Amy is good at making pies, which got her hired at the Good Times restaurant months ago. And she was often regarded as the best worker there. Recently, she became the supervisor at the restaurant. She was kind and friendly to all the other workers and the customers.
One morning, Amy was taking orders when she overheard a conversation. “What you did there was great, Mason! It was hard to carry the old lady safely out of the fire. For a moment, I thought you were gone, my friend,” one man said. To this, the other man replied, “Yeah, it was difficult, but that’s our job. And you were the hero today, Gordon. You carried that girl on your shoulder and her dog in your hand. It’s going to be on the front page tomorrow, I’m telling you.”
From their clothing and conversation, Amy knew they were firefighters. And she quickly realized that they had been talking about the previous night’s fire at the old motel on the other end of the road. Then the man named Gordon continued, “I don’t care about being in the papers. The little girl and her dog reminded me of my own daughter. She’s constantly asking for a dog, too.” Amy was moved by the courage and sincerity of the two men. She wanted to show her appreciation for their selfless service.
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“How about helping pay for their meal?” she wondered.
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Then she went to the cashier and secretly paid for their meal.
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2 . Friendship makes life more enjoyable and enriches one’s everyday experiences. Finding friends can be challenging but can often be achieved by approaching others with common interests. As we move through life, we find that there are many things out of our control.
Why friends are so important?
Having solid friendships is important for two main reasons. First, they make life more enjoyable. We get to share the beautiful aspects of life with people who we love, which can enrich our everyday experiences.
This might sound silly, but finding friends can be challenging! Through my personal experience, I learned that it was important to enjoy life instead of struggling for excellence all of the time. Friendship comes into existence where two souls have a lot in common and are found close in reading clubs or fitness centers, etc.
Is the friendship more one-sided?
| A．Where do we find friends? |
| B．What draws people together as friends? |
| C．Second, our friends help us through the difficult times. |
| D．Today we’ll focus on the following questions on how to choose friends. |
| E．This forced me to seek out other ways to form connections with people. |
| F．The most beautiful friendship is pouring time and energy into both sides. |
| G．We can’t choose our parents, or control the things happening in the world. |
3 . Our selection of a favorite color is something that tends to appear in childhood. Babies have variable preferences for colors. But the more time children spend in the world, the more they start to develop stronger fondness for certain colors. They are more likely to link bright colors like orange, yellow, purple or pink to positive rather than negative emotions.
It is commonly believed that as children enter their teenage years, their color choices take on a darker style. Adolescent girls in the UK, for example, have been found to be attracted to purples and reds, while boys favor greens and browns.
These color palettes (调色板) seem to gather as people grow into adulthood. Interestingly, while the majority of adults say they prefer blue colors, they’ll likely also dislike the same color too: a dark yellowish brown is identified as least popular.
But why do we have favorite colors? Put simply, we have favorite colors because we have favorite things. At least, that’s the cause of ecological valence theory (生态价值论), an idea put forward by Karen Schloss. Her experiments showed that humans put meanings onto colors, mostly drawn from our subjective histories, and so create high personal reasons for likes and dislikes.
Scholss’s work on color preferences may also explain blue’s position as such a widespread favorite by accident. And most of our experience with the color are likely to be positive, like clear oceans or skies.
The environment we live in inspires our color preference in other ways too. Another study Schloss conducted looked at students at University of California-Berkeley and Stanford, showing that the varsity (代表队) colors of a college influenced the colors they picked as favorites. The more a student said they embraced the spirit of the school, the higher that preference rose.
1. What colors will children prefer in their teens?| A．Bright colors. | B．Light colors. | C．Darker colors. | D．Variable colors. |
| A．To introduce the topic. |
| B．To make comparisons. |
| C．To attract readers’ attention. |
| D．To inform the recent findings. |
| A．To adapt to the adulthood. |
| B．To live in variable environment. |
| C．To select them when we were born. |
| D．To put subjective meanings onto them. |
| A．Have a preference of same colors. |
| B．Choose their varsity colors as favorites. |
| C．Like the color of blue best. |
| D．Create high personal reasons for colors. |
4 . September is upon us, which means one thing for parents and children alike: new term time. With our teachers, students, support staff and many other members of the education ecosystem returning to their own schools, many will be excited to engage in person, after months of remote learning. Unfortunately, this won’t apply to everyone.
Throughout the summer, No Isolation worked with independent researcher, Henry Peck, to better understand the effect of lockdown on educational and emotional development in school-aged children. We collected responses from 1,005 parents and carers of 1,477 children from primary and secondary school and were sad to find that more than 75% of these children were lonely some or all of the time during the lockdown.
We were alarmed to find that, according to our research, about 540,000 people will continue to stay at home, due to mental or physical health concerns in the USA, directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For those children that aren’t able to attend classes in person, keeping some form of connection with their peers is greatly significant. Video calls have been one of the options to protect their educational development and to prevent them from becoming isolated.
They are normal during the pandemic, but are not necessarily the answer for those studying from home. When everyone is online in a video call, it can be an acceptable experience. However, if everyone is gathered and a single student is watching through a video call, it can have the opposite effect. Therefore, having an engaging experience over a video conference can be very difficult for some children, making it easy to switch off.
If you’re worried about how your child might be reacting, or concerned that a more digital life could be leaving them isolated, the first thing to do is talk with them: meaningful solutions should be developed in partnership with the people they’re aimed at. Now, we should be listening to children and helping to make sure they are heard in these stormy times.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．Learning alone is significant. |
| B．All students will return to school life. |
| C．No student needs remote learning. |
| D．Some students will remain at home. |
| A．By investigating. | B．By telephoning. |
| C．By e-mailing. | D．By interviewing. |
| A．Everyone is online in a video call. |
| B．Everyone is gathered except one still online . |
| C．Students are busy with a video conference. |
| D．Students have the video switched off. |
| A．Make school children’s voice heard. |
| B．Help school children with Covid loneliness. |
| C．Support school children’s video conference. |
| D．Connect school children through video calls. |
5 . As the 2022 FIFA World Cup approaches, it is interesting to look at stars who could make an influence. We have looked at the different teams and chosen four players to watch out for in Qatar.
Kylian Mbappé
Mbappé is currently the poster boy of professional football. Aside from incredible club performances, Mbappé has solidified himself as a World Cup performer due to the 2018 World Cup. Here, he was awarded the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award and scored an amazing 25-yard strike in the final against Croatia.
Cristiano Ronaldo
The list of awards and honors that Ronaldo has gained is legendary. Though he is 37 yet still considered one of the best players in the world. At this point in their career, most forwards are on the decline and have regressed physically – but not Ronaldo. Ronaldo is the all-time international leading goal scorer, and you can count on him in Qatar.
Lionel Messi
We could not list Cristiano Ronaldo without also including Lionel Messi. He remains a once-in-a-generation talent and has proved himself time and time again as the leading force behind Argentina’s international squad. He is also a major reason why football is the most popular sport in the world. After disappointment in the 2018 World Cup, we can count on Messi to up his game and lead his team in Group C.
Neymar
Neymar is one of the most exciting and legendary Brazilian footballers since Ronaldinho and Ronaldo. He has proved to be an incredible player at both club and international level and has scored 74 goals in 119 appearances for Brazil. On the international stage, Neymar has competed in many events, including the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, the 2015 Copa America and the Olympics.
Who do you think are the players to watch out for? These are only four picks, after all, and there are many more talented stars who will be looking to make their name in Qatar.
1. Who won the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award in 2018?| A．Kylian Mbappé. | B．Cristiano Ronaldo. |
| C．Lionel Messi. | D．Neymar. |
| A．Looked back. | B．Picked up. |
| C．Fell back. | D．Caught up. |
| A．A textbook. | B．A newsletter. |
| C．A diary. | D．A novel. |
Pay It Forward
Ryan, whose father died of illness early, was a senior high student now. He and his mom were on their own, living in a sparsely furnished apartment. Mom lost her job because of the economic crisis and they barely got by (勉强度日).
As usual, Ryan walked into the restaurant where his mother once worked as a cashier in 2010 and queued up to pay for the lunch.
“Two forty,” Sonia, the cashier said.
“Could you charge it to my account, please? My name is Ryan Harris.”
Sonia looked through the record chart, announcing that Ryan didn’t have any credits (积分) left, and suggested he pay cash. Reaching his hand into his pocket, Ryan only took out several cents, which couldn’t cover the lunch. He smiled weakly, turned away and took a seat in the restaurant for a rest. He felt so hungry that his eyes fell on the sandwiches people around were enjoying. Before long, unexpectedly, Sonia walked up to him, bringing a lunch and putting it on his desk. Surprise deprived him of all power of speech. Sonia explained, “I paid for it. And I bought you some credits to last you through the month. I know what it’s like to go without lunch.”
Soon Ryan learned the truth. Sonia went to the same senior high in 2010 like him and used to have lunch in the same restaurant every day. One day, she stayed in line, waiting to buy her lunch, but was told that she didn’t have enough credits. So she left, empty-handed. Just as she thought she would go hungry, an amazing cashier brought her lunch and a card reading “Pay it forward and help someone else in need”.
Sonia told Ryan the amazing cashier changed her life forever, and she was the reason why Sonia decided to start working here, meanwhile handing Ryan the card. Ryan promised that he would pay the money back to her one day. But Sonia insisted, “We are human. And we have to be nice to each other. You needn’t pay me back; you pay it forward!” Ryan could not believe his good fortune, enjoyed the lunch and went to school.
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After school, Ryan came home, only to see his mum wiping tears off her face.
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When mum saw the card, memories came flooding back.
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As a Qinqiang Opera actor, Hou Yan was once ashamed of her profession as a performer of local folk opera, which mainly thrived (兴盛) in northwestern China in the 1990s, a time
Qinqiang Opera, which originated
The comeback of Qinqiang Opera in the past decades
8 . Astronauts floating around Earth might soon be able to make their own delicious, creamy breakfast. This is thanks to Australian high school students. They want to see if the astronauts can make yogurt in space!
Six students from Haileybury, a high school in Melbourne are participating in a program led by some scientists. They placed the bacteria (细菌) producing yogurt in a culture (培养菌) and packed 36 containers with frozen milk and the bacteria. Then, they sent the containers to the International Space Station (ISS), where the astronauts defrosted the frozen ingredients. These students are working with the scientists to study how bacteria react to microgravity, which is only a small part of the gravity we experience on Earth.
But how exactly do bacteria make yogurt? It all starts with the bacteria that live in milk. These bacteria eat some of the sugar in milk and create a kind of acid, which makes the milk thick and creamy. This process is fermentation (发酵).
The astronauts will study these containers to see how yogurts change depending on the type of milk — either full cream cow’s milk or soy milk. They will also test different fermentation time — either 24, 48 or 72 hours.
When the yogurts come back to Earth, the students will analyze their nutrients. One Haileybury student, Chiara Sgroi said one goal of the experiment is to figure out which yogurt is the most nutritious. “We can even get to taste them, which is pretty exciting,” said Sgroi.
One day, we might be able to send astronauts with some frozen bacteria and milk. We hope that they can easily make healthful yogurt in space.
1. What will the students study in the program?| A．What bacteria need to survive. |
| B．How bacteria react to microgravity. |
| C．Whether microgravity exists in space. |
| D．Why astronauts can’t make yogurt in space. |
| A．Bacteria and cream. | B．Milk and acid. |
| C．Cream and sugar. | D．Bacteria and milk. |
| A．Tasting the yogurts made in the ISS. |
| B．Making the most nutritious space yogurts. |
| C．Testing the yogurts in different temperatures. |
| D．Studying the nutrients of the yogurts in the ISS. |
| A．Students Observe the Change of Yogurt in Space |
| B．Students Send Bacteria into Space to Make Yogurt |
| C．Students Find a New Way to Make Healthy Yogurt |
| D．Students Make Good Yogurt for Astronauts in Space |
9 . All day long, at an MSF distribution center, humanitarian (人道主义的) supplies make their way to some of the most dangerous spots on the planet. Specially marked boxes are being packed with medicines and supplies, which are on their way to Ebola-affected Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Kathy Dedieu became a sanitation (卫生设备) and water engineer for MSF a decade ago. She has just returned from Liberia, where MSF is working to help reopen the hospitals. Her job is to make sure that clean parts of the hospitals are kept separate from areas that are polluted. She says the situation there is a complete disaster. “Even during the war, I haven’t seen a health system close so fast. The hospitals are empty because the health staff just aren’t there,” she says. Dedieu was in Liberia during that country’s civil war in 2003.
MSF was founded in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists. “I remember being criticized in the 1980s as a ‘medical cowboy’,” says Rony Brauman, who headed MSF from 1982 to 1994. “We were blamed for riding in, distributing our pills and creating unreasonable expectations.” But Brauman says that’s the nature of health care. “We raise expectations; we create new diseases by treating old diseases,” Brauman says. “That’s how it works in general. It was a kind of fight. MSF won that fight.”
MSF doctor Cameron Bopp says he’s worked with other humanitarian organizations but always missed the level of devotion and motivation he’s found at MSF. “The main thing that’s different about MSF from the point of view someone like me who goes out and works in the field is that when there’s an emergency, other organizations say, ‘Whoa, this is an emergency. We’re gonna be there as soon as we get funding.’ And MSF has the funding,” he says. “We start right away.” Ninety percent of MSF’s funding comes from a devoted base of five million donors. That gives it the independence to speak out and do what’s really needed.
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?| A．Showing the places affected by Ebola. | B．Exploring a distribution center of MSF. |
| C．Introducing one of the functions of MSF. | D．Encouraging donations to Ebola-affected areas. |
| A．She is working in Liberia. |
| B．She was once a soldier in the civil war. |
| C．She founded MSF with many other doctors. |
| D．She helps with pollution prevention in hospitals. |
| A．Optimistic. | B．Uncaring. | C．Disapproving. | D．Curious. |
| A．It has a lot of faithful donors. | B．It involves many journalists. |
| C．It is operated by doctors themselves. | D．It obtains funding from the government. |
10 . Fiji is one of the world’s top five honeymoon destinations according to a CNN.com travel poll (民意调查).
Nisa Bula — Welcome to Fiji. This heartfelt greeting is your warm invitation to visit a undiscovered paradise! More than anything else, the Fiji Islands are a unique destination, a South Pacific tropical island paradise of charm and cultural diversity. Its miles of unspoiled beaches, sparkling lakes and shining sunsets offer an experience you’ll never forget.
From giant mountains to tiny atolls (环礁), Fiji’s 300 tropical islands are as richly varied as the diverse friendly people who inhabit them. They equally welcome the couple in search of privacy or the group on the trip of a lifetime.
Year-round warm weather, a stress free environment and world-class facilities with first class service make Fiji as near as possible to paradise — a truly great escape.
TOP FOUR THINGS TO DO IN FIJI:
●Snorkel (潜泳) and dive on large coral reefs
●Visit a traditional Fijian village
●Swim in the warm, crystal clear water
●Sail around the Yasawa Islands
A Few Facts:
Population: A mere 750,000 people inhabit the Fiji Islands — the majority of whom live on the two larger islands. Time Zone: Fiji is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Electricity: 240 volts — most resorts and hotels have 110-volt converters (转换器). Taxes: Currently, the rate of tax is 10%, which is applied to all goods and services supplied. Climate: Now you have found paradise! Fiji enjoys the perfect climate year round. November to April 86℉, May to October 79℉.
1. What can we learn from the CNN.com travel poll?| A．The heartfelt greeting is unique. | B．There live friendly people in Fiji. |
| C．Fiji is one of the top five attractions. | D．Fiji is popular with newly married couples. |
| A．Wandering around a traditional village. | B．Going skiing on the Yasawa Islands. |
| C．Swimming in the cold and clear water. | D．Collecting living coral. |
| A．Fiji is 12 hours ahead of Beijing Time. | B．10% tax will be paid for the services. |
| C．December is the hottest month in Fiji. | D．People rarely live on the two larger islands. |
