1 . Born in Balmain, New South Wales in 1937, Dawn Fraser is the youngest of eight children from a working-class family. In 1952, her great swimming ability was noticed by coach Harry Gallagher, who took over her training and set the 1956 Olympics as their goal.
In 1955 Dawn won her first Australian title in the 220 yards freestyle and. during that summer season, went on to rewrite the record books: setting new Australian records in all freestyle events up to 880 yards. At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics she became an Australian national hero and world swimming star, winning the 100 metres freestyle gold medal in world record time as well as taking gold in the 100 metres freestyle relay and silver in the 400 metres freestyle.
Dawn won two more gold medals at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, and another gold at the Rome Olympics in 1960 for the 100 metres freestyle. By this time she had become a legend of the first rank in Australian sport. Back then, as today, she remained untouched by her achievements.
After winning four gold medals at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth. Dawn finished her international swimming career at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, silencing her critics by winning a gold medal in the 100 metres freestyle at the age of 27. This took her Olympic medal count to four gold medals and four silver medals. She has continued to give back to her sport and other sports by being a mentor(良师) for Abled and Disabled Australian Olympic Teams since 1988.
Twenty years later Dawn returned to public life. She has since kept an active role in the sporting and wider community as patron(代言人) of the Cerebral Palsy Sports Association, the Wheelchair Sports Association of Victoria and of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. She is also a member of the NSW Sports Advisory Board and is a director of the Wests Tigers Football Club, Balmain Leagues Club and Balmain Football Club.
1. What happened when Dawn was 18?| A．She broke records in different events. |
| B．She drew Harry Gallagher’s attention. |
| C．She found a new way of training. |
| D．She became a national hero. |
| A．After she finished her international swimming career in 1964 |
| B．After she won gold at the Rome Olympics in 1960. |
| C．At the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth. |
| D．At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. |
| A．She has been working in the sporting business. |
| B．She has set up organisations to help athletes. |
| C．She has started to train young athletes. |
| D．She has been busy with her family life. |
| A．By showing opinions. | B．By giving instructions. |
| C．By following time order. | D．By providing research results. |
2 . The first year of Beth Walker's quest for a zero-waste lifestyle, the rubbish in her life wouldn't have filled a wastepaper basket. But now she's stopped keeping track.
Her journey began after a talk by eco-group The Rubbish Trip in 2017. Like most people, she thought recycling was enough to save the planet from drowning in plastic.
But the reality is that most packaging isn't accepted by recycling companies and the plastic in our oceans is still snowing.
Nowadays, Beth's belief is to refuse, repair, and reuse. She refuses to buy anything that comes in a packet. Local bakeries and butcheries, she found, would happily provide food in her own container.
Then she moved to Wellington, and things got a bit harder. Many bulk (散装) food stores were only open during work hours, and she gratefully turned to the regional shopping guides put out by The Rubbish Trip.
She took every chance to show off her "take everywhere bag " , which contains a cloth for hand drying and cleaning，a keep cup, and a container.
Most importantly, she says, it's a privilege (荣耀) to make these choices. But she's cautious not to push her ideas down people's throats. "It's what's sustainable for you personally," she said.
Most rewarding was seeing the effect on those around her. Her dad proudly told anyone who would listen how his daughter was going waste-free. Her flat mates also agreed to go waste-free when cooking for the flat and to remote the bin from the kitchen. And every plastic container they brought into the house was another for Beth's collection.
1. What made Beth choose a zero-waste lifestyle?| A．A speech she listened to. | B．Other students' influence. |
| C．The products of poor quality. | D．The lack of recycling factories. |
| A．Reusing a paper bag. | B．Relying on recycling companies. |
| C．Repairing a broken tool. | D．Refusing objects in a packet. |
| A．To influence others. | B．To show her kindness. |
| C．To prove her wealth. | D．To highlight her privilege. |
| A．Mixed. | B．Unconcerned. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Unclear. |
3 . Yesterday, my daughter had to go to work earlier than usual. Since the gym where I work out is not far from her
At quite an earlier hour, the gym was
If you’re one of them, you need to overcome (克服) your
It is the same in every other area of life. Everything becomes easier if you have great motivation.
1.| A．house | B．garage | C．office | D．yard |
| A．already | B．still | C．even | D．just |
| A．usually | B．sometimes | C．only | D．seldom |
| A．happy | B．surprised | C．excited | D．satisfied |
| A．hospital | B．bed | C．work | D．school |
| A．shape | B．protect | C．check | D．change |
| A．and | B．but | C．then | D．thus |
| A．actually | B．simply | C．especially | D．generally |
| A．need | B．have | C．prefer | D．expect |
| A．day | B．plan | C．trip | D．business |
| A．worried | B．bored | C．anxious | D．tired |
| A．quietness | B．loneliness | C．darkness | D．laziness |
| A．practice | B．keep | C．forget | D．consider |
| A．take | B．survive | C．get | D．like |
| A．improves | B．happens | C．finishes | D．exists |
4 . Do You Have a Positive Attitude?
Who would you rather hang around with? Someone who always acts in low spirits? Or someone who manages to see the good around him，even when things aren't always going great?
Having a positive attitude can help you in many ways.
But how can you have a positive attitude when life is hard? It's more than just turning life's lemons into lemonade.
A positive attitude doesn't mean ignoring life's troubles. It just means looking for the good in things, rather than being a pessimist and concentrating on the bad in things. Sometimes your attitude can make all the difference.
Identify (识别) those areas of your life that might not be going so well.
| A．The answer is to have a positive attitude. |
| B．Having a positive attitude can take some hard work. |
| C．They are likely to make you have negative thoughts. |
| D．Having a positive attitude can also reduce your stress level. |
| E．If you have a positive attitude, you're more fun to be around. |
| F．When you feel better physically, you naturally feel better mentally. |
| G．It's no surprise that people enjoy being around positive people rather than negative people. |
5 . Standing at the finish line, 70-year-old Bob Long spent a while reflecting on the achievement he’d just made. Behind him was the wild, endless Mongolian grassland extending into the distance. This American had just become the oldest person ever to complete and win the Mongol Derby, the world’s longest horse race.
Long, a rider all his life, entered the race after being inspired by All the Wild Horses, a movie based on the grueling event.
Fearing that he wouldn’t be able to complete it, he set about preparing his mind and body for this “hardest, toughest, most demanding thing you can do on a horse”, an annual 1,000-kilometer race that was recognized as the world’s longest horse race by The Guinness Book of Records in 2011.
Although Long had been riding horses for many years, the hardship and uncertainty of the task pushed him to his limit and forced him to depend entirely on his own will. The race organizers had provided an extensive support network to keep an eye on the participants from afar. Despite that, the physical strain of riding such a long distance made simple things like squatting (蹲) down at the end of the day almost impossible.
Along the vast race course there were unpredictable circumstances beyond Long’s control, however well prepared he’d been. Weather was one of them, which could switch from heavy rain to burning sun unexpectedly.
Above all else, the biggest obstacle was the state of mind. Without a living soul in sight, Long was desperate for interaction, guidance, and comfort. This feeling of loneliness accounted for his hope that one of his fellow competitors would catch up.
Regardless of the hardship, Long felt a sort of spiritual adventure while traveling through the wilderness. He was provided with some memorable moments while connecting with nature. Still holding the passion for riding, Long never dismisses the idea of competing in another Mongol Derby.
1. What distinguished Bob Long from other competitors in the Mongol Derby?| A．He rode the whole race course alone. |
| B．He was the oldest participant of the horse race. |
| C．He was most likely to enter the competition again. |
| D．He was made into The Guinness Book of Records in 2011. |
| A．Pains-taking but senseless. | B．Comfortable and pleasant. |
| C．Difficult and exhausting. | D．Romantic but time-consuming. |
| A．The changeable weather. |
| B．The mental state in the course. |
| C．The difficulty in finding the right route. |
| D．The physical strain of riding a long distance. |
| A．An introduction to the Mongol Derby. |
| B．A review of a film based on the longest horse race. |
| C．The contributions Bob Long made to the horse race. |
| D．The experience of the Mongol Derby’s oldest winner. |
In most countries, turning 18
Bethany, 16, comes from Victoria, Australia. She won’t have the right to vote in the next general
Lin Ning, 19, is from Shanghai, China. At 18, although he could do things like
Morgan, 20, is from Florida, the US. He thought once he turned 18 and got
7 . Can you imagine what 680,000 tons of food look like? That’s the amount of food wasted in Britain each year, and at the top of the list of wasted food is bread. In the British diet, bread appears in every meal. It is eaten for breakfast, used for sandwiches for lunch and put in soups at dinner. Almost everyone in Britain buys bread.
Bread is so important to the British that they use the word “bread” to mean “money” and the word “loaf” to mean “head”. So let’s use our “loaves” to understand why so much “bread” is wasted!
Even though bread is still sold in such a popular way and in such a large amount, that doesn’t mean it’s made full use of. It seems people are simply buying much more than they need, so they throw away the bread that they don’t need.
Baker Chris Young explains that the British aren’t valuing their bread because bread is no longer respected. “None of the bread that is thrown away is ‘real’ bread—homemade or carefully-made bread, but is bought from the bread shop.”
Another baker Mark Boyle agrees. “If you make something by yourself, you don’t want to waste it because you know how much energy you’ve put into it. But although home baking is a nice idea, for many it’s out of their ability because they have to work such long hours every day that they don’t have time to make bread by themselves at home. So they simply buy bread and just bring it home to eat.”
Perhaps the British should try to bake bread by themselves, which can probably make their dustbins lighter.
1. What can we infer from the passage?| A．Bread plays an important part in British diet. | B．Different British people like different foods. |
| C．Bread will become less popular in Britain. | D．Bread is the favorite food for the British. |
| A．wants his workers to eat healthily | B．advises his workers to buy more bread |
| C．asks his workers to work more cleverly | D．promises to give his workers more money |
| A．they are tired of eating bread | B．they are too rich to value bread |
| C．they don’t like the taste of bread | D．they don’t put any energy into making bread |
| A．they are very busy | B．they don’t earn much money |
| C．they become lazier than before | D．they don’t know how to bake bread |
Peter had been saving money for a very long time. He was struggling so much that all he wished was to go abroad and make more money. So when he reached the required amount he needed for the expenses, he travelled to a foreign country to make a good living.
Upon getting there, Peter worked very hard and finally built his own business. After years of hard work, he became a millionaire. He called his family and informed them that they would not have to worry about money any more for he would be sending them enough and everyone would be happy.
He couldn’t have been proven more wrong!
Five years later, as the business grew, Peter had no time to stay at home and was always busy running his business and attending meetings.
He missed his family. He hadn’t seen them in four years. Every year he promised himself that he would go and visit them but that promise was broken at every attempt to accomplish it for one business reason or another. But his family were understanding and never complained. Peter had thought that money would make his life good but now that he had more money than he ever imagined, he was not happy. He was tired of trying to pretend that he was happy with his projects and work.
Sometimes he wanted to leave the country and the business and go back to his old life, but the thought of not being able to survive if he left his business stopped him.
When he met his family a few years later, it was only for a few days. His family wanted him to stay longer but he didn’t. At the same time, he was given the most difficult and challenging task during his career whose completion would not only improve his image but also result in him earning millions of dollars. This work kept him quite engaged that he gave his mind wholly to the task. His hard work resulted in great profit and he was more successful than ever before.
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To celebrate his success, he threw a big party.
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He finally knew that money couldn’t give him happiness but the support of his loved ones would.
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