Holidays are not necessarily for fun or rest. Doing something meaningful can also gain special pleasure. When the final bell rang, the students were reminded that there was no school on Monday—the Labor Day. “Enjoy your extra day off” said the teacher to her class.
An extra day off unsuited Kayla just fine. She loved breaks. She wanted to go out to play with her friends. When the school bus dropped Kayla off, she ran into the house happily.
“How was school, Kayla?” asked her mom.
“It was great, Mom. I am excited about no school on Monday.”
“You just started back to school two weeks ago. Already in need of a break, huh?” asked Kayla’s mom with a laugh.
Kayla slept in the next morning. Saturday was her favorite day of the week. I trained most of the day, so Kayla enjoyed playing videogames inside. On Sunday, her friends came over and they played basketball for several hours.
Then it was Labor Day, you know, the extra day off that Kayla was so looking forward to. But Kayla was awakened early that morning by her dad. He told Kayla that in honor of Labor Day, the family would be cleaning both inside and outside the house. Kayla couldn’t believe it. This was a holiday. A day when she was supposed to be enjoying freshly squeezed lemonade while playing in her tree house. As Kayla wiped here yes, she began to wonder if this was just a bad dream.
“Kayla, your breakfast is ready. We have a lot of work to do today. Let’s get a move on,” said Kayla’s mom. As she sat down at the kitchen table, Kayla asked her parents，
“Are you serious about working today? Isn’t Labor Day a holiday?”
“Yes, Kayla. It is,” replied her dad. “But your mom and I thought working hard today would make you appreciate why Labor Day was observed in the first place.”
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At first Kayla felt disappointed at her parents’ plan for the holiday.
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We lived in a small but
My mind was
| A．overlooked | B．separated | C．caught | D．raised |
| A．pointed | B．glanced | C．waved | D．reached |
| A．clothing | B．uniforms | C．trend | D．smiles |
| A．end | B．recover | C．settle | D．escape |
| A．ignorant | B．ashamed | C．afraid | D．guilty |
| A．cheap | B．cozy | C．simple | D．expensive |
| A．accusing | B．convincing | C．terrifying | D．stunning |
| A．connect | B．involve | C．belong | D．equal |
| A．put | B．ease | C．blow | D．shake |
| A．got across | B．took over | C．held on | D．stood out |
| A．chasing | B．wandering | C．observing | D．guarding |
| A．secretly | B．regularly | C．carelessly | D．differently |
| A．exchanging | B．lifting | C．disappearing | D．stretching |
| A．returned | B．existed | C．rose | D．died |
| A．impressed | B．patient | C．content | D．strict |
An Unforgivable Mistake
A few years ago, the company I work for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I’ve always loved jogging, so I was really happy when I found the apartment they had rented for us was next to Central Park. This meant that every morning I could go for a run before I went to work.
Because a lot of people had told me to be careful of muggers (行凶抢劫者) in the park, I didn’t usually take anything with me. How could they rob me if I didn’t have anything? But one morning my wife asked me to buy some bread on the way home, so I put a $10 bill in my back pocket.
It was a beautiful morning and the park was quiet with very few people walking or jogging around. While I was running, another jogger bumped (撞) into me. He apologized and continued running. For a while, I didn’t think too much of it. However, when I noticed the wide path where I was running, I thought it was kind of strange. The warning of muggers in the park occurred to me. It could have been a mugger! I suddenly became alarmed, so I checked my pocket. The money was missing! I immediately started to run after the jogger. I finally caught up with and grabbed him firmly by the arm. I started shouting and demanding that he give me the $10 bill. I’m not usually a hot-headed person, but I really lost my temper at that moment. I couldn’t believe the robbery was actually happening to me. Filled with anger, I shook my fist at him. This seemed to frighten him. He quickly put his hand in his pocket and gave me the money. Then he ran away as fast as he could.
I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I couldn’t wait to tell my wife the story. “You won’t believe what happened to me,” I started with pride. She immediately interrupted (插话), “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”
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Looking at the money on the table, I stood there, shocked.
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For several days, I waited at the same place.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . American Brian Linden first came to China at the end of August 1984. That month of this year, the 61-year-old man visited his hometown, Chicago. But wherever he is, Linden always holds China in his heart as his “spiritual homeland”.
His plans for September were to deliver lectures with a focus on China, before returning to Xizhou town in Dali, Yunnan to oversee the operation of the Linden Center — his namesake hotel brand and cultural exchange center founded in 2008. “The initial intention behind establishing the Linden Center was to build a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and the world,” says Linden. “What China has accomplished in 40 years is a miracle. I want to tella better story of China to the world. ”
Before coming to China, he was a part-time night school college student, who cleaned carpets for a living. One day, he went to clean the carpet of an instructor who had just returned from China. He was captivated by the teacher’s amazing stories about China. Soon after, he saw a poster announcing scholarships to study overseas in China and applied. “It changed my life,” he says.
While undertaking graduate studies at Nanjing University, he met his wife Jeanee, a Chinese-American woman. The couple took train journeys across the country with their sons,not only exploring China’s beautiful landscapes but also feeling the people’s warmth and kindness.China has given so much to Linden that he, in turn, wanted to contribute to China’s growth and promote the country to the outside world.
Linden’s team transformed the courtard into a hotel according to the principle of “preserving the old as it was”, conserving the ethnic Bai architecture, layout (布局), and wooden carvings. International visitors not only booked guestrooms at the center but also explored the surrounding Bai villages under the guidance of its staff. Linden hopes to go beyond enhancing global understanding of China in general to boosting people-to-people exchanges with the US in particular.
1. Why did Linden set up the Linden Center?| A．To make a big fortune in China. |
| B．To achieve his wife’s and sons’ dreams. |
| C．To memorize his special experience in China. |
| D．To promote cultural exchanges between China and the world. |
| A．Alarmed. | B．Attracted. |
| C．Confused. | D．Concerned. |
| A．Say no to the old. | B．Make a complete change. |
| C．Conserve the traditions. | D．Combine the old and the new. |
| A．Traditions Are Precious and Need Protection |
| B．Travelling Makes a Person Learn More about the World |
| C．A Couple Is Puzzled by the Traditional Chinese Culture |
| D．An American Shares His “Chinese Homeland” with the World |
5 . This weekend, thousands of motorcyclists are riding on the Black Hills for the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Fair. For many of them, an 8-year-old’s lemonade stand has become a popular stop.
Wyatt started the free lemonade stand last year as a way to raise some money to buy a Lego set. But on the first day, he not only made enough cash to get his toys, but he was able to donate $200 to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. “So now, 50 percent goes to college,” he explained. “30 percent goes to St. Jude and the rest goes to... last year it was Legos, this year it’s a dirt bike.”
This year, Wyatt’s lemonade stand went viral after someone posted about it on social media. “I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened,” said his mother Robin Dennis. “This just blows my mind.”
So far, the post has been shared more than 60,000 times and encouraged hundreds of bikers from all over the U.S. to the Sturgis motorcycle rally. “He loves it,” said Robin. “He loves seeing the people. He loves waving to the people. Even if they don’t stop, they ride by and honk their horn. He makes many friends and becomes more confident.”
Whether he’s serving lemonade, posing for pictures, or sitting on a motorcycle, Wyatt has become something of a local celebrity. He’s raised enough to donate $4,500 to St. Jude this year and he has no plans to pump the brakes anytime soon.
“As long as he’s having fun doing it and it’s what he wants to do, we’ll be out here every year serving lemonade to everyone who’s here,” his mother said.
1. Why do people stop by a lemonade stand?| A．To advocate the annual fair. | B．To worship the local celebrity. |
| C．To support the little boy. | D．To make lemonade for the charity. |
| A．Relieved. | B．Moved. | C．Content. | D．Amazed. |
| A．Speed. | B．Stop. | C．Decline. | D．Expand. |
| A．Roses given, fragrance in hand. |
| B．Birds of a feature flock together. |
| C．A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. |
| D．Love shows more in action than in words. |
High school sports. It’s about the biggest thing in our town of Verden, population six hundred. And sports are important in our family. Both of our sons were high-school athletes. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls’ basketball team. But I was because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症). My wife Jennifer and I never told Lauren that she was different, treating her like our other children. We didn’t want her to feel that way.
“I’m gonna play basketball, Daddy.” Lauren flew into my arms when I came in from work. “That’s nice, honey,” I replied without a second thought, figuring she meant outside—on the driveway. But Jennifer’s worried face showed I’d missed something. Jennifer spoke slowly, her tone steady. “She meant she’s joining the girls’ high-school basketball team, the Lady Tigers.”
The next afternoon, I parked in front of the school gym. Inside, Coach Durant greeted us, “We’re glad Lauren came out for the team. She matters to us!” Lauren stood alone at the other end of the court, shooting free throws. No other girl on the court smiled widely as Lauren did. After every shot, Lauren yelled excitedly, “Woo hoo!”, not caring whether she made the basket.
Mid-November, the season’s first game arrived. I settled into a seat with the rest of my family. Moments later, a train of girls went out of the locker room. Last in line was Lauren, grabbing a practice ball. But before Lauren took her warm-up shot, she searched the stands (看台). Spotting us, she tucked (抱) the ball under her arm and waved broadly.
The game got off to a good start, but soon Verden was behind. Even though Lauren wasn’t playing, she was following the movement on the court attentively. She hit her knees each time the opposing team scored; she waved her arms each time Verden shot. Just less than two minutes were left, and Verden was behind by 17 points. Coach called a time-out (暂停). Then the announcer’s voice came. “Number thirty-three, Lauren Wray, in for the Lady Tigers.”
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Lauren was in the game.
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7 . Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was painful and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each other on a high
Twenty minutes later, he took the potatoes out of the pot and put them in one bowl and the eggs in another. He then ladled (舀) the coffee out and placed it in a cup.
The daughter
He then
“Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity
| A．spending | B．wasting | C．struggling | D．arguing |
| A．shelf | B．pan | C．table | D．fire |
| A．tomatoes | B．potatoes | C．noodles | D．corn |
| A．sit | B．blow | C．skip | D．remain |
| A．nervously | B．impatiently | C．devotedly | D．willingly |
| A．declared | B．noticed | C．concluded | D．promised |
| A．sorted | B．observed | C．maintained | D．launched |
| A．Luckily | B．Instead | C．Gradually | D．Finally |
| A．regret | B．tear | C．change | D．smile |
| A．suggested | B．proved | C．explained | D．ensured |
| A．similarly | B．differently | C．passively | D．actively |
| A．ruining | B．protecting | C．damaging | D．covering |
| A．common | B．unique | C．rare | D．clear |
| A．discovered | B．changed | C．created | D．imagined |
| A．centers | B．calls | C．knocks | D．counts |
One day my grandfather gave me a gift — a piggy bank. It had an opening through which one could put money in, but the opening was not big enough to reach in and get the money out. The only way to get at the money was to break the piggy bank open. My grandfather explained that was the whole idea: the piggy bank would help save my money so that, at the end of the year, I might have enough for that bike I dreamt about. He asked if I would put some of the money he gave me into the piggy bank. I agreed immediately and promised that I wouldn’t break it open until I could afford my dream bike.
Whenever he gave me a little bit of money, he would say, “This is for spending. But you can save some and put it in the piggy bank if you want to save it up.” When he gave me larger amounts, it was clearly for saving in the piggy bank. For some time, this worked fine. I loved shaking the piggy bank and hearing the sound of the coins. As it became heavier, I grew more excited, dreaming about buying my new bike, and all the adventures I could have on it.
Whenever I wanted to take some money from the piggy bank to buy delicious ice-creams or beautiful pens, I would imagine riding my bike on the street, and thinking of that, my thoughts about ice-creams or pens went away. So for almost six months, I only put money into the piggy bank without taking any out. I thought I wouldn’t break my piggy bank for anything. But one day something unexpected happened. I saw a piece of news on the television that a serious earthquake (地震) had happened in a nearby province. As many houses were destroyed, a lot of children became homeless. Seeing their shabby clothes and crying faces, I was sleepless that night.
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9 . When I was young, I wondered why neighborhoods didn’t plant fruit trees to build community. Later, my husband and I decided the right way to answer this question was to do it ourselves, so we set about
Every crop brought us
Today, I am happy to role model
| A．filling | B．moving | C．digging | D．entering |
| A．colder | B．closer | C．more accustomed | D．more responsible |
| A．limit | B．approval | C．excuse | D．compromise |
| A．sell | B．share | C．enjoy | D．eat |
| A．challenging | B．strict | C．strange | D．powerful |
| A．and | B．so | C．or | D．but |
| A．stolen | B．sought | C．delivered | D．damaged |
| A．frightened | B．thrilled | C．annoyed | D．embarrassed |
| A．note | B．sign | C．mail | D．card |
| A．At length | B．By contrast | C．In addition | D．On purpose |
| A．read | B．wrote | C．spoke | D．meant |
| A．up | B．across | C．off | D．out |
| A．nourishes | B．beautifies | C．spreads | D．saves |
| A．cooperation | B．sacrifice | C．generosity | D．competence |
| A．display | B．provide | C．buy | D．reject |
10 . Reeves is a 7th grader in Michigan. He was honoured as a hero for preventing his school bus from
On April 26, the bus driver was taking students home from Carter Middle School when she
The bus began to turn to oncoming traffic. That’s when Dillon Reeves
In a video released by authorities at the news meeting, Reeves is seen taking
The Warren Police and Fire Departments responded (回应) quickly to the scene to
Warren City Councilman Jonathan Lafferty is calling Reeves a hero. “The City of Warren is very
“Dillon, he’s really been a
| A．crashing | B．stopping | C．slowing | D．speeding |
| A．decided | B．began | C．struggled | D．expected |
| A．tripped over | B．went off | C．passed out | D．given away |
| A．broke | B．changed | C．forgot | D．jumped |
| A．faced | B．fixed | C．tracked | D．seated |
| A．set | B．stole | C．caught | D．threw |
| A．curiosity | B．fear | C．sense | D．impression |
| A．control | B．care | C．advantage | D．place |
| A．refer | B．lead | C．attend | D．stick |
| A．obviously | B．safely | C．calmly | D．typically |
| A．worthy | B．short | C．proud | D．aware |
| A．communicative | B．classic | C．natural | D．medical |
| A．applying | B．reflecting | C．avoiding | D．changing |
| A．great | B．usual | C．joyful | D．suitable |
| A．feeds | B．fills | C．shuts | D．hurts |
