I grew up in a small town where the primary school was a ten-minute walk from my house. When the noon bell rang, I would race breathlessly home. My mother would be standing at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me.
One lunchtime when I was in the third grade will stay with me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed (排练) my lines so hard with me. But no matter how easily I acted at home, as soon as I stepped onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had written a narrator’s (旁白的) part to the play, and asked me to change roles. Her words, kindly expressed, still hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.
It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine (藤蔓) was turning green. Under the huge trees, we could see yellow dandelions (蒲公英) in the grass in bunch, as if a painter had touched our landscape with gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one dandelion. “I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds,” she said, pulling it up by its roots. “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested. “All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions.”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” She asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. “And that is true of people too,” she added. “Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no shame in that.” Relieved that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened. She listened and smiled.
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“But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said, encouraging and comforting me as usual.
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After the play, I took home the flower.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm Li Hua,a Chinese student,studying in Ottawa. I'm writing to
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Yours,
Li Hua
3 . Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn't mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or another, you'll have to stand up and say—problems, I don't want you in my life.
But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.
Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help.
Write your problems.
Don't lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don't lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family…you should still have faith.
Your problems aren't the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.
Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.
A.Of course, we've been fighting troubles ever since we were born. |
B.When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent, life-threatening problem, how do we try and solve it? |
C.Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with. |
D.But the truth is that when you talk about it, you're setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you. |
E.We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack. |
F.Tell yourself:when they can deal with them, why can't I? |
G.With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose. |
1. How does the man feel about the football training?
A.Hard and boring. |
B.Exciting and funny. |
C.Strict and long. |
A.The man is sure that their team will win the cup. |
B.The Northern City team will surely win the cup. |
C.The man's team will surely score at least four goals in the match. |
A.During the football training. |
B.After the man scored a goal. |
C.Before an important football match. |
5 . 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.
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After the competition, “Michael” ran to me, holding a violin box.
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A.Friends. |
B.Strangers. |
C.Husband and wife. |
A.Boring. | B.Wonderful. | C.Adventurous. |
A.Send him an email. |
B.Write a letter to him. |
C.Give him a call. |
1. How old was Rose when she left school?
A.16. | B.17. | C.18. |
A.Computer. | B.English. | C.Typing. |
A.$30. | B.$27. | C.$20. |
9 . Like most people living in the suburb, Janice Monkowski, who lives some 30 miles east of San Francisco, gets around mainly by car. For much of her life, public transportation was not even an afterthought. That changed recently when Monkowski, a self﹣described technophobe(技术恐惧者), discovered Moovit. When she goes to San Francisco to meet friends, the smart- phone app let her plan bus and train trips down to the minute. “Moovit tells me where to walk and how long it might take to catch a bus to get to the train station,” Monkowski says.
Much like the navigation app Waze, which follows its users on the road to determine the best driving routes, Moovit collects location data of nearby users to show how to travel along the way with less time and energy between two locations. Nir Erez who cofounded Moovit says, “Most commuters(每天长途上班的人) don’t know when a bus might arrive, let alone how it might connect with another transit service, or when walking or bicycling might be faster.”
In just several years Moovit has had 100 million users. Moovit is available in 44 languages and 82 countries, and commuters in more than 2,500 cities rely on it to get to and from work. In 2016 Moovit became the official transit app for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2018, Moovit was also chosen as the official mobility app of the Asian Games. When public transit doesn’t get a user all the way to where they want to go, Moovit may connect her to bike﹣share programs or services like Uber.
As Moovit has grown to 100 employees, with headquarters(总部) near Tel Aviv and offices in big cities such as San Francisco, Athens and Rio, Moovit can provide better, more up﹣to﹣date information at a lower cost. Best of all: It’s all built one data point at a time by people like Monkowski. When you go to San Francisco and don't want to drive before the city’s “terrible” parking and traffic, Moovit can give you another option. It’s very simple.
1. How does Moovit help Janice Monkowski?A.By helping her have a comfortable trip. |
B.By helping her learn advanced technology. |
C.By helping her balance her tight travel budget. |
D.By helping her arrive at where she wants to go. |
A.It provides more good services. |
B.It involves more simple orders. |
C.It predicts the most efficient trip. |
D.It stores more available information. |
A.The exact location of Moovit. |
B.The bright future of Moovit. |
C.The development of big cities. |
D.Some special opinions on public transportation. |
A.The wide use of Moovit |
B.The unique development of Moovit |
C.The quick development of Moovit |
D.The obvious advantage of Moovit |