Near daybreak the previous day, my friend Jess and I set out on a journey southwest from our snow-covered home in Ottawa, bound for Arizona, a warm place to escape the freezing winter. After loading our equipment and my dog Bailey into my old car, we drove along the freeway with the radio playing lively tunes. Bailey, comfortably sitting on the back seat, added to the joy of the moment. Life couldn't have felt more perfect.
As the miles accumulated behind us, by noon the following day, we pulled off at a rest area with spring-like temperatures. It was an ideal setting for a picnic-style break outside the car. After a refreshing walk, we ate salads and cheese with the sun shining brightly on us. However, the road called us, so unwillingly we headed for the car.
Once the food was stored in the trunk, I opened the back door, throwing my keys onto the front seat, and settled Bailey on the back seat before shutting the door with force. However, as I reached for the driver's door handle, a sudden realization struck me.
“Oh, Jess, the door is locked.”
“What do you mean 'locked'? How did that happen?” Jess questioned with concern.
A wave of fear washed over me as I pieced together the situation. The remote likely triggered (触发) the lock when I threw it onto the driver's seat. Inside the car were our purses, keys, and most importantly, Bailey. The rising temperatures now posed a serious threat to her-being trapped inside a hot box without water.
Assessing the problem with a clearer mind, I instantly reached out to a local auto repair service for assistance. Unfortunately, they couldn't guarantee their arrival time due to staffing shortages, leaving me anxious about Bailey's well-being. The danger of heatstroke (中暑) weighed heavily on my mind, fueling my urgency to find a solution. Breaking the window, which had been my last choice, seemed to be the only one.
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Just then a large truck approached.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6-year-old Quinn Hill became her family’s hero when she took immediate action during an emergency that saved her mother’s life with the help of her neighbor, Mrs. Smith.
Jennifer, a 39-year-old single mother, began the day by sending her child, Hill, to school. Having no idea what would happen, Jennifer was filled with anxiety. After all, it was the first day of a new school year for Hill, a fresh start! On the way school. she repeatedly reminded Hill to solve problems positively and fit in. Though worried, Jennifer had to wave goodbye to her daughter, watching her towards the school gate.
The whole day was packed with housework. Jennifer tidied the house, washed clothes, and prepared for the evening meal. As the school bell rang, signaling the end of the day, Jennifer picked Hill up from school. On seeing Jennifer, Hill couldn’t wait to hug her, sharing the school experiences. Chatting and laughing accompanied them all the way. Hill’s innocent laughter was like Jennifer’s ray of sunshine.
Approaching home, they encountered Mrs. Smith, a most kind and thoughtful housewife living in their neighborhood for many years. Mrs. Smith often invited Jennifer and Hill to her home and shared her homemade desserts and cookies. The two families developed a close relationship and Hill liked to stay with Mrs. Smith, who always brightened her days with willingness and timely help. After exchanging greetings, they went back to their own homes.
On arriving home, Jennifer set out to prepare dinner. As the sun began to set, the house was full of a pleasant smell of cooking food. Jennifer and Hill sat at the kitchen table when Jennifer suddenly began to seize. She was sitting in a chair, looking up at the ceiling. and experiencing abnormal breathing. She then fell out of the chair onto her left side, her hands balled into fists, and her body was shaking violently. Her eyes were open, and Hill kept calling “Mommy, Mommy”, but she could not respond.
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Realizing the severe situation, Hill ran out for help.
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Jennifer finally came to herself in the hospital.
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3 . The 13-year-old girl Anna Grace is a volleyball manager, a basketball manager, and a theater volunteer, but perhaps her greatest
Anna was first diagnosed（诊断）with a rare type of
For the following weekends after the surgery, doctors scanned her
And throughout all of this, Anna has had to
Anna is doing well these days though. She’s
| A．excitement | B．achievement | C．devotion | D．ambition |
| A．pain | B．cold | C．cancer | D．fever |
| A．weakness | B．growth | C．recovery | D．relief |
| A．perform | B．have | C．attend | D．refuse |
| A．briefly | B．occasionally | C．partly | D．regularly |
| A．noticed | B．erased | C．ignored | D．marked |
| A．assessment | B．appointment | C．examination | D．operation |
| A．harder | B．easier | C．stranger | D．better |
| A．solve | B．connect | C．abandon | D．balance |
| A．apply | B．control | C．convince | D．forgive |
| A．caught up | B．held back | C．dropped out | D．blown up |
| A．spare | B．appreciate | C．imagine | D．create |
| A．active | B．graceful | C．dominant | D．cautious |
| A．vacation | B．trust | C．treatment | D．duty |
| A．declines | B．suffers | C．matters | D．waits |
4 . When Param Jaggi was five years old, he had a passion to take things apart to see what was inside. He started with toys and even broke a computer, which made his parents not too pleased. As he got older, he shifted from breaking things to building things, which greatly comforted his parents. In middle school. he started working on projects in his kitchen laboratory, and his first project was making biofuels.
Although Jaggi’s parents initially thought his experiments were just. a boyhood fancy, he remained determined to make a difference to the environment. Eventually, his parents came around and started supporting his dreams. Jaggi’s interest continued as he grew up, but he focused more on solving real problems, especially those related to the environment.
At 17, Jaggi went beyond his school projects and. co-founded Ecoviate, a company that uses technology to solve everyday energy and environmental problems. He planned to transform people’s idea that going green is expensive, by making available a series of affordable products that are easy to use. Through Ecoviate, he designed products that could contribute to a greener future. One of his notable inventions was the “CO2ube”, a device that could be attached to vehicle tailpipes to reduce carbon emissions, and it’s available to many people at low prices. He also created a smartwatch that changed body heat into energy, which can be used to power up the watch as well as mobile phones.
Young Jaggi, now a third-grade college student studying engineering and economics, has become a famous eco-innovator and his company is developing promisingly. However, Jaggi’s vision to save the environment goes beyond creating products. He plans to launch an online platform through Ecoviate, which will encourage young students interested in science and technology to get actively involved in innovation and invention. Students can submit a science project online, and talk about the help that they need to make the project a reality.
1. What can we learn about Jaggi?| A．He was curious by nature. | B．He dreamed to be an engineer. |
| C．He always annoyed his parents. | D．He was addicted to playing toys. |
| A．Won out. | B．Changed their minds. |
| C．Walked around. | D．Paid a visit. |
| A．His love for greener devices. | B．His pursuit of academic career. |
| C．His desire to make a difference. | D．His hope to boost green industry. |
| A．To promote smart products. | B．To empower young inventors. |
| C．To provide eco-themed courses. | D．To offer environmentalists funds. |
In 1989, fresh out of high school, I had the difficult task of choosing a career path before college started in three months. In those days in Pakistan, there were limited choices: becoming a doctor or an engineer, or entering the financial world after getting a business degree. I wasn’t interested in engineering, so that I was left with medicine or business. I couldn’t decide.
My uncle suggested that I do a work placement(实习) to experience it for a month in an international company followed by a month in a hospital. After that, I could make a decision. It seemed like a good idea.
I was accepted for a month’s placement at a foreign bank in Karachi. I got a feel of how the world of finance functioned, made new friends, and generally enjoyed the mostly easygoing work surroundings.
The month passed rapidly, and soon I began working at a leading hospital in Karachi. The experience couldn’t have been more different. The hospital had a stressful environment. The days started early (at 7 am, compared to 9 am at the bank), and were filled with endless duties. And the night calls! This was crazy, working all day, through the night, and again the next day.
I began thinking about my two experiences. The bank had offered a more relaxing atmosphere, better working hours and less stress. The hospital was full of excitement, but studying and training were difficult. It seemed that the business choice was going to win out.
Near the end of my month at the hospital, I was driving home after an especially busy night call. In front of me was a public bus, with college students sitting on the top. As the driver weaved through (穿梭) traffic, I could see the boys shaking from side to side.
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Suddenly, a boy fell off the back of the bus.
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The next day, when I went to the hospital to see the boy, all his family got up, with grateful smiles on their faces.
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6 . Jennifer Webb-McRae always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up.
She really never wanted to be anything else
Webb-McRae was raised in New Jersey and received her law degree there.
Now, she feels fortunate to get a job representing juvenile defendants. Her responsibilities are complex and she says she has a role to
To
“Our justice system certainly is not
| A．against | B．besides | C．but | D．from |
| A．argued | B．consulted | C．made | D．supported |
| A．Before long | B．Early on | C．At the same time | D．Once in a while |
| A．caught | B．blessed | C．involved | D．trapped |
| A．motive | B．passion | C．demand | D．tolerance |
| A．bring | B．direct | C．take | D．play |
| A．truly | B．obviously | C．especially | D．certainly |
| A．acquires | B．notes | C．predicts | D．follows |
| A．track | B．battle | C．seek | D．question |
| A．instructed | B．assumed | C．programmed | D．launched |
| A．existence | B．suggestion | C．treatment | D．expectation |
| A．figure out | B．point out | C．make sure | D．make sense |
| A．complete | B．persuasive | C．perfect | D．reliable |
| A．career | B．part | C．mission | D．thing |
| A．teach | B．inspire | C．help | D．attract |
As the late afternoon sun beat down on his farm in Missouri last May, Brandon finished feeding his cows and decided to go home. As they often did, his two sons, Louie, 7, and Everett, 5, followed closely.
As they headed for the house, the two boys ran ahead of their father, who stopped to close the gate. Louie paused at a board covering an old well. The board had, over time, become easily broken. When Louie stepped on it, it caved in and he fell into the well. Brandon had just close the door when he heard a cry for help. He turned around and found his younger son Everett standing alone beside the well, pointing to it and screaming.
Brandon quickly realized what had happened. “No, Louie can barely swim,” he panicked, his mind almost going blank. However, he knew he should calm down. He ran to the well and heard Louie hitting the water. Without thinking, he jumped in. Somehow, Brandon managed to grab on to a pipe that ran down the side of the well. He hit the cold water at the bottom of the well and lifted Louie up as he stuck his own legs and back against the narrow walls for support. “All right, Dad, we can climb out now,” Louie said.
If only it were that easy!
The pipe that he’d grabbed during his fall was too slippery to be of any use. There was only one way out. Looking up to see Everett looking down at them, Brandon shouted, “Everett, you’re going to have to be a big boy and save us. Run to the road and stand by the mailbox until someone stops. Tell them we need help. And Everett, stay off the road.”
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Everett did as he was told.
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The couple hurried to the well with Everett.
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8 . It was a regular day for high school teacher Cesar Punzalan. When he walked into the classroom, his students
Several months ago, the students learned that Mr Punzalan had to walk for one hour daily to school.
While he struggled to talk, a sense of
| A．congratulated | B．greeted | C．respected | D．inspired |
| A．painted | B．found | C．slipped | D．threw |
| A．annoyed | B．frightened | C．relieved | D．surprised |
| A．shoes | B．glasses | C．gloves | D．socks |
| A．likes | B．emotions | C．worries | D．thoughts |
| A．Actually | B．Originally | C．Normally | D．Briefly |
| A．agreed | B．denied | C．forgot | D．learnt |
| A．figured | B．complained | C．admitted | D．recalled |
| A．interest | B．education | C．treatment | D．insurance |
| A．fancy | B．strange | C．cheap | D．old |
| A．happened | B．determined | C．continued | D．hesitated |
| A．Yet | B．Thus | C．Otherwise | D．Instead |
| A．loss | B．guilt | C．responsibility | D．happiness |
| A．different | B．fortunate | C．impressive | D．successful |
| A．deserve | B．spread | C．require | D．admire |
9 . Emma Jones’ three-year-old son, Eric, was sharing a hot dog on the deck overlooking her friend Sarah Roth’s swimming pool. One moment Jones was watching Eric play around with the other children at this
Rawlings stood,
Rawlings who’d taken a CPR course just four months earlier, immediately began rescue breathing. Hanging up the phone, Roth, a former flight attendant who’d accumulated
The
| A．encounter | B．gathering | C．union | D．game |
| A．trace | B．symptom | C．footprint | D．signal |
| A．found | B．reviewed | C．fixed | D．scanned |
| A．lying | B．floating | C．sinking | D．diving |
| A．initial | B．typical | C．creative | D．effective |
| A．rolled | B．knocked | C．checked | D．ran |
| A．point | B．edge | C．stage | D．spot |
| A．accessible | B．abundant | C．apparent | D．significant |
| A．took up | B．took in | C．took place | D．took over |
| A．performing | B．working | C．testing | D．stretching |
| A．maintained | B．adapted | C．monitored | D．tracked |
| A．faded | B．changed | C．returned | D．revealed |
| A．pool | B．scene | C．route | D．court |
| A．courage | B．kindness | C．persistence | D．decisiveness |
| A．actually | B．fairly | C．finally | D．simply |
10 . Whether it be a person, an animal, or even an insect, a mother’s instincts (本能) are never wrong. This idea rings true for a mother cat who acted fast and sought out help when her kittens were in trouble. This mother cat’s quick thinking may have just saved her babies.
In the urban district of Izmir in western Turkey, a cat walked into a regular hospital bolding a kitten in her mouth. As the mother cat moved through the hospital, people were surprised to see such a sight, but let her pass. The mother cat asked for help, crying for a long time. She was familiar to the hospital staff, who had been leaving her food and water outside, but they were unaware that she had given birth to kittens.
The mother cat was concerned for her young because they weren’t able to open their eyes. After the doctors looked at the kittens, they noticed that they were suffering from eye infections. One of the doctors recalls, “We consulted with vets (兽医) and gave medicine as described. When the kittens opened their eyes a short time later, we were excited.” Later, they were sent to an animal hospital for further care. The cats are now up for adoption and will hopefully find loving forever homes.
When it comes to mother cats and kittens, kittens completely depend on mothers for the first few months of their lives. Because they are blind and almost deaf until about two or three weeks old, the mother cat must protect them from any threat or danger. Without the mother cat’s help, the kittens may not make it to adulthood.
As shown by the mother cat in Turkey, a mother’s love and protection knows no bounds. Whether the mom is a human or a cat, mothers will always look out for their babies and make sure they are safe and healthy.
1. Why did the mother cat show up in the hospital?| A．To beg for food. | B．To get her babies treated. |
| C．To express thanks. | D．To give birth to her babies. |
| A．They built them a home. | B．They adopted all of them. |
| C．They operated on them immediately. | D．They gave them right medicine. |
| A．Their physical state. | B．Their eating habit. |
| C．Their appearance. | D．Their behavior. |
| A．cat has nine lives. | B．One good turn deserves another. |
| C．Love makes a difference. | D．God helps those who help themselves. |
