1 . It is a blue, cotton shirt. The shirt belonged to my
We shared the shirt, and as days
At times David also talked about his father. Usually it was late at night, in the dormitory just before bed, and the
Time passed and we had to say goodbye to each other. After lots of hugging, and words of thanks, we eventually
I put aside the note, with
| A．roommate | B．brother | C．colleague | D．professor |
| A．Unless | B．Because | C．While | D．Even if |
| A．came across | B．ran out | C．went by | D．came up |
| A．victories | B．belongings | C．scholarships | D．stories |
| A．happened | B．refused | C．struggled | D．failed |
| A．turn out | B．drop out | C．figure out | D．stand out |
| A．conversation | B．discussion | C．interview | D．debate |
| A．failure | B．depression | C．poverty | D．illness |
| A．difference | B．distance | C．connection | D．conflict |
| A．fled | B．remained | C．met | D．departed |
| A．last | B．first | C．next | D．second |
| A．touched | B．removed | C．pulled | D．folded |
| A．attached | B．applied | C．adjusted | D．admitted |
| A．more than | B．other than | C．less than | D．rather than |
| A．sympathetic | B．grateful | C．joyful | D．moving |
2 . In 1975, a San Diego homemaker named Marjorie Rice came across a column in Scientific American about tiling (瓷砖). There is a problem which has interested mathematicians since ancient Greek times. After Rice’s chance encounter with tiling, family members often saw her in the kitchen constantly drawing shapes. “I thought she was just drawing casually (随意),” her daughter Kathy said. But Rice who took only one year of math in high school, was actually discovering never-before-seen patterns.
Born in Florida, she loved learning and particularly her brief exposure to math, but tight budget and social culture prevented her family from even considering that she might attend college. “For Rice, math was a pleasure,” her son David once said.
Rice gave one of her sons a subscription to Scientific American partly because she could read it carefully while the children were at school. When she read Gardner’s column about tiling as she later recalled in an interview: “I thought it must be wonderful that someone could discover these beautiful patterns which no one had seen before.” She also wrote in an essay, “My interest was engaged by the subject and I wanted to understand every detail of it. Lacking a mathematical background, I developed my own symbol system and in a few months discovered a new type.”
Astonished and delighted, she sent her work to Gardner, who sent it to Doris, a tiling expert at Moravian College. Doris confirmed that Rice’s finding was correct.
Later, Rice declined to lecture on her discoveries, citing shyness, but at Doris’s invitation, she attended a university mathematics meeting, where she was introduced to the audience. Rice still said nothing of her achievements to her children, but they eventually found out as the awards mounted.
1. Why did Rice often draw shapes in the kitchen?| A．To become a mathematician. | B．To explore the secret of tiling. |
| C．To fill her leisure time. | D．To show her passion for drawing. |
| A．She longed to start a column. | B．She was rejected from a college. |
| C．She was good at designing patterns. | D．She succeeded in developing a system. |
| A．The magic of math. | B．The efforts of Rice. |
| C．The humility of Rice. | D．The patterns of tiling. |
| A．Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. | B．Actions speak louder than words. |
| C．Every cloud has a silver lining. | D．Practice makes perfect. |
3 . Adam Wolfers believes that his son’s autism (自闭症) has a positive impact on his hobby of photography. 10-year-old Morgan has always possessed a
Not
However, his motivation for photography
His parents teared up as they told what his photography means. Morgan’s photography has become his saving grace (体面) because it gets people to look
Morgan advises all of us to try new things and explore our
| A．strange | B．typical | C．unique | D．normal |
| A．fighting | B．interacting | C．agreeing | D．competing |
| A．Without | B．For | C．From | D．Despite |
| A．escape | B．hit | C．touch | D．please |
| A．admire | B．explore | C．change | D．promote |
| A．amused | B．familiar | C．content | D．bored |
| A．Remarkably | B．Undoubtedly | C．Accidentally | D．Fortunately |
| A．salaries | B．profits | C．budgets | D．expenses |
| A．results in | B．arises from | C．goes beyond | D．consists of |
| A．recalls | B．imagines | C．expects | D．encounters |
| A．recognition | B．advantage | C．strength | D．power |
| A．examination | B．display | C．investigation | D．trade |
| A．for | B．up | C．into | D．past |
| A．decision | B．living | C．way | D．fortune |
| A．principle | B．intelligence | C．emotions | D．limits |
Chinese comedienne and actress Jia Ling recently revealed that she was losing weight for
Jia Ling has lost 50 kilograms for her new movie YOLO. From the exposed photos, Jia Ling looks like a
She shows us through her actions that regardless of the circumstances, as long as you have determination and perseverance, you can definitely achieve success. She not only brings us laughter and touches our hearts but also conveys a positive and uplifting energy.
After a long drive and precious little sleep, Todd left his Wisconsin motel around 5:30 a.m. to make it to a funeral near Green Bay. Not long after, he started to hear a grinding sound coming from his front tire, and it kept getting louder. He finally pulled into Lauritzens BP & Sports shop in Wild Rose,Wisconsin, hoping to find help. It was only 7 a.m., and he still had 75 miles to go.
As luck would have it, Todd found Glenn Geib putting oil on the shelves. The mechanic checked out the car and gave Todd some bad news: The wheel bearing was failing and needed to be repaired right away. Fixing it would take a few hours. Geib then looked Todd up and down and asked why he was so dressed up. Todd explained that he was going to the funeral of his boss’s wife.
Geib checked the only one rental car agency in town, but it was sold out. The next closest rental agency was 40 miles away. “I must have looked pretty stressed out at this time,” Todd wrote later on Facebook. Geib noticed, and he was determined to help.
With a population of 699, close-knit Wild Rose has a reputation in central Wisconsin for kindness. Seniors gather at the Wild Rose Community Center for free midday meals. The local Lions Club chapter collects used eyeglasses for folks who can’t afford them, part of the Lions Recycle for Sight program.
But kindness in Wild Rose doesn’t come just from organizations. Kent Barnard, the town library director, remembers a high school kid who walked into Patterson Memorial Library needing gas money. Barnard happily gave it to him, and the guy went on his way. A couple years later, that man came back. “You gave me $10 for gas when I was in high school,” he said, and Barnard was repaid.
“People are not well-off, but they’re taking care of each other,” says Jerry Apps, a local author who lets the library sell his books and DVDs and keep some of the proceeds to fund its programs.
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So, faced with a stranger in need at the service station, Glenn Geib did what came naturally.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Todd jumped into the car and made it to the funeral.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Last summer vacation, I traveled to Sanya in Hainan, China. When my dad told me one of the items on the journey would be one of the highest water slides (水上滑梯) in Asia, I asked my dad repeatedly whether I could stay at home. But my dad said that I would love it and we should go together.
Three days later, I was standing in front of that water slide in Atlantics Waterpark. The slide was located in a building. When I looked up at the tens of thousands of stairs leading to the peak of the building, I thought to myself, “If I fall from that place, I will definitely die.”
As we started climbing the stairs, I saw three words on the wall: Leap of Faith. I had never heard of these words, and at that time they reminded me of Road to Death. Five meters, ten meters ... I looked down and thought, “I am going to die today.” Fifteen meters, twenty meters ... I thought about the many things I hadn’t done and asked my dad whether I had life insurance. Twenty-five meters, thirty meters ... and we were finally at the top, ready to jump into the slide. I looked at the three people next to me and thought, “These are the last three people I will see in my life.”
Suddenly, the teenage boy ahead of me stopped in front of the slide and turned around, “Look down there. If we fall into the shark tank, we will be eaten by those hungry sharks.” We all paused and looked down at the shark tank above the slide tunnel. Just then, a younger boy next to me said, “Excuse me, if you don’t want to go now, I will go first.” Then he walked past the teenage boy and me and jumped into the slide, disappearing in an instant.
My father said to me jokingly, “Look, that boy is not even half of your height. Come on, Selina. You can do it.” The teenager turned and stared at me too, “Now, you go first.”
Paragraph 1:With a deep breath, I stepped closer to the edge of the slide.
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A moment later, my father came down.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7 . After my mother suffered from Alzheimer’s disease(阿尔茨海默病), the plants in our house began to die. In years past, I remember the deep, earthy smell that would
But now, leaves were
I began her old rounds, pouring water into the thirsty soil, and soon the plants
Though Alzheimer’s disease
I look at plants
| A．pile on | B．rise up | C．come over | D．wander off |
| A．beginning | B．top | C．foundation | D．thought |
| A．dropping | B．appearing | C．turning | D．waving |
| A．processes | B．possibilities | C．goals | D．demands |
| A．desire | B．memory | C．protection | D．notice |
| A．recovered | B．absorbed | C．dried | D．shone |
| A．lonely | B．helpless | C．thirsty | D．anxious |
| A．contributions | B．attempts | C．choices | D．explorations |
| A．collection | B．love | C．sharing | D．amusement |
| A．recalls | B．hides | C．steals | D．escapes |
| A．deep | B．passing | C．slight | D．longing |
| A．live with | B．find out | C．care for | D．focus on |
| A．definitely | B．curiously | C．strangely | D．differently |
| A．final | B．quiet | C．permanent | D．quick |
| A．growing | B．seeking | C．expecting | D．saving |
8 . Betty Sandison was having lunch with some friends when the subject of wish lists came up. Although she had spent more than 30 years working as a registered nurse, Betty told her friends that she regretted never finishing the bachelor’s degree she’d started more than 67 years earlier.
Betty was the first person in her family to pursue higher education. With a dream of becoming a nurse, Betty enrolled at the University of Minnesota. But when she was just 25 credits short of getting her degree, for some reason, Betty dropped out of school and soon got married. Her career was put on hold as the couple moved around for her husband’s job, spending time living in different places.
Many years later, Betty returned to community college to become a registered nurse. She worked as a nurse for more than 30 years before retiring in 2013.
But in 2018, she still felt regretful over her unfinished degree. Encouraged by her friends, Betty decided to return to university to complete her bachelor’s degree. She chose to live in the dormitory and got on well with her roommates. She enrolled in classes and started working on those last 25 credits. However, she was discouraged by the new technology used when taking online courses during the coronavirus pandemic. Even so, Betty persevered.
At age 84, Betty got her bachelor’s degree in Multidisciplinary Studies from the College of Continuing and Professional Studies. She described the accomplishment as “pure joy, pure satisfaction”. Betty may even audit (旁听) college classes now that her degree is complete. She is not sure what’s next, but there’s one thing she does know: Life’s too short to live with regrets!
1. Why didn’t Betty get her bachelor’s degree?| A．Because she decided to marry her beloved one. |
| B．Because she dropped out of school to work as a nurse. |
| C．Because she didn’t achieve the required credits. |
| D．Because she volunteered to fight the coronavirus pandemic. |
| A．The difficult courses. | B．The new technology. |
| C．The coronavirus pandemic. | D．The interpersonal relationship. |
| A．Skilled and friendly. | B．Popular and caring. |
| C．Determined and hard-working. | D．Ambitious and responsible. |
| A．Genius is nothing but labor and diligence. |
| B．Not matter of the today will drag tomorrow. |
| C．Be the change you want to see in the world. |
| D．It is never too late to cross items off the wish list. |
Logan was a brilliant student. He had committed to doing everything it took to win a scholarship to study at a good university. But nothing was more important to the 17-year-old boy than supporting his mother who was sick. After school hours, he would work as a bagboy at the local grocery store. Together, Logan and his mother managed to make ends meet while still fighting to achieve bigger dreams.
Now right outside the grocery store, Logan spotted a familiar face. “Mr. Peters!” Logan called out to the old man holding crutches (拐杖), whom he recognized as his new neighbor. Mr. Peters waved at Logan. Logan happily helped the old man find what he needed and helped him bill the items, too.
“That will be $23, Mr. Peters,” Logan said.
Mr. Peters was taken aback by the bill’s amount. He asked, “And how much without the fruits?”
“$19, sir.”
“I see.” Mr. Peters looked in his wallet. He studied the bill and said, “Actually, I’ll just take the greens, thank you.”
“You know what? Here, let me pay for your order. It looks like you may have … left your card at home or something.”
Mr. Peters didn’t see this kind gesture coming, and even though it hurt his pride a little, he accepted the boy’s help.
Logan paid for the order and handed the bags to the old man. But Mr. Peters could only move a few steps forward as he tried to hold all the groceries without the crutches slipping away Logan rushed to Mr. Peters and offered to carry the groceries to his home. It was a short walk, but the two men were engaged in conversation all the way.
“What are you doing working at a grocery store? You look like you should be in college!” Mr. Peter asked.
On listening to Logan’s story, Mr. Peters was moved and thought he should do something. “It was lovely to meet you, Logan. Maybe you could pop in after your shift at the store today?” he asked.
Logan agreed, suspecting that the man probably needed some help around the house.
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After work, Logan knocked on his neighbor’s door and discovered the most astonishing thing about the old man.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________“I’ve asked some former workmates to notice a scholarship application from a young man named Logan,” Mr. Peters continued.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . At 95, Brigid Kavanagh finally realized her longtime dream. Yet, her path to having her words put into
Kavanagh’s sons
Kavanagh
The senior shared with the media that she’s always found it
While there are only a limited number of
| A．practice | B．use | C．print | D．effect |
| A．depend on | B．pointed out | C．shown off | D．focused on |
| A．allowed | B．helped | C．reminded | D．forced |
| A．agreed | B．needed | C．managed | D．happened |
| A．feared | B．forgot | C．refused | D．failed |
| A．excited | B．confused | C．prepared | D．determined |
| A．unusual | B．careless | C．concerned | D．finished |
| A．easy | B．wise | C．right | D．necessary |
| A．wasted | B．noticed | C．doubted | D．confirmed |
| A．thoughts | B．efforts | C．dreams | D．articles |
| A．success | B．performance | C．talent | D．point |
| A．friend | B．teacher | C．student | D．boss |
| A．believed | B．expected | C．experienced | D．imagined |
| A．copies | B．changes | C．services | D．chances |
| A．completely | B．eventually | C．widely | D．continuously |
