1 . Karen Collingsworth doesn’t just make a great cup of coffee. She also smiles, listens and
When Karen’s car was
Donors expressed their
The GoFundMe campaign collected nearly $40,000! While the majority of
When asked the reason for her
| A．cooperates | B．interacts | C．bargains | D．competes |
| A．eager | B．able | C．hesitant | D．suitable |
| A．stolen | B．updated | C．broken | D．repaired |
| A．sell | B．reserve | C．decorate | D．replace |
| A．rejected | B．contributed | C．remembered | D．assessed |
| A．run out | B．flow back | C．dry up | D．pour in |
| A．worry | B．regret | C．appreciation | D．expectation |
| A．by nature | B．by heart | C．by mistake | D．by chance |
| A．preference | B．intelligence | C．presence | D．acceptance |
| A．sweetest | B．simplest | C．bravest | D．freest |
| A．desperately | B．initially | C．definitely | D．temporarily |
| A．praise | B．donation | C．advice | D．invitation |
| A．strangers | B．customers | C．students | D．workmates |
| A．careful | B．ignorant | C．aware | D．proud |
| A．innocence | B．creativity | C．sympathy | D．popularity |
It was almost New Year’s Eve, and as I made my way home from work, I decided to stop at the neighborhood coffee shop in our town—a town that had previously been busy and wealthy but was now poor and deserted. After parking in a parking lot that was close to the coffee shop, I headed toward the shop door when I spotted trouble.
What lit a warning light in my mind was a group of teenagers—three boys and a girl, each of whom stood on a skateboard. I wasn’t alarmed by the way they were dressed, which showed they seemed to be a group of bad teenagers. Rather, it was the extremely late hour and the fact that they wandered on the sidewalk in a half circle around an elderly man sitting in a chair that raised a red flag in my mind. Wearing only a very worn-out shirt and without shoes on his feet, the old man looked positively cold and probably homeless.
He was in trouble with a capital T. Against my better judgment, I went inside the warm store and ordered nice bread and a cup of coffee while keeping a worried eye on the group outside. Thoughts raced through my mind, and I was wondering what the intentions of these teenagers were. “What do the teenagers want on earth? Do they intend to play a bad trick on the old man, make fun of him, or…?” I wondered, anxious. “Whatever it is, they seem to plan to do something bad to him. Oh, these kids seem to be mean,” I thought and felt upset.
But nothing seemed to be happening. Slightly relieved, I began to enjoy my food. However, minutes after I finished my food and headed toward my car, something indeed was “going down”. I heard one boy say, “Stand up and walk.” “Oh, no,” I thought. “The old man is now in real trouble.”
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But wait, I had misjudged the situation.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I looked down, finding the teen was wearing nothing on his feet.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1. What does the speaker think most modern people are like?
| A．Friendly. | B．Selfish. | C．Patient. |
| A．You may learn a skill. |
| B．You can get thanks from others. |
| C．You will feel better about yourself. |
| A．A person in grief. |
| B．A charity volunteer. |
| C．A person without skills. |
| A．How to get help. |
| B．How to help others. |
| C．How to start to chat. |
4 . When Posten walked outside to her car, she saw something that looked like a note or receipt stuck to the windshield.
She grabbed it and saw it was a black and white photo of a woman holding a little boy. On the back, it said, “Gertie Swatzell & J.D. Swatzell 1942.” A few hours later, Posten discovered that the photo had made quite a long journey — almost 130 miles on the back of terrible winds.
Posten had been tracking the tornadoes that hit the middle of the U.S., killing dozens of people. They came close to where she lives in New Albany, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. So she figured it must be from someone’s damaged home.
“Seeing the date, I realized that was likely from a home hit by a tornado. How else is it going to be there?” Posten said. “It’s a well-kept photo.”
So she posted an image of the photo on Facebook and Twitter and asked for help. She said she was hoping someone on social media would have a connection to the photo or share it with someone who had a connection.
“A lot of people shared it on Facebook. Someone came across it who is friends with a man with the same last name, and they tagged him,” said Posten.
That man was Cole Swatzell, who commented that the photo belonged to family members in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, almost 130 miles away from New Albany. Cole Swatzell on Sunday didn’t respond to a Facebook message seeking comment.
Posten plans to return the photo to the Swatzell family sometime this week.
“It’s really remarkable, definitely one of those things, given all that has happened, that makes you consider how valuable things are — memories, family heirlooms (传家宝), and those kinds of things,” Posten said. “It shows you the power of social media for good. It was encouraging that immediately there were tons of replies from people, looking up ancestor records, and saying ‘I know someone who knows someone and I’d like to help.’”
1. What helped Posten know the photo had made quite a long journey?| A．Learning about a home hit by a tornado. |
| B．Looking into the information of the photo. |
| C．Making tracks for the process of the tornadoes. |
| D．Recognizing the person in the photo at first sight. |
| A．It’s a damaged photo. |
| B．It belongs to Cole Swatzell. |
| C．Its owner lives in New Albany, Indiana. |
| D．It travels 130 miles away from Kentucky. |
| A．From Twitter. | B．From Facebook. |
| C．From her friend. | D．From ancestor records. |
| A．Valuable things should be kept well for good. |
| B．Common item sometimes is also very valuable. |
| C．We should encourage each other on social media. |
| D．Posten thinks highly of the function of social media. |
My daughter Kathy’s birthday was approaching. Last Sunday, in the early morning, she asked me whether I’d buy her a birthday gift.
I said, “Of course. And to buy the gift, I decide to sell your never-to-be-used-again baby things that still look new and useful. Will you allow it?” She immediately agreed and began sorting out her baby stuff. My husband Sam gladly joined us. Soon, we gathered the stuff well enough. I decided to take them to the second-hand market in the following week and then use the money collected to buy Kathy the bike she dreamed about.
Thinking about that, I waved Kathy and Sam goodbye and left for the local hospital to visit an ill friend there. After twenty-five minutes of drive, I arrived. And after seeing my friend, I went to turn in my visitor’s pass at the hospital desk. There, I overheard an argument between a receptionist (接待员) and a worried and disappointed man whose clothes were a little worn out. The receptionist was explaining that his newborn girl couldn’t leave the hospital without an infant car seat.
Confused, the man asked, “What’s on earth an infant car seat? How much can one cost?” Based on his accent and appearance, I guessed he probably was new here. While I observed the man, the receptionist told him, “Sir, it’s a soft seat made specifically to protect infants and younger babies in a vehicle. It can be easily put in the vehicle. The price often ranges from 70 dollars to 550 dollars.”
So upset, the man said, “Where can I get such a seat at this time and where can I get the money to buy one?” “I’m sorry, sir, but this is what the state law requires. Nobody can take a baby out of the hospital without that seat,” the receptionist said. “Your wife can go home with you today, but the baby can’t leave unless she’s in a car seat.”
My daughter just had an infant car seat, which I had planned to sell. Finding the man looked so helpless, I wondered whether to give him Kathy’s seat for free.
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While debating with myself, I thought about my late mom who never hesitated to help strangers.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________When the man and I got to my house, Sam and Kathy felt surprised.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . Gutiérrez’s life would never be the same again. He found a (n)
Because libraries tend to be distant from poorer communities, the
Today, his community library
Apart from school-going children
Gutiérrez’s journey to give back to his local community is an amazing example of how every one of us can
| A．abandoned | B．purchased | C．adopted | D．borrowed |
| A．curiosity | B．investment | C．desire | D．creativity |
| A．put | B．turned | C．introduced | D．shaped |
| A．fine-manner | B．single-parent | C．low-income | D．high-stress |
| A．duty | B．tradition | C．value | D．option |
| A．asking | B．struggling | C．managing | D．preparing |
| A．occupies | B．influences | C．enlarges | D．represents |
| A．found | B．displayed | C．bought | D．admired |
| A．pick up | B．sort out | C．search for | D．look through |
| A．wanting | B．discovering | C．harvesting | D．understanding |
| A．expect | B．explore | C．expose | D．expand |
| A．familiar | B．content | C．consistent | D．angry |
| A．stores | B．garbage | C．families | D．baggage |
| A．simply | B．frequently | C．effectively | D．rarely |
| A．identifying | B．satisfying | C．improving | D．supporting |
7 . Sharaine Caraballo and her husband Wilson met 82-year-old Paul Callahan in March last year when Wilson began working on their recently purchased home. Paul offered Wilson a ladder to work with. From then on, it didn’t take very long for the family of eight and their new neighbor to become
A retired Texas Instruments manager, Paul’s wife sadly passed away six months before the family moved into the neighborhood. Sharaine thinks her family
“One of my biggest
Paul’s warm welcome really helped put the couple at
“He was coming over with tools. He’d bring screwdrivers (螺丝刀) and teach Wilson how to fix up the garage and Wilson
Paul has
Sharaine’s kids love Paul as much as she does and the elderly man makes great
“I asked what
The Caraballos and Paul now see each other every other day. They spend every holiday together, and this Father’s Day Paul received a present from the family.
1.| A．close | B．awkward | C．fragile | D．tense |
| A．shared | B．searched | C．provided | D．permitted |
| A．honors | B．fears | C．hobbies | D．decisions |
| A．informing | B．asking | C．suffering | D．wondering |
| A．generally | B．originally | C．simply | D．especially |
| A．advice | B．behavior | C．choice | D．discovery |
| A．ease | B．leisure | C．loss | D．random |
| A．questions | B．ideas | C．risks | D．issues |
| A．respected | B．followed | C．refused | D．agreed |
| A．taken on | B．made up | C．come out | D．given in |
| A．contribution | B．decisions | C．efforts | D．devotion |
| A．drew | B．forced | C．invited | D．allowed |
| A．cautious | B．selfish | C．humorous | D．social |
| A．why | B．how | C．where | D．what |
| A．stepped | B．went | C．hung | D．travelled |
8 . Orion Jean, a young boy from Texas, initiated an extraordinary mission of kindness and inspired others. His journey
So the little boy, who said his parents always taught him that “kindness is a virtue that should be
Orion set out to help children requiring
After the toy fair, he launched a/an
In May 2022, to provide books to children who lacked
Orion’s story is an example of how a wave of positive
| A．ended | B．occurred | C．started | D．continued |
| A．energy | B．concern | C．worry | D．power |
| A．lift | B．reward | C．lesson | D．shot |
| A．made | B．prized | C．said | D．ignored |
| A．submitted to | B．caught up | C．cared for. | D．focused on |
| A．fair | B．social | C．medical | D．virtual |
| A．change | B．contact | C．amuse | D．guide |
| A．ordered | B．delivered | C．found. | D．mounted |
| A．limited | B．ambitious | C．reliable | D．genuine |
| A．Partnering | B．Sharing | C．Collecting | D．Assisting |
| A．interest | B．chance | C．access | D．time |
| A．especially | B．naturally | C．extremely | D．suddenly |
| A．tried out | B．jumped at | C．turned down | D．put forward |
| A．courage | B．change | C．care | D．mind |
| A．food | B．work | C．life | D．support |
9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was a Saturday in May. It was my third Mother’s Day. The air was warm, the sun was bright, and I spent the morning leisurely drinking coffee and getting ready with my daughter. My husband returned home from his shopping trip, giving me a Mother’s Day gift.
Afterward, I needed to head out and go to the grocery store. But I decided to take my daughter to play at the park first. She ran and played until she grew sticky with sweat and exhaustion (筋疲力尽). At that moment, I realized I had forgotten to pack any snacks. So I promised her I would buy her snacks at the store.
Thirty minutes later, we parked and headed in. I kept thinking about the gift my husband had given me, a dress for my cousin’s wedding the following month. My daughter was going to be the flower girl, and we still didn’t have a dress picked out for her. So I decided to check out the children’s clothes next door before buying groceries. In my excitement, I’d forgotten about the promised snacks. However, my daughter hadn’t.
We just spent two minutes looking at the girl’s section before my daughter began to scream. It felt as if her lungs could break glass and puncture (刺穿) the eardrums of everyone inside. I tried to help her calm down and allow us to look a little longer, but her scream deepened in volume.
We quickly made our way out of the store, with eyes following us as my daughter proved her vocal strength. We stopped just outside of the doors because my daughter began to lie on the floor and scream her heart out as the rest of the world looked on. Really, it was embarrassing and frustrating (令人沮丧的).
Just then, a grandma approached us. She wanted to pick up my sad daughter and comfort her. I had done that before, but at this point, my daughter was too far gone. She didn’t want anyone when she was angry. The grandma offered to hug her, but she refused and cried harder.
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That’s when another young mother approached.
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My daughter finally got tired of crying after a while.
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10 . James Warren rides the public bus a lot in his hometown of Denver. Then in January, Warren spotted a woman waiting for a bus. There was no seating at the stop—and no sidewalk—so she sat in the dirt. So he decided to build a bench.
“I just took some scrap wood and went to town,” Warren said. He then realized that one bench was far from enough. There are more than 9,000 bus stops in the Denver metro area, many of them without seating or shelter. Warren carves “Be kind” on each one—each made from scrap wood he finds in construction waste containers.
“I met some ladies the other day who were talking about how they used the benches every day,” Warren added. “It fills me up. It’s air in my tires.”
Warren said many people have hopped on his bench—making bandwagon, which has motivated him to build more. “I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me on Twitter,” he said. “Some people have wanted to come and help me.” Others saw Warren’s work in the local news and decided to take out their tools, too. People also started donating supplies. “That puts me over the moon,” Warren said.
Nica Cave, 26, a Denver mobility advocate, said, “The lack of infrastructure, shelter and seating at transit stops marginalizes(边缘化) those who rely on public transit. People like Warren are really encouraging me to see how people are willing to use their own time and resources to provide these much-needed services.” Cave added that she hopes the local government will see Warren’s benches and get involved.
That is precisely Warren’s goal. Warren—who is planning to organize a bench-building workshop—said his hope is that his benches make a difference in his community and even beyond. “My goal is to make people’s lives just a little bit better.” Warren said.
1. What do we know about Warren’s benches?| A．They are carved with his name. | B．They can be found at any bus stop. |
| C．They are specially designed for women. | D．They are made of recycled materials. |
| A．It is the source of my effort. | B．My tires are almost flat. |
| C．I need to fill air into my tires. | D．Praise is the best reward for me. |
| A．The good sales of the benches. | B．The assistance from other people. |
| C．The comments on Twitter. | D．The awards from the local government. |
| A．To earn more money to live a better life. |
| B．To set up his own bench-building workshop. |
| C．To encourage people to use more public transit. |
| D．To make people live a little bit better. |
