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.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . On May 12, 2008, a deadly earthquake rocked 23-year-old Liao Zhi’s apartment building in Sichuan, causing it to fall down.
Among the debris, Ms Liao, a dancer, heard the search and rescue team
She made it out alive after being trapped for 30 hours but she
In the hospital, she managed to bear the pain and
They asked her: “How are you still laughing at this point?”
“Because I am still
Two months after the earthquake, she was asked if she wanted to take up dancing
However, from treatment to the adjusting (适应) of prosthetic limbs (义肢), Ms Liao said it was a(n)
After seeing many patients couldn’t adjust to their prosthetic legs, Ms Liao almost
“I had to be
In the end, she refused to
Today, she can be seen dancing and rock-climbing.
“It’s easy to lose
| A．praising | B．treating | C．looking for | D．running after |
| A．exercise | B．try | C．answer | D．dance |
| A．help | B．see | C．follow | D．find |
| A．lost | B．needed | C．remembered | D．knew |
| A．competed | B．walked | C．worked | D．joked |
| A．satisfied | B．healthy | C．alive | D．amazed |
| A．again | B．too | C．instead | D．soon |
| A．refused | B．wanted | C．promised | D．failed |
| A．important | B．short | C．difficult | D．dangerous |
| A．discovered | B．received | C．changed | D．chose |
| A．carried | B．sent | C．encouraged | D．welcomed |
| A．right | B．freedom | C．idea | D．time |
| A．learn from | B．talk with | C．care about | D．depend on |
| A．interest | B．power | C．hope | D．trust |
| A．afraid | B．glad | C．surprised | D．sure |
3 . Once, there was a small, unkept and rather poor village. People had to work hard to
All of Johnny’s friends had left for a long
Johnny
One day, Johnny
| A．remind | B．support | C．enjoy | D．behave |
| A．visited | B．imagined | C．described | D．introduced |
| A．gathering | B．treatment | C．ceremony | D．vacation |
| A．curious | B．regretful | C．bored | D．amused |
| A．unhappily | B．unbelievably | C．unexpectedly | D．unconsciously |
| A．broke down | B．passed down | C．pointed out | D．burst out |
| A．interested | B．absorbed | C．stuck | D．involved |
| A．disappointed | B．shocked | C．inspired | D．ashamed |
| A．woke | B．turned | C．gave | D．grew |
| A．landing | B．wandering | C．rising | D．burning |
| A．recalled | B．complained | C．shouted | D．announced |
| A．share | B．draw | C．find | D．miss |
| A．bought | B．spotted | C．raised | D．rejected |
| A．wonderful | B．pitiful | C．fierce | D．respectful |
| A．remember | B．imagine | C．suspect | D．realize |
When I was 14 years old, I was a straight A student in the middle school of our small town. I didn’t try particularly hard, I just went to all my classes and paid attention. I could get good grades with minimal effort. I had a great group of friends too: kids I grew up with, that I had known nearly all my life. We hung out together on weekends very often. It seemed there was nothing to be worried about. I think it was the happiest time in my teenage years.
Then my family moved to the UK just before I went to high school because my father changed his job, and everything changed. I was the only Asian in my class. Overnight, I had no friends, and was in a new country where everyone was different. While trying to adapt to the new surroundings and cultures, it turned out that going to public school in a big city like London was much harder than the tiny classroom in my home country that I was used to. Teachers barely knew my name, and all the other kids thought I was strange because of my accent.
It was so hard to fit in. I went to school alone, ate in the canteen alone, and studied in the library alone. No one even wanted to be in the same group with me in class as I always couldn’t understand what other students were talking about. I would cry all night when I went back home. The only thing I dreamed of was going back to the place I once belonged to!
The class and subjects in the UK were so much different to me. Although I had taken English classes before we moved here, the teachers spoke English so fast that I couldn’t catch up at all! Just as I expected, I started underperforming: I tried so hard, but it just wasn’t working. I studied a lot, but then I’d go to the exam, and would get so nervous. Sweating and trembling, I felt like my mind would go blank. All that effort, and I failed anyway. I started to lose my self-confidence. Maybe I wasn’t good enough.
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An English teacher, Kate, noticed that I was struggling.
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The after-school class really helped.
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5 . Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing them to change their tribe (部落). If they abandon their beliefs, they run the risk of losing social ties. You can’t expect someone to change their mind if you take away their community too.
The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to combine them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.
The British philosopher Alain de Botton suggests that we simply share meals with those who disagree with us: “Sitting down at a table with a group of strangers has the incomparable and odd benefit of making it a little more difficult to hate them. Prejudice and conflict between groups of people from different nations or races feed off abstraction. However, during a meal, something about handing dishes around, unfolding napkins (餐巾纸) at the same moment, even asking a stranger to pass the salt makes us less likely to hold the belief that the outsiders who wear unusual clothes and speak in distinctive accents deserve to be sent home or attacked. For all the large-scale political solutions which have been proposed to ease racial or cultural conflict, there are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious (猜疑的) neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.”
Perhaps it is not difference, but distance that produces tribalism and unfriendliness. As proximity increases, so does understanding. I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s quote, “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” Facts don’t change our minds. Friendship does.
The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami once wrote, “Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.”
When we are in the moment, we can easily forget that the goal is to connect with the other side, cooperate with them, befriend them, and integrate (使...融入) them into our tribe. We are so caught up in winning that we forget about connecting. It’s easy to spend your energy labeling people rather than working with them.
The word “kind ” originated from the word “kin (old fashion of family and relatives).” When you are kind to someone, it means you are treating them like family. This, I think, is a good method for actually changing someone’s mind. Develop a friendship. Share a meal. Gift a book. Be kind first, be right later.
1. People are likely to change their mind when they ________.| A．change their beliefs | B．move to a new community |
| C．are made friends with | D．are given somewhere to go |
| A．Nearness. | B．Action. | C．Communication. | D．Politeness. |
| A．breaking down one’s reality is easy |
| B．kindness is more important than right |
| C．arguing and winning are not important |
| D．losing one’s identity is a painful process |
| A．pleases people with different beliefs or accents |
| B．makes people focus on eating rather than conflicts |
| C．brings benefits to the people having dinner together |
| D．promotes understanding and tolerance among people |
It was time to go home. “Remember to work on your class speeches for homework,” Miss Walker said as everyone started talking and packing their school bags. Jenny felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone would get really bored with listening to her. Once, when Jenny was reading out her holiday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a silver and blue one which seemed just magical.
Jenny watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was just one of those people who were good at everything. Jenny sighed. As she turned the corner, she saw Lee’s watch lying right in the middle of the path.
Jenny picked it up and wanted to return it to Lee, but she couldn’t catch up with him. When she arrived home, Jenny put it on, thinking about the magic. She was surprised that it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her. “I’m going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. I’ve won lots of competitions. But when I’m in a race, I’m not really thinking about winning. I’m just loving the feeling of being in the water…” Jenny laughed with excitement. She walked across the room. She suddenly seemed to have a certain sort of confidence. Turning back to the minor, Jenny saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass. The flashes of silver seemed almost magical. So maybe Lee’s watch really did have something magical.
The next day, as the lesson began, Miss Walker ask cd who was going to be brave and go first. Nobody moved, Jenny slowly raised her arm. Before Miss Walker could say something, there was a shout “She’s stolen in y watch!” Lee said angrily. “It went missing at school yesterday.”
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Everybody was fixing their eyes on Jenny, waiting for an explanation,
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Miss Walker smiled and asked the class lo listen lo Jenny’s speech first.
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7 . It is a dangerous time to be a child in Yemen. Besides facing war, hunger and
He
Amr first became well-known this year when a local hiker recorded him singing to a group of people. The hiker
“I didn’t even know Amr was singing for the drivers,” said Amr’s mother. “He sells water so he can earn money to pay for his school fees. I used to
“His songs come out from his
| A．poverty | B．anger | C．cold | D．attack |
| A．outstanding | B．popular | C．different | D．interesting |
| A．finishes | B．attends | C．joins | D．leaves |
| A．provide | B．affect | C．balance | D．support |
| A．curious | B．anxious | C．proud | D．confused |
| A．economic | B．military | C．political | D．scientific |
| A．posted | B．mailed | C．displayed | D．explained |
| A．immediately | B．typically | C．regularly | D．slightly |
| A．strengthen | B．compete | C．gather | D．survive |
| A．officials | B．editors | C．professionals | D．champions |
| A．further | B．worse | C．less | D．fewer |
| A．reward | B．praise | C．strike | D．blame |
| A．dream | B．happiness | C．heart | D．fear |
| A．looks at | B．listens to | C．turns to | D．hears of |
| A．funny | B．learned | C．humorous | D．talented |
8 . Along with a dozen boys, I made a trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of attending many years ago. Although the trip had been fun for the most part, I felt
Here in Iowa everything was flat. What I could see was a wild prairie (大草原) with no trees. All that I could
Over the years to come I learned something else. Each of us has a(n)
| A．excited | B．lonely | C．disappointed | D．worried |
| A．realized | B．regretted | C．admitted | D．expected |
| A．grasslands | B．mountains | C．crops | D．forests |
| A．looked into | B．turned into | C．broke into | D．took into |
| A．imagine | B．smell | C．get | D．remember |
| A．dreamed of | B．insisted on | C．heard about | D．delighted in |
| A．Therefore | B．However | C．Moreover | D．Instead |
| A．saved | B．settled | C．touched | D．upset |
| A．connected | B．added | C．packed | D．flowed |
| A．fantastic | B．energetic | C．fast | D．active |
| A．contrary | B．comparison | C．contract | D．companion |
| A．pure-minded | B．absent-minded | C．narrow-minded | D．open-minded |
| A．power | B．value | C．significance | D．beauty |
| A．outstanding | B．special | C．natural | D．inner |
| A．habits | B．choices | C．talents | D．tasks |
9 . When I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was worried about a lack of jobs and cultural differences. Ignoring these
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask
I was a little surprised, but had a
It seems that the world always
| A．doubts | B．instructions | C．concerns | D．reasons |
| A．at | B．for | C．of | D．with |
| A．little | B．much | C．some | D．any |
| A．wherever | B．whether | C．why | D．whenever |
| A．manner | B．attitude | C．language | D．purpose |
| A．answer | B．work | C．refuse | D．leave |
| A．hesitated | B．returned | C．passed | D．regretted |
| A．silent | B．busy | C．comfortable | D．positive |
| A．pick out | B．take on | C．search for | D．give up |
| A．dull | B．guilty | C．good | D．general |
| A．made use of | B．taken care of | C．become tired of | D．run out of |
| A．right | B．former | C．more | D．different |
| A．advice | B．agreement | C．impression | D．pressure |
| A．funny | B．satisfied | C．disappointed | D．lonely |
| A．turns off | B．goes over | C．looks up | D．gives back |
10 . Parents everywhere are praising one Florida mom after she showed her daughter true love earlier this month in a lesson about being grateful. Haley Hassel was shopping for back-to-school supplies. She wanted to surprise her daughter Presleigh with a pencil case, which she knew her daughter would be happy about. Hassel was surprised, however, when her little girl threw the case in the garbage and stormed into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
“She yelled, ‘That’s stupid. Everyone in my class has that...I don’t want it anymore!’” Hassel explained in a Facebook post. Hassel said she didn’t immediately react because she wanted to deal with the anger properly.
“So by the time there was probably smoke coming out of my ears, I was trying really hard not to completely lose it with this kid whom I have worked so hard to completely take care of on my own,” she wrote. “I thought I had always taught her to be grateful and know how lucky she was, but she needed a small wake up call!”
Hassel grabbed a plastic sandwich bag, wrote Presleigh’s name on it and handed it to her.
“I told her to get the pencil case out of the trash and that we would give it to one whose mommy and daddy don’t have money for any school supplies or someone who may not even have a mommy or daddy.”
She continued, “I explained to her she’s not entitled to (享有) anything special and she is taking for granted how lucky she is. So for now she will be using a bag and will personally be delivering the nice box to a child that could benefit from it.”
1. What did Hassel’s daughter do after she received the pencil case?| A．Put it into her bag happily. | B．Threw the case in the garbage. |
| C．Sent Hassel a gift in return. | D．Hugged and kissed Hassel. |
| A．Presleigh was a stupid. |
| B．Presleigh hoped for something special. |
| C．Presleigh hated her mother so much. |
| D．Presleigh refused to accept any gift that her mother bought her. |
| A．But she needed to buy her something special. |
| B．But she needed to call her daughter to wake up everyday. |
| C．But she needed a timely remind for her daughter to be grateful. |
| D．But she needed to buy her an alarm clock to wake her up everyday. |
| A．Patient and calm. | B．Out-going and active. |
| C．Funny and brave. | D．Hardworking and determined. |
