1 . I grew up in a small North Dakota town. Dad was a farmer, so we kids were taught
One summer day, Dad asked me to back his truck up.
As a teenager, I usually worked part-time on Uncle Jim’s farm in my
The “can do”
A.early | B.hard | C.recently | D.fast |
A.Frankly | B.Skillfully | C.Intentionally | D.Unfortunately |
A.curious | B.scared | C.embarrassed | D.hesitant |
A.mad | B.pleased | C.worried | D.proud |
A.entire | B.quality | C.spare | D.limited |
A.emptied | B.operated | C.placed | D.transformed |
A.built up | B.ran into | C.tore down | D.passed by |
A.claimed | B.doubted | C.worried | D.assumed |
A.disappointment | B.surprise | C.fright | D.satisfaction |
A.decline | B.suffer | C.grow | D.change |
A.admiration | B.judgment | C.affection | D.attitude |
A.tough | B.confusing | C.relaxing | D.valuable |
A.comment | B.expectation | C.reflection | D.plan |
A.broken | B.recognized | C.refreshed | D.raised |
A.justice | B.belief | C.interest | D.courage |
One summer day, I decided to go for a walk in the nearby forest. I had my backpack prepared with water, food, and sunscreen. I was excited to spend some time in nature, away from the busy city.
The forest was attractive, with towering trees that seemed to touch the sky and colorful wildflowers under my feet. I walked deeper into the woods, attracted by the pleasant sounds of birds. The path I followed was winding and narrow, but I paid little attention, carried away by the beauty. I started to notice that the trees around me looked unfamiliar. Soon I found myself lost. I realized that I had no idea which way to go.
The sun was setting and I knew that I needed to find a way out before it got dark. I started walking, trying to remember which direction I had come from. But the forest was a maze (迷宫) of winding paths, and I soon found myself going in circles. Every tree looked the same, and every path seemed to lead nowhere.
The sound of leaves made me jump. Was it a wild animal? My heart was racing and I tried to stay calm as I listened for other sounds. But there was only silence, broken now and then by the distant calls of birds.
As the sun set, I fully understood the seriousness of my situation. There was no food or water left. I was completely alone, lost in a wilderness that could easily devour (吞噬) me. I walked nervously, tripping over things in my path, feeling frightened with a racing heartbeat. Hours passed, or maybe only minutes. Time had lost all meaning in this place.
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But then, as I was about to give up hope, I saw a weak light in the distance.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . The journey of learning Beijing Opera has been a meaningful one for me.
When I first stepped into the practice room, the sounds of instruments filled the air. The
As time went on, I began to see
Finally, the day arrived for my first
A.surprised | B.traditional | C.important | D.experienced |
A.keep up with | B.get back on | C.stay away from | D.look forward to |
A.know | B.change | C.learn | D.share |
A.checking | B.going | C.asking | D.cheering |
A.safely | B.helplessly | C.quietly | D.tirelessly |
A.supportive | B.active | C.creative | D.productive |
A.kindness | B.success | C.wealth | D.chance |
A.details | B.value | C.methods | D.progress |
A.different | B.expressive | C.similar | D.encouraging |
A.characters | B.teachers | C.actors | D.members |
A.class | B.job | C.visit | D.show |
A.music to my ears | B.bottom lines | C.time on my hands | D.top secrets |
A.interesting | B.boring | C.challenging | D.meaningful |
A.win out | B.give up | C.wake up | D.stand out |
A.protect | B.trust | C.guide | D.pick |
4 . I have a love-hate relationship with 8 o’clock classes. I like to get started that
One day, I was
I lost track of time. I was about to
I
It was none of that. With his
A.fast | B.early | C.direct | D.simply |
A.drag | B.fit | C.break | D.turn |
A.excited | B.curious | C.concerned | D.anxious |
A.wall | B.book | C.letter | D.board |
A.abandoned | B.tried | C.valued | D.sensed |
A.worried | B.serious | C.disappointed | D.blank |
A.remember | B.read | C.start | D.revise |
A.watch | B.desk | C.screen | D.agenda |
A.scheduled | B.final | C.reasonable | D.opposite |
A.suddenly | B.definitely | C.gratefully | D.desperately |
A.found out | B.piled up | C.make up | D.set down |
A.stepped | B.brought | C.watched | D.rushed |
A.regretful | B.discouraged | C.amazed | D.delighted |
A.party | B.programme | C.persuasion | D.performance |
A.slipped into | B.closed up | C.came out | D.knocked on |
A.realized | B.confirmed | C.noticed | D.thought |
A.hand in | B.give up | C.refer to | D.look through |
A.skin | B.eyes | C.mouth | D.cheeks |
A.tiredness | B.pain | C.sorrow | D.anger |
A.behaviours | B.reply | C.courage | D.words |
In a big city lived a girl named Amy. She was a clever and lively child, but her heart was often clouded by dissatisfaction. Whenever she saw other children playing with new dolls or dressed in fancy outfits, Amy’s eyes would sparkle with envy and she wished she had them too.
So she always asked her mother, “Mom, can I have this?” or “Mom, can I have that?” If her mom didn’t satisfy her need, Amy would respond with endless complaints or tears. She didn’t understand why she couldn’t possess what she desired.
Her mother, a wise and loving woman, tried to reason with Amy. She explained that Amy already had so many toys and clothes. She said, “Amy, you’re lucky to have so much. Learn to be happy with what you have.” But Amy’s ears were deaf to her mother’s words. She could only see what she lacked, and her heart remained heavy with dissatisfaction.
Amy’s discontentment affected her social life at high school. Her bad temper and constant complaints about what she lacked made it difficult for her to make friends. When Amy saw her desk mate Lily using new stationery (文具), she immediately said, “I have better ones.” Once, hearing some girls talking about their new dresses, she interrupted rudely, “My mom will buy me the same one, even nicer.” Other kids couldn’t bear her attitude and kept away from her gradually, which made Amy feel more lonely and unhappy.
When Amy told her mother the “unfair treatment” she faced at school, her mother was deeply concerned about her. She knew that Amy’s constant dissatisfaction was not appropriate and would eventually ruin her happiness completely. “Something must be done.” she thought. After deep consideration, she decided to take a different approach. One day, she invited Amy to join her in volunteering at a local charity that helped the children there in need. Initially, Amy refused, but her mother’s determined attitude persuaded her successfully.
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As they arrived at the charity, Amy’s eyes were opened to a world she had never known.
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A.To visit his new neighbour. |
B.To have his house examined. |
C.To organize a family outing. |
A.Call the examiner in advance. |
B.Charge the man for his service. |
C.Make the paperwork ready. |
A.Staying energetic at all times. | B.Always being prepared. | C.Never fearing failure. |
I stood in the restaurant kitchen, my eyes wide, arms hanging awkwardly, ready to work but unsure of what to do. “You will be trained first,” my manager Aaron said, “and do remember to check every detail!” With these words, he walked away.
A workmate threw me a dish brush and said, “Let’s get started.” He introduced me to the basics of washing dishes and demonstrated the process. This was the beginning of my part-time job, a new stage where I was both eager to learn and anxious about the challenges ahead.
On a Friday night, Aaron swiftly entered the kitchen. “Who has just bused (收拾) the back right table?” he shouted, his voice sharp with urgency. My hands, slippery with bubbles from the bowl I was washing, nearly let it slip through my fingers. I wanted to say I was guilty, but Aaron’s cold stare didn’t promise a happy reward for the guy who admitted. Finally, a mix of fear and my own conscience pushed the response out of my mouth.
“I did, Aaron.”
“What were you thinking? Get back out here and look at what you missed!” His words forced me forward. I grabbed a rag (抹布) and followed him out to table twenty-two. As we made our way through the restaurant, he said something about rags, but I didn’t hear clearly with other conversations going on around us.
I quickly realized the true issue was the mess beneath the table. A nearly full cup of beer had tipped over, creating a small lake on the floor. It was a significant mistake on my part. “Take care of it!” Aaron tuned and stormed off to the front of the restaurant.
I dropped down to clean up the beer. That was when another problem occurred. I had brought only one rag. One already wet rag. It did nothing but increase the size of the lake. “More rags,” I thought. Immediately, I rushed into the kitchen and hurriedly grabbed five dry rags, hoping Aaron wouldn’t notice my brief absence.
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I had just rushed out when I found Aaron standing in my way.
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After cleaning up the mess, I reflected on Aaron’s words.
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8 . In a gray box, I have a thick pile of love letters. I imagine about sharing them with a granddaughter when I’m 90. But my most treasured love letter is from one of my best friends. It’s a handwritten letter years ago when I was having trouble getting over a man. Her letter is the most romantic in my pile. It made no excuses. It simply let me know that I was loved.
Reflecting on her gift, and the dying art of handwritten letters in our age of emails and emoticons, I chose to conduct an experiment this Christmas: replacing presents with heartfelt, handwritten love letters for my family members.
In our digital era, most of us rarely take the time to share deeply considered thoughts and emotions with the people in our lives. Handwriting captures the writer’s emotions, often preserved longer than digital exchanges. However, technology is taking over. First came typewriters and keyboards. Now a new brain-computer lets people type with their minds. What are we losing when we sacrifice the physical labor behind the written word? We tend to value what we struggle for. Have we undervalued the human exchange of ideas?
That day, I came across a letter my mom wrote to her parents when she was young. She seemed so comfortable with her parents. It was a relationship I didn’t have with her. I was inspired by my mother’s letter to her parents when I sat down to write my letter to her. I wanted her to know my love, and to close the crack that technology and culture had created between us. With each sentence, I was discovering new and deeper ways of seeing my mother, and making myself known to her in more thoughtful ways as well.
Eight single-space pages later, my hand was aching but I was done. It was only the first of my love letters, but it was already clear: What had begun as a fun project was in fact one of the most important undertakings of my life.
1. Why does the author mention her love letters in Paragraph 1?A.To show her grand charm as a young girl. | B.To share them with one of her granddaughters. |
C.To highlight the value of handwritten letters. | D.To look back upon her romantic relationship. |
A.Making our interaction less emotional. | B.Encouraging our thoughtful communication. |
C.Saving our physical labor in conveying emotions. | D.Increasing our effort in handwritten exchanges. |
A.To give her mother a big surprise. | B.To answer her mother’s handwritten letter. |
C.To bridge a communication gap. | D.To make her mother feel more comfortable. |
A.The irreplaceable bond of family members. | B.The tendency of information technology. |
C.The expression of emotions in the digital age. | D.The power of handwritten correspondence. |
9 . In one of my teaching experiences, a colleague invited me to talk to his undergraduate class about being a clinical psychologist. Afterward, a line of students stopped me before I could go out. They didn’t have questions about the lecture.
There are two ways that people try to deal with these feelings: avoiding opportunities and seeking them excessively. Opportunity-avoiders are too hesitant to follow through with pursuing opportunities. Since they are afraid of failure, they avoid having a try at the opportunity.
Compulsive (难控制的) opportunity-seekers get excited by the idea of an opportunity itself rather than identifying what the opportunity will mean for their quality of life. They find it painful to pass up opportunities even when they don’t have time for them and might say “yes” to thankless tasks.
These two ways are well-intentioned but they are also self-defeating. The healthiest way to go about opportunity-seeking and -taking is building self-awareness.
A.But I didn’t have any opportunities for them. |
B.They hesitate to ask for help, sometimes out of shame. |
C.Figure out whether your behavior is clouded by emotion. |
D.Rather, they were eager to seek a chance to work with me. |
E.Pursuing opportunity is a healthy behavior that society celebrates. |
F.It could also mean being patient for a better time to start a new opportunity. |
G.As can be imagined, overloading one’s schedule does not do much to improve self-worth. |
10 . Flaco the owl (猫头鹰) is gone, but his life had all the elements of a classic hero’s story, not soon forgotten. Flaco lived a dozen years in a comfortable cage in the Central Park Zoo where little happened and less was needed. His life was a safe existence without freedom. Then, a year ago, someone released him.
On Friday, when he died of injury, perhaps from a collision (碰撞) with a Manhattan apartment building’s glass windows, his death offered us a chance to reckon with the question at the heart of many a hero’s journey: Can we put a price on freedom?
Flaco’s liberation from his cage came at a cost — he spent the final year of his life free, but threatened from all sides by a booming city. Was it worth it?
Almost from the moment he was released, Flaco became a symbol of hope for many of the people who followed his story and recognized parts of themselves in him. Some saw him as the symbol of the American dream, an outsider who had come to Manhattan and made a life for himself here, like millions of others who arrived penniless and unconnected in search of freedom.
As a result, he flew around the city. We were terrified that he’d succumb to (屈服于) the dangers of city life. Flaco had no experience living outside a cage, and New Yorkers initially doubted his chances of survival. We worried that he’d eat a rat with enough poison in its system to kill him. But Flaco never looked back. Perhaps freedom itself was the home he’d discovered.
And though we feared for him, his new life excited us. How many of us, our circumstances familiar and sale, are too frightened to seek our more fully realized selves?
How many of us, viewing our confinements as nothing out of the ordinary, have long stopped wondering what our wings are for?
Have we not all desired a life beyond the range of the one we lead? Flaco showed that our desire is not misplaced. His choice proved a truth that given a chance, living things choose freedom of movement.
1. What do the underlined words “reckon with” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Bring up. | B.Deal with. | C.Reflect on. | D.Look into. |
A.He died a natural death. |
B.He was caught and returned to the zoo. |
C.He died from a collision with a building. |
D.He lived a free life but faced many threats. |
A.They were excited and supportive. |
B.They were worried about his survival. |
C.They were indifferent and unconcerned. |
D.They were angry and opposed to his release. |
A.The importance of protecting wildlife. |
B.The risks and rewards of seeking freedom. |
C.The value of overcoming challenges in life. |
D.The need for more awareness about animal rights. |