1 . Paul and I were on our school basketball team, The Lions. We loved basketball and were both huge fans of the NBA. My favourite player was LeBron James. Paul’s favourite player was Tyrone Bogues, a guy who played for the Charlotte Homets. Bogues was only 1.6 metres tall, which made him the shortest ever player in the NBA. And Paul was only 1.6 metres tall, too! Paul knew that being shorter than other players meant that he had to practise more. Using Bogues as his inspiration, Paul once said, “If Bogues could make it, why not me?” Our coach was not so sure. Paul was still usually on the bench, being just a replacement, which was really tough on him. Everyone knew Paul had real skills. However, Paul didn’t get a chance.
This week, The Lions were playing our main competitors. The Bears, a team whose record this season had been perfect. Suddenly, a player and I crashed into each other. My knee hurt badly. The team gathered around, looking worried. The last quarter was about to begin, and my team was behind by 10 points.
“I don’t think I can play anymore, Coach.” I said quietly as the doctor put an ice pack on my knee.
“What about Paul?”someone suggested.
“Paul?” said the Coach, “He can’t play!”
“Give him a shot, Coach!” I said.
“Let me try. Coach! I won’t let you down!” Paul said.
“OK，OK!” The Coach finally agreed. “Don’t let us down, Paul. It’s your time to shine.”
Paul jumped up and rushed onto the court. And clearly, all the extra hours that he’d spent practising alone paid off. The other team just couldn’t keep up with his energy and speed. He made shot after shot, and the crowd couldn’t stop clapping and cheering. When the game ended, our team had won by 2 points. “Well,” said the Coach as he hit Paul on the shoulder, “you’ve just earned your place on the team, big guy!”
1. What similar interest did Paul and I have? ________| A．Sitting on the bench. |
| B．Watching football games. |
| C．Playing basketball after school. |
| D．Using Bogues as our inspiration. |
| A．He was only 1.6 metres tall. |
| B．The coach didn’t consider him an excellent player. |
| C．He was not good enough to play on the school team. |
| D．He liked being a replacement though he had real skills. |
| A．Raul became strong and tall at the end of the game. |
| B．The coach tried to encourage Paul to win his place on the team. |
| C．The coach praised Paul for his impressive skills in the first quarter. |
| D．Because Paul did wonderful performance and won the coach’s approval. |
| A．Powerful and calm. | B．Confident and generous. |
| C．Persistent and determined. | D．Hard-working and sensitive. |
I have a 6-year-old boy, Sam. He is autistic(患自闭症的). Thus, dining out can be terrible. Though he loves to eat out, he dislikes the loud noise in a restaurant. He has a method to solve it: overpower(压倒) all noise with a much louder noise of his own.
This begins what I think of as fighting tables: neighboring parties raise their voice followed by Sam raising his until the loudest point of the noise is reached, making us quite unpopular with other dinners.
Faced with a possible long-time dining alone, I decided to teach my son table manners with his favourite chocolate cake at a new modern cake shop early one Tuesday night.
To my joy, we arrived at an empty cake shop. Everything went well until women entered. Neatly dressed in a simple way, they were two tables away from us. I felt a sense of bad luck coming.
The women began to chat, paying little attention to us. Sam happily took this as his start to talk loudly and overpower them. I asked Sam for a quiet voice, but unluckily Sam had left that voice at home. I looked at the neighboring table, knowing we wouldn’t go noticed much longer. I planned to ask Sam to eat quickly and leave. Sam, who usually has food unhurriedly, refused to accept the sudden idea of fast dining, and he kept talking endlessly.
“SHUSH!” I said, a little angry. Sam laughed loudly as his reply. “Be quiet!” I could see that the two women were now watching us.
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Finally, the older of the two women came over.
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Mom had a unique perspective on being charitable that I didn’t really understand until one cold winter day when she picked me up at school.
“Who is that child? “Mom peered through the windshield as a skinny, greasy-haired girl led a crew of ragged children across the street. “They don’t even have coats. It’s freezing! “
“That’s Becky Ingler. She always looks like that, “I replied. My mother watched them move along the sidewalk. “Where are we going? “I asked as she inched along the street, keeping pace about a half-block behind the Inglers.
They entered a half-ruined store. “They live here?” Mom mumbled, looking at me. “Tell me about them.” I told her what I knew; that the Inglers didn’t have a father, and sometimes they smelled funny and everybody laughed at them. My mother nodded thoughtfully. “I think I’ll visit them tomorrow.” She turned to me and added, “I want you to come with me.” “OK.” I replied.
The next day, I followed Mom to the Inglers’ front door. A tiny, exhausted-looking woman appeared, and Mom smiled and offered her hand. “Hello, Mrs. Ingler. I’m Mrs. Tovey. I’m just visiting some of our neighbors to get acquainted. “Once inside, my mother studied each of the children surrounding unhappy Becky, who was reading a worn-out book to them. She rudely ignored my nod. Mrs. Ingler smiled politely and thanked us for our visit. Before we left, Mom told Mrs. Ingler she sincerely hoped we would see her again soon. I could not understand what she meant by that, but I soon learned.
Mom worked her old sewing machine for two days and nights. She collected coats from the donation boxes, local secondhand stores and our own closets, patching, taking in and letting out seams (缝合线). “Wow!” I said. “They’re lucky to get these.”
“No,” said Mom as she faced me. “We’re the lucky ones to be able to help them. But we need to make sure the Inglers don’t have to pay a price for them. “She then explained, “I don’t want these coats to cost them their pride or their dignity.”
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Later that day, we went to the Inglers’ again.
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Mrs. Ingler gazed at the coat, and then glanced at Becky, who was eyeing it with interest.
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4 . Mom and I were about to finish cooking dinner, and my little niece Jessica came in to set the table. Instead of going to the dish drawer, she went to the pantry where there was a stack of old, mismatched dinner plates on the bottom shelf.
Mom worked for the local Council on Aging as a housekeeper. She did many of the little things that allowed elderly people to stay in their own homes. Most of her clients (客户) got Meals on Wheels, a service in the 1970s. They received a hot lunch and a cold snack to have later in the evening. This is really not very much food. Every evening Mom would make to-go meals on these mismatched plates covered with aluminum foil (铝箔纸), and then deliver them to the people who she knew didn’t get enough to eat.
It was about ten years before microwave ovens became common, so it was important that the food be on a plate that could be reheated in a regular oven. Instead of a cold sandwich and macaroni salad, Mom’s clients dined on Beef Manhattans, pan-fried chicken or meatloaf, along with veggies and a piece of pie or cake. Mom and Dad did this even after Mom left her job, and Mom continued after Dad’s death until all her former clients had either passed away or moved out.
When I was cleaning out Mom’s house after her death, I kept one as a souvenir (纪念品). Whenever I look at it, I will always remember the lessons of unselfishness and caring for one’s neighbors that were modeled for me by my parents.
1. What did the author’s mother do to earn a living in the 1970s?| A．She was a housewife. | B．She ran Meals on Wheels. |
| C．She delivered food to houses. | D．She did housework for the old. |
| A．It was her job. | B．She was good at cooking. |
| C．She wanted to help beyond her duty. | D．Her family didn’t have enough to eat. |
| A．Kind and considerate. | B．Thoughtful and creative. |
| C．Responsible and proud. | D．Traditional and hardworking. |
| A．She would sell out all her mother’s old plates. |
| B．She would do nice things for her community. |
| C．She would run a restaurant for the homeless. |
| D．She would become a client in the Meals on Wheels. |
Children played in the yards along the block. I waved to them as I walked by, delivering mail at houses along the way. It was just an ordinary Thursday afternoon.
There were only about 700 people on my route. Over the years, I had gotten to know most of them, if not in person then by their mail. Mrs. Dorman at the end of my route got a package from the Home Shopping Network almost every day. She was an old lady, living alone and I liked being able to bring a little joy into her life with my delivery.
Some mailmen preferred routes where they drove a truck and slipped the mail into a collection of mailboxes without seeing anyone face to face. Not me. I wanted to be outside talking to people.
To be honest, there wasn’t much excitement on a local postal route like mine. Except a sudden rainstorm or a holiday, every day was pretty much the same. But I knew I provided an important service in my job. College acceptances, birthday presents, postcards from all corners of the world——they could all make someone’s day.
I dug in my bag for Mrs. Dorman’s mail——the Home Shopping Network package. She would be glad to get this, whatever it was. Mrs. Dorman often waited for me at the door and we always had a nice talk.
Mrs. Dorman wasn’t at the door today, but I heard the TV going inside, so I knew she was home. Probably watching her shopping shows, I thought. I bent down to put her package by the door.
I froze. What was that? Something like a weak cry. I leaned closer to the door. Maybe the sound came from the TV? “Mrs. Dorman?” I called. No answer. And then the same weak cry. I tried to open the door, but it was locked. So I pressed my ear against it.
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This time I clearly heard the words, “Help me!”
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“What had happened that day?” I asked Mrs. Dorman after she came back home from the hospital.
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6 . Adonis Lattimore, 17, was born without a right leg, a partial left leg and only one fully functioning arm. Despite
Lattimore’s wrestling career
At times, others would judge his outward
Lattimore is now planning on heading to college to continue wrestling and
| A．beliefs | B．problems | C．reasons | D．doubts |
| A．shooting | B．boxing | C．racing | D．wrestling |
| A．cleanest | B．best | C．strongest | D．longest |
| A．continued | B．intended | C．began | D．happened |
| A．advertising | B．calling | C．convincing | D．involving |
| A．attracted | B．encouraged | C．influenced | D．concentrated |
| A．ever | B．never | C．once | D．always |
| A．expression | B．appearance | C．shape | D．structure |
| A．strike | B．break | C．strengthen | D．weaken |
| A．style | B．disability | C．personality | D．technique |
| A．giving up | B．giving back | C．giving away | D．giving out |
| A．claimed | B．neglected | C．announced | D．pronounced |
| A．preserve | B．purse | C．occupy | D．employ |
| A．serve | B．arouse | C．inspire | D．promote |
| A．enthusiastic | B．curious | C．anxious | D．concerned |
7 . When I started teaching my first child to drive, I was nervous. I’m not a good
Happily, my first child was a fast and diligent learner with a(n)
My younger daughter is bright and talented, but on the roads, she sort of freestyles.
“Oops!”she’ll say. “Sorry, Mom! I
As much as I
We take it for granted that everyone should
| A．helper | B．listener | C．instructor | D．communicator |
| A．experienced | B．natural | C．temporary | D．responsible |
| A．eye | B．preference | C．longing | D．ear |
| A．extraordinary | B．cautious | C．narrow | D．intentional |
| A．turn | B．age | C．mission | D．duty |
| A．unprepared | B．unsatisfied | C．involved | D．exhausted |
| A．Even | B．Just | C．Only | D．Otherwise |
| A．dominate | B．hesitate | C．relax | D．cooperate |
| A．ignored | B．killed | C．missed | D．turned |
| A．forbid | B．admire | C．request | D．want |
| A．proposal | B．idea | C．performance | D．lesson |
| A．doubt | B．possibility | C．guarantee | D．evidence |
| A．drive | B．obey | C．race | D．struggle |
| A．How come | B．What if | C．Since when | D．For what |
| A．refers | B．turns | C．springs | D．switches |
8 . Steph Clemence always intended to go to college.
“I was determined to
When the original list
| A．And | B．But | C．So | D．Then |
| A．modest | B．high | C．regular | D．net |
| A．Due to | B．Apart from | C．Instead of | D．As for |
| A．rise to | B．figure out | C．think of | D．take down |
| A．news | B．question | C．response | D．answer |
| A．show | B．block | C．map | D．test |
| A．continue | B．stop | C．pretend | D．afford |
| A．defend | B．enjoy | C．support | D．improve |
| A．homework | B．survey | C．report | D．list |
| A．creation | B．passion | C．imagination | D．satisfaction |
| A．discover | B．purchase | C．save | D．bury |
| A．check | B．understand | C．limit | D．deepen |
| A．tried out | B．burst out | C．wore out | D．sold out |
| A．choice | B．souvenir | C．constant | D．vision |
| A．missing | B．published | C．finished | D．left |
9 . A man walked into a small Irish pub and ordered three beers. Bartender(酒吧侍应生) was surprised, but he
A couple of
Soon all the town have heard about the man’s
When the man came to pub the next time and ordered two beers again, the bartender asked him: “I would like to offer
Well, my two brothers are alive and well. It’s just because of my
| A．bought | B．awarded | C．served | D．passed |
| A．shortly | B．lately | C．firstly | D．usually |
| A．years | B．months | C．weeks | D．hours |
| A．announce | B．explain | C．discuss | D．find |
| A．strange | B．attractive | C．practical | D．useless |
| A．adventure | B．agreement | C．contribution | D．speech |
| A．extra | B．unusual | C．familiar | D．various |
| A．joke | B．story | C．experience | D．game |
| A．Otherwise | B．Therefore | C．Instead | D．However |
| A．bad | B．good | C．interesting | D．dull |
| A．failure | B．bravery | C．absence | D．loss |
| A．appreciation | B．comfort | C．respect | D．inspiration |
| A．disappointed | B．relieved | C．delighted | D．surprised |
| A．fault | B．trouble | C．decision | D．dream |
| A．give off | B．give up | C．pick up | D．pick out |
10 . Many of us have heard of Alex Honnold, who made history in 2018 when he became the first man to climb El Capitan without ropes or safety equipment. But his mother, Dierdre Wolownick, just became the oldest woman to conquer the famous peak: She reached the top on September 23 — the morning of her 70th birthday.
Dierdre, the writer and language teacher, decided to take up climbing as a means of connecting more with her son. In 2008, accompanied by her son Alex, she visited a climbing gym and completed 12 routes that first day with his help, but it was months before she worked up the courage to return and practice on her own.
Dierdre became committed to the sport, and began to meet friends and sharpen her skills. She scaled parts of Half Dome Trail and Cathedral Peak at a time when many people at her age are thinking about retirement and slowing down. The writer would go on to publish a book about her climbing experiences with Alex called The Sharp End of Life: A Mother’s Story.
“As a mother, I am impressed by this role exchange process. Parents and children often wind up changing roles in life as they get older,” she writes in her book. “But never, I thought, is that transformation as obvious as when they climb together.”
On September 23, Dierdre and her friends set out in the dark, at 6 a.m. The route is steep enough to require all fours, grabbing rocks and trees and whatever else will hold the weight. Yet despite all difficulties, the team made it to the top. “It was really inspiring to watch her and then to have her on top with all of us,” said one of Dierdre’s friends. “There was a special look on everyone’s face. We knew where we were. We knew how amazing the moment truly was.
1. Why did Dierdre start climbing mountains?| A．To celebrate her birthday. | B．To know her son better. |
| C．To seek writing inspiration. | D．To set an example for her son. |
| A．Courageous and inspiring. | B．Patient and responsible. |
| C．Devoted and generous. | D．Confident and creative. |
| A．It was arranged on her own. | B．It was worth the efforts. |
| C．It took days to be completed. | D．It required special equipment. |
| A．Mountain climbing benefits health | B．A mother goes beyond her son’s wish |
| C．Slow down, better your life | D．Climb together, connect closer |
