The other day, I was driving home, a little upset because I hated working at the weekend. On the way, I decided to buy some vegetables in the nearby greengrocer’s. Since there was still thin ice on the road, I took a glance at the back mirror to make sure no people or vehicles came close, and slowly turned the wheel to the right. Then out of my expectation, my car knocked into an electric bike, giving out a loud noise of metal clash. I came back to myself and saw out of the window screen a teenager lean on one side of the bike, one foot off the ground.
All of a sudden, a familiar scene flashed across my mind.
When I was in high school, I had fun riding my bike along the country road on extremely hot and boring afternoons during summer holidays. Sometimes I carried my little brother to the only grocery store in the neighborhood where we could buy our favorite ice cream.
Once we had an argument about what to buy. Seeing him leave the store in a temper, I jumped on the bike and tried to talk him into going back. Suddenly, he gave me a push and I was pushed towards the middle of the road when a motorbike came in my face. I fell on the ground before I could see anything clearly. Luckily, I didn’t get hurt but still couldn’t rise to my feet. The motorist, a middle-aged man, ignoring his torn jeans, hurried to check on me, "Are you okay? Your leg? Your foot?"
"I am all right, but..."I stared at him, terrified because I was sure he would ask for "big" sum of money for compensation (赔偿). Instead, he just let me go despite his wife’s protests. Guilty as I was, I was happy that I was spared. I was really grateful to the man for pardoning a silly kid who had made such a big mistake by mistake.
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Now this boy was in the same situation I was in.
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2.建议锻炼身体。
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Recently, a cleaner named Chen Liyan has made the headlines for her honesty. Early last Tuesday morning, Chen was sweeping the floor at Taiyuan Railway Station when
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Wang thanked Chen repeatedly and made an
Fortunately, Mr. Ma,
Money is important, but money definitely isn’t everything, which
4 . A homeowner is puzzled by two dolls moving into his mailbox one day. Don Powell said the two dolls
He asked his neighbors if anyone else had
His first thought was to
But this was just the
By Christmas time, Shelley and Mary
“I’m kind of enjoying the mystery,” he said. “I look forward to
A.grew | B.married | C.arrived | D.quarreled |
A.book | B.note | C.order | D.request |
A.found | B.lent | C.kept | D.made |
A.strange | B.proper | C.close | D.similar |
A.sign up | B.move in | C.carry on | D.come along |
A.throw | B.warn | C.force | D.drive |
A.absolutely | B.actually | C.obviously | D.suddenly |
A.top | B.side | C.back | D.outside |
A.attempt | B.beginning | C.excuse | D.joke |
A.furniture | B.adventure | C.fortune | D.wealth |
A.bought | B.created | C.received | D.expected |
A.admit | B.promise | C.refuse | D.declare |
A.blamed | B.considered | C.knew | D.feared |
A.new | B.valuable | C.unique | D.terrible |
A.getting | B.writing | C.sending | D.delivering |
5 . There Are 4 Types of Anger: Which One Is Yours?
You’re passive-aggressive (被动攻击型)
You make mountains out of molehills (小题大做)
You find the fault in every situation, and regard each conversation as an argument you have to win. Maybe you were made to look or feel inferior(卑微的) growing up. To pay off, you become more aggressive. Instead of feeling like a victim, you learn to be the "rejecter".
Your fuse (保险丝) is short and you burst into anger
When you lose the ability to control a situation, it may set off aggression, violent behavior or explosive outbursts that are not necessary to the situation.
When it comes to your religious, political or other beliefs—yours are right, the others are wrong; yours are good, the others are bad. So when others go against your beliefs, you're on the offensive because your beliefs are correct, and therefore your anger is reasonable. Even if your intentions are good, anger gets you in trouble when you allow it get out of control.
A.Your morals fuel your anger |
B.Anger itself is not a bad emotion |
C.You give an enthusiastic "sure, no problem!" |
D.It's how you use your anger that makes it good or bad |
E.And you feel you have the right to do whatever you want |
F.You put down or reject others first before it can be done to you |
G.Getting stuck in traffic, for example, may lead you to yell at other drivers |
6 . American Jason Stark’s two young sons talked excitedly for months about seeing the The Super Mario Bros. Movie. When the film opened this month, Star k decided to make a special event of taking his boys to the show.
Star k took a day off from work and drove his boys, ages 9 and 6, about a half-hour from their Connecticut home. They went to watch the movie at an AMC theater with a large special screen called an IMAX.
“We got lunch, we went to the movies and had a fun day together,” said Stark. “They loved it. They were amazed by how big (the screen) was.”
Filmmakers and theater business leaders say movie watchers are seeking such new, interesting experiences. American and Canadian ticket sales of traditional movies this year are 16 percent below 2019. However, people have attended movies in large numbers for films and showings that use special effects, including Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water.
Theaters are employing technology to create improved experiences. Changes include larger screens, special sound systems, seats that move in connect ion with action in a film and other environmental effects.
Market researcher Comscore visualizes these special shows will make up 16.7 percent of U. S. movie ticket sales. The company says that number was 9.2 percent in 2019.
Theater companies continue to build large, special viewing screens known as premium format (高级格式). The total number of premium format screens in North America reached 1,940 in 2022, says Omdia, another research company. It says the new number represents an increase of 4.4 percent over the year before.
The average ticket price to see a movie in the U. S. is around $11. Premium screenings usually cost five to seven dollars more.
B&B Theatres operates 531 screens in 14 states and offers large format screens as well as heated chairs that can be raised and lowered, immersive (亲临其境) audio and seats timed to move with a movie’s action.
1. What impressed Star k and his two sons most about the movie?A.Its large screen. | B.Its moving story. |
C.Its famous actors. | D.Its excited audience. |
A.They are out of date. | B.They will disappear in the future. |
C.They are less popular now. | D.People no longer like to see them. |
A.Warns. | B.Expects. | C.Doubts. | D.Announces. |
A.They are costly and difficult to build. | B.They have lost their traditional style. |
C.They only attract the young to watch. | D.They cost more for people to enjoy. |
7 . Scientists have discovered fossils that might have belonged to the heaviest animal in Earth’s history. The blue whale holds the current record as the largest creature to live on Earth. But a collection of bones found in Peru might break that record.
Mario Urbina discovered the bones in 2012. He is with the University of San Marcos’ Natural History Museum in Lima. An international team spent years digging them out from the side of a rocky hill in the Ica desert. The large fossils date back to around 39 million years ago.
After the digging operation, the researchers used 3D scanners to study the surface of the bones and also looked inside. The researchers used the huge but incomplete skeleton to estimate the whale’s size and weight.
The team estimates the ancient creature weighed somewhere between 85 and 340 metric tons. The biggest blue whales found have been within that range, at about 180 metric tons. This means the newly discovered whale was possibly the heaviest animal ever. Bu it was most likely not the longest animal ever.
The research team said one reason the animal weighs more is because its bones are much denser and heavier than a blue whale’s bones. Those super-dense bones suggest the whale may have spent its time in less deep, coastal waters, the scientists said. Other animals that stay close to the coast have heavy bones to help them stay close to the seafloor.
Amson, from the State Museum of Natural History in Germany, said that without the skull, it is hard to know what the whale was eating to support such a huge body. It is possible that the large creature sought food along the seafloor, the researchers said. Or it could have eaten up tons of smaller sea life in the ocean.
1. What did the researchers want to know by using 3D technology?A.How big and heavy the whale was. | B.What environment the whale faced. |
C.What caused the whale to die. | D.How long the whale lived. |
A.The strength it had. | B.The area where it lived. |
C.The way it hunted for food. | D.The speed it swam in the sea. |
A.The way it moved in the sea. | B.The miss of its head bones. |
C.The large amount of food it ate. | D.The threat it brought to other sea life. |
A.Ancestor of Blue Whales Was Discovered |
B.Huge Ancient Whale Bones Shock Researchers |
C.Mysterious Giant Ancient Whales Puzzle Scientists |
D.Ancient Whale May Be Heaviest Animal Ever Found |
8 . On January 12, three EF-3 tornadoes came through the city of Griffin, Georgia, where I live. One of the tornadoes passed directly over my house. The rumbling (隆隆声) was strong as the winds pushed against the house. Trees were uprooted, and broken pieces flew through the air. Rain and hail fell in sheets.
Students had to shelter in place. The students gathered together for hours, according to Nicole Dowling, a math teacher at Kennedy Road Middle School. “We all waited for safe passage,” she said. “There were downed trees blocking each direction on Kennedy Road.”
Most students got home safely by 11 p. m., but about two dozen had to remain until the early hours of January 13.
“I’ll never forget the sound,” Dowling said. She heard loud noises as she waited with other teachers in a classroom. “All at once,” she added, “we were under desks for cover. We were all one, listening attentively, until we sensed the storm moving away.”
Mariyah Dallas, a sixth grader, said that she and her family were frightened. “It was very scary because the power was out for more than a day,” she said. “We had to move a lot of trees out of the yard.”
The tornadoes damaged nearly 2,000 buildings in Griffin. Dowling described the result. “Massive trees were broken in half and thrown about,” she said. “Electrical wire were hanging like loose noodles. Ruins lay everywhere.”
Power was knocked out in the city, which has a population of more than 23,000. When I looked into the damage, I saw that a gas station overhang had fallen down, destroying a car under it. The roof of the Hobby Lobby near the shopping center had fallen down.
A study from 2019 suggests that climate change may be a contributing factor to the shift of Tornado Alley, causing it to move eastward. As a result, heavily-populated areas east of the Mississippi River are experiencing more tornadoes than they have in the past.
1. What happened to the students according to the math teacher?A.They ran away from school. | B.They were trapped in a disaster. |
C.They found no places to shelter. | D.They were injured in the tornado. |
A.Its sight. | B.Its speed. | C.Its power. | D.Its noises. |
A.It broke down half way. | B.It ran out of gas on the way. |
C.It was covered by falling ruins. | D.It was destroyed by falling trees. |
A.It changes their areas. | B.It changes their moving speed. |
C.It increases their force to destroy. | D.It increases times to take place. |
9 . A Day Out at the City Farm
Come and join us for a day of fun! Get in touch with nature and learn about the importance of growing our own food. Bring back your own mini garden to start your urban farming journey!
Date:28 May 2024 (Sunday) Time: 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Venue: City Farm
GUIDED TOUR 9 a. m. or 3 p. m.
Free registration (registration ends 5 minutes before tour starts)
Our friendly guide will share interesting facts about some common local plants and their uses. You will have an opportunity to touch, smell and taste some of the vegetables and fruits. Our guide will also highlight some farming methods that are environmentally friendly.
WORKSHOPS
My Miniature Garden 10 a. m. and 1 p. m.
Tickets (payment at site): Children $15 per person
Adult $25 per person
Learn to make an easy herb or vegetable garden in a recycled box. Bring it home and be excited as you watch your plants come up. Cook a meal after harvesting them.
How To Make A Seed Ball 11 a. m. and 2 p. m.
Free entry (first come, first served)
Each seed ball is made by wrapping seeds with compost (堆肥) and clay, which provide nutrients for seeds to grow and act as a carrier to spread the seeds. They also prevent the seeds from being eaten by birds and animals. Our seed balls are wrapped in craft paper and make great gifts for your family and friends.
1. What can visitors do while visiting GUIDED TOUR?A.Have a treat. | B.Grow green plants. |
C.Watch plants come up. | D.Buy vegetables and fruits. |
A.$ 40. | B.$ 55. | C.$ 65. | D.$ 80. |
A.It provides food for birds. | B.It improves the environment. |
C.It protects seeds in it. | D.It produces nutrients by itself. |
10 . Getting the best deal
Bargaining is a difficult process. The buyer wants to purchase a product at its minimum price while the seller wants to maximize the potential for profit.
First, buyers should assume that the price tag represents the starting point of negotiations, not the final word on the matter. Buyers should begin by asking the salesperson whether any sales or discounts will soon be advertised.
Second, buyers need to find out whether the seller has lowered prices in the past and, if SO, by how much.
Finally, buyers must be patient
A.Even if customers really want the item |
B.If customers do not request a special deal |
C.Looking for bargains takes time and energy |
D.It can be worthwhile to wait under these circumstances |
E.The desires of the buyer and the seller oppose each other |
F.Buyers must be prepared to walk away from an item when bargaining |
G.If the buyer learns that the seller has offered discounts to other customers |