I have loved
The last film shown in this cinema was a detective film. It was five minutes from the end when suddenly all the lights went out and the film stopped.
What a funny and disappointing experience! But I don’t regret
2 . When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note — “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” — and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically (魔术般) appear.
All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch (门廊) . Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
1. Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer to __________.A.show his magical power | B.pay for the delivery |
C.satisfy his curiosity | D.please his mother |
A.He wanted to have tea there. | B.He was a respectable person. |
C.He was treated as a family member. | D.He was fully trusted by the family. |
A.Nobody wants to be a milkman now. | B.It has been driven out of the market. |
C.Its service is getting poor. | D.It is not allowed by law. |
A.He missed the good old days. | B.He wanted to tell interesting stories. |
C.He needed it for his milk bottles. | D.He planted flowers in it. |
3 . Is there a time when you are away from your hometown? When do you feel homesick the most? What do you often do to relieve your homesickness?
If the West has the apple, the East has the king of fruits: the enormously big mango. Called “aam” in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi, this tropical fruit traces its origins to South Asia. Urdu and Hindi literature are filled with references to this fruit that once filled the kitchens and gardens of emperors.
Everyone is crazy about mangoes during the summer months in South Asia. City streets in India are lined with vendors (小贩) selling all varieties of mangoes. Young and old bargain for better prices, mangoes can be sent as gifts, restaurants have special mango menu items and the fruit becomes a gesture of goodwill between India and Pakistan, with the choicest varieties sent across the border to celebrate each country’s independence days.
South Asians all over the world expect the coming of mango season. South Asian stores receive shipments (运输的货物) of the fruit, though they are limited in quality and quantity. Each year, I taste my mangoes, though I’m saddened that popular varieties aren’t easily available in Vancouver.
Mango memories take me back to the city I was born in: Rourkela in the eastern part of India. In late March, just as the days would start to become hot, I remember mango trees blooming (开花) with their fresh fragrance in the breeze as we biked to school. Come April, the trees would start bearing fruit. I remember the thrill of sneaking out (潜行,偷偷溜出) to collect raw mangoes, climbing onto the roof of our houses and eating them with pink salt and powdered red chilies (红辣椒粉) alongside my best friend.
Mango stories from my childhood are endless. But this summer in Vancouver, tired from the pandemic (疫情), I can’t help but remember my sweet mango memories. I realize that I need to wander the streets of my home country, to feel the intense heat of the summer months and soak in the country of my birth.
Instead, I am in a semi-lockdown state tasting mangoes, enjoying those I can find in Canada but missing the Indian varieties. This year, the enormously big mango has become a symbol of the sense of loss that each one of us is feeling.
1. What do we know about the mangoes in South Asia?A.They are often given as gifts in India. |
B.They are a symbol of independence in India. |
C.In Pakistan, they are mainly grown on the borders. |
D.They are very popular among average people in India. |
A.Danger. | B.Excitement. | C.Anxiety. | D.Sweat taste. |
A.Vancouver has more varieties of mangoes than South Asia. |
B.The author works on transporting mangoes between Canada and India. |
C.The author is familiar with the growth stages of mangoes in Vancouver. |
D.In the author’s memory, mangoes blossom and bear fruit in March and April. |
A.To illustrate why mangoes are popular in the East. |
B.To provide proof for his experience in India and Canada. |
C.To recall mango memories and express a longing to return home. |
D.To analyze the negative impact of the pandemic on mango economy. |
4 . The village of Okere Mom-Kok was destroyed during the Ugandan Civil War in the 1980s. Now, pupils at the early childhood centre are noisily having a break, and a market is coming to life, as is local beer making, in what has become known as Okere City.
Okere City began in 2019.It has a school, a clinic, and a community hall that also serves as a nightclub.Electricity and clean water are available to everyone.
Ojok Okello started the project of Okere City with an investment(投资) from his own pocket to change the destroyed village of 4,000 people.The development expert had worked for several charities but grew sad seeing projects fail because communities weren’t involved in decisions about their own future.When he returned to Okere Mom-Kok to visit relatives, he decided to create a project that was truly led by the people who lived there.
Okere now produces income.Every project, from the school to the local bar, can fund itself, something that has been possible because the project is being built not as a charity, but as a social enterprise(事业), Okello says.
This year, after local people said they needed a way to make money, Okello began to experiment with processing shea nuts(加工乳木果), which locals collect and turn into butter for cooking.Soon, Okere Shea Butter arrived on the market.
Okello says the thought came to him when watching the movie Black Panther, as he sat under a shea tree one afternoon.“I realised that we have this important natural resource and we were not using it,” Okello says.“I thought, in the movie Wakanda and Black Panther had vibranium and this shea tree could be our vibranium.So I invest everything within my means into it.”
Once a week an investment club meets in the community hall.Member’s dues(会费) are carefully recorded before being offered as loans(贷款) to members who need them.When borrowers repay the loan, the cycle continues.
“This style of banking plays a big role because it’s uniquely African,” Okello says.“It’s been about community, patience, and long-term investment.”
1. What is the village of Okere Mom-Kok like now?A.It’s lively. | B.It’s a wasteland. |
C.It’s in poor condition. | D.It’s a tourist attraction. |
A.It was built as a charity. |
B.It was created by poor villagers. |
C.It has cost little money up to now. |
D.It includes the community in decision-making. |
A.Making shea butter. |
B.Protecting shea trees. |
C.Directing a film about shea trees. |
D.Attracting investment in shea nuts. |
A.It is important to local people. |
B.It will take a long time to improve. |
C.It will be used in other communities. |
D.It mainly encourages short-term investment. |
A.Okere City was rebuilt successfully due to several charities started by Ojok Okello. |
B.A nightclub lies in the community hall of the Okere City now. |
C.Pupils at the early childhood centre find it hard to have a break because the environment it noisy. |
D.Ojok Okello made full use of vibranium as Wakanda and Black Panther did. |
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I used to live in a small town with green trees all around it. The river, run through the town, had clean water in that fish could be seen swimming in groups. The houses, however, was small and simple, and the street wasn’t wide enough to run cars. People worked hard all the year round but still live a poor life.
Now great changes have been taken place there. You can see tall buildings, department store and factories everywhere. Cars and buses are running in broad streets. But as the development of industry, pollution is becoming more and more seriously. A lot of trees are gone, and fish have disappeared because the dirty water. To our joy, people have been doing your best to stop pollution and make the town even more beautiful.
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When the gold ran out, most people
That night we have great dinner at Walhalla’s pub. We walk back in the dark. There are no street lights in the town so the stars
After a quick breakfast at the hotel the next morning, I walk down what was once a high street lined with
Leaney has invited me to ride an old-fashioned train that runs on the rebuilt train line from Walhalla to a nearby town. The views are
A.empty | B.far-off | C.peaceful | D.busy |
A.biggest | B.smallest | C.oldest | D.poorest |
A.1onely | B.relaxed | C.nervous | D.regretful |
A.moved away | B.hung around | C.flooded in | D.cheered up |
A.temporary | B.happy | C.royal | D.permanent |
A.sold out | B.taken over | C.deserted | D.shared |
A.foundation | B.opponent | C.destination | D.possession |
A.bounce | B.shine | C.emerge | D.strike |
A.thankfully | B.suddenly | C.unluckily | D.anxiously |
A.benefit | B.coverage | C.comparison | D.competition |
A.factories | B.hospitals | C.museums | D.shops |
A.spread | B.decorated | C.distributed | D.placed |
A.track | B.site | C.street | D.town |
A.planted | B.destroyed | C.burned | D.buried |
A.boring | B.plain | C.heartbreaking | D.breathtaking |
William N. Brown was a young airman in the U.S. Air Force when he first became interested in China. Driven by
In the beginning, William’s father strongly objected his move to China,
8 . When I was young, I heard stories about the Communist Party of China from my grandfather. But to be honest, only as I grew older did I begin to have a
My grandfather is a party member. He often talked about his
When it
Grandfather fought on the frontline. They
My grandfather often tells me that our happy life today is only possible due to the sacrifice and
A.shallow | B.deep | C.realistic | D.pure |
A.competition | B.friction | C.position | D.fight |
A.comes | B.takes | C.goes | D.moves |
A.surprised | B.upset | C.afraid | D.desperate |
A.determination | B.contribution | C.value | D.analysis |
A.Apart from | B.In addition | C.Rather than | D.In particular |
A.emerged | B.launched | C.ended | D.damaged |
A.hid | B.displayed | C.cut | D.lay |
A.potentially | B.barely | C.extremely | D.relatively |
A.put | B.flew | C.set | D.kicked |
A.pushed | B.walked | C.fell | D.returned |
A.encouraging | B.rejecting | C.shaking | D.warning |
A.wisdom | B.capacity | C.weight | D.stability |
A.weapons | B.efforts | C.belief | D.violence |
A.objective | B.thoughtful | C.optimistic | D.grateful |
My grandfather is a Party member. He often shares stories about the Communist Party of China
10 . It was just the three of us—my parents and me. My dad is a truck driver, and was gone most of the time,
One day, my parents asked Bill and Arlene whether they’d
Over the years, Bill and Arlene
Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve learned more about my grandparents. Both of them grew up poor. Their lives weren’t as
Arlene passed away in 2013. Bill gave me the ring he’d
A.providing | B.carrying | C.producing | D.delivering |
A.lonely | B.single | C.desperate | D.young |
A.friends | B.neighbors | C.colleagues | D.relatives |
A.get tired of | B.get rid of | C.get away with | D.get on with |
A.what | B.how | C.why | D.where |
A.devotion | B.appreciation | C.connection | D.contribution |
A.watch | B.see | C.observe | D.monitor |
A.existence | B.occurrence | C.preference | D.consequence |
A.treat | B.make | C.appoint | D.adopt |
A.gently | B.absolutely | C.eventually | D.enthusiastically |
A.painted | B.hung | C.removed | D.held |
A.secretly | B.flexibly | C.seriously | D.automatically |
A.smiled | B.teased | C.dropped | D.laughed |
A.admirable | B.beneficial | C.ambitious | D.satisfactory |
A.supported | B.favoured | C.conducted | D.congratulated |
A.bank | B.figure | C.fund | D.picture |
A.specific | B.casual | C.perfect | D.tough |
A.company | B.way | C.commitment | D.appearance |
A.sent | B.gifted | C.donated | D.lent |
A.warn | B.sign | C.message | D.reminder |