Last Saturday David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them, he heard the woman yelling: “How stupid you are! You’re good at nothing.” David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there, looking upset.
David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs. Brown in middle school. After he entered middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing, which David believed.
But one day it all changed. That day, in an English writing class, Mrs. Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading it. A few days later, David handed in his story. He didn’t give it much thought. But the next day to his surprise, the comment “well done” from Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written. When David read that, he almost burst into tears. He had never expected to be praised. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.
That day after he returned home, he wrote another short story and gave it to Mrs. Brown the next morning. And again he was praised. David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short dories and asked Mrs. Brown to read them and correct them for him. Mrs. Brown always gave him good advice to improve them. One year later, David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He gained his confidence and was hopeful about his future.
He succeeded in entering college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college, he had his first book published, becoming famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs. Brown’s encouragement. Without her encouragement, his life might be very different now.
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Inspired by his own life story, David decided to do something for that boy.
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The mother was ashamed when she heard that.
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2 . Becca was 6 when she was told she had cancer on Sept. 8, 2014. She clearly remembers the bad days of her 26 months of non -stop treatment. Luckily, Becca celebrated her final treatment on Nov. 13, 2016, and she has been cancer-free ever since. But she was thinking about what her life was like while experiencing the treatment.
“I was never able to do much, and that’s what the kids lying in their hospital beds right now experience, asking their mom and dad, ‘When are we leaving? When can I play with my friends?’ So I decided I have to help them.”
In February, 2017, Becca came up with the idea for Knots and Arrows, a company that makes bracelets (手镯) out of swimsuit materials (泳衣布料). Part of the money made from each bracelet goes to the organizations that help people with cancer.
Becca created the company with her father, Gerhard Salmins. Gerhard Salmins once had cancer and already recovered from it. “I would be in the hospital sitting there crying and then my dad would come in and he would play games with me,” she said. “It made me forget about what I was going through” Becca said the name of the organization shows the motto (座右铭) she stuck to through her personal cancer journey.
Her organization has already given thousands of dollars to research organizations and families in need. Becca said she hoped her bracelets would make people remember that great things can result from small changes. “No matter what age you are, what you look like, and how you act, you can make a difference!”she said.
1. What happened to Becca at the end of 2016?A.She recovered from cancer. | B.She created an organization. |
C.She raised a lot of money. | D.She was helped by a company. |
A.He showed Becca a famous motto. | B.He fought off cancer successfully. |
C.He advised Becca to forget her pain. | D.He named the company Knots and Arrows. |
A.Negative. | B.Creative. | C.Caring. | D.Clever. |
A.To tell us having a motto is important. |
B.To prove cancer can be got over successfully. |
C.To show there’s always someone who needs help. |
D.To make us realize everyone can make a difference. |
3 . Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank (存钱罐) onto the living room floor and immediately started counting. Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack.
“What are you doing with that money?” Jackie asked her granddaughter.
“I’m taking it to school,” Sunshine replied. “I’m going to take it for milk money. My friend Layla doesn’t get milk— her mom doesn’t have milk money and I do.”
Jackie’s heart melted at Sunshine’s words. Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms.
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the $30 the kindergartner had saved. There are 20 kids in Sunshine’s class and about half don’t get milk. It costs $ 0.45 a carton (纸盒). The total adds up to about $180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day.
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter’s plan. To her surprise, many people offered to donate toward the cause. Within a week, Jackie raised more than $1,000. Now every student in Sunshine’s class can get free milk for the rest of the year.
Jackie said Sunshine doesn’t see her kind act as a big deal. She was just trying to look out for her friends. “She doesn’t understand the effect she’s brought about,” Jackie said. “But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to.”
1. Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?A.She hoped to show off her savings in class. | B.She needed to train her counting skills. |
C.She wanted to play with the coins. | D.She intended to pay for her friend’s milk. |
A.Relieved. | B.Touched. | C.Curious. | D.Proud. |
A.Two heads are better than one. | B.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
C.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. | D.There’s no such thing as a free lunch. |
A.Small Coins, Big Changes. | B.Jackie’s Piggy Bank. |
C.Piggy Bank and Carton Milk. | D.A Moved Grandmother. |
4 . On his way to the airport one afternoon, Phillip asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler ‘s checks.
The plane was to
What could he do? It was now five past four and there would be too little
A.check in | B.lead off | C.take off | D.go up |
A.long | B.short | C.pleasant | D.rough |
A.as | B.so | C.but | D.because |
A.buying | B.taking | C.putting | D.checking |
A.plane | B.trip | C.company | D.flight |
A.realized | B.promised | C.recognized | D.suggested |
A.at home | B.at the bank | C.at the office | D.in the taxi |
A.time | B.chance | C.possibility | D.use |
A.golden | B.last | C.only | D.first |
A.in | B.to | C.at | D.with |
A.sad | B.unable | C.nervous | D.difficult |
A.stopped | B.ran | C.went | D.opened |
A.off | B.back | C.out | D.away |
A.started | B.caught | C.noticed | D.left |
A.speech | B.signal | C.call | D.voice |
A.apologize | B.announce | C.worry | D.regret |
A.advised | B.forced | C.allowed | D.persuaded |
A.ideas | B.plans | C.information | D.time |
A.person | B.situation | C.place | D.airport |
A.return | B.show | C.recover | D.change |
5 . Since smartphones were invented, more and more people have been addicted to them. The addiction to phones has spread to running. They’re perfectly used during a run outside. Smart phones can provide music for you and track your route. But experts warn that it’s not a good idea to hold your phone in your hand while you go out for a run because it could cause hip (臀部) and shoulder injuries.
Professional UK Athletics running coach, Alexa, asks runners to carry phones in a fanny pack (腰包) instead.“When you hold something in your hands, there are slightly indirect influences on your pace. It influences the balance of muscles (肌肉), affects the weight of some body parts, and makes you run less fast,” she tells Cosmopolitan UK.“This could be happening every time you train, week after week, month after month.” And as mobile phones get bigger and heavier, the more injuries are likely to happen.
People like to always hold their phones in the same hand. It’s a force of habit. With one arm heavier, your body will try to compensate for the imbalance, by working certain muscles harder than others.
The other risk of running with phones in hand, of course, is damaging the screen of your phones if you fall. It’s very expensive to change a screen. Some of the latest phones can close to $300.
1. Why do experts think it is unsuitable to run with a smartphone?A.It affects people’s hearing. |
B.It makes people lose eyesight. |
C.It does harm to parts of people’s bodies. |
D.It causes people to fall down and get lost. |
A.Carry smartphones in a bag. |
B.Avoid touching smartphones with your hands. |
C.Watch smartphones when running. |
D.Carry smartphones in a fanny pack. |
A.Meet up with. | B.Make up for. |
C.Face up to. | D.Come up with. |
A.changing a phone number | B.changing a screen |
C.changing shoes | D.changing direction |
A.muscles | B.weight |
C.feet | D.brain |
6 . It can be difficult to encourage ourselves to go for a run during winter, particularly when it’s wet and windy outside. But new research has found that even a super-quick run could have great health benefits. In fact, it seems that just a 10-minute run will not only make us feel better, but could actually improve brain health, too. Now, we all know that exercise can improve mental and physical health in many ways.
But when it comes to mental well-being, there’s been relatively little research done on the specific benefits of running, compared with other physical activities, such as cycling. So this was something put to the test during a recent study. Researchers from University of Tsukuba in Japan asked participants (参加者) to run on a treadmill (跑步机) for just 10 minutes. They then had to take a Stroop Color and Word Test which is used to measure reaction time in brain processing. Results showed there was a highest point in self-reported pleasure and an increase in degree of activity of the brain.
In other words, runners were found to have an increase in blood flow in the part of the brain that’s associated with dealing with functions and controlling mood (情绪). Researchers then compared these results to a similar study on cycling, which also showed improved cognition (认知), but no mood improvement. Therefore, it seems various types of exercise can make us feel differently.
The authors noted, “Given exercise is medicine, the effects of drugs differ depending on the type of drug, and different types of exercise such as running and cycling should be observed to have different effects on mental health and brain functions as well.”
So pushing ourselves to get outside for a run really will make us feel better, probably more than other fitness activities. And these findings show that we don’t necessarily need to do a lot of exercise to feel the benefit of it.
1. What did the new research find?A.Running fast benefits all of us. | B.Running is the best exercise. |
C.A short time run can be beneficial. | D.A healthy mind encourages us to run. |
A.By using different drugs on participants. | B.By interviewing some sportsmen. |
C.By collecting information on the Internet. | D.By doing experiments and comparisons. |
A.Cycling. | B.Medicine. | C.Blood flow. | D.Colors. |
A.We should go for a run in winter. |
B.Running really benefits us mentally. |
C.We don’t need a lot of exercise. |
D.Running on a treadmill is better than running outside. |
A.no | B.great | C.less | D.more |
7 . The earliest newspapers started in ancient Rome. They were handwritten news sheets. The first printed newspapers appeared in China during the Tang dynasty, which were printed from carved wooden blocks. Modern papers first appeared in Venice, Italy in the middle of the 14th century. The newspapers of today, with advertising and a mixture of political, economic, and social news and comments, were started in Britain in the mid-18th century.
The main function of newspapers is to report news. Many newspapers also provide special information to readers, such as weather reports and television timetables. They also provide comments on politics, economics, arts and culture. Almost all newspapers depend on advertising to make money. Nearly six out of ten adults in the United States and Canada read a newspaper every day. Seven out of ten read a paper each weekend. Readers search newspapers for detailed background information and analysis. This is what television and radio news reports seldom offer. Newspapers tell readers what happened, and they also help readers understand what caused an event and how it will affect the world around them.
The workers at large newspaper companies work under a lot of stress to bring news to readers as soon as possible. Reporters, photographers, artists, and editors collect articles in just a few hours. Page designers select articles, photos, advertisements, and eye-catching headlines to make the pages, and then rush their work to the printer. Printing workers may work overnight around printing presses to churn out more than 60,000 copies per hour.
1. Modern newspapers were first made in ________.A.China | B.Ancient Rome | C.Italy | D.Britain |
A.Jobs related to newspapers. | B.Contents in each page of a newspaper. |
C.The production levels of newspaper. | D.The fast speed of newspaper production. |
A.few newspapers have no advertising |
B.many adults in America read newspapers every day |
C.people can read about different issues in newspapers |
D.newspapers will become less popular as TV develops |
A.press | B.produce | C.publish | D.sell |
A.Rome | B.China | C.Italy | D.Britain |
8 . After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.
There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your muscles(肌肉) relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.
Although your mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep tell us that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This period of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.
If you can’t fall asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believed that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep!
1. The word “drowsy” in the last paragraph means _________.A.sick | B.stand up | C.awake | D.a little sleepy |
A.dream more often | B.have poor health | C.nervous | D.breathe quickly |
A.your eyes move quickly | B.you dream |
C.you are restless | D.both A and B |
A.approximately six hours | B.around ten hours |
C.about eight hours | D.not stated here |
9 . Since I was 12 years old, I’ve suffered from a condition called Compulsive Hair Pulling(强迫性拔毛症). The physical destruction was severe, but the emotional
Growing up, I didn’t
Then when I was 25, I read a letter from a mom whose child suffered from the same illness. I could
At that moment, my journey for
One day, my
A.conflict(冲突) | B.threat | C.damage(损坏) | D.puzzle |
A.including | B.except | C.beyond | D.but |
A.belong to | B.fit in | C.come up | D.fall over |
A.shyness | B.pain | C.anger | D.tiredness |
A.decision | B.solution | C.mind | D.conclusion(结论) |
A.color | B.shape | C.recovery(痊愈) | D.lack |
A.after | B.before | C.if | D.whether |
A.understood | B.missed | C.thought | D.listened |
A.never | B.hardly | C.seldom | D.rarely |
A.ill | B.weak | C.sad | D.alone |
A.healing(治愈) | B.praying | C.searching | D.longing(渴望) |
A.efforts | B.suggestion | C.steps | D.walks |
A.share | B.betray(背叛) | C.sell | D.keep |
A.them | B.everyone | C.anyone | D.myself |
A.wasting (浪费) | B.deserving(值得) | C.giving | D.refusing |
A.illness | B.symptom(症状) | C.prediction(预测) | D.miracle(奇迹) |
A.peaceful | B.surprised | C.overjoyed | D.cold |
A.went | B.ran | C.planned | D.imagined |
A.dialed | B.exchanged | C.fell | D.dropped |
A.where | B.when | C.how | D.why |
A dog named Peggy was unable to continue the job she was good
Peggy’s owners gave her to a local animal shelter (庇护所) when they found it hard
While Peggy became deaf,
But the most important lesson Peggy learned had nothing to do with sheep. It was about trust. “It took her some time to learn that we love her, and understand our praise,” Shorten said.
These days, with her GPS tracker in place, Peggy heads out with sheep fom time to time, happily knowing that the