How would you feel if someone decided to take away your park? Well, that’s what’s happening in my community. There’s a park that some people want to turn into a golf course. Let me tell you why I think it’s a bad idea.
First, a park is meant to be for the whole community. Not everyone likes golf, so not everyone will get to use the park. This isn’t fair. A community park should have open spaces for everyone to use.
Second, to make way for the golf course, lots of playground equipment will have to be moved or knocked down, which is a waste of time and money. It’s also a waste of perfectly good equipment. The swings, for example, will probably end up as litter.
Third, what about giving young people something to do? Not all kids are crazy about golf. At the moment, the park has a skating place and a playground. These attract lots of kids from the community. If you turn the park into a golf course, these kids won’t have anywhere to go and they won’t have anything to do. This means that they will stay at home and turn on a video game rather than get some exercise. It also means that they might be out on the street causing trouble. Wouldn’t it be better to give them something to do at the park?
Finally, golf is expensive. Building a golf course and maintaining it cost a lot of money. Who is going to pay to maintain the golf course? What about those people who can’t afford to join a golf course? That means the golf course will only be available to people with lots of money.
Turning our park into a golf course is a bad idea. I suggest we have a community meeting before plans go any further.
1. Some people want to change the park into ________.| A．a golf club | B．a skating place | C．a parking place | D．a golf course |
| A．go to get some exercise | B．fall in love with golf |
| C．play videos games at home | D．go to the street and make friends |
| A．Plenty of playground equipment will be broken down. |
| B．It will cost a lot of money if people want to build and maintain a golf course. |
| C．Turning the park into a golf course will make kids get some exercise instead of playing video games. |
| D．Old people in the community might be out on the street causing trouble if a park is turned into a golf course. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．To help carry out further plans. |
| B．To make the park more beautiful. |
| C．To encourage children to go skating. |
| D．To stop the golf course from being built. |
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I wasn’t in Macau last year. I was in Hong Kong at that time. My apartment in Hong Kong was quite small.
| A．It was on a busy street. |
| B．It’s very beautiful. |
| C．I don’t like to live in that place. |
| D．My house in it is very good. |
| E．The Sichuan restaurant is my favorite. |
【推荐2】A stoop（门廊） might seem like a simple set of stairs leading up to a door. But in many US cities, stoops were the lifeblood（命脉）of the community in years past. People would sit outside on their stoops, chatting with their neighbors and passers-by. They’d get to know each other. This strong sense of neighborliness has seen a revival（复兴）during the coronavirus pandemic（新冠流行期间）.
In Bernal Heights, a small neighborhood in San Francisco, people have been in lockdown since mid-March. But that hasn’t stopped people there from getting creative and socializing.
Natalie Mead, for example, has a large garden right in front of her house. She’s using the garden to set up scavenger hunts（拾荒搜索游戏）for children who’ve been stuck at home. Mead says about 10 to 20 families visit her garden each day to hunt for the small toys she hides in her garden.
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Activities like these have brought neighbors together and even helped them make new friends. “Many of us didn’t know each other though we’re living within 50 yards,” Sarah Gordon told The New York Times.
1. What did the nurse do to help her neighbors during the lockdown?| A．She made full use of her garden to help kids have fun there. |
| B．She sat outside on the stoops and chatted with her neighbors. |
| C．She gave away food to the people in need in her neighborhood. |
| A．Stoops have great meaning to communities in many UK cities. |
| B．People used to like sitting inside the door, chatting with their neighbors. |
| C．Stoops in many American cities were important to the people’s strong sense of neighborliness in the past. |
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| A．Stoops became less popular during the coronavirus pandemic. |
| B．Sarah Gordon has made a lot of friends with people in her community during the 50 years. |
| C．Different activities in Bernal Heights during the coronavirus pandemic helped people socialize with their neighbors. |
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| B．Bringing Us Together |
| C．The Coronavirus Lockdown |
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| A．And a small river runs through the park. |
| B．This is a photo of my town. |
| C．What about you? |
| D．I come from a small town in the US. |
| E．It is very interesting. |
| F．I am studying in No. 1 Middle School now. |
| G．It is very boring. |
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Although the series’ success might have a good side, many teachers and parents are worried, however. They say that some of their students and children spend more time before TV and are using Away from it all as an excuse for not finishing homework. Some children have even refused to learn for exams because they say that they can only get personal happiness by avoiding stressful situations.
And what do the experts say? Paula Ray, a doctor of education, says that TV can influence children’s lifestyles. But she says that if a child reacts(反应) strongly, it’s likely that there are other reasons for his change in behaviour(行为). She says that there is nothing wrong with watching Away from it all but suggests that parents should let their children know TV is not the same as real life.
1. The success of the new TV series is surprising because__________.
| A．it is about the English countryside |
| B．it is the same as other successful TV series |
| C．it is different from other successful TV series |
| D．it is about life in busy cities |
| A．stress | B．homework |
| C．busy life | D．exams |
| A．a world with no homework | B．English TV series |
| C．a happier and healthier world | D．relaxing jobs |
| A．Teachers and parents. | B．Teachers and experts. |
| C．Experts and teenagers. | D．Young people and parents. |
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But a wrong direction app may make it hard to find the place. That makes drivers wish for the paper maps in the past.
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An app is helping with directions, but you should know where you are going and what is happening on the roads. There is a man who is driving in a new city. He doesn’t know the way well so he opens his direction app and hopes that will help. But some minutes later, he and his car are in the river! The app tells him to drive on a broken bridge. He calls 119, and sits on the top of the car waiting for help. So, you must tell yourself where to go first and know more about the road conditions(状况) before going out. Don’t always follow the apps.
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1. The third paragraph shows us ________.| A．there are many signs telling you how to drive |
| B．there is something wrong with direction apps |
| C．direction apps can help drivers find their ways |
| D．it’s very hard for old drivers to use direction apps |
| A．To show us how funny he is. |
| B．To ask us to call 119 when we are in danger. |
| C．To tell us not to follow the apps all the time. |
| D．To make us know it’s not good to drive too quickly. |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．Drivers should stop using direction apps. |
| B．Direction apps are more and more welcome. |
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| D．Direction apps can be good and bad for drivers. |
【推荐3】Success does not belong to a select group of individuals. Success belongs to those who are willing to go after it and try their best to do what they have to do. Here are some useful practical ways for you if you want to be a success.
Desire. Desire is the strong wish to achieve a goal. Without desire, you have nothing. Before you can run with desire, your goal must be plain, clear, and it must also be exciting.
Show up. Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. You can’t have a best seller if you have never written a book. You can’t get your dream job if you’re afraid to turn in an application. Showing up doesn’t guarantee （保证） success, but if you don’t show up, you will never succeed.
Fail. If you’re not willing to have a try, fail unhappily, and have another try, success won’t happen. To have success, you have to do things the right way, but often the only way to do something right is to first fail at it. As Thomas J. Watson said, a simple formula （公式） for success is to double your rate of failure（失败）. So welcome failure, become a student of failure, learn from failure, and soon you will succeed.
Work harder. Everyone runs, but everyone is not willing to run for an hour every day. Success is not about doing what the common person can’t do. It’s about doing what the common person is unwilling to do. And on a deeper level, it’s about creating habits that the common person is unwilling to create. It’s the habit of doing things with excellence that causes success.
Enjoy the journey. Success is a journey, not a destination（终点）. Success is not a certain car or a certain house or a certain happy marriage. Success is the enjoyment of the journey. You have to enjoy the journey.
Someone once said, “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” You have to change, you will change, and you will succeed.
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in achieving success?| A．Good education. | B．Working hard. | C．Strong desire. | D．Enjoying failure. |
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| B．Keeping working harder is necessary when you go after success. |
| C．You are sure to meet with some difficulty in your life. |
| D．Most people don’t want to spend too much time running. |
| A．Failure is the mother of success. | B．Many hands make light work. |
| C．Every dog has its day. | D．Actions speak louder than words. |
| A．If you want to succeed, you should have special talents. |
| B．If you want to succeed, you’d better not show up. |
| C．Success means the enjoyment of your gain or loss on the journey. |
| D．Success is about doing what the common person can’t do. |
| A．Failure is the mother of success | B．Try harder and you will succeed |
| C．The importance of success | D．Some practical ways to success |
