School volunteers don’t get paid money，but sometimes we receive special gifts. One morning，just before Christmas vacation，I was selling tickets to our grade school’s lastevening performance of The Nutcracker.
One of my customers that day was a parent. “I think it’s awful that I have to pay to see my own child perform,”she announced，yanking(猛扯)a wallet from her purse.
“The school asks for a voluntary donation to help pay for scenery and costumes,”I explained，“but no one has to pay. You’re welcome to all the tickets you need. ”
“Oh，I’ll pay,”she said unhappily. “Two adults and a child. ”She plunked down(猛地放下) a ten-dollar bill. I gave her the change and her tickets. She stepped aside，holding her purse. That’s when the boy waiting behind her emptied a pocketful of change onto the table.
“How many tickets?”I asked.
“I don’t need tickets,”he said. “I’m paying. ”He pushed the coins across the table. “But you’ll need tickets to see the show tonight. ”
He shook his head. “I’ve already seen the show. ”
I pushed the pile of nickels，dimes，and quarters back. “You don’t have to pay to sce theshow with your class,”l told him. “That’s free. ”
“No,”the boy insisted. “I saw it last night. My brother and I arrived late. We couldn’t find anyone to buy tickets from，so we just walked in. ”
Lots of people in that crowd had probably “just walked in”. The few volunteers present couldn’t check everyone for a ticket. Anyway，it ‘s OK. As I’d told the parent ahead of this boy ，the donation was voluntary.
He pushed his money back to me. “I’m paying now，for last night,”he said， I knew this boy and his brother must have squeezed into the back of that crowd. And being late to the hall，they couldn’t possibly have seen the whole show. I hated to take his money. A pile of coins in a kid’s hand is usually carefully saved allowance money.
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So I decided to make some efforts to persuade him to give up paying.
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Our conversation somewhat affected the woman who had complained about buying tickets.
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2 . Louis Tewanima seemed born to run. Like other Hopi people in the late 19th century, Louis ran for his mental and
In 1907, Louis
The
After watching Louis run, Warner
In 1908, Louis entered his first Olympic, and placed ninth in the marathon. Four years later, he
| A．financial | B．spiritual | C．physical | D．overall |
| A．found | B．caught | C．employed | D．occupied |
| A．walked | B．headed | C．drove | D．rode |
| A．water | B．school | C．house | D．weather |
| A．practical | B．domestic | C．fundamental | D．familiar |
| A．investigated | B．criticized | C．approached | D．sponsored |
| A．rarely | B．immediately | C．eventually | D．seriously |
| A．applying | B．directing | C．delivering | D．switching |
| A．cream | B．prizes | C．steak | D．weapons |
| A．reminder | B．celebrity | C．hero | D．loser |
| A．faced with | B．paid for | C．broken into | D．filled with |
| A．station | B．race | C．meeting | D．castle |
| A．demanded | B．refused | C．attempted | D．proceeded |
| A．applauded | B．finished | C．ran | D．explained |
| A．competed | B．volunteered | C．stood | D．continued |
During my sixth-grade year, I was nervous about many things. I was afraid of being a role model on campus. I was afraid of going to a middle school the following year. But nothing compared to my biggest fear of all… puberty (青春期). I was getting to the age where my voice would start changing. At first, I was excited for my voice to get deeper. But then I learned that before your voice gets deeper, it can sometimes crack(嘶哑).
The first time it happened to me I was so embarrassed, but to my surprise, my friends didn’t make fun of me. In fact, they didn’t even mention it. That was reality. But in my self- conscious sixth-grade mind I was certain they were going to spend all day making fun of me behind my back. They were not having the same problem controlling their voices.
After my first voice crack experience, I was determined to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. At least not in public. So, I began clearing my throat before I spoke. Limiting how much I spoke and clearing my voice before I spoke made my break and lunch experiences much less stressful. This was great but there was a larger problem. I was more scared about having a voice crack during class.
There were reasons why having a voice crack in class was scarier. One of these reasons was that our class had a group of popular girls. Having a voice crack in front of them was a fear. Unfortunately, one day my worst frightening dream came true. It was about halfway through the year, when I was happy to have made it so long without a bad voice crack incident.
That day, when I walked through the door, the first thing I noticed was that we had a substitute(代课)teacher. I immediately started thinking about how the sub would need to take attendance. My permanent (长期的)teacher never had to. Since he already knew each student and where they sat, he just had everyone sit down in their assigned seat, and marked “absent” the students whose seats were empty.
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I started to feel frightened.
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The whole class turned to look at me.
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4 . A father gifted his daughter an old car at graduation. The father said to his daughter: “You just
The girl
The girl
Then the father said: “I wanted to let you
| A．suffered | B．succeeded | C．graduated | D．worked |
| A．borrowed | B．bought | C．loved | D．missed |
| A．see | B．consider | C．decide | D．judge |
| A．hardly | B．especially | C．nearly | D．exactly |
| A．calmed down | B．came back | C．hid away | D．gave in |
| A．old | B．simple | C．useless | D．strange |
| A．headed | B．pointed | C．turned | D．returned |
| A．energy | B．time | C．repairs | D．papers |
| A．cheap | B．valuable | C．stolen | D．broken |
| A．shape | B．condition | C．record | D．way |
| A．drive | B．tell | C．guess | D．find |
| A．admit | B．know | C．pretend | D．doubt |
| A．condition | B．state | C．place | D．chance |
| A．angry | B．careful | C．lazy | D．proud |
| A．play | B．stand | C．live | D．stay |
“The cleaners said I could pick up our things today,”Jet’s mom said on the drive to school. “Do you think they were able to clean Big Dog?”Jet asked, trying not to sound too worried.
But he was worried. Big Dog was his favorite stuffed ( 填充) animal. Grandpa had won it for him at the fair when he was five years old. Jet was eight now, and he didn’t need to sleep with it or anything. But he did need it. He needed it to sit on the shelf (架子) above his bed — the shelf that had been burned by the house fire.
“I’m not sure what they were able to save,”Mom said.“They said they weren’t able to save our photo albums (相册). I sure will miss those pictures.”
Jet could tell she was really sad.“I’ll pick you up after school, and we’ll go through the boxes together,”Mom said before she drove off.
Jet tried to focus on his schoolwork all day, but he couldn’t keep his mind off Big Dog.
He held his backpack through the halls as if he were carrying his old stuffed friend. During library time, he checked out a book about dogs.
RRRRRINNNGGG! Time for art class. Mr. Light said it was“artist’s choice”day, so they could work on whatever they wished.
Jet stared at an empty page. He thought of his mom picking up the boxes of things that had been damaged by the fire.
Then he remembered how sad his mom was about the photo albums. Most things could be replaced (替换) at the store. But the pictures were gone forever. He knew what to draw.
Jet drew a picture of himself opening presents in front of a Christmas tree. Then one of him and his mom camping. There was one of him playing baseball and one of their visit to see Grandpa. By the time class was over, Jet had made a small album.
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When Jet’s mom picked him up from school, Big Dog was in the back seat.
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As they looked at the pictures, Jet’s mom laughed and cried, and she noticed a blank (空白的) page at the end of the book.
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6 . When I was a kid, my family farmed 200 acres with mules (骡子), and the most naughty one was Tobe. It’d frequently jump out and run around. But when asked why he liked it, Dad would say, “When it comes to farm work, Tobe comes up to standard.”
Dad died when I was 11, and we had to sell the farm. Those were hard years, but Mom managed to give me my first music lesson. Before long our neighbors liked my songs so much that I decided to make a career in singing.
At 17 I left home for a radio station in Jackson and this job made me discover how inexperienced I was. I made up my mind that I would practice until I came up to standard. I took a job as a driver. With 8 hours spent in the car, I could spend the rest of the time practicing. Finally, when I was good enough, I began playing for audiences nationwide.
By now, I had two kids and I knew what a family was without a dad, so I quit the performances and entered the most depressing (令人消沉的) years of my life with all the clothing, homework, and duties around the house. That was when I thought about Tobe. It was self-willed, but in the field, where it mattered, Tobe came up to standard. So I started listening and made a discovery. My kids’ lifestyle may be different. But where standards are concerned (涉及) — for things like honesty and courage — they often do better than some of us.
Not long ago my son Dick told me he was going to apply for a job at a TV station. “ I know the general manager. I’ll put in a good word for you,” I said. “I’d rather go alone,” he replied. “If I’m not good enough yet to do the job, I shouldn’t get it.” Then I realized he wanted to be up to standard. I felt proud the minute he came home shouting, “ Dad, I got the job!”
1. Why did the author’s father like Tobe?| A．It was full of life. | B．It was good at farm work. |
| C．It enjoyed farm work very much. | D．It set the standard for others. |
| A．Performing for audiences. | B．Taking the job as a driver. |
| C．Working in a radio station. | D．Having his first music lesson. |
| A．They led a healthy lifestyle. | B．They were good at listening. |
| C．They were concerned about standards. | D．They had their own shining points. |
| A．He thought it useless. | B．He was proud of the chance. |
| C．He turned it down. | D．He sought further advice. |
7 . Many years ago not long after we were married, my wife, Margaret, and I went to her parents’ place for a weekend visit in the fall. They happened to be pouring cement ( 浇筑水泥) for a new step and walkway outside their back door, so I
Later that night after dinner, I
We returned home without one wedding ring. I felt
The following spring, we got the miracle (奇迹) phone call. It seems that my ten-year-old brother-in-law, Mike, was outside playing in the yard and guess what he
Luckily, the
| A．helped | B．guided | C．chose | D．invited |
| A．clear | B．afraid | C．proud | D．tired |
| A．decided | B．noticed | C．promised | D．hoped |
| A．sold | B．stolen | C．shining | D．missing |
| A．happy | B．brave | C．busy | D．smart |
| A．hated | B．continued | C．volunteered | D．forgot |
| A．tool | B．gift | C．ring | D．food |
| A．bought | B．designed | C．worn | D．gone |
| A．unsafe | B．sick | C．free | D．strange |
| A．ordering | B．requiring | C．warning | D．asking |
| A．lesson | B．task | C．truth | D．story |
| A．looking around | B．showing up | C．calming down | D．turning back |
| A．angry | B．wrong | C．lucky | D．ready |
| A．knew | B．created | C．felt | D．found |
| A．program | B．situation | C．world | D．relationship |
8 . My wife, Hannah, and I don’t usually keep houseplants. Anything in pots gets either over-watered or under-watered. But after my diagnosis with glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer, with no more than a year to live, I loved the idea of having something new and green around.
My friend Mitch gave me what he said was a lucky bamboo plant in a deep-green pottery bowl with three pencil-sized stalks (茎；杆) tied together. We placed the plant in the living room window across from the couch where I spent much of the day. I smiled when I looked at it over the rim of the mug of coffee Hannah brought me each morning.
I told Hannah I wanted to care for the plant myself. Tending to the plant gave me a sense of accomplishment at a time when I sometimes felt useless. Glioblastoma limited my ability to walk, and the treatment left me exhausted, making it hard for me to accomplish everyday tasks. As a family physician, I was used to being the one who provided care, not the one who received it. Since my diagnosis, I had to rely on help from other people. The enormous change left me feeling purposeless and unsettled. Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a core part of my old identity and taught me that plants and people could still depend on me.
Over the next few months, I recovered from surgery and completed radiation and chemotherapy. Even after I returned to work, I continued to care for the plant. Soon, it had nearly doubled in height and its leaves were shiny and lush. Both the tree and I were thriving (茁壮成长).
1. Why did the writer keep the plant?| A．His misfortune in life. | B．His work experience. |
| C．Hannah’s insistence. | D．Mitch’s suggestion. |
| A．He continued his career. | B．He overcame his disease. |
| C．He could still be a caregiver. | D．He developed a love for planting. |
| A．Aimless but open-minded. | B．Accomplished and determined. |
| C．Worried but understanding. | D．Caring and optimistic. |
| A．A Miracle Cure. | B．A Determined Doctor. |
| C．An Incurable Disease. | D．A Healing Bamboo. |
9 . In moments of danger, superheroes don’t
When 8-year-old Jaxson Dempsey realized his 20-month-old sister Lelia was
Jaxson said he’d learned the
Jaxson’s father Matt has nothing but
While
The first big “Well done!” came from none other than John Cena himself, who sent a personal message via video after learning of the boy’s
Cena’s recognition was high praise indeed, but the awards didn’t
| A．depend | B．design | C．hesitate | D．decide |
| A．eating | B．escaping | C．coughing | D．choking |
| A．jump | B．panic | C．keep | D．run |
| A．push over | B．put off | C．pull over | D．pull off |
| A．keep | B．know | C．remove | D．remain |
| A．lifesaving | B．performing | C．swimming | D．driving |
| A．regret | B．gratitude | C．sympathy | D．anger |
| A．causes | B．threatens | C．brings | D．avoids |
| A．Finally | B．However | C．In fact | D．Otherwise |
| A．fears | B．sadness | C．emotion | D．excitement |
| A．entirely | B．naturally | C．completely | D．strangely |
| A．bravery | B．courage | C．life | D．story |
| A．filled | B．hurt | C．touched | D．cured |
| A．come | B．stop | C．win | D．appear |
| A．place | B．favor | C．honor | D．possession |
10 . After growing up in the foster care system (寄养制度), Shante Elliott is working to help others come out of it. Shante Elliott is no
After such a(n)
Elliott knows the teenagers in the foster care system face
Elliott wants to see that shame
Although she feels good about the work she is doing, she said she wanted to do more. “I am interested in creating a long-term
| A．relative | B．stranger | C．neighbour | D．designer |
| A．Actually | B．Finally | C．Gradually | D．Usually |
| A．share | B．talk | C．debate | D．live |
| A．attacked | B．lost | C．found | D．praised |
| A．swift | B．difficult | C．important | D．practical |
| A．judged | B．explored | C．charged | D．created |
| A．experience | B．beauty | C．forecast | D．humor |
| A．competitions | B．calculation | C．disaster | D．challenges |
| A．employed | B．remembered | C．treated | D．described |
| A．organizations | B．families | C．adults | D．managers |
| A．agree | B．need | C．hate | D．learn |
| A．reliable | B．national | C．additional | D．rare |
| A．performance | B．practice | C．risk | D．request |
| A．face | B．stop | C．ignore | D．admit |
| A．begin | B．continue | C．keep | D．end |
| A．culture | B．wealth | C．interest | D．age |
| A．unfair | B．successful | C．cheerful | D．useless |
| A．disturbing | B．punishing | C．helping | D．following |
| A．shame | B．pain | C．fear | D．anger |
| A．change | B．design | C．show | D．company |
