When Addisyn Goss met a homeless man two years ago, she learned that he had been in such a bad situation for many years. His stories of _________inspired the now 10-year-old girl to take action, and she________ the “Snuggle Sacks” campaign around Flint, Michigan.
“She immediately wanted to do something to ________ ,” said Addisyn's mom, Stacy Daul. “_________ is something we see on the way to the grocery store, so it really has a painful effect on the kids, who have never expected someone around them should live such a _________life.” Addisyn's sister and brother, Sheridan and Jaxson, also help__________the movement. Together they've _______about 1, 700 survival kits(救生包) to people_________. The Snuggle Sacks include snacks and warm _________for men, women and children sleeping outside.
Their efforts have _________and as Stacy said, “The donations have kept coming ... we are so _________of her!” Two years later, Addisyn_________ about 100 bags per month and delivers them_________ to individuals living on the streets or to homeless shelters.
“When people come up _________ to get a Snuggle Sack, it makes me happy,” Addisyn said. “They love _______the socks right away, and I can see they are smiling ________ they live a hard life. It gives me hope that I am helping.”
For people like Addisyn, age is no ________ to having a positive effect on their communities. Having been ______ by circumstances in their own lives，they have _________great responsibilities in the society. Their actions continue to help so many others, and _________in the community.
1.A.struggle B.hardwork C.success D.failure
2.A.left B.attended C.started D.witnessed
3.A.hide B.help C.donate D.support
4.A.homelessness B.unemployment C.starvation D.traffic
5.A.admirable B.normal C.formal D.terrible
6.A.cancel B.advertise C.run D.change
7.A.showed B.sold C.threw D.delivered
8.A.in need B.in place C.in peace D.in danger
9.A.coats B.coverings C.shoes D.scarfs
10.A.taken measures B.taken apart C.taken notes D.taken effect
11.A.fond B.independent C.proud D.tired
12.A.receives B.orders C.sends D.donates
13.A.in public B.in person C.in order D.in place
14.A.excitedly B.anxiously C.indifferently D.generally
15.A.turning on B.focusing on C.putting on D.reflecting on
16.A.ever since B.even though C.only if D.as though
17.A.reason B.standard C.stage D.barrier
18.A.raised B.forced C.attracted D.inspired
19.A.abandoned B.accepted C.shouldered D.completed
20.A.make a mess B.make a difference C.take the lead D.take an interest
Learning how to use new words well will make it easier to learn a language and make you more knowledgeable.
1.If you're committed to building your vocabulary, set a goal for yourself. Try to learn three new words a day and use them in your speech and writing. With great efforts, you can learn several thousand new words that you will remember and use.
Write more. 2.Actively exercising your writing muscles will keep your vocabulary strong. Write letters to old friends and use lots of specific details.3. If you typically avoid writing group emails or participating in group discussions, change your habits and write more.
Use flash cards or post--it notes around your house. To learn new words, try some simple memorization techniques. Hang post-it notes with meanings of some words you hope to memorize in the kitchen, so you can study it while making your morning cup.4. Even if you're watching TV, keep some flash cards with you and study.
Use accurate adjectives and precise nouns. The best writers aim to keep it short and accurate. Take out the dictionaries and choose the most accurate words possible in your sentences. 5.A word is a useful addition to your vocabulary if it reduces the number of the words in a sentence.
A. Have a goal.
B. Set an example.
C. Don't use three words when one will do.
D. You can start keeping a diary or start a blog.
E. Consider taking on more writing tasks at work.
F. Stick a new word to each house plant so you can study while watering.
G. It pays to create a good habit of guessing what the writer is trying to say.
We know that reading is good for children. Now, a new study suggests that just being around books has its benefits. A team of researchers in Australia finds that growing up with a large library at home improves literacy (读写能力)，number-sense, and even technological skills in later life. It appeared in the journal Social Science Research.
The researchers were exploring the advantages of scholarly culture. They were interested in a curious observation that some call the “radiation effect”. “Radiation effect is a situation where children grow up around books, but they don't read books. But somehow books benefit them, even though they don't read them as much as their parents wish them to.” Joanna Sikora, a sociologist in Australia. Joana and her colleagues analysed data collected between 2011 and 2015 by the Organization for Economic Development. The survey assessed the literacy, numeracy(计算能力), and technological competency of more than 160 ,000 adults from 31 countries. And it included a question about how many books participants had in their homes during adolescence. “What we were able to make clear was that people growing up around books had better literacy, numeracy and digital problem-solving skills than people who had fewer books growing up but had similar education levels, similar jobs, and even similar adult habits in terms of reading or working at various numeracy-improving activities.”
In fact, teens who only made it through high school but were raised in a bookish environment did as well in adulthood as college graduates who grew up in a house without books. Now, how might mere exposure lead to intellectual improvement? “If we grow up in a house, in a home where parents enjoy books，where books are given as birthday presents and valued, this is something that becomes a part of our identity and gives us this lifelong urge to always come close to books and read more than we would.”
So keep shelves piled with books. Your kids will not only be grateful, they’ll be more likely to be able to spell grateful correctly as well.
1.What's “radiation effect” according to the passage?
A.The terrible effect of radiation on the persons and things.
B.The good influence of bookish environment on adolescents.
C.The beneficial effect of reading books on adolescents.
D.The bad effect of the environment without books on adolescents.
2.How does the exposure to books improve intellect?
A.Books bring a sense of identity and eagerness to read more.
B.Books helps to provide a chance to come close to the society.
C.Books are always given to adolescents as valuable presents.
D.Books will offer the teens an urge to make great achievements.
3.What's the author's attitude towards bookish environment?
A.opposed. B.neutral.
C.unclear. D.supportive.
4.What may the author probably be from?
A.A travel brochure. B.A biology textbook.
C.A science magazine. D.A history discovery.
The 2020 summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo next year. Japan has made 5,000 medals for the winners. But this Olympic medals are more special than most----they are made entirely out of recycled electronics.
One new focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to make them “sustainable”----to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are environmentally friendly. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics. They needed gold for first place medals, silver for second, and bronze for third. You might not know it, but almost all electronics are made with small amounts of “precious” metals, like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals is a huge challenge. That's because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 2. 2 pounds (1kilogram) of gold.
Beginning in April 2017, organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices for the Olympic medals. Soon people began to fill up the boxes, turning in smart phones, digital cameras and laptops. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process. The Japanese mobile phone company NTT Docomo collected 6.21 million used cell phones. In all, around 158,000,000 pounds (71,667,660 kilograms) of electronics were collected.
Then came the job of breaking those phones down into smaller pieces. This is a difficult job. It's also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things that go into electronics aren't safe for people to touch or breathe. That's why it's not a good idea to try something like this at home. Once the devices were broken down, the metals had to be carefully separated out. By the end of March, the organizers had hit their targets. The opening ceremony for the 2020 summer Olympics will take place in Tokyo on July 24,020.
1.What's special about the 2020 summer Olympics medals?
A.Shape. B.Material.
C.Meaning. D.Weight.
2.Why is it a challenge to collect enough metals for medals?
A.The Japanese people are unwilling to help.
B.Companies are recycling metals for profit.
C.The amount of metal in each device is small.
D.The amount of device with metals is limited.
3.What do the figures in paragraph 3 suggest?
A.The number of the used electronics is too large to deal with.
B.People in Japan are eager to get rid of their used electronics.
C.People in Japan are in great favor of the collecting process.
D.A number of metals are wasted to produce electronics in Japan.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.The job of breaking down phones into pieces is tough.
B.The targets of collecting metals are hard to achieve.
C.The metals in the devices are easy to separate out.
D.The opening for the 2020 summer Olympics falls in June.
Jamie Whitmore, 43, isn't used to slowing down. The professional athlete who became a gold medalist of Olympics for the disabled has never met a challenge she couldn't overcome, whether it was a mountain bike race-or cancer.
One morning in 2007, Whitmore found her leg muscles were tight when trying for a jog. Thinking she’d pushed herself too hard in the last race, she ignored the pain. Later at a sports camp in Arizona, she realized something was wrong. “Once I got on my bike I was so painful that it was hard to pick my legs up. I flew back home to go to a hospital.” What doctors found shocked them all: Whitmore had a soft tissue tumor (肿瘤)that started in the bone, and the tumor was wrapped around her nerve of waist, touching several vital organs.
After the surgery, Whitmore had to learn to walk again with the help of a physical doctor. She also started radiation treatment, but four months later, doctors had worse news: A scan had shown the cancer was back. “This time it was more aggressive. Doctors took the rest of my nerve in the waist, and removed some cancer from my tail bone. ” Whitmore developed sepsis(败血症) from the surgery and endured a two-month recovery. “My scans were coming back clear of cancer, but now I had all of these other complications(并发症).”
Today, Whitmore is a mother and cancer-free. She has won a gold medal in the Paralympics, and has set two world records. Whitmore has some advice for others with limitations: Never let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do. You have to find out yourself. Some doctors told me I would never ride anything more than a stationary bike. And yet I rode my mountain bike 104 miles climbing from 9,000 feet to 14,000 feet. You just can't give up.”
1.What's Whitmore's first reaction to her leg pain?
A.She was very scared. B.She thought nothing of it.
C.She related it to cancer. D.She thought of muscle tumor.
2.What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 3?
A.What Whitmore has suffered. B.How Whitmore reacted to cancer.
C.What Whitmore planned to perform. D.How Whitmore thought of the treatment.
3.Who does the underlined part in paragraph 4 refer to?
A.People living with cancers. B.Students short of virtues.
C.Students without good luck. D.People living with disabilities.
4.Which one of the following best describes Whitmore?
A.Humorous and unhealthy. B.Outgoing and honest.
C.Strong minded and optimistic. D.Determined and naughty.
AppFire
This application provides for users apps that are free and highly discounted daily. By using this app, you only need to submit some information when registering. After filling it up，you are eligible to have access to a list of recommended downloads.
Starling
Based on bank nature, this app has been a good one in that regard. They have a banking license and allow you to open a current account through your phone for just some minutes. You are even liable to earn interest on the money held in your account through this app. The app will notice you with alerts when you spend money as it will help you outline what you have spent in categories like shopping, bill, foods and many more.
Campus Special
This app is greatly used by students as it enables them to have great deals on food stores and restaurants around the school. It also gives you the opportunity to order food from your hostel through your phone on pick-up delivery. The good thing about this app is that it enables you to get more rewards when you often use it. Those rewards can be used at your usual local food stores.
ATM Locator
This is another interesting app that can assist you in financial needs. When you are hooked up in an area that is not familiar to you and you are interested in getting some cash, instead of moving up and down in searching for the nearest place to withdraw some cash, this app should give you comfort in doing that. It helps you to find cash points that are very near to you, and it will display them on the map for you to check through.
1.Which app can serve as a warning if you spend money?
A.Campus Special. B.ATM locator.
C.AppsFire. D.Starling.
2.What's special about Campus Special?
A.Its rewards enable you to save some money.
B.It offers you the biggest discounts for deals on food.
C.It allows you to do your banking without going out.
D.It enables you to spend less on eating in campus canteen.
3.In which situation can you make use of the app ATM locator?
A.When you have no bank cards on you.
B.When you can't find the nearest cash machine.
C.When you are unfamiliar with the local campus.
D.When you are busy with some banking business.
