1 . A Chinese girl Tan Fanglin overcame a world-class mathematics problem and was invited again to attend the World Laureates Forum when she was 15. Communicating with 65 top scientists in the world, she became a rising star in this meeting of the world’s sharpest minds.
Her discovery has won her many prizes in youth innovation competitions in China. However, Tan is not a “genius” in the traditional sense. Tan was born in a scholarly family. Her father was a professor of mathematics. Tan showed a high interest in mathematics when she was very young. She likes to find questions on her own. The more difficult the problem is, the more potential she will unlock. In this process, her father will only give proper guidance.
Tan took part in many research projects. So devoted to the projects, she once made serious mistakes during the exam at school. Instead of severely rebuking her, her parents let her find the problem by herself and achieve a better balance between textbook study and research. It was because of the respect and trust of her parents that Tan began to plan her study time scientifically and applied the learning methods summarized in the process of mathematics research to the classroom. With her hard work, she made great achievements in mathematics.
Attending this meeting enabled Tan to get more inspiration from the world’s top scientists. She even got the opportunity to talk with germ Miesenböck, who is pioneering the field of Optogenetics (光遗传学). Miesenböc has encouraged her not to lose her passion and love for what she does and said accepting failure is important to researchers. He has stressed that people all know that even Thomas Edison went through hundreds of unsuccessful attempts before finally inventing the light bulb. Tan has met many difficulties in her research and often feels upset. The words have made her feel inspired.
1. What can we learn about Tan Fanglin?| A．She went to the meeting with her father. | B．She has a strong love for mathematics. |
| C．She never made mistakes in her school exams. | D．She was invited to attend the Forum for the first time. |
| A．Helping. | B．Challenging. | C．Criticizing. | D．Praising. |
| A．By correcting her mistakes. |
| B．By offering extra training for her research. |
| C．By stressing the importance of scientific research. |
| D．By respecting her and encouraging her in self-development. |
| A．All roads lead to Rome. | B．Nothing is impossible. |
| C．Where there is a will, there is a way. | D．Failure is the mother of success. |
2 . A young man went to a farm and asked for a job. When the old farmer asked what the young man could do to help the farm, he just said ,“I can sleep when the wind blows.”
This short answer puzzled(迷惑) the farmer. But he liked the young man and said OK anyway. Everything went well until one night when there was a heavy storm. The old farmer and his wife quickly woke up and started checking to see if everything was safe.
The farmer and his wife checked their things. They found that the farm tools had been put away safely in the house. The truck was parked in the garage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse were closed. The barn(谷仓) was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was well.
After checking everything, they went to the young man’s room and found that he was sleeping. The farmer and his wife then understood the meaning of the young man’s words — “I can sleep when the wind blows.”
Because the young man finished all of his work while the skies were clear, he was prepared for the storm before it came. So when the wind blew ,he was not afraid. He could sleep in peace.
1. What did we know in the beginning?| A．The farmer had no choice but to choose the young man. |
| B．The young man was confident in himself. |
| C．The farmer trusted him very much. |
| D．The young man was a sound sleeper. |
| A．To show that they were very rich. |
| B．To express that they were cautious about everything. |
| C．To prove the farm depended on the young man. |
| D．To illustrate the young man’s preparation for everything. |
| A．Content. | B．Puzzled. |
| C．Awkward. | D．Unbelievable. |
| A．All roads lead to Rome. | B．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| C．Preparation makes everything go well. | D．Your attitudes determine everything. |
3 . The Pygmalion effect (皮格马利翁效应) means that positive expectations lead to better performance while negative expectations lead to worse performance.
I used to teach maths at a summer school. There I had a student who taught me a lot more than what I could
Though he
From that day forward, I promised him to ensure he would pass. I taught him how to understand some of the
The teacher went on to explain that Joey had learning disabilities and that some experts said he would never be able to do maths. I was
If he had learning disabilities, then how was he able to solve the problems related to difficult maths concepts
| A．obviously | B．possibly | C．gradually | D．properly |
| A．started | B．helped | C．dealt | D．struggled |
| A．level | B．determination | C．talent | D．promise |
| A．trained | B．elected | C．considered | D．imagined |
| A．desire | B．belief | C．duty | D．option |
| A．managed | B．happened | C．expected | D．failed |
| A．hot | B．inspiring | C．normal | D．challenging |
| A．got through | B．prepared for | C．carried on | D．figured out |
| A．returned | B．stayed | C．continued | D．remembered |
| A．performance | B．confidence | C．attitude | D．attention |
| A．apart from | B．in case of | C．due to | D．in spite of |
| A．disappointed | B．shocked | C．satisfied | D．excited |
| A．carefully | B．easily | C．proudly | D．gratefully |
| A．puzzled | B．worried | C．interested | D．annoyed |
| A．additional | B．sleepless | C．countless | D．flexible |
4 . I was extremely sad. My six-month-old daughter, Sienna, had lost her father before she’d even got to
Then one day my mind wandered back to a few years earlier, when I had
I was
Bouncing around the ring, I felt as though William and Sienna were
When I
I have no doubt that boxing saved my life and made me a better mother. If teaching other people boxing can help them on their journey from darkness to light, it’s well worth the
| A．accept | B．know | C．forgive | D．recognize |
| A．alone | B．together | C．safely | D．well |
| A．imagining | B．recording | C．living | D．rebuilding |
| A．taken up | B．given up | C．fought against | D．called off |
| A．hated | B．supported | C．enjoyed | D．played |
| A．nervous | B．surprised | C．happy | D．proud |
| A．legs | B．hands | C．arms | D．shoulders |
| A．taking | B．forcing | C．cheering | D．passing |
| A．captain | B．winner | C．coach | D．judge |
| A．got | B．lost | C．searched | D．quit |
| A．teachers | B．schools | C．classes | D．teams |
| A．Surely | B．Thankfully | C．Hopefully | D．Strangely |
| A．already | B．sometimes | C．yet | D．still |
| A．loved | B．satisfied | C．respected | D．missed |
| A．visit | B．loss | C．fight | D．money |
When Yi Xiaoyang was two, he fell in love with skiing (滑雪). His first time on snow, however, wasn’t successful. He slept on the ski lift until the coach found him. He started to learn how to ski from then on. Yi was a fast learner, and at the age of six, he began to ski in other parts of the world.
In 2015, Beijing got the chance to hold the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Yi felt it hopeful to take part in the Olympics. He decided to take training courses like a professional athlete (职业运动员).
As a student, Yi has to take classes like others. At the same time, he has to train full day on weekends and half day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In summer, the training goes on.
At the beginning, that was a big challenge (挑战). “When I started to train like an athlete, everything seemed to change, ” said Yi, “I lost my interest. I even got angry with my coaches. They talked to my parents and decided to give me a one-week break from training.”
Luckily, during that break, he picked up his joy in skiing. “I found that skiing had already become one important part of me, ” said Yi. After that, he moved back on his fight for his dreams.
“I might have dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion (冠军) before, but now it comes much clearer. I want to take part in the Olympics, and that will be my goal.”
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| Beginning | Yi Xiaoyang started | |
| Rising Action | In 2015 | Beijing got the |
| About the training | As a student, he had to take classes while He lost the interest in skiing and got mad at his coaches sometimes. He | |
| About his dream | He wants to take part in the Olympics and | |
3. What makes Yi Xiaoyang a good skier?
4. Do you think Yi Xiaoyang should stick to the dream of becoming an Olympic champion? Why or why not?
6 . The other day I was going through the airport at Ibiza and getting my Spanish exit stamp—a Brexit benefit or drawback depending on how you feel—and the nice passport lady flicked through (浏览) my passport, seeking a rare empty page, and said: “Wow, you have a lot of stamps.” Like a five-year-old, I practically glowed with pride.
Because I do have a lot of stamps. And sometimes I simply like to look at them. Right now, my passport is so full of stamps it is in danger of filling up. However, there is a fair chance that this won’t happen—not because I have any intention of ceasing my travels, but because most countries are moving on from the era of physical stamps. In future our comings and goings will be monitored digitally—and speedily.
This will, of course, be great for shortening airport queues, but it also means we will kiss goodbye to the romance of the exotic (奇异的) stamp, that reminder of the time we crossed from, say, Chile to Bolivia via the Andes and the salt plains. Or that first time we landed in the USA and got one of the simplest stamps of all. The border officer smiled as he stamped my passport and said: “Welcome to America.”
In my decades of travel, I have acquired some seriously—to my mind—exotic and wonderful stamps: Armenia, Madagascar, Greenland. Some of the smallest countries demand entire pages of your passport—looking at you, Cambodia.
Then there are the special stamps to truly remote destinations. My personal favourite is probably the one I got going into the Republic of Mount Athos in northern Greece. It was magnificently beautiful: the double-headed eagle of Byzantium, returned to life and impressed on my passport pages.
It was certainly more cheerful than the stamp I once got from the British embassy in Bangkok, which arranged for my return to the UK from Thailand after I really misbehaved. That stamp said “Impound (扣留) Passport on Arrival in London”. And so they did.
Yet I miss that stamp too.
1. What does the author think of the shift from physical stamps to digital records?| A．Convenient but romance-reducing. | B．Eco-friendly but culture-erasing. |
| C．Modern but artistically inferior. | D．Cost-efficient but emotionally hurtful. |
| A．Readers. | B．Pages. | C．Cambodia. | D．Stamps. |
| A．To exhibit the extent of his global travels. |
| B．To present a less positive travel experience. |
| C．To highlight his attachment to all his stamps. |
| D．To reflect on his misbehavior and its consequences. |
| A．My Favorite Passport Stamps |
| B．The Beauty of Passport Stamps |
| C．Digital Progress: Passport Stamps at Risk |
| D．Passport Stamps: Bridging Borders and Cultures |
7 . I’m a seventeen-year-old boy preparing for my A Level exams at the end of the year. In the society where my peers and I live, we tend to accept the rat race values. As students, we want to get good grades so that we can get good jobs. I enjoy studying and have consistently received A’s in my classes. There was a year when I finished first in my class in the final exams. It was a great accomplishment.
Another one I am pleased with is that I managed to improve the relationship between Mum and Dad. Dad was a successful businessman who was rarely at home. Mum was a housewife who always felt bored and constantly nagged (唠叨) him to let her go to work. Their constant arguing bothered me, so I advised Dad that Mum would be better off with a part-time job. He agreed, and their relationship has improved since then.
My most proud achievement, however, is my successful work in the local old folks’ home. My grandparents had raised me since I was a child. I wept (哭泣) bitterly when they died. Unlike many of my classmates, I do not take part in my school’s community service to earn points. I enjoy my voluntary work and believe I’m contributing to a worthwhile cause. This is where I can help. I talk to the elderly, assist them with their daily life, and listen to their problems, glory days and the hardships they experienced.
Last year, I hosted a successful New Year party for the elderly and they enjoyed a great time. Many expressed a desire to attend another party the following year. When I reflect on my accomplishments, I’m especially proud of my service at the old folks’ home, so I hope to study social work at university and work as a social worker in the future. I wish to be more skilled in attending to the less fortunate as well as find great satisfaction in it.
1. What can be inferred about the author from the first paragraph?| A．His good grades got him a good job. | B．He refuses to compete with his peers fiercely. |
| C．His views on social values are well known. | D．He is content with his academic achievements. |
| A．A helper. | B．A judge. | C．A monitor. | D．A supporter. |
| A．The contribution to volunteering. | B．The success in exams. |
| C．The recovery of confidence in life. | D．The work in community service. |
| A．To depend on. | B．To think carefully and deeply about. |
| C．To pay attention to. | D．To have a check on. |
If you had to choose one word to describe Kevin, it might have been “slow”. He didn’t learn his ABCs as fast as other kids. He never came in first in the schoolyard races. However, his smile was brighter than the sun in June; his heart was bigger than the mountain sky. Kevin’s enthusiasm for life was quite infectious.
When Kevin joined the boys’ school basketball team, basketball became the center of his life. At practice, he worked so hard that you’d think he was preparing for the NBA. He liked to stand in a certain place near the free-throw line and shoot at the basket. Patiently, he stood there throwing ball after ball after ball. “Look at me, Coach!” he’d shout at Randy, jumping up and down with the excitement of shooting.
Kevin and his whole team truly loved basketball. But just loving the game didn’t help them win. More balls fell out of the basket than into it, and the boys lost every game that season, except one—the night when it snowed and the other team couldn’t make it to the game.
It was a cold snowing afternoon when their last game came. As the last-place team, they played against the first-place team. The game went pretty much the same as expected, and near the middle of the fourth quarter Kevin’s team stood nearly 30 points behind.
At that point, one of Kevin’s teammates called time-out. As he came to the side, Randy couldn’t imagine why the time-out had been called. “Coach,” said the boy. “This is our last game and I know that Kevin has played in every game, but he’s never made a basket. I think we should let Kevin make a basket.” With the game completely out of reach, the idea seemed reasonable, so the plan was made. When they had the ball again, they passed it to Kevin who was standing in his special place near the free-throw line.
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His first shot bounced around but missed.
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Finally, the ball took one bounce and went in unexpectedly.
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One day after school, Susan’s eight-year-old daughter Liz went home with disappointment. She cried sadly and told her mother that she failed to be chosen for the school basketball team. And Liz kept saying that she was an unlucky girl. Susan knew that her daughter enjoyed playing basketball and had been practicing hard for the chance, so she must be terribly sad.
After knowing about the situation, Susan decided to cheer her daughter up. She went over to Liz, asking, “ Would you like to come with me to the supermarket and be my helper ?” To Susan’ s surprise, Liz agreed at once. Susan then gave Liz twenty dollars and a shopping list, saying she could use the change to get a treat for herself. Liz was excited and rushed away to get ready.
When they arrived at the supermarket, Susan advised Liz to put the twenty-dollar note in her pocket. Liz helped her mother collect goods and fill the shopping cart (购物车) while keeping an eye out for the things she wanted. She worked out how much change she would have, and then chose an apple pie as her treat.
With all goods collected, Liz went to the checkout counter (收银台) happily. Just then, she found her twenty-dollar note was gone! In tears, she rushed to her mother and told her about that. “What a bad day! I’ve met so many terrible things today!” she cried. “Take it easy. We’ll go to the help counter and see what the workers can do,” Susan comforted her.
The workers at the help counter made an announcement (公告) over the loudspeaker, “We have a little girl here who’ s very sad because she lost the twenty-dollar note her mother had given her for shopping. If anyone finds the money, please kindly bring it to the help counter.”
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Moments later, a worker gave Liz a twenty-dollar note, saying a lady just handed it over.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________“Well , actually I didn’t find the note. I gave away my twenty-dollar note,” the lady said.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10 . I moved to Chicago ten years ago. As I was new to the area, I had few
The wife and I talked for a long time. She told me how
She phoned a few weeks later as she
Weeks turned into months and it just became my
Now, ten years later, I
| A．friends | B．money | C．neighbors | D．freedom |
| A．served | B．refused | C．met | D．supported |
| A．strange | B．wise | C．worried | D．uncertain |
| A．giving up | B．turning down | C．paying for | D．waiting for |
| A．hotel | B．hospital | C．restaurant | D．office |
| A．ask | B．call | C．help | D．invite |
| A．required | B．predicted | C．expected | D．promised |
| A．work | B．school | C．home | D．table |
| A．risk | B．stress | C．test | D．habit |
| A．book | B．picture | C．report | D．sign |
| A．public | B．family | C．team | D．class |
| A．missed | B．followed | C．encouraged | D．visited |
| A．leave | B．find | C．have | D．need |
| A．live | B．come | C．move | D．drive |
| A．nervous | B．amazed | C．thankful | D．disappointed |
