My family and I never talked about school as the ticket to a future. I was in the classroom, but I wasn’t there to learn to write, read or even speak. When it was my turn to read, I wanted to hide. I was 13 years old, but I already hated being who I was.
I had an English teacher, Mr. Creech, who knew I couldn’t read. In one of my first lessons the teacher said that anyone who had a reading age below six had to stand up. I felt so embarrassed. But at the same time, it made me realize that I needed to change the situation. I was determined it wouldn’t happen again. Later that day, Mr. Creech encouraged me and promised he would try his best to help me learn to read. From then on, I never gave up practicing reading.
Then when I was 41 years old, one day, I planned to fly back to Texas to visit my friends and family. On my way from the airport, I saw Mr. Creech buying himself a drink. I rushed over and reached into my pocket to pay for him. “Do I know you?” he asked. “Yes, sir, you do know me,” I answered excitedly. “My name is Anthony Hamilton. You taught me English.” The look on his face told me that he remembered the boy he’d once encouraged.
“I’m so glad I had a chance to see you,” I said. “And Mr. Creech, I have great news to share.” I told him I had learned to read. But that wasn’t all. I had become a published author and an active speaker. “The next time you get another Anthony Hamilton in your classroom, please encourage him to read as well,” I added.
The experts say what once worried me has a name: dyslexia (诵读困难). But I can tell you it was a lack of desire for education.
1. Why did the author want to hide?| A．Because he couldn’t read at all. | B．Because he felt sorry for himself. |
| C．Because he hated being laughed at. | D．Because he didn’t have a ticket. |
| A．Emotional and dedicated. | B．Demanding and enthusiastic. |
| C．Considerate and dutiful. | D．Friendly and ambitious. |
| A．Because his reading age was not long enough. |
| B．Because he didn’t have inner driving force(力量) to learn to read. |
| C．Because he was afraid of reading before the class. |
| D．Because his parents didn’t teach him how to read. |
| A．Mr. Creech taught two Anthony Hamiltons. |
| B．Dyslexia made the author unable to read. |
| C．The author had become an active speaker. |
| D．The author was grateful to Mr. Creech. |
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【推荐1】What will you do when one of the few bookstores in your neighborhood shuts down? If you’re Latanya DeVaughn, you will make a new and improved one! The Bronx mom and writer has always dreamed of opening her own bookstore, so after watching yet another close its doors for good during the pandemic, she saw her chance.
While Latanya said every neighborhood deserved a bookstore, opening physical stores on every block simply wasn’t an option. So she decided to bring the books to her neighbors, instead, by turning a bus into a bookmobile! With the help of her community, she raised money for her dream and, at the end of 2021, it came true! Bronx Bound Books rolled out in style as a bus with orange cube bookshelves. “People love the way it smells,” Latanya added. “One woman said the wood smell makes her feel like she’s at home.”
Although the bookstore on wheels carries around 3,0000 new and used books, it has more room than you might expect! Latanya also makes sure to stock books with a range of diverse characters so all readers can see themselves in the pages. Of course, her collection also features works of renowned Black authors like James Baldwin and Alice Walker. “It’s meant to be that way,” she explained, “because I remember going to bookstores and having to look through books just to find someone that I felt I could resonate with (引起共鸣).”
Setting up her bookstore in a new spot each day, Latanya is doing her part to make sure that everyone in the Bronx has books to read. That’s what Bronx Bound Books is open for. “I can’t open up a bookstore on every corner, but I can probably pop up on a lot of different corners,” she said.
Thanks to Latanya and Bronx Bound Books, the Bronx is becoming a heaven for book lovers day by day. I’m sure that the little bookstore will continue to develop quickly!
1. How did Latanga DeVoughn respond to the shutdown of bookstores?| A．She set up her own special bookstore. |
| B．She purchased and reopened them soon. |
| C．She opened common stores on every block. |
| D．She asked her neighbors to open a new one. |
| A．it’s hard to stock books with diverse characters |
| B．all renders can see themselves in Black authors |
| C．the collection of Bronx Bound Books is diverse |
| D．finding someone with common interest isn’t easy |
| A．To recycle old books around the neighborhood. |
| B．To raise money for Latanya DeVaughn’s dream. |
| C．To open up a bookstore on every corner worldwide. |
| D．To make reading accessible to everyone in the Bronx. |
| A．Conservative. | B．Unaffordable. | C．Promising. | D．Controversial. |
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird was the only novel published by Harper Lee during her lifetime, and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. This celebrated novel depicts the racism she observed as a child in her hometown in Alabama. To Kill a Mockingbird was first published in November 1960. Subsequently an early 1957 version was published in 2015 under the title Go Set A Watchman.
1. Which book won the Pulitzer Prize?| A．To Kill a Mockingbird | B．The Odyssey |
| C．Middlemarch | D．On Liberty |
| A．The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson only contains the original poems. |
| B．Middlemarch is set in a real English town. |
| C．On Liberty still has an impact on modern society. |
| D．To Kill a Mockingbird has nothing to do with the author’s experience. |
| A．A library guide book. | B．A book recommendation website. |
| C．A trendy magazine. | D．A column in newspaper. |
【推荐3】I know people who say they don’t watch television, and I always nod and agree. Reading requires intelligence, and television is merely entertainment, right?
I’m going to Scotland this year, and three different people told me I must watch “Outlander” before I go, which is like “Game of Thrones” for fans of romance novels. I watched the first four hourlong episodes back to back. When I stood up from the couch I felt sick, and it wasn’t just the cookies, popcorn and peanut butter sandwiches I’d had without noticing. It was dark outside, and I felt ashamed. I had spent half a day on the couch. Research for Scotland? Not exactly.
A few days later I had a library book due: The National Book Award winner The Friend, by Sigrid Nunez. I needed to finish it, so I read the last half straight through. I was absorbed in Nunez’s New York City, worrying about the heroin’s career and her future. I finished the book with tears in my eyes and stood up feeling, well, great.
I had wasted another four hours on my couch. I hadn’t eaten as much junk food because I needed my hands free—and not sticky—so I could turn pages and return the book to the library relatively clean, but I hadn’t moved and once again it was dark outside. Why did I feel so much better and guilt-free?
All the research says reading a book is good for you. It reduces stress, promotes comprehension and imagination, relieves depression, helps you sleep and may contribute to preventing Alzheimer’s. The act of physically turning a page creates a momentary pause for understanding to sink in. Our brains have to work to translate the black squiggles (弯弯曲曲的线条) on the page into words and then interpret the meaning and intent of those words. When a character is described as tall with brown hair, a reader creates her own picture. TV takes all that imagination away.
But there’s a lot of good TV now. I’d like to say the answer to TV versus books must be, as Aristotle said, “Moderation in all things,” though he never had a television or a computer and had to read his scrolls (长卷纸) by candlelight. I agree that too much television is bad for you. I know I feel better if I read, but it won’t stop me from watching too: My second DVD of “Outlander” has just arrived, and as soon as I get this essay done, the rest of my day is free.
1. By “I always nod and agree” (paragraph 1), the author implies that _______.| A．she should be polite to get the conversation to go on |
| B．she is reluctant to admit that she watches television |
| C．she believes those who say they don’t watch TV |
| D．she doesn’t think highly of TV either |
| A．from morning till night | B．one after another without a break |
| C．leaning against the back of the couch | D．looking at the opposite direction |
| A．she didn’t feel hungry for any snacks |
| B．the TV series got her to cancel her trip to Scotland |
| C．the television series was no more attractive than the book |
| D．she regarded reading as more rewarding than watching TV |
| A．Reading is active while watching TV is passive. |
| B．Reading involves physical exercises while watching TV doesn’t. |
| C．Reading stimulates the brain to concentrate while watching TV doesn’t. |
| D．Reading is good for one’s mental health while watching TV is bad for it. |
【推荐1】The cracked (有裂缝的)step four years ago was the start of it. That day, I awoke tired-the children were tiny and needing so much — and I had a golden afternoon of rest ahead, my mother stepping in to allow me to catch up on my sleep. I dropped them off and drove home -the sun shining and my bed signaling. As I was about to enter the house, I caught sight of a deep crack beneath my feet.
Without thinking, I turned around walked back to the car and drove to a DIY store. Four hours later, I had all the tools, had mixed my own cement (水泥), filled in the crack and repaired the foundation. Perfect. As I stood up to take a photo of my handiwork, I realized that I was trembling. I'd forgotten my shot at a nice long nap, and my children were already on their way home. That sleep... that promise to self was broken, because I had focused, instead, on the crack in the step.
Suddenly, everything started to hurt. My head, my throat, my back. I couldn't stop shaking. What earned then is that when we break the promises we make to our bodies they will not be silenced. This is when we overwork and overthink to the point of breaking down. Ironically, for many of us, it is only when we have no choice — when we fall ill — that we learn to listen. For me, when that crack ended in a hospital stay which sent me to bed for two unmoving weeks while my body worked to clear two different infections, the lesson is ever present. I did it to myself — a whole twisted spin on DIY.
Sadly it took another two ridiculous DIY projects or the message to finally get through. The cracks will never be fully filled. Focus, then, on your own inner core the feeding of that light, that fire and that strength.
1. What made the author so sleepy in the first place?| A．Taking care of the kids. | B．Visiting her mother. |
| C．Doing the housework. | D．Dealing with DIY projects. |
| A．Regretful. | B．Upset. |
| C．Proud. | D．Thankful. |
| A．To present a way to fill a crack. |
| B．To show the danger of DIY. |
| C．To stress the importance of sleep. |
| D．To encourage focusing on oneself. |
| A．The Cracked Step | B．You Do It to Yourself |
| C．Focus on DIY | D．A Life-changing Experience |
【推荐2】The history of microbiology begins with a Dutch cloth maker named Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, a man of no formal scientific education. In the late 1600s, Lecuwenhoek, inspired by the magnifying lenses he used to examine cloth, built some of the first microscopes. He developed a technique to improve the quality of tiny, rounded lenses, some of which could magnify an object up to 270 times. After removing some plaque from between his teeth and examining it under a lens, Lecuwenhoek found tiny twisting creatures, which he called “animalcules”.
His observations, which he reported to the Royal Society of London, are among the first descriptions of microbes, Leeuwenhoek discovered an entire universe invisible to the human eye. He found different microbes in samples of pond water, rain water, and human blood. He gave the first description of red blood cells, observed plant tissue, examined muscle, and investigated the life cycle of insects.
Nearly two hundred years later, Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microbes helped French chemist and biologist Louis Pasteur to develop his “theory of disease”. This concept suggested that disease originates from tiny organisms attacking and weakening the body. Pasteur’s theory later helped doctors to fight infectious diseases including anthrax, diphtheria, polio, smallpox, tetanus, and typhoid. All these breakthroughs were the result of Leeuwenhoek’s original work. Leeuwenhoek did not foresee this legacy.
In a 1716 letter, he described his contribution to science this way:“My work, which I’ve done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a strong desire for knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men. And therefore, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that the scientific community might be informed thereof. ”
1. Which of the following best describes Leeuwenhoek?| A．A trained researcher with an interest in microbiology. |
| B．A curious amateur who made pioneer studies of microbes. |
| C．A talented scientist interested in finding a cure for disease. |
| D．A bored cloth maker who accidentally made a major discovery. |
| A．the discovery of microbes. | B．Pasteur’s theory of disease. |
| C．Leeuwenhoek’s contribution. | D．the origin of the tiny organism. |
| A．He admitted that many of his discoveries happened by chance. |
| B．He considered his work to be central to later medical breakthroughs. |
| C．He was greatly concermed with improving people’s living conditions. |
| D．He believed the sharing of knowledge was a key to scientific progress. |
【推荐3】It was the summer of 1979, Laurie, my wife, and I were excited to spend two weeks exploring Africa. Our adventures led us to a city called Tétouan in Morocco. We were walking in the marketplace when I saw her.
She was about 20 feet from us, lying flat on her stomach, pulling herself across the streets. Her hands were dirty and bloodied, covered with cuts. People were rushing past her. She was almost invisible to everyone around her. The crowd was sweeping us down the street, little fazed by the woman’s situation.
“We have to do something,” I said to Laurie. She nodded. We looked up and down the street, searching for something to buy her, anything with wheels. But before we could figure out a way to help her, she was gone.
Many years later, as I walked through our living room past an old wheelchair, I suddenly stopped dead in my tracks. My thoughts flew back to that woman in the marketplace. I wondered if there was a way to make a wheelchair that would be durable (耐用的) yet lightweight, easy to produce, and affordable to transport. I began to draw designs for a prototype (样品) . Several materials crossed my mind: steel, iron, and plastic. But for the longest time, I was stuck. We were approaching the end of lawn (草坪) furniture season in California when the answer suddenly came out of the blue. The white resin (树脂) lawn chair.
In 2001, our humanitarian nonprofit, Free Wheelchair Mission, was born. Over the past two decades, we have given away wheelchairs to over 1.3 million people across five continents. The gift of mobility transforms the lives of people living with disabilities. That’s why I tell our story in my new book Miracle Wheels: The Story of a Mission to Bring Mobility to the World, not only to share my journey to find purpose but also to encourage you to find purpose in your own journey by helping others in need.
1. What does the underlined word “fazed” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Bothered. | B．Convinced. | C．Motivated. | D．Threatened. |
| A．Slightly embarrassed. | B．Slightly guilty. |
| C．Full of fear. | D．Full of sympathy. |
| A．Its special design. | B．Its ideal material. |
| C．Its traveling distance. | D．Its particular function. |
| A．To draw more attention to the disabled. |
| B．To attract readers to join his organization. |
| C．To use it as an introduction to the new book. |
| D．To encourage readers to find meaning in assisting others. |
【推荐1】As a child, I was keen on collecting moths（飞蛾）and butterflies. By adulthood, I could identify about 700 species by sight, recognizing the stripes, dots and colors on their wings and bodies.
In 1972, I moved to Australia and continued collecting. But I started to struggle: identifying them quickly became an impossible task. The species there were so different from those at home, and there was no space in my mind to recognize them all.
My crisis soon increased. Throughout the 1970s, I led expeditions to Papua New Guinea to collect moths. One night, we could collect more than twice as many as those I had memorized in my childhood. Identifying them felt overwhelming. I gave up and stopped working on moths. But my instinct to identify them never went away.
Two decades later, I was in a supermarket and an idea started to develop in my mind: what if a part of DNA could be used to differentiate between species Just 13 lines on. the supermarket barcodes（条形码）were being used to identify products What if we could identify species in the same way?
To test the idea, I began collecting the moths again. Each sample had to donate a leg to science. I believed that COI（a single segment of a rapidly evolving gene）present in almost all animals could be used to tell species. With their legs, we used the PCR method to focus in on their section of COI. One by one, it became clear: every single moth could be sorted using a tiny slice of their genome（基因组）DNA barcoding was 100% successful on its first test.
In our study paper, we claimed that we had discovered a reliable, inexpensive and accessible solution to identifying the millions of animal species waiting to be discovered. I believe DNA barcoding is humanity’s first shot at finally discovering all life on Earth. This technique has helped conservationists to fight against wildlife crime and monitor the impact of mining on bıodiversity. One day, I am confident it will form part of a system to monitor the biosphere the Same way we monitor the weather.
1. How did the author recognize moth species in his childhood?| A．By turning to books. |
| B．By using lab equipment. |
| C．By obseiving their behavior. |
| D．By distinguishing their appearance. |
| A．The loss of interest in studying moths. |
| B．The impossibility of recognizing moths. |
| C．The pressure of discovering new moth species. |
| D．The challenge of collecting as many moth samples. |
| A．The ease of using PCR to focus on COI. |
| B．The simplicity of supermarket barcodes. |
| C．The success of DNA barcoding on moths. |
| D．The availability of COI in almost all animals. |
| A．Protecting wildlife habitats. |
| B．Tracking wildlife population. |
| C．Assisting in monitoring biodiversity. |
| D．Updating weather monitoring systems. |
【推荐2】In my living room, there is a plaque (匾 ) that advises me to “Bloom(开花)where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky.The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program.
Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.Dorothy taught in a school In Harlan County, Kentucky,Appalachian Mountain area.To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times.Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains,l found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom(忧郁)disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom. I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects.Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner”(lunch). In case you don't know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students.Her enthusiasm never cooled down.When it came to time to sit for the acquired testing and interviewing to receive her Child Development Associate Certification(证书),Dorothy was ready.She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph. D. degree.After the meal,she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand.She said it was a family heirloom(传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.
1. In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing________.| A．the long track | B．the poor houses |
| C．the same train | D．the winding road |
| A．a warm welcome | B．the sight of poke greens |
| C．Dorothy's latest projects | D．a big dinner made for her |
| A．She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant. |
| B．She got a pen as a gift from the author. |
| C．She passed the necessary assessment. |
| D．She received her Ph.D.degree. |
| A．Whatever you do, you must do it carefully. |
| B．Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment. |
| C．However poor you are, you have the right to education, |
| D．Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement. |
【推荐3】I was sitting in a chemistry lab class during my first year of university, nervous about the experiment we were to perform. I grabbed a pipette and, as I feared, my hand started to shake. The experience was disheartening. I was hoping to pursue a career in science, but I started to wonder whether that would be possible. I thought my dreams had crashed to the ground.
I was a boy born with brain damage. My family managed to find good doctors where we lived, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, and I took part in clinical trials testing new treatments. Shortly after my first birthday, I started walking and it became clear my intelligence function was unaffected. So, in some sense, I was lucky. Still, I couldn’t do some things growing up. Both hands shook, especially when I was nervous or embarrassed. My left hand was much worse than my right, so I learned to write and do simple tasks with my right hand, but it wasn’t easy to do anything precisely.
As a teenager, I faced a lot of bullying at school. Feeling alone, I joined a study group called “The natural world”. I thought that getting into the world of animals would keep me away from people. That’s how I came into the field of biology. At university, I enjoyed the lectures in my science classes. Many lab tasks proved impossible, however. As I struggled with my mood, I read a book about depression. From then on, the physiology of mental disorders became my scientific passion. I looked into what was being done locally and was excited to discover a lab that did behavioral experiments in rats to study depression.
At the end of my second year, I approached the professor of the lab to see whether I could work with her. I was afraid to admit I couldn’t do some lab tasks. To my relief, she was completely supportive. She set me to work performing behavioral experiments for others in the lab with the help of colleagues. I loved the supportive atmosphere and stayed there to complete my master’s and Ph.D.
I’ve come to realize that my hands aren’t the barrier I thought they were. By making use of my abilities and working as part of a team, I’ve been able to follow my passions. I’ve also realized that there’s much more to being a scientist than performing the physical labor. I may not collect all the data in my papers, but I’m fully capable of designing experiments and interpreting results, which, to me, is the most exciting part of science.
1. What was the author’s dream?| A．To live a normal life. | B．To become a scientist. |
| C．To get a master’s degree. | D．To recover from depression. |
| A．he didn’t lose the function of both hands |
| B．he learned how to walk at the age of one |
| C．his family could afford to see good doctors |
| D．his brain damage didn’t affect his intellectual capacity |
| A．the author’s own depression inspired him to help others with mental disorders |
| B．the author was surrounded by a team who urged him to further his study |
| C．the author’s loneliness moved him towards the world of biology |
| D．the author finally finished the lab tasks on his own |
| A．Loving yourself makes a difference. | B．Opportunity follows prepared people. |
| C．A bright future begins with a small dream. | D．The sun somehow shines through the storm. |
