It has been 26 years since my army friend Dan and I packed picnic food and T-shirts inside his blue car, and drove past the military police at McClellan’s main gate.
Armed with weekend passes and new dollars from our first week’s pay at our Army Reserve summer camp, we were on our way to Florida. We had thought a weekend at the beach would be just what we needed to recover from days of hard tasks.
The May weather was delightful. And with the music being played, we drove into Birmingham and decided to stop to phone our mothers and wish them happy Mother’s Day before continuing our journey south to Florida.
Picking up my phone and reaching my mother at home, I learned she had just returned from grocery shopping. I could tell by the tone in her voice that she was disappointed I wouldn’t be spending her special day with the family. “Have a nice trip and be careful. We’ll miss you,” she said.
When I hung up, I could tell by Dan’s face that he was suffering from the same guilt that was troubling me. To deal with our guilt, we discussed and then decided to buy our moms flowers and ask delivery men to send the flowers to them.
Pulling into the parking lot at a flower shop, we each scribbled (匆匆书写) a note to go with the flowers that would remove our guilt of spending our only free weekend on the beach rather than with dear old Mom.
We waited while the clerk assisted a little boy who was selecting flowers, obviously for his mother. We were anxious to pay for our flowers and be on our way. Finally, this little boy picked up many beautiful carnations (康乃馨) for his mother. At that time, we didn’t know his dear mom had already passed away.
The little boy smiled with pride as he turned to me and held up his selection while the clerk rang up his order.
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“I’m sure my mama would love these flowers,” he said.
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Then, we paid for our flowers and dropped our notes in the dustbin.
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2 . Lou, a 20-year-old mathematician (数学家) with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) (脊肌萎缩症), is studying at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
He had SMA when he was born. He has had to deal with large physical challenges since he was a baby. This disease takes away his ability to walk, eat, or use the restroom without help. In the past two decades of his life, he has gone through several operations. However, these struggles can’t stop him from enjoying freedom in the field of math.
He loved math when he was a fourth-grader. He was always addicted to many questions like “Why could we prove anything meaningful in math? Why could we make predictions (预言) about the world through math?” These endless questions made him win a few successes. In the fifth grade, he scored in the top one percent on the AMC 10, a competition for students at senior high school. He also won a gold medal at the World Mathematic s Team Championship.
Now, he is a mathematician. He said, “It is clear to me that math isn’t only about numbers. Rather, it is the very language of the world itself. And it is the language that has allowed me to go beyond the physical limitations of my body.” As time goes by, his body weakens, but his enthusiasm for understanding the world through math has only deepened. He always believes that no matter how bad life may seem, there is always something one can do, and succeed at it.
1. How does the disease SMA affect Lou?| A．He becomes angry easily. | B．He is unwilling to make friends. |
| C．He has to face physical challenges. | D．He has lost the ability to communicate. |
| A．His friends’ help. | B．A book from his teacher. |
| C．His question-filled mind. | D．The strict requirements from his parents. |
| A．Chance. | B．Reason. | C．Excuse. | D．Love. |
| A．Positive. | B．Worried. | C．Unclear. | D．Doubtful. |
On a cold, stormy winter day, an old friend invited me out for a cup of coffee. We met by his house, and as we walked down the street, we passed by a small cafe with a sign hanging on the door that read, “You’re welcome in. We have suspended(待用) coffee.”
“Suspended coffee?” I asked my friend. “What does that mean?” “You’ve never heard of it?” my friend asked, and I shook my head. “Follow me,” he told me, and we joined the line of people standing in front of the cash register.
“What can I offer you today?” The cashier asked a couple of young lawyers who were looking at the menu. “I think we’ll take three cups of coffee,” one of them said. “2 now, and 1 suspended.” The cashier nodded, as if it were an ordinary order, took payment and placed two cups of hot coffee on the counter. The two thanked him, took the two cups and left without waiting for the third. The next in line was an older couple. “Same order as always?” The cashier smiled at them. “Yes, thank you,” replied the woman. “But please add two suspended coffees, we haven’t purchased any of those for quite a while.”
Our turn to order arrived. “Good morning!” said the cashier. “How can I help you?” “I think we’d like two cups of coffee,” my friend said. When our order was ready, we took our cups and sat down to drink them together. “But what does ‘suspended coffee’ mean?” I asked my friend. He said, “It’s for someone else who needs it, please wait and see.”
Nearly two hours passed. The cafe was almost empty of people when the door suddenly opened and a man in old shabby (破旧的) clothes and a tired look came in and stood quietly in front of the cash register.
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He thought for a moment and then asked quietly, “Do you have a suspended coffee?”
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It was then that I knew what “suspended coffee” meant completely.
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4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Ellie was busy tuning(为……调音)her guitar when her older brother, Chris, knocked on her door. “You ready to go?” he asked.
“Just a minute,” Ellie answered. She picked up her guitar, placed it in her case, and walked out.
Even though she was on her way to performing at her first concert in New York City, she could hardly feel any excitement. All that was on her mind was her best friend, Alice. Just 24 hours ago, she went to Santiago, Chile, as her mother wanted to do research at the university there. Ellie said goodbye to Alice and was very sad. They promised to stay in touch.
So as Ellie stepped on stage and arranged her fingers on the guitar strings, she didn’t notice the bright red lights that lit her and her bandmates. She hardly heard the cheers coming from her friends and family in the crowd. She also paid little attention to the flash of Chris’s camera as he took pictures of her band, Alphabet Soup. But as soon as Jordan, the drummer(鼓手), signaled the beginning of the first song with the clicks of his drumsticks, Elli e was pulled back to the present.
The first number was a piece that Alice taught her a year ago, when she finally mastered the basic jazz chords(和弦). The “F” chord took her a while to learn, as it required tricky finger placement. However, once she was able to add the chord to her repertoire(全部曲目), a new world of music opened to her. She chose to specialize in jazz under the influence of Chris’s love of it. That was what she often heard in the hallway while growing up.
Soon, it was time for the band to take a ten-minute break. As her bandmates left the stage. they are all satisfied with their performance. Jackson, the lead singer, approached Ellie. He’d noticed something was off about her. “Everything okay?” he asked.
“Yeah, don’t worry. I’m fine,” she assured him.
His eyes expressed his concern, but he didn’t have much time to talk to her. He figured it could wait until after the concert. Ellie was left alone.
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Sitting on the seat, Ellie pulled her phone out of her pocket.
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Ellie stepped back on stage with renewed energy.
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The Chore Chain(家务大联手)
“Washing windows is the worst chore in the world,” Maddie complained. As she washed her towel again, Maddie noticed her neighbor Mr. Valdez was bending and holding on to a tree. “Mr. Valdez,”Maddie called as she walked through the leaves on the ground. “How are you?” “Well, Maddie, my back hurt when I raked(耙) these leaves,”Mr. Valdez said. “Raking is hard for me.” “I’ll rake them for you. Just take a rest,”Maddie volunteered. She knew Mr. Valdez didn’t have good health.
“Thank you so much,” Mr. Valdez said. “I think I’ll go to see my friend Mr. Iguchi across the street. He is a doctor and able to ease my pain.” Mr. Valdez’s trees lost many leaves. The leaves looked lovely for Maddie. “This will keep me busy all afternoon,” Maddie thought happily as her leaf pile grew. Well, almost all afternoon, she reminded herself she still had to clean the windows.
Maddie finally made her small leaf pile into one huge mountain. She stared first at her leaf mountain, then at Mr. Valdez’s clean yard. “I can’t put off cleaning those windows any longer,” Maddie thought. “I’ll bag these leaves later. It’s a pity that I don’t have time to play in my mountain.” She turned toward her house, and then stopped.
She unexpectedly found that Mr. Iguchi was facing her living room windows and washing the windows.“Mr. Iguchi, why are you cleaning my windows?” Maddie ran across the yard and asked. “And you almost finish it!” Surprised by Maddie’s arrival, Mr. Iguchi froze for an instant. Before he got a chance to answer, Mr. Valdez explained as he crossed the street from Mr. Iguchi’s house. “When I stopped to visit Mr. Iguchi, he was starting to cut some potatoes for a salad,” Mr. Valdez said. “However, I told by his troubled look that he disliked that work.”
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“But how cutting potatoes turned into washing windows?” Maddie still wondered.
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Last year, 28-year-old Jane Bell moved to a suburb of Philadelphia for her newly found job and rent a house with a big yard in a village.
Jane had the habit of rising early for exercise. One cold morning, she was jogging through the nearby park when she spotted a weak husky lying by the path, seeming to have been deserted. She approached and checked it, only to find one of the dog’s legs severely broken. The pitiful dog looked at her with its sad blue eyes as if asking her for help. Blaming the dog’s previous owner for the selfish and irresponsible action, Jane, without hesitation, bent down and carried the dog home. Then she drove the dog to an animal clinic for a checkup and treatment, where a doctor told Jane it would take about 3 months before the dog got well.
Jane returned home with the dog, which she called Kobe. She made a comfortable den (窝) in the front yard and took great trouble to look after it. With time going on, Kobe gradually recovered and was able to get around with her. Every morning, Jane would take Kobe for a run. Every evening Jane came home from work, Kobe would welcome her, excitedly wagging (摇) its tail at her. Kobe kept Jane company and became her inseparable and loyal friend.
Jane’s furry companion was usually gentle and quiet. But one dawn Jane was woken up by Kobe’s loud barking and the constant noise of its pawing (用爪子抓) at the door. The moment she opened the door, Kobe pulled on her clothes with its mouth, attempting to lead her away from the yard. Initially dismissing it as typical dog behavior, Jane patted Kobe on the head to quiet it, saying firmly, “No, Kobe! Good boy, ca lm down!” However, the dog didn’t stop behaving strangely. It arched its back, its nose moving against a piece of ground in the yard anxiously. Jane was surprised and confused.
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Then Kobe began to dig the ground with its paws.
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Soon gas workers came.
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7 . Rumeysa Gurbuz was at home asleep on February 6 in the city of Iskenderun on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast when a magnitude 7. 8 earthquake attacked the region. The quake caused
“If I hadn’t woken up, I would have been in the
After being injured in the quake, Gurbuz was
Kelly Donithan, HSI’s director of animal disaster response who was helping to
| A．potential | B．significant | C．some | D．possible |
| A．struck | B．stopped | C．spread | D．accelerated |
| A．help | B．shout | C．cry | D．escape |
| A．protecting | B．cutting | C．injuring | D．losing |
| A．shelter | B．ruins | C．house | D．square |
| A．love | B．hurt | C．owe | D．cheat |
| A．hope | B．time | C．family | D．home |
| A．sent | B．returned | C．guided | D．released |
| A．memorize | B．honor | C．find | D．miss |
| A．notice | B．post | C．picture | D．letter |
| A．unforgettable | B．shameful | C．satisfying | D．unsuccessful |
| A．catch | B．await | C．expect | D．locate |
| A．pull | B．attract | C．chase | D．frighten |
| A．patience | B．advice | C．passion | D．warning |
| A．happy | B．surprised | C．scared | D．sad |
8 . As Gonzales was
Gonzales slowed down. So did the man being chased—o avoid
But for Gonzales, the ride was just beginning. Ortiz
| A．jogging | B．walking | C．driving | D．cycling |
| A．muscular | B．ambitious | C．humorous | D．aggressive |
| A．worn | B．absorbed | C．dressed | D．buried |
| A．assistance | B．emergency | C．solution | D．action |
| A．send | B．lend | C．shake | D．hold |
| A．coming across | B．holding up | C．breaking down | D．running into |
| A．accusation | B．hesitation | C．adaptation | D．communication |
| A．consciousness | B．knowledge | C．control | D．advantage |
| A．tip | B．fight | C．fall | D．hand |
| A．abandoned | B．dragged | C．pulled | D．threw |
| A．However | B．Therefore | C．Meanwhile | D．Instead |
| A．downloaded | B．edited | C．saw | D．posted |
| A．customers | B．views | C．cheers | D．researches |
| A．instructor | B．conductor | C．operator | D．inventor |
| A．heroic | B．moving | C．understandable | D．legendary |
9 . Last year, cardiologist (心脏病专家) Steve Lome came to truly understand what it means to be at the right place at the right time. During a half-marathon (半程马拉松), he found himself in the position to
Gregory had just reached the peak and was
But, as soon as Steve
This happened last year, but all three men have stayed in
| A．save | B．lose | C．accept | D．believe |
| A．match | B．mark | C．joint | D．way |
| A．extent | B．distance | C．area | D．point |
| A．coach | B．guide | C．competitor | D．volunteer |
| A．confused | B．relieved | C．worried | D．disappointed |
| A．leaving | B．arriving | C．collapsing | D．understanding |
| A．tell | B．predict | C．decide | D．imagine |
| A．temporarily | B．accidentally | C．eventually | D．immediately |
| A．moved away | B．stayed around | C．wandered about | D．looked over |
| A．noticed | B．identified | C．missed | D．reached |
| A．dizzy | B．thirsty | C．uneasy | D．pleased |
| A．analyzing | B．evaluating | C．timing | D．recording |
| A．agreed | B．failed | C．refused | D．paused |
| A．meaning | B．proving | C．clarifying | D．indicating |
| A．shape | B．touch | C．peace | D．happiness |
10 . My daughter overbought over the last two months so her food pantry (储存室) was full. She asked me to
Money was
The world we live on is one huge circle of love. Take your place in the circle. Never
| A．show | B．donate | C．lend | D．sell |
| A．cut them up | B．hold them back | C．left them out | D．took them over |
| A．confused | B．freed | C．impressed | D．doubted |
| A．corrected | B．convinced | C．tested | D．thanked |
| A．useful | B．magical | C．tight | D．abstract |
| A．away | B．long | C．down | D．past |
| A．energy | B．food | C．patience | D．time |
| A．wife | B．husband | C．mother | D．father |
| A．bored | B．proud | C．nervous | D．responsible |
| A．advice | B．help | C．outcome | D．protection |
| A．cold | B．hungry | C．tired | D．thirsty |
| A．gratitude | B．leisure | C．motivation | D．recognition |
| A．anger | B．regret | C．disappointment | D．smile |
| A．commented | B．investigated | C．prayed | D．requested |
| A．hesitate | B．negotiate | C．pretend | D．threaten |
