“Whatever normal meant”
A pioneering dance group is proving that you can chase your dreams—even in a wheelchair.
Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. “The only thing that I loved was dance," she told CBS News. That ambition nearly ended one night in 2010. Hill, then a 17-year-old high school senior in Pacific Grove, California, was in a car accident that put her in the hospital for 51 days and left her paralyzed(瘫痪的) from the waist down. For most people, that would have ruined all the hope of dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. “I wanted to prove to my community—and to myself—that I was still ‘normal’,” she told Teen Vogue. “Whatever normal meant, it definitely took a lot of learning and patience.”
After graduation, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include women like her. She met people online who had suffered various spinal cord injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to dance with her. Hoping to reach more people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the “Rollettes”. “I want to break down the stereotype of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you're walking or you're rolling,” she told CBS News. So far, Hill has achieved her childhood dream. But the Rollettes have helped her find more. Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users. She calls it the Rollettes Experience, and in 2019,173 participants from ten countries attended.
For many, it was the first time they'd felt they belonged. Edna Serrano, a member of the Rollettes, says “being part of the Rollettes team has given me the courage and confidence. It's so powerful to have my teammates in my life, because they're my teachers.” The dancers aren't the only ones who feel inspired. One woman saw a YouTube video of the team competing and commented, “You guys are so awesome! I'm in tears because you rock! To be in a wheelchair and still be so beautiful makes me know I can be beautiful too! Thank you! Feel free to find me.”
1.What happened to Hill when she was 17 years old?
A.She got injured while dancing.
B.She just graduated from college.
C.She survived in a traffic accident.
D.She received treatment for a month.
2.What can we know from the passage?
A.Rollettes invite some teachers to train the members.
B.Rollettes aim to help the competitors all over the world.
C.Hill finally realized her childhood dream as a dance teacher.
D.More people become inspired by Rollettes’ performance online.
3.Which of the following words can best describe Hill?
A.Talented and humorous. B.Honest and ambitious.
C.Considerate and generous. D.Optimistic and determined.
Our families lived more than 450 miles away, so a few weeks before Thanksgiving one year, my husband and I decided to invite a guest over____the holiday. I called a senior center in the Dallas area and they____Ilse, a woman I imagined would be quiet and good-natured. When seeing her, I was wrong. Ilse was a stubborn 78 -year-old lady, who favored spending time at the center ____ she had her own apartment.
By the end of the Thanksgiving evening, we felt as if she were an old friend. Two weeks later, I invited her to lunch. The more time I spent with Ilse, the more she became like my grandma, always full of energy. Since I was the only one left in her life, I felt ____ for her. I soon became her personal Uber driver (minus the fee), and also helped her hire a ____. As the days went on, Ilse seemed more disconnected than before. Late one afternoon, she called from the emergency room to tell me she had ____ over her coffee table. After I got there, the doctor ____ she had suffered a mild stroke(中风).
During the next few days, I ____ by her apartment, sadly finding that she was so weak. And she was no longer the ____ Ilse I knew. At the end of the week, I received an early-morning call from her caregiver. “Please come over now,” her voice matter-of-fact. “She’s passed away.” But I was too shocked to cry.
The morning after Ilse’s death, I pulled her ____ out of my file cabinet. Ilse had____I take a copy of it a year earlier. I read through it and____when I saw my name. She had left me $ 50,000. I didn't____ her saying anything about that. ____, I would have insisted she donate the money to charity or give it to a friend she had known longer. Ilse was a friend I'd helped out of loyalty and____, not with the expectation of being paid. I opened an account in her honor. Over the next 20 years, Ilse's ____ grew and gave me the opportunity to____funds in her name to a cause she cared about deeply : children. Various families and charities____from her donations. It is beyond my expectation that a____I’d taken years before when I placed a call to the senior center and meet Ilse made my life richer and made me have a new understanding of____.
1.A.after B.for C.by D.of
2.A.believed B.begged C.observed D.suggested
3.A.unless B.because C.though D.if
4.A.responsible B.grateful C.pitiful D.happy
5.A.teacher B.caregiver C.doctor D.guide
6.A.talked B.looked C.came D.tripped
7.A.ensured B.confirmed C.warned D.reminded
8.A.drove B.walked C.dropped D.slipped
9.A.energetic B.outgoing C.generous D.determined
10.A.photo B.will C.book D.report
11.A.insisted B.ordered C.recommended D.proposed
12.A.questioned B.relieved C.explained D.stopped
13.A.mind B.imagine C.remember D.consider
14.A.Otherwise B.Therefore C.However D.Instead
15.A.courage B.ability C.respect D.ambition
16.A.gift B.desire C.need D.idea
17.A.return B.lend C.sell D.provide
18.A.learned B.kept C.benefited D.borrowed
19.A.risk B.praise C.reward D.chance
20.A.equality B.humanity C.possibility D.reality
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We get our warmth from the sun. The Earth 1.(take) one year to go around the sun. It is always tilted (倾斜) to one side. When the North Pole is tilted towards the sun, the northern part of the world has summer2.it is winter in the south. The in-between times are spring and autumn. However, not everywhere has summer and winter. In some parts of the world, the weather is always hot, and winter never comes. These are the3.(country) around the equator, 4. is a line drawn around the middle of a globe of the Earth.
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With my summer holiday 1.(approach), I decided to make a plan to go travelling in Yunnan Province. By searching information online, I get to know some places of interest in Dali. Every year, tourists come flooding into the small town of Dali from all directions. The streets are2.(usual) crowded with people, buying souvenirs and taking pictures everywhere. In addition, after a talk with some of my friends having a trip in Dali before, I can’t wait to travel in Yunnan3.(enjoy) the beautiful scenery there.
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Dr. William retired from business1.an early age; and an important reason for his doing so was that he might devote himself more fully to the education of his daughters, which2. (conduct ) almost entirely at home. Having a decided taste for the ancient classics, he considered that so good a foundation of a sound education ought not to be ignored. Just like other parents, he thought3.came first was the education of their children.
假设你是某英语报社的编辑Rina，收到Li Wei 同学的来信，诉说因为肥胖常遭到同学嘲笑的苦恼，并向你寻求建议。请你根据以下提示给Li Wei 回信。
1.自信乐观，不要太在乎他人的看法；
2.合理饮食，拒绝高脂肪食物；
3.适当运动，经常锻炼身体。
要求：1.须包括所有要点提示并适当补充，语句通顺，意思连贯；
2.100词左右；开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数。
Dear Li Wei,
I've received your letter and I can understand you.
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Yours,
Rina
