1 . I remembered an incident when I was a teenage girl clearly. Once, I was travelling by train with my mum and my elder sister to visit my grandparents in another city. It was a day journey and we entered the ladies compartment (车室) of the train. It was crowded but we got seats and settled down. We kept our luggage under the seats and waited for the train to start.
Ladies kept on coming inside. The seats were quickly taken. Only one seat was empty when a woman with a baby entered. She was about to go over to the empty place when a big and strong man entered and walked to the seat quickly, sitting down with a thump (重击声). Therefore, the lady with the child held on to her bag and stood in the corner. I was watching all this angrily. I expected the woman standing there or any of the other ladies to speak out to ask the man to leave the ladies compartment.
However, no one spoke. My mum and my sister had their eyes shut to rest, unaware of anything wrong. I decided I could not disturb them. I could have offered my place but I was already squashed (挤扁) between my mum and my sister.
The train started. The woman standing beside the man was swaying to and fro with the train, with the screaming child in her arms. However, the manner-less man had no reaction. I was very angry with the man for his bad behaviour. I could no longer bear it, so I decided to help the woman in some way. I got up and walked calmly over to the man. I asked him if he could read. He made a bad face and said he could. Next, I asked him to read what was written on the back of his seat. He did so and saw “Ladies” on it. He got the point and left the compartment in a big hurry, almost falling.
1. Why did the author take the train journey?A.To visit her grandparents. |
B.To move to another city. |
C.To survey an incident. |
D.To spend her summer holiday. |
A.The last seat was broken. |
B.The baby was unwilling to be seated. |
C.A strong man took the last empty seat. |
D.She was frightened by a thump. |
A.Swinging. | B.Standing. | C.Shouting. | D.Walking. |
A.She asked him to leave at once. |
B.She fought with the man bravely. |
C.She blamed him for his mean behaviour. |
D.She reminded him to read the word on the back of his seat. |
2 . Driving lessons are quite normal for teenagers across the country. But for Jessica Parks, a young woman from North Branch, Mich, they mean another great
Jessica was born without arms, but was not
After
Jessica is driving a mid-size car that wasn't modified (改装) at all for her purposes. After seeing her ability to drive Klug decided that she didn't need any
One of Jessica's main
A.breakthrough | B.challenge | C.achievement | D.desire |
A.natural | B.excited | C.comfortable | D.brave |
A.personal | B.practical | C.proper | D.amazing |
A.question | B.method | C.hope | D.stress |
A.throwing | B.forcing | C.pressing | D.pulling |
A.follows | B.changes | C.describes | D.selects |
A.arms | B.hands | C.legs | D.feet |
A.open | B.check | C.develop | D.face |
A.helpless | B.expensive | C.adaptive | D.impressive |
A.plan | B.reason | C.word | D.surprise |
A.pronounces | B.points | C.serves | D.reminds |
A.concerns | B.projects | C.attempts | D.goals |
A.unbelievable | B.relaxing | C.familiar | D.accessible |
A.experience | B.test | C.inspiration | D.effect |
A.work | B.decide | C.matter | D.sense |
It’s eight o’clock on Christmas morning, and my dad says he wants to listen to the news. My 11-year-old self is wondering why on Earth grown-ups would be interested in the news when there are important things to be done, such as handing out presents. And then, while I am only half-listening, something strange happens: the newsreader begins talking about a Christmas message. Hadn’t we heard that report earlier?
My older brother, Colin, figures out what’s happening. “Pete, Pete, it’s a tape recorder! We’ve got our tape recorder!”
It finally dawns on me: my dad recorded the news and is playing it back now.
Colin and I had both been blind from birth. At the special school that Colin and I attended, a recorder of your own was the height of desire. However, realistic about family finances, we had no real expectations of getting one.
The tape recorder my dad bought us would have cost more than four times his weekly wage. He could only afford it by borrowing the money. I know my mum and dad would have thought long and hard before being in the debt.
The new toy controlled the rest of the Christmas holidays. Once we had mastered the controls, we recorded anything and everything: each other, our parents, the milkman, the dog... and we very quickly learned how much fun we could have with it.
It wasn’t the first time I had been attracted by a tape recorder. I vividly remember walking into a room when I was four and hearing a child’s tuneless singing. I stopped dead. “It’s you,” Dad said.
It turned out that he had borrowed a tape recorder. So for the first time, in the same way that a sighted child might react to seeing themselves in a mirror, I got the sense of myself as a separate person who existed outside my head and was experienced by other people.
I took my first steps down the path to my career as a broadcaster when I returned to school.
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I was lucky to be in a class of imaginative, creative and radio-obsessed (对广播痴迷的) boys.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . 3 Most Inspirational Stories For The Child In You
Whether you choose to share these tales with your children or enjoy a personal journey through their pages, you’re about to unwrap a fascinating world of inspiration! Now is the time to visit our web and be ready to be inspired!
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! — By Dr. SeussIn a world full of creatures and strange features living in a colorful town, there is a character who sets out on an amazing journey. This character sailed through many adventures. Facing all the challenges, this character never gave up. Do you know why? Because it is understood that life is just an exciting journey that is full of surprises. And if you are brave enough, you will find lots of opportunities just waiting around the corner.
The Little Engine That Could — By Watty PiperIn a colorful world of engines, there lived a tiny blue engine. It was small but it had big dreams! One day, the engines were entrusted (委派) with the most important task of the year: To deliver toys to children who live on the other side of the towering mountain. “It’s too hard. We can’t do it.” Said all the bigger engines. But the little engine believed in itself and set out on the mountain with effort. The little blue engine completed the task and it was only able to do this because it believed in itself!
The Rainbow Fish — By Marcus PfisterThere was an extraordinarily beautiful fish called the Rainbow Fish that had sparkling scales in the oceans. But it did not want to share its scales with other fish. Despite being so beautiful, it had no friends! One day, a wise octopus (章鱼) told the fish that we truly feel satisfied in life when we share our blessings with the less fortunate. The Rainbow Fish reflected on its own life and started sharing its scale with other fish. The Rainbow Fish made many friends that day. It discovered the joy of a true friendship.
1. If you hope your child has courage to conquer difficulties, which story you probably choose?A.Oh, the Places You’ll Go! | B.The Little Engine That Could. |
C.The Rainbow Fish. | D.All of them. |
A.Itself. | B.Other fish. | C.Marcus Pfister. | D.The wise octopus. |
A.A story book. | B.A web page. | C.A newspaper. | D.A textbook. |
5 . Torsongan Bullik is a 28-year-old cross-country skier. When he was a freshman in junior high school in 2009, he excelled at long-distance running. As an amateur in 2016, he finished third in the Xinjiang Wusu International Marathon. And then a passion for cycling revealed itself as his hometown hosted the Tour of Sayram Lake, a national road race for amateur cyclists.
“The high-spirited cyclists, their flashy costumes and helmets fascinated me,” he recalls. “I felt that cycling was really cool.”
In 2012, Torsongan’s father gave him a mountain bike that cost 5,000 yuan ($695), which was a lot of money for his family. He loved the bicycle so much that he used it at every opportunity. Two years later, he entered his first competition, although there was no fairy-tale ending as he lost his balance on a steep slope. But he was determined and kept testing his limits. This paid off as he has won medals at all levels of the sport in China.
On Oct 18, 2018, Torsongan was the first to cross the finish line during a high-altitude bike race in the Xizang autonomous region. But surprisingly, it was the national cross-country skiing team that he impressed with his endurance (耐力). They were in search of new talented athletes for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Accepting the invitation from the team marked a turning point for Torsongan’s career, but challenges remained. “After training with the team during the day, I had to go to the gym to level up my upper-body strength in the evening,” Torsongan said in an earlier interview.
He didn’t make the final list, but worked as a technician assisting (帮助) in the operations of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Regardless of the outcome of the 14th National Winter Games, Torsongan enjoyed the challenge of competing, and has his eyes set on the next race.
“I will continue with my efforts. As long as I don’t give up, I still have a chance to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics,” he says.
1. What set Torsongan on the cross-country skiing road?A.He felt that skiing was really cool. |
B.He studied on cross-country skiing. |
C.A professional team looked for someone with talent. |
D.He hoped to fulfill his father’s expectations. |
A.Determined and hard-working. | B.Cautious and responsible. |
C.Strong and humorous. | D.Talented and productive. |
A.He used to be a professional long-distance runner. |
B.His hard work of bike training didn’t paid off. |
C.He didn’t accept the invitation from the team. |
D.He was a technician in the Beijing Winter Olympics. |
A.Encouraging others to join in his activity. |
B.Becoming a technician assistant in his hometown. |
C.Continuing his dream at the next Winter Olympics. |
D.Becoming a long-distance running player. |
Recently, I volunteered with Interact, my school's service group at Read 2 Me, an activity that gives volunteers the opportunity to read to little kids and interact with them.
I walked with other volunteers into a large room in which there was a large variety of books. Some were picture books, such as Cifford or The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Others were chapter books with pictures in them, such as the Berenstain Bears and The Wimpy Kid series. For the extremely talented kids who like to be challenged, we provided chapter books that required imagination to understand. Just after I had gathered some books together, someone announced that it was almost time for the activity to start. All at once, a burst of voices was heard. The doors opened, and the children rushed in, beginning to look for a reading buddy(伙伴). They all looked so eager to read, just like mice eager to taste a piece of cheese. I was sitting there waiting and glancing at the books that I had picked out for the lucky kid I would read them to.
Just then, a boy about six years old began to come my way, and I knew that I had found my reading buddy. "Hi, I'm Max. Would you like to be my reading buddy?" "Sure," I responded. And then, I let him search for a book of his choice.
"I like this one," shouted Max. I looked at the book that he had chosen. It told an adventure story of a little girl with her dog, and it seemed that it would be a good one to read to him.
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Paragraph 1: "Can you tell me why you want this book?” I asked.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Rikki’s mom was preparing baked beans and mixing up potato salad to go with Saturday night barbecue when Rikki stormed in the front door and marched to her room. She glanced out the window and saw their neighbor Lexi walking back to her house across the road. Mother’s intuition told herself this situation might need some direction.
“Rikki, come in here. I need some help with dinner.” Rikki came out with an obstinate look on her face — the kind that kids have when they know they are wrong but have convinced themselves they are right.
“I noticed that Lexi came over but didn’t stay long. She is your age and in your class at school. Why doesn’t she stay longer?” Mom watched Rikki out of the corner of her eye as she continued to prepare food. “I don’t like her,” Rikki whined. “I wish she would stop coming over here all the time. She dresses terrible, and sometimes she doesn’t smell good. Her nose is always runny, and her hair is tangled. None of us like her.” Mom knew that “none of us” meant the popular crowd Rikki ran with.
“That’s not her fault, Rikki. I don’t know what her family is like, but maybe she doesn’t have anyone to help her. Some kids don’t have the extra things that you and your friends have. That doesn’t make them any less worthy than you.” Rikki replied that she knew that, and those things were not the real issue. “I just don’t like to play with her, Momma. She doesn’t like to do the same things that I do.”
Mom told Rikki to go on outside and play. What she didn’t know, however, was that Rikki’s dad had been watching while he was grilling. He didn’t like the fact that Rikki had ignored Lexi, so he decided to intervene. He wanted to know why Lexi was leaving with her head down and looking so sad.
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Then Rikki’s father came over and asked what happened.
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Rikki went with her dad to invite Lexi.
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I have a friend named Monty Robert who owns a horse ranch (大农场).
The last time I was there, he introduced by saying: “I want to tell you a story. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant (流动的) horse trainer who would go from stable (马厩) to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.”
He went on saying, “That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great details, and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. He put much his heart into the project and, the next day, he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’”
“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I receive an F?’ The teacher said. This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You come from an itinerant family. You have no money or resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land, pay for the original breeding stock and later pay large stud (配种) fees. There’s no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, “Next week, if you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”
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“The boy thought about it long hard at home, and asked his father what he should do.
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Monty then turned to me and said, “The boy in the story is me.
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9 . I had spent some time in the morning talking to my granddaughter about being “generous”. She had a lot of chocolates. I asked her if she had thought about how she was going to
That’s why I
After shopping I took her to a
I noticed a man sitting near me having lunch. Then he got up to
Upon leaving I
A.discuss | B.argue | C.share | D.play |
A.warned | B.encouraged | C.ordered | D.forced |
A.wiped | B.watched | C.set | D.headed |
A.restaurant | B.cinema | C.shop | D.theatre |
A.drinks | B.tastes | C.cakes | D.tables |
A.use | B.choose | C.enjoy | D.recognize |
A.hide | B.escape | C.explain | D.leave |
A.room | B.meal | C.goods | D.taxi |
A.moved | B.confused | C.annoyed | D.stressed |
A.money | B.excuse | C.time | D.permission |
A.frightened | B.puzzled | C.touched | D.embarrassed |
A.chances | B.things | C.services | D.customers |
A.tipped | B.owed | C.showed | D.borrowed |
A.delicious | B.cheap | C.rich | D.free |
A.exactly | B.absolutely | C.shily | D.immediately |
10 . At Phoenix Bikes, a bicycle shop, students are learning to repair bikes. Phoenix Bikes sells bikes to the public at their business in Arlington, Virginia. But it also teaches teenagers how to repair bikes.
Most students at Phoenix start in its after-school “earn-a-bike program,” at middle and high schools in and around Arlington County. Once a week over a 12-week period, students learn repair skills. They learn how to use tools, fix flat tires, correct the wheels, and change gears (齿轮). The first lesson includes taking the bike apart. By doing this, they learn all the parts of a bike.
In the first few weeks, they work in small groups to repair a bike given to the shop. The bikes often have missing or damaged parts. The finished bike is then given to a person in need from the community. In the last four weeks of the program, students come to the shop to work on one of the given bikes which they can then take home at no cost.
Anthony is a student at nearby Wakefield High School. He just completed his bike. He said it was not in good shape at first but was the kind of bike he was looking for and could be made into something better. He said it had no lights, no front tire, and was without a chain, which controls the gears. He said he joined the program to get better at working with his hands and fixing things.
Phoenix Bikes is teaching 300 to 400 young people this year. Phoenix communicationscoordinator Gage said the classes are fun and let students learn with their hands after sitting in the classroom all day at school. He added that bikes are interesting for teenagers especially because they are a means of transportation and freedom. Learning how to fix a bike can also be a fun challenge, she said.
1. What are the students asked to do in the first lesson?A.Learn how to use tools. | B.Learn about bicycle parts. |
C.Repair flat tires. | D.Change the wheels. |
A.They sell them to whoever likes it. | B.They use them in the training. |
C.They keep them for themselves. | D.They gave them to those in need. |
A.It was the type of bike he liked. | B.It was a must to finish the training. |
C.He tried his best to prove his ability. | D.He wanted to get real experience. |
A.It did good to students’ studies. | B.It offered fun transportation for students. |
C.It was hard for students. | D.It was valuable to students. |