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Golden Girl

When your mother enters her ninth decade, you make a point of being a little extra careful for any signs of decline—memory loss, repetition and the like.

Thankfully, my mother has been blessed with good health, and her mental state seems to have remained alright. But when she got inked at such an advanced age, I had to wonder.

My mother looks just like many grandmothers, short, slightly fat and white-haired. She’s rosy-cheeked and jolly, and when she laughs her eyes almost seem to disappear behind her fleshy cheeks. She comes from an old, traditional family. She was a career civil servant. In short, she didn’t do crazy suff.

That all changed a few years ago. She began to surprise my older brother and me with what she described as “independence.” At the time, we merely saw them as examples of irresponsibility and possibly age-related questionable judgment.

In early 2015, the year she turned 75, she informed us she’d booked a seven-night trip to Turkey. Alone. Because she had never been. Of course, that was astonishing. There was no way my brother and I could allow that. A shaky little old lady wandering the streets of Istanbul on her own, not speaking a word of Turkish, with no knowledge of the laws and customs of the land—it was out of the question!

She paid no attention to us. Off she went. When she returned, she told us it had been a wonderful success. As it turns out, she had barely spent any time alone after hiring a taxi driver to show her around Istanbul for a few days. He took her to open-air markets, parks, and restaurants. He introduced her to a rug(小地毯)seller named Mustafa, “a lovely fellow,” and she bought some rugs. The seller had taken her address details and promised to ship the rugs home. The seller and my mother apparently struck up quite a friendship and she had told him to please drop by if he were ever in Canada. My mother beamed as she told this story.

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We couldn’t believe how naïve (幼稚) she had been and sat her down to explain that she had been tricked.

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“Mustafa dropped by for a cup of tea as we used to drink a lot in Turkey.” my mother told my brother and me.

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3 . A five-­year-­old dog named Kelsey has been praised as a hero for helping to save the life of her owner who slipped in the snow and broke his neck.

The man, Bob, was alone when he left his farmhouse on New Year’s Eve to collect firewood.Expecting a journey of only several meters, Bob was wearing just long johns (衬裤), a shirt and slippers when he went outside, although the temperature was around －4℃.

After the accident, he was unable to move in the snow. Fortunately, Kelsey came to his assistance.

“I was shouting for help, but my nearest neighbor is about 400 meters away, and it was 10:30 p. m.,” Bob explained. “By the next morning, my voice was gone and I couldn’t yell for help, but Kelsey didn’t stop barking.”

Kelsey’s companion kept him warm by lying on top of him. She licked his face and hands to keep him awake. “Kelsey kept barking but never left my side,” Bob recalled. “I knew I couldn’t give up and that it was my choice to stay alive.”

Bob spent 20 hours in the freezing cold. When he finally lost consciousness, his dog kept barking. Finally, hearing the barking, Bob’s neighbor discovered him at 6:30 p. m. on New Year’s Day and called the emergency services at once. When Bob arrived in hospital, his body temperature was below 21℃. However, doctors were surprised to find that he didn’t have any frostbite (冻疮). They believed it was because of Kelsey’s determination to keep him warm. Dr. Chaim Colen, the doctor who treated Bob, said, “His dog really saved him.He was very fortunate.”

Bob said he was very grateful to both Dr. Colen and his Kelsey. “They saved my life. They are truly heroes!”

1. What happened to Bob on New Year’s Eve?

A．He left his dog alone in his farmhouse.

B．He was praised for saving a dog owner.

C．He broke his neck and couldn’t move.

D．He heard his neighbor’s shouting for help.

2. Why did Kelsey keep barking?

A．To keep warm.

B．To stay alive.

C．To keep Bob awake.

D．To seek help from others.

3. How does Dr. Colen feel about Kelsey?

A．Helpful.	B．Fortunate.
C．Grateful.	D．Friendly.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．A Neck­breaking Accident

B．The Magic Night

C．Warmth on a Winter’s Night

D．Determination to Keep Alive

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While leaving a shop, I heard a conversation between a staff member and a lady, whom was looking to enter the shop with her dog. A staff member was apologizing that the dog not permitted to enter—it wasn’t a support dog. The lady turned to leave out. I called out to her to wait and offer to look after the dog. She was surprised, and half joking asked if I was going to steal her dog. I told her I was a pet lover either. I then spent lovely 20 minutes get to know Baxter while its owner took his time to do the shopping. How a wonderful experience!

8 . On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent fear greatly: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins — a girl and a boy — were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing.

“I saw him breath, but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still breathing, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”

Still, the Sydney couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.

“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate told Today. “We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”

Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.

“We were trying to entice him to stay,” Kate told the Daily Mail. “We explained his name and that he had a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to have him.”

Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again — and then he started breathing. Finally, the couple’s lost boy had made it.

Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy. The Oggs only recently told the kids the story of their birth. “Emily burst into tears,” Kate said. “She was really upset, and she kept hugging Jamie. This whole experience makes you cherish them more.”

1. In the passage, which of the following is true?

A．Kate gave birth to twins after only 14 weeks of pregnancy in 2010.

B．Neither of the twins weighed more than 3 pounds each when they were born.

C．The boy had no heartbeat when he was born.

D．Two minutes after the twins were born, the parents heard the boy wasn’t going to make it.

2. The underlined word “entice” in the sixth paragraph refers to ________.

A．attract

B．order

C．invite

D．beg

3. It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A．the doctors were tired of saving the boy.

B．hearing the sad news, the couple felt so hopeless.

C．Jamie came back to life and grew up healthily.

D．Emily was so happy after she heard the story.

4. Which might be the best title for the passage?

A．Life-Giving Touch

B．The Boy Who Lived

C．Power of Parents’ Love

D．A Medical Miracle

9 . When I decided to leave my home country of Iran to pursue a PhD in Canada, I hadn’t expected that communication would be an issue. In Farsi, I was a(n) _______ speaker. I had taken English lessons in my 20s and scored well on the English test for university _______.

But soon after my _______ in the English-speaking world, I realized how wrong I was. Now I had to be careful and deliberate. I needed to _______ follow the conversation. I needed to _______ it into my native language, reflect and generate thoughts and ideas in _______. Then I needed to find the right English words and put them in the right order to _______. I had a hard time remaining present and focused in _______, because I was constantly thinking about what I would say next. I gradually turned inward and _______, particularly when surrounded by native English speakers. And I worried about my future. After all, effective communication in English is ________ to being included and recognized in many ________ and professional operations.

Later, I ________ to say exactly what I meant in discussions over and over again. Suddenly, a simple idea ________ to me: why not ________ the discussion in writing, in an email to my colleagues? That small adjustment was a game changer, because writing gave me ________ to reflect and comfortably ________ my points in English.

I made a ________ of sitting at my computer and putting my Farsi thoughts into English words, taking my time to ________ clear sentences with accurate vocabulary and ________. With some efforts and a willing heart, I grew more ________ with oral communication, which revived my spirits.

1.

A．concrete

B．effective

C．absurd

D．considerate

2.

A．research

B．investigation

C．project

D．admission

3.

A．travel

B．sight

C．arrival

D．education

4.

A．eventually

B．fluently

C．hardly

D．consciously

5.

A．translate

B．break

C．develop

D．speak

6.

A．relief

B．vain

C．response

D．case

7.

A．communicate

B．spell

C．apply

D．stress

8.

A．texts

B．conversations

C．conducts

D．actions

9.

A．passive

B．delighted

C．thrilled

D．passionate

10.

A．reasonable

B．critical

C．useless

D．simple

11.

A．brief

B．rigid

C．moral

D．academic

12.

A．paused

B．donated

C．failed

D．declared

13.

A．occurred

B．objected

C．referred

D．adapted

14.

A．put on

B．contribute to

C．get through

D．set down

15.

A．challenge

B．time

C．thought

D．passion

16.

A．seek

B．accept

C．convey

D．persuade

17.

A．program

B．copy

C．note

D．practice

18.

A．account

B．discover

C．make

D．expose

19.

A．pronunciation

B．grammar

C．plots

D．characters

20.

A．comfortable

B．curious

C．disappointed

D．concerned

10 . A 3-year-old boy called Casey who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But he told his rescuers that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a bear.

The child went missing on January 22 while playing with friends at his grandfather’s house in the southern state of North Carolina. When the other children returned to the house and Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police.

Police formed a search and rescue team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and still no Casey.

Then on January 24, someone called the police saying they heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. They pulled him out of some briar (多刺野灌木). He was in good health.

Casey told the rescuers that he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his “friend”.

Officer Hughes spoke with reporters from several agencies. He said Casey did not say how he was able to survive the woods for three days in the cold, rainy weather. However, he said, “Casey did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear. And at no point do I think he was taken away illegally.”

Doctors at Carolina East Medical Center treated Casey for minor injuries. He was then released to his family on January 25.

His mother Brittany Hathaway talked with reporters from a local news agency and thanked everyone who joined in the search and rescue efforts.

“We just want to tell everybody that we’re very grateful that you took the time out to come search for Casey and prayed for him, and he’s good,” said his mother. “He is good, he is up and talking. He’s already asked to watch Netflix.”

1. What happened to Casey?

A．He was ignored by his friends.	B．He went missing in the woods.
C．He was attacked by a bear.	D．He was wanted by the police.

2. What remains unknown concerning the accident?

A．How Casey managed to survive.	B．When he was successfully rescued.
C．Why he was seriously injured.	D．How many hours he was trapped.

3. How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A．His mother cared about him.	B．His mother was very grateful.
C．Casey deserved a good rest.	D．Casey was in good condition.

4. The passage is probably a(an)                 .

A．survey

B．news report

C．advertisement

D．travel brochure