Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. That ________ nearly ended one night in 2010.Hill, then a 17-year-old high school student in California ________ 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 ________ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. Far from being a(n) ________ , her wheelchair encouraged her. “I wanted to ________ to my community-and to myself-that I was still ‘normal’,” she said. “Whatever normal meant.”
Normal for her meant dancing. ________, Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her non-disabled high school dance team. “Half of my body was ________ me, and I have to move it with my hands,” Hill said. “It ________ took a lot of learning and patience.” After graduation, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to ________ women like her. She met people online who had suffered various spinal cord (脊髓) injuries but shared her ________, and she invited them to dance with her. ________ to reach more people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and ________ a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes.
Hill has ________ what many of us never will: her childhood dream. And for many of her ________, it was the first time they’d felt a sense of ________. They say that being part of the Rollettes team has made them more ________.
The dancers aren’t the only ones feeling ________. One woman saw a YouTube video of the team competing and commented, “You are so ________! To be in a wheelchair and still be so beautiful ________ that I can be beautiful too! I’m really very ________ to you!”
1.A.choice B.interest C.ambition D.experience
2.A.avoided B.reported C.suffered D.witnessed
3.A.stolen B.started C.changed D.broken
4.A.barrier B.excuse C.failure D.embarrassment
5.A.stick B.mention C.relate D.prove
6.A.However B.Therefore C.Instead D.Meanwhile
7.A.held on to B.taken away from C.given back to D.knocked out of
8.A.certainly B.strangely C.deliberately D.approximately
9.A.satisfy B.include C.comfort D.acknowledge
10.A.determination B.wisdom C.freedom D.value
11.A.Agreeing B.Offering C.Hoping D.Managing
12.A.knew B.joined C.formed D.expected
13.A.sought B.attained C.recognized D.discovered
14.A.fans B.doctors C.teachers D.teammates
15.A.emergency B.duty C.honor D.belonging
16.A.confident B.generous C.famous D.considerate
17.A.inspired B.shocked C.influential D.rewarded
18.A.stubborn B.successful C.grateful D.awesome
19.A.guarantees B.convinces C.relieved D.challenges
20.A.close B.faithful C.grateful D.similar
The eating habits your children pick up when they’re young will help them keep a healthy lifestyle when they’re adults. Here are some approaches parents can take to develop healthy eating habits in their children.
Guide your family’s choices rather than dictate foods. Make a wide variety of healthful foods available in the house. 1. Leave the unhealthy choices like chips, soda, and juice at the grocery store.
2. A child can feel hunger and fullness better when they eat at a slow pace. Before offering a second serving, ask your child to wait at least 15 minutes to see if they’re truly still hungry. This will give the brain time to register fullness. Also, that second serving should he much smaller than the first.
Eat meals together as a family as often as possible. Try to make mealtimes pleasant with conversation and sharing, not a time for scolding or arguing. If mealtimes are unpleasant, children may try to eat faster to leave the table as soon as possible. 3.
Try not to use food to punish or reward your children. Withholding (不给) food as a punishment may lead children to worry that they won’t get enough food. For example, sending children to bed without any dinner may cause them to worry that they’ll go hungry. 4. Similarly, when foods, such as sweets, are used as a reward, children may assume that these foods are better or more valuable than other foods.
Discourage eating meals while watching TV. Try to eat only in a fixed area of your home, such as the dining room or kitchen. Eating in front of the TV may make it difficult to pay attention to feelings of fullness. 5.
A. Pay attention to serving size.
B. And that may lead to overeating.
C. Encourage your children to eat slowly.
D. They then may learn to associate eating with stress.
E. Children are more willing to eat or try foods they help prepare.
F. As a result，children may try to eat whenever they get a chance.
G. This practice will help your children learn how to make healthy food choices.
“If you don’t behave，I’ll call the police” is a lie that parents generally use to get their young children to behave. Parents’ lies work in the short terns，but a new study led by NTU Singapore suggests that they’re associated with harmful effects when the child becomes an adult.
The research team asked 379 Singaporean young adults whether their parents lied to them when they were children，how much they lie to their parents now，and how well they adjust to adulthood challenges. Adults who reported being lied to more as children were more likely to report deceiving their parents in their adulthood. They also said they faced greater difficulty in meeting psychological and social challenges.
Lead author Assistant Professor Setoh Peipei from NTU Singapore’s School of Social Sciences said，“Parenting by lying can seem to save time especially when the real reasons behind why parents want children to do something is complicated to explain. When parents tell children that ‘honesty is the best policy’, but display dishonesty by lying, such behaviour can send conflicting messages to their children. Parents’ dishonesty may eventually break trust and promote dishonesty in children. Our research suggests that parenting by lying is a practice that has bad consequences for children when they grow up. Parents should be aware of this and consider alternatives to lying, such as acknowledging children’s feelings, giving information so children know what to expect, offering choices and problem-solving together, to help children develop good behaviour.”
The analysis found that parenting by lying could place children at a greater risk of developing problems that the society disapproves, such as aggression and rule-breaking behaviour. Some limitations of the study include relying on what young adults report about their past experience of parents’ lying. “Future research can explore using more information providers, such as parents, to report on the same topic,” suggested Asst Prof Setoh.
1.Why is a parental lie mentioned in the first paragraph?
A.To introduce the topic for discussion.
B.To tell a popular way to educate children.
C.To prove the great influence of the police.
D.To show the harmful effects of parental lies.
2.The underlined word “deceiving” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________”.
A.worrying B.abusing
C.disappointing D.cheating
3.According to the research，which of the following can parents do?
A.Give children chances to choose. B.Force good behaviour on children.
C.Let children solve problems alone. D.Stop children knowing what to expect.
4.What does the last paragraph imply about the study?
A.It is quite controversial. B.It is rather meaningless.
C.It needs to be perfected. D.It demands honest responses.
A team of farmers, university researchers and environmentalists is busy at work in the wetlands of eastern England. They are digging into the area’s wheat fields, looking for wet earth that could hide lost ponds underneath. It takes the group of diggers just a few hours to revive (使复活) one dying pond. It’s near Hindolveston, a thousand-year-old village close to the North Sea.
“As soon as the buried ponds get water and light, they just spring to life,” says Nick Anema, a farmer in nearby Dereham. He’s brought seven ponds on his farm back to life. “Frogs and all the insects like dragonflies can be seen here again,” he said.
But the battle for the wetlands is a struggle. While efforts to stop losses are continuing, wetlands around the world are still being filled in and covered up. Over the past three centuries, almost 90% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared. The loss rate has increased since the 1970s, with wetlands now disappearing three times faster than, the world’s forests.
Some 5,000 wetland-dependent animal species could die out because of such losses. Wetland loss can also affect human beings. Wetlands act as natural storage areas for water. Losing those areas could lead to more severe flooding in many parts of the world. And the act of removing water from wetlands can release huge amounts of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to climate change.
Human-made wetlands, however, aren’t decreasing in number. Rice fields, water reservoirs and agricultural stock ponds have all increased since the 1970s. Yet scientists are concerned about this phenomenon. “People brag (自夸) about the fact that there’s been no net loss (净损失) of wetlands. But what they’ve done is destroy natural wetlands and create artificial ones,” says Stuart Pimm, a Duke University professor. “It makes it look like you’re doing no harm when the reality is very different.”
1.What’s the team’s work in eastern England intended for?
A.Digging wet earth for research. B.Researching into an old village.
C.Bringing dying ponds back to life. D.Finding wetlands created by people.
2.What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A.Various functions of wetlands. B.Serious consequences of wetland loss.
C.Wetlands’ key role in climate change. D.Wetlands’ importance to living things.
3.Which of the following reflects Stuart Purim’s opinion?
A.Artificial wetlands can’t replace natural ones.
B.Creating artificial wetlands upsets the balance of nature.
C.Keeping the total number of various kinds of wetlands is important.
D.It’s important to balance the numbers of natural wetlands and artificial ones.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Seeking for More Wetlands B.Saving the World’s Wetlands
C.Causes of Wetlands’ Disappearance D.Natural Wetlands vs. Artificial Wetlands
Rebecca Munkombwe, an 11-year-old girl from Zimbabwe, is regarded as a hero for saving a 9-year-old friend from the jaws of a crocodile by jumping or、the crocodile and gouging (挖) its eyes out.
According to Zimbabwean media, Rebecca and her friends had just got back from a swim in a stream near their home village when they heard the screams corning from the water. She was shocked to see her 9-year-old friend Latoya Muwani being dragged into the water by a crocodile. While all the other children were running scared, Rebecca ran toward the water, jumped on top of the crocodile and started beating it with her bare fists. However, that didn’t seem to bother the crocodile at all, so she then used her fingers to gouge its eyes out until it loosened its grasp of Latoya. Once she was free, Rebecca swam with her to the bank.
Surprisingly, the 11-year-old heroine managed to save her young friend without suffering any wounds, while Latoya was lucky to escape with just mild wounds that were later treated at a regional hospital. Latoya’s parents praised Rebecca’s courage and thanked her for saving their daughter’s life. “I was at work when I learnt that my daughter had been attacked by a crocodile while swimming. For a moment I thought of the worst before I learnt that she’d survived after being saved by Rebecca,” Latoya’s father, Fortune Muwani, said. “I don’t know how she managed to do that, but I’m grateful to her.”
Local authorities confirmed the crocodile attack, adding that the number of such incidents was increasing. Apparently, the lack of easily accessible water sources (水源) is forcing women and children to use unprotected sources like this crocodile-infested (遍布鳄鱼的) stream.
1.What made Rebecca Munkombwe a hero?
A.Her catching a crocodile hare-handed.
B.Her rescuing a drowning friend in time.
C.Her helping a friend out of deadly danger.
D.Her making friends with a wild crocodile.
2.Which of the following words can best describe Rebecca?
A.Brave and smart. B.Calm and careful.
C.Honest and considerate. D.Courageous and patient.
3.What message do Fortune Muwani’s words convey?
A.He knew every detail about the rescuing process.
B.Latoya’s conditions were far better than expected.
C.Latoya’s being attacked by a crocodile sounded unbelievable.
D.He regretted not accompanying Latoya while she was swimming.
4.Why were crocodile attacks on the rise?
A.Because people have poor awareness of safety.
B.Because people enjoy getting close to animals in the wild.
C.Because people have little knowledge of accessible water sources.
D.Because people have to share limited water sources with wild animals.
The recent development in technology has led to better learning opportunities for students. Learning is an ongoing process, and students can have fun and learn many things on the go with these apps.
Exam Vocabulary Builder
Learning new English words is not difficult anymore when you have Exam Vocabulary Builder on your smartphone. Apart from learning new words with meaning, you can also find an example of using the word in a sentence. Moreover, you can test yourself in quiz mode comprised of challenging levels.
Quizlet
Quizlet is a simple app that allows you to learn anything, create your own study sets, and improve your class grades by studying with flashcards. It’ll give you a whole new experience on how you learn things in a fun way. Next time you have a problem with learning a new chapter or topic, try Quizlet and see how things work out.
Exam Countdown
If you’re feeling distracted (分心的) when the exams draw near, you might need Exam Countdown app. There might be a possibility that you forgot to submit your last assignment before the finals. The app acts like a scheduler where you can keep track of your assignments, exams, quizzes, and presentations.
MyScript Smart Note
Aren’t you quick enough to write notes in the classroom on your tablet’s QWERTY keyboard? No problem, because MyScript Smart Note is the perfect solution for you to easily take notes on your tablet. It allows you to edit your handwriting with special gestures. Moreover, you can also add pictures to the text, math equations, PDF files, or sound. It also comes with downloadable language packs.
1.What do Exam Vocabulary Builder and MyScript Smart Note have in common?
A.They both can be used for note taking.
B.They both can be used with hand gestures.
C.They both can be used to test language skills.
D.They both can he used for language learning.
2.Which is a good choice for better managing and organizing your routine study?
A.Quizlet. B.Exam Countdown.
C.MyScript Smart Note. D.Exam Vocabulary Builder.
3.What’s the text mainly intended to do?
A.Introduce some wonderful learning methods for students.
B.Provide some good learning opportunities for students.
C.Introduce some useful learning apps for students.
D.Promote some practical teaching apps for teachers.
