The phrase “live, love and laugh” was one my cousin Roger lived by every day of his life. Even in his sickness, he found the positive in what some would see as a negative situation. He enjoyed life. He loved to laugh and most importantly, he lived life to the absolute fullest. He loved to travel, learning new things about different people and their culture.
Roger was born and raised in Alabama, and he then moved to Buffalo, New York where he lived for many, many years until he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, his final resting place. Whether his travels were long visits or short visits, large cities or small towns, his favorite souvenir item was T-shirt. Everywhere he went he would buy a T-shirt to remind him of his travels. Every T-shirt he owned had a story behind it that he would share with others.
As long as he was laughing, living and traveling, he was happy. He loved everybody he came in contact with and everybody loved him. The old saying, “He never met a stranger”, definitely applied to Roger and his life.
His last few years of life were in and out of the hospital at least 10~15 days a month, sometimes more. Two weeks before he passed away, I spoke with him on the phone, and even then he managed to tell jokes about life.
I know he left this world happily; he refused to allow anything or anyone to hold him down, even his severe illnesses. He was definitely a model to look up when it comes to not allowing any situation to keep you from moving forward in life.
I will forever miss his smile and his love for life. My cousin Roger knew the true meaning of the phrase “live, love and laugh”.
1. The author believes that Roger _________ .| A．was a foolish man |
| B．was rich in spirit |
| C．had a healthy body |
| D．pretended to be happy |
| A．had few good friends |
| B．was afraid of his illnesses |
| C．seldom contacted the author |
| D．was loved by everyone who knew him |
| A．To feel pity for Roger. |
| B．To encourage readers to help others. |
| C．To encourage readers to be positive all the time. |
| D．To show that health is the most important thing. |
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【推荐1】Peter, a high school student, was pretty busy with school, and he was on the soccer team. High school was hard, because everyone wanted to have nice clothes, hang out, drive cars, and all these cost money. Peter’s father was the sort of guy that believed you had to earn whatever you got, so he wasn’t just about to hand over lots of money for Peter to use to have fun. So, he had to get a job.
During his freshman year summer vacation, his classmate got him a job working on a hay（干草）farm. He threw hay up into wagons as the tractor drove around fields, and then they stacked（剁起）it in the hot barn. It was a hot, low-paying job.
He once worked a few nights a week at a grocery store. He put things on the shelf. It was a lot of lifting and carrying, and his arms were strong from this and the previous job. It was dull and didn’t pay much.
He took some time off when soccer got serious, but the following summer he tried working at a lumber yard It was hot outside, but he got a lot of exercise lifting and carrying things like boards and drywall. He also learned a lot about building supplies. It still didn’t pay well.
From there, he spent a year doing some tutoring for a friend of the family, but that was Piecemeal. His first real job came the last year at school, when he fixed registers and worked on computers at a big box store. It was his favorite job yet, but it still didn’t pay well.
What Peter realized with all of these jobs was that he needed a better-paying job! The only way to get that was to get trained or educated He could go to school and get a 2-year degree in an office or technical position. His other choices were going to a 4-year college or joining the army. He wasn’t sure what he was going to do yet, but he knew he had to do something. Jobs were a lot of work, money was hard to earn, but he liked staying busy and being able to buy things. Peter wanted the most out of life, and that meant education.
1. Why did Peter take his job so early?| A．Because his father didn’t treat him well. |
| B．Because Peter’s family couldn’t afford his education. |
| C．Because Peter like challenges. |
| D．Because Peter’s father thought Peter should be independent. |
| A．They were dull and tiresome. |
| B．They were done during his vacation. |
| C．They didn’t offer high salary. |
| D．They needed hard labor. |
| A．Confidence | B．Education |
| C．Wisdom | D．Opportunity |
| A．Peter would work hard for his future |
| B．Peter would not attend a 4-year college |
| C．it was very hard for Peter to make his choices |
| D．Peter liked staying a comfortable life |
【推荐2】For decades, the homework standard has been a“10-minute”rule, which suggests a daily maximum of 10 minutes of homework per grade level.
But some schools have begun to give their youngest students a break. A Massachusetts elementary school has announced a no-homework pilot (试点的) program for the coming school year, extending the school day by two hours to provide more in-class instruction. “We really want kids to go home at 4 o’clock,” Kelly Elementary School Principal Jackie Glasheen said. “We want them to enjoy their families. We want them to go to soccer practice or football practice.”
New solutions to homework differ by community. These local debates aren’t easily understood by the fact that even education experts disagree about what’s best for kids.
The most all-round research on homework so far comes from an analysis (分析) by Duke University professor Harris Cooper, who found evidence (证据) of a positive relationship between homework and student achievement, meaning students who did homework performed better in school. Cooper’s analysis focused on how homework influences test scores. The relationship was stronger for older students-in 7th through 12th grade-than for those in younger grades, for whom there was a weak relationship between homework and performance.
Although there is the weak relationship between homework and performance for young children, Cooper argues that a small amount of homework is useful for all students. Second-graders should not be doing two hours of homework each night, he said, but they also shouldn’t be doing no homework.
However, Cathy Vatterott, an education professor at the University Missouri-St. Louis, thinks there is not enough evidence that homework is helpful for students in elementary school, “Relationship is not a root,” she said “Does homework cause achievement, or do high achievers do more homework?” Vatterott thinks there should be more stress on improving the quality of homework tasks, and she supports efforts to ban homework for younger kids.
1. What will Kelly Elementary School have in the new term.| A．No homework. | B．Some football practice. |
| C．“10-minute” homework. | D．More physical education classes. |
| A．Younger students in all grades with no homework. |
| B．Younger students in lower grades with no homework. |
| C．Older students in lower grades with more homework. |
| D．Older students in higher grades with more homework. |
| A．事业 | B．原因 | C．根系 | D．要求 |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. | C．Unknown. | D．Doubtful. |
【推荐3】How to Get Higher Marks in Exams
Have you got an important test coming up, where you really want to stand out? Or do you generally want to improve your grades?
The best thing you can do to raise your test scores is to pay attention when you’re supposed to be learning the material: in class! Letting your mind wander or not showing up at all are both likely to make you miss out on key information that will later appear on tests.
Take good notes.
Do your home work.
Homework, such as assignments and at-home reading are where you will find the rest of the information that will be on tests, so doing this homework is important.
Do practice tests.
Ask your teacher or go online and print a few practice tests. And you can take a practice test.
| A．Plan your time carefully. |
| B．Pay attention in your classes. |
| C．Find out which ways help you learn better, and use it. |
| D．Needless to say, the answer to both these questions is yes. |
| E．Schedule time and set aside a quiet place just for doing it to avoid being disturbed. |
| F．This way will help you to figure out how much information you actually don’t know. |
| G．Successful students write down something understandable and organized, and review it often. |
