When I was a child, I was particular about food. It was Aunt Nelda that changed my habit of being a picky eater.
As far as I could remember, on a Friday night, when Dad and I arrived at Aunt Nelda’s house at dinner time, she prepared a big meal for us. Though the dishes smelled delicious, I didn’t feel like eating some of them. I took several bites of the sandwich and then laid it aside. Dad wanted to kick me under the table to remind me to finish all the food, but drawers (抽屉) between us protected me.
Looking at those drawers, I had a good idea. When Dad got up to refill his soup bowl, I pulled the bottom drawer open. It was full of cloth napkins (布餐巾). I put my sandwich under them and shut the drawer quickly. A plan for my rest food at Aunt Nelda’s emerged.
The next morning, I did the same to the food which I hated to eat. When Aunt Nelda saw my empty bowl, she gave me some sweets and said, “Good job, Jodi. You like my cooking just as much as your father.”
On Sunday, the food under the napkins continued growing, but somehow more slowly. Aunt Nelda was actually a pretty good cook. At noon, her children were coming for lunch. I offered to help set the table.
“Jodi, get the cloth napkins out of the bottom drawer,” she said. My heart began to beat fast. It was not because of the bottom drawer or the cloth napkins, but because of the left food.
“No, let’s use these!” I said, grabbing a handful of paper napkins. Aunt Nelda reached for the drawer. “My children prefer cloth napkins!” she said. I held my breath, waiting for the horrible scene. However, I couldn’t believe that she handed me some neat napkins.
“I’ve already cleaned them up,” she said. “It was so strange that there was much food under the napkins. I hadn’t seen mice for years! Guess what? They were back again. A long time ago, they made a nest and carried the food all over the house.”
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Aunt Nelda’s words made me feel relieved but ashamed.
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . My daughter will turn 17 in three months! As a parent, I feel the urgency (紧迫) to teach her important skills before she goes off to college.
Start the savings habit. Start to set aside money for the future now, while you are young.
Be careful with credit cards. When you go to college, you may find credit card companies often attract you to sign up for their credit cards. They will try to convince you that a credit card is like having free money for you to spend while you only pay the smallest amount each month.
Be a smart shopper. Plan ahead weekly by making a shopping list and stick to the list. Consider using recipes (食谱) that use low-cost, healthy materials.
| A．Write down your needs and wants |
| B．This idea of money can be very dangerous |
| C．Get a part-time job when you're old enough |
| D．Now put aside some money when you have any income |
| E．Eat before you shop to avoid a sudden wish to buy something |
| F．Few people ever become wealthy based entirely on their earnings |
| G．Money management skills are extremely important for her success and happiness |
1. How many days do Japanese students go to school each week?
| A．Four days. | B．Five days. | C．Six days. |
| A．Informal. | B．Too serious. | C．Formal. |
| A．Art classes. | B．Sports classes. | C．Discussion classes. |
| A．Japan. | B．America. | C．China. |
4 . Marva Collins’ journey as a teacher began in the 1960s, when she was assigned to teach at a public school in Chicago. At the time, the school was plagued (困扰) by violence, low academic standards, and a
Despite these
Collins also
Collins’ impact on education was recognized by educators across the world, and she was
| A．variety | B．lack | C．combination | D．network |
| A．acknowledged | B．employed | C．recommended | D．labeled |
| A．challenges | B．prejudices | C．differences | D．doubts |
| A．stood up | B．ran away | C．set out | D．went on |
| A．learning | B．joking | C．listening | D．singing |
| A．unusual | B．mysterious | C．convenient | D．effective |
| A．expressed | B．graduated | C．weighed | D．scored |
| A．attend | B．apply | C．pursue | D．witness |
| A．admitted | B．emphasized | C．assumed | D．indicated |
| A．allowed | B．commanded | C．encouraged | D．warned |
| A．accordingly | B．generously | C．literally | D．randomly |
| A．advised | B．permitted | C．invited | D．persuaded |
| A．honesty | B．discipline | C．motivation | D．success |
| A．wisdom | B．training | C．delight | D．belief |
| A．demands | B．struggles | C．continues | D．promises |
5 . Physical education, or PE, isn’t required for all high school students. In some schools, it isn’t offered for some different reasons. But should high school students have physical education? The answer is certainly “yes”.
Today many people don’t do sports. But as is known to all, doing sports is essential for an adult. Teaching teens the significance of a healthy lifestyle and making fitness plans now can help teens make exercise their priority as an adult.
High school isn’t that easy. Many students are under a lot of stress. Stress can be harmful to a student’s studies and life. Doing sports can help them deal with stress better, helping them live a happier life at school.
The American Heart Association says that 10 million kids and teens suffer from obesity. Teens should get 60 minutes of physical activity per day to control their weight and to help their bones get stronger. The increase in activities that don’t get teens to move around, such as computer games, means many teens don’t get their required exercise. PE classes act as a public health measureto encourage physical activities and help teens have healthy weights.
Not doing sports increases teens’ hazard of developing many diseases. An active lifestyle offers a good way of protection from these health problems. As much as 75 percent of health-care spending goes toward treating medical conditions that can be prevented by lifestyle changes, according to the American College of Sports Medicine.
According to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition(PCFSN), students who performed five hours of physical activities each week improved their academic performance. Students from programs with no physical activity, who used the extra time for classroom study, did not perform better on tests than those who gave up some study time in support of physical education.
1. According to Paragraph 2, what does physical education in high school mean?| A．Making teens attach importance to exercise later | B．Removing the stress faced by teens at school |
| C．Getting teens to encourage adults to exercise | D．Helping teens learn to make good plans |
| A．Wellness. | B．Risk. | C．Limit. | D．Influence. |
| A．means making students choose between sports and studies |
| B．helps students make good use of all their time |
| C．means students adjust to their new surroundings better |
| D．helps students do better in their studies |
| A．Why high school students should receive physical education. |
| B．Why some schools consider physical education important. |
| C．How schools can help students love doing sports. |
| D．How high school students can lead a better life. |
6 . Humanities departments (人文院系) in America are once again being cut down. Earlier this month, the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook announced a plan to abandon several of the college’s wel;-known departments for budgetary(预算的) reasons. The University of Pittsburgh has cut its German and classics.
I don’t believe that the humanities can make you a decent person.
| A．These subjects are under attack. |
| B．Three doctoral (博士的) program would be cancelled. |
| C．Defenses of the humanities have appeared. |
| D．This problem has also arisen internationally. |
| E．Therefore, courses in the humanities are beneficial. |
| F．They help us learn how to think, and they equip us to live in a harmonious society. |
| G．But they can focus on and expand our sense of what humans can accomplish and create. |
7 . Making the decision to invest in healthy lifestyle changes is more than just flipping a switch.
Focus on the whole picture. Lifestyle changes are like a puzzle. There are many pieces that must add up to the whole picture. Building habits in only one area of the puzzle will leave your overall picture lacking dimension.
Set realistic and achievable goals.
| A．Track your progress and adjust your goals accordingly |
| B．Adopt new habits slowly and build on success |
| C．Therefore, focus on building one habit at a time |
| D．The goals you set for yourself are essential for overall success in changing your lifestyle |
| E．Making sustainable lifestyle changes is a process that takes time, dedication, and patience |
| F．So, give yourself time to start small and build on success so that the end result is rock solid |
| G．Your physical, mental, and emotional health all work together to make or break lifestyle changes |
8 . Imagine a school where students are taught by the best teachers in every subject, regardless of locations. Imagine a school where children can go on safe field trips to the Amazon rainforest or Everest base camp. Well, such schools are already being built: in virtual reality(VR).
Last month, Optima Academy Online (OAO) was launched in Florida and started to deliver courses for elementary, middle and high schools and 170 full-time students from all over the state signed up. They used VR headsets for about three hours a day for formal lessons and then do course work independently with digital check-ins.
It is worth watching how such educational experiments develop. Used properly, the VR technology can help students to access learning resources and be connected with fellow students and teachers all over the world. But if employed poorly, it will have the opposite effect and turn a digital inequality into an educational one.
There is growing evidence to suggest that it is happening. In Mexico, according to a survey, only 24% of 15-year-old students in poor schools have access to home computers for schoolwork compared with 87% in rich ones. As reported in another study, some students in northern England have been forced to travel around on the Greater Manchester train network or camp out around McDonald’s to access free WiFi because they cannot do their schoolwork at home.
“VR technologies will be widely used in education. The only questions are: for what purpose and at what speed?” says Beeban Kidron, a member of the UK’s Digital Futures Commission. “The trouble is that they are too often seen as a shiny new toy that will solve all problems and save money rather than being viewed as a means to enrich learning.”
The inescapable truth is that there is nothing that can replace teachers educating students in safe schools—ideally, with access to well-designed technological platforms. Leaving children in their bedrooms with just VR headsets and no physical social interaction with other kids will fill-many of them—and their parents—with horror.
1. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 1?| A．Lead in the subject for discussion. |
| B．Provide some advice for the readers. |
| C．Show the advantages of VR headsets. |
| D．Introduce an unsuccessful online school. |
| A．To relax themselves. | B．To enrich their learning. |
| C．To make their study fun | D．To get free WiFi service. |
| A．will replace traditional learning | B．are the future of education |
| C．will become a very helpful tool | D．are a means to save money |
| A．Supportive | B．Disapproving. | C．Doubtful. | D．Unclear. |
9 . A few weeks ago, I pulled an old road map out of my glove box and handed it to my kids. They’d never seen the province of Ontario laid out like this before. They stared at it, asking about all the towns, parks and other landmarks we’d visited, and I pointed them out on the map.
Digital maps and GPS are modern wonders that have gotten me out of many confusing places, but paper maps still have a role to play in our lives. Most of us adults learned to read them out of necessity, but it’s up to us to pass on that skill to children whose need may not be so obvious, but who still will benefit from it.
As Trevor Muir wrote in an article on this topic, “When kids learn how to create and use paper maps, they are doing more than just learning how to get around. They are actually developing a fundamental skill that they will use for the rest of their lives. Map reading skill still belongs in today’s classroom.”
As a child, I had National Geographic maps taped to my bedroom walls. This aroused my curiosity and imagination about those places and thus made me eager to remember my geography and history lessons because they were tied to places I’d “seen”. Even now as a mother of four, I’ve also spared time to travel to many of the countries whose maps I studied as a child.
Additionally, in this fast-changing world, unexpected events can rapidly influence one’s usual way of life. When GPS satellites or Internet connections are affected, this old-fashioned skill can get you out of a mess without requiring a smartphone. Last but not least, paper maps arouse big picture thinking, showing kids that there’s a much bigger world out there and helping to direct them within it.
So, now is a good time to pull out those dusty old maps and lay them on the kitchen table.
1. How did the children react when given the paper map?| A．They seemed totally confused. |
| B．They showed great curiosity. |
| C．They found it less convenient than GPS. |
| D．They recognized the landmarks themselves effortlessly. |
| A．They promote reliance on GPS technology. |
| B．They provide instant convenience and accuracy. |
| C．They enhance curiosity and imagination. |
| D．They get rid of the need for smartphones. |
| A．Paper maps are already out of date. |
| B．Internet connections are always reliable. |
| C．GPS will sooner or later replace paper maps. |
| D．Paper maps provide kids with a grand vision. |
| A．How to Teach Kids to Survive in the Wild |
| B．Time to Teach Kids to Read Paper Maps |
| C．How to Teach Kids to Recognize Strange Places |
| D．Time to Encourage Kids to Explore a Real World |
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