It was the day of the big cross-country run. Students from seven different primary schools in and around the small town were warming up and walking the route(路线)through thick evergreen forest.
I looked around and finally spotted David, who was standing by himself off to the side by a fence. He was small for ten years old. His usual big toothy smile was absent today. I walked over and asked him why he wasn’t with the other children. He hesitated and then said he had decided not to run.
What was wrong? He had worked so hard for this event!
I quickly searched the crowd for the school’s coach and asked him what had happened. “I was afraid that kids from other schools would laugh at him,” he explained uncomfortably. “I gave him the choice to run or not, and let him decide.”
I bit back my frustration(懊恼). I knew the coach meant well—he thought he was doing the right thing. After making sure that David could run if he wanted, I turned to find him coming towards me, his small body rocking from side to side as he swung his feet forward.
David had a brain disease which prevented him from walking or running like other children, but at school his classmates thought of him as a regular kid. He always participated to the best of his ability in whatever they were doing. That was why none of the children thought it unusual that David had decided to join the cross-country team. It just took him longer—that’s all. David had not missed a single practice, and although he always finished his run long after the other children, he did always finish. As a special education teacher at the school, I was familiar with the challenges David faced and was proud of his strong determination.
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We sat down next to each other, but David wouldn’t look at me.
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I watched as David moved up to the starting line with the other runners.
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A visually-challenged man from Beijing recently hiked (徒步) 40 days to Xi’an, as a first step
On the 1,100 kilometer journey, the man Cao Shengkang,
Cao and Wu also collected garbage along the road, in order to promote environmental
In the last five years. Cao
Now, Cao has started the second part of his dream to walk along the Belt and Road route. He flew 4, 700 kilometers
3 . Getting accepted to Harvard Law School was a feeling that Rehan Staton will never forget.
Staton had a stable life growing up until his mother
Rehan's academics significantly suffered. As his grade
Rehan's poor grades as a senior resulted in him being
Rather than add to his despair, the job marked a
Rehan was
| A．contacted | B．abandoned | C．reunited | D．established |
| A．reward | B．comfort | C．support | D．shelter |
| A．financially | B．academically | C．physically | D．mentally |
| A．slipped | B．counted | C．balanced | D．improved |
| A．humble | B．awful | C．dynamic | D．excellent |
| A．depression | B．failure | C．poverty | D．ignorance |
| A．cut in | B．cut up | C．cut open | D．cut short |
| A．assessed | B．removed | C．guided | D．denied |
| A．collecting | B．recycling | C．throwing | D．studying |
| A．starting | B．turning | C．rolling | D．limiting |
| A．preference | B．potential | C．identity | D．intention |
| A．introduced | B．persuaded | C．admitted | D．directed |
| A．arts | B．sports | C．science | D．law |
| A．ambitious | B．grateful | C．desperate | D．responsible |
| A．admired | B．honored | C．encouraged | D．promoted |
Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.
One day, Ali took Zahra's shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it a secret. Zahra agreed and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.
Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city.When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.
The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right behind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.
Ali looked up and saw the other boys rushing ahead.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Filled with delight, Ali walked home quickly.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5 . Hilde’s father was a reporter. He often took her to work with him, and she developed a strong interest in news stories and reporting.
The newspaper suddenly became famous when a murder happened in the town, and Hilde was the first person to report it. Soon, news organizations around the country were doing stories on Hilde.
Others criticized Hilde for “pretending to be a reporter’’. Some people even suggested she should be playing with dolls.
That wasn’t the last time Hilde had trouble getting people to take her seriously. Sometimes, it was because of her age. Other times, it was because she was a girl.
Now Hilde has published a book telling her own story and the challenges she has faced. Some of those challenges came from Hilde herself, struggling to figure out who she was as she grew older.
| A．But she never let that stop her. |
| B．Hilde was upset by the complaints. |
| C．For now, Hilde says she has given up reporting. |
| D．When she was 8, Hilde started her own newspaper. |
| E．Her great success in reporting has changed her life. |
| F．Not everyone was happy about Hilde’s efforts, though. |
| G．She was clearly in a dilemma about how to solve the crisis. |
6 . Joao Carlos Martins is a famous pianist and conductor. However, his career has been
As a teenager Martins began to perform in concerts. But in his late twenties, he had to
Martins, in his forties, became a politician. However, he couldn’t stand this
| A．smooth | B．tough | C．flexible | D．interesting |
| A．cultures | B．forms | C．directions | D．levels |
| A．give up | B．set out | C．turn up | D．hold out |
| A．still | B．just | C．ever | D．even |
| A．Generally | B．Ultimately | C．Occasionally | D．Naturally |
| A．forced | B．promised | C．motivated | D．forbade |
| A．realistic | B．emotiona1 | C．struggling | D．striking |
| A．pain | B．cuts | C．tension | D．sensitivities |
| A．conducting | B．playing | C．instruction | D．competition |
| A．career | B．popularity | C．condition | D．behavior |
| A．existed | B．remained | C．occurred | D．continued |
| A．found | B．suffered | C．cured | D．nursed |
| A．patience | B．care | C．pleasure | D．determination |
| A．fancied | B．considered | C．made | D．chose |
| A．measures | B．chances | C．courage | D．trouble |
When Dylan was just seven years old, he moved to the United States with his mother, Khadine, and his twin younger brothers. The family hoped that their new home would allow them to start over and find success. However, their dream didn’t work out exactly as they imagined it would.
Life as a single mother supporting three kids is incredibly difficult, but Khadine had a particularly difficult time after her twin sons had been diagnosed with serious heart conditions. As a result, the boys suffered from dangerous symptoms and required 24-hour care. As Khadine had to work three jobs to support her family financially, it became Dylan’s responsibility to look after his young brothers. To relieve Mom’s stress, Dylan also found a part-time job at a recreation center.
While Dylan never considered his family to be a burden to him, seeing his mother and brothers become vulnerable (脆弱的) made him determined to plan his future out correctly. He believed education was the only way out of their struggle, so he made a promise to his mother that he would be the first one in the family to go to college.
For that promise, Dylan made use of each and every minute to study while taking care of his brothers. He soon became an honor student at Henry High School and took several advanced classes to keep his grades up. The College of New Jersey was his top choice. He was determined to put that admission letter in his mother’s hands.
However, weeks before Dylan’s college entrance exam, both his family and his determination were tested again when Khadine fell ill and was unable to work for a while. Soon, the bills became unmanageable and the landlord evicted (驱逐) Dylan’s family after Khadine couldn’t pay the rent. The family had no choice but to live in the shelter. The place wasn’t an ideal place to study. It was often noisy and crowded, and the lights would go out at a certain time after 11 p.m.
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But Dylan continued to follow his dream.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Weeks after his application, an envelope carrying good news arrived.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . Mary Dickins had been a member of the audience at poetry nights before and knew “the poetry clap”. She made a polite tapping of fingers. But when she made her debut (首次演出) as a performer at the age of 62 at the legendary Bang Said the Gun night in south London, she said, “It was so wild — like nothing I had ever seen before.” The audience stamped their feet and shook shakers. “It felt transformative. I thought, ‘I’ve got to have more of this,’ ” Dickins said. Becoming a performance poet has given her a place on a stage of her own making.
All her life she has written, mostly without being seen or heard. Her mother died when she was nine, and, after she went into a care home at 13, Dickins’ writing stayed in notebooks. Really, she says, a lot of her adult life has been about getting over childhood shyness. At university — she studied education — she met her husband of 40 years, but in three years of seminars she did not say a word. Some of this results from her years at the children’s home. She says, “It gave me a sense of what it’s like to be excluded. I never fitted in anywhere.”
After she graduated, she discovered that she loved working with people with learning disabilities. She became an expert in inclusive education. “That was my niche (称心的职业),” she says. She published books and returned to the University of North London as a senior lecturer in early childhood studies.
Dickins now sees that in adulthood she has been giving herself permission to be silly. “The sillier I allow myself to be, the better the writing is,” she says. Her observations are humorous.
“Putting things into words and giving shape to your emotions is an important part of coming to terms with the things that happen in life,” she says.
Does she still feel like an outsider?
“I think I’ve made it into a virtue. I celebrate the fact that I don’t fit into a box. Finally! You have to wait till you’re 62 to feel confident!” she says. “But I have a sense of who I am and I'm proud of it. I wouldn’t be anyone else now — and it took me a long time to say that.”
1. How did Dickins feel about her debut?| A．Calm. | B．Awkward. | C．Stressed. | D．Encouraged. |
| A．Her immature writing style. | B．Her experience at the care home. |
| C．Her struggle with her university studies. | D．Her difficult relationship with her husband. |
| A．It makes her land a good job. | B．It sharpens her sense of humor. |
| C．It enables her to get on well with her life. | D．It helps her overcome her learning disabilities. |
| A．Mary Dickins’ New Start after 60 | B．Mary Dickins’ First Performance |
| C．Mary Dickins’ Troubled Writing Career | D．Mary Dickins’ Impact on Performance Poets |
9 . My mom had spent years as a stay-at-home mom. However, I could tell that she
My mom could make anyone
With her birthday coming, I realized what I
Within two months, my mom made a
| A．trusted | B．envied | C．understood | D．opposed |
| A．playing | B．performing | C．working | D．exploring |
| A．reflect | B．calm | C．pause | D．laugh |
| A．heart | B．potential | C．objective | D．requirement |
| A．figured out | B．thought about | C．given up | D．succeeded in |
| A．fortunate | B．shameful | C．late | D．boring |
| A．ambition | B．fear | C．confusion | D．trust |
| A．merely | B．eventually | C．gradually | D．actually |
| A．strength | B．guidance | C．permission | D．freedom |
| A．apology | B．congratulation | C．comment | D．encouragement |
| A．sweat | B．weep | C．rise | D．practise |
| A．timely | B．constant | C．real | D．limited |
| A．gift | B．hobby | C．taste | D．need |
| A．regular | B．disappointing | C．successful | D．conventional |
| A．interests | B．supports | C．outlooks | D．careers |
10 . Anoushé Husain has packed more into her 35 years than most people manage in a lifetime. Born
The moment
Eventually, Husain entered a
| A．missing | B．moving | C．testing | D．exercising |
| A．work | B．sport | C．nature | D．performance |
| A．end | B．order | C．idea | D．agreement |
| A．guarantee | B．energy | C．training | D．difficulty |
| A．formed | B．proved | C．changed | D．discovered |
| A．recorded | B．forgot | C．rewarded | D．collected |
| A．request | B．action | C．feeling | D．opportunity |
| A．studying | B．living | C．walking | D．climbing |
| A．primitive | B．interesting | C．incredible | D．meaningful |
| A．lonely | B．attractive | C．angry | D．satisfied |
| A．debate | B．routine | C．process | D．competition |
| A．Generally | B．Unexpectedly | C．Hopefully | D．Unluckily |
| A．shame | B．wonder | C．surprise | D．pleasure |
| A．company | B．club | C．comment | D．country |
| A．came across | B．depended on | C．took up | D．brought about |
