It was a sun-kissed spring afternoon along the beautiful Maryland coast, and Jonathan Bauer, a 51-year-old former firefighter, was enjoying a rare moment with his 13-year-old daughter, Ava. The two of them were heading home across the Route 90 bridge, over the waters of Assawoman Bay.
However, the peace of their drive was suddenly disturbed by the noise of tires and a horrible crash just ahead of them. A black truck was out of control, running into a concrete barrier, and finally coming to rest over the bridge’s railing(栏杆).
In that heart-stopping moment, Bauer hit the brakes in time to avoid the vehicles in his path, narrowly avoiding a crash with the truck ahead. But his heart sank as he saw a red car sliding backward towards him. He turned left, but too late——the car ultimately crashed into the trunk of his car.
Bauer stopped the car. “Ava, are you OK?” he asked. Thankfully, Ava emerged from the chaos, but otherwise unhurt. Bauer, however, couldn’t stand by. Rushing to the red car, he checked on its driver. “Are you OK?” he asked the driver. She nodded, too shocked to speak.
Then, suddenly, a scream of “HELP” cut through the air, coming from the overturned truck. As the truck driver climbed out and pointed toward the water, Bauer raced to his side. In the shallow bay waters below, he spotted a car seat and a terrified two-year-old girl, dressed in a pink dress.
Without hesitation, Bauer instructed Ava to call the ambulance as he removed his shoes. He knew the situation was urgent, and he had to act swiftly to save the baby. He climbed onto the bridge’s railing, preparing to make a jump of faith into the water. He was not sure about his chances jumping from this height into such shallow water. And were there rocks this close to the concrete pillar(柱子) of the bridge?
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Bauer jumped into the water.
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As the ambulance left, Ava anxiously turned to her father.
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2 . Brian Tracy is a very famous Canadian-born motivational speaker, and it is safe enough to say that he is one of the best ones out there. Brian is
Brian Tracy was born in Canada in 1944 and
In his childhood, he fell in love with reading, which brought him great
His deeds are an inspiration to many people in trouble and he has one main message for everyone out there, “I believe through
| A．obviously | B．generally | C．occasionally | D．extremely |
| A．Therefore | B．However | C．Besides | D．Otherwise |
| A．raised | B．adopted | C．acknowledged | D．noted |
| A．moved | B．escaped | C．exchanged | D．quarreled |
| A．confident | B．hardworking | C．cautious | D．patient |
| A．build | B．assist | C．save | D．support |
| A．name | B．confusion | C．delight | D．attention |
| A．various | B．best-selling | C．similar | D．special |
| A．insight | B．opinion | C．experience | D．achievement |
| A．chances | B．risks | C．hardships | D．threats |
| A．held back | B．resulted from | C．turned over | D．contributed to |
| A．ruined | B．weakened | C．shaped | D．reflected |
| A．transformed | B．applied | C．exposed | D．reached |
| A．practicing | B．learning | C．seeking | D．creating |
| A．overcome | B．pose | C．hit | D．encounter |
In 1989, just out of high school, I was faced with the tough job of deciding my own course of study, which was only three months away from university. In those days in Pakistan, there were limited choices: becoming a doctor or an engineer or entering the financial world after obtaining a business degree. I didn’t have any interest in engineering, so all I had to do was either medical or commercial work. I couldn’t decide.
My uncle, an influential member of the family, recommended that I spend a month in an international company and then a month at a hospital. Then I could make a decision. I thought it was a great idea.
I was accepted for a month’s placement (实习工作) at a foreign bank in Karachi. I had some insight into how the financial world worked, met new acquaintances, and enjoyed the general relaxed atmosphere of the office.
The month passed quickly, and I was soon employed at one of Karachi’s premier hospitals. The experience could not have been more different. There was a tense atmosphere at the hospital. Days began sooner(at seven as opposed to nine in the morning at the bank), and they were full of interminable (无止境的) chores and late-night visits! It was insane (疯狂的), working all day, all night, and then another.
I was starting to think about both of my experiences. The bank had offered a more relaxing environment, better working hours and less pressure. It was exciting and unpredictable in the hospital, but it was hard to learn and practice. It looked like the business choice would win.
Near the end of my month in the hospital, I was on my way back from a particularly hectic (紧张忙碌的) evening call, and there was a public bus in front of me, and there were some kids in it. While the driver threaded his way through the cars, I saw that the boys were swaying left and right.
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All of a sudden, a boy fell from the back of the bus.
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When I visited him at the hospital the following morning, all his family members stood up with grateful smiles on their faces.
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4 . On August 23rd, my son was out mountain biking with his teacher and friends. As usual, we were waiting at home
We
We got him a “figure-of-8” support that keeps both his shoulders aligned (成一条直线). It was the best
I would never
| A．at | B．on | C．with | D．in |
| A．worked out | B．dropped by | C．set out | D．shown up |
| A．walked | B．raced | C．rode | D．flew |
| A．anger | B．stress | C．pain | D．shame |
| A．easy | B．hard | C．rapid | D．ready |
| A．for | B．though | C．so | D．unless |
| A．challenge | B．success | C．condition | D．promise |
| A．goal | B．choice | C．part | D．task |
| A．hours | B．days | C．weeks | D．months |
| A．Designed | B．Cancelled | C．Created | D．Divided |
| A．mental | B．physical | C．relaxing | D．interesting |
| A．changed | B．helped | C．protected | D．provided |
| A．wish | B．afford | C．admire | D．educate |
| A．smallest | B．slowest | C．biggest | D．worst |
| A．normally | B．exactly | C．suddenly | D．hopefully |
5 . I am sitting at the table in my favorite Boston bookstore-café, laptop open, writing. Ten minutes ago I ordered coffee. The server—a young, dark-haired woman with a broad smile and glasses—stopped and quietly said, “I just want to tell you how much your TED talk meant to me, you helped me find out what I really wanted to do with my life—go to medical school—and then you helped me do what I needed to do to get there. Thank you.”
Tears in my eyes, I asked, “What’s your name?”
“Fetaine,” she said. Then we talked for the next ten minutes about Fetaine’s challenges in the past and new-found excitement about her future.
Everyone who communicates with me is special and memorable, but this kind of communication happens far more often than I’d ever have expected: a stranger warmly greets me, shares a personal story about how they successfully dealt with difficulties, and then simply thanks me for my part in it. They are women and men, old and young, poor and wealthy. But something connects them: all have felt powerless in the face of great pressure and anxiety(焦虑), and all discovered a quite simple way to free themselves from that feeling of powerlessness.
For most writers, the book comes first, then the responses. For me, it was the other way around. First, I performed experiments that led to a talk I gave at the TEDGlobal conference in 2012. In that talk, I discussed some interesting findings about how we can quickly increase our confidence and decrease(减轻) our anxiety in challenging situations. I also shared my own troubles and how I learned to become more confident. Soon after the twenty-one-minute video of the talk was posted on the Internet, I began hearing from people who had seen it.
Of course, watching my talk didn’t magically give Fetaine the knowledge she needed to do well on Medical College Admission Test. But it may have helped her get out of the fear that could have prevented her from expressing the things she knew.
1. What happened in the Boston bookstore-café?| A．The writer waited ten minutes for her coffee. |
| B．The writer came across a friend of hers. |
| C．A waitress expressed her thanks to the writer. |
| D．A waitress encouraged the writer to give a TED talk. |
| A．They once faced problems and felt helpless. |
| B．They shared personal stories about strangers. |
| C．They were famous but under great pressure. |
| D．They were afraid to communicate with others. |
| A．How to increase confidence. | B．How to perform meaningful experiments. |
| C．How to overcome anxiety in a talk. | D．How to find interesting things in life. |
| A．She gave Fetaine power to look to the future. |
| B．She helped Fetaine with her knowledge. |
| C．She advised Fetaine to go to medical school. |
| D．She helped Fetaine to get a good job. |
6 . I played a racquetball (壁球) game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most
| A．encouraging | B．hopeless | C．surprising | D．regular |
| A．unforgettable | B．unexpected | C．easy | D．early |
| A．exercise | B．preparation | C．joy | D．fitness |
| A．time-saving | B．comfortable | C．suitable | D．effort-making |
| A．strangely | B．personally | C．reasonably | D．eagerly |
| A．cared | B．forgot | C．quarreled | D．joked |
| A．clean | B．larger | C．straight | D．darker |
| A．set out | B．got ready | C．arrived | D．returned |
| A．notice | B．admire | C．believe | D．measure |
| A．After all | B．As a result | C．Above all | D．At last |
| A．mistakenly | B．then | C．instead | D．naturally |
| A．leading | B．coming | C．waiting | D．counting |
| A．thoughts | B．doubts | C．situations | D．problems |
| A．scoring | B．completing | C．receiving | D．keeping |
| A．friendship | B．respect | C．support | D．favor |
Tim Robinson, a former junior officer of the British Army, was on holiday in Bridport, Dorset, a town in England. While enjoying a walk down the beach, Tim slipped on a piece of seaweed lying in the sand and fell, breaking his leg.
Unfortunately, Tim did not bring his cell phone with him when he left for his walk. No one was in site, but as Tim lay helpless he remembered his military training and tried to think about what was around to help him. After struggling around on the beach, the pain became too much to handle. He stopped and thought about what to do.
With no phone and no one around, and with his leg hurting greatly, Tim had a decision to make. He could either continue this way in pain and hope that someone happened to see him, or he could try something else. It didn’t matter that his leg had made him partially immobile, Tim still had the ability to crawl (爬行), and so he did.
The choice was easy, but the crawl was tough. Tim told the Daily Mail, “After I crawled to about a mile-and-a-quarter away from the car park, I started flashing my torch in SOS and spinning it over my head to create a Buzz-Saw signal which is a way of attracting helicopters in the armed forces.”
No one seemed to be around. At least, no one could read Tim’s signals for help. Once again, he had to either stay where he was and wait for help or get moving. In his mind he had no choice. There was no response to begin with, so he crawled for five minutes and covered about 50 meters before making the same signal three times. Most people couldn’t imagine crawling for any distance with a broken leg, but Tim wasn’t about to give up.
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Tim finally got a response from the distance.
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Tim’s condition was worse than Mrs. Robinson thought.
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Fiona Simpson, 23, was on her way home. She was driving on the D'Aguilar Highway in Queensland, Australia. It was a long, lonely road, but she had company at least. Her 78-year-old grandmother and four-month-old daughter were with her for the journey.
Clouds started to roll in overhead. Fiona hadn't bothered to listen to the weather report that morning. Mostly because she had expected to arrive home before any sort of downpour hit. As she drove down the D’Aguilar Highway, however, the slight pattering(拍打) of rain began to beat into an angry drum beat upon the roof of the car.
Even though she had been driving quite slowly, she could hardly see the lines in the road. The pouring rain soon became so heavy that her windshield wipers(雨刮器) couldn't keep up. Fiona knew that her only option was to pull the car onto the side of the road until the bad weather lessened.
She stopped the car when suddenly she heard a sound that completely shocked her. The loud bang came from behind her, right near the window where her daughter sat. The glass of the window was broken, and a moment later she discovered that something equally sharp and dangerous was hitting her child.
It was hailstones(冰雹), nearly golf-ball-sized chunks of ice falling from the sky. Hailstones can cause serious damage. Even cattle can be killed as well if they do not seek shelter. Fiona dived into the back seat and tried to form a human shield(挡板) over the baby. Meanwhile, the hailstone was battering the roof of the car so loudly that she couldn't even hear the child crying beneath her.
Queensland had apparently been hit with a super-cell storm that resulted in tennis-ball-sized hailstones. Soon, even Grandma was being battered with the same falling ice. Fiona moved towards the front, still holding her baby in her arms, and tried to shield Grandma as well. Fiona found them caught right in the middle of the storm with nowhere to hide.
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At this time, a truck pulled off beside them.
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After quite a long time, the storm passed.
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Varatha Shanmuganathan is an 87-year-old woman in India. She has become the
This is not Shanmuganathan’s first Master’s degree. After earning her Bachelor’s degree, she returned to Sri Lanka
In 1990, she moved to London to teach English as a second language and received her first Master’s degree from the University of London.
When she found out the university offered free tuition
“She will act as a powerful role model for
Despite her achievements, Shanmuganathan said she is not quite finished yet in
“Find out what you really want to achieve and pursue it until the end. Think of something
1. When did the earthquake happen?
| A．On the morning of Tuesday. |
| B．On the morning of Wednesday. |
| C．On the afternoon of Wednesday. |
| A．He was buried under ruins. |
| B．He hid in a refrigerator for fun. |
| C．He was locked in a refrigerator. |
| A．They were opening the refrigerator. |
| B．They were pulling Tom’s father out of ruins. |
| C．They were digging holes to bury dead people. |
| A．The earthquake happened in another place. |
| B．There were more people dead in another place. |
| C．There was no hope to find people alive here. |
