| A．Pleased. | B．Surprised. | C．Upset. |
When my sister, Dona, and I were little kids, my parents both joined the army. They stayed far away from our town and hardly returned home. My grandpa took on the big responsibility of taking care of us. Still, without our parents by our side, Dona and I sometimes felt lonely and sad, especially one winter.
One morning in that winter when Dona and I were sitting in our bedroom, dull and quiet, Grandpa said, “My dear, how about trying skating for fun?” Our faces immediately lit up and we answered together, “Great, we surely like it, Grandpa!”
He smiled and quickly set about building us a skating rink (溜冰场) in our yard. The process of building a skating rink was not easy. First, Grandpa laid out long wooden boards around the yard. Next, he made the base of the rink flat. Grandpa then began spraying the water, lightly at first, until the first layer of ice was established. He would then put some water onto the ice each night. And thus, the ice became thicker and thicker.
In the darkness of the night, from the kitchen window Dona and I watched Grandpa with great expectations. His back and shoulders rounded to protect him from the freezing wind. He stood alone, busying himself creating a perfect skating rink for us. The only light was from the moon and stars.
One night, Grandpa suddenly pressed his waist and the look on his face showed he was painful. Quite concerned, Dona and I rushed out and asked, “Grandpa! What’s wrong?” “My waist is painful. Don’t worry! I’ll be fine just after a little rest,” he smiled. Dona and I offered to help create the rink. But he said it was too cold outside at night and that building the rink needs much experience and lots of skills. Then, we gave up the idea of offering him a hand, but demanded he build the rink a few days later. Seeing we were determined, he walked into the room with us and had warm tea. Before long, Dona and I were tired and went to bed.
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When we fell asleep, Grandpa quietly walked out into the yard.
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Amazed, we hurriedly put on the skating equipment and rushed out._
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3 . I was sitting with my study group when I received an email from my landlord. “Your apartment has lost
A dozen thoughts raced through my head. With no Wi-Fi or heat, how would I cook supper or finish my
An hour later, I watched in
During my
| A．appeal | B．power | C．sponsors | D．slogans |
| A．fascinating | B．outstanding | C．uplifting | D．freezing |
| A．cause | B．limit | C．tolerate | D．detect |
| A．reward | B．assignment | C．request | D．certificate |
| A．businesses | B．notices | C．thoughts | D．desires |
| A．recognize | B．entertain | C．burden | D．charge |
| A．insisted | B．arranged | C．approved | D．explained |
| A．amazement | B．curiosity | C．sorrow | D．embarrassment |
| A．schedules | B．imaginations | C．expectations | D．conversations |
| A．changing | B．mistaken | C．dramatic | D．familiar |
| A．age | B．stay | C．study | D．escape |
| A．However | B．Therefore | C．Rather | D．Anyway |
| A．grateful | B．puzzled | C．regretful | D．interested |
| A．expanded | B．confirmed | C．feared | D．guaranteed |
| A．generosity | B．thrill | C．satisfaction | D．kindness |
4 . Make the Most of College
Dear Daughter,
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.
First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real proof of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.
Your college years will be the most important of your life. It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn’t critical for your life, the learning skills you acquire will be something you will value forever.
Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don’t be trapped by what others think or say, but make up your own mind.
Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life. Pick a few friends and become really close to them -- pick the ones who are genuine to you. Don’t worry about their hobbies, grades, looks or even personalities.
Start planning early -- what would you like to do? Where would you like to live? What would you like to learn? I think your plan to study fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses.
Whether it is summer-planning, or coursework planning, or picking a major, or managing your time, you should take control of your life. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver’s seat -- this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great. Try it, and you’ll love it!
College is the four years where you have:
● the greatest amount of free time
● the first chance to be independent
● the most flexibility to change
● the lowest risk for making mistakes
So please treasure your college years -- make full use of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny, be brave to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.
May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.
Love,
Dad (&Mom)
1. What does the author advise his daughter to do in college?| A．Make as many friends as possible. |
| B．Party with friends in her free time. |
| C．Pay no attention to whatever others think or say. |
| D．Treasure and make the best of her college years. |
a. think and live independently
b. learn how to learn
c. choose friends with similar personalities
d. be genuine and sincere to everybody
e. try new things
| A．abd | B．bce | C．cde | D．abe |
| A．is worried about his daughter | B．is strict with his daughter |
| C．is optimistic about his daughter’s future | D．is sad that his daughter is leaving home |
The Advice Gap
Advice My Parents Gave Me: Go to college and major in what you love.
Advice I Will Give My Kids: Go to college only if you’ll major in science, engineering, or money. It’s a depressing job market, and majoring in English literature or anything with the word English in it has been useless since 1910s.
My Parents: Never show up to a party empty-handed.
Me: Never show up to a party. Send a text to the host twenty minutes before the party starts to say that you’re “sooooooo sorry” to cancel but your stomach is feeling “weird”.
My Parents: To find a job, walk into the offices of ABC News’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and ask for one.
Me: Apply to jobs via LinkedIn, Zip-Recruiter, or your connections. Write a cover letter and attach your résumé, then manually enter the same information through the company’s portal, which looks as though it were designed in Microsoft Paint. Do this twenty times a day for two years, and you’re bound to make it to a third round of phone interviews before getting ghosted.
My Parents: Learn the difference between a 401(k) (an employer-sponsored defined-contribution pension account) and a Roth I. R. A. (a special retirement account) so that you can start investing early.
Me: Learn the difference between a 401(k) and a Roth I. R. A. so that you can explain it to me.
My Parents: Never wait to do your taxes.
Me: If you wait long enough to do your taxes, there might be a global crisis that forces the federal government to extend the deadline: Then you can wait some more and do them right before the new deadline.
My Parents: Work hard so you can save for retirement.
Me: Retirement is something you’ll read about in your history books under the title “Abstract Ideas”.
My Parents: When we’re gone, look after your siblings and never fight with them over money!
Me: When I’m gone, clear my browser history. Don’t quarrel with your siblings over who gets my monthly ten-cent payments from Medium (an American online publishing platform).
1. Why do you think the author has written this passage?| A．To present a better guide for young people today. |
| B．To demonstrate the contemporary generation gap. |
| C．To exhibit his capability of living a worthy life. |
| D．To show his annoyance with his parents’ advice. |
| A．Siblings shouldn’t fight with each other over whether to protect their gone parents’ privacy. |
| B．Science majors shouldn’t be favored over those related to English in college. |
| C．Job seekers should try various means and prepare for depressing prospects. |
| D．You should check your stomach first before texting to the host of a party. |
| A．saving for retirement may be a thing of the past |
| B．the younger generation may inherit the legacy of their parents’ payment bills from Medium in the future |
| C．the knowledge about a 401(k) and a Roth I. R. A is so significant for early investment that children should have a good knowledge of it by themselves |
| D．doing taxes is absolutely urgent, even allowing for unpredictable economic conditions |
6 . Castillo wrote a letter to her father for his 50th birthday. Her father, who suffers from Down’s syndrome (唐氏综合征), had at one point been a(n)
Castillo said it took years before she had the courage to
“You
Besides having Down’s syndrome, her father has a wide
“Dad, no words can sum up how
| A．pride | B．encouragement | C．embarrassment | D．puzzlement |
| A．praises | B．believes | C．admires | D．assists |
| A．reason out | B．face up to | C．seek after | D．clear up |
| A．typical | B．different | C．rude | D．troublesome |
| A．Still | B．Moreover | C．Instead | D．Meanwhile |
| A．reserve | B．deserve | C．preserve | D．demand |
| A．area | B．division | C．range | D．circle |
| A．examinations | B．operations | C．treatments | D．medicines |
| A．courageous | B．selfless | C．promising | D．pessimistic |
| A．bear | B．relieve | C．kill | D．remove |
| A．faith | B．ambition | C．strength | D．example |
| A．awesome | B．sorry | C．casual | D．shameful |
| A．lucky | B．lovely | C．absent | D．intelligent |
| A．keeping | B．hiding | C．saving | D．drawing |
| A．guess | B．recover | C．know | D．seize |
7 . Macie Semrau, a 6-year-old girl from Eliot, Maine, seldom missed school. So, when she refused to even get dressed one day, her mother decided to allow her to stay home with her father Kyle and her 4-year-old brother Caleb. The family would later be extremely thankful that the little girl refused to leave after she found her father passed out in the basement.
After returning from his night work, Kyle was feeling light-headed. He told his wife Kate that he would be laying low for the day with their children. He finally made his way to the basement. Macie paid attention to her father’s condition when she heard him shouting, and she and Caleb went to have a look. Macie found her 37-year-old father was about to lose awareness (意识). She asked him for his phone’s passcode (密码) so she could unlock it. After successfully opening his phone, she found the local police department’s number and called the police.
Smith was floored by Macie’s decision-making and her ability to stay calm. The little girl listed the family’s Goodwin Road address while explaining that her father was in trouble. In the meantime, Caleb comforted his father. Thanks to Macie and Caleb, he was sent to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, where he required four liters of oxygen (氧气) and spent three days recovering.
“I’m very lucky, obviously because of my daughter and son and the police’s response” said Kate. “It was quick,” he added, mentioning that the police arrived just in two minutes thanks to Macie’s call. “It was unbelievable. I was in tears myself,” he said.
The Eliot Police Department also praised the young girl for her quick thinking and strong awareness. Eliot Police Chief Elliot Moya praised the Semraus for teaching their children about awareness of their surroundings (环境) as well as communication skills. Can your child open your phone and call the police? If not, now’s the time for them to learn.
1. What do we know about Macie from paragraph 1?| A．She was late for class regularly. | B．She went off to school almost every day. |
| C．She enjoyed staying home with her father. | D．She liked to play with her brother at home. |
| A．How to call for help with her father’s phone. |
| B．How to give emergency treatment to her father. |
| C．How to send her father to hospital with her brother. |
| D．How to get her father’s phone to connect to the Internet. |
| A．His daughter was wise to skip school that day. |
| B．His kids and the police’s response was immediate. |
| C．A policeman happened to be there to come to his help. |
| D．The police department’s phone was not busy that day. |
| A．fit into their new surroundings | B．show off their communication skills |
| C．remember the police’s phone number | D．learn some practical life skills earlier |
8 . My dad is easy-going and has a gift for chatting. He
One Saturday, we went
Dad said, “Hi, how are you today? This is my son. I have a restaurant, and we
Back in the car, Dad said to me, “The cashier was obviously
| A．owns | B．describes | C．visits | D．recommends |
| A．supermarket | B．hospital | C．restaurant | D．company |
| A．hiking | B．camping | C．exploring | D．shopping |
| A．imagined | B．believed | C．noticed | D．remembered |
| A．beautiful | B．unhappy | C．professional | D．polite |
| A．received | B．needed | C．avoided | D．offered |
| A．suitable | B．frightening | C．special | D．friendly |
| A．helped | B．refused | C．waited | D．forgot |
| A．problem | B．idea | C．hope | D．experience |
| A．talking to | B．looking after | C．going after | D．laughing at |
| A．work | B．play | C．tour | D．exercise |
| A．drive | B．tie | C．treat | D．lead |
| A．quitted | B．finished | C．missed | D．regretted |
| A．in peace | B．in danger | C．in a hurry | D．in low spirits |
| A．warmly | B．immediately | C．secretly | D．comfortably |
It was a hot day in Florida. The school year had just ended and it was time for summer vacation. We had just gotten a little black dog who we named One-Eyed. We chose that name because he could only see out of one eye.
Everybody wanted to do something for the dog: feed him, teach him tricks and take long walks with him. Everybody was so happy to have this active, playful and shaggy new addition to our family. Everybody, that is, except my mom and me.
All my mom saw when she looked at the dog was someone else to clean up after. Shedding, messy, muddy, he pounced all over the house. All Mom seemed to care about was getting the house cleaned. My mom began to put Clorox (高乐氏漂白水) in the bathtub. There was no messing with Mom when she started cleaning, so I decided to move out of the way. Actually, getting out of the way is a move I’d been practicing for a long time.
Being the youngest in my family has had its advantages, of course. More than a few times I was spoiled or everyone said I was the cutest. But being the youngest also came with its fair share of troubles. “You’re too young!” “You’ll mess this up!” they’d often say. I knew that my family loved me but I couldn’t wait to show them I could do things by myself.
Every time I asked my brother or my sister if I could pet One-Eyed, they would shout, “No!” or tell me that I had germs and if I touched One-Eyed he would die!I really believed them. Once I even confessed to my mom that I touched the dog when no one noticed. At first,my mom seemed very confused about what I was telling her, but then she realized. My mom scolded my brother and sister, “You better stop teasing your little brother!” Little brother! That’s exactly what I was. That really got my blood boiling! Secretly, I decided, “Ill show them what a little kid can do!”
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Paragraph1:That afternoon, I took the dog and sneaked into the bathroom.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . Sometimes our friends’ behaviour can make us angry; sometimes we can see changes they need to make – but how do we tell them? Are there any ways to make difficult conversations easier?
It’s important to have evidence (证据) that there is a problem. Evidence that can be agreed on makes it easier for other people to recognize problems. Once you have evidence, it’s important to stress how it influences you and others. Psychologist Andrea Bonior suggests framing problems with “I” . Saying “I feel hurt that you spend less time with me” is better than “You never spend time with me!” .
Staying calm is of great importance. Being in tension might lead you to act badly and cause an argument. Bonior recommends you should accept that the conversation could make you anxious. If you think about this yourself, it can help you focus on positive results. If you recognize your anxiety to your friend, you will show a more human side. Another psychologist, Laura Brennan, points out how it’s important that we let go of our self-respect and don’t focus on the need to be proved right. This can help reduce tension.
Listening to the other person and asking questions can lower the potential for disagreement. Many experts recommend planning your words, so that you can say things in a way that avoids disagreement. However, Bonior is against overplanning as this can stop you being flexible enough to sincerely follow and join in the discussion.
Being patient is necessary. Complicated problems are unlikely to be solved with one conversation. Consider what is possible in one discussion, and that it may be harder than you thought. This will help you to set practical goals for what you can achieve.
1. Why should we keep calm in face of tension?| A．To avoid an argument. | B．To respect ourselves. |
| C．To make ourselves anxious. | D．To focus on right things. |
| A．Reminding. | B．Expressing. | C．Ignoring. | D．Escaping. |
| A．Overplanning will cause argument. |
| B．Bonior supports overplanning words. |
| C．Argument will disappear by listening. |
| D．Many experts suggest planning words. |
| A．Good qualities of a true friend |
| B．Great power of communication |
| C．Effective ways to reduce tension |
| D．Talking to solve friendship problems |
