Last Saturday David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them, he heard the woman yelling: “How stupid you are! You’re good at nothing.” David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there, looking upset.
David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs. Brown in middle school. After he entered middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing, which David believed.
But one day it all changed. That day, in an English writing class, Mrs. Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading it. A few days later, David handed in his story. He didn’t give it much thought. But the next day to his surprise, the comment “well done” from Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written. When David read that, he almost burst into tears. He had never expected to be praised. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.
That day after he returned home, he wrote another short story and gave it to Mrs. Brown the next morning. And again he was praised. David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short dories and asked Mrs. Brown to read them and correct them for him. Mrs. Brown always gave him good advice to improve them. One year later, David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He gained his confidence and was hopeful about his future.
He succeeded in entering college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college, he had his first book published, becoming famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs. Brown’s encouragement. Without her encouragement, his life might be very different now.
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Inspired by his own life story, David decided to do something for that boy.
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke emptied out her piggy bank (存钱罐) onto the living room floor and immediately started counting. Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up the coins, but then she saw the girl put the coins into a plastic bag and place it in her backpack.
“What are you doing with that money?” Jackie asked her granddaughter.
“I’m taking it to school,” Sunshine replied. “I’m going to take it for milk money. My friend Layla doesn’t get milk— her mom doesn’t have milk money and I do.”
Jackie’s heart melted at Sunshine’s words. Choked with strong feelings, Jackie held her sweet granddaughter tightly in her arms.
Last week, Jackie and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, and handed her the $30 the kindergartner had saved. There are 20 kids in Sunshine’s class and about half don’t get milk. It costs $ 0.45 a carton (纸盒). The total adds up to about $180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day.
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Jackie posted a tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter’s plan. To her surprise, many people offered to donate toward the cause. Within a week, Jackie raised more than $1,000. Now every student in Sunshine’s class can get free milk for the rest of the year.
Jackie said Sunshine doesn’t see her kind act as a big deal. She was just trying to look out for her friends. “She doesn’t understand the effect she’s brought about,” Jackie said. “But now she knows she can do whatever she puts her mind to.”
1. Why did Sunshine empty her piggy bank?| A．She hoped to show off her savings in class. | B．She needed to train her counting skills. |
| C．She wanted to play with the coins. | D．She intended to pay for her friend’s milk. |
| A．Relieved. | B．Touched. | C．Curious. | D．Proud. |
| A．Two heads are better than one. | B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| C．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. | D．There’s no such thing as a free lunch. |
| A．Small Coins, Big Changes. | B．Jackie’s Piggy Bank. |
| C．Piggy Bank and Carton Milk. | D．A Moved Grandmother. |
3 . My teacher held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”
Thirty boys tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what the teacher might have found out. She seldom became angry, but she was this time.
“Oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. It was caused by a naughty throw of a baseball. If I admitted guilt, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance. “My father is going to have a fit as a result of it,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than I was pulled it skyward (朝向天空). I told the truth, “I did it.” It was hard enough to say what I had done.
My teacher took down a book from one of our library shelves and I had never known my teacher to strike a student, but I feared she was going to start with me.
“I know how much you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face. “Here is the field guide about birds that you are constantly checking out. It is yours now. It’s time we got a new one for the school anyway. You will not be punished, but remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed (恶行), but I am rewarding you for your truthfulness.”
I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my own bird field guide — the very one that I had been saving up money to buy.
The lesson my teacher taught me stays with me every day, and it will echo forever.
1. From the story, we can learn that the boy .| A．didn’t break the window on purpose |
| B．lacked the courage to admit his guilt |
| C．tried to think about what he had done |
| D．didn’t know what the teacher had found out |
| A．be punished by the teacher |
| B．make his father angry |
| C．pay for the broken window |
| D．get a bird field guide |
| A．Afraid—Surprised—Thankful. |
| B．Frightened—Amazed—Proud. |
| C．Regretful—Guilty—Excited. |
| D．Nervous—Afraid—Satisfied. |
| A．Every coin has two sides. |
| B．Honesty is always valued. |
| C．Bad luck never comes alone. |
| D．You can’t be too careful. |
4 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
1. What made Kate so angry one evening?| A．She couldn’t find her books. |
| B．She heard the writer shouting loud. |
| C．She got the news that her grandma was ill. |
| D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed. |
| A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger. |
| B．Because she hated herself for being so messy. |
| C．Because she wanted to show her care. |
| D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so. |
| A．By analyzing courses. |
| B．By showing differences. |
| C．By describing a process. |
| D．By following time order. |
| A．My Friend Kate. |
| B．Hard Work Pays off. |
| C．How to Be Organized? |
| D．Learning to Be Roommates. |
The most important change in a person’s life is the change of his or her attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions. Have you ever met someone who gave you a different view of life?
On a Sunday morning, I saw something very interesting as I went to the greengrocer’s. To get there, I had to cross a bridge over railway tracks. The bridge was pretty high. A set of steep steps had to be climbed; then the bridge flattened out (变平), followed by coming down another set of steps. On my way back from the greengrocer’s, I saw an elderly gentleman running up the steps. After watching him run up the steps so fast, I thought that he could be in a rush.
Before I knew it, he had crossed the bridge, and then he ran back to where he started. To my surprise, he did not stop. He turned around, and then went up and down the bridge again. He was not struggling, and seemed to enjoy going up and down the bridge. Being a fitness fanatic (热衷于健美的人) myself, I admired his ability to Cross the bridge so quickly. My curiosity got the better of me, and I came up to him to have a chat with him.
“Excuse me, sir. Are you training for an event?” I asked.
He stopped. “No, not training for an event. Well, I am training for life,” he said with a broad smile on his face as sweat rolled down his cheeks.
I told him that I had been looking for a role model of fitness, and that I hoped to be as strong as he is when I get to his age. He said that everyone has a choice about what they do with their life. “I am not different,” he added. With much admiration, I asked, “What drives you to maintain good health?”
Then he told me the accident he met with when he was young.
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“I used to be a cyclist,” he said.
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His great determination paid off, and he was able to walk again.
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6 . I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early
At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with
At that age, I always did something
I planted some lily (百合花)seeds in the yard. But they failed to
Regardless of their
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to
| A．memory | B．dream | C．intention | D．design |
| A．please | B．change | C．help | D．annoy |
| A．doubt | B．appreciation | C．surprise | D．excitement |
| A．collect up | B．care about | C．clean up | D．come in |
| A．equal | B．similar | C．superior | D．opposite |
| A．painful | B．valuable | C．upsetting | D．interesting |
| A．come up | B．break out | C．hold on | D．get through |
| A．to | B．with | C．in | D．by |
| A．Luckily | B．Cheerfully | C．Regularly | D．Eventually |
| A．Inetead | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
| A．shouted | B．laughed | C．glanced | D．jumped |
| A．convenient | B．troublesome | C．enjoyed | D．dangerous |
| A．sadness | B．displeasure | C．delight | D．relief |
| A．other than | B．more than | C．rather than | D．less than |
| A．dislike | B．encouragement | C．threat | D．suggestion |
| A．decided | B．stopped | C．continued | D．struggled |
| A．devote | B．turn | C．respond | D．lead |
| A．defeat | B．satisfy | C．respect | D．challenge |
| A．proud | B．comfortable | C．strange | D．disappointed |
| A．freedom | B．life | C．growth | D．nature |
7 . When Pat Jones finished college，she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could
A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind: if you dream
One day，one of her
“What does this have to do with your
“I dreamed all night，Miss Jones. And my dream was in English.”
“In English？” Pat was very
“All the people in the dream
“But that’s
“I’m sorry，Miss Jones. That’s
| A．because | B．while | C．if | D．since |
| A．first | B．at first | C．last | D．at last |
| A．for | B．of | C．as | D．like |
| A．and | B．but | C．so | D．yet |
| A．say | B．know | C．read | D．write |
| A．in | B．about | C．of | D．for |
| A．thought | B．realized | C．hoped | D．wanted |
| A．English | B．Spanish | C．Russian | D．German |
| A．bright | B．excellent | C．best | D．worst |
| A．got up | B．gone to bed | C．stayed up | D．woken up |
| A．well | B．soundly | C．badly | D．happily |
| A．English | B．language | C．dream | D．homework |
| A．surprised | B．worried | C．pleased | D．excited |
| A．yet | B．seldom | C．also | D．still |
| A．study | B．class | C．word | D．dream |
| A．answer | B．write | C．tell | D．ask |
| A．read | B．liked | C．spoke | D．learned |
| A．funny | B．terrible | C．wonderful | D．strange |
| A．how | B．why | C．when | D．because |
| A．hear | B．understand | C．know | D．remember |
8 . The setting was a packed gymnasium just before the start of a game against another school. There were five girls who were members of the Danville High School basketball team — all of them starters. They were not in uniform to play that night and would not be on the team for the rest of this season. They were there to admit their breaking learn rules. They were there to support their coach's decision to take them off the team. They were there to let the town know there was a problem in their little community that needed to be addressed. And they did it with sincere regret rather than defensiveness.
While the school had been out for the New Year's holiday, the five girls had gone to the party with several of their friends. There was alcohol there. And they all drank some.
Coach Rainville has a zero tolerance rule on drugs and alcohol for her members though it was a hard decision to make. When classes resumed (恢复) and accounts of holiday parties were shared, rumors about the five girls began closing in on them. The coach said she couldn't back down on her rules. And the players — Iwo junior students and three senior students — agreed. That night in the gym was part of their public support of the coach's decision.
“We hope you will understand that we are not bad kids. What we did was definitely not worth it. We hope this event will make everyone realize that there is a big drug and alcohol problem in our community, one of the senior students said, “And if you work with us to try to solve this problem, you will help us feel that we have not been thrown off our basketball team for nothing." The five left the floor to deafening applause.
The team may not win another game this year. But they've learned something about personal responsibility, the effect of one's action on others, and honesty that will serve them well throughout life.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that the five girls who were kicked off the team were probably ________.| A．good players on the team |
| B．three junior students and two senior students |
| C．addicted to alcohol and drugs |
| D．scolded by their parents for drinking alcohol |
| A．They didn't fight for Danville High School any more. |
| B．They admitted their mistake in public in the gymnasium. |
| C．They would never drink any alcohol throughout their life. |
| D．They all gave speeches to apologize in the local newspaper. |
| A．Energetic. | B．Strict. |
| C．Content. | D．Cruel. |
| A．Growing Up with Pain | B．A Bad Mistake in Training |
| C．The Coach Who Values Rules Most | D．Basketball Girls in High School |
9 . Having worked for more than a decade in finance in the oil industry in Canada, Tori Fahey found herself wanting more from life. But it wasn't through desperation that her circumstances changed: “I didn't get fed up and storm off, nothing like that; it was curiosity about other interests and wanting to experience something new.”
Fahey left her job and completed an MBA before setting up a move to New York to begin a degree. However, the opportunity of an open year between the MBA and the degree came up, and as a keen touring cyclist, Fahey realised that a much dreamed-about adventure was now becoming a possibility: "The ride in Africa had been on my fantasy list. It was a moment when I realised that I could do anything, so I should."
Fahey rode across Africa, a 7,500-mile trip that took four months. The whole experience had a life-changing impact. Fahey said: “Bicycles provide a literal freedom. You don't allow yourself to feel like that in everyday life because there are so many distractions. But when you' re out on the bike and there's nothing else, you' re really free to experience what life is.”
Post-degree, Fahey worked on projects with the UNDP(United Nations Development Project) in Montenegro with the aim of bringing investment to rural communities.
It was while working on these projects that the seeds were sown for the next new investment. “It was through my trip across Africa that I discovered pannier and rack systems inconvenient and I was never going to use them again.” Little did she know this would lead her to start up her own company.
In 2013, Apidura was born, producing storage solutions for people looking to travel the world by bike, race across continents and carry all they need to do so. It's now a successful global brand, but Fahey remains reflective about what else the company can do for people.
1. Why did Fahey leave her job in Canada?| A．She was bored with the job. | B．She was disappointed with life. |
| C．She wanted to add new dimensions to her life. | D．She found it hard to adjust to the circumstances. |
| A．Demanding. | B．Liberating. | C．Eventful. | D．Dangerous. |
| A．To encourage bicycle traveling. | B．To make her investment profitable. |
| C．To help cyclists carry traveling stuff. | D．To increase the pleasure of riding bikes. |
| A．A tough path to fame. | B．An adventure across Africa. |
| C．The benefits of green travelling. | D．The story behind the birth of Apidura. |
10 . My job is to provide at-home services for the elderly and those who are disabled. My client (客户) was an 86-year-old woman who had been
Each day I appeared at her
Then, I got the bright idea to copy Grace’s Kid Stories that I
Today, her daughter told me she had
The daughter told her mother that she couldn’t
We
I am grateful (感激的) to the stories for
| A．fighting | B．studying | C．treating | D．facing |
| A．stress | B．glory | C．confidence | D．energy |
| A．office | B．door | C．mind | D．eyes |
| A．jokes | B．stories | C．news | D．messages |
| A．nearly | B．simply | C．hardly | D．easily |
| A．formal | B．unique | C．impressive | D．terrible |
| A．edited | B．found | C．borrowed | D．kept |
| A．amazing | B．funny | C．lively | D．adventurous |
| A．think | B．speak | C．smile | D．sing |
| A．warm | B．broken | C．awkward | D．confused |
| A．died away | B．passed away | C．turned away | D．got away |
| A．words | B．questions | C．presents | D．requests |
| A．think of | B．make up | C．find out | D．concentrate on |
| A．forwarded | B．commented | C．survived | D．arrived |
| A．avoided | B．suggested | C．enjoyed | D．allowed |
| A．dieted | B．cried | C．walked | D．packed |
| A．path | B．challenge | C．business | D．competition |
| A．looked up at | B．got along with | C．took control of | D．looked forward to |
| A．preventing | B．encouraging | C．attracting | D．helping |
| A．organized | B．civilized | C．pleasant | D．comfortable |
