1. What does the woman think of the match?
A.Entertaining. | B.Discouraging. | C.Boring. |
A.Watch a game. | B.Play tennis. | C.Go to the cinema. |
1. What was Prof. Stone’s grandfather afraid of?
A.Leaving his home. |
B.Parting from his son. |
C.Taking early retirement. |
A.Lack of moral support. |
B.Loss of self-worth. |
C.Change of living habits. |
A.Public services they ask for. |
B.Health care available to them. |
C.Contributions they can make. |
More than 25 years ago, a train took Saroo Brierley, a 4-year-old boy, a thousand miles across the country to a totally strange city. There, he
Then he found a digital mapping program. He spent years
When he stood in front of the house
In an interview Brierley says, “My mother looked so much
In our weekly staff meeting, our editor Ashley was not pleased with the quality of our reporting. “Our readership is way down. We need better stories for this Thursday’s school newspaper. Does anybody have any ideas?” she said.
I handed her my article about our basketball team beating Deerfield High School the previous night by one point. “Sports stories are fun,” she said, “but not good enough for the front page. We need something to really get people ‘s attention.”
After our meeting, we left the newsroom together and heard someone screaming, “Perry is missing!” Perry was a big red parrot and had been our school mascot (吉祥物) for ten years. He played an important role in students’ lives, both in and out of class. He had also been a constant presence at school events, inspiring a sense of unity among students.
Everyone gathered around Perry’s empty cage, heartbroken. Suddenly, a student from the crowd came over and showed me a photo. “You’re a reporter for the school paper, right? I happened to take this yesterday,” he said. In the photo was a Deerfield High School basketball player with something large hidden under his shirt around the size of a parrot.
“He must have stolen Perry to get back at us for winning the game!” Ashley cried. We hurried back to the newsroom, agreeing to run the photo on the front page with the headline “Deerfeld Stole Perry.” “This is just the story we need. Everyone will read it,” Ashley said confidently.
After she left, I took a closer look at the photo. The clock in the background read 4:15 pm, but our game against Deerfield hadn’t started until 4:30 pm. Why would the boy have taken Perry before we even played? An uneasy feeling came over me that we might have falsely accused someone.
I went to Perry’s usual caretaker to ask if he knew Perry was missing. ”He’s not missing. He’s retired. He’s ready for some quieter days,“ he said. Learning the truth, I immediately told Ashley and suggested writing a story to say goodbye to Perry.
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To my surprise, Ashley insisted on reporting the “Deerfield Stole Perry” story.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________On Thursday, the paper came out with the headline “Bye-Bye, Perry” on the front page.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________A.By train. | B.By bus. | C.By car. |
Kjell Lindgren wanted to be an astronaut for as long as he could remember. He spent much of his childhood abroad with his family on several U. S. Air Force
Lindgren’s hopes of becoming an astronaut, though, would come to
So Lindgren came to a medical school, eventually specializing in emergency medicine. As part of his training, he
Lindgren worked as a flight doctor at NASA, treating crews that were preparing for spaceflight. Then, in 2009, he was selected as a NASA astronaut. Since then, Lindgren
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Li Hua
8 . A wildlife photographer was waiting, hoping to get a shot of a relatively rare bird, a particular kind of heron(鹭). He’d waited several frustrating hours in the woods, but with no luck at all. Suddenly, to the photographer’s delight, a heron settled on a branch right in front of him. The photographer raised his camera and took the shot. Feeling particularly pleased, the photographer looked at the image. To his astonishment, he saw that behind the heron, his photograph had also captured a very, very rare woodpecker flying past. He hadn’t seen it, but without even trying, he’d photographed an even rarer bird than the one he was aiming for. This is an example of serendipity.
Cases of serendipity can be found in numerous fields, such as science. Back in the 1800s, a man called Wellswas at a demonstration (演示) of laughing gas. After being given the gas, the patient started laughing, as expected. But then he suddenly fell over and cut his le g rather badly. To everyone’s surprise, the man reported that he couldn’t feel any pain. Wells hadn’t been looking for it, but he’d made a medical discovery — certain gases reduce and can even almost eradicate pain. Had Wells not been there that night, anesthesia (麻醉) might have taken longer to be discovered.
Most of us can probably think of at least one example of serendipity in our own lives. Jane, a friend of mine,was trying to come up with an idea for an article but got completely stuck. Frustrated, she decided to go out to a local café. As she was sipping her coffee, she heard two people talking behind her. A man was telling a story that sounded so unbelievable that she knew it had to be true. She asked the people if she could interview them for the article. They agreed and her article turned out to be one of the top trending articles of the week.
1. The word “serendipity” in paragraph 1 means the fact of __________.A.observing rare birds in person | B.achieving important aims in time |
C.finding valuable things by chance | D.taking interesting photos by mistake |
A.The gas’s hidden damage. | B.The gas’s pain-killing effect. |
C.The patient’s scientific discovery. | D.The patient’s balance-losing moment. |
A.To take a break. | B.To meet a friend. |
C.To write an article. | D.To do an interview. |
A.To explain a concept. | B.To promote a culture. |
C.To introduce a person. | D.To recommend a method. |
9 . After my cancer diagnosis (诊断), my friend gifted me a lucky bamboo plant in a deep-green pottery bowl. Despite my physical limitations,
As a family physician I was used to
Through surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy (化疗), I
But before long,
As my anxiety eased, I
Now, the lucky bamboo was not just a
A.looking for | B.picking up | C.digging up | D.caring for |
A.useless | B.painless | C.selfless | D.helpless |
A.taking | B.paying | C.showing | D.providing |
A.gradual | B.positive | C.enormous | D.complex |
A.connected | B.recommended | C.added | D.sent |
A.focused upon | B.brought up | C.proved out | D.depended on |
A.delayed | B.continued | C.avoided | D.considered |
A.originally | B.possibly | C.surprisingly | D.approximately |
A.items | B.leaves | C.bamboos | D.seeds |
A.floor | B.carpet | C.room | D.pool |
A.affected | B.mirrored | C.tested | D.prevented |
A.exchanged | B.shared | C.appreciated | D.sought |
A.instructions | B.orders | C.schedules | D.trends |
A.flexible | B.strange | C.decorative | D.colourful |
A.warmth | B.hope | C.aid | D.creativity |
In many ways, friendship
It is important for teens to choose friends wisely. They might choose friends with shared interests or look for people
It can take time to make a good friend, but it is often worth the effort. Doing things together, whether it’s homework or kicking a soccer ball,