People have grown taller over the last century, with South Korean women shooting up by more than 20cm on average, and Iranian men gaining 16.5cm. A global study looked at the average height of 18-year-olds in 200 countries 1914 and 2014. The results show that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from l2th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm. Larvian women, meanwhile, rose from 28th place in 1914 to become the tallest in the world a century later, with an average height of 169.8cm. James Bentham, a co-author of the research says the global trend is likely but once you average over whole populations, genetics plays a less key role," he added.
But while height has increased around the world, the trend in many countries of north and sub-Saharan Africa causes concern, says Elio Riboli of Imperial College. While height increased in Uganda and Niger during the early 20th century, the trend has reversed in recent years, with height decreasing among 18-year-olds.
"One reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s," said Professor Alexander. The nutritional and health problems that followed the policy of structural adjustment, he says, led to many children and teenagers failing to reach their full potential in terms of height.
Bentham believes the global trend of increasing height has important implications. "How tall we are now is strongly influenced by the environment we grew up in," he said. "If we give children the best possible start in life now, they will be healthier and more productive for decades to come."
1. What can be learned from Paragraph I?| A．The increase in women’s height is much bigger than men’s in the last century. |
| B．The last century has seen a great increase in people’s height in most countries. |
| C．Genetics plays a key role in the increase of people’s height in the last century. |
| D．Dutch and Swedes are ranked first and second in height in the world nowadays. |
| A．slowed down. | B．gone upwards. | C．changed to the contrary. | D．come to life again. |
| A．The economic situation of some countries should be improved. |
| B．Environment protection should be attached great importance to. |
| C．The global trend of increasing height should be closely watched. |
| D．Children’s proper nutrition and healthcare should be guaranteed. |
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【推荐1】I once had my Chinese MBA students brainstorming on “two-hour business plans.” I separated them into six groups and gave them an example: a restaurant chain. The more original their ideas, the better, I said. Finally, five of the six groups presented plans for restaurant chains. The sixth proposed a catering service. Though I admitted the time limit had been difficult, I expressed my disappointment.
My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state-owned enterprises and global companies. They were without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Review. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.
In China, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well-developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand.
With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then there's the “thousand talent scheme.” this new government program is intended to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign-trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about China's research environment. It's hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.
At last, for China, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnership with top western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It's about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. It's not that simple.
1. Why does the writer feel disappointed at his students?| A．Because there is one group presenting a catering service. |
| B．Because the six groups did not cooperate well in the brainstorm. |
| C．Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic. |
| D．Because the students' ideas were lacking in creativeness. |
| A．Papers were often downloaded from the Internet. |
| B．Students often said that copying is a preferable business strategy. |
| C．Students combine knowledge and critical thoughts to solve a problem. |
| D．Case study debates were written up as well as recited. |
| A．China can make and sell any product all over the world from its own creation. |
| B．high pay may not solve the problem of China's research environment. |
| C．cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brand. |
| D．the new government program is aimed at encouraging imagination. |
| A．Look for a new way of learning | B．Reward creative thinking |
| C．How to become a creator | D．Establish a technical environment |
【推荐2】This vacation has been an amazing one, a vacation spent in exploring beautiful regions and islands. I spent an incredible vacation recharging, and I'm ready to give the remaining of the year my all! So no, I don't have post-vacation blues, but it seems like everyone else does.
All I see is people posting on social media about how unhappy they are to be coming back to their everyday life. Going back to their “routines" makes them sad.
But we need to analyze this a bit more. Sure, who doesn't like vacations? But the whole concept that “vacations are great" and “regular life sucks" is so bad! Because if you don't like your regular life, it means that you're spending 70% of your life doing something you don't like, and the remaining trying to recharge to face that 70% of your life. It's not sustainable.
When I went on the press trip to Ischia, I met so many food and travel bloggers, but guess what, they are all either in university or working full time jobs! They found the time to create something they are enthusiastic about! It's never too late to change that routine you so desperately want to get rid of. Sure, it takes a bit of investment initially, but when you come home after doing something you love, I assure you, it won't even feel like you've overworked!
Don't get me wrong, swimming in clear waters is better than sitting in an office. But what if you were working towards something bigger? A project? Something creative? Wouldn't you feel more motivated to get back and work on it? Post-vacation blues are normal, but let's not make vacations the only thing we're looking forward to in life! Your everyday life can be amazing too. You just have to take a few steps towards making it so. The first thing to do is to overcome the blues.
1. How does the author feel after his vacation?| A．Energetic. | B．Depressed. | C．Exhausted. | D．Unhappy. |
| A．By questioning. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By analyzing. | D．By presenting statistics. |
| A．The enthusiasm of life. | B．The change of the routine. |
| C．The necessity of creativity. | D．The importance of doing favorites. |
| A．How to work towards bigger project. | B．How to conquer post-vacation blues. |
| C．What we should do to feel motivated. | D．Why we should stick to what we love. |
【推荐3】A new study suggests that science role-playing may help tighten the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM)education and careers for women simply by improving their identity as scientists.
Frustrated by the gender gap in STEM, in which some fields employ at least three times more men than women, Cornell graduate student Reut Shachnai wanted to do something about it. Reut said the idea to help foster young girls’ interest in science came to her during a lecture in a class she was taking on Psychology of Imagination.
Reut designed an experiment to test if assuming the role of a successful scientist would improve girls’ persistence in a “sink or float” science game. The game itself was simple yet challenging: a computer screen projected a slide with an object in the center above a pool of water. Kids then had to predict whether the object would sink or float.
She studied 240 four -to -seven -year -olds, because this is around the time kids first develop their sense of identity and capabilities. They were divided into two groups. Children in the “story” group learned about the successes and struggles of a gender -matched scientist before playing the game. Boys heard about Isaac Newton and girls were told about Marie Curie. Children in the “pretend” group were told to assume the identity of the scientist they just learned about.
All kids played at least one round of the game. No matter what group they were in, girls got the answers right just as often as boys -nearly 70% of the time. Boys, however, didn’t really benefit from the stories or make-believe. Besides, girls pretending to be Dr. Marie persisted twice as long at the sink-or-float game, playing just as much as the boys did.
Reut’s teacher Tamar Kushnir said, “Rather than merely hearing about role models, children may benefit from actively performing the type of actions they see role models perform. In other words, taking a few steps in the role model’s shoes, instead of merely observing her walk.”
1. Why did Reut design a “sink or float” science game?| A．To handle the gender gap in STEM. | B．To attach importance to STEM. |
| C．To draw kids’ attention to STEM. | D．To compare boys’ and girls’ persistence. |
| A．Kids enjoyed listening to scientists’ stories. | B．Boys avoided playing make-believe games. |
| C．Girls performed as well as boys in science. | D．Children followed Dr. Marie to explore science. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Doubtful. | C．Indifferent. | D．Negative. |
| A．Girls should get recognition like boys | B．A fine example has boundless power for kids |
| C．Girls can work on more science games | D．Make-believe exercises benefit girls in STEM |
【推荐1】Recently I was visiting some websites when I came across a collection of strange beach photos where everyone had a cloth wall surrounding their little patch of sand. I had never seen anything like that before, and I was intrigued, so I started surfing the Internet to look for all sorts of phrases that might throw light on the mystery of Polish beach separators.
I found a site on Poland's affairs that covered this “ phenomenon” quite exactly. According to the site, beach separators have been part of Polish beach-going culture for a long time, but have recently been getting a lot of attention online, after foreign tourists started posting photos on social networks.
Beach separators vary in size according to the size of the group. You'll see tiny ones only surrounding the space around a single beach towel, and giant ones separating a large part of the beach. They aren't designed to protect their users away from prying eyes. It's no secret that strong winds are very common on the shores of the Baltic Sea, so they were originally meant to allow beach-goers to enjoy sunbathing without having their belongings blown away or sand blown in their faces.
However, in recent years, people have begun criticizing them. During the summer, beach separators are placed so close to each other that a person can hardly pass between them, let alone find a place to put their own beach towels. This creates a problem for foreign tourists unfamiliar with them, who just want a place to lie down on the sand. And thus they can easily create all kinds of conflicts due to lack of space. For example, some people leave the beach for hours but leave their separators in place to make sure that their space doesn't get occupied by someone else.
Though I have visited a fair number of seaside resorts across Europe, I hope that I will go to visit it one day.
1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “intrigued” in Paragraph 1?| A．Interested. | B．Satisfied. | C．Terrified. | D．Encouraged. |
| A．To attract others' attention. | B．To take a good sunbath. |
| C．To keep themselves in private. | D．To protect themselves from thieves. |
| A．They cause plenty of garbage. | B．They fail to function properly. |
| C．They take up too much space. | D．They are out of place. |
| A．A new Polish attraction. | B．Big challenges on the beach. |
| C．An unforgettable journey to Poland. | D．Beach separators in Poland. |
【推荐2】The sky is dazzlingly blue, and the sun shines on the head of gargoyle( 滴水嘴怪兽) of the Ponte Neuve in Paris, near where Mr Jérôme Galais has been peddling(叫卖) dusty classic books to countless tourists for more than 30 years.
In normal times, Parisiens and tourists from around the world would be looking around Jérôme Callais’s goods casually, and 230 other open-air booksellers go along the left and right banks of the Seine for nearly four miles.
But as lockdown bans to control the COVID-19 pandemic keep visitors in trouble, the booksellers’ livelihood is rapidly being put in danger. Many are worrying it may be the final period for a centuries-old métier that is regarded as a landmark to Paris as the Louvre and Notre Dame.
Sales have decreased an average of 80 percent this year, Mr. Callais said, throwing many booksellers into dangerous straits. But some booksellers want to work. They are eager to keep a tradition that dates to the 16th century. Many of today’s booksellers are retired people living on pensions (养老金) who are collectors of literature and magazines.
A growing number of people in their 30s and 40s have joined their ranks, who are attracted by the freedom of working outside an office in rain or shine.
Even before the pandemic, the booksellers were fighting with the cultural changes like the fact that people don’t read physical books as much as they used to, if they do, often turn to Amazon to buy them.
1. What mainly causes booksellers’ living difficulties?| A．The competition among booksellers. |
| B．The popularity of physical books. |
| C．The future of book business. |
| D．Lockdown bans. |
| A．Banks. | B．Situations. | C．Channels. | D．Traditions. |
| A．Mr Galais has been only selling the classics |
| B．retired booksellers get used to gather literature |
| C．young people enjoy the working style of selling books |
| D．booksellers try to prevent the book industry from ending |
| A．In a novel. | B．In a history book. | C．In a magazine. | D．In a textbook. |
【推荐3】Jack Ma’s net worth increased $2.8bn overnight as Alibaba forecast sales growth that topped every analyst’s estimate, despite the fact that China’s economy is slowing down.
Mr. Ma, aged 52 this year, is now the richest person in Asia and 14th wealthiest in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His net worth has climbed $8.5bn this year to $41.8bn.
The latest surge came after China’s largest e-commerce company forecast 45 to 49 percent revenue(收入) growth in the year ending March, demonstrating how investments beyond online shopping are paying off. Shares in Alibaba, where Mr. Ma is chairman, rose 13 percent to a record high.
Alibaba and Tencent, which dominate online shopping and social media, respectively have ventured(冒险) deeper into new areas from cloud computing services to streaming music and video as the country’s economy slows. Alibaba is capturing more digital advertising spending by incorporating(合并) social elements such as video in its shopping sites.
Alibaba is holding meetings with investors this week. On Friday, the former English teacher said he wasn’t going to discuss corporate forecasts. He took the stage instead to describe how his company had become effectively the world’s 22nd largest economy—just after Argentina—in terms of transaction(交易) by never fearing to think big. Mr. Ma, who said Alibaba revises 10-year plans annually, foresaw the company becoming the fifth-largest eventually by 2036 by serving a burgeoning Chinese middle classes, taking advantage of global trade and making use of its valuable data.
Ma’s comments about the evolution of data-driven technology echoed Masayoshi Son, Chairman of Japan’s SoftBank. SoftBank—Alibaba’s largest shareholder—has invested billions in companies such as ARM with the intention of staking out a leading position in the future Internet of Things.
“The Internet of Things is going to be big because in the past, machines drink electricity,” Mr. Ma told investors. “In the next 20 years, machines will drink data. In the future, no company, no country, no business can survive without data.”
1. What can we infer from the passage?| A．Jack Ma has become the richest person in the world. |
| B．China’s economy is not satisfying. |
| C．online shopping grows rapidly worldwide. |
| D．Alibaba is the largest company in the world. |
| A．uncertainty | B．rapid decline |
| C．dead time | D．sudden increase |
| A．It has been providing cloud computing services. |
| B．It makes profits mainly from digital advertising. |
| C．It is China’s largest social media company. |
| D．It aims to research into streaming music and video. |
| A．The importance of the data. |
| B．The investment of global trade |
| C．The necessity sharing information. |
| D．The future of the Internet of Things. |
【推荐1】Will human beings find intelligent alien (外星的) life anytime soon? Probably not, according to theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Hawking made the prediction during the Breakthrough Starshot announcement in New York City on April 12. At the news conference, Hawking, along with Russian billionaire sponsor Yuri Milner and a group of scientists, detailed a new project that aims to send a large number of tiny, wafer-size (薄饼大小的) spaceships into space to the neighboring star system Alpha Centauri (半人马座阿尔法星).
If these tiny spaceships travel at 20 percent of the speed of light, they'll be able to reach Alpha Centauri in just 20 years, Milner said. Once there, the spacecraft will be able to do a 1-hour flyby of Alpha Centauri and collect data that's impossible to gather from Earth, such as taking close-up photos of the star system, studying space dust molecules (分子) and measuring magnetic fields (磁场), said Avi Loeb, chairman of the Breakthrough Starshot Advisory Committee and a professor of science at Harvard University.
In addition to learning about space technology, the audience wanted to hear about aliens--specifically, when scientists might find them.
Hawking took questions from reporters in advance so that he would have time to prepare his answers.
Hawking has famously predicted that intelligent aliens might threaten humankind. Indeed, when asked about what Earthlings should do if we came across intelligent alien life, he said, “We should hope that they don' t find us.”
Other researchers at the conference offered a more optimistic view of alien life.
1. What are the wafer-size spaceships mainly designed for?| A．Looking for aliens. | B．Doing a 1-hour flyby. |
| C．Landing on Alpha Centauri. | D．Collecting data about Alpha Centauri. |
| A．pretty soon human beings will find alien life |
| B．we may find alien life a danger to human beings |
| C．Alpha Centauri is suitable for human immigration (移民) |
| D．scientists should be sent into space to collect data |
| A．sponsors | B．reporters |
| C．human beings | D．scientists |
| A．analysis of the data collected |
| B．other questions from reporters |
| C．possible ways to defend us against aliens |
| D．other scientist’ opinions on alien life |
【推荐2】Astronomy is the oldest science known to man.Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens.But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.
The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago.They could see the size，color，and brightness of stars.They could see their places in the sky.They watched the stars move as the seasons changed.But the Greeks had no tools to help them study the starry heavens.
Each new tool added to the files of astronomy；it helped man reach out into space.Until there were telescopes(望远镜)，man knew little about the moon.They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) has rings around it.Their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets.In the early 1700s，people thought there were only six planets.
Before the spectroscope(分光镜)，man did not know what kind of gases are in the sun or other stars.Without the radio telescope(电波望远镜)we did not know that radio noises come from far out in space.
Today，astronomy is a growing science.We have learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.
1. The passage mainly tells us ________.| A．the spectroscope helps man know what kind of gases are in the sun and other stars |
| B．there are eight planets in space |
| C．there was much noise in space |
| D．science can’t grow fast without modern technology |
| A．man watched the stars with their eyes |
| B．telescopes helped man to study the stars |
| C．man knew nothing about the sky |
| D．man knew Saturn has rings around it |
| A．the color of the stars |
| B．the size of the stars |
| C．the movement of the stars |
| D．what the stars were made of |
| A．the moon has rings around it |
| B．there are six planets |
| C．Saturn’s rings can be seen by human eyes |
| D．radio noises come from far out in space |
【推荐3】As Americans live longer and the job market stays competitive, fast-food chains are increasingly hiring from senior centers, churches and aging advocacy groups like AARP, Bloomberg reports. And it's not just death rates and economic trends driving the change. Seniors have more polished social skills, but teens are stopped from growing up online with fewer real-world connections.
“I spend a lot of time with young kids. They can he very disrespectful,” 63-year-old Church's Chicken manager Stevenson Williams tells Bloomberg of his teen coworkers. “You have to coach them and tell them this is your job, not the street,” Williams says. Having “soft skills” such as politeness often comes more easily to the seniors, who have had a lifetime of experience in the workforce to learn how to treat customers compared with young people.
Employers thus get a more mature worker at no additional cost but the reasons for seniors outpacing teen hires are many. The US Census Bureau reported this year that, by 2035, there will be more Americans over age 65 than there are children under age 18. Plus, fewer people in their prime (盛年)are working—thanks to the unaffordable childcare that forces many parents to stay at home, according to a study by Princeton University.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) forecasts the number of American workers aged between 65 and 74 will swell 4.5 percent by 2024, while the 16-to-24s will shrink 1.4 percent. By 2024, the BLS projects the labor force will grow to about 164 million people. That number includes about 41 million people aged 55 and older about 13 million of whom are expected to be aged 65 and up.
So don’t be surprised to see even more service with a smile and silver hair in that drive-through lane.
1. What does the underlined part “the change” in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．The job market gets competitive. |
| B．Americans live longer. |
| C．Senior centers are becoming more popular. |
| D．Fast-food chains hire more senior people. |
| A．They demand less pay. |
| B．Teens are easy to quit. |
| C．Teens are hard to control and manage. |
| D．They are good at socializing. |
| A．Knowing customers’ needs. |
| B．Having high education. |
| C．Having lots of connections with the real world. |
| D．Being skillful at computer. |
| A．They prefer to look after children. |
| B．They find it hard to find a job. |
| C．They find it hard to pay for childcare. |
| D．They are unwilling to work with senior citizens. |
【推荐1】Innovation for Everyone – Career Skills for Life
Invitation to Alumni (校友) Networking Event Organized by University of Warwick and British Council
We are delighted to invite you to an alumni networking event on Tuesday 14 March, 7-9 pm at the Le Royal Méridien Hotel, Shanghai. The event is organized by the University of Warwick and the British Council and is open to all alumni.
Come and join us for refreshments, followed by four short presentations on the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship (创业) skills in your career and the launch of new career initiatives for students and alumni, before spending time networking with friends and other UK alumni over a buffet dinner.
The place for this event is the Le Royal Méridien Hotel, No.789 Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai. The Le Royal Méridien Hotel is located in People's Square in Shanghai and is easily accessed by subway, bus or taxi.
DATE AND TIME
Tue 14 March 2017
19:00 – 21:00 CST
LOCATION
Le Royal Méridien Hotel
No.789 Nanjing East Road
Huangpu District
Shanghai
PROGRAMME
| 7:00 pm | Registration and welcome refreshments |
| 7:15 – 7:25 pm | “An overview of Graduate Employability (就业能力) among UK-educated Chinese Alumni and British Council Activities to Support Alumni Career Development”, Cathy He, Head of Education Services, British Council |
| 7:25 – 7:35 pm | “The Importance of Career Planning: from the SJTU Viewpoint”, Mr Shen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Careers |
| 7:35 – 7:45 pm | “The Importance of Innovation Skills Throughout Your Career: An Employer Viewpoint”, John Hung, Managing Partner, China Consumer & Industrial Products Industry and Automotive Sector, Deloitte, China |
| 7:45 – 7:55 pm | “New Resources to Enhance the Employability of Chinese Students and Graduates”, Esther de Perlaky, International Manager, University of Warwick |
| 8:00 – 9:00 pm | Networking and banquet buffet dinner |
Free but up to 80 tickets, please register via READ MORE.
1. The main purpose of holding this alumni networking event is ________.| A．to invite the alumni for refreshments |
| B．to spend time networking with the alumni |
| C．to help the alumni to launch new career initiatives |
| D．to share the experience of innovation and career skills for life |
| A．UK-educated Chinese Alumni |
| B．only from University of Warwick |
| C．UK-educated Alumni and their friends |
| D．UK-educated Chinese Alumni and from the SJTU |
| A．How to improve the employability of the alumni. |
| B．How to help the alumni find and improve employment. |
| C．How to enhance the employability in career development. |
| D．How to make career planning and train the alumni’s innovation skills. |
【推荐2】The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about a serious problem with one of the main computers.
He dialed the employee’s home phone number and a child's whisper(低语) came, “Hello” The boss asked. “Is your daddy at home?” “Yes” whispered the small voice. “May I talk with him?” the man asked.
To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, “No.” The boss continued, “Is your mommy there?” “Yes” came the answer. “May I talk with her?” Again the small voice whispered “No.”
Since it was impossible that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message to the person who should be there watching over the child. “Is there anyone besides you?” the boss asked. “Yes” whispered the child, “A policeman.” Then the boss asked if he could speak with the policeman. “No, he’s busy talking to daddy and mommy and the fireman.” came the whispered answer.
Hearing what sounded like a helicopter (直升机) through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, “What is the noise?” “A helicopter.” “What is going on there?” asked the boss. In a serious whispering voice, the child answered, “The search team just landed the helicopter.” Appalled and concerned, the boss asked, “Why are they there?” Still whispering, the young voice replied with an unclear giggly (窃笑), “They are looking for me. ”
1. Who was not in the employee’ s home?| A．The boss | B．The child |
| C．The fireman | D．The policeman |
| A．Devoted | B．Determined |
| C．Warm-hearted | D．Frightened |
| A．The boss was offering help. | B．The child was playing a trick. |
| C．The employee was in danger. | D．The child was missing. |
【推荐3】On the outside, 12-year-old Luna seems like an average kid. It’s not until you get to know her that you learn that Luna is anything but average.
Born with a heart defect (缺陷) called dextrocardia, Luna has had three open-heart operations and continues to pursue (追求) her interests in art and fashion. But when Luna was approached by sport shoe company Saucony to design a shoe for sale across the country, it came as quite a surprise.
“This is so incredible. I got to use my art and creativity for something new that I’d never thought I’d be able to design,” Luna said. She is one of six patients from Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) who have partnered with Saucony to design their own shoes to launch the “Shoes with Soul” campaign.
“Rather than just a donation, we wanted to create an experience and a moment that would raise not only money, but also awareness to highlight all the amazing work that’s being done at BCH,” says Chris, Saucony’s vice president. “Specifically, we wanted to give some of the BCH kids an opportunity to share their stories and their talents with the world.”
Luna’s design is fashion. “On the tongue, they digitalized one of my drawings, and then on bottom it’s a really bright pink color, and on the inside, the sole of the shoe is actually another drawing I did of a sunset,” she said. “Thinking about kids everywhere around the world wearing my shoes is amazing. It blows my mind.”
The income from the shoe sales will benefit the Boston Children’s Hospital Cardiac Fitness Program, which encourages kids to “find your possible” through personalized exercise programs tailored for each individual patient’s heart condition.
“It feels really good to help people and it’s really something I can relate to,” says Luna. “The advice I would give a kid or someone like me is never giving up. There are a lot of kids out there with your condition and you’re not alone.”
1. What happened to Luna according to the passage?| A．She failed to design shoes for sale. |
| B．Luna had over three open-heart operations. |
| C．She got an unexpected chance to design shoes. |
| D．She suffered from a serious heart attack after she was born. |
| A．They had a talent for design shoes. |
| B．They had great interests in art and fashion. |
| C．The shoe company wanted to create a chance to display their talents. |
| D．The shoe company wanted to provide a way to donate money to them. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Excited. | C．Stressed. | D．Bored. |
| A．He who laughs last laughs best. | B．Where there is life, there is hope. |
| C．Helping others is helping ourselves. | D．Stick to your dream even if there are difficulties. |
