My dad, John, was a basketball fan. He played in college and even coached a local youth team for a few years. His love for the game was unbelievable, and some of my earliest memories are of us playing basketball in the nearby court. I’ve even seen old photos of him in his college days, a proud smile on his face as he held a basketball. But when it came to my own involvement in basketball, he was surprisingly positive that I should focus only on study. “Basketball won’t pay the bills,” he’d often say, a statement that always struck me as ironic (讽刺的) given how much he loved the sport.
I loved basketball too, and I was pretty good at it. My school coach, Coach Miller, saw potential in me and encouraged me to join the school team. He said I had a natural talent that could take me far if I trained hard. But my dad was against it. He believed that sports would distract me from my studies, and with the final exam around the corner, he didn’t want to take any chances. “Your future is in the classroom, not on the court,” he would insist, dashing my dreams of following in his athletic footsteps.
This tension between us reached a peak when my head teacher, Mrs. Williams, announced a school basketball tournament (联赛). It was a big deal; students from the whole city would come to watch. My friends were excited, and even some teachers were talking about it. However, I knew I couldn’t participate without my dad’s approval. It felt like an invisible chain holding me back, a conflict between my passion and his expectations.
Then something unexpected happened. Mrs. Williams called my dad for a meeting. I was nervous but also hopeful. Mrs. Williams was not just an educator; she was also a parent and understood the balance between academics and extracurricular activities. She had seen students succeed in both, and I hoped she could convince my dad.
After the meeting, my dad seemed to be in deep thought. He didn’t speak immediately, taking his time as if weighing his words carefully. Finally, he broke the silence, “Mrs. Williams made some good points about teamwork and discipline. Maybe it’s time to rethink my stance (立场) on you playing basketball.”
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I was thrilled but also cautious. “So, can I play in the tournament?” I asked.
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The problem? I never accomplished those resolutions. I’d start out strong, but by February or March, I’d be out of willpower and I’d
Two years ago, I started experiencing severe stomach pain. The doctors
The experience completely changed my perspective on my life — especially about what I consider “success” and “failure.” Before, I always felt like I was
I understand the
| A．achieved | B．picked | C．compared | D．missed |
| A．shouted at | B．argued with | C．laughed at | D．bargained with |
| A．settle | B．drop | C．turn | D．slide |
| A．confused | B．annoyed | C．guilty | D．anxious |
| A．performed | B．scheduled | C．completed | D．dominated |
| A．take | B．bring | C．figure | D．carry |
| A．since | B．though | C．until | D．before |
| A．discover | B．inform | C．instruct | D．realize |
| A．right | B．enough | C．possible | D．funny |
| A．take up | B．learn from | C．find out | D．deal with |
| A．succeeding | B．belonging | C．failing | D．progressing |
| A．honestly | B．equally | C．happily | D．simply |
| A．appeal | B．stimulation | C．motivation | D．difficulty |
| A．incredible | B．magical | C．special | D．valuable |
| A．document | B．calendar | C．fortune | D．brochure |
A boy named Ali had a large and harmonious family, happily living with his sisters, parents and grandmother. His grandmother loved everyone a lot and was respected by all family members. She was very old, but sometimes she would recall things from her past and share with them. Sometimes they would believe her but at other times they would think that Granny might be mixing up the facts due to her old age.
One day, when Ali was in school, suddenly while knitting (编织), Granny remembered something and she couldn’t contain her emotions so she got up to tell her son — Ali’s father. She walked as fast as she could to his room and said, “You always asked about my birth date, but do you know today is the day when I was born?”
She looked at her son with an excited expression, expecting an immediate response. However, her son wondered how she could remember her date of birth in this old age when she forgot so many other things, so he didn’t pay much attention to this. Disappointed at her son’s reaction, Granny then went to Ali’s mother and Ali’s sister, but like Ali’s father, nobody believed her.
Sadly, she went and sat in the terrace (庭院). When Ali returned from his school, he found his grandmother sitting alone with a sad expression. Ali asked his granny about the matter, but she said there was nothing to worry about. After a lot of persuasion she finally told him what was troubling her — nobody seemed to care that it was her birthday today!
After hearing what Granny said, Ali thought of a plan. Purely by chance, some of Ali’s friends were playing nearby so he shared his plan with them.
His friends were all willing to help Ali achieve what he planned.
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Ali was so happy to see his granny with tears of joy shining in her eyes.
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1.分享你的心情； 2.简述你和父母的关系是如何缓和的；3.推荐她尝试这种方法改善与父母的关系。
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Hi Linda,
I just want to share some great news with you!
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Take care!
Yours,
Li Hua
你是否感觉和你的父母无法在任何事情上保持一致？你不是一个人。热战和冷战在青少年和他们的父母之间是很常见的，但是你可采取措施和父母共同建立积极的家庭关系。
1、定期的家庭聚餐
2、有规律和诚实的交流
3、商定的家庭责任
字数: 100左右。
Building a positive relationship with your parents
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1. What does the watch look like?
| A．The face of it is black. |
| B．The face of it is square. |
| C．It has a leather white band. |
| A．It tells the right time. |
| B．It is worth a lot of money. |
| C．It reminds her of her grandfather. |
| A．He is still alive. |
| B．He got the watch from his father. |
| C．He went to England with a little money. |
| A．Sell it. | B．Continue to keep it. | C．Give it to her father. |
7 . Defining what an ideal friend is like is not an easy task.
The ideal friend knows how to show weakness. The ideal friends don’t try to prove how successful they are.
The proper friend helps build our self-understanding. There are so many things we don’t entirely comprehend about who we are. We find it hard to pin down our goals.
They help us to like ourselves. Normally we’re intently alive to our own shortcomings; it’s more obvious, from our point of view, what’s disappointing about us than what’s attractive. We need a friend because we’re likely to be so very unfriendly towards ourselves.
| A．A true friend helps us think. |
| B．We get defensive and we don’t really know why. |
| C．Loyalty is a common quality given to ideal friends. |
| D．The good friend likes us in ways we’re not easily able to. |
| E．Everyone has their own understanding of what the ideal friend is like. |
| F．On the contrary, they let us know embarrassing things about themselves. |
| G．They care for your well-being over any issues that may arise between you and them. |
As a sixth grader, I began noticing how other kids were separating into groups. I wasn’t sure where I belonged. I found it hard to fit in.
Our teacher had assigned “secret friends” for the coming week. She wrote each kid’s name on a piece of paper and threw them into a glass; then we each closed our eyes and catch one piece of paper from the glass on which was the name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend and support each other over the next five school days. By the middle of the week, everyone, including me, had turned this assignment into a competition to see whose secret friend could leave the best gift. We left cards, pens and even money. It seemed that everyone was getting cool presents from their friend except me.
On the last morning of our assignment, I walked into my classroom and noticed there was a package. I opened the wrapping paper and inside was a box of powder (胭脂). The girls sitting near me laughed at the gift I had received. To make matters worse, the powder had already been opened.
I tried to forget about the embarrassing gift, but when I was in the bathroom during the break, the girls who had seen me open the powder started speaking ill of my secret friend. I quickly joined in: “How terrible”. I heard myself saying “What could my friend be thinking by giving me such a stupid gift? My grandmother wouldn’t even want it.” The girls laughed at my remarks and rushed out of the bathroom. I stayed to wash my hands and let the water run through my fingers as I thought about what I had just said. It wasn’t normal like me to say mean things like that about someone.
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Then I saw my classmate Janet come out of a bathroom booth (厕所隔间), tears streaming down her face.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school — he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.
When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine (信条) and anything he did I,
As I grew older, we were not as
However, the
This
I had needed someone else to show me what I
I feel fortunate to have such an unusual father. The
| A．accurately | B．naturally | C．originally | D．passively |
| A．apply to | B．see off | C．count on | D．pick out |
| A．close | B．reliable | C．generous | D．confident |
| A．discriminations | B．failures | C．competitions | D．disasters |
| A．debate | B．instance | C．progress | D．struggle |
| A．differ | B．extend | C．change | D．grow |
| A．issue | B．task | C．lesson | D．procedure |
| A．participated | B．hesitated | C．committed | D．explored |
| A．witnessed | B．investigated | C．pictured | D．fled |
| A．persuaded | B．defeated | C．ignored | D．evaluated |
| A．confusion | B．encouragement | C．embarrassment | D．fascination |
| A．recommended | B．absorbed | C．doubted | D．appreciated |
| A．recognize | B．demand | C．argue | D．estimate |
| A．approach | B．resist | C．limit | D．believe |
| A．strategy | B．conclusion | C．relationship | D．potential |
10 . I try to be a good father. Cook my kids good dishes, and take them to photo shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck. Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, in marathons.
This love story began in Winchester, Mass., 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled (缠住)by the umbilical cord（脐带）during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs (四肢). “He’ll be a vegetable（植物人）the rest of his life,” doctors told Dick and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. “Put him in an institution.” But the Hoyts weren’t buying it. They noticed the way Rick’s eyes followed them around the room.
When Rick was 11, they took him to the engineering department at Tufts University. Equipped with a computer, Rick was finally able to communicate. After a high school classmate was paralyzed（使瘫痪）in an accident, and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick said, “Dad, I want to do that.” How was Dick, a man who never ran more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried. That day changed Rick’s life. “Dad,” he typed, “when we were running, it felt like I wasn’t disabled anymore!”
That sentence changed Dick’s life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. They even decided to try marathons. “No way,” Dick was told by a race official. They weren’t quite a single runner, and they weren’t quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few years, Dick and Rick joined the massive field and ran anyway. In 1983, they ran another marathon so fast that they made the qualifying time for the Boston Marathon the following year.
Now they’ve done 212 triathlons and 85 marathons. “ My dad is the Father of the Century,” Rick typed.
1. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 mean?| A．The Hoyts didn’t believe it was true. | B．The Hoyts couldn’t afford any institution. |
| C．The Hoyts couldn’t deal with the situation. | D．The Hoyts had no money for their son’s treatment. |
| A．Why Rick became paralyzed. | B．How Rick started running. |
| C．Why running changed Rick’s life | D．How Rick communicated with others. |
| A．they ran a marathon very fast | B．they got support from a charity |
| C．they met a sympathetic race official | D．they had become very famous in the process |
| A．A boy with a rare disease | B．The greatest dad in the world |
| C．A tough road to world champion | D．Parents' influence on children's future |
