1 . It is often said that the best teachers are those who are able to form a sincere relationship with their students. This was never a problem for my second-grade teacher, as she viewed all of her students as family. Of course. in my case, it was actually true, because my second-grade teacher was my mother.
I won’t lie and say the year was easy. At times, there were difficulties starting the school day as teacher and student when there had been an issue at home as mother and son. The same can be said for after school when my mother just happened to know every little thing that happened during the school day.
My mother decided to move me up to the third-grade reading class. I used to joke that it was simply because she wanted me out of her classroom for part of the day, but I knew better. She had too much respect for education to do such a thing.
Even as she was ill and had a long stay in hospital, my mother, the teacher, still made me check in to see how her students were doing as the school year wrapped up. She also continued to press me about my future writing projects to make sure that I never gave up on my dreams, as well as checking that the plots all made sense.
I know that some people might refuse the idea of having their mother as a teacher as I did at first, but looking back, I can tell you I am grateful for that opportunity. While telling time and counting change are important lessons, they pale in comparison to the lessons Mom taught me about faith, love, and family. Those lessons are at the core of who she was and are cornerstones (基石) of my beliefs because of her. She was my favorite and best teacher.
1. What challenge did the author face with his mother as his second-grade teacher?A.The difficulty of getting along with his mother at school. |
B.The challenge of separating the two identities of his mother. |
C.The pressure of his mother knowing everything about him. |
D.The struggle to focus on studying with his mother in the same classroom. |
A.He understood his mother very well. |
B.He thought it was a poor decision. |
C.He was angered by this arrangement. |
D.He thought his mother was only joking. |
A.Strict. | B.Patient. | C.Knowledgeable. | D.Responsible. |
A.It gave him a sense of duty. |
B.It enabled him to work hard. |
C.It taught him valuable life lessons. |
D.It made him have a good education. |
A video of a young boy waving to ask his dad for one extra hug before he drives off to work is capturing the hearts of social media users online.
Tyler Lobdell shared a 31-second clip on his TikTok page, which now has over 1.5 million views. Lobdell, a father of two, told Good Morning America he had the idea to check his doorbell camera recently when he came across the special moment and couldn’t resist watching it over and over.
“I watched it 150 times before I posted it because I’m just watching it and its making me emotional watching it and I just wanted people to feel what I felt watching it.” Lobdell said of his motivation to share the video of him and his son Isaiah.
Lobdell said even though he often showers his sons, Hudson and Isaiah, with hugs and kisses, the boys, who are now 6 and 8, still like to stop him before he leaves for work and occasionally request one more hug from him.
“They’ll catch me in the garage or come out, like Isaiah did that morning, and they’ll stop me for an extra hug,” Lobdell, an ironworker in Constantia, New York, explained. “They just do it randomly from time to time and I just love that they do that.”
“I always try to make sure that I’m reciprocating that love that they’re trying to show me,” he continued. “It’s a rough world out there and I don’t ever want my kids to ever feel that they can’t show me love or feel in any way that they’re not totally and completely loved by their parents.”
Lobdell said he encourages other parents to “be as present as possible” with their kids and take the opportunity to spend time with them because “time flies by so fast”. As for his young sons, Lobdell added that he wants them to know that no matter what they do, he’ll always support them and he’ll always be proud of them.
1. What attracted people’s attention about the video?A.Lobdell’s care for his son. | B.Isaiah’s love for his father. |
C.Lobdell’s parenting skills. | D.Isaiah’s funny activities. |
A.To express his gratitude. | B.To attract some followers. |
C.To make his son feel proud. | D.To share his personal feelings. |
A.Making out. | B.Taking over. | C.Giving back. | D.Setting down. |
A.Be strict with their children. | B.Keep their children company. |
C.Show respect to their children. | D.Praise and motivate their children. |
A.Classmates. | B.Father and daughter. | C.Brother and sister. |
4 . That day was Nancy’s 30th birthday and she was alone at home. She was standing by the living room window, with her eyes filled with
Looking out from the window, Nancy
As lost in thought, Nancy was
Nancy hugged Kate tightly, crying with joy. She finally got the best ever birthday gift.
1.A.loneliness | B.determination | C.hope | D.longing |
A.surprise | B.comfort | C.forget | D.fool |
A.imagined | B.arranged | C.reflected on | D.broke down |
A.occupations | B.hobbies | C.adventures | D.examinations |
A.recognize | B.follow | C.support | D.inspire |
A.easygoing | B.outstanding | C.helpful | D.humble |
A.owed | B.meant | C.brought | D.left |
A.distracted | B.shocked | C.annoyed | D.frightened |
A.rare | B.strange | C.familiar | D.distinct |
A.open-minded | B.strong-willed | C.light-hearted | D.empty-handed |
A.nervousness | B.excitement | C.embarrassment | D.disappointment |
A.gratefully | B.coldly | C.sincerely | D.normally |
A.addressed | B.noticed | C.opened | D.recorded |
A.congratulation | B.application | C.introduction | D.admission |
A.pick up | B.wake up | C.get up | D.end up |
5 . When I was a little boy growing up, I would always change out of my good clothes after church and run outside to play for a few hours. When I came back inside, the house always smelt
I remember we would all
As I got older and became an adult myself, I
There finally came a point when I
Nana always put her love into her cooking and her life as well. Since then I’ve tried my best to do the same. No matter what I am cooking or what I am doing, I always try to
A.terrible | B.similar | C.pleasant | D.strange |
A.enjoying | B.preparing | C.admiring | D.introducing |
A.slowly | B.simply | C.anxiously | D.secretly |
A.search for | B.gather around | C.show off | D.set apart |
A.eat | B.play | C.talk | D.joke |
A.tired | B.curious | C.patient | D.peaceful |
A.laid | B.left | C.checked | D.designed |
A.hurried | B.happened | C.tried | D.failed |
A.method | B.chance | C.order | D.meaning |
A.famous | B.powerful | C.safe | D.right |
A.remembered | B.realized | C.explained | D.agreed |
A.gift | B.praise | C.taste | D.skill |
A.delicious | B.common | C.expensive | D.hot |
A.freedom | B.interest | C.fun | D.love |
A.observe | B.compare | C.replace | D.season |
6 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I live in a typically Chinese family of four generations lived together under the same roof. Everyone has funs with each other here. Every night, we have dinner together, talking or laughing around the dinner table so that all the worries of the day can be swept away. At weekends, Dad usually takes Grandpa, which likes outdoor activities a lot, to the countryside. Mom and Grandma often cook delicious food for ourselves. When the weather is fine, I always push my 99-year-old great grandmother in wheelchair to sunbathe in the yard. My family is such harmonious that I have been grown up into a person with love and responsibility. I will definitely teach what I had already learned to my future children.
Postcards from the World
While the sun washed over the grass of my grandmother’s front garden, I sank into one of her armchairs familiar to me. Life, as I knew it, had changed. My beloved grandmother, my Nanny, as a ”parent“ in the absence of my father, had cancer. It was terminal (晚期的).
As she watched Getaway, a Sunday afternoon TV program, she remarked to me that she’d never left Australia and that now she never would. Seeing her restricted to ”travel" by watching TV, I swallowed the sadness that came with knowing that chapters of her life were to be left unwritten.
At work, feeling helpless, I wiped tables and took orders and thought. Hard. The Saturday afternoon lunch rush was not enough to stop me from my thoughts. Collapsed with growing sorrow, I was reminded of the power of Facebook and the collective strength of human sympathy. I raced from the end of my shift to ask strangers on the Internet for help.
My Nanny Del has cancer. It’s terminal and she will never see the world. Please send her postcards so she can see the world from her armchair. I can offer nothing but gratitude.
I resolved not to breathe a word of this; if nothing came, I couldn’t bear to carry her disappointment along with my own. . And if something should wander into our humble little letterbox, I vould consider it a blessing and embrace it gratefully.
Days turned to weeks: Nothing. And Nanny’s health declined rapidly. I was trying to balance my full-time study, babysitting and waiting tables with the tiring responsibility of caring for my grandmother. As I helped Nanny in the early hours of those mornings, she would chat to me, sometimes reflections of her lifetime, and other times, the disturbance caused by medication. She seldom talked about her regret of being unable to travel, but I was still hoping for something.
注意:1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One afternoon, about six weeks after my Facebook post, a travel-worn postcard arrived in our letterbox.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________My dreams of armchair travels became a reality.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . Monique Marshall knew she had to do something for her mother after her stepfather passed away. Monique’s mother, Karin, who is 84 years old, was living in her apartment in New York City
Monique
After much thought and planning, they
Karin is in love with her new living space and new city. When Karin first
“It was overwhelming,” said Karin. “I was so
What a wonderful and
A.in person | B.at hand | C.on duty | D.by herself |
A.knew | B.guessed | C.stressed | D.minded |
A.Eventually | B.Luckily | C.Occasionally | D.Instantly |
A.revive | B.ignore | C.visit | D.assist |
A.artists | B.doctors | C.architects | D.teachers |
A.brought up | B.came about | C.broke down | D.took out |
A.car | B.house | C.garage | D.kitchen |
A.consequences | B.issues | C.strategies | D.facilities |
A.match | B.project | C.distance | D.preference |
A.awful | B.challenging | C.obvious | D.fantastic |
A.stepped | B.broke | C.turned | D.drove |
A.change | B.keep | C.believe | D.open |
A.confused | B.shocked | C.curious | D.addicted |
A.specific | B.classic | C.attractive | D.creative |
A.concern | B.prediction | C.balance | D.warning |
Dear Alice,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
10 . In 1992, Jeff Balch’s mom died of cancer, at the age of 60. She
Balch was at his mom’s home, doing some yard work, when the young man who worked as their
Balch took a
Balch remembers looking down as well, his eyes filled with tears. When he looked up, he saw that the man was
The oldest man in the group said, “We just want you to know your mom was the
Today, Balch sometimes
A.took action | B.passed away | C.worked out | D.stayed up |
A.rubbish | B.paper | C.water | D.knowledge |
A.smiled | B.hid | C.warned | D.won |
A.trip | B.shower | C.breath | D.chance |
A.angry | B.tired | C.disappointed | D.sad |
A.closed | B.treated | C.lowered | D.caught |
A.joined | B.fed | C.moved | D.checked |
A.river | B.city | C.sky | D.yard |
A.laziest | B.cleverest | C.strictest | D.nicest |
A.praised | B.helped | C.followed | D.changed |
A.hears | B.thinks | C.dreams | D.complains |
A.accidentally | B.merely | C.exactly | D.tightly |
A.publishers | B.sellers | C.gardeners | D.workers |
A.excitement | B.kindness | C.challenge | D.stress |
A.choice | B.promise | C.gift | D.wonder |