I was born on the 17th of November 1828, in the village of Nam Ping, which is about four miles southwest of the Portuguese Colony (殖民地) of Macao, and is located on Pedro Island lying west of Macao, from which it is separated by a channel of half a mile wide.
As early as 1834, an English lady, Mrs. Gutzlaff, wife of a missionary to China, came to Macao. Supported by the Ladies’ Association in London for the promotion of female education in India and the East, she immediately took up the work of starting a girls’ school for Chinese girls, which was soon followed by the opening of a boys’ school.
Mrs. Gutzlaff’s comprador(买办) happened to come from my village and was actually my father’s friend and neighbor. It was through him that my parents heard about Mrs. Gutzlaff’s school and it was doubtlessly through his influence and means that my father got me admitted into the school. It has always been a mystery to me why my parents should put me into a foreign school, instead of a traditional Confucian school, where my big brother was placed. Most certainly such a step would have been more suitable for Chinese public opinion, taste, and the wants of the country, than to allow me to attend an English school. Moreover, a Chinese belief is the only avenue in China that leads to political promotion, influence, power and wealth. I can only guess that as foreign communication with China was just beginning to grow, my parents hoped that it might be worthwhile to put one of their sons to learning English. In this way he might become an interpreter and have a more advantageous position to enter the business and diplomatic world. I am wondering if that influenced my parents to put me into Mrs. Gutzlaff’s School. As to what other sequences it has eventually brought about in my later life, they were entirely left in the hands of God.
1. How was the author admitted to Mrs. Gutzlaff’s school?A.Through his father’s friend’s help. |
B.Through his own efforts to exams. |
C.Through his father’s request. |
D.Through Mrs. Gutzlaff’s influence. |
A.An English school was more influential. |
B.Foreign trade with China was developing fast. |
C.It met with Chinese public opinion. |
D.He could become a successful interpreter. |
A.It was skeptical. | B.It was mysterious. |
C.It was thoughtful. | D.It was wonderful. |
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The change in Kate was obvious to all, but no one understood it. Prim and Celia were sure Kate’s unhappiness was due to disappointment. Prim assured her that Hugh would give in to their arguments and take her into town, but Kate no longer wanted to go. After her guardian gave away her horrible life secrets, society parties had gone quite out of her head.
Kate couldn’t bear for her little sister to find out that they weren’t really family, so she said nothing about what she had learned, and she tried to keep up a cheerful appearance. But keeping a secret from loved ones is a heavy burden, and now she was keeping two secrets. Her nightmares were wearing out her, and her worried sister’s constant questions were upsetting her. Prim noticed the pale cheeks and the dark shadows under her niece’s eyes. Lips tight, she called the doctor, but neither he nor Prim could find anything wrong. Between them, they dosed Kate with a variety of strong and well - meaning remedies that did no good at all.
The weather changed with the approaching end of summer, and clouds gathered over the Hill. One breathless afternoon nothing could bring relief to spirit or body. A gray haze hung in the air, too diffuse to be called clouds, but too thick to be called anything else. The sun shone through it as a brilliant white spot, and not a whisper of wind stirred. As evening came, no thunder rumbled in the hills, and no breeze sprang up to fan their clammy cheeks. The sun was leaving without a blaze of color. The thick haze just seemed to swallow it.
“Please, Aunt Prim, let us walk up in the hills and see if we can’t find some cool wind somewhere,” Kate begged. “I promise we’ll come back before it gets dark.” Her aunt knew better than to let her go. Storms were sure to follow a day like this, even if they were taking their time building. But at last she gave consent, with all the conditions hat approaching storms and nightfall demanded. They were to stay out of the woods, watch the sky, and come back at the first sign of bad weather.
1. Why didn’t Kate want to go to the town?2. What does the underlined phrase “wearing out” possibly mean?
3. Under what condition did Aunt Prim agree to let Kate and Emily explore the hills?
【推荐2】June 18 is the birthday of my late sister, Tanya. She would have been 49 years old this year, but that's increasingly difficult for me to imagine. She is frozen in time at 37.
Tanya died more than a decade ago and the wound left by her loss has healed into a scar (疤痕). It's a big scar. You can't know me for very long without discovering my scar. Trust me; if you haven't found it on your own, I will point it out to you. I want you all to know that she existed, and that she mattered.
When we first lose a loved one, we ask, “How will I live without you?” and wounds are open and weeping. We don't know how we'll cope with the pain. But then the wounds form scars, and we learn to live with our new skins.
“How can I remember you?” we ask.
So many people are hesitant to talk about my sister. It is as though mentioning her will remind me that she is dead, and upset my balance when I am so stable and happy. But I never forget my sister, not for a moment.
And so I love it when people mention Tanya's name. Occasionally, I come across one of her friends, and they casually bring up a memory, and it is like a gift.
So if you have friends who have lost loved ones, please don't avoid talking about their loved one. You won't remind them of their loss, because it is always there. They haven't forgotten their scar. They just don't point it out to you.
Instead, try to reassure (使安心) them their loved one is not forgotten. Ask questions about the deceased (逝去的)person's life. Keep them alive in the only way you can after a person is gone, with your words and your memories.
I love hearing from friends on my sister's birthday, It makes her present, despite her absence. It reminds us all that she was here. She walked this earth. She was loved, and she mattered. And on June 18,I embrace (欣然接受) my scar.
1. What does “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?A.The death of the author's sister. |
B.The author's sister's birthday. |
C.The “scar" in the author's heart. |
D.The author's love for her sister. |
A.She becomes upset about it. |
B.She worries that she must defend her sister. |
C.She doesn't know how to deal with it. |
D.She is happy to be reminded of her sister. |
A.Avoid talking about the person who died. |
B.Keep them company as long as you can. |
C.Help them to forget their painful scars. |
D.Talk with them about the person who died. |
【推荐3】OK,” I said to my daughter as she bent over her afternoon bowl of rice. “What’s going on with you and your friend J.?” J. is the leader of a group of third-graders at her camp — a position Lucy herself occupied the previous summer. Now she’s the one on the outs. and every day at snack time, she tells me all about it, while I offer the unhelpful advice all summer long.
“She’s fond of giving orders, ”Lucy complained. “She’s turning everyone against me. She’s mean. And she’s fat. ” “Excuse me,” I said, struggling for calm. “What did you just said?” “She’s fat. ” Lucy mumbled. “We’re going upstairs,” I said, my voice cold. “We’re going to discuss this. ” And up we went. I’d spent the nine years since her birth getting ready for this day, the day we’d have the conversation about this horrible word. I knew exactly what to say to the girl on the receiving end of the teasing, but in all of my imaginings, it never once occurred to me that my daughter would be the one who used the F word—Fat.
My daughter sat on her bed, and I sat beside her. “How would you feel if someone made fun of you for something that wasn’t your fault?” I began. “She could stop eating so much,” Lucy mumbled, mouthing the simple advice a thousand doctors have given overweight women for years.
“It’s not always that easy,” I said. “Everyone’s different in terms of how they treat food.” Lucy looked at me, waiting for me to go on. I opened my mouth, then closed it. Should I tell her that, in teasing a woman’s weight, she’s joined the long tradition of critics? Should I tell her I didn’t cry when someone posted my picture and commented, “I’m sorry, but aren’t authors who write books marketed to young women supposed to be pretty?”
Does she need to know, now, that life isn’t fair? I feel her eyes on me, waiting for an answer I don’t have. Words are my tools. Stories are my job. It’s possible she’ll remember what I say forever, and I have no idea what to say.
So I tell her the only thing I can come up with that is absolutely true. I say to my daughter, “I love you, and there is nothing you could ever do to make me not love you. But I’m disappointed in you right now. There are plenty of reasons for not liking someone. What she looks like isn’t one of them. ”
Lucy nods, tears on her cheeks. “I won’t say that again,” she tells me, and I pull her close, pressing my nose against her hair. As we sit there together, I pray for her to be smart and strong. I pray for her to find friends, work she loves, a partner who loves her. And still, always, I pray that she will never struggle as I’ve struggled, that weight will never be her cross to bear. She may not be able to use the word in our home, but I can use in my head. I pray that she will never get fat.
1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 indicates that Lucy ________.A.often makes fun of her friend J. | B.has begun to compete with her friend J. |
C.gets along well with her friend J. | D.has turned against her friend J. |
A.Because she wants to offer some other helpful advice. |
B.Because she is really shocked at Lucy’s rudeness. |
C.Because she has prepared the conversation for nine years. |
D.Because she decides to tell Lucy a similar story of her own. |
A.the author is a fat but good-looking woman. |
B.the author earns a living by writing stories. |
C.the author will stop loving her daughter for what she said. |
D.the author’s daughter agreed with her from the very beginning. |
A.the author hopes her daughter will never have weight trouble. |
B.a mother’s prayer will shape her daughter’s attitude towards life. |
C.the author allows her daughter to use the F word in her head. |
D.Lucy was deeply moved by her mother’s prayer. |
A.indifferent but patient | B.loving but strict |
C.satisfied and friendly | D.unsatisfied and angry |
【推荐1】Imagine a way to produce meat without killing animals. Instead of raising livestock on farms, Uma Valeti, a cardiologist, and co-founder of Upside Foods, dreamed of a way to “grow” meat by cultivating(培养) animal cells(细胞).
The idea for what’s now called “cultivated” meat came to Valeti when he was working with heart attack patients at the Mayo Clinic more than 15 years ago, growing human heart cells in a lab. It should be possible to grow meat with similar science, he realized. Scientists could take cells from an animal by a needle biopsy(切片检查), place them in tanks, feed them the nutrients they need to reproduce, including fats, sugar, amino acids and vitamins, and end up with meat.
It has taken years of experimentation by a crew of biologists, biochemists and engineers to turn that idea into a product ready to eat. Now the company is awaiting a greenlight from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin selling its first cultivated meat products, including a chicken fillet (without bone).
After four years of talks with regulators at the FDA, Valeti expects this could happen “in the very near future.” When it does, Upside’s production facility in Emeryville, California, will be able to produce over 50,000 pounds of cultivated meat products per year.
For Valeti, the potential benefits of cultivated meat are too important not to try to overcome the current obstacles. He sees a future with a better choice to the current system of producing meat, and he’s determined to create it. Valeti says, at last, as a doctor he might have been able to help a few thousand patients during his career. But, by taking the great step to cultivated meat, with its potential promise to surpass meat production, he believes he can have a larger impact. “This could literally affect billions of human lives and save potentially trillions of animal lives,” Valeti says.
1. What made Valeti come to the idea of making cultivated meat?A.His heart attack patients’ inspiring advice. |
B.The inspiration from growing human heart cell. |
C.His dreaming about a way to grow meat. |
D.The thought of helping his heart attack patients. |
A.The company is waiting for the permission from FDA. |
B.The idea of cultivated meat turned into a product easily. |
C.Chicken fillets will be very popular in the future . |
D.FDA is a big company that makes and sells cultivated meat. |
A.The cultivated meat is very popular among young people. |
B.Valeti has helped many patients with cultivated meat. |
C.Valeti is producing cultivated meat to avoid killing many animals. |
D.It will take decades before enormous cultivated meat is produced. |
A.Negative. | B.Uncertain. |
C.Critical. | D.Positive. |
【推荐2】Like everybody else, I was addicted to my devices. When realizing its harm, I decided to make a change.
“I’m doing Tech-Free Sundays now!” I told my mother, on the Saturday night before my no-tech journey started. “Oh,” she said. “So are you giving up, like, the wheel?” I defined my terms. No: computer, phone, iPad. No: email, Twitter, Instagram. Yes: wheels, modern medicine.
But when I woke up in the morning, I failed. The problem was my work: I needed to meet a deadline. I thought I could just use the computer for work, and wouldn’t check Twitter. And I didn’t, for many hours. And then I did. It was right there! And though I checked it very briefly, just in case anyone was mad at me, the spell (咒语) was broken.
But the beautiful thing about Sundays is that there is always another one. The next week, I changed my approach: no tech, at all. This time, I was prepared. On Saturday, I made a list of everything I wanted to accomplish over the weekend, and then worked my way through all the parts that require technology. And then I put my phone down, and when I woke up on Tech-Free Sunday, I did not pick it up again.
Instead, I finish a book—one with paper! Do you know how pleasurable it is to read a book by touching it? It is a delight, like petting a very literary cat. However, the trouble came when I went to meet a friend. I was running late, but had no way to tell her because my phone was at home.
Was I relaxed on such a Sunday? It was an unfamiliar feeling, but I was. I felt a sense of control over my life. But because life is nothing if not a learning process, the next weekend, I told everyone who might need to get in touch with me that I would not be reachable on Sunday.
1. What can we infer from the author’s conversation with her mother?A.The author’s mother agreed with her decision. |
B.The author wouldn’t drive on Tech-Free Sundays. |
C.The author wouldn’t refuse all modern technology. |
D.The author’s mother was unfamiliar with technological terms. |
A.The author broke a spell happily. |
B.The author got annoyed by others. |
C.The author got her computer checked. |
D.The author went against her original wish. |
A.Satisfied. | B.Tired. | C.Disappointed. | D.Hesitant. |
A.I Realized the Harm of Devices |
B.I Tried Going Tech-Free on Sundays |
C.Being Addicted to Devices Is Harmful |
D.“Tech-Free Sundays” Become Popular |
【推荐3】I used to be really frustrated when I got "trapped" in the train station in New York. When this happened, I spent time "observing" people and found that the New York City trains formed "an underground NYC".
I met all kinds of people there. Sitting in trains coming from suburban boroughs (区) like Queens and Brooklyn, I saw babysitters and housekeepers, in white or pink uniforms, carrying a shopping bag with lunch and another prettier bag for their makeup. Some gentlemen in suits get squeezed (挤) in between ladies, reading the New York Times, holding Starbucks coffees and a piece of napkin.
The passengers' skin color would get lighter as the train went from suburban areas to uptown NYC. Clothes brands changed from "Nike" and "Babyphat" to "Armani" and "Prada".
Getting lost is not embarrassing at all. Even New Yorkers who have lived in the city for 20 years need to check out the map before going to a new place by train. People from other states are just as confused as foreigners when they are "thrown" underground.
It was funny when people carrying big backpacks and holding maps, asked me where they could transfer while I was trying to find an exit. "I'm sorry. I am trying to find my way out too." I felt really bad about not helping them. To my surprise, the two guys with blue eyes didn't look disappointed at all. They laughed and told me, "Oh, we are wondering if there's really an exit because we have been walking around here for 10 minutes and we still don't know where to transfer to the uptown train!"
NYC trains are just like doors rotating (旋转) on and on. If I hadn't got lost several times, I might not have had the chance to stop and see what was happening outside my block.
1. According to the article, what kind of people has the author seen in the subway?a. babysitters and housekeepers in uniforms
b. people wearing "Armani" and "Prada"
c. gentlemen with newspapers and coffee
d. tourists with big backpacks and maps
e. foreign women carrying a shopping bag with lunch and their makeup
A.abcd | B.abce |
C.bcde | D.acde |
A.She found observing people in NYC trains quite frustrating. |
B.She came to be grateful for the time when she lost her way in the subway. |
C.She realized that only foreigners like her got trapped in the subway. |
D.She was embarrassed when getting lost in the station. |
A.One of the author's exciting experiences of taking the subway in NYC. |
B.The author's observation of various people in the subway. |
C.The author's feelings about the busy life in uptown NYC. |
D.The author's complaint of the subway service in NYC. |
Whenever the jar was full, Dad would roll up the coins. Every time he slid the box of rolled coins across the counter at the bank toward the cashier, he would smile proudly and say,“All for my son’s college.”
We would always celebrate each deposit by stopping for an ice cream cone. Dad would show me the coins in his change, saying “When we get home, we’ll start filling the jar again.” He always let me drop the first coins into the empty jar. “You might have to get to college on loose change,” he said. “But you’ll get there.”
As years passed, I went to college, got married and took a job.
Once, while visiting my parents, I noticed the jar was gone. It had served its purpose. My dad was a man of few words and never lectured me on the values of determination, perseverance or faith. The jar had taught me those far better than the most flowery of words could have done.
Soon, my daughter Jessica was born. We spent Christmas that year with my parents. After dinner, Mom and Dad sat next to each other, taking turns holding their first grandchild. When Jessica began crying, my wife Susan took her from Dad’s arms to put her in my parents’ room.
Susan came back, tears in her eyes and led me into the room. “Look,” she said softly. To my amazement, there, next to the dresser, stood the old pickle jar, as if never removed, the bottom already covered with coins. I walked over to it, dug down into my pocket, and pulled out several coins. Choked by emotion, I dropped them into the jar.
Dad had slipped quietly into the room when I looked up. Our eyes locked, but neither of us spoke, because we knew nothing had to be said.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.The author and his wife were grateful for what parents had done. |
B.The jar again in the bedroom reminded themselves of the hard years. |
C.The author felt disappointed when he found the jar gone. |
D.The author felt embarrassed whenever his father mentioned the jar. |
A.any difficulty can be overcome with the family’s support. |
B.parents teach much more through their action than their words. |
C.saving is always a good habit to pass down to the next generation. |
D.you need to reward yourself and celebrate regularly to keep up with your faith. |
A.Humorous and patient. | B.Quiet but loving. |
C.Generous and talkative. | D.Proud but strict. |
A.advice of parents. |
B.one’s purpose in life. |
C.determination to reach a goal. |
D.healthy family relations. |
【推荐2】When I was in Tanzania, Modesta was my Swahili teacher, who was friendly and outgoing. Three years later, I was living in India, teaching at an English-medium international school. Modesta was still in her village, about 15. She had exhausted her country’s free education options. Instead of high school, early marriage is waiting for her. After much thought, I decide to invite Modesta to join me. I stressed the challenges: She’d have to adapt to living in an English-speaking environment, dealing with racism, and being separated from her family. Modesta decided she was up for the adventure.
At the airport gate, the agent asked for our yellow fever vaccination (疫苗接种) certificates. Tim and I pulled out ours but Modesta didn’t have one. “Then she won’t be allowed on the plane,” the agent said. “India won’t let her into the country without it. But...” My heart was racing. How had I failed to think of this? “There’s a clinic at the other end of the airport,” the agent said. “Takeoff is in 30 minutes, and the certificate is only valid 10 days after the injection.”
When the nurse finished the injection, I glanced at my watch again — 14 minutes — and said: “So, in order for us to travel today, the paperwork has to be dated 10 days earlier.” The nurse replied with a lazy eyebrow raise. “Modesta is from the village,” I almost cried. “For her this means everything: continuing her studies, learning English...” The nurse didn’t say anything, but with nine minutes left, when she handed us the certificate, it was backdated by 15 days.
We dashed through the gate just as it was closing. When we finally took off, my hand shook as I held Modesta’s. Tim finally broke our silence. “I was ready to pay an enormous bribe back there, to get them to change the date.” “I was ready to tell lies,” I said. “Big lies, whatever it took.” “I was praying and praying to Jesus,” Modesta said. Fifteen years later, Modesta has friends on four continents and the first college degree in her family.
1. If Modesta had refused the author’s invitation, she ___________.A.would have been married |
B.would have taught foreigners Swahili |
C.would have studied in an international school |
D.would have continued her education in Tanzania |
A.She had a fever at that time. |
B.She didn’t have a passport. |
C.She didn’t get a birth certificate. |
D.She was not vaccinated against yellow fever. |
A.Modesta prayed to Jesus. |
B.The author told a white lie. |
C.Tim gave her a large amount of money. |
D.She knew deeply what it meant for Modesta. |
A.Modesta would face racial discrimination in India |
B.Modesta failed to adapt to the new environment |
C.Tim was unwilling to accept Modesta |
D.Modesta’s parents treated her badly |
【推荐3】Once there was a very poor villager. He found it difficult even to support his family.
One day, the businessman saw that the villager was writing something. He said, “You can also read and write! Your handwriting is very good.”
Later, the businessman learnt that the villager was good at accounting(记账), and he made him his shop accountant(会计). The other accountants were very jealous (嫉妒)of the villager’s abilities. They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him.
One day, they had their chance. They saw the villager going into ‘that’ room.
The villager was ordered to open the box with his own hands. And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes.
A.He came to a big city hoping to find a job. |
B.They closed the door behind him and ran to the businessman. |
C.So the businessman decided to give the villager a good lesson. |
D.Seeing this, the businessman was moved by what he had seen. |
E.So the villager was given the work of writing business letters for him. |
F.The villager wished that some kind people might give him a good job. |
G.But the businessman refused to believe them unless he had seen it with his own eyes. |