1 . As Teachers’ Day approached, I received an interview assignment to talk with a very special figure about teaching. President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam talked with me about life’s toughest lessons and his mission of being a teacher to the Indian youth. He was now a leader and a wise old man. There was still a child in him though, and he was still curious about learning new things. To this day, he still remembered his first lesson in life and how it had changed his life.
“I was studying in fifth grade and must have been 10 years old. My teacher, Sri Sivasubramanialyer was telling us how birds flew. He drew a diagram of a bird on the blackboard, drawing the wings, the tail, the body and the head and then explained how birds flew into the sky. At the end of the class, I said I didn’t understand. Then he asked the other students if they had understood, but nobody had understood how birds flew.” he recalled.
“That evening, the entire class was taken to Rameshwaram shore by our teacher,” the President continued. “My teacher showed us sea birds. We saw wonderful formations of them flying and how their wings waved. Then my teacher asked us, ‘Where is the bird’s engine and how is it powered?’ I knew then that birds are powered by their own life and motivation. I understood all about birds’ dynamics. At last, he said to us with relief that we were very good.”
“That day from not understanding to the final understanding, as well as the gratitude to the teacher, has always impressed me. A proper education would help develop a sense of dignity (尊严) and self-respect among our youth,” said President Kalam.
1. What does the author probably do?A.A reporter. | B.A president. | C.A teacher. | D.A painter. |
A.It was a drawing class. | B.The teacher’s diagram was not complete. |
C.What the teacher taught was quite difficult. | D.The students were too stupid to understand it. |
A.By asking other teachers for help. | B.By taking them to see the real birds. |
C.By bringing a bird to explain again. | D.By drawing another diagram for them. |
A.Disappointed. | B.Stressed. | C.Angry. | D.Grateful. |
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3 . My aunt Cindy has her own cake shop. She can make nice cakes for special occasions, such as weddings and birthdays. I spent a week last summer helping her in the shop. Making a nice cake is harder than I thought it would be.
I practised for hours in Aunt Cindy’s shop. I made little colored dots (圆点) on a piece of wax paper (蜡纸). Unluckily, I could not get the dots to be the same shape or size. I decided to take a break from making the dots, so I helped move cakes. However, that was not easy for me, either. I dropped a cake when trying to take it out of the freezer (冰箱) by myself. Luckily one of Aunt Cindy’s assistants (助手) was there. He saved the cake from hitting the floor.
It takes a whole team to make a huge cake. That’s one of the most important things I learned. Each person on the team has to be great at his or her job. Aunt Cindy designs the cakes on paper, Larry does the mixing and baking, and assistants carve and put frosting on the cakes. Aunt Cindy and Larry do most of the decorating while the assistants help make small parts like flowers and figures. Building a big cake is like playing a team sport. If one person doesn’t do his or her job well, the whole team pays for that.
Even though I was not much help to my aunt, I’m glad I spent the week in Aunt Cindy’s shop. Designing cakes takes more than just baking skills. It takes art and painting skills too. Now when I see a really nice cake, I don’t think of eating it first. Instead, I look at it and wonder how many hours it took to make.
1. What does the underlined word “occasions” mean in this passage?A.events | B.needs | C.months | D.ideas |
A.Because she practised for hours and became bored. |
B.Because she could not make the dots good enough for a cake. |
C.Because Aunt Cindy did not want her to make any more dots. |
D.Because Aunt Cindy wanted her to help somewhere else. |
A.Aunt Cindy. | B.Larry. | C.Assistants. | D.The writer. |
A.She got to practise making coloured dots. | B.She learned the importance of teamwork. |
C.She got to take a cake out of the freezer. | D.She learned art and painting skills. |
4 . Pingtan, the biggest island off the coast of Fujian Province, is popular with tourists these days. It has also attracted many
Born in Milan, Strada has a well-developed
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As for the future, Strada plans to
A.foreigners | B.businessmen | C.travelers | D.engineers |
A.model | B.stylist | C.critic | D.graduate |
A.application | B.system | C.appreciation | D.relationship |
A.boosted | B.improved | C.achieved | D.pursued |
A.However | B.Therefore | C.Otherwise | D.Besides |
A.urgent | B.frequent | C.recreational | D.exhausting |
A.contributed to | B.adapted to | C.settled in | D.believed in |
A.political | B.major | C.potential | D.economic |
A.make use of | B.get rid of | C.keep track of | D.take care of |
A.environment | B.flavor | C.fashion | D.record |
A.reopens | B.monitors | C.possesses | D.decorates |
A.awarding | B.announcing | C.offering | D.showing |
A.fund | B.evaluate | C.attend | D.organize |
A.spread | B.acquire | C.compare | D.discuss |
A.virtual | B.dynamic | C.intelligent | D.independent |
Having quarreled with her husband Tom, Jane boiled with anger and she
When seeing a rabbit,
7 . My faith in human nature has never been so great as it was last weekend after our family get-together in the town of Vail.
On Saturday, we all went to the market right in the middle of the town. Near the end, we all
After we returned to the hotel late in the afternoon, my 7-year-old son Ponder
Ponder has never lost anything. So we just take for granted that he needs no guidance on managing his
He was upset, not about the Gameboy, but about the watch. “But Dad,” he said, through massive
Our dinner reservation was at a restaurant just on the other side of the bridge, so I
As we exited from the parking garage, we could see the fountain as we walked down the long staircase. I saw something black
“See it, Dad?” Ponder shouted. “Don’t get too excited because that may not be it,” I said. But that was it. It had been five or six hours since we left the fountain, and it was still there. There was no ID in it, and it looked like someone had looked through it and then set it right out where all could
I literally
What a charmed life, eh? I believe this was a perfect lesson for a child in losing something important. . . lose it and feel the full
A.drove | B.hiked | C.met | D.united |
A.landed | B.left | C.settled | D.slept |
A.responded | B.recognized | C.realised | D.recalled |
A.contained | B.combined | C.comprised | D.covered |
A.preparation | B.checkup | C.revision | D.search |
A.emotion | B.time | C.money | D.stuff |
A.tears | B.fists | C.reliefs | D.outbreaks |
A.promised | B.informed | C.warned | D.taught |
A.worm out | B.caught up | C.put away | D.turned in |
A.hiding | B.sitting | C.swinging | D.flowing |
A.assess | B.declare | C.tell | D.predict |
A.take | B.see | C.touch | D.protect |
A.panicked | B.exploded | C.collapsed | D.cried |
A.dreams | B.claims | C.efforts | D.passions |
A.range | B.pressure | C.weight | D.harvest |
8 . Our house was across the street from the entrance of a famous hospital in the city. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to
He’s
We
In the years he came to stay
A.outpatients | B.doctors | C.neighbors | D.visitors |
A.handsome | B.plain | C.ordinary | D.awful-looking |
A.even | B.extremely | C.hardly | D.much |
A.loud | B.pleasant | C.bitter | D.annoying |
A.begging | B.applying | C.hunting | D.asking |
A.stared | B.enjoyed | C.admitted | D.hesitated |
A.saved | B.crowded | C.escaped | D.held |
A.silently | B.secretly | C.hopelessly | D.regretfully |
A.in fact | B.in turn | C.in vain | D.in place |
A.caused | B.accompanied | C.survived | D.forced |
A.brought | B.picked | C.took | D.put |
A.treatment | B.puzzle | C.misfortune | D.suffering |
A.anyway | B.finally | C.overnight | D.slowly |
A.purpose | B.takeaway | C.food | D.delivery |
A.happiness | B.gratitude | C.attitude | D.pity |
9 . Two Georgian twins, separated at birth when they were sold to different adoptive families, have been reunited and have TikTok to thank for bringing them back together.
The astonishing story began 10 years ago when one of the twins, Amy Khvitia, sat watching Georgia’s Got Talent in her godmother’s house near the Black Sea. A young girl, who looked exactly like her, climbed up on stage and began to dance in front of the reality show’s judges. Another seven years went by when Ano Sartania, the young girl that had danced on television, was sent a TikTok video of a young woman with blue hair getting her eyebrow pierced. Determined, Ano took to a WhatsApp university group with her plea. asking for help finding the woman with the blue hair. Against all odds, someone in the group knew Amy and the pair was connected through Facebook. Amy and Ano agreed to meet in-person at a local train station.
“It was awkward, it was awesome, it was everything,” Ano told The Sun of that first meeting, adding, “It was weird for me like I was looking in a mirror.” As they grew to know each other more, the two women began to list the similarities they shared and admit to being a bit unsettled by it all. Both were born in the same hospital, but their birth certificates said they were born a couple of weeks apart. Wanting answers, they turned to their families to ask some hard questions and soon had an explanation — both families admitted to adopting the girls as newborns.
It turns out both of their mothers had been unable to have children and were told they could pay to adopt unwanted babies at the hospital. DNA tests ‘eventually confirmed that that Amy and Ano were twins. However, they wanted to know why their biological parents have given them up and if they had been sold for profit. The twins have since been reunited with their birth mother, Aza, who claimed she fell into a coma after delivering her identical daughters and when she woke up hospital staff told her that her babies were dead.
“While Ano and Amy’s story contains a lot of coincidence on their path to reunion, their adoption circumstances aren’t that unique in Georgia — as many as 100,000 Georgian babies have been put up for illegal adoption since the 1950s on the black baby market,” says Georgian journalist Tamuna Museridze, who has been working to reunite families.
1. Which of the following properly describes the twins?A.Their foster parents paid to adopt them legally. |
B.Their first in-person meeting was full of mixed feelings. |
C.It took them a smooth decade to get connected with each other. |
D.Their biological parents sold them at birth for profit through hospital staff. |
A.Changed. | B.Shaped. | C.Upset. | D.Unsolved. |
A.Tolerant. | B.Supportive. | C.Unclear. | D.Disapproving. |
A.Black baby market gains popularity in Georgia |
B.Twin sisters, abandoned by birth mother, reunited |
C.Twin sisters, sold illegally at birth, reunited thanks to TikTok |
D.Lots of coincidence brought adopted twin sisters a family reunion |
10 . 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
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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 |