Keith had a bad day. He was tired and stressed-out after work. When he came home, Johnny, a 15-year-old student, was checking his dad’s old jacket. “You’re 45, dad. You’re never going to wear this again. Can I have it?” Johnny hit his dad’s pain (痛处).
Keith raised his voice and said, “What? You mean I’m too old to wear the jacket again?”
“Just kidding, dad. But why were you shouting at me?” Johnny felt hurt, too. Both of them were a little upset.
Did you have a similar situation like the father and his son? If you did, here is some advice for you to remember when you’re getting angry.
Think from both sides. Your feelings are important and so are others’. Don’t always think yourself “right” or “clever” and the other person “wrong” or “stupid”.
Explain yourself in a proper way. You can speak out your ideas by starting with “I” but not “You”.
Remember to think carefully before replying to others. If you feel angry, it’s a good idea to stop for a while.
Don’t guess others’ meaning. Try to find out what he or she really feels, and tell him or her if you are wrong.
In a word, don’t forget that it’s never too late to follow these useful ways of communication.
1. Johnny wants to have his dad’s jacket because his father doesn’t want to have it.2. Both the father and the son have some problems communicating with each other.
3. We need to put others’ feelings before ours because others’ feelings are more important.
4. When you are in anger, you’d better control your feelings and think for some time.
5. The passage mainly wants to advise us to communicate after an argument.
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| Word bank： *chance 机会 *support 支持 |
1. The missing picture in the advertisement can be
.2. Parents can also join the camp with their teenage children.
3. The camp can benefit (对……有益) teenagers by both developing skills and connecting with nature.
4. If you and two friends want to join the camp together, you can save $60 in total.
5. The main purpose of the ad is to encourage teenagers to protect the environment.
Disney Youth Education Program
Learning Goals
Design a roller-coaster and discuss things that may influence its design
Experience the 3D movie Mickey’s PhilharMagic to see how light and sound catch different senses
Learn about the nature of light
Learn about the nature of sound
Place to meet | Hong Kong Disneyland Main Entrance |
Group size | 15—18 students/ group |
Time to meet | 10 a. m. (morning program) |
| 2 p. m. (afternoon program) | |
| Time during which the program continues | About 3 hours |
1. This poster is about Disney Youth Education Program in Hong Kong Disneyland.
2. You can learn some physics knowledge through experiments in the program.
3. You can watch a 3D movie after you ride the exciting roller-coaster.
4. You can’t take part in this program with more than 18 people.
5. The program starts at 10 a. m. and ends at 2 p. m.
4 . “Do you want to grow your own vegetables?” Mom asked. “Yes!” My eyes got wide. Mom smiled at my excitement. She gave me a book on gardening, and I carefully planted some seeds (种子) in the back yard.
After supper, I rushed to see how much they might grow. Nothing! My mouth dropped. “Someone stole my seeds!” Mom laughed from ear to ear. She said, “Johnny, go and check the book.” I hung my head down. I read the book and I knew something needed to be done.
Early the next morning, I ran to the back yard. Everything looked the same but I wasn’t that disappointed. As the book said, I lightly watered my seeds and stuck my finger in the soil to make sure it wasn’t too dry. That evening, I couldn’t help going to check my garden again. No sign of anything green. Just dirt.
The next morning I raced to the garden again. No changes. “Why is it taking so long for the seeds to grow?” I asked. “Grow up!” I shouted. “Please, just grow!” I almost cried. Mom was too busy with housework to help. “Read the book, and wait patiently.” So I read again. I removed the grass from the soil and watered the seeds.
Then one morning, I walked out to my garden. I wasn’t expecting to see anything yet. To my surprise, a little bit of green came into my eyes. I got down on my knees for a closer look. “They grew!” I shouted. I could see little green leaves growing everywhere! I was so excited! “They finally grew! The book is right. It took several days for the seeds to be in the soil before popping up.”
正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。1. Johnny checked the seeds slowly after he finished eating dinner.
2. Johnny’s mother must have a lot of experience with gardening.
3. The underlined phrase “popping up” means the seeds are growing and coming out of the ground.
4. Johnny has learned that he needs to be patient and wait for the seeds to grow.
5. The story is about Johnny’s first time growing plants and what he learns along the way.
Nowadays Chinese online literature becomes popular around the world. The market value of Chinese online literature reached 40.43 billion yuan in 2023, compared with 38.89 billion yuan in 2022.
There were about 400,000 online literature writers abroad by October 2023. The largest group of the writers, 56%, are 22 and under, while the next largest group, 25%, are 22—27 year olds.
1. The market value of Chinese online literature in 2023 was 1.54 billion yuan more than that in 2022.2. 81% of the online literature writers abroad are under 22 years old.
3. Of the top 3 countries, Indonesia has the fewest online literature writers according to the passage.
4. The novel preferences of the female and male online literature writers abroad are the same.
5. This is a survey about the movie markets in different countries.
A survey in China We-have-about-85 million disabled people around the country. | |
·Now over 50% of the disabled students can enter normal schools. | Disabled-friendly environment by the end of 2021: ·81.05% of the entrances and exits (出入口) of public places ·56.58% of the service desks ·38.66% of the toilets.
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1. This survey shows that China has done a lot to help the disabled.
2. The number of disabled students in normal schools increased by about 250,000 from 2013 to 2020.
3. Over 42.5 million disabled students in China can study in normal schools.
4. Over half of the service desks in China offer a friendly environment to the disabled.
5. This survey is carried out mainly from the points of natural environment and education.
You know that a person who paints is an artist. But there are other kinds of artists all around us!
| I’m an architect. My job is to create and plan different types of buildings. When I start my work, I need to know what the building will be used for, so I can make detailed plans. Then builders can follow the plans and build the building. |
| I’m a costume artist. My job is to make special clothes for actors in movies. First, I do some research to make sure the costumes are just right for the time and place of the movie. |
| I’m a window artist. My job is to make store windows look really cool. I want people walking by to stop and look at the windows. I use my painting skills to create beautiful pictures and designs on the windows. |
| I’m a face painter. My job is to paint on people’s faces, especially kids’ faces. Kids love walking around with colorful faces! Before I start painting, I plan what colors and shapes to use to make their faces look amazing. |
1. An architect is a person who builds different types of buildings.
2. Susan does research so that the costumes fit the movie’s situation.
3. Ellen’s job is to draw people’s attention with her window paintings and designs.
4. Dick’s words tell us what colors and shapes he uses to make kids’ faces look amazing.
5. The passage introduces four different artists and their typical work features.
1. We can find this reading in a magazine about science most probably.
2. Insurance and the consent form are both necessary for the shot.
3. If Paul wants to take the shot after November 10, he can go to Harford Center.
4. Four ways of fighting Influenza A are mentioned in the reading.
5. The purpose of this reading is to tell people the dangers of Influenza.
Can you play music? Can you play it well? If your answers are no, then the news of a professional band (职业乐队) of 14 disabled players playing around China can surely surprise you. This band is famous. They won many prizes for their wonderful performances and also played for the 2008 Paralympics (残奥会). They even played when leaders (领导人) from other countries came to visit China.
All of the band members (成员) are students of the band leader. And at first, there were around 40 players. But as time went by, some changed their jobs and some went back to hometown to live their own life. The 14 players really loved music and they stayed.
At first, the band was too poor to pay for teachers to teach them. But they didn’t give up and just practiced for over eight hours every day.
It doesn’t matter who you are. As long as you work hard, your dream will come true and you’ll live a happy life.
1. All the players in the band are disabled people.2. The band used to play music for the leaders of many countries.
3. There are three reasons in the passage why some players left the band.
4. The band could play well because many teachers went to help them at first.
5. The article tells us that nothing is impossible if we work hard.
1. This is an ad of a store that sells all kinds of clothes.
2. The book has at least 175 pages and is sold 66 yuan online.
3. There are many art activities for kids of all ages to try in different seasons.
4. The projects can celebrate the festivals in both eastern and western countries.
5. These activities are difficult for kids to do and they’ll spend all their money and time.
