That night, I quarreled with my mother, then stormed out of the house. While on the road, I remembered that I did not have any money in my pocket, I did not even take my cell phone with me to make a call home.
At the same time, I went through a noodle shop, and I suddenly felt very hungry. I wished for a bowl of noodles, but I had no money!
The seller saw me standing before the counter and asked, “Hey little girl, you want to eat a bowl?”
“But … but I do not carry money …” I shyly replied.
“Okay, I’ll treat you.” the seller said, “come in, I will cook you a bowl.”
A few minutes later the owner brought me a steaming bowl of noodles. After eating some pieces, I cried.
“What is it?” He asked.
“Nothing. I am just touched by your kindness!” I said as I wiped my tears. “Even a stranger on the street gives me a bowl of noodles, and my mother, after a quarrel, chased me out of the house. She is cruel (残忍的)!!”
The seller sighed, “Girl, why did you think so? Think again. I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you felt that way. Your mother has been taking care of you since you were little, why were you not grateful and why did you hurt your mom?”
I was really surprised after hearing that.
Why did I not think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful, and my mother has raised me since I was little and I have never felt so, not even a little.
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Just at that moment, many memories came back into my mind.
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When it was time to
“It was a great
Brown finished high school on May 17,2021. She had another
“But most importantly,” she said, “students should
| A．quality | B．formal | C．little | D．extra |
| A．learning | B．returning | C．graduating | D．hearing |
| A．Suddenly | B．Finally | C．Certainly | D．Naturally |
| A．apply to | B．know about | C．call up | D．head for |
| A．bills | B．offers | C．requirements | D．schedules |
| A．challenged | B．refused | C．mistaken | D．accepted |
| A．afforded | B．raised | C．needed | D．won |
| A．suggestion | B．explanation | C．feeling | D．decision |
| A．goal | B．choice | C．chance | D．training |
| A．task | B．promise | C．advice | D．excuse |
| A．quit | B．study | C．repeat | D．revise |
| A．reporting | B．imagining | C．sharing | D．realizing |
| A．support | B．connect | C．provide | D．fill |
| A．centered on | B．broke up | C．dreamed of | D．looked through |
| A．welcomed | B．led | C．forced | D．expected |
3 . At eleven, I decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the YMCA offering exactly the opportunity. My mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the YMCA pool was safe.
I had a childhood fear of water. This started when I was three years old and my father took me to the beach.The huge waves knocked me down and swept over me.
The pool was quiet. I was afraid of going in all alone, so I sat on one side of the pool to wait for others. Then came a big boy. He yelled, “Hi, how’d you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end.I landed in a sitting position, and swallowed water. But I was not frightened out of my wits—when my feet hit the bottom, I would make a big jump to come out of the surface. It seemed a long way down. I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. Then I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water. I tried to yell but no sound came out. I went down, down, endlessly.
When I came to consciousness, I found myself lying on the bed in the hospital.
I never went back to the pool. I avoided water whenever I could. This misadventure stayed with me as the years rolled by.It deprived(剥夺) me of the joy of boating and swimming. Finally, I decided to get an instructor. Piece by piece, he built a swimmer. Several months later, the instructor was finished, but I was not .Sometimes the terror would return.
This went on until July. I swam across the Lake Went worth.Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr Terror, what do you think you can do to me?” I had conquered my fear of water.
1. What was the author’s original fear of water caused by?| A．His poor skill in swimming. |
| B．His mother’s warning of drowning. |
| C．An outing to the beach with his father. |
| D．An unpleasant memory of the pool. |
| A．He knew how to swim in the pool. |
| B．He felt that the YMCA pool was safe. |
| C．He was waiting for others to save him. |
| D．He came up with an idea to go upwards. |
| A．He was still a poor swimmer. |
| B．He had not overcome the fear yet. |
| C．He was not afraid of drowning any more. |
| D．He was not satisfied with the swimming training. |
| A．Goodbye,Mr Terror |
| B．Hello,Childhood Fear |
| C．A Swimming Adventure |
| D．My Passion for Swimming |
Albert Fairchild was a cleaner of an old Victorian park in the middle of the city. One afternoon, a woman Albert didn’t know brought her four-year-old daughter Meg to the park and asked if he could keep an eye on her for a while. She said, “I’m a single mom. I’ll have a job interview across the road, and I’ll come back soon. It’s not convenient to have a child around me.”
Albert was a warm-hearted man. He promised the woman, “All right, I’ll take care of her.” The woman thanked him and left without telling Albert her name.
However, when it was getting dark, the woman didn’t come back. He got worried and Meg started crying. Soon, Albert calmed down and said to Meg, “I’m afraid your mother got lost. But I’ll do my best to find her. Just trust me. What’s your mom’s name? I’ll ask the police for help.”
But Meg was too young to pronounce her mom’s full name, and Albert guessed her mom’s name could be Candy D’Cruz. Then Albert asked Meg to take him to her home to find something useful to help find her mom. Moments later, Meg led Albert to a tent under a bridge not far from the park. “This is our home,” she pointed. Immediately, Albert realized Meg and her mom were homeless.
The police told him they didn’t find Candy D’Cruz. From that time on, Albert brought Meg to the park every day, hoping her mom could come for her. A month passed, and Albert almost lost hope of finding Meg’s mother. But one day, they were on the way to the park when Meg pointed a picture on a billboard(广告牌) for lost people, shouting, “There. . . That’s my mommy!” The words on the billboard read, “Do You Know Me? I’m in City Hospital. Please Call This Number. . .” next to the name “Cadence Delacruz”. Albert learnt Meg’s mom’s real name was Cadence, not Candy.
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Albert carried Meg cheerfully as he called the number on the billboard.
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Surprisingly, Cadence recognized Meg and Albert as soon as she saw them.
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5 . In 2004, Moe Hunter was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis (细菌性脑膜炎) in the brain. He went into a coma (昏迷) for over a month, during which his heart even stopped. He awoke from brain surgery with no memory, but instead, a new set of art skills.
“I woke up on Oct. 13, 2004. I don’t remember anything before 2004—everything has been said to me by family and friends,” Hunter, 38, said. “I really wasn’t creative before, in fact, people used to laugh at my drawings,” he said. “I was more interested in going out, football and computer games.”
His friends and family still can’t believe his newfound ability, describing it as “crazy.” “They’re still completely astonished,” he said. “It’s insane, but when I spoke to the doctor, he just said, ‘Enjoy it,’ and said there’s so much about the brain they still can’t understand, and this is just a phenomenon.”
Hunter has sold and displayed his artwork at Comic Con events across the country. He builds complex life-size model of characters from films and TV shows.
“Nobody has really given a medical explanation for it. I just know comas can do crazy things to a human brain. They just kind of said there are many stories and theories over the years and people have woken from comas with skills and even speaking other languages,” Hunter said.
“I remember the first thing I drew afterwards was a Legend of Zelda sketch and my mum turned around to me and said ‘when did you learn how to draw?’ It was crazy, I haven’t stopped since then. I just found I had this passion there which never existed in me before. I just feel incredibly lucky but also shocked as I really don’t know where this came from.”
1. What sort of person was Moe Hunter before 2004?| A．Weak. | B．Outgoing. | C．Creative. | D．Forgetful. |
| A．It’s a normal phenomenon. | B．He had a complex surgery. |
| C．It remains a mystery. | D．He learned it secretly. |
| A．Continue seeing the doctor. | B．Give up his drawing ability. |
| C．Find out why he could draw. | D．Enjoy and keep on drawing. |
| A．Mysterious Artworks. | B．Skills from a Coma. |
| C．A Strange Disease. | D．A Crazy Man. |
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One day when we were playing the basketball, I saw Tim wearing a pair sneaker of my style. I thought they were my shoes, so I shouted angry and blamed him for using my personal possessions without permit. Then I went back to the dorm after he could say anything. I opened the door only to find mine own sneakers just under my bed. For a while, I stood there still, shocking and guilty. When realizing my act must have hurt him, immediately I rush to the court to apology to him sincerely. Fortunately, though he was angry and sad, he pardoned me. With my relief, the conflict ended happily.
7 . Two weeks ago my grandfather passed away. It really put me into deep
| A．excitement | B．sorrow | C．disappointment | D．fun |
| A．beloved | B．strict | C．strange | D．common |
| A．read | B．study | C．behave | D．write |
| A．registered | B．went | C．applied | D．turned |
| A．symbols | B．envelopes | C．characters | D．pages |
| A．letter | B．word | C．language | D．poem |
| A．demanded | B．valued | C．ignored | D．deserved |
| A．instruct | B．blame | C．lecture | D．praise |
| A．survive | B．raise | C．affect | D．grow |
| A．medals | B．champions | C．souvenirs | D．prizes |
| A．story | B．poem | C．article | D．book |
| A．so | B．but | C．and | D．or |
| A．laughter | B．fear | C．pain | D．tears |
| A．confident | B．frightened | C．proud | D．concerned |
| A．remembered | B．declared | C．appreciated | D．realized |
The spot of red was what first caught Randy Heiss’s attention on December 16, 2018.
He was hiking behind his ranch (牧场) in Patagonia, Arizona, a town near the US-Mexico border, when he found a balloon on the grass. Heiss walked towards it with his dog, thinking he would pick up something useless and throw it away.
That’s when he noticed the balloon was connected to a piece of paper. ‘Dayami’, it read on one side, in a child’s writing. Turning the paper over, he saw a numbered list, all in Spanish. “My Spanish isn’t very good, but I could see it was a Christmas,” he said.
Heiss was attracted. He thought that maybe a child had tried to send Santa Claus a Christmas wish list by balloon, something he used to do himself when he was a kid. Nobody had ever returned the letters Heiss had sent, but he wondered whether he could find the kid who had sent this one.
It would be difficult, but he believed he could work it out. About 32 kilometers to the southwest, just across the border, was the city of Nogales, Mexico. “Based on the prevailing wind (盛行风), I was pretty sure that’s where it came from,” he said.
Heiss brought the note home to his wife, who is good at Spanish and helped him translate the list. The elderly couple figured out that Dayami, probably a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse, clothes and some art supplies.
Heiss then posted on social media along with some photos, hoping some of his friends in Nogales might know the girl’s family. A few days passed with no useful information provided; Heiss worried that time was running out before Christmas. On December 19, 2018, he decided to send a message to Radio XENY, a radio station based in Nogales.
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To his surprise, someone from the station called him back right away.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Arriving at the Radio XENY offices with presents, the elderly couple finally met the excited little girl.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . Emily Bhatnagar has always loved reading. “Growing up, I was really shy, so I always turned to books,” she said. “They became my best friends when I didn’t have one.”
In 2019, when Emily was in her second year of high school, her dad suffered from cancer. The news was difficult for the family. Books became an even bigger comfort, and she started thinking about families in similar situations. When her father recovered, she came up with a plan to help others. “The idea came from the fact that there were kids who were facing the same problem,” she said.
Then, Emily started the book drive in her hometown, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The goal was to collect books and give them to kids being treated for cancer in local hospitals. Her father was not surprised by this plan. “She always wants to do things for the neighborhood,” he said. Since the start of the book drive, which she calls For Love & Buttercup, Emily has collected more than 10,000 books.
Emily had no idea how much attention her work would get. She started by posting on social media, asking people in her area to donate. “I was expecting maybe two or three neighbors to do it,” she said. “But it ended up blowing up,” especially when newspapers began reporting it.
The Children’s Inn is one of the places where Emily has donated books. “Donations like Emily’s share a piece of the world with kids and families that they may not experience,” said its director, Aisha Campbell. Emily continues to run the book drive with her parents’ help. She hopes to one day make it reach more kids. The memory of the first time she visited children who’d received her books sticks with her. “It was the best day of my life,” she said. “I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever.”
1. What made Emily come up with the book drive?| A．Her father’s illness. | B．Her care for others. |
| C．Her habit of reading. | D．Her own shyness. |
| A．Help her father defeat cancer. | B．Give her father a surprise. |
| C．Comfort other kids in need. | D．Collect books for hospitals. |
| A．Uncertain. | B．Surprised. | C．Proud. | D．Disappointed. |
| A．Getting more help from her parents. | B．Starting another book drive very soon. |
| C．Making her program benefit more kids. | D．Writing books about her experiences. |
10 . Although the road to your goal is always full of difficulties, everything is for your wish, as long as you are full of passion and determination.
My daughter, Alice
Two years ago, while watching the Olympics, a dream
Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year. Alice didn’t expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends. As the ceremony was nearing the end, I suddenly heard the head coach
It was the greatest
| A．looked into | B．died of | C．suffered from | D．got over |
| A．fit | B．concerned | C．confused | D．anxious |
| A．broke | B．backed | C．turned | D．came |
| A．made | B．found | C．created | D．struck |
| A．attend | B．start | C．ban | D．miss |
| A．rich | B．strong | C．weak | D．kind |
| A．trusted | B．determined | C．experienced | D．embarrassed |
| A．satisfaction | B．delight | C．excitement | D．disappointment |
| A．aware | B．calm | C．positive | D．amazed |
| A．preserve | B．protect | C．prevent | D．forgive |
| A．announcing | B．explaining | C．admitting | D．discussing |
| A．humor | B．will | C．honesty | D．wisdom |
| A．Because | B．Since | C．Once | D．Although |
| A．discovery | B．moment | C．influence | D．choice |
| A．across | B．under | C．through | D．around |
