1. What happened to David Edward when he was 10?
A.He was lost. |
B.He suffered a serious disease. |
C.He became disabled. |
A.A video. | B.An article. | C.An interview. |
A.Honest. | B.Talented. | C.Inspiring. |
2 . I was preparing for dinner with my husband when our daughter Rikki stormed into the sitting room and marched to the sofa. I glanced out of the window and saw our neighbor Lexi walking slowly back to her house with her head down, looking so
“I don’t want to play with her,” Rikki complained, “I wish she would stop coming over here all the time. Her dress looks terrible and smells disgusting. Everyone in our class chooses to
“You see, baby,” her father began to say, “I really know how she felt when you showed your
Then we
Rikki began to think
Today, Rikki has a heart of gold. She is always the first to welcome those whom others might
A.funny | B.upset | C.relaxed | D.silly |
A.punish | B.inspire | C.respect | D.ignore |
A.habit | B.attitude | C.fault | D.quality |
A.coldness | B.selfishness | C.strictness | D.nervousness |
A.dream | B.thought | C.feeling | D.smell |
A.honest | B.curious | C.normal | D.helpful |
A.assumed | B.invited | C.reminded | D.warned |
A.laughing | B.arguing | C.crying | D.shopping |
A.actively | B.creatively | C.professionally | D.differently |
A.worry about | B.turn away | C.depend on | D.communicate with |
3 . Umar Fox searched his whole life to look for the firefighter who saved him and his sister from a house fire in 1978. The search
Umar was 3 when the
Umar had always hoped to
Umar said that he and his sister “wouldn’t be
As for Joseph, he considered he was
A.finally | B.normally | C.really | D.easily |
A.change | B.action | C.accident | D.adventure |
A.scene | B.floor | C.surface | D.ground |
A.speed | B.power | C.distance | D.safety |
A.injury | B.rescue | C.loss | D.task |
A.interview | B.meet | C.assist | D.join |
A.related to | B.dealt with | C.resulted in | D.applied for |
A.relaxing | B.satisfying | C.similar | D.enough |
A.visited | B.found | C.accompanied | D.urged |
A.attend | B.organize | C.sponsor | D.chair |
A.listened | B.cared | C.joked | D.worried |
A.special | B.retired | C.alive | D.delightful |
A.explain | B.compare | C.believe | D.agree |
A.brave | B.proud | C.suitable | D.willing |
A.roughly | B.curiously | C.hopefully | D.simply |
4 . Zhang Shuo became a winner of Labor Day Medal of this year. Before that, he was
Zhang Shuo got a job of designing advertisements in Harbin in 2015. Two years later, he decided to return to his hometown, Dongsheng Village in Hegang, to help his aging parents with their rice farm. He started his job as a food deliveryman (快递员) in 2018. “I just wanted to use the off season of farming to
Zhang Shuo was always attaching more importance to the quality of service than the quantity of orders. In late December 2018, a snowstorm
In June, 2019, Zhang Shuo became the manager of the delivery operations of Meituan in Hegang City. Since then, he began to find more ways to help young villagers get out of poverty (贫穷) and increase their
A.brought | B.lost | C.greeted | D.honored |
A.pay | B.earn | C.win | D.spend |
A.narrow | B.limited | C.huge | D.little |
A.put up | B.stay on | C.watch out | D.hold back |
A.forced | B.encouraged | C.warned | D.allowed |
A.provided | B.decorated | C.served | D.wrapped |
A.cold | B.warm | C.burning | D.freezing |
A.order | B.challenge | C.dinner | D.review |
A.pressure | B.safety | C.income | D.degree |
A.However | B.Otherwise | C.Moreover | D.Therefore |
5 . Artist Jess Smith loves stopping by her local thrift (旧货) shop. When she walks into the store, she
Early in June, Jess found something she couldn’t
She remembered seeing a
Jess contacted the Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation. After a
Realizing it was an art piece, Jess didn’t choose to sell it.
A.adapts | B.applies | C.heads | D.agrees |
A.books | B.donations | C.foods | D.treasures |
A.possibly | B.hardly | C.gradually | D.carefully |
A.goal | B.signature | C.design | D.strategy |
A.loan | B.foundation | C.store | D.item |
A.figure out | B.make up | C.come across | D.listen to |
A.cheap | B.common | C.similar | D.suitable |
A.pretended | B.learned | C.imagined | D.doubted |
A.created | B.collected | C.delivered | D.admired |
A.lent | B.owed | C.valued | D.stolen |
A.alarming | B.available | C.new | D.special |
A.message | B.rank | C.greeting | D.plan |
A.false | B.real | C.beautiful | D.legal |
A.popularity | B.request | C.quality | D.fantasy |
A.Otherwise | B.Therefore | C.However | D.Instead |
6 . Many of our family traditions centered around food. We’d gather in the kitchen for every birthday and holiday and enjoy delicious food. My grandparents always held Christmas dinner, which included chicken cacciatore, sausage, meatballs and salad. But right before we sat down to eat, my grandmother would pull me aside to show me the dish she made just for me: fresh pasta (意大利面) with tomato sauce.
It was a simple dish, but to me it was warm food that filled me with happiness. But more than that, it made me feel like I belonged. I was a shy kid and, in many situations, I felt ignored. And here was my grandmother, showing me that I mattered.
Years went by; I moved away and got married. I’d visit throughout the years and my grandmother would serve up a plate of pasta.
When my daughter was born in 2020, for the first time in my life I wasn’t about to make the trip back home for Christmas. I cooked my family’s traditional foods and my husband and I had a big meal that included, of course, fresh pasta. I had a video call with my grandmother and showed her the pasta. Shortly after the holidays she passed away unexpectedly.
It seemed so unfair that my grandmother passed away soon after I became a parent. I’d hold my daughter and think about how I could tell her what an amazing great-grandmother she had.
In my sadness I came to an answer: food. Late at night after my daughter had gone to bed, I’d go to the kitchen and learn how to make fresh pasta, cooking my grandmother’s recipes. Before long I started experimenting, making a bit changes to classic recipes. When my daughter got a little older, I began making special dishes for her with my grandmother’s flavors in mind.
I know that no matter how hard I try, my daughter will never have a bowl pasta with sauce exactly like the ones my grandmother would make for me. While that makes me sad, she’ll still get to have my pasta sauce. I know there’re two things she’ll never lack for in this life: pasta and love.
1. What did the author say about her grandmother’s homemade pasta?A.It was a special birthday gift for her. | B.It brought her a sense of belonging. |
C.It was loved by every family member. | D.It took a lot of time and energy to prepare. |
A.She didn’t share pasta with her husband. |
B.She didn’t give her grandmother a call. |
C.She didn’t prepare many traditional family foods. |
D.She didn’t have a chance to eat her grandmother’s pasta. |
A.To honour her grandmother. | B.To give her daughter a surprise. |
C.To meet her grandmother’s wish. | D.To be a role model for her daughter. |
A.It isn’t easy to make. | B.It isn’t to her daughter’s liking. |
C.It tastes exactly the same as her grandmother’s. | D.It shows her love for her daughter. |
A.Different types of pasta | B.The origin of pasta |
C.Love through pasta | D.Pasta for Christmas |
With my cellphone dead, I had to ask strangers for help.
I
9 . A dozen years ago, William Dunn noticed his six-year-old neighbor, Camran, shouted at his mom angrily. He started a (n)
William asked Camran’s mom for
On weekends, William and a few other
William wants to share his
A.conversation | B.fight | C.argument | D.experiment |
A.mother | B.grandma | C.dad | D.grandpa |
A.payment | B.invitation | C.permission | D.apology |
A.protected | B.attracted | C.stopped | D.chosen |
A.few | B.positive | C.normal | D.similar |
A.travel | B.learn | C.live | D.fish |
A.teachers | B.parents | C.journalists | D.volunteers |
A.subject | B.history | C.swim | D.basics |
A.lessons | B.challenges | C.choices | D.realities |
A.work | B.joy | C.function | D.form |
A.adults | B.retirees | C.children | D.consumers |
A.adventure | B.honor | C.love | D.friendship |
A.cared about | B.suffered from | C.depended on | D.belonged to |
A.homes | B.dreams | C.bridges | D.relationships |
A.hardly | B.regularly | C.finally | D.initially |
10 . A boy in Florida called 911 but didn’t have a real emergency. Instead, he wanted a hug from an officer, and the responding officer understood.
Footage (镜头) from the home’s doorbell camera
“We had a 911 call,” Pract says in the video.
“We can talk to my son.” the mother says.
Her young son
After hugging the boy, Pracht
Scott Pracht’s office
“Our officers are more than
A.analyzes | B.guides | C.shows | D.explores |
A.breaks | B.fixes | C.approaches | D.locks |
A.tightly | B.secretly | C.accidentally | D.awkwardly |
A.agreed | B.explained | C.complained | D.realized |
A.humble | B.grateful | C.patient | D.careful |
A.under protection | B.on vacation | C.in trouble | D.on duty |
A.supposed | B.required | C.reminded | D.proposed |
A.refuses | B.cheers | C.apologizes | D.suspects |
A.selected | B.posted | C.recognized | D.completed |
A.exchanged | B.examined | C.collected | D.viewed |
A.kindness | B.wisdom | C.independence | D.curiosity |
A.active | B.serious | C.generous | D.happy |
A.vital | B.difficult | C.possible | D.sufficient |
A.allow | B.encourage | C.train | D.warn |
A.flexible | B.creative | C.appropriate | D.occasional |