it on her sewing machine and then presses her foot down to begin sewing. While she’s doing this, she pretends to guide cloth through the machine.
Each Tuesday afternoon, after the bell rings for the fourth period, Liu becomes a fashion designer. At the same time, the rest of the students at the High School Attached to Yunnan Normal University in Kunming are also having classes a little bit different from the usual ones. Some students dance, others create robots, and still others review films. These are just a few of the 28 elective courses the school began to offer last month. “The fashion design class has become the bright point of my week. I learn how to choose colours and cloth as well as sewing and sketching (素描) skills. It’s all helping me to realise the dream of becoming a fashion designer I’ve had since I was a little girl,” Liu said.
Design is Liu’s passion, but for other students the electives are more an opportunity to take a fun course that relieves the pressure of schoolwork. Some students, for example, are learning how to play bridge.
Chen Xiejiao, 15, is one of them. “Many people think that playing a card game like this in class is a waste of time. But in fact, bridge is a very challenging game that helps develop memory and math skills,” she said.
Li Ke, 15, is studying robotics. “I hope to have built and designed my own robot by the end of the semester. It will be able to complete a task, like moving a ball from one place to another,” he said.
1. Which do you think is the best title for the passage?| A．Novel Elective Courses |
| B．How to Use a Sewing Machine |
| C．Three Students in the High School Attached to Yunnan Normal University |
| D．The Most Popular Course in the School |
| A．There are 28 elective courses the school began to offer in Liu Jiaoyang’s school. |
| B．Liu Jiaoyang shows great interest in the fashion design class. |
| C．Liu Jiaoyang is going to be a fashion designer in the future. |
| D．Liu Jiaoyang is not good at learning science subjects. |
| A．be offered chances to realise their dreams and reduce their pressure |
| B．make a beautiful dress by themselves |
| C．avoid doing their heavy homework |
| D．waste their time in playing a game |
| A．tired and bored | B．active | C．interested | D．both B and C |
【推荐3】My first visit to Angkor Wat (吴哥窟) was in 1980. The country had been at war for many years and the temple was deserted and falling to pieces. Plants were growing out of the roofs, and trees were growing in the yards.
Today, the temple is the scene of a busy repair program. A team of 15 Indian experts are organizing a workforce of 400 Cambodians, most of them women, who are cleaning, repairing and rebuilding parts of this temple.
As I walked through the yards, I noticed the Cambodian women devote hours to cleaning carefully a tiny area of stone. Boards are laid down to protect the precious painted stones while the repair work is going on. There are very few machines and little heavy equipment. Workers carry building materials in buckets at the end of long poles. Piles of stones lie in a corner of the yard, waiting to be replaced.
The work of cleaning the stones is watched over by three Indian chemists. It is a very slow task. First they clean the stones with brushes using buckets of a weak chemical. Then gaps between the stones are filled in. Finally another material is painted onto the stones which will protect them from water forever.
Work starts every day at 7 am and goes on until late afternoon six days a week, with a break at midday.
Evening is the best time to visit the temple, after the tour groups have left. As the sun sinks lower, shadows spread across the yard. After sunset, the sky turns pink. The grey stone towers take on a golden color before turning pink. Nowhere else in the world can there be such a quiet, beautiful place.
1. According to the author, which of the following plays the LEAST important role in the repair work?| A．The women workers. |
| B．The Indian workers. |
| C．Machines. |
| D．Skilled workers. |
| A．there was no one in the temple and it was in a poor state |
| B．the temple was built on a desert and nobody noticed it |
| C．the temple was very old with a long history |
| D．the temple was repaired by the Cambodians, most of whom were women |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．To get rid of certain types of plants. |
| B．To carry the building materials. |
| C．To replace the stones. |
| D．To clean the stones. |
【推荐1】Many years ago I lived in a western country. I got my first job in the city and I was excited to go to the office by bus!
I left home each morning in time to catch the 8: 05 bus from the main road. One morning I could see the bus coming. I could also see an elderly lady walking with a lovely dog beside her. There were some teenagers behind her.
The bus arrived and we got on. Unlike in eastern countries, only eight passengers were permitted to travel standing. I was inside the bus when the conductor called, "Only eight standing passengers! Could the last one please get off?" I saw those teenagers inside, right in front of me! I thought that it was me who now had to get off. I turned and saw the elderly lady with her dog. They were about to get off instead. I moved quickly to get in front of her. I encouraged her to stay and got off. To my surprise, when I moved past her, I realized that she was blind! Her lovely companion (同伴) was her guide dog!
Well, I finally got to the office. After the day's work, I went to the bus station near my office to make the return journey. What a pleasant surprise! The lady and her dog were there! I was really pleased because I'd get a better chance to speak with her. I opened the conversation and she recognized my Asian accent! She asked if I was the same person who helped her that morning. Amazing! From then on it was a long happy conversation.
The bus arrived. We got on, and were able to choose any seat as the bus was empty. Our journey started, and so did our friendship.
1. Why did the author get off the bus?| A．He wanted to help the old lady. | B．He was the last one to get on the bus. |
| C．He had got something important to do. | D．He didn't like the teenagers in front of him. |
| A．Nervous and uncomfortable. | B．Surprised and happy. |
| C．Unhappy and bored. | D．Worried and sad. |
| A．She took the bus to go to work. | B．She liked talking with strangers. |
| C．She was interested in Asian accent. | D．She walked with the help of her dog. |
| A．England | B．Canada |
| C．India | D．Australia |
| A．creative and faithful | B．stubborn and selfish |
| C．friendly and easygoing | D．Confident and professional |
【推荐2】Brandon Jones and his wife, Rina, needed some carryout. They needed the fried broccoli(西蓝花)from Ekiben, the beloved local restaurant. Not just for any customer. The dish was for Rina's mom, who lives in Vermont and is dying of lung cancer.
Rina's mom had loved the dish since she first came to visit her daughter six years ago in Baltimore. “She had jokingly said that she wanted it on her deathbed,” Rina said. In December, Rina's mother became ill with cancer. She chose to live her last days on her own terms at home.
Last week, as Brandon and Rina prepared to visit Rina's mom, they wondered about one thing. How could they make that fried broccoli from Ekiben for her?
Brandon emailed Ekiben's owners Steve Chu and Ephrem Abebe for some tips. Chu wrote back that he and Abebe would meet them in Vermont. They would cook it themselves. They just need the date, time and location.
On Saturday, Chu, and Abebe made the six—hour drive to Vermont in a pickup. They pulled up to Rina's mom's house the following day. Like magic, the snow paused. They set up the fryer in the back of the truck, staying outside to keep things a surprise, and out of concern for COVID—19. It took several hours for the fryer to get up to temperature. When all was said and done, Chu said," It was the most perfect broccoli we ever made.”
The odor of the frying food flew into the house. Rina said it took her mom a moment to realize what was going on. “This is from Baltimore!” she said. Rina said her mom, who has struggled to eat because of sores on her mouth from the cancer, managed to eat the broccoli. “I can't believe that people would be so generous and kind for someone that they don't even know,” Rina said. Chu and Abebe, she said, wouldn't even accept gas money.
1. What can be inferred about Rina's mom from Paragraph 2?| A．She prefers vegetables. |
| B．She is weak and ridiculous. |
| C．She is humorous and positive. |
| D．She feels terrible in hospitals. |
| A．Cold. | B．Windy. | C．Sunny. | D．Warm. |
| A．Food. | B．Wind. | C．Noise. | D．Smell. |
| A．Some tips. | B．Food material costs. |
| C．Customers’ thanks. | D．Transport expenses. |
【推荐3】Two strangers came to a village in the evening. They came to the leader of that village and asked for a place to live for the night. The leader said they could stay in the house for strangers. But they were also told about the old custom in the village——people kill the man who snores（打鼾）.
The two strangers went to the house. They had a good supper there and then they went to sleep. They slept well. One hour passed. Two hours passed. Then one of them began to snore, “Vo, vo, vo…” The other stranger heard the snoring. He thought, “The people will hear the snoring and kill him.” The stranger wanted to save the man. He thought for a while and then began to sing. He sang very well. The people didn’t hear the snoring. They listened to the song. Then they began to dance. Some of them sang the song together with the stranger and danced to the music. Men, women and even the leader sang and danced. That entire night one stranger snored, one stranger sang, and all the other people sang and danced.
In the morning the strangers came to the leader to say goodbye and express their thanks for all he had done. The leader gave them a small bag of money and said, “I give this money to both of you. We had a good time with you. Thank you very much.”
The strangers left the village. But along the way they began to quarrel. The one who snored wanted more money. He said, “I must have the bigger part. Why did you sing that song last night? Because I snored.” The man who sang had his reason, too. He said that without him the man who snored might have got killed.
They quarreled and quarreled and couldn’t decide on anything. Can you?
1. What did the old custom request the two strangers to do?| A．Avoid snoring while sleeping. |
| B．Sing for the villagers during the night. |
| C．Stop strangers from coming to the village. |
| D．Don’t allow making any noise while sleeping. |
| A．To wake up him up. | B．To draw the leader’s attention. |
| C．To encourage the villagers to dance. | D．To keep the snoring from being heard. |
| A．neither of them knew what had happened |
| B．they both thought the other one put them in danger |
| C．neither of them wanted the other one to get the money |
| D．both of them wanted to get the bigger part of the money |
