1 . According to the National Federation of the Blind, fewer than l0 percent of the l. 3 million people who are legally blind in the Us are braille readers. But one woman has made a difference in their lives and my son’s life, too.
35 years ago, my son, Jared , was born blind. Fortunately , I learned about her life-changing organization when Jared’s teacher of the visually-impaired( 视力受损) introduced us to seedlings Braille Books for Children. It was founded by Debra Bonde, and although she did not plan to start a nonprofit back in l984, she ended up helping blind children all over the world.
A shy woman, Debra just wanted to find a volunteer job she could do without having to talk to anyone. So , she signed up for a braille transcription(转录) class in the hope of translating books into braille in the basement of her Detroit home.
Debra began transcribing popular children’s books, like “Oh, The Thinks you Can Think” , printing them on a braille printer and selling them for just the cost of the paper.
Word spread among parents and teachers of blind children, and demand grew for more of her books. Friends helped her to form a nonprofit so she could start getting grants(拨款) and donations to help with production costs. She named it seedlings Braille Books for Children because she believes that if you give a child a book, the love for reading will grow. That first year, she printed 22l books. Seedlings has produced and distributed more than 600 ,000 books across the world so far. They give half of their books away for free. The other half are sold for an average price of only 10 dollars each, about half the cost of producing them.
As a mother, I appreciated that seedlings provided “ typical ” experiences for Jared in school. Seedlings supplied braille books to the libraries of the school Jared attended so he could check out books just like his sighted classmates. Since books from seedlings were affordable, it was possible to have a home library. Without the childhood skills seedlings provided to Jared, he would not have a job as a software engineer now.
1. How did the author get to know the organization seedlings Braille Books for Children?A.From Jared’ s teacher. |
B.From the library. |
C.From her friend. |
D.From other parents. |
A.To make a living. | B.To read more braille books. |
C.To do volunteer work alone. | D.To start anon-profit organization. |
A.Talented and social. | B.shy and generous. |
C.Helpful and brave. | D.Mild and neat. |
A. The author lived an easy and rich life. |
B.Jared got along well with all his classmates. |
C.The author attached importance to her son’s reading. |
D.Jared will spread the skills he learned during his childhood. |
要点:
1. 想得到这份工作,自我形象介绍;
2. 你的能力:会说流利的英语,擅长运动,如游泳、篮球等;
3. 你的经历:2014 年在一所中学教体育。
Dear Mr. Wang,
I read in a newspaper that you want to find a coach (教练) for your school.
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Yours,
Li Ming
A: Look! There’s a photo competition in the newspaper.
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A: Well, you have to take a nice animal photo.
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A: No, it must be an animal that doesn’t live with you.
H: I see.
A: Good idea! There are lots of birds and wild ducks there.
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A: No, I don’t. What about you?
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A: Oh! Let’s go to ask Mr. Lee for help.
A. Mine’s broken.
B. I agree with you.
C. Sounds interesting!
D. I don’t like animals.
E. Do you have a camera?
F. Let’s have a look by the lake.
G. I have many photos of my cats!
4 . English people don’t care about what they eat, but they care about the place where they eat.
A.So the good restaurants are quiet. |
B.A good restaurant is usually big and clean. |
C.The poor go to small ones or fast-food restaurants. |
D.In summer, English people like eating outside. |
E.Rich families usually have a nice dinning room. |
F.There are a lot of foreign rest. |
G.In winter, people in England like to stay at home enjoying delicious food. |
5 . Wang Xiaojun is twelve years old. He lives in the country in Hunan. Today is his birthday. His parents prepare a nice dinner for him, but the boy says, “I won’t have the dinner, today is over, and my parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go.”
Wang Xiaojun has the birthday with his parents for the first time in the past three years. Three years ago, his parents went to Shenzhen to work. They stayed and worked there for three years. Tomorrow they have to go back to Shenzhen. Wang is not the only stay-at-home child. In the country of China, there are many children staying at home without their parents. Stay-at -home children have a lot of problems. Most of them stay with their grandparents. Some of them don’t study well because their parents can’t help them with their study. The Chinese government (政府) now is trying to solve their problems.
1. When was Wang Xiaojun born?A.In 2010. | B.In 2011. | C.In 2012. | D.In 2013. |
A.there isn’t a birthday cake | B.the food isn’t delicious |
C.his parents are going to Shenzhen tomorrow | D.he doesn’t like the dinner |
A.爱家儿童 | B.顽皮儿童 | C.留守儿童 | D.离家儿童 |
A.don’t study well | B.don’t like to stay with parents |
C.don’t love their parents | D.don’t have dinner with their parents |
A.There are a lot of children like Wang Xiaojun in China. |
B.The Chinese government is trying to solve these problems. |
C.Wang Xiaojun’s parents go to Shenzhen to make money. |
D.Stay-at-home children don’t have any problems. |
6 . I often cycle (骑自行车) around Australia and plan to cycle the Nullarbor to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis (MS, 多发性硬化症). I have MS myself, but cycling is a pain-free activity for me. I feel quite relaxed after cycling. But a not-so-kind person stole all of my bikes when I was travelling.
Since this happened, the human kindness I have been shown makes me feel very surprised. A kind lady bought a mountain bike for me to continue riding. A gentleman donated (捐赠) another bike to me to continue training on roads. It was almost impossible to find a bike in my size, because the bike I had before was very short. And it required an extra-small frame (框架). I was quite lucky. My hometown got behind me to raise some money. With this money, I have bought a bike that is just the right size for me.
So far people have offered me places to stay, welcomed me into their warm homes. They made sure I have enough water when riding so long. They also put money in my hands in the street to help me reach my goal. The stolen bikes turned into an interview with ABC Radio and papers in Tasmania.
My point is that there are so many good and kind-hearted people out there. My experience is that people are mainly kind and beautiful. I could never doubt (怀疑) the fact that the world holds more good and kind people than unkind people. That, in itself, is hope! I’m happy that I will cycle on the road again soon, and do my best to give back kindness.
1. The passage is probably a ________.A.travelling note | B.volunteer poster | C.fiction | D.science survey |
A.Many people followed him. | B.A gentleman caught up with him. |
C.His hometown supported him. | D.Other friends fell behind him. |
a. Some kind people bought bikes for him.
b. He’ll try to give back kindness.
c. All of his bikes were stolen.
d. Radio and papers interviewed him.
e. Some people served him well.
A.b-d-a-c-e | B.c-d-a-e-b | C.a-e-d-b-c | D.c-a-e-d-b |
A.To encourage us to be born with kindness. |
B.To tell us how to take care of our things during the trip. |
C.To show us kind people are more than unkind people in the world. |
D.To teach us to be happy. |
A.relaxed-happy-sad-excited | B.relaxed-surprised-lucky-happy |
C.thirsty-nervous-excited-afraid | D.surprised-sorry-excited-upset |
7 . Here are some interesting places for you to enjoy yourself while you are staying in Beijing.
Here is the timetable of science activities in the Children’s Palace
Timetable | ||
Monday (4 weeks) 19:00 — 21:30 Space and Man Dr. Thomas West. Would you like to know more about the outer space? | Tuesday (5 weeks) 18:30—20:30 Photography Mr. Brown from Italy. Learn to take good pictures, please bring your own camera. | Wednesday ( 12 weeks) 18:30 — 21:00 Computer Science Prof. Harry Morison from Oxford University. Learn how to use Windows 2000. |
Thursday (4 weeks) 19:00 — 21:00 Modern Medicine Prof Lucy Green. Would you like to know medical advances? | Saturday ( 16 weeks) 14:00 — 17:00 Technical English Prof. Rose Beet. Do you want to learn the technical words and articles? | Sunday (2 weeks) 8:30 — 11:30 Exhibition of Personal Inventions You can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions. |
A.China | B.Italy | C.America | D.England |
A.4 weeks | B.16 weeks | C.5 weeks | D.12 weeks |
A.Sunday | B.Saturday | C.Thursday | D.Wednesday |
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—It ________ by my sister.
A.makes | B.made | C.was made | D.will be made |
A.better | B.best | C.beautifully | D.most beautiful |