My darling grandma has a collection of photo albums kept over several decades. I enjoyed joking with grandma about her preferred old-fashioned method of photo storage, but I know that these albums are precious for her. They are the records of our family and our identity.
One day while examining one of grandma’s albums, I came across photos of my mother and her brother as children in Disney World in the 1980’s. Grandma looked thoughtful and smiled. “Your mother and your uncle had such an amazing time,” she said. “I’m glad I was able to make that vacation happen for them. Every child should visit Disney at least once and just get to be a kid... happy and carefree.” As I continued examining the photos, I noticed something which didn’t sit right with me. In every photo my grandmother was in, she was smiling in an unsettled, half-hearted way where her smile didn’t quite reach her eyes. When I asked her about it, she gently closed the album and said, “Oh, now enough of these old photos. Let’s talk about what we’re going to do for Christmas next month.”
That evening, I quietly asked my mother about the photos and the family trip to Disneyland. Mom breathed out. She explained that my grandparents were constantly fighting and that they had been having problems in their marriage. “I think that was probably the last trip we took together as a family before they separated,” Mom said. “Your grandma was so sad the entire week we were there, but she did everything she could to make sure your uncle and I had a great experience. We had been begging to go to Disney for so long. She organized the entire trip for our pleasure. I’m sure it was all physically and emotionally tiring for her.”
That night I turned restlessly in my bed thinking about the devotion my grandmother had for her children and about how even today she continues to put the needs of everyone in our family above her own. Grandma does so much for her children and grandchildren every day.
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Shouldn’t we do something for her?
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Suddenly, he noticed a flashy sports car parked by the side of the road. It looked like it had a broken tire, but Luke couldn’t be too sure. He passed it without giving it a second thought and continued down the road.
He was so lost in thought that he almost missed the prone (俯卧的) figure of a human lying just by the side of the road. “What is it?” he said to himself and his truck stopped beside the figure.
It was a woman, and she was weak. Luke immediately knew he had to help her as soon as possible. He noticed her expensive outfit as he lifted her. “Perhaps she owns the fancy car I saw a few minutes ago,” Luke said to himself as he moved her to his truck and turned on the heater.
He noticed that she seemed to be having trouble breathing, so he called 911 and reported his exact location as well as the predicament (困境) he found the woman in.
Soon the ambulance came, and the woman was carried away.
After checking on his daughter the next day, Luke decided to see how the woman he rescued was feeling. He had been told she was getting treated in the same hospital. It turned out that she was no longer in danger. She was very grateful for his kindness. After learning about his daughter, she expressed great sympathy (同情).
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A week passed with Luke trying his best to work something out for his child.
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Who might be kind enough to pay for the surgery?
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3 . In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her
As the girl walked off the
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get
Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or
| A．high | B．sweet | C．tough | D．soft |
| A．finally | B．seriously | C．secretly | D．totally |
| A．correct | B．wrong | C．different | D．same |
| A．stage | B．studio | C．test | D．classroom |
| A．lesson | B．story | C．courage | D．accident |
| A．achieved | B．broke | C．won | D．defeated |
| A．paid | B．awarded | C．reported | D．caught |
| A．escaped | B．lied | C．changed | D．answered |
| A．accept | B．fight | C．cheat | D．insist |
| A．smart | B．generous | C．energetic | D．interested |
| A．plan | B．conclusion | C．discovery | D．choice |
| A．turned over | B．put away | C．set aside | D．took down |
| A．small | B．some | C．extra | D．necessary |
| A．ignored | B．paid | C．shared | D．returned |
| A．protect | B．challenge | C．respect | D．attack |
A man named Bryan was driving home one evening, on a town country road. It was difficult to find a job in this small town. But he never quit looking. Ever since the factory closed, he’d been unemployed, and with winter coming, the chill (寒冷) had finally hit home.
It was a lonely road. Not very many people had a reason to be on it, unless they were leaving. Most of his friends had already left. But he stayed on.
It was starting to get dark and light snow was coming down. He almost didn’t see the old lady on the other side of the road. But he could see she needed help. He pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. He went out to her. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so.
“I'm here to help you ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan.” Well, all she had was a flat tire (轮胎爆胎), but for an old lady, that was bad enough.
She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her aid. She asked him how much she owed him. Bryan never thought twice about the money. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give the person some help. He started the car and drove off, thinking of his pregnant wife working as a waitress.
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A few miles down the road the lady saw a small restaurant.
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After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get change for her hundred-dollar bill. Just then, the lady went away quietly, leaving 400 dollars under the napkin (餐巾纸) on which something was written.
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Mr. Smith is a successful businessman. He started as an ordinary office worker, and after years of hard work, he finally established his own company, and was respected by many.
One day, Mr. Smith heard a strange sound as he came out of his office. It was the sound of a blind man hitting the ground with a stick.
The blind man felt someone in front of him and said, “Dear sir, may I take up a little of your time?” Mr. Smith replied, “I have an important meeting. Just tell me what you want.”
The blind man reached into his bag and handed Mr. Smith something. “Sir, this lighter costs only $1!”
Mr. Smith listened, sighed, then took out a note and handed it to the blind man, “I don’t smoke, but I’d like to help you. You may give this lighter to the old cleaner.”
The blind man felt the bill with his hand. It was a $100 note! “You are the most generous gentleman I have ever met!” said him gratefully.
Just as Mr. Smith was about to go, the man started talking again, “I wasn’t blind all my life. It was all because of the accident at the Burton Factory!” Mr. Smith was shocked and asked, “Did you lose your sight in that explosion?”
The blind man nodded, and continued, “You can’t imagine what happened. There was a fire. I managed to rush to the door among the fleeing crowds, but another person shouted, I’m still young, I don’t want to die!’ He pushed me and stepped on my body! I lost my consciousness. When I woke up, I became blind. How unfair!”
Suddenly, Mr. Smith’s attitude changed. “I’m afraid that’s not the case,” he said coldly.
The blind man was shocked and stared at Mr. Smith with empty eyes. Mr. Smith then said slowly, “I was also a worker at the Burton Factory. You were the one who stepped on me. You were younger than I was, and I will never forget what you said.”
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The blind man stood still for a long time, looking back on the past.
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Upon hearing his responses, Mr. Smith shook his head.
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I could hear footsteps (脚步声) following me. I stopped and turned to see who it was. The dark street light did not allow me to see far and it looked like I was alone. I could not hear anything other than my heart beating wildly. Was it my imagination?
I was returning home after a late music lesson. My parents were attending a meeting so I had to get home on my own. The distance from my music teacher’s house to my home was just 500 meters. The street was darker than I had expected but I was not very worried about the short walk home. I was busy thinking about my upcoming music exam when I became aware that I was being followed.
I continued on my way, keeping an eye out for any sounds. There it was again, the sound of someone walking behind me. Fear came over me and I hurried on. My house was just around the corner. I decided to run. To my surprise, the person following me began to run too. I looked behind me and saw a dark figure catching up with me. Suddenly, I ran into a dustbin by the road and fell over.
I felt a hand catch hold of my arm and I screamed loudly in fear. The hand let go of my arm and I pushed myself off the ground quickly, getting ready to run again. It was at that moment that I found myself looking at a young lady dressed in a dark sports suit. It looked like she had been scared by my reaction.
The next moment, there was a lot of footsteps coming from the dark and I could hear someone calling my name. To my surprise, a few seconds later my parents appeared together with a few people who were my neighbors.
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The young lady who looked anxious at first now seemed as relaxed as me.
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My new neighbor explained that she was walking behind me when she heard footsteps following her.
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7 . Earthquake rescue robots have experienced their final tests in Beijing. Their designers say with these robots, rescuers will be able to save lives during an earthquake. This robot looking like a helicopter, is called the detector-bot. It’s about 4 meters long, and it took about 4 years to develop the model. Its main functions (作用) are to collect information from the air, and send goods of up to 30 kilos, to people trapped by an earthquake.
This robot has a high definition 360 degree panoramic (全景) camera. It can work day and night and will also be able to send the latest pictures from the quake area.
Dr. Qi Juntong, Chinese Academy of Science, said, “The most important feature of this robot is that it doesn’t need a distant control. We just set the destination (目的地) information on it, and then it takes off, and lands by itself. It flies as high as 3,000 meters, and as fast as 100 kilometers per hour.”
This robot has a different function — it can change as the environment changes. Its main job is to search for any signs of life in places where human rescuers are unable to go.
As well as a detector (探测器) that finds victims and detects poisonous gas, a camera is placed in the 40 centimeter long robot, which can work in the dark.
Another use for the rescuers is the supply part, with its 10 meter long pipe. People who are trapped in the ruins, will be able to get supplies including oxygen and liquids.
Experts have said that the robots will enter production, and serve as part of the national earth-quake rescue team as soon as next year.
1. According to the passage, this robot________.| A．is carried by the helicopter | B．weighs about 30 kilos |
| C．is a machine with a length of 10 meters | D．hasn’t been put into production so far |
| A．a camera | B．a robot | C．a rescuer | D．a detector |
| A．It is designed to prevent the earthquake. | B．It is unable to send goods. |
| C．It can take and send pictures even in the dark. | D．It can be used to take in poisonous gas. |
| A．what the robot looks like | B．an introduction to the robot |
| C．how the robot is made | D．information about earthquakes |
8 . At the age of twelve years, the human body is at its most vigorous. It has yet to reach its full size and strength, and its owner his or her full intelligence; but at this age the likelihood of death is least. Earlier, we were infants and young children, and consequently more vulnerable (易受伤害的), later, we shall undergo a progressive loss of our vigor and resistance which, though unnoticeable at first, will finally become so steep that we can live no longer, however well we look after ourselves, and however well society, and our doctors, look after us.
This decline in vigor with the passing of time is called ageing. It is one of the most unpleasant discoveries which we all make that we must decline in this way, that if we escape wars, accidents and disease we shall eventually “die of old age”, and that this happens at a rate which differs little from person to person, so that there are heavy odds in favor of our dying between the ages of sixty-five and eighty. Some of us will die sooner, a few will live longer—on into a ninth or tenth decade. But the chances are against it, and there is a virtual limit on how long we can hope to remain alive, however lucky and robust we are.
Normal people tend to forget this process unless and until they are reminded of it. We are so familiar with the fact that ma ages, that people have for years assumed that the process of losing vigor with time, of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident, like the cooling of a hot kettle or the wearing-out of a pair of shoes. They have also assumed that all animals, and probably other organisms such as trees, or even the universe itself, must in the nature of things “wear out”.
Most animals we commonly observe do in fact age as we do, if given the chance to live long enough; and mechanical systems like a wound watch, or the sun, do in fact run out of energy in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics (whether the whole universe does so is a moot point at present). But these are not analogous (类似的)to what happens when man ages. A run-down watch is still a watch and can be rewound. An old watch, by contrast, becomes so worn and unreliable that it eventually is not worth mending. But a watch could never repair itself —it does not consist of living parts, only of metal, which wears away by friction. We could, at one time, repair ourselves—well enough, at least, to overcome all but the most instantly fatal illnesses and accidents. Between twelve and eighty years we gradually lose this power, an illness which at twelve would knock us over, at eighty can knock us out, and into our grave. If we could stay as vigorous as we are at twelve, it would take about 700 years for half of us to die, and another 700 for the survivors to be reduced by half again.
1. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?| A．Our first twelve years represent the peak of human development. |
| B．People usually are unhappy when reminded of ageing. |
| C．Normally only a few of us can live to the eighties and nineties. |
| D．People are usually less likely to die at twelve years old. |
| A．remaining alive until 65 | B．remaining alive after 80 |
| C．dying before 65 or after 80 | D．dying between 65 and 80 |
| A．It is usually a phenomenon of dying at an old age. |
| B．It is a fact that people cannot live any longer. |
| C．It is a gradual loss of vigor and resistance. |
| D．It is a phase when people are easily attacked by illness. |
| A．Normally people are quite familiar with the ageing process. |
| B．All animals and other organisms undergo the ageing process. |
| C．The law of thermodynamics functions in the ageing process. |
| D．Human’s ageing process is different from that of mechanisms. |
9 . A woman was drowning and she put her hand in the air with her last energy. She was only moments away from
He had just walked in at 6:55 a. m. and a fellow lifeguard
Mr.Reid said as he
Another lifeguard, Anthony Carroll, raced to the rescue, and he even made a separate rescue. “She is a very lucky lady,” Mr. Reid said. “She had two of the country’s
The woman was
| A．sorrow | B．death | C．failure | D．disappointment |
| A．save | B．catch | C．take | D．bring |
| A．finally | B．possibly | C．usually | D．extremely |
| A．looked up | B．turned up | C．took up | D．rang up |
| A．firmly | B．gradually | C．actually | D．eventually |
| A．noticed | B．ignored | C．understood | D．hurt |
| A．lost | B．found | C．felt | D．made |
| A．lifeguards | B．swimmers | C．tourists | D．policemen |
| A．walk | B．swim | C．die | D．sink |
| A．screaming | B．laughing | C．smiling | D．singing |
| A．special | B．free | C．smart | D．best |
| A．method | B．boat | C．route | D．routine |
| A．see | B．reach | C．call | D．move |
| A．careful | B．useful | C．hopeful | D．grateful |
| A．acted | B．had | C．played | D．realized |
At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs—it was the sound of my favorite violin.
“Thief!”
I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.
Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile, I asked, “Are you Mr. Ram’s nephew, Michael? I’m his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You’re really like him!”
On hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, “Has my uncle gone out? I think I’d better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while.”
I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, “Do you like to play the violin so much?”
“Yes, but I’m so poor that I can’t afford it,” the boy replied.
“Then, I give this violin to you.” The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He involuntarily trembled for a moment and ran out without looking back.
I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper’s photo.
Paragraph 1:A few years later, I was invited to be a judge at a music competition of senior high school students.
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After the competition, “Michael” ran to me, holding a violin box.
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