1 . Children grow quickly, especially their feet. But many families cannot afford new shoes each time a child needs them. As a result, about 300 million children around the world go barefoot（赤脚的）. Those children risk picking up diseases from the soil. An American man may have a solution for those barefoot kids—a shoe that grows with the child.
Kenton Lee is the creator of The Shoe That Grows. He explains how the shoe works and how it’s able to last so long. “It grows in three places; the front, on the side, and on the back. It can last up to five years. The bottom is like tire rubber. The top is just high-quality leather.”
The shoe comes in two sizes: small that fits children aged 4 to 9 and large for children aged 9 to 14.
Lee got the idea for the shoe while working as a volunteer in Kenya. However, it was not easy to turn his idea into a reality. Finally, in 2009 Lee founded a non-profit organization called Because International. In the office, he kept a pair of his own shoes to help him remember his promise.
Because International works with several partner organizations. Together, they’re sent more than 50,000 pairs of shoes to 70 countries. Most are going to East Africa. And then also a lot of shoes go to Haiti, some of the Central American countries as well. Many of these areas do not have good sanitation（卫生设备）, and illness spreads easily.
A pair of shoes, he says, gives more than protection. It gives a child self-worth and more chances to succeed. Because it’s a small thing that really makes a big difference to keen them healthy and happy and having more chances to succeed. Kenton Lee adds that his goal is to help get The Shoe That Grows to as many children as he can around the world.
1. Why are so many children around the world barefoot?| A．They grow so quickly that their families can’t buy proper shoes. |
| B．Their families are too poor to buy them enough new shoes. |
| C．They don’t like wearing new shoes. |
| D．There are no shoes at all now. |
| A．the shoes are designed for adults. |
| B．the shoes just grow in two places |
| C．Kenton Lee made great efforts to invent the shoes |
| D．Because International was founded to make much money |
| A．get himself to stick to his promise |
| B．let others know how hard he worked |
| C．encourage others to invent the shoes |
| D．make himself change shoes easily |
| A．it’s not necessary to improve sanitation in East Africa |
| B．Central America is the poorest place in the world |
| C．a small thing can really make a big difference |
| D．the shoes can make children succeed easily |
2 . Dream is strength. The strength can bring us wherever we want to get to and it can bring us a lot of wonders on our way to the place in our dreams.
Dream is beauty. Maybe you can see the things full of magic and maybe you will be moved by your own dream.
Everyone has his dreams and dreams are especially important to teenagers. As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize. Or they can be small,for example, you may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams come true is the biggest challenge in our life.
You must never give up your dreams.
| A．These kinds of thoughts stop you realizing your dream |
| B．There will be many difficulties on the road to your dreams |
| C．Once you find a dream |
| D．You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects |
| E．Both big dreams and small ones are very important to our lives |
| F．The world is so real that the dreams seem weak |
| G．Your talent is one of the most important factors in living your dreams |
1. Why doesn’t the boy want to be the president in the end?
| A．He doesn’t want to get up early. |
| B．He doesn’t want to travel much. |
| C．He doesn’t want to be very busy. |
| A．Mother and son. | B．Teacher and student. | C．Aunt and nephew. |
Your mother and I don’t yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future. Your new life is full of promise, and we hope you will be happy and healthy so you can explore it fully. You’ve already given us a reason to reflect on the world we hope you live in.
Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today. While newspapers often focus on what’s wrong, in many ways the world is getting better. Health is improving. The number of poor families is decreasing. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting. Technological progress in every field means your life should be much better than ours today.
We will do our part to make this happen, not only because we love you, but also because we have a responsibility to all children in the next generation. We believe all lives have equal value. Our society has its duty to improve the lives of all those coming into this world, not just those already here.
Today, most people die from five things — heart disease, cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases — and we can make faster progress on these and other problems. Once we recognize that your generation and your children’s generation may not have to suffer from disease, we collectively have a responsibility to increase our investments (投资) a bit more towards the future to make this reality. Your mother and I want to do our part. Curing disease will take time. Over short periods of five or ten years, it may not seem like we’re making much of a difference. But over the long term, seeds planted now will grow, and one day, you or your children will see what we can only imagine: a world without suffering from disease.
There are so many opportunities just like this. If society focuses more of its energy on these great challenges, we will leave your generation a much better world. Our hopes for your generation focus on two ideas: advancing human potential (潜能) and equality. Our society must do this not only for justice or charity, but for the greatness of human progress.
Today your mother and I are devoted to spending our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges. I, Zuckerberg, will continue to serve as Facebook’s CEO for many, many years to come, but these things are too important to wait until you or we are older to begin this work.
We will give away 99% of our Facebook shares — now about $45 billion — during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these matters. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.
As we become parents and enter this next chapter（篇章）of our lives, we want to share our deep appreciation for everyone who makes this possible. We can make progress towards these opportunities only by standing on the shoulders of experts. And we can only focus on serving this community and this mission because we are surrounded by loving family, supportive friends and amazing colleagues. We hope you will have such deep and inspiring relationships in your life too.
Max, we love you and feel a great responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life filled with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can’t wait to see what you bring to this world.
Love,
Mom and Dad
1. When might the letter be written?| A．When Zuckerberg got married. | B．When people suffered from diseases. |
| C．After Zuckerberg’s daughter was born. | D．After Zuckerberg increased his investment. |
| A．people’s health is improving | B．poor families become fewer than before |
| C．technology makes progress in few fields | D．people communicate with others more |
| A．Because he is the CEO of Facebook company. | B．Because he is devoted to helping those who are poor. |
| C．Because he hopes that his daughter will live a rich life. | D．Because he hopes future generations won’t suffer from diseases. |
| A．positive | B．negative | C．objective | D．subjective |
| A．Zuckerberg and his wife have inspiring relationships in their life. |
| B．People can’t make much of a difference within 5 years. |
| C．Society is only responsible for those already in the world. |
| D．People have made faster progress on five main deadly diseases. |
| A．tell his baby that he will donate 99% shares of Facebook |
| B．call on people to make efforts to improve living conditions |
| C．tell people that he is willing to make contributions to the world |
| D．express love for his daughter and what he will do for the future |
Self-image is your own mind’s picture of yourself. This image includes the way you look, the way you act, the way you talk and the way you think. Interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about us. Unfortunately, most of these images are more negative than they should be. Thus changing the way you think about yourself is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world.
The best way to defeat a passive self-image is to step back and decide to stress your successes. That is, make a list of you need to, but write down all of the great things you do every day. Don’t allow doubts to occur in it.
It very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you can’t move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself. Well, roll up your sleeves and make a change of it as your primary task. If you think you’re silly because you aren’t good at math, find a tutor. If you think you’re weak because you can’t run a mile, get to the track and practice. If you think you’re dull because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true.
The best way to get rid of a negative self-image is to realize that your image is far from objective, and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities. Changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image. When you can pat（拍）yourself on the back, you’ll know you’re well on your way. Good luck!
1. You need to build a positive self-image when you .
| A．dare to challenge yourself | B．feel it hard to change yourself |
| C．are unconfident about yourself | D．have a high opinion of yourself |
| A．To keep a different image of others. | B．To accept your weaknesses. |
| C．To understand your own world. | D．To change the way you think. |
| A．How to prepare for your success. | B．How to face challenges in your life. |
| C．How to build a positive self-image. | D．How to develop your good qualities. |
