Jeremy Hampden prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with his daughter, Jenny. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he
2 . A Person Who Has Influenced My Life
There is always a time in one’s life when a hero comes along. Someone who has inspired you can really help you learn what life is about.
I remember it as if it was yesterday. I was fifteen years old that year. It was around eight o’clock one evening when my mother
While my aunt was in the hospital with special
Over the two weeks when Mark lived with my family, I probably
Mark was seventeen, but learned on a nine-year-old level. Although his learning ability was slower than most, he could
Mark is my hero, for his disability has forever formed my viewpoint on life.
1.A.made | B.missed | C.received | D.used |
A.promised | B.informed | C.showed | D.begged |
A.worried | B.happy | C.indifferent | D.careless |
A.care | B.action | C.purpose | D.interest |
A.mild | B.severe | C.temporary | D.moderate |
A.believe | B.regret | C.admit | D.decide |
A.weakness | B.ignorance | C.relief | D.mercy |
A.forgot | B.heard | C.ignored | D.understood |
A.anything | B.something | C.nothing | D.everything |
A.painful | B.brave | C.lucky | D.successful |
A.seldom | B.still | C.hardly | D.almost |
A.possibilities | B.functions | C.achievements | D.difficulties |
A.Naturally | B.Actually | C.Obviously | D.Accidentally |
A.depended on | B.fought against | C.suffered from | D.focused on |
A.risk | B.cost | C.pace | D.trial |
3 . 阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
As a mother to three boys, I’m used to receiving my favorite soap as a gift for every occasion.It doesn’t require much effort, and my sons know that I love it.One day my son saw a magazine on my desk with Jane Goodall
4 .
Tommy Rhomberg was a twelve-year-old young boy in Iowa. Last summer, his home state was destroyed by Great Derecho. He soon came up with a creative idea to raise money for his community by making and selling baseball bats out of wood brought down by the storm.
The idea for the bats originally began as Tommy prepared a birthday gift for his friend. Then many others expressed interest in owning Great Derecho bats of their own. At first, Tommy didn’t take it seriously, but since so many people in the area needed help after the storm, he determined to make a difference to them.
The first bat took Tommy 10 hours to carve and sand (用砂纸打磨) out of a tree branch that had fallen in his yard. With blisters (水泡) on his hands, Tommy had to refuse his brother’s request for making another bat. But as he began receiving more orders, he streamlined the process with a machine with the help of his grandfather. Tommy promised $20 from each order would go to the local disaster relief fund to rebuild the community.
When asked why he started the “bat business”, Tommy replied, “We got kind of lucky with the storm. We didn’t have much damage, but just driving around town there were people with houses destroyed, and I just wanted to raise money so we could help them rebuild. I feel like it’s really helping people.”
Tommy has made more than 100 bats, raising more than $2,500 to help out his community, and orders have come in from as far as Arizona and Connecticut. Tommy is not taking additional orders at the moment, but it’s possible that he’ll make more bats in the future, according to his website.
1. What does the underlined words “Great Derecho” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A.A place. | B.A person. | C.A storm. | D.An idea. |
A.his brother asked him to make one | B.his grandfather suggested producing one |
C.he wanted to give his friend a gift | D.he was interested in playing baseball |
A.He collected the wood. | B.He donated money. |
C.He rebuilt the school. | D.He repaired the machine. |
A.Well begun, half done. | B.Don’t judge a book by its cover. |
C.A friend in need is a friend indeed. | D.Little people can make a big difference. |
5 . A New Friend and Perspective (视角)
I picked up the phone, slowly dialing the number to her house. All I could think was what we could possibly have a conversation about.
“Your grandmother won’t be around forever,” my mom said,
When she answered the
When I
During the next visit, we sorted through three shoeboxes of photographs. There was an interesting story for each one. I learned that as humans, we
Ever since I made the first phone call to my grandmother, we have talked at least once a week. I regret not calling her
A.Nothing | B.Something | C.Everything | D.Anything |
A.but | B.for | C.or | D.so |
A.left | B.called | C.visited | D.helped |
A.phone | B.door | C.letter | D.question |
A.Hopefully | B.Surprisingly | C.Hesitantly | D.Willingly |
A.picked up | B.put up | C.hung up | D.took up |
A.up | B.on | C.with | D.into |
A.stopped | B.waited | C.went | D.returned |
A.Hopelessly | B.Surprisingly | C.Funnily | D.Naturally |
A.hard | B.busy | C.rich | D.boring |
A.curious | B.content | C.active | D.proud |
A.beg | B.follow | C.thank | D.understand |
A.doubt | B.share | C.tell | D.enjoy |
A.later | B.more often | C.earlier | D.less often |
A.remembered | B.brought | C.changed | D.gained |
6 . It was the day of the big cross-country run. Students from seven different elementary schools in and around the small town of 100-Mile House, British Columbia, were warming up and walking the route through thick evergreen forest.
I looked around and finally saw David standing by himself off to the side by a fence. He was small for ten years old, with messy red hair. But his usual big toothy grin was absent today. I walked over and asked him why he wasn’t with the other children. The only response he gave me was he had decided not to run. What was wrong? He had worked so hard for this event! David’s cerebral palsy (脑瘫) prevented him from walking or running like other children, but at school his peers thought of him as a regular kid. He always participated to the best of his ability in whatever they were doing. It just took him longer. He had stubbornly run a total of twenty three kilometres in practice runs to prepare for that day’s two-and-a-half-kilometre run, and he had asked me to come and watch. We sat down together on some steps, but David wouldn’t look at me.
I quietly said, “David, if you don’t want to run today, no one is going to make you. But if you’re not running because you’re afraid someone is going to laugh, that’s not a good enough reason. There will always be someone who will laugh and say mean things. Are you going to let them get in your way? If you really want to run, David, then you run!” I held my breath as David took this in. Then he looked at the field and said, “I’m gonna run.”
The starter’s gun sounded. But he had only gone a few metres before he tripped and fell flat on the ground. My heart sank. As I started to shout encouragement, David picked himself up and started again. All the other runners had disappeared over the hill. But it didn’t matter. He had worked for it, and he wouldn’t give up!
I waited anxiously by the finish line as the most runners completed and another race had begun. Still no David! I started to feel sick. Had I done the wrong thing? Could he have become lost? Finally, a small figure emerged from the forest. David raised his arms in triumph as he crossed the finish line to wild cheers and applause. He caught my eye, flashed me a toothy grin and said, “That was easy!”
1. What made David unable to run like other children?A.His mental problem. | B.His physical condition. |
C.His laziness. | D.His hesitation. |
A.he was encouraged to | B.he wanted to be the first |
C.he was laughed into doing it | D.he knew it was a shorter distance |
A.Brave and talkative. | B.Out-going and kind-hearted. |
C.Lively and hard-working. | D.Optimistic and strong-willed. |
A.competence in finishing a run | B.positive attitude towards life |
C.ability to win cheers and applause | D.efforts to catch others’ attention |
During the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, there was a surprise
The American superstar
8 . Milo is a rescue dog adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift. One morning in November 2021, Swift opened her front door in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Milo
Milo ran to the house across the street. He seemed unsatisfied with this house, so he ran to the one next door, Swift on his
Swift was
It was a voice yelling “Help!”
Hours earlier, around 4 a.m., Sherry Starr, 85, had risen from her bed. All of a sudden, standing there between the toilet and the tub, she slipped and fell heavily on the floor. She was
For the next few hours, Starr practiced yelling: “Help! Help! Hellllp!”
Her voice was very
Swift called the emergency number 911. When the ambulance workers arrived, they thought they’d have to remove the toilet to
Swift has known her own share of distress. Two years ago, her mother died. She says that Milo has helped her with her grief. “That dog is a blessing,” she says.
1.A.moved down | B.took off | C.reached out | D.pulled up |
A.tail | B.head | C.body | D.feet |
A.disappointed | B.confused | C.embarrassed | D.astonished |
A.give | B.sweep | C.knock | D.drag |
A.sunk | B.stuck | C.lifted | D.settled |
A.surprised | B.bored | C.puzzled | D.scared |
A.weak | B.sharp | C.rough | D.loud |
A.apparently | B.hardly | C.slightly | D.temporarily |
A.trap | B.drop | C.free | D.lay |
A.avoided | B.failed | C.declined | D.continued |
9 . The Cloud Runners
Today, the first thing you see when you drive into the small town of McFarland, California, is a welcome poster. “Home of the State Champions,” it says proudly. Written across the bottom are the names of the members of the running teams that have brought McFarland nine state championships over the past twenty years. Today, this little farming town is the “home of champions”, but things weren’t always like this.
It all began with a group of seven young men, who were McFarland High School’s first running team. They were called “cloud runners” because it looked like they were floating on a brown cloud of dust as they carved paths through the surrounding fields.
They weren’t a very good team. But the turning point came one hot summer afternoon when the young men were doing hill practice. As there were no hills in McFarland, their coach, Jim White, made them run up and down large piles of nut shells covered in white plastic sheets.
“Enough!” one of the young men cried. The sound of breaking shells could be heard as he beat his fists on the sheet. The plastic tore and a river of nut shells poured out. “Do you know what these are, Mr White? They’re almond(巴旦木)shells. Do you know where they come from? My family has been working on farms picking almonds for forty years. You and your family, living in your big comfortable home, eat these without giving a single thought to where they came from. And now you are making us run on them! I’ve had enough!”
“We’re losers, Mr White, not winners,” another young man continued, his face wet with tears and sweat. “Nothing has changed here for forty years and nothing’s ever going to change! Running is for rich kids in private schools in the big city, not for us poor farm boys. We can’t even afford real shoes for running. We belong in the fields, picking. We’re ‘pickers’. I’m going home!”
Something in Jim White’s heart changed that day. He went into the fields and worked with the “pickers”. He bought running shoes for the boys. He spent evenings having dinner with the boys’ families. His wife baked and sold cookies to raise money. One small act of kindness led to another. Other families began to take notice, and slowly, the entire town came to support Mr White as he helped these young men change from farm workers to champions.
1. Why is the small town of McFarland called “Home of the State Champions”?A.Because Jim White became state championship. |
B.Because the running teams got nine state championships. |
C.Because a group of seven young men got championships. |
D.Because Mr. White changed the farm workers to champions. |
A.The tiredness of running. | B.The pain of training. |
C.The difficulties of living. | D.The sound of breaking shells. |
A.Ambitious and strict. | B.Understanding and kind. |
C.Optimistic and persistent. | D.Responsible and confident. |
Lillian Hanson, a college junior, expects to graduate in about two years. Mrs. Hanson, a rather unusual student, plans to go on to take more courses after she gets her degree. What makes Mrs. Hanson different from most of her classmates?
What sets Lillian Hanson apart from the college crowd is her age-73 years. She has been going to college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.
When Mrs. Hanson graduated from high school, she went to her local bank and asked for a loan for college tuition and fees. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn’t think that a country girl should be borrowing money to go to college. He thought she should be home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Mrs. Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. She still lives with her husband on the farm that has been in the family for five generations.
Mrs. Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown up, she tried again.
She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age to be sitting in class for long periods of time. Because she is not able to move as quickly and easily as she used to be, Mrs. Hanson often gets up and walks around between classes to keep from getting rigid. At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give Mrs. Hanson big applause when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her goals were.
1. What makes Lillian Hanson different from most of her classmates? (不多于2个单词)2. Why did the banker refuse to provide a loan for Lillian Hanson? (不多于16个单词)
3. What is Mrs. Hanson’s dream? (不多于4个单词)
4. What does she find the hardest part of going back to school? (不多于8个单词)