| A．14. | B．16. | C．17. |
Avoiding people in a small town requires the skills of a spy. So Brad Ryan moved like a ghost, taking precautions to stay far away from the woman who he thought had broken his heart. He had not seen or spoken to Grandma Joy for six years.
One day, he received a call from his mom, saying his elder sister had announced her engagement and a wedding date had been set for a Duncan Falls church. Brad’s heart sank. because Grandma Joy would be there. But he loved his sister, and there was no way he’d miss the wedding.
Despite Joy Ryan’s first name, there were lots of sufferings and regrets instead of joy in her life, She grew up in a home with no electricity, running water or plumbing. She attended a one-room schoolhouse, And she suffered the loss of two sons. She was a widow (寡妇)for 14 years, She lived a small life that stopped at the edge of the county line. And she’d never had the chance to see what she called the great outdoors other than a trip ta see relatives in Louisiana.
“My earliest memory of her is when I was 3.” said Brad. “We’d walk to Blue Rock State Park, which is close in her house She’d help me lift rocks in the creek (小溪)to find crawfish. We’d hold them in our hands and talk about how beautiful it was being in nature. No one in my family thought like that.”
However. as Brad entered adolescence, he was growing emotionally distant from his family. with occasional quarrels. One day. a violent conflict broke out between Brad and his father. Brad turned to his grandma, hoping for help or just a kind word. But he got neither. He found Grandma Joy is in his father’s side. “That was the end of my relationship with Grandma Joy.” he said
At the wedding venue, on seeing Grandma Joy. thin and gaunt (憔悴的). Brad found himself thinking a lot about her and the happy time they spent together. It puzzled him why that memory in particular stayed with him. Now grandma. 78, walked unsteadily into the Duncan Falls church.
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Brad hesitantly walked over to her.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________After that day, Brad decided not to leave any regrets in his grandma’s life.
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One day, Joe’s metal detector
But what he found was worth far more than a few cents! He
First, he made a(n)
A couple of weeks passed, and Joe wondered if he’d ever get the ring returned home. Ultimately, he was
For Joe, though, it might be that the act of returning the treasures” to those who lost them brings him as much
| A．searching | B．camping | C．testing | D．wandering |
| A．declared | B．signaled | C．displayed | D．surveyed |
| A．stuck | B．occupied | C．swept | D．deserted |
| A．bring up | B．take over | C．set aside | D．come upon |
| A．unwrapped | B．uncovered | C．unfolded | D．unloaded |
| A．find | B．present | C．reminder | D．sample |
| A．purchase | B．decorate | C．assess | D．repair |
| A．comfort | B．satisfy | C．assist | D．locate |
| A．post | B．initiative | C．promotion | D．claim |
| A．design | B．report | C．drawing | D．description |
| A．tirelessly | B．decisively | C．innocently | D．cautiously |
| A．accused | B．recognized | C．thanked | D．contacted |
| A．confirming | B．suspecting | C．considering | D．recalling |
| A．somewhat | B．barely | C．pretty | D．merely |
| A．wealth | B．joy | C．health | D．gratitude |
1. How did Alan get his first car?
| A．He bought it himself. |
| B．His parents gave it to him. |
| C．It was a prize from a competition. |
| A．A teacher. | B．A salesgirl. | C．A law firm clerk. |
| A．In primary school. | B．In high school. | C．In college. |
1. What did Shade Ajayi do as a child?
| A．She made purses and bags. |
| B．She worked at a shop. |
| C．She studied at home. |
| A．Shade Ajayi’s teacher. |
| B．Shade Ajayi’s classmate. |
| C．Shade Ajayi’s customer. |
| A．Wanting to get a college degree. |
| B．Expecting to set a good example. |
| C．Hoping to operate her business better. |
6 . Newspapers are losing the battle against smartphones as the preferred place to learn the news, but one woman has found a way to bridge the divide and bring the print to the people.
Kelsey Russell makes TikToks in which she goes through a single article and explains the context along the way. “I got a subscription to the Sunday New York Times physical copy,” she said in one video. At first, she didn’t like reading from a small cellphone screen, and it was her doctor who brought her to print newspapers after suggesting she address her anxiety by going back to activities she enjoyed as a kid. “When I was little, I would read the newspaper with my parents,” she said. “So I said, ‘Let me just go back to what made me happy as a child.’”
“When I read the news on print, I actually had time to process what was going on.” Russell approaches her videos as a learning experience. She tries to read at least one newspaper a day. However, a part of Russell feared the bad news, and she said what she read often felt like depressing and disheartening. That experience isn’t unique; a recent report found many people actively choosing to avoid news because they consider news boring and despairing.
Despite the struggles, Russell’s unique approach has appealed to a wide audience, lifting her fame and influencing. She has almost 90,000 followers on TikTok and more than 5.3 million likes on her videos.
Still, Russell said she wasn’t seeking to revive (复兴) the print newspaper industry(a survey found that only 5% of adults preferred print publications) and she instead encouraged people to get their news from wherever they can. Her priority is simply that the news sources are credible. “Media literacy (素养) is bigger than just reading on print,” she said. “It’s also a great way for humans to think critically about the whole entire world.”
1. Why did Russell start reading newspaper in TikToks?| A．To manage her stress. | B．To recall her childhood. |
| C．To digest current events. | D．To promote physical reading. |
| A．Managing audience engagement. |
| B．Addressing negative view of Tiktok. |
| C．Overcoming personal anxieties about news. |
| D．Approaching audience’s learning difficulties. |
| A．Attracting media’s attention. |
| B．Encouraging creative thinking. |
| C．Reviving the print newspaper industry. |
| D．Ensuring the reliability of news sources. |
| A．Print News Meets TikTok | B．News Revolution in TikTok |
| C．The Rise of Media Engagement | D．Improving Digital Media Literacy |
I was never a fast runner and thus I always didn’t like running. Throughout my childhood, whenever we competed in the 50-meter run, the 400-meter, or any other type of race, I would always end up with the last one among all the athletes. Therefore, twenty years later, when I entered into my first official running race—a 3,000-meter challenge in my city—at age 38, I certainly didn’t expect to win or earn any prize.
I learned about the race from my friend Jim. He told me that the race was aimed at raising money for the unfortunate patients in a hospital and encouraging the patients and their families to be brave. Since it was a heartwarming program, I showed up, paid the entrance fee and moved over to the starting line. Before long, someone spoke into a microphone. “Anyone weighing over 200 pounds comes down to the scale (秤), please.” Knowing I was over 200 pounds, I walked down to the scale: A man told me to stand on it. “Two hundred and three pounds,” he said. Then he wrote down the race number and pinned (把……别在) it on my back. Out of curiosity, I asked him why he did so, and then I was told there would be an award ceremony (仪式) after the race. One award was for the first finisher in the over 200-pound group, and this special award would be announced at the end of the ceremony.
Then started the race. Not realizing there were only two runners weighing over 200 pounds, I gathered all my strength to run in my burning heat. Although other runners gradually passed me along the way, I kept moving forward as fast as I could and struggled to make it to the finish line. Despite the tiredness, I was satisfied, for I could try my best to help those in need by running. Shortly after the race, the award ceremony began and several awards were presented.
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8 . The summer after my freshman year college, I had to get my first job. This was probably one of the
At first, it was very hard. I filled out dozens of
However, halfway through the third week, I finally got a call back from one of the places I
When I started, it was very clear that I was not
After working a while, I got better at orders, and always
| A．funniest | B．worst | C．hardest | D．lightest |
| A．energy | B．motivation | C．wisdom | D．ambition |
| A．questionnaires | B．surveys | C．certifications | D．applications |
| A．exactly | B．absolutely | C．partly | D．doubtfully |
| A．explain | B．claim | C．interpret | D．offer |
| A．signed up | B．applied to | C．checked in | D．headed for |
| A．interview | B．graduation | C．arrangement | D．performance |
| A．surprised | B．disappointed | C．excited | D．worried |
| A．skilled | B．frightened | C．patient | D．satisfied |
| A．avoided | B．abandoned | C．postponed | D．forgot |
| A．spend | B．last | C．continue | D．wait |
| A．ideas | B．expectations | C．jobs | D．instructions |
| A．sold | B．produced | C．kept | D．recommended |
| A．confirmed | B．received | C．guaranteed | D．become |
| A．confidence | B．importance | C．expectation | D．hope |
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Nestled in the mountains of Guilin, China, the Longji Terraced Fields present
During my visit to Guilin, I decided to set out on a three-day hike through the famous Longji Rice Terraces.
The hike
Reaching the hike’s end after three full days, I felt a profound
