1 . After my family got comfortably settled in Hotel Ramada in Bangkok, we started exploring the city. After endless hours of shopping, it was finally time to go back.
This was when the trouble started. We forgot there are two Ramada hotels in the opposite directions. Absolutely unaware of this, we started searching for the way back. Google maps suggested us the shortest route, which was just 20 minutes away by walk.
Bangkok felt different after sunset. Walking along the heavily-crowded roads with the dark-red sky felt beautiful. Lost in our talk, we didn’t realize that we passed onto the quieter part of the town.
Sometimes when things don’t go according to plan, I think about the stranger we met on the streets and how a tiny mistake on our part led to unexpected results.
| A．That was when our hero arrived. |
| B．Our thankfulness was beyond description. |
| C．We reached a completely different Hotel Ramada. |
| D．We set off into the city with little research on transport. |
| E．We decided not to waste our money but our time instead. |
| F．He then reminded us that our hotel was just a few blocks away |
| G．The trip rings as a reminder that every cloud has a silver lining. |
Jose was a devoted teacher for a local high school in California. Unfortunately, with the money he carned, he couldn’t support his family and extended family in Mexico and rent an apartment in California at the same time. Therefore, having failed to afford the rental of even a shoe-box apartment, he had no choice but to live in his old car occasionally to make ends meet until he could find another place to live.
To make matters worse, he found himself living this unfortunate lifestyle after the pandemic swept the world when California schools closed their doors following the outbreak. This left Jose with little means for making money. So at age 77, Jose ended up living inside of his car. For about two years he was homeless. Home was his car, and his car sat in a grocery store parking lot. During daytime he drove to different locations, looking for job opportunities while he spent most of his nights at the same parking lot, which gave him a sense of belonging.
At daytime, he would lean his seat all the way back, so no one would see him because he knew he wasn’t supposed to be there and worried that the manager of the grocery store would drive him away. He was a man of self-respect and didn’t want to turn to charity.
When Maggie, the manager of the grocery store, did see Jose, she felt he looked familiar because she used to be in his class many years ago. She could still remember how Jose encouraged her to finish her education when she was struggling with her learning. She noticed Jose spent a considerable amount of time in his car, she suspected her teacher had fallen on hard times. She became determined to help her former teacher in his time of need. So, the former student decided to repay the favor and help her homeless teacher.
One morning, Maggie knocked at the window of the car. Jose rolled down the window and apologized to the lady standing by his car. He said he would drive away soon to make room for other customers. Tears in eyes, Maggie asked him whether he still remembered her. Jose was puzzled at first but soon recognized her. Embarrassed, he told Maggie about his situation. Maggie took out an envelope which contained $ 500. Hardly had Maggie uttered a word and handed it the envelope to Jose when the teacher rolled up the car window.
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Seeing Jose refused the money, Maggie wanted to help him without hurting his feelings.
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4 . There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our family often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.
On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of culture identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride in their culture and means of coping with homesickness.
Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes in the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavors that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.
We should embrace our heritage through our traditional food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such.
1. What’s the function of food mentioned in the article?| A．To show national identity. | B．To help motivate homesickness. |
| C．To reflect a country’s history. | D．To show a community’s superiority. |
| A．The national culture. | B．The specific traditional food. |
| C．A traditional expression of food. | D．The old-fashioned taste. |
| A．To attach cultural importance to their dishes. |
| B．To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil. |
| C．To present their own food culture in a new way. |
| D．To make the dishes popular among customers. |
| A．Negative. | B．unfair. | C．Positive. | D．Opposed. |
A scavenger(拾荒者) in Foshan city, Guangdong province, found a
His good deed was pictured Sept. 11 on a video, in
According to the note
Thanks to this man, local police
6 . Some started to run. A woman sobbed beside me, her husband dragging her along by the arm. Families begged for a
Finally
She was extremely tired, physically and emotionally,
I had no idea. Rumors(谣言) were flying around the crowd;
In short, nobody had a clue. The authorities(官方) were doing their best,
Finally, an announcement was made that the
Suddenly, another announcement was made. Four hours after it closed, the airport was going to reopen in half an hour and our flights would
Happy to be alive, we almost
Afterword: After I started queuing at 4 am, we were
| A．seat | B．drive | C．ride | D．move |
| A．settled down | B．turned down | C．picked up | D．taken off |
| A．making | B．taking | C．doing | D．getting |
| A．later | B．earlier | C．sooner | D．before |
| A．succeeded | B．tried | C．managed | D．planned |
| A．and | B．so | C．because | D．but |
| A．misinformation | B．information | C．news | D．misunderstanding |
| A．leaving | B．moving | C．gone | D．headed |
| A．selling | B．buying | C．providing | D．giving |
| A．hungry | B．ready | C．satisfied | D．nervous |
| A．best | B．worst | C．luckiest | D．most |
| A．morning | B．day | C．afternoon | D．night |
| A．land | B．fly | C．depart | D．reach |
| A．danced | B．walked | C．ran | D．jumped |
| A．unlucky | B．happy | C．hopeful | D．fortunate |
In the wake of a 6. 2-magnitude (震级) earthquake,
Ma Hailong, 32-year-old resident from Dahejia town in Jishishan county,
Temporary post offices were set up in nine quake-hit towns and are now open for all postal services. In addition, six postal routes in the county remain open, and 24 delivery routes have resurned
To facilitate donations from various sectors of society, Gansu branches of China Post and the Postal Savings Bank of China
8 . One might expect that the ever-growing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for the countries that receive the holiday-makers. Indeed, a rosy picture is painted for the long-term future of the holiday industry. Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere. And every month another rock-bound Pacific island is advertised as the last paradise (天堂) on earth.
However, the scale and speed of this growth seem set to destroy the very things tourists want to enjoy. In those countries where there was a rush to make quick money out of sea-side holidays, over-crowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.
Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years, Nepal set out to attract foreign visitors to fund developments in health and education. Its forests, full of wildlife, and rare flowers, were offered to tourists as one more untouched paradise. In fact, the nature all too soon felt the effects of thousands of holiday-makers traveling through the forest land. Ancient tracks became major routes for the walkers, with the consequent exploitation (开采) of precious trees and plants.
Not only can the environment of a country suffer from the sudden growth of tourism. The people as well rapidly feel its effects. Farmland makes way for hotels, roads and airports; the old way of life goes. The one-time farmer is now the servant of some multi-national organization; he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he wasn't happier in his village working his own land.
Thankfully, the tourist industry is waking up to the responsibilities it has towards those countries that receive its customers. The protection of wildlife and the creation of national parks go hand in hand with tourist development and in fact obtain financial support from tourist companies. At the same time, tourists are being encouraged to respect not only the countryside they visit but also its people.
The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit. Their needs and problems are more important than those of the tourist companies. Increased understanding in planning world-wide tourism can preserve the market for these companies. If not, in a few years' time the very things that attract tourists now may well have been destroyed.
1. The example of Nepal is used to suggest _______.| A．its natural resources are untouched | B．its forests are exploited for farmland |
| C．it develops well in health and education | D．it suffers from the heavy flow of tourists |
| A．They are happy to work their own lands. |
| B．They have to please the tourists for a living. |
| C．They have to struggle for their independence. |
| D．They are proud of working in multi-national organizations. |
| A．optimistic | B．doubtful | C．objective | D．negative |
9 . A five-year-old dog named Kelsey has been praised as a hero for helping to save the life of her owner who slipped in the snow and broke his neck.
The man, Bob, was alone when he left his Michigan farmhouse on New Year’s Eve to collect firewood. Expecting a journey of only several meters, Bob was wearing just long johns(衬裤), a shirt and slippers when he went outside, although the temperature was around -4℃.
After the accident, he was unable to move in the snow. Fortunately, Kelsey came to his assistance.
“I was shouting for help, but my nearest neighbor is about 400 meters away, and it was10:30 pm,” Bob explained. “But my Kelsey came. By the next morning, my voice was gone and I couldn’t yell for help, but Kelsey didn’t stop barking.”
Kelsey’s companion kept him warm by lying on top of him. She licked his face and hands to keep him awake. “Kelsey kept barking but never left my side,” Bob recalled. “She kept me warm. I knew I couldn’t give up and that it was my choice to stay alive.”
Bob spent 20 hours in the freezing cold. When he finally lost consciousness, his dog kept barking. Finally, hearing the barking, Bob’s neighbor discovered him at 6: 30 pm on New Year’s Day and called the emergency services at once. When Bob arrived in hospital, his body temperature was below 21℃. However, doctors were surprised to find that he didn’t have any frostbite(冻疮). They believed it was because of Kelsey’s determination to keep him warm. Dr. Chaim Colen, the doctor who treated Bob, said, “Animals can help and his dog really saved him… He was very fortunate. Bob said he was “enormously” grateful to both Dr. Colen and his Kelsey. “They saved my life. They are truly heroes!”
1. What happened to Bob on New Year’s Eve?| A．He left his dog alone in his farmhouse. | B．He was praised for saving a dog owner. |
| C．He heard his neighbor’s shouting for help. | D．He broke his neck and couldn’t move. |
| A．To keep Bob warm. | B．To stay alive. |
| C．To keep Bob awake. | D．To seek help from others. |
| A．A Neck-breaking Accident | B．The Magic Night in Snow |
| C．Warmth on a Winter’s Night | D．Determination to Keep Alive |
10 . It was 80 years ago when I wrote my first letter to Paul and Renee. I was about 13 and Paul was the same
It was quite a
I decided to go to France on holiday in 1949 to
I never got to meet Paul. Renee wrote to me and told me that he had died
I'm 93 now and I
| A．height | B．interest | C．dream | D．age |
| A．problem | B．thing | C．fact | D．debate |
| A．responding | B．exchanging | C．appreciating | D．receiving |
| A．skill | B．knowledge | C．effect | D．description |
| A．protect | B．forgive | C．meet | D．recognize |
| A．explored | B．admired | C．helped | D．treated |
| A．moved | B．escaped | C．switched | D．hit |
| A．narrowly | B．shortly | C．obviously | D．extremely |
| A．responsibility | B．solution | C．friendship | D．Impression |
| A．legends | B．troubles | C．protests | D．means |
| A．including | B．with | C．beyond | D．about |
| A．chosen | B．preferred | C．introduced | D．welcomed |
| A．still | B．hardly | C．rather | D．never |
| A．pleasure | B．confidence | C．personality | D．power |
| A．youth | B．freedom | C．goal | D．view |
