Whenever I think of Ms. Anita Moore, I always smile and feel fortunate to have her as my teacher. All of her students knew she loved being a teacher. Her classroom was always a safe place where we were encouraged to share, think, and express ourselves.
One of the memories that always stuck with me was a reading class when Ms. Moore read a story aloud and started to cry. The main character in the story reminded her of her grandmother. She paused to share about her relationship with her grandmother and made the connection as to how that relationship helped understand the story.
Ms. Moore tried her best to make a connection with each student in her classroom. She knew what we liked and used that information to bring our interests into the classroom. That is one of the reasons why Ms. Moore will always be my favorite teacher. She brought various types of books to our classroom and allowed us to take them home. It was she that helped my love for reading grow.
Ms. Moore also went beyond classroom instruction. She decided that our school should have a choir and that all of her students should audition (试演). Without her, I would never have taken part in this type of after-school activity. Once it was time for the annual 5th grade weekend camping trip, my parents refused to let me attend. Ms. Moore came to my home to persuade (说服) them. Although I was still not allowed to go, it was amazing to me that a teacher would visit my home to help me be part of a school tradition with my classmates.
Ms. Moore was a wonderful example of a caring teacher. From her, I’ve learned to make connections with students and look for ways to help them learn and feel successful.
1. Why did Ms. Moore cry in the reading class?| A．The story was too sad. |
| B．She was moved by the students. |
| C．She thought of her own grandmother. |
| D．She helped her students understand the story. |
| A．She was good at writing books. |
| B．She inspired the writer’s love for reading. |
| C．She donated many books to poor students. |
| D．She was the favorite teacher of the whole class. |
| A．Responsible and caring. | B．Positive and independent. |
| C．Inspiring and strict. | D．Knowledgeable and confident. |
| A．To express opinions on teaching literature. |
| B．To discuss how to become a caring teacher. |
| C．To introduce the classes and activities in her school. |
| D．To share her memory about her teacher, Ms. Anita Moore. |
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【推荐1】It's common for some high school students to need the help from a math teacher. For others, numbers come naturally. And then there's Tamar Barabi. The Israeli teenager just invented a new geometric theorem.
Like most discoveries, the moment happened by accident. Tamar handed in her math homework and the teacher said the theory she used to solve the problem didn't actually exist. “She said if I could prove it, it could be my theory. So that's what happened,” Tamar said. With help from her dad, who is also a math teacher, they sent the theorem to experts around the world.
Known as the Three Radii Theorem, or “Tamar's Theorem” for short, it goes as follows: “If three or more equal lines leave a single point and reach the boundary of a circle, the point is the center of the circle and the lines are its radii,” To create the actual theorem, Tamar had to write up three proofs, a series of conclusions and some sample exercises.
“Tamar deserves praise for finding a new twist of stating that a circle has only one center and only one radius,” Professor Ron Livne said. “It's cool to see how Tamar's Theorem can give elegant proofs for other important theorems.”
When she's not coming up with new math theorems, Tamar spends most of her time after school taking ballet lessons. She also plays the guitar and the piano. When asked about her dream, the girl who comes from the same town as supermodel Bar Refaeli, just laughs, “I want to be an actor and a dancer,” she says. For now, the teenager is enjoying the fame this new theory has afforded her.
So did her math teacher give her an A+ for her discovery? “No.” Tamar explained. “I learn in a school where we don't get grades.”
1. Tamar created the new math theorem when she was _________.| A．having a math lesson | B．meeting some experts |
| C．doing her math homework | D．discussing math problems with her dad |
| A．Arouse students' interest in math. | B．Explain the theorem in a simple way. |
| C．Show the application of the theorem. | D．Introduce the background of the theorem. |
| A．Ordinary. | B．Illogical. | C．Interesting. | D．Wonderful. |
| A．Become a musician. | B．Become a fashion model. |
| C．Develop a career in acting. | D．Make further research into math. |
【推荐2】At St. Francis High School in La Canada, Calif. ,there’s something to be said about math teacher Jim Connor.
Truth is, Connor can be a bit of a drudge. But the 70-year-old Vietnam vet says he’s not here to entertain his students. “It drives me crazy when people say school should be fun,” he says. “I mean, it’s nice if it could be, but you can’t make school fun.”
And for years, the kids thought that’s all there was to him — until last November, when senior Pat McGoldrick learned they didn’t know the half of him.
Pat was in charge of a student blood drive and had just come to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for a meeting. And he says it was weird: whenever he told someone he went to St. Francis High School, they all said, “Oh, you must know Jim Connor. Isn’t he wonderful? ”
“It was disbelief, really,” Pat says. “It was almost kind of finding this alter ego (另一面) that he has.” Inside the blood donor center, Pat found a plaque listing all the top blood donors at the hospital, including the record holder, Jim Connor. Then he learned something even more unbelievable: that whenever Connor isn’t torturing kids with calculus (微积分), he’s on a whole other tangent-cuddling sick babies. Three days a week for the past 20 years, Jim has volunteered at the hospital, stepping in become involved in an activity when parents can’t, to hold, feed and comfort their children.
“They tend to calm for him,” Nurse Erin says. “They tend to relax with him. They fall asleep with him.”
“I just like them and relate to them somehow,” Connor says.
Connor has never been married; he has no kids of his own. But he has fallen hard for these babies.
“I’ve always respected him, but now it’s to an even different degree — really to the point where I try to emulate him,” Pat says. “He’s the epitome of a man of service.”
1. What do we learn from paragraph 2?| A．School can never be fun. |
| B．Connor is highly demanding. |
| C．Connor’s students drive him crazy. |
| D．Connor thinks education is for all. |
| A．Mr Connor donated blood as well as his time. |
| B．Mr Connor was awarded for his love toward babies. |
| C．Mr Connor used to he a very strict teacher. |
| D．Mr Connor had a unique teaching philosophy. |
| A．He works two shifts every day for a living. |
| B．He has his alter ego in the eyes of his students all the time. |
| C．He has the ability to connect with those kids he holds. |
| D．He falls hard for those sick kids so he decided not to have his own. |
| A．Bonding with babies in need of love |
| B．A real lesson is life through learning calculus |
| C．Everybody keeps something under his hat |
| D．Tough teacher has a soft heart |
【推荐3】Growing up, I thought math class was something to be endured, not enjoyed. I disliked memorizing formulas and taking tests, all for the dull goal of getting a good grade. But my problem wasn’t with math itself. In fact, I spent countless hours as a child doing logic and math puzzles on my own, and as a teenager, when a topic seemed particularly interesting, I would go to the library and read more about it.
By high school, none of my teachers questioned my mathematical talent, but none of them really encouraged it, either. No one told me that I could become a professional mathematician. What I wanted to do then was to play college football. My ambition was toget an athletic scholarship to attend a Big Ten school.
The chances of that happening were very low. In high school, I was just an aboveaverage athlete and my high school was not a “feeder” school for college sports programs.
That didn’t stop me from dreaming, though. And it didn’t stop my coaches from encouraging me to believe I could reach my goal, and preparing and pushing me to work for it. They made video tapes of my performances and sent them to college coaches around the country. It didn’t matter that I didn’t initially attract much interest from the big schools. My coaches kept picking up the phone, and kept convincing me to try to prove myself. In the end, a Big Ten school, Pennstate, did offer me a scholarship.
A growing body of research shows that students are affected by more than just the quality of a lesson plan. They also respond to the passion of their teachers and the engagement of their peers, and they seek a sense of purpose. They benefit from specific instructions, constant feedback and a culture of earning that encourages resilience in the face of failure.
Until I got to college, I didn’t really know what mathematics was. I still thought of it as problem sets and laborious computations. Then one day, one of my professors handed me a book and suggested that I think about a particular problem. It wasn’t easy, but it was fascinating.
My professor kept giving me problems, and I kept pursuing them. Before long, he was introducing me to problems that had never been solved before and urging me to find new techniques to help crack them.
I am now a Ph. D. candidate in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and I have published several papers in mathematical journals. I still feel that childlike excitement every time I complete a proof. I wish I’d known this was possible when I was a kid.
1. Why did the writer used to think math class in school was “something to be endured”?| A．Because he had no passion for math. |
| B．Because he was too talented to have math class. |
| C．Because his math teachers didn’t care to push him. |
| D．Because he was training hard for an athletic scholarship. |
| A．The reason why the writer never gave up his dream. |
| B．The writer’s hard work and determination in playing football. |
| C．The effort made by the writer’s teachers to get him into a college. |
| D．The reason why the writer became interested in playing football. |
| A．They created high-quality lesson plans to teach the writer. |
| B．They gave constant feedback to help the writer achieve goals. |
| C．They often introduced new problems to the writer to think. |
| D．They always encouraged the writer to find new solutions. |
| A．There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. |
| B．If children have interest, then Education happens. |
| C．A great teacher is better than days of hard work. |
| D．Success is where preparation and chances meet. |
【推荐1】Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I took a fare (出租车乘客) at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, standing on the sideway was a small woman in her 80’s with a big suitcase.
After I helped her into the taxi, she gave me an address, and asked, “Could you drive through downtown?” “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly. “I don’t mind,” she said, “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终安养院).” I looked in-the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were wet. I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价表). “What route would you like me to take?” I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newly married. She had me stop in front of a shabby house where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building and sat staring into the darkness, saying nothing. At last, she said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the destination. It was a grey low building.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked, reaching into her purse. “Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly, and whispered a “Thank you”. I squeezed her hand and walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.
I didn’t pick up any more passengers but drove aimlessly lost in thought. What if that woman had come across an impatient driver? What if I had refused to drive through downtown? Great moments often catch us unaware, beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.
1. What caused the author to shut off the meter?| A．His distrust of the fare. | B．His pity for the woman. |
| C．The breakdown of the meter. | D．The cold weather at midnight. |
| A．To find a place to settle down. | B．To reach the destination on time. |
| C．To kill time before the hospice opened. | D．To see the city for the last time. |
| A．Don’t give up and never lose hope. | B．People should respect each other. |
| C．A small act of kindness brings people great joy. | D．Strangers are family you haven’t known yet. |
| A．A taxi ride I’ll never forget | B．My strange driving experience |
| C．The ending of an old woman’s life | D．An old woman passenger and her life |
【推荐2】Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank (存钱罐) onto the living room floor and immediately started counting. Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack.
“That aroused my curiosity,” Jackie told CBS News. “Nobody messes with the piggy bank.” After observing Sunshine at work a few minutes long, Jackie decided to find out why the little girl broke into her savings.
“What are you doing with that money?” Jackie asked her granddaughter.
“I’m taking it to school,” Sunshine replied. The little girl finally stated the real reason why she needed the money. “I’m going to take it for milk money. My friend Layla doesn’t get milk—her mom doesn’t have milk money but I do.”
Jackie’s heart melted at Sunshine’s words. Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms.
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the $ 30 the kindergartner had saved. There are 20 kids in Sunshine’s class and about half don’t get milk. It costs $ 0.45 a carton (纸 盒). The total adds up to about $ 180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day.
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter’s plan. To her surprise, dozens of people offered to donate toward the cause. Within a week, Jackie raised more than $1,000. Now every student in Sunshine’s class can get free milk for the rest of the year.
Jackie said Sunshine didn’t see her kind act as a big deal. She was just trying to look out for her friends. “She doesn’t understand the effect she’s brought about,” said Jackie. “But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to.”
1. Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?| A．She wanted to play with the coins. |
| B．She needed to train her counting skills. |
| C．She intended to pay for her friend’s milk. |
| D．She hoped to show off her savings in class. |
| A．Touched. | B．Curious. | C．Proud. | D．Relieved. |
| A．Many hands make light work. |
| B．Two heads are better than one. |
| C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. |
| A．Jackie’s Piggy Bank | B．Small Coins, Big Deeds |
| C．A Moved Grandmother | D．The Piggy Bank and Milk |
【推荐3】Colorado' s grays peak(山顶)rises 14,278 feet above sea level, high enough that trees can't grow toward the top, though there are plenty of bushes and rocks. It was in this unforgiving area that Bev Wedelstedt was unlucky enough to have her left knee broken.
It was August 2018, and Wedelstedt, 56, was on her way back down the path with three friends. A storm was coming, and they were anxious to get off the mountain. When they approached a rocky drop of a couple of feet, Wedelstedt decided to jump over it. She landed on her left leg. Then she heard the snap (咔嚓声).
Every step after that was great pain. Before long, she had to stop. As one friend ran down to get help, a number of other hikers, all strangers, attempted to help Wedelstedt down the narrow path by walking on either side of her to support her weight, but that proved slow and dangerous.
Finally, one hiker, Matt, asked her, “How do you feel about a fireman's carry?” Before she knew it, he had lifted her over his shoulder. “Now, I' m not tiny,” says Wedelstedt, a former college basketball star. Matt clearly couldn't carry her all the way down by himself. So six hikers and one of her friends took turns carrying her while she tried to make light of a difficult situation. Three hours and two rock –strewn (遍布) miles later, this human conveyor belt finally met the doctors, who took Wedelstedt to the hospital.
She has mostly recovered from her hike, but Wedelstedt knows she'll I never shake one thing from that day: the memory of the band of strangers who came to her rescue. “I'm still in awe.” says Wedelstedt.
1. What happened to Wedelstedt while climbing down the mountain?| A．She was caught in a heavy storm. | B．She injured her left knee. |
| C．She was blocked by rocks and bushes. | D．She got lost in the mountain. |
| A．By taking her directly to the hospital. | B．By calling in firemen. |
| C．By carrying her down the mountain. | D．By giving her first aid. |
| A．Respectful. | B．Ambiguous. | C．Sympathetic. | D．Tolerant. |
| A．Narrow Paths | B．Lifelong friendship |
| C．Dangerous Hikes | D．Peak Performance |
