1 . Winter is often quite cold, which often makes us stay indoors more instead of heading out to exercise. Worse still, there are many viruses(病毒) doing their best to make you sick. And sneezing, coughing and nose blowing make the rooms a habitat for viruses.
Wash your hands. You pick up viruses everywhere and they live on your hands, so wash your hands and do it often.
Get the flu shot(疫苗).
Avoid sick people.
A.It is easy for viruses to spread from person to person |
B.Take care of your face |
C.It’s not absolutely safe |
D.Keep your hands away from your face |
E.If someone around you is sick, then keep your distance |
F.The best way is to use regular soap and water |
G.Because there are always some unexpected things in life |
It was eight o’clock on a cold spring night. Our apartment was full of the artwork of an energeic five-year-old. The house was in a mess.
I was so tired that night. I had depended on a walking stick to go anywhere for seven weeks, recovering from an operation, and I couldn’t find a way to cheer myself up.
The phone rang - for the sixth time in less than an hour. I knew who it was. My mother had been suffering from dementia (痴呆). Though we visited her every few days, she believed that her daughters had not visited in months. She thought that her friend Jimmy never wanted to see her again, but he called her and visited weekly.
She had no idea that she had repeated the things she was about to say a million times today and a million times the day before. She had no idea that I had an operation, nor could she remember her own grandaughter’s name. She forgot most of her own past and she drifted in the present. Also, she was lonely.
This time I cast my anger at the easiest target: my mother, the very victim of this chance horror. “Mom!” I shouted. “We visited two days ago! You have to believe me, and even if you don’t, I cannot talk anymore! Everything is fine!”
Silence. Then: “I was only calling to say hi. Why are you shouting?!” she continued. “Do you have a minute?”
“No, Mom, I don’t. I can’t stand this!”
I sat on the couch, defeated. I was suddenly aware of all that my daughter was watching me shouting at my mother and losing my patience. I have failed at being a good example to my daughter.
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My daughter approached me, saying, “Can I talk to Grandma Ellie?”
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4 . We bought a Shamrock trailer (房车) in the fall of 2019 in anticipation (期待) of our three-month journey to Baja, Mexico. The camper (露营车) would be home base for all the fun and adventure our family, myself, my husband and our three teenagers, would have all the way.
It took three days to drive from Calgary to Las Vegas and the temperature went from negative 30 to 15 °F-a miracle! But by the time we made it to San Diego, California, we had visited two RV mechanics to fix water leaking from the water tank and a bed heater blowing up. Thankfully, while we waited for repairs, we could listen to waves lapping on the shore.
Eventually, we crossed the border into Mexico at Tijuana and pushed our way down the shore coast. While we swam, ate Mexican food and watched sunsets, the Shamrock kept throwing us surprises. We all learned to savor (尽情享受) the good moments while dealing with the bad.
Driving through Utah, our truck began making noises. The truck’s engine had completely broken, and we needed a new one. We holed up (躲) in St. George, Utah, to wait for repairs. One evening, we were heating up dinner when the oven let out a big WHUMP! The whole camper shook.
After a few weeks, we left our truck in Utah—the engine repair wasn’t going too well—and drove home to Calgary. There could not have been five travelers so happy to stay in their house for two weeks.
Eventually, we hired someone to drive our truck and the Shamrock to Calgary, but he arrived with just the truck. The camper was causing problems, and the keys got lost, so it was left in Idaho. It’s still there; we recently marked its one-and-a-half-year anniversary of storage.
This brings me to the point of this essay: For Sale: A lively 30-foot Shamrock camper. Keeps you on your toes! Sleeps five. $9,000. Pick-up is somewhere in Idaho. Bring some tools to break into it.
1. What can we learn about the author’s self-driving tour?A.The tour lasted for about one month. |
B.They drove a Shamrock all the way during the tour. |
C.Their truck stopped working when they arrived at San Diego. |
D.They enjoyed the tour despite some unexpected problems. |
A.Breakdowns. | B.Beautiful scenery. |
C.Amazing functions. | D.Quality after-sales service. |
A.Unhappy. | B.Serious. | C.Amusing. | D.Exciting. |
A.To suggest the places to travel. |
B.To advertise her Shamerock camper. |
C.To record the happy moments in life. |
D.To complain about her campers. |
Those who haven’t been to the Mu Us may not have an opportunity to do so. The desert is disappearing from
The Mu Us
However, the area was no desert in ancient times. It used to be grazing land
In modern times, the Mu Us, the fourth
Thanks to greening, the desert is poised to disappear. The feat(丰绩) wouldn’t have been achieved
6 . Fun Summer Books for Grades 9—12
Yes, even some high-schools appreciate recommendations for vacation books. Encourage your high-school child to read with this list of approachable teen titles. Or surprise your teen with one of these books when you reach the beach and boredom sets in!
►Brown Girl Dreaming,by Jacqueline Woodson
This collection of simple poems reveals what it was like to grow up as a young African American girl in the 1960s and 1970s. Woodson’s autobiographical poetry overflows with love for her family. Brown Girl Dreaming won multiple awards, so il may be assigned class reading in coming years.
►Tunnel Vision, by Susan Adrian
Jake has a secret skill. When he holds something that belongs to another person, he can locate them, wherever they are. Once the government learns of Jake’s powers, it insists that he use his skill to find criminals. In this spy novel,Jake has to decide just how far he’s willing to risk his own safety in order to protect and help others. It is a series of modern graphic novels that have the look of classic cartoons.
►The Shadow Hero,by Gene Lu en Yang
Can your mom force you to become a superhero? That’s what Hank Chu finds out. A Chinese American teen in 1940, Hank is reluctant to stand up to the gangs(匪徒)in his neighborhood who threaten his family’s grocery store. But as the masked Green Turtle, he may just have the confidence to protect his family and fight back.
►Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets,by J. A. Buckle
Things aren’t exactly panning out for 17-year-old Josh. He wants lo be a heavy metal guitarist. And he and his pals wish they had girlfriends. But regular teenage obstacles like bossy parents and poor self-confidence have been holding him back.
1. Who is the text intended for?A.Teachers. | B.Parents. | C.Teenagers. | D.Vacationers. |
A.Tunnel Vision. | B.The Shadow Hero. |
C.Brown Girl Dreaming. | D.Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets. |
A.Both are set in the 1940s. | B.Both won several awards. |
C.Both will be taught at schools. | D.Both reflect care for the family. |
7 . Years ago, a neighbour kid kicked a football and broke a small
Over the years, I’d sometimes ask some advice from window companies. The plan was to upgrade to energy-efficient windows for the whole house, an
Then my wife had a job
I used some rust remover(除锈剂), sprayed all around the rusted frame, and gave it a
I could have fixed the problem for 12 the
A.roof | B.window | C.door | D.curtain |
A.salary | B.fame | C.passion | D.chance |
A.accessible | B.official | C.expensive | D.energetic |
A.order | B.balance | C.breath | D.reach |
A.Therefore | B.Besides | C.However | D.Instead |
A.replying | B.troubling | C.driving | D.reporting |
A.difficulty | B.confidence | C.joy | D.harm |
A.change | B.interest | C.habit | D.journey |
A.polite | B.weak | C.weird | D.potential |
A.defeated | B.fitted | C.broken | D.cured |
A.lazy | B.strong | C.familiar | D.strange |
A.disappointment | B.embarrassment | C.astonishment | D.encouragement |
A.same | B.different | C.early | D.new |
A.Frequently | B.Actually | C.Consequently | D.Unexpectedly |
A.experiment | B.discussion | C.reaction | D.imagination |
8 . Have you ever thrown a camel? Camels are large and heavy animals, so it would be hard to do so. But in the French-speaking Democratic Republic of the Congo, “to throw a camel” is a way of saying “to make a spelling mistake”. In the past, a phrase like that was not accepted by the French government as an official French term. But recently, the French Ministry of Culture worked on a new kind of dictionary that accepts the idea that many people in other countries and regions speak the language. The language has changed as time goes by and is different in places like Ivory Coast in West Africa or Quebec in Canada, compared to how it is in Paris.
The new online French dictionary includes new French words from around the world. It was released (发布) on March 18—just in time for International Francophonie Day on March 20. After its release, it is updated (更新) on a regular basis. It now contains about 600,000 terms. The French Culture Minister says the dictionary is not just for France’s 67 million citizens, but for the 300 million French speakers worldwide.
Supporters say the new dictionary is more democratic (大众化的) than earlier French dictionaries that only showed the way highly educated French people spoke. Official dictionaries produced by the French Academy in Paris were first published hundreds of years ago and are regularly updated. The online dictionary, however, has a new part you cannot find in a book. If you live in Senegal, for example, you can search the dictionary, and it will give you the meaning of a word based on its use in that country.
“The French no longer have a monopoly (独占) on French,” a French magazine that supports the dictionary wrote recently. “And that is good news”.
1. What do we know about the phrase “to throw a camel”?A.It tells us camels are too large to be thrown. |
B.It can be found in an ancient French dictionary. |
C.It is a phrase still not accepted by the French government. |
D.It can be used when you see someone makes a spelling mistake. |
A.It needs updating regularly. | B.It is mainly for non-French speakers. |
C.It takes in worldwide French usages. | D.It includes few official French terms. |
A.It helps spread standard French. | B.It’ll attract more people to learn French. |
C.It’ll benefit French’s development. | D.It brings 300 million French speakers. |
A.Culture. | B.Opinion. | C.Technology. | D.Lifestyle. |
9 . Have you ever wondered what happens to all of the old objects launched into space, such as rockets and satellites? It’s called space junk, and much of it is still out there now. According to NASA, the definition of space junk is “any man-made object in orbit (轨道) around Earth that no longer serves a useful function”.
One large piece of space junk, a disused rocket, hit the dark side of the moon on March 4. The rocket’s origin is not clear, but scientists know that it was massive – weighing about 3 tons. It must have left a large crater (坑), estimated 10 to 20 meters wide, on the moon’s surface. It won’t be visible right away, but scientists are trying to locate it. “We will find the crater, eventually,” Mark Robinson, lead investigator for NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, told USA TODAY. “Depending on its location, it could take as long as 28 days.”
What’s significant about this space junk crash is that it draws attention to some of the potential dangers of space junk. First, the accumulation of space junk in Earth’s orbit means that satellites and the International Space Station (ISS) are at risk. In 2016, tiny space debris (残骸), smaller than a millimeter, caused a tiny chip in the ISS’ window. Imagine the damage that a larger piece of debris could cause. The European Space Agency website states that objects “up to 1 cm in size could disable an instrument or a critical flight system on a satellite” while objects over 10 cm “could shatter a satellite or spacecraft into pieces”. If this sounds terrifying, that’s because it is. Any collision with larger pieces of debris could be especially dangerous for manned spacecraft.
In addition to potential damage to spacecraft and satellites, space junk also poses a threat to the Earth itself. Crashes can send debris into the atmosphere where it can remain for many decades. Some powerful collisions can even send large debris hurtling (猛冲) toward Earth’s surface where it can affect the local environment. Leftover rocket debris can contain toxic materials that are harmful to plant and animal life. Some people in Siberia have even reported serious health problems after rocket debris landed in their regions in 2012, a local doctor told the BBC.
1. Which of the following can be regarded as space junk?A.An abandoned space station. |
B.A spacecraft orbiting the moon. |
C.A crater on the moon’s surface. |
D.A satellite working in low Earth orbit. |
A.Tracking the rocket. | B.Locating the crater. |
C.Cleaning up the space junk. | D.Finding out the rocket’s origin. |
A.To compare the effects of debris of different sizes. |
B.To prove the space debris problem is getting worse. |
C.To illustrate the potential dangers of space junk. |
D.To explain the necessity of removing space junk. |
A.It’s likely to cause a global environmental crisis. |
B.It can pose a lasting threat if it remains in the atmosphere. |
C.It’s impossible to stop it from entering the atmosphere. |
D.The toxic materials contained in space junk are the biggest threat it poses. |
10 . Empathy, the ability to understand and co-experience the feelings and thoughts of other people, is probably one of the most important skills a person can have.
• Humans are social animals.
There are very few activities that humans take part in that don’t involve others.
• It lets you better understand non-verbal components of communication.
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When you unconsciously perceive what the other party wants and needs and can understand exactly why they want it, reaching a “win-win” solution gets easier. You don’t have to blindly search for a way out.
• It broadens your horizons.
Seeing the world from other people’s perspectives lets you perceive it to a fuller extent. When you are able to look at life from other people’s point of view, you are able to live a more fulfilled life.
A.It makes you better at handling conflicts. |
B.It helps you introduce your ideas to others. |
C.Empathy basically is what makes us human. |
D.Humans always live and work with each other. |
E.So why exactly is empathy so important for us? |
F.Communication is so much more than what words express. |
G.Therefore, the ability to better understand others and read their feelings is an advantage. |