1 . I opened my car window and called out “Ma’am! Ma’am!” The only lady in the parking lot looked around until she saw me. “I just wanted to tell how nice you look today,” I said. “The colors you have on are beautiful on you.” Her face registered surprise for a second, and then she smiled. “Thank you!” she called back. Her final steps to her car seemed lighter, and I smiled to myself.
I grew up with very few cheerleaders in my own life. When I was in the middle of fighting a battle for my life, I had been confirmed depression, along with anxiety. It has taken many years and more effort and determination than I thought I was capable of recovering from this illness. With no cheerleaders in my court, I fought this battle alone. I am proud of the progress I have made thus far. There are times when I thought, if only I had had someone to hold me and say, “Susan, I believe in you. You can do this, and I’ll be there every step of the way.” I wonder how much sooner I would have recovered. I’ll never know.
So I have made it a point in recent years to praise people, especially women and girls. Instead of just thinking that someone looks nice or did a great job, I say it out loud. It doesn’t take long, and it’s easy. So, I wonder, why don’t more people do this? As women, we have learned from our role models to be quiet. We downplay (淡化) our own achievements even when we do receive a rare compliment (恭维). Now, when I compliment someone and she denies, I say to her, “Just say thank you.” Most women are relieved that they don’t have to deny the compliment; they can accept the praise without guilt.
Cheerleading doesn’t require any skills. It only takes a few seconds, although you do have to remind yourself to do it. Eventually, it becomes a habit.
1. How did the lady feel after hearing the author’s praise?| A．Delighted. | B．Anxious. |
| C．Relaxed. | D．Worried. |
| A．Her experiences. |
| B．Her habit. |
| C．Her personality. |
| D．Her ambition. |
| A．She can be rewarded. |
| B．She can be appreciated. |
| C．They can accept the praise. |
| D．They should say something. |
| A．Caring. | B．Brave. |
| C．Outgoing. | D．Honest. |
2 . Last summer, I was suffering from too much stress. I’d just graduated from a(n)
Generally seeing natural beauty would have
A dragonfly (蜻蜓) buzzed around me.With each
I watched that dragonfly carefully for many minutes. So did the dragonfly. “It’s not a matter of relaxing,” it seemed to say. “Life is so short.Be here in the
| A．interesting | B．challenging | C．meaningful | D．grateful |
| A．party | B．gathering | C．vacation | D．lecture |
| A．tradition | B．strength | C．criterion | D．habit |
| A．in time | B．at ease | C．as usual | D．in case |
| A．relaxed | B．annoyed | C．teased | D．urged |
| A．finally | B．casually | C．repeatedly | D．significantly |
| A．disappearance | B．movement | C．advance | D．performance |
| A．convinced | B．informed | C．formed | D．changed |
| A．reminded | B．made | C．spoke | D．took |
| A．progress | B．admiration | C．position | D．mood |
| A．life | B．moment | C．time | D．future |
| A．decided on | B．agreed on | C．dawned on | D．relied on |
| A．value | B．content | C．reality | D．principle |
| A．concerned | B．doubtful | C．regretful | D．satisfied |
| A．abuse | B．enjoy | C．suit | D．conduct |
After I attended your summer camp about health and lifestyle choices, I realised I hardly ever felt well, either physically or mentally. I often felt sleepy and dizzy, and lacked passion. Most worrying, though, I got the flu easily and experienced many toothaches, too.
At the end of the camp I heard, "Change the world by changing yourself." This stimulated my motivation. A dentist once examined me and told me that too much sugar in my meals had damaged my teeth and health. I made up my mind to change two things in my life: to eat nothing with sugar and to exercise regularly.
After that I stopped buying all the sweets, biscuits, and sugary drinks that I used to have every day. Whenever I went out with friends. I brought snacks from home, things that didn't have any added sugar: fruit, nuts, dried meat, etc.
My exercise was very simple: I went outside every day for at least 30 minutes and did something active. Sometimes I played table tennis or badminton with my cousins. Other times I jumped on my skateboard and rode around my neighbourhood, or just took a long walk.
The results have been fantastic. I feel more dynamic and stronger than ever, in both body and mind.I sleep soundly at night now. I no longer suffer from a flu virus or toothaches either. Best of all, in my opinion, is how I feel about myself. I feel like I'm in control of my own life. To make choices about myself is within my own power. I CAN change myself. I just need to try.
Yours truly,
Wang Lu
Dear Editor,As I took part in the summer camp about personal life choices, I started to analyse my choices, especially what I did to relax and how it was affecting my whole life.
After starting high school, I felt stressed out and always relaxed by playing computer games. I got so absorbed that I played the games day and night. Playing was fun, but I felt even more worn out afterwards! So after the camp, I realised that it was very, very important to adjust my lifestyle. I decided to take control of my life and find other ways to relax.
It was a big struggle not to join my friends in playing online games as I'm mad for them. However, I realised that to succeed in quitting, I had to replace it with something else. So I thought about what to try. Rock climbing, bowling, watching comedies, and playing basketball were the things I thought of doing instead.
Now my dad and I go rock climbing together monthly! It has enhanced the quality of my life, improving my health and increasing my happiness. I get refreshed through climbing, spend more time with my dad, and get to meet new friends.
After six months of trying out new ways of relaxing, I feel much more energetic. I feel that I can change myself for the better. And if that's true for me, then it might truly be possible to change the world for the better. As Gandhi said," Be the change you want to see in the world."
Sincerely,George Fielding
1. 阅读文章，总结文章主旨大意。
These are two
| Wang Lu | George Fielding | |
| Problem | did not feel felt got | felt felt even more |
| Decision | to to | to |
| Action | stopped exercises every day for | goes |
| Result | more sleeps feels like | feels much more feels he can |
4 . I remember as a young child bringing a bunch of brilliant yellow flowers to my mother. It didn’t matter that the stems felt sticky or that both my parents cursed the presence of these flowers in the lawn. I thought they were beautiful!
And there were so many of them! We spent hours picking the flowers and then popping the blossoms off with a snap of our fingers. But the supply of dandelions (蒲公英) never ran out. My father or brothers would chop off all the heads with the lawnmower at least once a week, but that didn’t stop these hardy wonders.
And for those flowers that escaped the honor of being hand-delivered to my mother or the sharp blades of the lawnmower, there was another level of existence. The soft roundness of a dandelion gone to seed caused endless laughter of delight as we unconsciously spread this flower across the yard.
As I worked in my garden last week, pulling unwanted weeds out of the space that would become a haven for tomatoes, corn, peas and sunflowers, I again marveled at the flower that some call a weed.
And I thought, if only I had the staying power of a dandelion. If only I could stretch my roots so deep and straight that something tugging on my stem couldn’t separate me completely from the source that feeds me life. If only I could come back to face the world with a bright, sunshiny face after someone has run me over with a lawnmower or worse, purposely attacked me in an attempt to destroy me. If only I could spread love and encouragement as freely and fully as this flower spreads seeds of itself.
The lawns at my parents’ home are now beautiful green blankets. The only patches of color come from well-placed, well-controlled flowerbeds. Chemicals have managed to kill what human interference couldn’t. Still, I hope you and I can be different. I hope that we can stretch our roots deep enough that the strongest poison can’t reach our souls. I hope that we can overcome the poisons of anger, fear, hate, criticism and competitiveness.
1. The author’s parents probably viewed the dandelions in the lawn as ________.| A．unwanted weeds | B．hard y wonders | C．supplies of seeds | D．patches of colors |
| A．The flowers were meant as a joyful gift to her mother. |
| B．The flowers that some called a weed were difficult to pull out. |
| C．The flowers were tough enough to spread new lives themselves. |
| D．The flowers evolved into a stronger species because of frequent mowing. |
| A．The author’s family enjoyed the dandelions as much as she did. |
| B．The author purposefully replaced some dandelions with crops. |
| C．The dandelions were never successfully removed from the lawn. |
| D．The author felt sorry but encouraged by the fate of the dandelions. |
| A．You reap what you sow. |
| B．Never judge a book by its cover. |
| C．United we stand, and divided we fall. |
| D．Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine. |
(1). 人们普遍认为美在我们的生活中起着重要的作用。
(2). 许多女孩认为外表不能被忽视。
(3). 为了追求理想的身材，她们试图尝试她们知道的每一种方法，这让她们很烦恼。(定语从句)
(4). 一些女孩甚至用自己的积蓄购买减肥药片来减肥。
(5). 在我看来，内在美是最重要的，也是增强我们自信的最好方法。
(6). 真正重要的不是从头到脚打扮自己，而是用知识和全面的能力武装自己。(what引导主语从句)
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6 . I didn’t quite know what I was looking for when I flew to Mongolia for a term abroad. I just needed something different, far from the late-night libraries of my college town. Most different, I hoped, would be my rural homestay: two weeks in central Mongolia with a family of nomadic(游牧的) herders.
I was studying Mongolian at the time, but still, there was so much I couldn’t say or understand. As we walked in the snow behind the goats, my host mom would ask me if I was cold, then giggle (咯咯地笑) and copy a big shiver to make sure I understood. In the evenings, she showed me how to make dumplings with her fingers. My host siblings would talk with me, speaking too fast for me to understand, as we explored the rocks around our tent; I’d listen and nod.
This verbal(言语的) barrier was strangely freeing. In the crowded dining hall at home, meeting new people made me anxious. I’d stay quiet, measuring out my words, struggling for something to say that wouldn’t expose me as unfunny or boring. In Mongolia, I couldn’t perfect my words. I could only smile, and try out one of the phrases I’d mastered: “May I help?” “Where is the dog?” “Are you tired?” My host family laughed at my pronunciation, at the way I threw up my hands and eyebrows in a frequent gesture of confusion. But in their laughter, I felt safe, unembarrassed.
With my Mongolian family on the grassland, I found a feeling of ease I’d never felt before. We were so different, they and I, and not just in language. Their skin was hardened and darkened by sun; I’d been hidden under hats and sunscreen since birth. My host siblings(兄弟姐妹) grew up drawing water from frozen streams and jogging behind herds of sheep; I spent summers at tennis camp.
For me, these gaps made all the difference. Without shared social measures, I wasted no time wondering how I was measuring up. Only real things—kindness, helpfulness—mattered.
1. Why did the author go to Mongolia for a term abroad?| A．She dreamed of living a nomadic life. | B．She was tired of studying late at night. |
| C．She had to study Mongolians’ normal life. | D．She was collecting information for libraries. |
| A．Hug. | B．Smile. | C．Attack. | D．Shake. |
| A．She felt at ease in the crowd. | B．She usually weighed her words. |
| C．She asked a lot of funny questions. | D．She often made others laugh with jokes. |
| A．You are judged wherever you go. | B．Nature makes humans feel insignificant. |
| C．Appearance reflects one’s standard of life. | D．Being kind is the common social standard. |
Does wealth matter more than health?
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As a precaution (预防), I’d
With the water up to my waist, in bare feet I started to paddle (蹚水) to my only
I learned to be grateful through the experience and determined to live each day to its
| A．flood | B．earthquake | C．drought | D．sandstorm |
| A．cleaned | B．lifted | C．discovered | D．placed |
| A．deafened | B．awakened | C．impressed | D．amused |
| A．annoyed | B．shocked | C．embarrassed | D．relieved |
| A．grabbed | B．examined | C．recognized | D．dropped |
| A．showed off | B．threw away | C．switched on | D．set aside |
| A．accidentally | B．violently | C．temporarily | D．originally |
| A．stage | B．partner | C．shelter | D．escape |
| A．happened | B．agreed | C．attempted | D．hesitated |
| A．quality | B．pressure | C．standard | D．surface |
| A．gap | B．depth | C．height | D．mark |
| A．regretted | B．promised | C．predicted | D．realized |
| A．restored | B．established | C．preserved | D．destroyed |
| A．fullest | B．easiest | C．fastest | D．coolest |
| A．recovered | B．mattered | C． survived | D．matured |
Last summer vacation, I traveled to Sanya in Hainan, China. When my dad told me one of the items on the journey would be one of the highest water slides (水上滑梯) in Asia, I asked my dad repeatedly whether I could stay at home. But my dad said that I would love it and we should go together.
Three days later, I was standing in front of that water slide in Atlantics Waterpark. The slide was located in a building. When I looked up at the tens of thousands of stairs leading to the peak of the building, I thought to myself, “If I fall from that place, I will definitely die.”
As we started climbing the stairs, I saw three words on the wall: Leap of Faith. I had never heard of these words, and at that time they reminded me of Road to Death. Five meters, ten meters ... I looked down and thought, “I am going to die today.” Fifteen meters, twenty meters ... I thought about the many things I hadn’t done and asked my dad whether I had life insurance. Twenty-five meters, thirty meters ... and we were finally at the top, ready to jump into the slide. I looked at the three people next to me and thought, “These are the last three people I will see in my life.”
Suddenly, the teenage boy ahead of me stopped in front of the slide and turned around, “Look down there. If we fall into the shark tank, we will be eaten by those hungry sharks.” We all paused and looked down at the shark tank above the slide tunnel. Just then, a younger boy next to me said, “Excuse me, if you don’t want to go now, I will go first.” Then he walked past the teenage boy and me and jumped into the slide, disappearing in an instant.
My father said to me jokingly, “Look, that boy is not even half of your height. Come on, Selina. You can do it.” The teenager turned and stared at me too, “Now, you go first.”
Paragraph 1:With a deep breath, I stepped closer to the edge of the slide.
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A moment later, my father came down.
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Sitting under the bright sun, I thought about the art camp and wished I felt a little braver. To distract myself, I started sketching a pine.
I thought about what Mr. Weston told me as I
| A．anxiety | B．enthusiasm | C．recognition | D．expectation |
| A．pleasant | B．curious | C．familiar | D．regular |
| A．Informing | B．Teaching | C．Convincing | D．Reminding |
| A．added | B．counted | C．submitted | D．noticed |
| A．pressed | B．pulled | C．lifted | D．arranged |
| A．came up | B．came across | C．checked in | D．checked out |
| A．trunks | B．leaves | C．branches | D．roots |
| A．press | B．plant | C．hide | D．follow |
| A．makes sense | B．makes out | C．makes it | D．makes up |
| A．eye | B．nose | C．mouth | D．ear |
| A．glared | B．stared | C．aimed | D．knocked |
| A．wide | B．long | C．high | D．far |
| A．Otherwise | B．Therefore | C．Instead | D．Besides |
| A．surprisingly | B．slightly | C．suddenly | D．fortunately |
| A．statement | B．presentation | C．appointment | D．application |
