1. What is the speaker’s purpose in starting a new magazine?
| A．To become famous. | B．To earn more money. | C．To do something different. |
| A．The contents. | B．The appearance. | C．The places of purchase. |
| A．Articles about local people. |
| B．Reviews of famous works of art. |
| C．Advice on local business development. |
| A．The first part. | B．The second part. | C．The third part. |
“Sophie would make a good therapy(治疗) dog.”
The day my dog trainer said those words, I didn’t even know what a therapy dog was. I certainly had no idea what features my little dog had that would make her a candidate. But why not, I thought, if we can help people in need of some cheering up?
Last week, I accompanied Sophie to a hospital for our first day on the job. In the year and a half I had spent getting her certified, I had learned what to expect. I would bring Sophie into a patient’s room to be a pleaser, and then we would move on. Of course, Sophie herself couldn’t understand her purpose in all of this, but she was always happy to meet new people, and that was enough.
We walked through the wide automatic sliding glass doors and into the hall, where we were met by a nurse who ran the therapy dog program at the hospital. “Welcome,” Sophie, she said. “I’ll be taking you two around today.”
I followed the nurse down the hall. Sophie trotted (小跑) along at my side, just as she had been trained. “We’re a care unit,” the nurse explained. “Most of our patients are seniors.” I knew how important it was for Sophie to be her gentlest. “She was trained and ready for this, I reminded myself.
Up ahead was an old lady making her way down the hall with a walker. A nurse walked beside her, holding on to a gait belt (步态训练带)to keep her steady. We caught up with them, but the patient remained focused on her walker. As we were passing by at a safe distance, the lady turned her walker towards a chair against the wall. “Okay, we’ll stop for a rest,” her nurse said. Once the lady was settled, she pointed a finger at Sophie, as if to say “Please bring me that dog.”
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I picked up Sophie and placed her in the lady’s lap.
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“It’s a wonder! We had thought the lady lost the ability to speak,” the nurse told me excitedly.
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“Marilyn, you have so much determination and so much heart. If you work at it you’ll be a fine swimmer,” Gus Ryder said to me after I finished a one-mile race in the freezing cold Lake Ontario.
I believed him and started swimming for Gus. Every day, we trained for hours in open water. But no matter how hard I worked, I still came in third or fourth. Four years later, it was clear that I was never going to the Olympics. That’s when Gus suggested I challenge the famous American long-distance swimmer Florence Chadwick to swim the thirty-two miles across Lake Ontario from New York to Toronto.
The idea had never occurred to me, but Gus had made up his mind. “I wasn’t sure Florence could make it. If we could swim one stroke further than her, it would be worth it,” Gus encouraged me.
Eventually, I decided to do it for Gus, and for myself.
The race started at 10 pm on September 6. It was cloudy, windy, and very dark. When I looked around, I couldn’t see where the lake ended and the sky began.
“Marilyn, just follow my light and I will guide you across this lake,” said Gus, who had a big flashlight and shone it just ahead of me from the lifeboat.
Florence swam for about four hours before she quit. But it wasn’t until several hours later, when I was having difficulty, that Gus told me that Florence was out and that I was the only one left!
I felt very encouraged. But it was such a long night that Gus had to do his best to keep me going. At the dawn, he even began writing messages on a chalkboard to keep my thoughts positive. Once he wrote, “You know you can do it. You can do it for me!” Another time he even wrote, “If you give up, I give up.”
By midday I felt so tired that I started falling asleep. So Gus started swimming with me to get my attention back. “I’m here to swim with you, Marilyn. Come on!” he said.
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At the very moment, I began to experience a very unusual feeling.
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After twenty-one hours in the water, we began approaching the shore.
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2. 演讲目的；
3. 具体做法。
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FOR SOME, putting up Christmas lights is yet another holiday activity. But in the Pascucci household, it was always a big day of celebration and it was a family affair. Every year on the day after Thanksgiving, Anthony Pascucci and his older sister, Connie Pascucci, would visit local stores to check out new decorations. Anthony’s son, Anthony Jr., and daughter, Sara, shared the home, and helped with the decoration every year.
In 2020, as in every year, Anthony Sr. Strung(悬挂) colorful lights all around their roof until it looked as if sparkles(火花) were dripping(滴). The whole house twinkled with lights, and gifts were piled under the tree.
Anthony Sr., 60, had outdone himself, as if the brightness of the lights could counter(抵消) some of the darkness of the past year with COVID-19. On Christmas Eve, everyone was looking forward to enjoying another Christmas together as a family.
Then Connie got a call: Someone she worked with had tested positive. Though Connie didn’t have any symptoms, she decided to get tested right away. Her rapid test came back positive.
Anthony Sr., Anthony Jr., and Sara decided they should all get tested too. When their results came back, they all learned that they also had COVID-19. Sadly, everyone agreed their Christmas celebration would have to be canceled.
Right after the new year, Anthony Sr. started having trouble breathing and was admitted to the hospital. Five days later, Connie began feeling weak and wouldn’t eat. She died before getting to the hospital. Less than a week later, Anthony Sr. passed away.
It was the worst of Sara’s life. She felt as if she was in a fog. Grief left her doubled over in pain. Every day she went back after a long day, the twinkling Christmas lights brought her a spark of joy. “It made us happy to see them,” she says. “I couldn’t bring myself to put them away.” Taking the lights down felt like a final act of closure(结束), but she and her brother weren’t ready to take. So they just kept them up.
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One day in February, Sara received an annoying envelope in the mail.
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Days later she found her inbox quickly filled with messages showing support as well as criticizing the mean mail.
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1. Who will benefit from the mobile woodshop?
| A．Children. | B．Laid-off workers. | C．Teens and young adults. |
| A．To help people kill the time. |
| B．To help people find jobs. |
| C．To help people develop interests. |
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. |
| A．To learn new skills. | B．To get a certificate. | C．To improve his skills. |
How to Fix a Mistake
After many continuous days of steady downpour, the sun finally came out on a Sunday morning. My friend Allan and I decided to play catch in my yard. We were having fun throwing the ball back and forth.
“Run! Nice catch!” It had been days since we enjoyed ourselves. Then, I threw the ball too hard and Allan missed his catch. The ball flew like lightning, crossed the yard and hit my neighbor’s window. We heard the big sound. Crash! Smash! The window broke into many pieces.
Allan turned pale, and a look of panic crossed his face. He froze, too scared to move an inch. Without a second thought, I grabbed his hand, whispering, “Come with me!” We ran into my backyard and hid behind a stack of hay. It seemed to be a place of safety. However, my heart was still pounding hard, as if it were about to pop.
Mr. Jones, the neighbour, who was a seventy-year-old man, lived alone. Though he was poor, he was well loved in the neighborhood for he always helped those in need.
Obviously, he heard the big sound, too. He came out of his house, with a ball in his hands. It was exactly our ball! Did he recognize who the ball belonged to? With butterflies in my stomach, I breathed deeply. In the meantime, Mr. Jones looked around, trying to see who threw the ball. Of course, no one was outside. He gazed the window for a while, and then the ball. Finally, he went back into his house.
A few days later, I saw that Mr. Jones had repaired the broken glass. He was sitting outside. When he saw me, he waved at me. I felt ashamed as I waved back at him. I knew what I should do, but I was afraid to do it.
Later, my mom and I were talking and she told me about the broken window.
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Mr. Jones looked at me after I explained what had happened.
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Brrrring! The bell rang as Sam tapped out a quick beat on his desk. “I’ve figured it out, finally!” He thought. He couldn’t wait to play it for Mia.
Sam and his neighbor Mia had been working for weeks on a song for Saturday’s band competition. Their song had a beautiful tune, but Sam and Mia had been struck on the ending. Just now, Sam worked it out! When Sam rushed out of the classroom, he noticed a familiar face jogging towards him down the hall. It was Mike, his best friend.
”Hey, buddy!” Mike greeted Sam with a bright smile as he always did. “Ready for some training after school? I’ve been working on my jumper.” He turned around swiftly and shot an imaginary ball into the air. Panic suddenly stroke Sam. Uh-Oh! He had forgotten all about the basketball. He was supposed to practice basketball in the court (球场) after school with Mike, which had been agreed the week before. He didn’t want to fail Mike, but he was dying to try out the new ending. Maybe if he had a reason to skip.
“Hey, Mike,” Sam said, “I don’t feel so great.” He covered his mouth with his hands and gave a small cough for effect. ”Perhaps, another time?” “Sure!” Mike said, with obvious disappointment. “Take care of yourself, OK?” Sam nodded and watched his friend dribble (运球) an invisible ball down the hallway.
“Lying was easier than I imagined,” Sam thought. “I can finish the song and Mikes feelings aren’t hurt.” The moment Sam returned home, he ran straight, towards the basement. Crash! The drum shook as Sam hit it a final time. “What do you think?” He looked at Mia hopefully. “Perfect!” She said excitedly.
“That sounded great, guys.” Mike stood on Sam’s basement steps with his eyebrows raised. “Are you feeling better now? I worried about you so much, so I brought your favorite movie to you.” Mike took out a small case.
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”Thanks,” Sam said awkwardly, hoping he could come up with a new lie.
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After Mike left, Sam realized his lies turned into a mess and decided to do something.
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9 . Zhou Dongyu was born into an ordinary family in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province in early 1992. In 2010, Zhang Yimou chose Zhou from more than 8,000 actresses to star in Under the Hauthorn Tree, and she soon became known to the people of her hometown after winning Best Actress at the 56th Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain, the Outstanding New Actress Award at the 14th China Huabiao Awards and Best New Performer at the 20th Shanghai Film Critics Association Awards for her role in Under the Hauthorn Tree.
The luck of the young actress continued from there. In 2011, she was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy (BFA), China’s most respected film school.
In the three years there, Zhou received a number of film offers and starred in several, but the characters always seemed the same. “I’m always that innocent girl—the first-love type,” she once lamented. She felt the need to break out of the pigeonhole(禁锢). In 2013, Zhou auditioned(试演) for a small role in Breakup Buddies. “Actually, the director turned me down at first. But days later, he called me in for an audition. ‘I have to land this role’ was all I could think on the way to the audition. It was the perfect opportunity to change my image.” During her audition, Zhou was asked to do some name-calling. Two days later, she was told that she had been cast as a rural hairdresser, turning her previous lovable, innocent image upside down and resulting in the most memorable female character in the film.
After Breakup Buddies, Zhou began to receive a wider variety of offers, and she ended up playing an ill-tempered genius in The Ark of Mr. Chow and an agent in the TV drama Sparrow. “I still need to further improve my skills by playing different characters,” says Zhou. “By doing this, I get a deeper understanding of a wider variety of people I might not have otherwise ever known.”
1. What can we know of Zhou when she was 18?| A．She hit the big time. | B．She became world famous. |
| C．She performed in a senior high school. | D．She directed Under the Hawthorn Tree. |
| A．Explained patiently. | B．Sighed sadly. | C．Said proudly. | D．Admitted unwillingly. |
| A．Under the Hawthorn Tree. | B．The Ark of Mr. Chow. |
| C．Breakup Buddies. | D．Sparrow. |
| A．By giving descriptions. | B．By following time order. |
| C．By making comparisons. | D．By giving examples. |
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