1 . After leaving the publishing industry in my fifties, I chose a university to follow my love for animal biology. I regard the experience as a change for my self-confidence, both inside and outside the classroom.
My background is in the arts, so I wanted to see if I could keep up with a science degree. I was a carer for my parent when I was 18, so I didn’t have the opportunity to go to university then. I was a little nervous, and worried, but I was actually treated the same as all the other students.
I’m definitely a bit of a mum figure to some of my classmates, but that’s fine. Friendship grows in different ways. I’ve done lots of volunteering, so there have been plenty of opportunities to extend my knowledge and experience.
My family have been so supportive. My husband is retired(退休) now and has taken on lots of the housework so that I can study. My daughter has already g other degree and she’s been great helping me get new views. I’ve hunted for a few jobs at the university, and I’m also considering other qualifications. I have learned so much about critical thinking.
I would recommend adult study to anyone, even if it’s just college, so they can feel that connection and support. That’s what I missed-going in regularly and having a group of people to talk to, especially if you have gradually lost your confidence over the years You need the support from people who see you as a person and not just a mum or a wife. It’s really given me the confidence to speak up again, to join in and be part of the society.
1. Why did the author choose a university?| A．To teach arts. | B．To get a degree. |
| C．To follow her passion. | D．To find a better job. |
| A．Keeping a science degree. | B．Taking care of her parents. |
| C．Being nervous about study. | D．Showing no interest in university. |
| A．She got on better with her old friends. |
| B．She learned to be stricter with herself. |
| C．She was more responsible for her housework. |
| D．She became more confident to express herself. |
| A．It Is Never Too Old to Learn. |
| B．Hard Work Is the Key to Success. |
| C．Family Support Is of Great Importance. |
| D．Volunteering Is Helpful in Developing Friendship. |
2 . My philosophy (哲学) professor was a typical eccentric philosopher, whose behavior was a bit strange. His disheveled (蓬乱的) appearance was highlighted by a wellworn tweed sport coat and poor-fitting thick glasses, which often rested on the tip of his nose. Every now and then, as most philosophy professors do, he would dig into one of those existential “what’s the meaning of life” discussions. Many of those discussions went nowhere, but there were a few that really hit home. This was one of them:
“Respond to the following questions by a show of hands,” my professor instructed.
“How many of you can tell me something about your parents?” Everyone’s hand went up.
“How many of you can tell me something about your grandparents?” About three-fourths of the class raised their hands.
“How many of you can tell me something about your great-grandparents?” Two out of sixty students raised their hands.
“Look around the room,” he said. “In just two short generations hardly any of us even know who our own great-grandparents were. Oh sure, maybe we have an old photograph stored away in a musty cigar box or know the classic family story about how one of them walked five miles to school barefoot. But how many of us really know who they were, what they thought, what they were proud of, what they were afraid of, or what they dreamed about? Think about that. Within three generations our ancestors (祖先) are all but forgotten. Will this happen to you?”
“Here’s a better question. Look ahead three generations. You are long gone. Instead of you sitting in this room, now it’s your greatgrandchildren. What will they have to say about you? Will they know about you? Or will you be forgotten, too?”
“Is your life going to be a warning or an example? What legacy (遗产) will you leave? The choice is yours. Class is over.”
Nobody rose from their seats for a good five minutes.
1. Which of the following can best describe the professor?| A．Untidy but considerate. | B．Fashionable and helpful. |
| C．Neat and responsible. | D．Odd but thoughtful. |
| A．To share his own interesting stories. |
| B．To suggest new ways to know the ancestors. |
| C．To indicate people’s understanding of the ancestors are shallow. |
| D．To prove they are good ways to know the ancestors. |
| A．It went nowhere like the previous ones. |
| B．It inspired our thinking about life. |
| C．The professor was discontent with our answers. |
| D．The professor offered us his answers to the questions. |
| A．Our strange philosophy professor. | B．Our memorable and respectable ancestors. |
| C．A gap among three generations. | D．A lesson about legacy. |
3 . Kerry Strum was badly defeated during the COVID-19 epidemic in 2021. She
Before
About 150 women have
Through Waves 4 Women, Jones hopes to build a
| A．looked for | B．broke up | C．commented on | D．turned to |
| A．Working | B．Surfing | C．Volunteering | D．Struggling |
| A．board | B．beach | C．road | D．chair |
| A．medicine-learning | B．sight-seeing | C．life-changing | D．time-killing |
| A．leaving | B．visiting | C．starting | D．closing |
| A．recovery | B．thinking | C．aging | D．cooperation |
| A．pride | B．increase | C．interest | D．break |
| A．comfortable | B．excited | C．embarrassed | D．responsible |
| A．failed | B．donated | C．benefited | D．suffered |
| A．time | B．balance | C．housework | D．stress |
| A．hard | B．ridiculous | C．helpful | D．shocking |
| A．correcting | B．noticing | C．blaming | D．attacking |
| A．broader | B．cleaner | C．happier | D．smarter |
| A．simple | B．funny | C．dull | D．big |
| A．offer | B．regret | C．celebrate | D．hide |
4 . You can’t please all of the people all of the time. But when we care better for ourselves, we care better for others.
My daughter had recently been offered a funded place at a
I soon realized that the
The key to solving my daughter’s problem is to follow our real feelings, so that we get to know what we
Fully understand what we really want and don’t want. It will start to
| A．painting | B．dance | C．calligraphy | D．chess |
| A．quit | B．continue | C．prevent | D．explore |
| A．stressful | B．anxious | C．happy | D．angry |
| A．hoped | B．imagined | C．worried | D．admired |
| A．symbol | B．message | C．confidence | D．idea |
| A．advising | B．helping | C．challenging | D．forcing |
| A．impressed | B．disappointed | C．satisfied | D．confused |
| A．join in | B．work out | C．hand in | D．make out |
| A．creatively | B．immediately | C．originally | D．actually |
| A．no | B．yes | C．sorry | D．thanks |
| A．inspiring | B．amazing | C．displeasing | D．forgiving |
| A．plan | B．dream | C．favor | D．control |
| A．remind | B．break | C．cure | D．cheat |
| A．disappear | B．change | C．recover | D．result |
| A．express | B．defend | C．delight | D．approach |
Rick, a ten-year-old boy, was constantly angry at everything around him. He always fought in school with the other kids. Once he had an outburst in school. Upset by something a classmate said to him, he pushed the boy, and a fight happened. When the teacher stepped in to break it up, Rick went crazy, throwing papers and books around the classroom and rushing out. His teachers couldn’t say anything that would comfort the kid. And the parents of his schoolmates were getting concerned. Rick was earning quite the reputation. After talking with school officials, Rick’s mom tried everything she could to calm Rick down.
She tried different methods until one day she came home with a canvas (画布) and paint. “What’s this?”, Rick asked. Rick’s mom handed over the painting equipment and said, “Whenever you feel angry, paint whatever you’re angry about instead of bursting out.” Rick wasn’t that happy about it but he gave it a try anyway. Over the next few weeks, the young boy created several artworks. They mostly showed disturbing images though. So his mom took all of the paintings and called Rick over so that they could talk about them. “Tell me, Rick. What are these paintings about?”
“Well, the first painting is about how some of the kids show off their new clothes and pencil cases. The next painting is about my teacher who keeps telling me about how I’m doing things wrong. And the last painting is about how one of my schoolmate’s father suggested that I change my attitude. All of them make me so angry.” Rick’s mom, in a calm voice, took Rick by her side and told him: “Don’t you see it, Rick?” “See what?” Rick asked. “You’re so angry at all of these things but not once did you try to understand why you’re getting so angry. What have all these people done to you, really?”
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Rick was lost in thought.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Rick knew it was time to change.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . It was this summer that everything broke. So far I’d had a dead radio, a(n)
After having my
I pulled over by the roadside as quickly as possible to
Life is full of stress and struggles.
| A．broken | B．aged | C．cheap | D．small |
| A．only | B．last | C．soft | D．long |
| A．depressed | B．motivated | C．astonished | D．inspired |
| A．car | B．radio | C．table | D．phone |
| A．stayed | B．moved | C．flew | D．slid |
| A．event | B．purpose | C．meaning | D．problem |
| A．warned | B．informed | C．convinced | D．reminded |
| A．study | B．grasp | C．check | D．bury |
| A．initially | B．fortunately | C．suddenly | D．naturally |
| A．after all | B．at once | C．on time | D．in turn |
| A．folded | B．injured | C．dark | D．golden |
| A．thought of | B．turned to | C．waited for | D．learned from |
| A．busy | B．exact | C．tough | D．normal |
| A．Otherwise | B．Moreover | C．Therefore | D．However |
| A．standard | B．journey | C．quality | D．goal |
7 . “Regrets, I’ve had a few. But still, I keep going forward with them,” a pop star sang in his song in 1969. The idea of the song is attractive: what’s done is done, so we should treat regrets properly and move on. Some people take a step further. They say they have no regrets at all and that life should be lived without looking back.
It is easier said than done, though. In 2020, Professor Graham launched the World Regret Survey, the largest survey on the topic ever undertaken. With his research team, Graham asked more than 15,000 people in 105 countries, “How often do you look back on your life and wish you had done things differently?” 78 percent of them said that regrets are at least an occasional part of their life; roughly 21 percent said they feel regretful all the time. Only 1 percent said they never feel regretful.
If you belong to the “no regrets” group, you might think that all regrets are the source of unhappiness. Although filling your life with regrets is indeed bad for you, going to the other extreme may be even worse. To get rid of your regrets doesn’t free you from shame or sorrow. Instead, it leads you to make the same mistakes again and again.
To truly get over our guilt requires that we put regrets in their proper place. Your regrets can teach you to become smarter and more successful-if you let it. First, make a list of your regrets, note how you want to change your behavior, and outline your resolutions going forward. Next, list all the ways that you can invest in your own skills and get started right now.
Life is a journey full of pleasures and pains. To live it well and fully means learning from every bit of it, including the mistakes, and moving forward.
1. What can we learn from the song in the first paragraph?| A．The singer didn’t have any regret. |
| B．The singer found regrets attractive. |
| C．We should live a life without regrets. |
| D．We should still move on with regrets. |
| A．Having no regrets at all. |
| B．Making the same mistakes. |
| C．Getting rid of unhappiness. |
| D．Feeling regretful in your life. |
| A．Unconcerned. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Objective. | D．Negative. |
8 . Lewis B. Smedes once said, “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” For years Tom Anderson’s life was withered up (枯萎) by the memory of his
One day he told me what had changed his life, “I used to think nothing could
Forgiveness is truly the
| A．reputation | B．possession | C．part | D．identity |
| A．accounted for | B．figured out | C．participated in | D．depended on |
| A．registered | B．separated | C．withdrew | D．transformed |
| A．presented | B．promoted | C．earned | D．ensured |
| A．reveal | B．confirm | C．enhance | D．undo |
| A．drawback | B．guilt | C．survival | D．charge |
| A．wall | B．reminder | C．reserve | D．label |
| A．impossible | B．unexpected | C．undoubted | D．unbearable |
| A．concept | B．standard | C．principle | D．meaning |
| A．deliberately | B．humbly | C．sincerely | D．morally |
| A．occupation | B．passion | C．permission | D．attempt |
| A．worthy | B．significant | C．valuable | D．innocent |
| A．forgetting | B．saving | C．challenging | D．demanding |
| A．denying | B．assuming | C．clarifying | D．opposing |
| A．emotionally | B．diligently | C．temporarily | D．realistically |
A few years ago, the company I worked for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I’ve always loved running, so I was really happy when I found out I lived next to Central Park. This meant that every morning I could go for a run before I went to work.
Because a lot of people had told me to be careful of robbers in the park, so usually I didn’t take anything with me. How could they rob me if I didn’t have anything? But one morning, my wife gave me a S 10 bill and asked me to buy some bread on the way.
It was a beautiful morning and the park was quiet with very few people walking or jogging (慢跑) around. While I was running through the park, another jogger knocked into me. He apologized and continued running. For a while, I didn’t think too much of it. However, when I noticed the wide path where I was running, I thought was kind of strange. The warning of robbers in the park occurred to me. ”It could have been a robber!” I suddenly became alarmed, so I checked my pocket and found that the money was missing. Without thinking twice, I ran after that jogger. I finally caught up and held him by the arm. I shouted, “Give me the $10 bill! Now!” I am not usually a hot-headed (性急的) person, but I got really angry this time. I couldn’t believe the robbery was actually happening to me. Filled with anger, I shook my fist at him. This seemed to frighten him. He quickly put his hand in his pocket and gave me the money. Then he ran away as fast as he could.
I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I couldn’t wait to tell my wife my story. “You won’t believe what happened to me,” I started with pride. She immediately stopped me, “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”
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Looking at the money on the table, I stood there, shocked.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The best example of universally understood body language may be the smile. A smile can help us get through difficult situations and find friends in a world of strangers. A smile can open doors and tear down walls.
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2.列举生活中的一个事例；
3.你的个人感悟。
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Smile
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