1 . Friendship is one of the most important things in life and a universal value. Here are five ways to be a better friend.
Be an empathetic (有同理心的) listener. Attentive and empathetic listening is validating (认可的) to others.
Be honest. People value honesty.
Celebrate differences. Not being a yes-man means that friends don’t have to agree on all interests. Friends can have different hobbies and different things that they like and dislike. Take some time to explore your friends’ interests, but don’t worry if they don’t interest you as well. Different interests sometimes need celebrations.
Remember dates. When it comes to friendship, the details make the difference. Remembering friends’ birthdays or other important events in their lives shows friends that they are valued.
Being a good friend requires effort and practice, but it’s worth it.
| A．Get together with friends |
| B．Make plans and stick to them |
| C．Good listeners are badly needed in the world |
| D．They are usually attracted to people who are genuine |
| E．Fortunately, empathetic listening skills can be available |
| F．Celebrating differences is an important component of friendship |
| G．Keep these dates in a calendar and even set an alarm as a reminder |
The day I started working out with my personal trainer, Teresa, I told her that overall, I wanted to get in shape and get stronger. More specifically, I wanted to lose 10 pounds by swimsuit season.
“Good, you have both long-term and short-term goals,” Teresa said. “That will help keep you motivated.” Then she warned, “I’m going to push you pretty hard, Sue. And you’re going to have to push yourself, too.”
She had. And so had I. Yet here I was at the gym, months later, the same old Sue with the same weight. I looked in the mirror and said, “I’m still so fat. It’s too hard for me to lose 10 pounds.” 1 wasn’t feeling very motivated. “Let’s start with something different today,” Teresa said.
I thought she was going to show me a new exercise. Instead, she took something small and green out of her pocket. A rubber band（橡皮筋）. Teresa took my right arm and placed the band onto my wrist, a determined look on her face. “This will solve your problem,” she assured me. I didn’t mean to be rude, but I had to ask, “How is this rubber band going to help me get in shape?”
“Your weight is not your biggest problem,” Teresa said. “What’s really holding you back is that you’re always putting yourself down.” I knew that better.1 had grown up constantly comparing myself to others, and I fell short every time.
Teresa said she was tired of hearing all the negative words I directed at myself. “Your negative thinking is a bad habit, and it’s time to break it,” she declared. The plan was simple. Every time I thought or said something that put myself down, I was supposed to pull the rubber band—hard—and break free from that negative mindset.
I agreed to try the rubber band. Then I left the gym and drove home. A pile of mail was waiting. I looked through it. There was an official-looking letter from my bank, 1 tore open the envelope. It was an overdraft（透支的） notice. One of my checks had bounced because I’d been late putting money into the account. My cheeks burned when I saw it was the birthday check I had sent to my niece. I really messed up now! How could I be so stupid?
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That was when I remembered what Teresa said I needed to do.
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Seven days after trying the rubber band, I got ready for my appointment with my trainer.
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1. What animal is Simba?
| A．A lion. | B．A tiger. | C．A monkey. |
| A．By his size. | B．By his character. | C．By his birthday. |
| A．She is outgoing. | B．She is caring. | C．She is serious. |
| A．Play with others. | B．Take care of others. | C．Have a good sleep. |
1. What is the woman?
| A．A doctor. | B．A journalist. | C．A swimming coach. |
| A．He called 911. | B．He drove him home. | C．He pulled him to the surface. |
| A．At the school. | B．At the swimming pool. | C．In the hospital. |
| A．He has no good news to share. |
| B．His father is very strict with him. |
| C．He is interested in Chinese books. |
6 . Spending roughly a decade preparing for her 2023 book Alive: Like Light and Salt, writer Liao Zhi has taken a creative journey with her memories of surviving the disastrous Wenchuan earthquake. The then 23-year-old dance teacher was rescued from a collapsed building, but suffered the loss of her legs and her child.
Selected from Liao’s diary entries, the six-chapter book touches upon topics like “finding one’s true self” and “relationships”, revealing how the writer dealt with pain to set career goals and find the courage to become a parent once again.
The writer said her desire for life seemed to have been strengthened by the near-death experience and that may be why she took only less than a year to get back on track again. Swimming, running marathon and taking part in charity dance performances were only a part of Liao’s daily agenda that helped her see the light again.
Alive: Like Light and Salt is not all about dealing with difficulties. Liao has devoted several chapters to topics like “becoming a communication expert in close relationships” and sharing her thoughts on love.
Liao met Charles Wang, a prosthesis(假肢) engineer, when she was getting her new artificial legs. Although she was hesitant about getting remarried, Wang assured her that she was the one, even telling his parents that “I’ll never again meet such a good girl.”
“Her life-loving nature, her health y mind-set toward her disability and also her willingness to speak up for people with the same experiences as herself, such things let me see a different side of life. I’ve been deeply touched by her,” said Liao’s mother-in-law.
Liao set up the Home of Chenxing, a rehabilitation(康复) studio in Chongqing for disabled people in 2019, and has now helped over 100 people walk again with artificial limbs(肢). She’s also a leader of a charity group called “Seeing and Change”. “Society needs to be educated to see this particular group of people. We represent a part of society’s value,” Liao noted.
1. What do we know about the book Alive: Like Light and Salt?| A．It’s mainly intended for earthquake survivors. | B．It’s inspired by her husband encouragement. |
| C．It’s focused on ways to handle difficulties. | D．It’s based on the author’s life experiences. |
| A．It helped her see the hope of life. | B．It pushed her to start a studio. |
| C．It urged her to write many books. | D．It enabled her to walk again. |
| A．To introduce Liao’s achievements. | B．To confirm Liao’s good qualities. |
| C．To think highly of Liao’s marriage. | D．To ask people to experience life. |
| A．Charity should be made international. |
| B．The disabled create more social values. |
| C．Liao is devoted to helping the physically disabled. |
| D．Society owes an apology to the particular group. |
7 . Only around a couple dozen people have been to the deepest part of the ocean floor, a place known as Challenger Deep. One of them is marine geographer Dawn Wright, a chief scientist of the Environmental Systems Rescarch Institute. She’s also part of a global race to map the entirety of the world’s oceans by 2030.
Challenger Deep is about 11,000 meters below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. In July 2022, Wright and pilot and ocean explorer Victor Vescovo sank in a submersible (潜水器). Once the pair sank about 800 meters, they lost sunlight and saw worms, jellyfish and anglerfish that could create their own light. Wright and Vescovo were focused on testing a special mapping device, thus making a map.
Mapping the bottom of the ocean is for many things. For instance, installing (安装) underwater cables stretching between continents, which account for the vast majority of our Internet traffic, requires a map of the seafloor, and offshore wind farm developers also need to know the composition of the seafloor to fix turbines (涡轮机).
Historically, satellite data has been critical to mapping the ocean, but Wright says these maps are too unclear to see fine details. What is the solution? It’s using sonar mapping, meaning an instrument sends pulses of sound from the ocean surface down toward the seafloor and waits for it to come back up. Based on the amount of time it takes for the sound to return and factors like temperature and salt content, scientists can get a specific depth.
Only about 25% of the world’s seafloor is currently mapped in detail, but an initiative called Seabed 2030 aims to get to 100% in just over six years. To complete the picture, ocean mappers are expecting industries to fill in some of the gaps. “The hope is that we can very quickly get to 40% if we can get a lot of these companies to release their data and to make it public,” says Wright.
1. Why did Wright and Vescovo go to Challenger Deep?| A．To study ocean creatures. | B．To map the seafloor. |
| C．To test the submersible. | D．To enjoy themselves. |
| A．The benefits of mapping the seafloor. |
| B．The need to build offshore wind farms. |
| C．The way the Internet traffic works. |
| D．The similarities among continents. |
| A．Collect more information. | B．Learn to use sonar mapping. |
| C．Map 40% of the world’s seafloor. | D．Share their data with ocean mappers. |
| A．Seafloor Mapping Is Now a Hot Topic in Science |
| B．Scientists Cooperate to Map the Entire Seafloor |
| C．Mapping the Seafloor Is Challenging But Essential |
| D．The Entire Seafloor Will Be Mapped Successfully Soon |
8 . “Have a dream. Don’t be afraid to want something.” That’s the advice from Florence Bergeron, associate director of knowledge mobilization (动员) for the Students Commission of Canada. The group organized the country’s annual “Take Our Kids to Work Day” initiative on November 1.
Across Canada, ninth-grade students had the chance to visit the workplace of a parent, relative or friend. Bergeron said over 450,000 people participated this year.
The initiative began in 1994. “The principle was to bring their own children into the workplace so they could see what their parents were doing and prepare for taking on that same role,” Bergeron explained. The purpose of the day has changed over the years, as many kids now follow careers different from their parents’.
According to Dorota Peacock, who is the district coordinator for career education in the Surrey School District in British Columbia, the event is beneficial in various ways. “It’s valuable for exposing students to what people do in the adult workforce that they normally wouldn’t see,” Peacock said. “They get to ask questions and decide what’s interesting.”
Peacock added that students also learned what they were loath to do, which was just as valuable. That was the case for three ninth graders from Ecole Salish Secondary School in Surrey. Mia Kim, Rithi Murugaselvam, and Eljie Salimbagat said that they enjoyed visiting their parents’ workplaces, but realized that they, themselves, would likely follow different paths. Rithi,14, who visited a day care center where her mother worked, said that “much patience is required for working with kids.”
All three students agreed that learning to socialize is essential, no matter what career path you follow. “I learned that for a lot of jobs, you needed to learn how to communicate with others to be successful,” said Mia, 13.
Peacock hoped that the event inspired Canada’s ninth graders to have a deeper appreciation for their parents. “They are smart, productive people, and not just people who come home and help with homework and make meals,” Peacock said. “They’re an actual person in the world doing really cool things.”
1. What was the purpose of the initiative?| A．To expose children to the busy life. | B．To prepare students for their career options. |
| C．To improve parent-child relationships. | D．To educate children on possible changes. |
| A．Unwilling. | B．Nervous. | C．Ready. | D．Eager. |
| A．The ability to adapt. | B．The adventurous spirit. |
| C．The sense of success. | D．The communication skill. |
| A．Family count above all else. | B．Parents’ work is much more meaningful. |
| C．Children should admire their parents. | D．Children lack appreciation for housework. |
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Entry requirements
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Applicants must also have completed a US secondary education and have a minimum grade point average of 2.25.
If you meet the appropriate language and academic requirements, you can apply directly to any of our academic programs at JMU.
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1. What makes students recommend JMU to those interested in economics?| A．Its various related course schedule. | B．Its free public service. |
| C．Its well-rounded business education. | D．Its loose learning policy. |
| A．achieve a grade point over 2. 25 | B．take the English language test of JMU |
| C．complete the International Year | D．reach the required English ability |
| A．Finish an online application form. | B．Pay enough deposits in advance. |
| C．Get in touch with the advisor. | D．Write a letter to the university. |
| A．It is in the downtown. |
| B．It is supported by most staff. |
| C．It is near most employees’ homes. |
