1 . If a single word can describe our daily life during those first three years, it is “scrounge”(讨要). Every waking moment we were concentrating on how the hell we would be able to save up enough coins to do whatever it was we had to do. Even the simplest decision must be inspected by the ever alert budget committee of your mind.
“Hey, Oliver, let’s go to see Becket tonight.”
“Listen, it’s three bucks.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean a buck fifty for you and a buck fifty for me.”
“Does that mean yes or no?”
“Neither. It just means three bucks.”
Our honeymoon was spent on a yacht and with twenty-one children. That is, I sailed from 7 o’clock in the morning till whenever my passengers had enough, and Jenny was a children’s counselor. It was a place called the Pequod Boat Club in Dennis Port——an establishment that included a large hotel, a marina and several dozen houses for rent. In one of the tinier bungalows (平房), I have nailed an imaginary plaque (匾牌): “Oliver and Jenny slept here”. I think it’s a tribute (致敬) to us both that after a long day of being kind to our customers, for we were largely dependent on their tips for our income, Jenny and I were nonetheless kind to each other: I simply say “kind”, because I lack the vocabulary to describe what loving and being loved by Jennifer Cavilleri is like. Sorry, I mean Jennifer Barrett.
Before leaving for the Cape, we found a cheap apartment in North Cambridge, which was, as Jenny described it, “in the state of disrepair”. It had originally been a two-family structure, now changed into four apartments, overpriced even at its “cheap” rental. But what the hell can graduate students do? It’s a seller’s market.
1. What can we learn from the conversation between Oliver and Jenny?| A．Neither of them wanted to see Becket. | B．They didn’t have three bucks. |
| C．Jenny was wasting money. | D．Oliver was an economical man. |
| A．They were both counselors for children. | B．They needed to get tips from customers. |
| C．They didn’t have enough room to live in. | D．That was the rule on the yacht. |
| A．It was not cheap. | B．It was not distant. |
| C．It was not decent. | D．It was not luxurious. |
| A．A couple’s debt repayment process | B．A couple’s miserable life |
| C．A couple’s honeymoon trip | D．A couple’s holiday on a yacht |
2 . Hilde’s father was a reporter. He often took her to work with him, and she developed a strong interest in news stories and reporting.
The newspaper suddenly became famous when a murder happened in the town, and Hilde was the first person to report it. Soon, news organizations around the country were doing stories on Hilde.
Others criticized Hilde for “pretending to be a reporter’’. Some people even suggested she should be playing with dolls.
That wasn’t the last time Hilde had trouble getting people to take her seriously. Sometimes, it was because of her age. Other times, it was because she was a girl.
Now Hilde has published a book telling her own story and the challenges she has faced. Some of those challenges came from Hilde herself, struggling to figure out who she was as she grew older.
| A．But she never let that stop her. |
| B．Hilde was upset by the complaints. |
| C．For now, Hilde says she has given up reporting. |
| D．When she was 8, Hilde started her own newspaper. |
| E．Her great success in reporting has changed her life. |
| F．Not everyone was happy about Hilde’s efforts, though. |
| G．She was clearly in a dilemma about how to solve the crisis. |
3 . At only 9 years old, Lesia Cartelli was badly burned in a gas explosion at her grandpa’s house. In fact, the burns were so
Lesia and her cousin were playing in their grandpa’s basement on that
Lesia
“When I was burned, everything in my life changed,” she said. “My friendships changed. I hated going to school. You are
Lesia could have remained
“My life got
Lesia
Lesia’s Angel Faces allowed the girls to bond with fellow burn victims, helping them get rid of the feelings of
| A．severe | B．fatal | C．mild | D．sharp |
| A．clerks | B．majorities | C．victims | D．families |
| A．shallow | B．terrible | C．brief | D．passive |
| A．set off | B．burn out | C．burst out | D．blow up |
| A．rolled | B．settled | C．fainted | D．assisted |
| A．cost | B．spent | C．took | D．left |
| A．desires | B．scares | C．whispers | D．stares |
| A．carrying on | B．taking up | C．dealing with | D．struggling for |
| A．precious | B．confident | C．true | D．withdrawn |
| A．always | B．almost | C．even | D．never |
| A．seek | B．judge | C．grow | D．expand |
| A．worse | B．better | C．fitter | D．less |
| A．launched | B．hired | C．appointed | D．elected |
| A．independently | B．physically | C．emotionally | D．surprisingly |
| A．remote | B．straight | C．super | D．strong |
4 . Peterson Moturi journeyed to Nairobi, Kenya in 2014 to find a better life for himself. Initially, he would sell drinking water and groundnuts, as well as working as a car wash attendant before becoming a watchman for night duties. Since his goal was to join law school, he saved Kes 50, 000, which he used to pay for his admission to law school.
He applied for admission to the Kenya School of Law (KSL) in 2016 and was successful, but the biggest headache facing him was that he didn’t have enough money to pay his fees. Fortunately, he got some financial assistance from Mr. PLO Lumumba, who was then the school director and offered him a scholarship.
However, Moturi was then faced with the challenging task of working at night and attending class during the day. Unfortunately, when he sat for his final exams, he got a Pass, which could not allow him to move to the next stage, attaining a law degree. That meant he had to score at least a credit and find money to pay for his diploma courses. He decided to approach his employer, Radar Security, for help. He honestly told his boss that he failed and wondered if he could sponsor him for the diploma once again. To his surprise, his boss agreed, and in no time, he was back in class.
“Now I am a joyful man. I am graduating with a credit score. I can now go ahead, pursue a law degree and become an advocate,” he said at the graduation ceremony. Though dressed in the usual graduation regalia (礼服), Moturi somehow appeared different from his colleagues due to the security guard uiform he wore underneath. The 28-year-old man desires to help the less fortunate in society have access to justice.
1. What bothered Moturi most after he gained admission to the KSL?| A．Losing his day job. | B．Lacking school fees. |
| C．Feeding his family. | D．Failing in his final exams. |
| A．To enable his boss to sponsor him. |
| B．To succeed in obtaining the scholarship. |
| C．To graduate from the KSL ahead of time. |
| D．To qualify for admission for a law degree. |
| A．By selling daily articles. | B．By offering car washing service. |
| C．By serving as a night watchman. | D．By asking his family for financial help. |
| A．Determined. | B．Modest. | C．Imaginative. | D．Generous. |
Allen was playing in his room. He heard a familiar chirping and rustling from the cage in the bedroom corner. It was his beloved Blue Finch, named Mary. The boy had cared for the bird since he was six, a gift from his mother for graduating from kindergarten and entering primary school. Now, at 12 years old, Allen had just recently celebrated his primary school graduation and was about to take another step in his life journey toward junior high school. For the past six years, Mary was his constant companion and closest friend.
As he grew up, Allen found it difficult to make friends or be close to others. Having had to move around many times and transfer schools due to his father’s work in the military, Allen never felt like he truly belonged in any one place. He always knew it wouldn’t be long before he would have to move yet again. The stress and pressure of a constantly mobile life also led to strain and pressure at home, leading to loud arguments and fights between his mother and father which he could hear from behind closed doors.
But, throughout all of this. Allen’s closest friend and companion-the true source of stability in his life — was Mary, his finch. But Mary was more than just a simple, calm pet: whenever Allen felt sad, the bird would always be singing and chirping, almost as if she sensed how he felt and wanted to lift his spirits. And when Allen fed the bird, Mary always moved across her branch to rest against his finger, never failing to bring a smile to Allen’s face. Yet, one summer day after Allen had come home after a walk at the park he found the window of his bedroom open and the door of Mary’s cage open-the-bird was gone. Suddenly, Allen realized that he must have left the cage open after cleaning it and forgot about the window being open on such a hot day. Upset, Allen fell down to the floor sobbing.
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Upon hearing the noise, Allen’s mother rushed upstairs and asked what had happened.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Filled with anticipation, Allen and his mother went outside to look for Mary.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The boys and girls picked up the bus to Fort Lauderdale. Vingo was on board from the beginning.
As the bus passed through Jersey, they began to notice that Vingo never moved. He sat in front of the young people, frozen into silence.
Somewhere outside of Washington, the bus pulled into a Howard Johnson’s, and everybody got off except Vingo. He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder about him, trying to imagine his life. When they went back to the bus, the girl sat beside him and introduced herself.
“Want some wine?” she said. He smiled and took the bottle. He thanked her and retreated again into silence. After a while, she went back to the others, as Vingo nodded into sleep.
In the morning they awoke outside another Howard Johnson’s, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. When they went back on the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, after a while, slowly and painfully and with great hesitation, he began to tell his story. He had been in jail in New York for the last four years, and now he was going home.
“When I was in jail I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her, I understand if you can’t stay married to me, get a new guy and forget about me. And she didn’t write to me. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now, not knowing?”
“Yeah,” he said shyly. “Last week, I wrote her. I told her that if she had a new guy, I under-stood. But if she didn’t, if she would take me back she should let me know. We used to live in Brunswick, with a great big oak tree. I told her if she would take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I would get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it, no handkerchief, and I’d keep going on.”
“Wow,” the girl said. “Wow.”
She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.
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Paragraph 1 Now they were twenty miles from Brunswick.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________My great-grandmother Eileen is fierce, loyal and strong and a bit of a legend in her own lifetime, which now stretches to 92 years. I should add that we’re not allowed to call her Gran, because she says it makes her feel old.
That summer, I lost my job and felt hopeless. One day, I paid a visit to her. She picked up a box which she placed on the coffee table. “There you go,” she said. “You do know what you’re doing with these things, don’t you?”
It was a new phone. Her current mobile was pretty ancient. I was amazed it was still going.
“Yes,” I said.
“Good. That’s why I ask you. You young people know more about such things than us oldies. You can take it home with you and get it all set up,” she went on. “Then, when you bring it back, you can show me how to use my new phone, such as getting on the internet, sending e-mails and so on.” She smiled so sweetly that I felt a surge of love for her.
I grabbed the box and stood up. Setting up the phone would be easy. It was teaching her how to use it that may prove challenging.
The following day I headed back to my great-grandmother’s with the phone. “Here’s your phone. It’s all ready to use.”
For the next hour, I was busy setting up her passcode and fingerprint recognition, which she said was like something out of James Bond.
She chose a picture for her screen and it was all going so well until I tried to show her how to swipe (滑动屏幕). “What do you mean, swipe?” she asked. She was 92, I reminded myself. This had been tiring for her.
She pressed at the up arrow and got angry when nothing happened. When I finally got her to swipe, she didn’t put the right amount of pressure on and the menu slipped away. After what seemed like hours, she threw the phone across the room and it landed on the sofa. “Take it away!” she howled. “I want my old phone back!”
I picked up the phone and was about to leave to give her time to cool down when I realized I didn’t want to go home when she was angry and upset.
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“Come on, Eileen. One more try.” I said.
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I was not feeling so hopeless any more now.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . On a long trip to Brisbane we stopped into a service station in Kilcoy for a bathroom break and some fuel. We went into the shop to the bathroom first and then the
He told my son that he loved his moves and it was a
Not many people
| A．company | B．counter | C．apartment | D．hall |
| A．tending | B．pointing | C．singing | D．adapting |
| A．used | B．addicted | C．devoted | D．opposed |
| A．clear | B．change | C．read | D．cross |
| A．expanded on | B．concentrated on | C．commented on | D．insisted on |
| A．mistake | B．delight | C．pity | D．comfort |
| A．frustrated | B．pleased | C．annoyed | D．tired |
| A．thanked | B．accepted | C．invited | D．assisted |
| A．prize | B．treasure | C．treat | D．pleasure |
| A．tough | B．significant | C．typical | D．small |
| A．take | B．draw | C．waste | D．use |
| A．outgoing | B．willing | C．optimistic | D．energetic |
| A．hopefully | B．slightly | C．curiously | D．obviously |
| A．gesture | B．attitude | C．thought | D．determination |
| A．help | B．build | C．make | D．ruin |
9 . When Roosevelt was a kid, his doctors claimed that he was too weak to live a normal life like most children of his age. They strongly recommended him to avoid participation in any physical activities, fearing that it could worsen his health condition and potentially lead to his death. Their opinions implied that he would face up to a life full of all kinds of limitations. Instead of permitting their limiting beliefs about what he could do and achieve, he chose to live a meaningful life.
Despite his doctors’ strong suggestions that he remain inactive, he didn’t want to be a carefree observer of the world as it passed him by. He was determined to force himself to be active. Roosevelt had daily adventures in the woods as a boy.
He continued to play sports when he got to college. In fact, he didn’t just play, but he excelled in both boxing and rowing, both of which require astonishing levels of strength and endurance. When Roosevelt graduated from college, his doctors were still not completely sure about his health condition. They still believed that he would be putting himself in serious danger, because his heart problems had not improved. They firmly believed that it would be best to find a desk job for him after completing a college degree. Once again, Roosevelt decided to challenge himself to his physical limits by living an extremely energetic adult life. In about every field he took part, he would aim to push his physical limits. Impressively, he was excellent as an explorer, a hunter, an author, a soldier and a politician.
Eventually, Roosevelt went beyond the mistaken limitation upon him and lived an amazing life.
1. What would happen if Roosevelt followed his doctors’ suggestions?| A．He would live a meaningful life. |
| B．His life would be full of limitations. |
| C．His parents would feel satisfied with him. |
| D．He would become an extraordinary person. |
| A．An explorer. | B．A boxing player. |
| C．An office clerk. | D．A politician. |
| A．By following time order. | B．By listing obvious reasons. |
| C．By giving some examples. | D．By making necessary comparisons. |
| A．Humorous. | B．Generous. | C．Considerate. | D．Ambitious. |
10 . There are some disabled people in the world who fight an unseen battle within themselves every day. They never cry and
Six-and-a-half years back, I was in a car accident. The driver slept, and the car fell in the ditch, as a result of which, I suffered
The days I spent in the hospital were
That’s how this
| A．pray | B．blame | C．forgive | D．insist |
| A．survivors | B．failures | C．fighters | D．explorers |
| A．slight | B．personal | C．distinct | D．multiple |
| A．cut | B．cured | C．cracked | D．separated |
| A．improved | B．suited | C．changed | D．dominated |
| A．in vain | B．in sorrow | C．in despair | D．in relief |
| A．admitted | B．walked | C．showed | D．rushed |
| A．kicked out | B．picked out | C．helped out | D．worn out |
| A．performed | B．underwent | C．required | D．planned |
| A．joyful | B．dreadful | C．helpful | D．regretful |
| A．sensitively | B．theoretically | C．physically | D．psychologically |
| A．frustrated | B．bored | C．tense | D．angry |
| A．endless | B．colorless | C．limitless | D．priceless |
| A．time | B．belief | C．decision | D．opportunity |
| A．adversity | B．story | C．surgery | D．emergency |
