Do you dream of being a soldier when you grow up?
Zou Aimin is a border defense soldier (边防战士). He is stationed (驻扎) on top of Changbai Mountain in Jilin province.
When Zou got his PhD (博士学位) from Jilin University in 2011, this 29-year-old young man applied (申请) to come to the outpost (前哨). He is one of the few soldiers in the province with such a high level of education.
The weather there is very terrible. It often has heavy snow. And the weather can be very cold—the coldest temperature was -47 C. There are around 260 days a year when the wind speed is above 11.7 meters per second.
“It is very difficult to fall asleep at the beginning, because the wind outside cried like a wolf,” Zou said.
They can’t go down the mountain because of heavy snow. There is never enough drinking water on the mountain top. The soldiers have to melt (融化) snow for water to drink, cook and wash with. They can only take a bath once a month.
While most of the soldiers were born between 1990 and 1999, Zou said that they were not “spoiled” (溺爱). He said the difficulties were valuable experiences and he could share their stories with their friends at home.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How old was Zou Aimin in 2011?
2. Why was it difficult to fall asleep at the beginning for Zou?
3. How can they get enough drinking water?
4. How often can they take a bath?
5. What does Zou Aimin think of the difficulties?
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Remark for Flight CF4168
| Dear passengers, Here is the remark board(留言板) of this flight! To provide you a better flight experience, we warmly welcome your remarks here. | |
I’ve been a doctor for almost 20 years, and it is my first time to give a remark here, for I really want to record this touching experience! When our flight was about to land and all passengers were required to be seated well, a teenage boy with Down syndrome(唐氏综合症) suddenly became very nervous because of the sense of weightlessness(失重感), and he left his seat and lay down on the ground. Though the crew(空乘人员) asked him to go back to his seat for several times, the boy didn’t move at all. His parents also tried many ways to comfort him, but it still didn’t work. It seemed that nobody could help. As a result, the plane had to circle above the airport, which made some passengers very impatient and angry. Minutes later, a lady, said to be a teacher, stood up, and slowly walked to the boy. She lay down beside him, smiling to him. “Hey, boy! Are you looking for something on the ground?” No reply. “Did you have a good time during the flight?” No reply. “Are you afraid of something?” The boy turned to her… I didn’t hear what they said very clearly, but later, the boy went back to his seat happily. Doctors always treat their patients with medicine, but facing with the boy, I felt so helpless. However, a teacher made it! Edem | Actually, it is the worst flight I have ever taken! I felt very angry about it! I didn’t know why the airplane circled over the airport for such a long time. All the passengers had to sit still to wait for nothing! I am so busy today, and my business partners are waiting for me for lunch? Why do I have to waste time here? Tim |
| Dear passengers, I am the mother of the boy with the Down syndrome. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amanda | |
2. How did Tim feel about the flight?
3. How did the lady help the boy go back to his seat?
4. According to the passage, please finish the remark of the boy’s mother.(about 30 words)
There was once a boy who was out playing in a field with his friends. As they were playing, the boy came across a stone that looked interesting. It wasn’t as dull (黯淡无光的) as the other stones. It was a little bit shiny. But it was still quite dirty. The boy picked it up and decided to polish (擦亮) it.
His friends laughed at him for this. They said, “Why are you polishing that old dirty stone? You are so stupid.” But every day, when they went out to play, the boy would bring the stone with him, polishing it no matter when they took breaks.
This went on for some time. Then one day, the boy left his home to join his friends as usual. He had quite a surprise for them. When he showed them the stone, they were amazed. It was, in fact, not a common stone at all—it was a beautiful diamond. The boy had stayed up all night, polishing it until it was completely clean.
There will be times in your life where people will try to discourage you. They will tell you that you’re wasting your time on some meaningless task. But when they do this, the best thing you can do is to pay no attention to them and continue to work toward your goal. You can turn a rough (粗糙的) stone into a diamond if you have persistence(毅力) and courage.
Finding diamonds in the rough | |
Beginning | While playing in a field with his friends, a boy |
Main body | The boy polished the old dirty stone |
Conclusion | In our life, sometimes, people around us may tell us it’s just a |
I'm David. I live on the coast of Portugal where there are lots of beautiful sandy beaches and warm sunny days. It's the perfect location for my favorite hobby- making sand sculptures(沙雕). I'd never actually thought of making sand sculptures until my friends and I discovered some fantastic ones near my home. I couldn't believe that such beautiful model buildings were all made out of sand. From that moment, I knew that this was something I just had to do.
In fact, anyone can create a sand sculpture, but it's much harder than it looks as I soon discovered. The first sand sculpture I ever tried making was a two-meter-long dolphin(海豚). I was making great progress on it until quite suddenly the head started to break off. I tried everything to fix it, but it was hopeless. Soon the whole thing was just a big pile of sand on the beach. Some people nearby seemed to think this was very funny, but that just made me want to keep trying even more. I wish I'd listened to an expert on You Tube who advised digging up wet sand and using it to build sculptures because it sticks together better. So, I did that for my next sculpture of an elephant and I managed complete it in about four hours!
Many people don't understand that even a light touch to a sand sculpture can make a whole section(部分)fall off, which can take ages to rebuild. of course, heavy rain can do some damage (损坏), but not as much as you might think. As long as you build far enough up the beach, the water won't wash a sand sculpture away either. So when you re next to the seas make one yourself- you'll get a great sense of achievement.
1. When did David decide to start making sand sculptures?2. What was David's first sand sculpture?
3. Whose advice did David think of when his first sand sculpture failed?
4. How long did it take David to make his second sand sculpture?
5. What will you get if you make one sand sculpture yourself, according to David?
【推荐1】Anna lived on the side of a valley (山谷). One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses were washed away. Anna’s house was high enough to escape the flood. So, when the water had disappeared, her house was not damaged.
However, Anna’s house was quite small and there were only two little bedrooms. Her husband died when their four children were very young. But, Anna shared her house with one of the families that had lost everything in the flood until it was possible for them to rebuild their own house.
Anna’s friends were very puzzled (困惑) when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give herself so much more work and trouble when she had so many children to support. Life would be even harder when another family joined them.
“Well,” Anna explained to her friends, “30 years ago, a woman in the town was very poor, because her husband had been killed in the war, and she had a lot of children, as I have now.”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t have much for Christmas this year, so I am going to get only one gift for all of us and I am sure we will all be glad to have it. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here is our gift,’ she said to her children.”
“The children were very excited and happy to get such a gift. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas gift.”
1. Where did Anna live?2. Was Anna’s house washed away in the big flood?
3. How many people were there in Anna’s family?
4. How did Anna’s friends feel when she shared her house with a homeless family?
5. Who was once given as a Christmas gift to a poor family?
6. What do you think of Anna?
【推荐2】In the 19th and early 20th centuries, women seldom had chances for a technical education and career. However, the history of women inventors in this period is very long.
The nineteenth-century inventor Margaret Knight was born in the USA in 1838. As a young girl, she was made to work in a cotton factory by her parents. While she was working there, there was an accident and somebody was almost killed by a machine. Margaret was only 12 at the time, but she invented a way to fix the machine so that if there was something wrong again, the machine would shut down at once.
She had more than eighty inventions, from a machine for cutting shoes to improvements for the steam engine. But her most important invention was a machine that produced paper bags with flat bottoms. In fact, the idea for the invention was stolen by the person who made the model for the machine. She had to take legal(法律的) action to be finally recognized as the owner of the idea. Once Margaret had produced an invention, she would usually sell it for not much money, and when she died in 1914, all she left was only 275 dollars.
Beulah Henry also began inventing things when she was a young girl. In 1912, at age 25, she got her first patent(专利) for an ice-cream freezer. A year later, she designed a parasol—an umbrella for the sun—with changeable covers that went well with women’s clothes. Working out how to fix the covers so that they would not fly away on windy days was difficult, but she solved the problem successfully. In fact as she herself put it, “The biggest umbrella men in the country told me it could not be done.” The invention earned her about 50, 000 dollars from the producers.
She earned 49 patents, but her inventions number around 110. People called her “Lady Edison”. But for someone with such a long career, surprisingly little is known about Beulah Henry’s personal life. She was born in the USA in 1887 and grew up in an artistic family. These two women’s stories will always give future inventors lots of courage and confidence.
Two great women inventors | ||
Background | In the 19th and early 20th centuries, | |
Lives and | Margaret Knight | She was born in the USA in 1838. Her parents An accident Her most important invention was a machine that produced paper bags, but the idea was stolen by someone. Finally the owner of the idea was recognized by All her inventions didn’t create |
Beulah Henry | Beulah Henry was born in an artistic family in 1887. It’s In 1913 she designed an umbrella for the sun. The umbrella’s changeable covers could It was difficult to fix the covers, but she She won high | |
【推荐3】Some people work a job all their lives, and for them, it’s only a way to make a living. But Carole and Russ Cassidy are lucky. They worked as special education teachers with interest. Now they are retired (退休的) and luck is still with them.
“We just didn’t want to be sitting and not doing anything.” Carole said. “We tried several things, but they weren’t meant for us.” Soon, they found the Princeton Public Library’s Children’s Storytime program and wanted to join in it. “We were lucky. They came and found us and asked to volunteer,” Rebecca Marrs, Children’s Librarian (图书馆管理员) at the Princeton Public Library said. Marrs said the kids loved the retired special education teachers.
Marrs began the Children’s Storytime program at the Princeton Public Library about eight years ago. The Book Babies program, for newborns (新生儿) to 3-year-olds, is held every Thursday and the Preschool program takes place on Friday.
The Cassidys and Marrs said that they didn’t expect the children to sit still (静止) during the storytime. They understand that children can listen while playing. “I love being with kids. I enjoy watching kids playing together and using their imagination most,” Carole said.
根据短文内容回答问题。1. Did Carole and Russ Cassidy just want to be sitting?
2. Who’s Rebecca Marrs?
3. How often is the Book Babies program held?
4. What did Carole enjoy doing most in the Princeton Public Library?
5. What do you think of the Cassidys and Marrs?
I’m Helen. Now I’m in Grade 8. I was a shy girl. But in this term, I decided to do a brave (勇敢) thing. In this term, we had a new subject to learn—physics. When our teacher asked someone to be the physics monitor (物理课代表), I put up my hand and got the role. But it was not as easy as I thought.
At the beginning, I found that many students did not hand in (上交) their homework, so I was a little worried. I shouted at the students. It made the students angry. One girl asked: “Why are you shouting at me? It isn’t all my mistake.” Then I found that, it was my mistake in fact. I should talk to my classmates in a kind way and not get so angry.
After this, I changed (改变) the way I spoke. “Excuse me. Could you please finish your homework?” I said. Later, I was surprised that many students understood me a lot better and finished their homework quickly.
I found the best way to do this job. I talked with my classmates in a friendly way. Now, I am getting along better and better with my classmates. This job makes me feel that I am growing up day by day, just like a little tree.
1. Did many students hand in their physics homework at the beginning?2. When did Helen become the physics monitor?
3. How did Helen get along with her classmates?
4. Do you want to be a physics monitor? Why?
Zhao Jing is now a famous calligrapher (书法家) in Anhui. His works are getting more and more popular. Zhao Jing was a worker in a factory several years ago. His family lived a happy life until an accident happened to Zhao Jing.
One day, he was badly hurt by a large machine. The operation lasted for three hours. He woke up to find that he had lost both of his arms. That made him so sad that he even thought of ending his life. However, his wife’s and parents’ selfless love helped him to cheer up (振奋起来) again. “I shouldn’t depend on (依赖) my parents or my wife for the rest of my life. I want to learn penmanship (书法),” Zhao Jing told his family about his resolution.
Zhao Jing went from door to door to collect waste paper. He bit (咬) the writing brush with his teeth and began to write. He keeps on writing for thirty years. The piles (堆) of used paper and so many old brushes in the room made his dream come true. He is so good at penmanship that he has won lots of prizes.
“Never Give Up Your Dreams” is Zhao Jing’s motto (座右铭) and he will continue his steps.
任务1：阅读短文，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。1. 1
2. r
任务2 ：阅读短文，完成同义句转换，每空一词。
3. He is so good at penmanship that he has won lots of prizes.
He
任务3 ：根据短文内容，回答问题。
4. What did Zhao Jing do before that accident?
5. What made Zhao Jing cheer up again after the operation?
We tried to capture Troy for ten years. (A)________ did not succeed. Then we thought of a trick.
We built a (B)huge wooden horse and left it outside the main gates. During the night, our army disappeared, but they did not go far away. In the morning the Trojans saw the horse. (C)I was inside the horse with another five soldiers, but the Trojans did not know
The Trojans opened the gates and pulled the horse into the city. That night, they celebrated and made jokes about us. Then they locked (D) ________ the gates and went to sleep.
When they were asleep. we climbed out of the horse. We opened the main gates and our army (E)came into the city
Then we went to the captain’s room.(F) 我们抓住了他.
1. 在画线部分(A)和(D)的空白处各填入一个适当的单词：2. 写出画线部分(B)和(E)的同义词或近义词：
3. 将画线部分(C)改写为：
4. 将画线部分(F)译成英语：
5. 在文中找出特洛伊人庆祝胜利的句子：
