When Kevin Durant gave his tearful MVP speech in 2014, the NBA star made sure to thank one person who had been there with him from the very beginning: his mother. His heartfelt words about the sacrifices she made for Durant and his brother led to a lifetime movie about her journey as a single parent, The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story.
Today, the NBA superstar’s mom travels the country as a motivational speaker and philanthropist (慈善家). On Monday, she spoke at Thomson Reuters’ in New York about her personal struggles to achieve financial stability and shared the financial advice she gave her son when he entered the league with CNBC.
“I wanted him to realize he has worked hard,” she says, “And it is OK for him to enjoy himself because of his hard work. But it is also imperative that he prepares for his future.” While she advised him to enjoy the rewards of his labor, she also wanted to make sure that her son knew the importance of financial planning.
She told the audience that when she found herself a single parent to two children at 21, she couldn’t follow the financial principles. Rather than planning for the future, she focused only on how her money could make ends meet for that moment.
Recently, Durant has teamed up with Laurene Powell Jobs for a new philanthropic program called College Track which is aimed at helping disadvantaged kids attend college. As part of the program, Durant has committed to donating $10 million to his hometown’s public school system.
Durant’s mom says that in addition to his financial decisions, she is proud of his philanthropic work and his desire to help the community. “I thought giving back was always very important, and so we talked about that and he had seen that from us as a family and it’s one of the things that I taught him,” she says.
1.What is The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story mainly about?
A. Durant’s career path.
B. Durant’s hard childhood.
C. Durant’s mother’s devotion to the family.
D. Durant’s mother’s struggling to be independent.
2.What does the underlined word “imperative” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Enjoyable. B. Important.
C. Unusual. D. Hopeful.
3.What are the financial principles of Durant’s mom?
A. Enjoying now and planning for the future.
B. Sharing rewards and creating a charity program.
C. Spending less money and saving for the emergencies.
D. Donating money to the charity and helping more schools.
4.What made Durant pay attention to the charity program?
A. His kind heart. B. His poor hometown.
C. His mother’s teaching. D. His difficult life experiences.
Let’s look at the movies we can’t wait to watch in 2019
Dumbo (March 29)
Dumbo is a 1941 American film produced by Walt Disney Productions. The main character is an elephant who is nicknamed “Dumbo”. Dumbo is always laughed at for his big ears, and he is rejected by the other elephants. With no parent to care for him, he is alone. But in fact, he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings. A live-action adaptation of the film directed by Tim Burton is scheduled to be released on March 29, 2019.
Shazam! (April 5)
Shazam is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Directed by David F. Sandberg, the film is set to star Asher Angel as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform via the magic word “Shazam” into an adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi. It will be the first film version of the character since the 1941 series Adventures of Captain Marvel (the character’s original name).
Aladdin (May 24)
Aladdin is a fictional character and the role of the film Aladdin (1992) based on Aladdin, a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin He is voiced by Scott Weinger, while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane. Aladdin never received a formal education, and has only learned by living on the streets of Agrabah. He has to steal food in the local market in order to survive. Mena Massoud is set to play a live-action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the 1992 film.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (May 31)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters is a 1956 Japanese-American science fiction film, co-directed by Terry O. Morse and Ishiro Honda. It is a heavily re-edited American adaptation. For this new version of Godzilla, some of the original Japanese dialogue was translated into English, and some of the political, social and anti-nuclear themes were removed completely.
1.Which one will be shown to the audience as a form of film for the first time?
A. Dumbo. B. Shazam!
C. Aladdin. D. Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
2.Who is the actor of the newest version of Aladdin?
A. Scott Weinger. B. Brad Kane.
C. Terry O. Morse. D. Mena Massoud.
3.On which day can you watch a film about a pitiful animal according to the text?
A. March 29. B. April 5.
C. May 24. D. May 31.
假定你叫李华，是攀枝花中学(Panzhihua High School)的一名高三学生。你从网上得知攀枝花市将于2019年7月举办几场国际体育比赛，需要一些志愿者。请你根据如下提示写一封申请信。
1、你的基本信息；
2、你的英语水平；
3、你的其他申请理由。
注意:1、词数100左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I am a Grade three student in China. I hope to go to your university to learn English after finish my high school. English played an important part in our daily life but I like it so much that I want to be a teacher of English. I have a little difficult in English. But I will study hardly to improve it if I have an opportunity go to your university. Besides, I like your city because it has an environment which differs with my city. And I will make many friend and communicate frequently with him. I’d apprieciate it if you take my application into the consideration.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Since the beginning of the 21st century, artificial intelligence (AI) 1. (find) its way in different areas in the entertainment industry. Disney, which is one of the worlds leading entertainment 2. (company), has decided to make use 3. the technology in its theme parks, where robot cartoon characters will soon walk among guests. Disney has also its robot Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck to communicate with tourists.
“I think AI is going to be 4. (great) important for what we do,” said Jon Snoddy, an official of the entertainment company. “Robot characters that can move around among our guests need to understand where they re going and know 5. to behave in a world with humans.”
However, the company also 6. (know)some of the fears surrounding AI. 7. (scare) kids won’t be part of what we do, said Mr Snoddy. “We will go and do tests in our parks to find out what kids find 8. (interest) about these things. We will carry out tests 9. (make) sure the robot characters make a positive 10. (impress) on kids.”
I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early ______ of gardening may not have come from my love for nature. It was to ______ my parents.
At that time we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with ______ at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, something else to ______. Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father even thought it a waste of time.
At that age, I always did something ______ to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found ______, I would plant a garden!
I planted some lily seeds in the yard. But they failed to ______, I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild ______ joy, I found the first rose bloom (开花). One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. ______, I was touched by this land of wonder.
____, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even ______at me because he found it was ______ to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s ______, I put in her vase my real roses which in her eyes were simply weeds ______ flowers.
Regardless of their ______, I kept on planting my garden and ______ to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they ______ to care and love.
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to ______ my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Green thumbs (手指), teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show, which makes my parents feel very ______. And now I could say it my affection for ______ that makes me a real gardener.
1.A. memory B. dream C. intention D. design
2.A. pleas B. change C. help D. annoy
3.A. doubt B. appreciation C. surprise D. excitement
4.A. collect up B. care about C. clean up D. come in
5.A. equal B. similar C. superior D. opposite
6.A. painful B. valuable C. upsetting D. interesting
7.A. come up B. break out C. hold on D. get through
8.A. to B. with C. in D. by
9.A. Luckily B. Rapidly C. Regularly D. Eventually
10.A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Besides
11.A. shouted B. laughed C. glanced D. jumped
12.A. convenient B. troublesome C. enjoyable D. dangerous
13.A. sadness B. annoyance C. delight D. relief
14.A. other thar B. more than C. rather than D. less than
15.A. dislike B. encouragement C. requirement D. suggestion
16.A. decided B. stopped C. continued D. struggled
17.A. turn B. respond C. devote D. lead
18.A. defeat B. satisfy C. respect D. challenge
19.A. proud B. comfortable C. strange D. disappointed
20.A. freedom B. life C. growth D. nature
