Ten years ago I used to be very fit (健康的). I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing.
Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like that any more.
There’s a lot of stress (压力) in my job. Perhaps that’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.
Two months ago I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! My job takes everything out of me!
Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something like I used to do. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
1. Compared with ten years ago, what is worse for the author now?A.His job. | B.His pay. |
C.His means of transport. | D.His health. |
A.He got higher pay. |
B.His working hours weren’t long. |
C.He found it very stressful. |
D.He had little free time at weekends. |
A.not to work any longer |
B.to take a long vacation abroad |
C.to stop smoking and take exercise |
D.not to eat out any more |
A.The author is not sure what he should do now. |
B.The author has taken the doctor’s advice. |
C.The author has got another new job. |
D.The author feels much better now. |
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【推荐1】When I was little, I liked to be silly with people I knew, especially with my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking in the kitchen and my younger brother was playing near the window. I ran to my mother and said, “My brother fell down from the window!” She was very scared about my brother and then I said, “Don’t worry, just I’m joking.” And my mother shouted to me, “If you do it again, I’ll punish you.”
One day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to be silly with my friends. In the beginning, I went swimming alone, and I called to my friends, “HELP ME!” All my friends tried to help me and in the end they knew I was joking. But the next time I wasn’t joking. I swam in a deep place and I couldn’t swim there. I almost drowned. I called my friends to help me and nobody helped me. In the end, they discovered I was telling the truth. They helped me by calling the police and took me to the emergency center. From that time until this moment, I don’t like to joke with anyone. I think this is the best lesson in my life.
1. What does the underlined part “I liked to be silly with people” mean?A.I was thought to be stupid. | B.I couldn’t understand other people. |
C.I often did wrong things. | D.I used to play jokes on people. |
A.Because they thought he was joking. |
B.Because they were angry with him. |
C.Because they depended on the police. |
D.Because they couldn’t swim to the deep sea, either. |
A.The writer is a serious person now. | B.The writer is good at his study now. |
C.The writer still enjoys telling jokes now. | D.The writer doesn’t swim any more. |
A.An unforgettable adventure | B.A good lesson in life |
C.A naughty child | D.Don’t be silly |
【推荐2】Little Women is the best-known work of author Louisa May Alcott. Published after the end of the Civil War, the book is about the lives of the author and her sisters. Although it was her most successful work, it was not her first.
Alcott began writing at the age of 20, when she published her poem “Sunlight”. Throughout her early career, she wrote many poems and short stories for magazines. At the age of 22, she began to write fairy tales, romantic thrillers, and other novels, mostly to earn money. At a time when few opportunities were open to women, Alcott supported women’s right to work. With her small income, she had long provided for her family.
When the Civil War broke out, Alcott, at the age of 30, joined the war effort to fight against slavery. She had originally wished to serve as a soldier. However, women were not allowed in battle at that time. As a result, she became a Civil War nurse. Alcott’s work as a nurse served as a milestone (里程碑) in her writing career.
In December of 1862, she left New England to work in the Union Hotel Hospital in Washington, DC. There were few supplies, and doctors performed operations without painkillers. The conditions for patients and doctors were terrible. Within a few weeks, Alcott herself became so ill that she nearly died. She returned home and recovered slowly over a period of months.
As soon as her health improved, Alcott started a new project. The letters she had sent home became the basis of a newspaper series about her experience as a Civil War nurse. She wrote about her tasks, the wounded soldiers she looked after, and the difficulties they faced. The series, Hospital Sketches, was a success, which received praise from readers and critics (批评) at the same time. Although her best-known work was yet to come, the success of Hospital Sketches marked the achievement of her dream to become a popular author.
1. In her early 20s, Alcott wrote mostly to ________.A.make money to support her family |
B.fight against slavery |
C.remember her experiences in the war |
D.set up a milestone in her career |
A.Because she saved many wounded soldiers. |
B.Because she almost lost her life in the hospital. |
C.Because she won the right to fight against slavery. |
D.Because she got many materials for her later book. |
A.Her hospital was well equipped. | B.She didn’t return to the hospital after recovery. |
C.She wrote letters for a newspaper. | D.No one thought badly of her Hospital Sketches. |
【推荐3】One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
1. Who wrote the story?A.Rupert’s teacher. | B.The neighbour’s teacher. |
C.A medical school teacher. | D.The teacher’s neighbour. |
A.He needed it for the summer term in London. |
B.He needed it for the lecture he was going to give. |
C.He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research. |
D.He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching. |
A.The skeleton went missing . | B.The skeleton was stolen . |
C.The teacher forgot his suitcase. | D.The teacher took the wrong suitcase . |
A.He is very angry . | B.He thinks it rather funny . |
C.He feels helpless without Rupert. | D.He feels good without Rupert . |
【推荐1】I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months later, I was involved in an accident. That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.
The accident was clearly not my fault. The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and slammed into the passenger side of my car. It was even scarier because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not happy, to say the least.
The police arrived and began taking statements. I explained that I had been going at about 55kmph. “So you were going about 50kmph…” he said.
“No, I said I was doing about 55kmph” I said.
“Right, so you were doing about 50kmph…” again he repeated.
In a slightly annoyed(恼火的)tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: “No! I was doing about 55kmph!”
“OK, if that’s the way you want it,” this time the officer simply replied.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car. However, I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.
The city speed limit is 50kmph. I ended up getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guy’s insurance company because I had insisted I was doing 55kmph.
It suddenly struck me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. He hadn’t minded about the 5kmph; he had known something about the insurance that I had not.
I thought about what had happened again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the truth, but I could at least have said “Thank you” to him instead of acting so rudely. After all, he had been trying to help me out.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen. Never forget to hear, you have to be able to listen.
1. When the author insisted his speed was 55kmph, the policeman________.A.was confused at first and then got slightly annoyed |
B.ignored the author at first, then finally gave in to him |
C.didn’t listen and wrote down 50kmph |
D.tried to help him out all the time |
A.He regretted being rude to the policeman |
B.He regretted not listening to the policeman because he had had to pay more |
C.He was proud that he had insisted on telling the truth |
D.He appreciated what the policeman had done and felt lucky to have met him |
A.it is important to be willing to listen to people |
B.we should appreciate those who help us |
C.honesty is the best policy |
D.people should insist on doing what they think is right |
【推荐2】Jonas Deichmann started his round-the-world triathlon (铁人三项) in September 2020. He swam 456km in 54 days along the coast of Croatia, although he admits that he isn’t a great swimmer. “The swim had its good moments, but I don’t want to do it again,” he said.
Then he hopped on his bike —he’s better at that. Last week, the German athlete finished his 10,000km cycle across Russia to Vladivostok. Overall, his self-imposed triathlon covers 40,000km. He is trying to do it with a minimal carbon footprint. Over the distance of 120 Ironmans, he will not use a support vehicle. He will make his way across any oceans on sailboats.
As usual over the 16 months for many of us, COVID-19 restrictions threw a wrench into his travel plans. He wanted to cycle across the Balkans, through Turkey, then Russia, and China. From here, he was going to sail across the Pacific to San Francisco and begin running 5,040km across the U. S. to New York. He punctually cycled through the Balkans (巴尔干山脉), a substantial way across Turkey. But when he arrived in Istanbul in mid-December, he discovered that the coronavirus (冠状病毒) had closed the border between Istanbul and Russia.
A week into Siberia, he caught food poisoning at a truck stop. “I had a delicious dish with chicken and soon realized that this was a mistake,” he said. The next morning, he felt like he was going to collapse so he spent a day recovering.
He reached Vladivostok on May 18,2021. He is now trying to source a ride across the Pacific. From there, the next stage of his route is unclear. He was going to run across America but U. S. borders remain closed. He is now considering running 5,000km across Mexico from Tijuana to Cancun.
1. What does Jonas Deichmann value most during his triathlon?A.Diets. | B.Fame. |
C.Environmental protection. | D.Sceneries along the way. |
A.Ruined. | B.Adopted. | C.Stressed. | D.Reduced. |
A.He was fooled. | B.He was disappointed. |
C.Diet was a challenge. | D.The truck stop was unsafe. |
A.Reached the USA. | B.Ran across Cancun. |
C.Settled in Vladivostok. | D.Swam across the Pacific. |
【推荐3】“Barefoot Mike” gets a lot of attention when he shows up at the beginning of a race. He loves to run and has been running since he was a kid. He loves to and often competes in 10K races. But That’s not the reason he gets so much attention. People notice him because when he runs, “Barefoot Mike” runs barefoot.
Running barefoot has become a huge trend in the world of running. “I didn’t set out to be a trend setter,” laughed “Barefoot Mike”, otherwise known as Mike Whitaker. “I’ve always been a runner, but until a few years ago, I always wore shoes. Then one day I was running after a rainstorm. I stepped off into the grass to avoid a puddle (水坑) on the sidewalk, and accidentally stepped into a huge muddy puddle that had been hidden in the grass. I tried to keep running, but the wet and dirty shoe made it really hard. I figured the best solution was to just get rid of the shoes.”
Mike took off his shoes and dropped them into the nearest trash can. “Then I started running. At first I went really slowly because I was watching out for rocks or other things that could hurt my feet, but there really weren’t any problems.” He started going faster. “It felt so good!” Mike said. “My knee, which always ached, didn’t ache. My foot was able to spread out so I had better balance. And my feet didn’t feel all hot and sweaty. It was awesome!”
“There are actually potential health benefits to running barefoot” said Dr. Nancy Bower, a podiatrist (足科医师).
A recent study agrees. A team of researchers recently videotaped several people running—first wearing shoes and then barefoot. In almost every case, when wearing shoes, the runners tended to land on the heel of their foot, which they call “heel-striking.” Many runners have impact injuries such as knee pain. Heel-striking may be the cause of these injuries or may make an existing injury worse. When running barefoot, the runners tended to land on the middle part of the foot. The force is spread out throughout the foot. The ankle, shin (胫部), knee and hip don’t get the shock of a hard landing with every step.
1. Why does Mike receive a lot of attention while running?A.Because he runs very fast. | B.Because he loses his shoes. |
C.Because he wears no shoes. | D.Because he wears strange clothes. |
A.He liked running barefoot. |
B.He was advised to run barefoot. |
C.His shoe became very uncomfortable. |
D.His dream of becoming famous motivated him. |
A.was very tired | B.was badly hurt |
C.gave up running | D.felt unexpectedly great |
A.is bad for one’s health |
B.is caused by existing injuries |
C.happens when one runs barefoot |
D.can be avoided by wearing sports shoes |
A.How to choose shoes. | B.Why people need shoes. |
C.Useful tips on running barefoot. | D.The advantages of running barefoot. |