1 . In 1992, when Xi Jinping worked in Fuzhou, he came across a newspaper report about “My Guling,” written by a Chinese student studying in the United States.
The report described an unsuccessful attempt by an American couple to revisit the small town of Guling in southern China. Her husband, Milton Gardner, spent 10 years here as a child before moving back to the United States in 1911.
Gardner later became a professor of physics at the University of California. He has been eager to return to Guling since China and the US established diplomatic relations in 1979. But because of his failing health, he never made the trip.
Gardner spent his final hours saying “Kuling, Kuling,” according to the newspaper.
After his death, his wife, Elizabeth Gardner, decided to carry out her husband’s last wish and has since made several trips to China to try to find the small city her husband loved so much. Her efforts were in vain as she had few clues (clues) as to the exact location of the town. But a Chinese student of the Gardner family identified the town as Guling, near Fuzhou, from a postmark on some of the late Mr. Gardner’s old mail. The student wrote an article about Gardner’s story and sent it to the People’s Daily, one of China’s leading newspapers.
“After I read the story, I immediately contacted Mrs. Gardner through the relevant authorities and invited her to visit,” told the press. There she met nine of her husband’s childhood friends, all of whom were over 90 at the time.
“She said she would cherish the friendship (bond) between her husband and the Chinese people, because after seeing the beautiful Guling and the warmth and goodwill of the Chinese people with her own eyes, she now understands why her husband is so attached to China.”
I believe there are many such touching stories between the Chinese and American people.
1. What can we infer from the passage?| A．Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were brought up in a southern Chinese town. |
| B．Soon after Milton Gardner left, the name of the town changed. |
| C．Guling might have been pronounced as Kuling in English originally. |
| D．Mrs. Gardner knew exactly where the small town lay in south China. |
| A．lived and worked in Guling for ten years |
| B．had few memories about the small Chinese town |
| C．kept in touch with his childhood playmates until he passed away |
| D．was deeply impressed by Guling’s people and environment; |
| A．The help from newspapers. | B．Mrs. Gardner’s hard efforts. |
| C．Mr. Xi’s concern and arrangement. | D．The Chinese student’s letter to Mr.Xi. |
| A．the Gardners’ story is a moving one with a happy ending |
| B．the Chinese student studying in the US must be from Fuzhou |
| C．the mails which became clues of Guling were sent by Gardner |
| D．the American couple revisited China trying to find Guling but in vain |
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.” What crosses your mind when you think of tomorrow? Some people think of the future literally like the next day. To others, it means the unknown. To me, it signifies hope.
Every day, on the way to and from school I pass by a children’s hospital. One morning, as I was hurrying to school, I noticed a child staring out of a small window on the first floor. The next minute I tripped (绊倒) and sprawled on the ground. As I slowly pulled myself up and dusted myself off, I looked up again and saw the child laughing. In spite of my situation, I was pleased to have made someone laugh. I bowed as though I were a performer. The child clapped and waved at me. As I stepped closer, I saw that the girl’s head was bald, a sign that she was a cancer patient. I quickly waved one last time to her before heading for the school
The next morning and the next, I looked out for the little girl and waved to her, doing a little jig just to make her laugh. I thought about her and wondered what her life must be like. Was that how the child lived from day to day?
I felt the urge to visit the child. I went to the hospital and looked for the room facing the road. I found the little girl. She was thin and pale. When she saw me, her eyes widened with recognition and she welcomed me with a shy smile. I talked to her a bit and learned her name, Suki. The nurse who saw me talking to her later told me that Suki was a leukemia patient. Her mother died two years ago and her father was now on duty outside the country. The nurse encouraged me to visit Suki so that she would not be so lonesome. As I was leaving, Suki called to me, “Tomorrow?” I understood and said,
“Yes, tomorrow.”
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After that, I popped in to visit Suki after school every day.
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Two months later, Suki told me the good news.
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Life never really turns out the way we expect it to. We have dreams and expectations. And dream-come-true stories are everywhere — except, it may seem, in our own lives.
As a child, Barbara never quite found the bond with her parents that all children need. Her father left the family early, and her mother did menial jobs.
“I couldn’t let my life keep me from caring about other people,” she says. “Maybe it’s unfair or just the way it turns out for people, but I still have a son.”
Barbara raised her son the best she knew how and “he turned out pretty well,” she says, smiling. And after the hard years of making ends meet and giving him a good start, she made a career change.
“I never thought I was supposed to feel sorry for myself,” she says. “And I like people.”
Barbara works as an in-home caregiver for elderly people in their last year of life. She spends 10-hour days, six days a week, with people who have Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, sometimes sleeping on their sofa when they are afraid to spend a night alone. Most don’t have families close by, and Barbara becomes the person they rely on for everything: meals, bathing, bathroom duties, daily walks if they can, mental exercises like crossword puzzles and re-learning family faces.
She only charges what the family can afford and only works with one client at a time. “They become the family I never had, over and over again,” she says, laughing.
The spaces left empty in Barbra’s childhood are filled with memories shared with her from lives fading away in the dusk. For 30 years, she has been making people feel good at a time when most would just be waiting to die, alone and unnoticed. When seeing their faces when they are with Barbara, you’d think the last years were the best.
“I’ve found something I never had,” Barbara says. “We make each other happy. So I try to give them what they want most.”
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She’s learned from her experiences that old people want their loved ones to visit them.
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I posted Barbara’s story online to call on children to visit their parents.
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4 . The Best Thing that ever Happened for Being Nice
A few weeks ago, my family and I were at a restaurant. We had just finished having lunch when I excused myself to go to the
When I was in one of the stalls (隔间), the lady in the stall next to me was saying something. At first, I didn’t realize what she was saying, but
I passed her some paper. When we got out of the toilet stall, she kept
Some people were staring at me and the lady as I walked back to my family and our table, but I didn’t care. The lady was
When I got back to our table, my parents were looking at me, puzzled. Their daughter had simply intended to go to the toilet for a minute or two,
A few moments later, someone came up to us. It was the lady again. She thanked me again then
The best thing that happened to me that day was not only getting a
| A．stage | B．shop | C．restaurant | D．toilet |
| A．naturally | B．eventually | C．actually | D．hurriedly |
| A．understood | B．knew | C．showed | D．discovered |
| A．praising | B．hugging | C．kissing | D．thanking |
| A．outside | B．over | C．along | D．past |
| A．carried | B．moved | C．insisted | D．worked |
| A．bargain | B．refuse | C．accept | D．follow |
| A．treat | B．take | C．invite | D．bring |
| A．trying | B．laughing | C．growing | D．acting |
| A．stranger | B．model | C．hero | D．leader |
| A．yet | B．so | C．or | D．thus |
| A．shared | B．explained | C．reflected | D．proved |
| A．village | B．house | C．country | D．building |
| A．delicious | B．free | C．special | D．large |
| A．powerful | B．successful | C．helpful | D．wonderful |
5 . When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write and illustrate my own books. Half the students sneered. The rest nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be silly, only geniuses can become writers,” the English teacher said, “And you are getting a D this semester.” I was so humiliated(羞辱) that I cried.
That night I wrote a short sad poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the Capri’s Weekly newspaper. To my astonishment, they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer. I showed it to my teacher and fellow students. They laughed. “Just plain dumb luck, "the teacher said. I tasted success. I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was fine with me.
During the next two years I sold dozens of poems, letters, jokes and recipes. By the time I graduated from high school, with a C minus average, I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. I never mentioned my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again. They were dream killers and if people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their dreams.
I had four children at the time, and the oldest was only four. While the children slept, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I felt. It took nine months, just like a baby.
A month later Crying Wind, the title of my book, became a best seller, was translated into fifteen languages and Braille and sold worldwide. I appeared on TV talk shows. I traveled from New York to California and Canada on promotional tours. My first book also became required reading in native American schools in Canada.
People ask what college I attended, what degrees I had and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None.” I just write. I’m not a genius. I’m not gifted and I don’t write right. To all those who dream of writing, I’m shouting at you: “Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Don’t listen to them.” I don’t write right but I’ve beaten the odds. Writing is easy, it’s fun and anyone can do it. Of course, a little dumb luck doesn’t hurt.
1. Why did many students laugh after hearing what the writer said?| A．Because they didn’t like him. |
| B．Because they wished he could be successful as a writer. |
| C．Because their teacher laughed, too. |
| D．Because they felt it impossible for him to succeed. |
| A．The characters in his story. | B．His teacher. |
| C．His early experience. | D．His parents. |
| A．It is difficult for a person, who cares about what others say, to succeed. |
| B．It is important for a person to tell others what he wants to do. |
| C．It is necessary for a person, who wants to succeed, to take others’ advice. |
| D．It is impossible for an ordinary person to be a writer in the future. |
| A．A Famous Person | B．I Hate My Classmates and Teachers |
| C．I Never Write Right | D．A Genius Can Be a Writer |
6 . One summer night, my friends and I stole into the Jordans’ backyard and started harvesting their sweet, juicy raspberries (树莓). We were enjoying every bite of the tasty berries
“What are you boys doing out here?” he yelled as my friends ran off
However, speed was never my
They teased me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how
“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They didn’t get punished at all!”
“That’s not my concern nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t
| A．before | B．while | C．when | D．after |
| A．towards | B．in | C．at | D．from |
| A．smart | B．foxy | C．swift | D．intelligent |
| A．hid | B．marched | C．hurried | D．disappeared |
| A．strength | B．power | C．intention | D．option |
| A．cruelly | B．bitterly | C．mercilessly | D．pitifully |
| A．colorful | B．offensive | C．violent | D．creative |
| A．negotiate | B．celebrate | C．plot | D．congratulate |
| A．unhappy | B．frustrating | C．disappointing | D．unfair |
| A．thinking | B．warning | C．asking | D．informing |
| A．control | B．predict | C．accept | D．explain |
| A．put up with | B．get away with | C．agree with | D．deal with |
| A．In | B．For | C．Through | D．Since |
| A．get stuck in | B．get engaged in | C．be involved in | D．be buried in |
| A．problem | B．complaint | C．concern | D．choice |
7 . At thirteen, I was diagnosed with a kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.
In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write about it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.
She glanced down at me through her glasses, “You are not different from your classmates, young man.”
I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn’t I the “blind” one in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? My thoughts flowed and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was not different from others; I just needed a quieter place. Now that Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up? I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day —with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “See what you can do when you keep tying.”
1. Why did the author fail to finish class reading?| A．He had poor reading skills. | B．He was tired of literature. |
| C．He had an attention disorder. | D．He wanted to take the task home. |
| A．He was poor. | B．He was very creative. |
| C．He was near-sighted. | D．He was well-educated. |
| A．Angry. | B．Impatient. | C．Supportive. | D．Negative. |
| A．The blind should be treated with respect. |
| B．Teachers can open up a new world to students. |
| C．Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges. |
| D．One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts. |
After seeing the advertisement in the newspaper, Perce Blackborow resolved to join the Antarctic expedition
9 . In 2017, I wanted a career in academia (学术界), running my own engineering laboratory. In fact my job wasn’t
So I
On my first day of graduate classes, I felt nervous and out of place among students much
Five years later, I
| A．cool | B．bad | C．natural | D．informative |
| A．believed | B．missed | C．called | D．interviewed |
| A．surprise | B．anger | C．interest | D．disappointment |
| A．stand out | B．be fit | C．make up | D．sign up |
| A．maintain | B．prove | C．discover | D．measure |
| A．conditional | B．limited | C．flexible | D．subjective |
| A．harmony | B．value | C．solution | D．survey |
| A．give up | B．arrange for | C．contribute to | D．dream of |
| A．more mature | B．younger | C．more diligent | D．cleverer |
| A．noticed | B．blamed | C．recognized | D．doubted |
| A．connection | B．competition | C．conversation | D．comprehension |
| A．comfortable | B．curious | C．depressed | D．adjustable |
| A．returned | B．dismissed | C．changed | D．graduated |
| A．opposed | B．promised | C．accomplished | D．developed |
| A．address | B．age | C．habit | D．gender |
10 . On January 15, 2016. I awoke at 2:30 am because I needed water. After drinking some. I was walking back upstairs from the kitchen when I
When I turned around, I saw some light, but I remembered I hadn’t
The fire became very fierce(凶猛的). Even worse, I was scared of heights and had physical
I found our
I’m not a hero, but Rock is, I’m just a(n)
| A．heard | B．raised | C．remembered | D．ignored |
| A．looked up | B．come up | C．used up | D．picked up |
| A．result | B．effect | C．danger | D．injury |
| A．passed | B．held | C．put | D．turned |
| A．late | B．happily | C．close | D．quietly |
| A．Immediately | B．Carefully | C．Curiously | D．Luckily |
| A．floor | B．roof | C．world | D．path |
| A．paid | B．applied | C．stood | D．shouted |
| A．features | B．advantages | C．backgrounds | D．issues |
| A．flew | B．landed | C．waved | D．struggled |
| A．dog | B．branch | C．ladder | D．rope |
| A．wrestled | B．jumped | C．disappeared | D．played |
| A．pleased | B．alive | C．energetic | D．formal |
| A．kind | B．significant | C．brave | D．ordinary |
| A．protect | B．greet | C．believe | D．appreciate |
