Sophia frowned as she helped her mother and father set out the cooking supplies in the shiny steel kitchen. Her family had just moved here from San Francisco,having bought a small restaurant, which was set to open in the next few days.
“Moving here was a dumb idea," Sophia grumbled,mostly to herself. The girl had been joyless about the move, but her parents had made the decision and were now too busy getting ready for the grand opening to listen to her complaints.
The first few days at her new school hadn't been easy,either. She found it hard to talk to people she didn't know, and it seemed like the students hadn't even noticed her. Sophia sighed and got back to washing dishes.
On the day of the grand opening,Sophia' s parents were all smiling,welcoming customers into the restaurant, brightly decorated in gold and red. Even Sophia was in a good mood as she rushed around,seating guests,handing out menus,and pouring tall glasses of water. This was a big day for her family.
At one of the tables sat a family with two daughters who were about Sophia' s age. As she filled their glasses,Sophia realized the twins were in her class,Emily and Jenny. Sophia ducked her head down so her long hair covered her face,and she turned away from the table.
Sophia' s mother found her soon after, in the kitchen loading the dishwasher.
“Honey, what are you doing back here? We need you out front with the customers. ”
“Mom, I don't want to be out there. There are kids from school!”
“So?” her mother asked.“That's good! Go take them some fortune cookies and say hello!”She clucked her tongue disapprovingly at Sophia and disappeared out of the kitchen.
Sophia frowned. She grabbed a handful of fortune cookies that they gave out after every meal,but first she tore open a wrapper and cracked a cookie open for herself. She popped a sweet, crunchy piece in her mouth, and absently read the fortune paper it held.
“Many friends are found with a single smile,” it read.
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Sophia sighed. She put a handful of cookies into a small tray and left the kitchen.
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Sophia blushed and nodded. This girl knew her name?
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Jack and Rose were sitting face to face. At this moment, the landlord came in and asked, “Are you sure you do not rent the house any more?” He kept silent and she only shook her head. They were going to divorce, so it was obvious that they would not continue renting the house any more.
Then the landlord began examining the house. After looking around,he screamed, “Goddamn! See how you have ruined my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent the house to others?"
Jack said,"The room is too small and can hardly accommodate all loads of our stuff. So we could only hang them on the walls."The landlord did not listen to him and turned around up to the floor.
Rose began looking around her familiar room. Four years ago, she became his bride here. On the night of their marriage, he felt deeply guilty to her, saying,“I feel so sorry for you for having you live in this small room. In the future I will earn a lot of money to buy our own house.”
The room was only 13 square meters with two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her to hang her bag and the other for hanging umbrellas. At that time,she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the floor once she entered the room, staring at the whole mess and feeling terribly upset.
There were three nails on the left wall, on which he hung his clothes yesterday. After she lived in the room, he removed all the clothes boxes and bought her a desk in the spared room because he knew she loved writing and drawing.
There were four nails on the right wall that were used to fix their wedding photo frame. But now there were only four nails without the frame. She still remembered he got hurt on his fingers when trying to drive the nails home. It was her who pushed him to receive an injection against tetanus(破伤风)。
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The landlord tried to pry(撬动，撬开) the nails out when complaining at the same time.
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They hung all the things back to the wall.
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I went up to the roof for a break after studying for an hour and watched the 50 or so people swimming in the natural rock pool below our house. It was a sunny day--a blue, cloudless sky over a calm sea. But then, as I looked in the distance, I discovered three or four big waves heading towards the shore. I'd seen these mini-tsunamis(海啸) many times before. They were heading at speed in the direction of the pool. Most people knew how to look out for them, but from the screams that started coming from the beach, I could tell someone was in trouble.
Without thinking, I ran down into the street, holding my body board(俯伏冲浪板) on the way and shouted at a stranger to go inside my house and call the coastguard. My neighbor Moises had heard the screaming as well and was also outside with his body board, so together we rushed to the steps that led down to the sea.
Once we got closer, we discovered the waves had pulled a boy and a girl from the pool and into the open sea. I knew that the nearest boat would take at least 30 minutes to reach us. Waiting for help wasn't a choice. I wasn't used to this sort of emergency--I’d never been trained as a lifeguard-but I didn't think twice about trying to save them. I supposed in a way I wanted to impress everyone: at 19, a deal like that can seem like a good opportunity to show off.
Moises and I dived into the water and it took us 10 minutes to get to them. When we finally reached them, they were almost lifeless with only their heads coming in and out of the water. We could tell they were still alive from their small breaths but it was clear they wouldn't have been able to stay there much longer. I held the boy and pulled him over my board. Moises moved the girl onto his board. We discussed pushing them back to the shore, but we were too far out.
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We had to wait.
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That night, word came from the hospital that the two people were in good condition.
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Tim and I talked a lot about his problems today. It left me thinking about what it really
A good friend needs to be
A good friend also needs to be selfless. Tim is someone
To me, a good friend brings
I'll always value these qualities of a good friend and try to measure
5 . There are a lot of names for people who travel the world — backpackers, tourists, explorers, travelers. Labels (标签) are everywhere but seem especially popular among travelers trying to differentiate (区别) their style of travel. For many travelers, these labels make them feel better over another.
Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods once said, “Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.” The idea here is that travelers are better at exploring the world than tourists. They dig deep into the culture, drink it up, and get to know a place while a tourist takes pictures and declares to have “done Paris.”
But that’s wrong. We are all tourists.
Out on the road, backpackers love to talk about how real their travels are and how unreal tourists are. “Look at those tourists over there,” they say. They scoff at others who travel too quickly or to places that they think are not well worth visiting. However, they do so while eating hamburgers and drinking beers with other travelers.
The only way to really get to know a place deeply is to live there. If you want to live like a local, find an apartment, get a job, go to work, and do the same things as you did back home.
We are all only passing through a culture, getting a small taste before moving on to the next place. Even if we stay weeks or months, we’re just getting in touch with the surface. As a matter of fact, we are all really just tourists, or explorers, or travelers. Call yourself whatever you want — it’s all the same as we’re all trying to do the same thing — see the world.
So don’t label anyone and don’t let anyone label you. We’re all tourists. We’re all travelers. What we are all doing is more important than what we call ourselves. Let’s just enjoy the fact that we are simply people on the road.
1. The mention of Andrew Zimmern’s words is to .| A．present amazing experiences | B．differentiate travelers from tourists |
| C．give an example of misunderstanding | D．get to know different kinds of people |
| A．Laugh at. | B．Get along with. | C．Take notice of. | D．Wait for. |
| A．They live like locals while traveling. | B．They enjoy tasty food on the way. |
| C．They have a brief experience of places. | D．They like calling themselves explorers. |
| A．Dig deep into the culture. | B．Just enjoy the trip. |
| C．Make a careful trip plan. | D．Do important things. |
6 . The Psychology of Spending
Have you ever stayed up “chopping your hands” during the Double Eleventh Shopping Festival? Does possessing the latest iPhone 12, designer purse or limited sneakers really brighten your day?
Dr. Thomas Gilovich, psychology professor at Cornell University, has studied the topic for over 20 years. According to Dr. Gilovich, “We buy things to make us happy, and we succeed, but only for a while. New things are exciting to us initially, but then we adapt to them.”
Dr. Gilovich has found that our satisfaction with possessions fades over time. Yet our happiness over things we’ve experienced increases.
Why experiences are the better investment?
1.
A trip, an adventure or a hobby etc. tend to bring the participants together and unite them over a shared interest. According to Gilovich, “We consume experiences directly with other people.” As a result, these experiences typically create a positive link and good feelings toward the other person or people.
2. Your experiences become a part of your identity.
You might be someone who loves taking cooking classes.
3. Experiences provide lasting memories.
Planned experiences are frequently something we expect. Then when the moment arrives, if we enjoy the time involved in the activity, we’re left with fond memories. These memories will often last a lifetime. Even our worst trips, on many occasions, are later committed to memory with laughter.
Materialism VS Meaningful Experiences
| A．More than likely, you’ll strike your friends and family as a great cook. |
| B．Most of us possess limited resources. |
| C．The research showed that people who spent money on experiences instead of possessions were happier. |
| D．Activities can bond individuals. |
| E．He has concluded that we are spending our money on the wrong things. |
| F．Old questions as they seem, one psychologist thinks that he might have the answer. |
| G．In other words, once the novelty (新鲜感) of our newest purchase wears off, we begin looking for something else to buy to make us happy. |
7 . Life is filled with challenges. As we get older, we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with friendship. When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two choices. We can try to challenge it, or we can decide that the thing isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits. Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most case what we needed is commitment (投入) and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to face it instead of running away from it. Communication is making space for discussion and talking about how you feel instead of just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” rather than “You hurt my feelings.” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are: small hurdles (栏杆) you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is impossible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up. It happens to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing,”
1. What can we infer from the text?| A．Friendship needs challenges. |
| B．Challenges shape our challenges. |
| C．Small hurdles aren’t worth the trouble. |
| D．Commitment can form friendship. |
| A．One should call it quits. |
| B．One should temporarily run away from it. |
| C．One should be committed and communicable. |
| D．One should lay jt aside for a while and ask for others’ help. |
| A．Let go of it. | B．Get over it, |
| C．Forget about it. | D．Put it aside. |
| A．friendship and challenges | B．communication and friendship |
| C．commitment and communication | D．challenges and the ways to get through |
8 . When my children were teenagers, I
Although my children are
For example, a number of years ago, I was on my way to a farewell function with several colleagues. As we were leaving the office, we
A week later, I learned that when we came across Wendy, she was returning to the office from a medical appointment
Whether it’s a family member who let me down, a friend who
| A．missed | B．lost | C．purchased | D．sold |
| A．spotted | B．carried | C．dropped | D．placed |
| A．meaningful | B．interesting | C．familiar | D．unexpected |
| A．aware | B．forgiving | C．ashamed | D．confident |
| A．workers | B．parents | C．seniors | D．adults |
| A．kitchen | B．fridge | C．bedroom | D．bathroom |
| A．dream | B．message | C．target | D．relief |
| A．bumped into | B．saw off | C．knocked down | D．dealt with |
| A．demanding | B．accepting | C．declining | D．delaying |
| A．curious | B．amazed | C．anxious | D．annoyed |
| A．convince | B．promise | C．ignore | D．invite |
| A．Reflecting | B．Counting | C．Looking | D．Concentrating |
| A．break | B．party | C．dance | D．lesson |
| A．suddenly | B．obviously | C．passively | D．naturally |
| A．discovered | B．avoided | C．caused | D．created |
| A．where | B．that | C．which | D．what |
| A．confusing | B．shocking | C．unusual | D．casual |
| A．built | B．lost | C．betrayed | D．possessed |
| A．doubted | B．evaluated | C．guided | D．ordered |
| A．take down | B．break through | C．come about | D．get rid of |
9 . My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s(老年痴呆症) last summer.Suddenly, it was difficult for me to accept that the roles were now reversed-my mother became my child, and I became her mother.I became impatient, argued with her, once I even yelled at her.Gradually, I was used to this kind of life.Now I am able to deal with her and the situation better.I have learned a lot of life lessons from the experience.
My mother reacts very sensitively to my feelings.That is typical of Alzheimer’s patients.When I visit her, feeling busy and tense, she reacts immediately, takes on my mood, and becomes nervous and negative.But when I appear cheerful and attentive, she is happy.This has taught me to pay more attention to my own feelings when I am with other people.
I was thought I was very tolerant( 容 忍 的 ), but in reality, my tolerance ran out as soon as someone turned away from what I considered “right”.With my mother I can now really be tolerant.Through her illness she has developed a childlike tactlessness(不得体).Eating out in restaurants, for example, is a bit embarrassing when she shouts at the waiter that the food is so bad or talks about people at the next table in a loud voice.Of course I make sure that my mother doesn’t offend(冒犯) anyone, but I’ve stopped complaining about others and have become more tolerant.
I have also learned that everything has special value.When my mother got sick, I didn’t want to burden my two daughters with it.They are young and have enough going on with their education and starting their careers.I felt that it was simply my job as my mother’s daughter.The most wonderful discovery I’ve made through my mother’s disease may be that my children not only offer to help me when they sense that I’m feeling overwhelmed, but that they take care of my mother on their own initiative(主动地).They visit her often, play cards with her, and look at photo albums together with her.It shows me that it’s all worth it.
1. Which of the following is common behavior of Alzheimer’s patients?| A．Curiosity about everything. | B．Sensitivity to other’s moods. |
| C．Fear of strange people. | D．Quick reaction. |
| A．concerned | B．scared | C．embarrassed | D．stressed |
| A．the writer accepted the role change immediately |
| B．the writer only paid attention to her mother’s feelings |
| C．the writer has a great sense of responsibility |
| D．the daughters took over the responsibility to look after their grandmother |
| A．how I cared for my sick mother |
| B．how I became more tolerant |
| C．what I have learned from my mother’s illness |
| D．why I am feeling overwhelmed |
10 . I grew up in an age of delayed satisfaction, when I had to wait for everything.
The mail came once a day, and I can still recall the
Such was the world as recently as in the 1970s. Everything seemed to operate on a
The changed times, on the other hand, have encouraged a constant sense of urgency, which is ironic (讽刺的): If we have anything we want anytime we want it, shouldn’t we be less
And so, on this hot day, as a gentle form of
| A．shock | B．annoyance | C．thrill | D．despair |
| A．required | B．deserved | C．sought | D．ordered |
| A．in vain | B．in relief | C．in order | D．in advance |
| A．appointed | B．saved | C．impressed | D．left |
| A．dull | B．strict | C．loose | D．stubborn |
| A．seemingly | B．regularly | C．gradually | D．increasingly |
| A．profitable | B．avoidable | C．available | D．controllable |
| A．determined | B．connected | C．directed | D．pleased |
| A．slower | B．faster | C．weaker | D．happier |
| A．casual | B．abrupt | C．consistent | D．limited |
| A．efficiency | B．patience | C．thought | D．effort |
| A．disappointed | B．hurried | C．bored | D．relaxed |
| A．hatred | B．imagination | C．possibility | D．appetite |
| A．urge | B．reply | C．protest | D．support |
| A．squeezed | B．dragged | C．pushed | D．forces |
