What my father wore embarrassed me! I wanted him to dress like a doctor or lawyer, but he always dressed like my father, getting up before dawn every day to make breakfast for my mother and me.
We lived in South Texas, where my father worked as a repairman. He often wore a pair of jeans and a shirt, keeping his pencils, glasses and wrenches (扳手) in his breast pocket. His boots were those with steel toes that made them difficult to pull off his feet, which I sometimes helped him with when he returned from repairing cars — his job that also shamed me.
I blamed the way he dressed. I felt that my classmates laughed at me because they’d seen him mowing lawns (修剪草坪) in cut-off jeans and black boots. My classmates’ families paid men to beautify their lawns, while their fathers travelled in the bay wearing lemon-yellow sweaters and expensive shoes.
He preferred clothes that allowed him the freedom to move under cars. So even when taking part in a school trip with me, he was dressed in his repairman’s suit. On the school bus to the campsite, all students on the bus happily chatted with their parents except me, who lowered the head, avoiding spotting my classmates’ mocking glance (讥笑的眼光) or hearing their jokes, which I thought was about nothing else but what my father wore.
I regretted telling my parents the school trip, and I was very angry why my mother had no spare time while my father happened to have a vacation. But my father failed to read my mind. He was very happy, whistling a tune along the way.
Though my father didn’t sense my bad mood, the school bus seemed as sad as I was. It drove more and more slowly and finally it stopped on the roadside. The driver got out to check the bus but found nothing wrong. Students and parents on the bus began to whisper about what was happening, worried that the delay might spoil the journey.
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When others were complaining, my father stood up.
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The school bus restarted and everyone cheered.
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2 . Tiffany Hammond and her son Aidan communicate in some familiar ways, like hand gestures and body language. But when Aidan wants to
Aidan is autistic (患孤独症的) and does not speak, so when his mom asks
“Every single time we go outside the house, there’s something bad happening. There’s a
Hammond also wrote about the
In an interview, Hammond said, “I want to
| A．express | B．enjoy | C．persuade | D．change |
| A．chances | B．questions | C．roles | D．fantasies |
| A．imply | B．inquire | C．understand | D．bother |
| A．saying | B．witness | C．cheat | D．comment |
| A．pushed | B．elected | C．warned | D．begged |
| A．avoid | B．represent | C．ignore | D．refuse |
| A．necessary | B．cold | C．different | D．equal |
| A．daily | B．weekly | C．monthly | D．yearly |
| A．cover | B．significance | C．price | D．time |
| A．imagine | B．notice | C．defeat | D．achieve |
| A．record | B．teach | C．doubt | D．celebrate |
| A．nervous | B．strange | C．dangerous | D．hopeful |
| A．create | B．organize | C．share | D．build |
| A．look for | B．pick up | C．stare at | D．serve as |
| A．Immediately | B．Fortunately | C．Actually | D．Finally |
1.对Mark给予的无私帮助，而使自己在竞赛中获奖表达感谢；
2.具体的帮助，如选材上，语言表达上及遇到困难时……
3.感谢和展望。
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2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Mark,
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Yours,
Lihua
4 . “Don’t worry; be happy” is more than just song lyrics (歌词). A growing body of evidence supports an association between optimism and healthy aging, but it is unclear how optimism impacts health. When it comes to dealing with day-to-day stressors, such as household chores or arguments with others, a new study has found that being more or less optimistic did not make a difference in how older men emotionally reacted to or recovered from these stressors. However, optimism appeared to promote emotional well-being by limiting how often older men experience stressful situations or changing the way they interpret situations as stressful.
“This study tests one possible explanation, assessing if more optimistic people handle daily stress more constructively and therefore enjoy better emotional well-being,” said corresponding author Lewina Lee. PhD, clinical psychologist at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the VA Boston Healthcare System and assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.
The researchers followed 233 older men who first finished an optimism questionnaire; 14 years later, they reported daily stressors along with positive and negative moods on eight consecutive (连续不断的) evenings up to three times over an eight-year span. The researchers found more optimistic men reported not only lower negative mood but also more positive mood. They also reported having fewer stressors which was unrelated to their higher positive mood but explained their lower levels of negative mood.
While studies have sustained the idea of optimism as a resource that may promote good health and longevity, we know very little about the underlying mechanisms (机制). “Stress, on the other hand. is known to have a negative impact on our health. By looking at whether optimistic people handle day-to-day stressors differently, our findings add to knowledge about how optimism may promote good health as people age,” says Lee.
1. What may be affected by optimism according to the first paragraph?| A．People’s emotional well-being. | B．Older men’s ability to react. |
| C．The way people treat daily stress. | D．The way that optimism will be researched. |
| A．By making comparisons. | B．By analyzing possible results. |
| C．By presenting different opinions. | D．By showing the course and result. |
| A．Changed. | B．Supported. | C．Expected. | D．Repeated. |
| A．A course plan. | B．A travel brochure. |
| C．A health magazine. | D．A news report. |
| A．He has to prepare for a game. |
| B．He failed to win a contest. |
| C．He dislikes watching movies. |
6 . Tricks To Becoming A Patient Person
Here’s a riddle: What do traffic jams, long lines and waiting for a vacation to start all have in common? There is one answer.
In the Digital Age, we’re used to having what we need immediately and right at our fingertips. However, research suggests that if we practiced patience, we’d be a whole lot better off. Here are several tricks.
●Practice gratitude (感激)
Thankfulness has a lot of benefits: Research shows it makes us happier, less stressed and even more optimistic.
● Make yourself wait
Instant gratification (满足) may seem like the most “feel good” option at the time, but psychology research suggests waiting for things actually makes us happier in the long run. And the only way for us to get into the habit of waiting is to practice.
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So many of us have the belief that being comfortable is the only state we will tolerate, and when we experience something outside of our comfort zone, we get impatient about the circumstances. You should learn to say to yourself, “
| A．Find your causes |
| B．Start with small tasks |
| C．Accept the uncomfortable |
| D．All this adds up to a state of hurry |
| E．It can also help us practice more patience |
| F．This is merely uncomfortable, not intolerable |
| G．They’re all situations where we could use a little extra patience |
When we lost our beloved ones, we must feel heartbroken. However, we can do something to make the world remember them.
My little boy, Matthew, had recently lost his beloved grandma. He would often push hare may hand in tears, longing for his grandma to come back to the world. One day, he had an idea. He asked me if we could do something in honor of Grandma so the world could remember her. When I welcomed his lovely suggestion, he said we could create something special for the children at the hospital, since Grandma had always wanted to volunteer there. Although heart was so ready to give, her physical capacity was limited. She couldn’t drive or make the long walk over to the hospital and therefore had spent the majority of her days doing what she could for family and friends. So, we decided to fulfill Grandma’s last life wish.
Matthew and I teamed up and presented our kindness proposal to his preschool classmates. We energized them with the prospect of going shopping and purchasing small gifts (chocolates, flowers, and cards) which they could put into handcrafted holiday baskets which the kids themselves could make. It would be a basket which was wholly made by one child and solely for another. As the young faces happily agreed, we were off on executing our plan!
Matthew and I scouted out (搜索) the most child-friendly stores and distributed fliers (传单) at these locations so the store owners were aware of our plan and could bring their most cherished items for the preschoolers to purchase. Matthew's preschool peers selectively made their picks, and after we collected all of the items, we placed the chocolates, flowers, and got well cards into seven beautifully crafted baskets for the bedridden children at our local Children's Hospital. When Matthew and two of his other little mates came to the hospital to make their deliveries, they were greeted with a tour of the facilities before they entered into each hospital room to change a sick child into a smiling one.
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Now, five years have passed, and the Matthew “hospital” tradition has continued.
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Matthew’s school and the local church have contributed to the rise of gift baskets.
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I like staying overnight at my Gramma’s house — that is, until Gramma starts telling me how wonderful my cousin Maya is. Then it’s Maya this and Maya that until I don’t ever want to hear another word about her.
That’s why I wasn’t too excited when Gramma called me on the phone to “come on over and bring your pajamas.” When I got there, it was worse than I’d expected. There, in Grandpa’s big leather rocker, sat Maya, all dressed up and formal-looking and wearing fancy shoes as if she’d just been to a party.
“Surprise, Kristen!” Gramma said. “Your cousin Maya and her parents have traveled in from the East Coast on business. Maya gets to stay with us this afternoon.” Gramma chattered away about how excited she’d been for this surprise get-together, and how cousins ought to get to know each other better.
I hung my baseball cap in the closet and set my backpack by the stairway, all the time smiling and nodding as if I’d been waiting forever for this chance to spend an afternoon with Maya. Grandpa’s chair squawked (咯咯叫) as Maya rocked back and forth. It’s the chair I like best in the house, the one I usually sit in. I sat down on the sofa across from her.
Shortly, Gramma went off to the kitchen to “see about some lunch,” she’d said. That left me stuck in the living room with rocking Maya.
She was still small but taller than I’d remembered her from her last visit four years ago. She was good at small talk, though, and was chatting away about how nice it was to see me again. But I could tell that she didn’t really think so. The last time she was here, we’d had hours of fun together building caves out of Gramma’s sofa pillows.
After that, I’d heard about her only through Gramma’s tales. Maya taking piano lessons. Maya learning math. Maya, Maya, Maya. Now Maya was here, looking great with the latest haircut and a fancy dress.
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Glancing down at my jeans and my old sneakers, I wished I hadn’t come.
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“How do you know all these things about me?” I asked.
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9 . My mother was always knitting (编织). She recently agreed that knitting helped her
My next knitting adventure was
Knitting during the pandemic eased my
My mother’s estate is vast, but the major life lesson she taught me through knitting is that there is a step-by-step
| A．keep off | B．get through | C．figure out | D．put away |
| A．accomplished | B．developed | C．abandoned | D．improved |
| A．awakened | B．ended | C．shared | D．forgotten |
| A．school | B．factory | C．museum | D．store |
| A．learn | B．promise | C．apply | D．refuse |
| A．beginner | B．stranger | C．foreigner | D．customer |
| A．satisfied | B．pleased | C．patient | D．comfortable |
| A．decreased | B．related | C．belonged | D．expanded |
| A．possibly | B．unexpectedly | C．usually | D．repeatedly |
| A．pitiful | B．regrettable | C．stressful | D．forgettable |
| A．guilt | B．disappointment | C．terror | D．embarrassment |
| A．collect | B．sell | C．wear | D．donate |
| A．accustomed | B．sensitive | C．connected | D．superior |
| A．campaign | B．process | C．strategy | D．program |
| A．belief | B．plan | C．theory | D．conclusion |
10 . Outside my office building, there would be a homeless man, standing by the road and waving at passers-by happily.
I would remember to
Then one day my boss told me that I was being
He taught me a valuable lesson: No matter what
| A．gather | B．donate | C．provide | D．withdraw |
| A．quickly | B．suddenly | C．frequently | D．repeatedly |
| A．chance | B．gifts | C．coins | D．ride |
| A．second | B．minute | C．hour | D．instant |
| A．comfort | B．contact | C．greet | D．assist |
| A．concerned | B．puzzled | C．excited | D．amazed |
| A．energetic | B．positive | C．modest | D．persistent |
| A．greedy | B．content | C．blessed | D．envious |
| A．home | B．house | C．community | D．shelter |
| A．turned down | B．laid off | C．cast down | D．kicked off |
| A．freed | B．swallowed | C．ruined | D．escaped |
| A．Instead | B．Otherwise | C．Therefore | D．Yet |
| A．traffic | B．red | C．yellow | D．green |
| A．pulled | B．held | C．gave | D．figured |
| A．essential | B．ordinary | C．material | D．special |
