A car accident paralyzed(使瘫痪 )Chelsie Hill from the waist down, but that didn’t stop her from fulfilling her dream of dancing.
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 from the waist down. For most people, that would have destroyed any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. Far from being an obstacle, her wheelchair encouraged her. “I wanted to prove to my community-and to myself-that I was still‘normal,’” she told Teen Vogue.
“Whatever normal meant.”
Normal for her meant dancing, so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her non-disabled high school dance team,which definitely took her a lot of learning and patience.”
After graduation, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include women like her. She met these people online and invited them to dance with her. “It was such an amazing experience.”
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.
Hill has realized what many of us never will: her childhood dream. She’s a dancer. But the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as meaningful. Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users of all ages and abilities with an eye to helping them find their confidence. She calls it the Rollettes Experience, and in 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended.
Edna Serrano says that being part of the Rollettes team has given her the courage to carry on her life. “I didn’t know I could do so many things that these girls have taught me,” she says. “ It’s so powerful to have my teammates in my life, because they’re my teachers. I have more strength.”
1.Why do you think Chelsie Hill formed a team called the Rollettes in 2014?
A.To improve the living conditions of the poor.
B.To live better in a big city.
C.To change people’s attitude towards wheelchair users.
D.To tell the public”rolling is better than walking”
2.Who is probably the underlined person “Edna Serrano” in the last paragraph？
A.One of Chelsie Hill’s former classmates
B.One of the 173 participants from ten countries in 2019.
C.A reporter from the CBS News
D.One of Chelsie Hill’s former teachers.
3.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A.Chelsie Hill-A brave girl B.The Rollettes Experience
C.Roll to dance D.Live for those you love
Thingvellir has been a National Park in Iceland since 1930 and was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2004. Aside from its historical interest, Thingvellir holds a special attraction for nature lovers.
How to get to Thingvellir National Park
1. Take Road No. 1 heading north out of Reykjavík. After driving through the town Mosfellsbær take the first exit to the right at roundabout onto Road No. 36 to Thingvellir.
2. Another choice in summertime out of Reykjavik is to take the Road No.1 towards south coast. Then turn left onto Road 431 and follow it onto Road 435 . Note that this road (435) is closed in winter and only open from May to September depending on snow conditions. Make sure to check conditions before driving it.
What to see in Thingvellir?
There is much to explore in the park including the 20-meter (66ft) Oxara waterfall, and the Nikulasargja Gorge, better known as Peningagja (Money Gorge) because it is a custom to throw coins (and sometimes credit cards!) into the icy-cold water and make a wish.The Oxararfoss Waterfall is a beautiful waterfall, though the pool under it has a darker story, for men and women were drowned there, after being sentenced to death in the Middle Ages.
Camping
There are two camp sites at Thingvellir :One by the parks service centre at Leirar and another one by Vatnskot.
Garbage does not have to be sorted before being put into the disposal cans. Ash from the barbecues should be disposed of into separate containers.
Price:
Adults (18-66 years) ISK 1300 /night + 300 ISK tax Senior (67 +) and disabled ISK 650 / night + 300 ISK tax Children/teens 0-17 years free of charge.
Parking
Thingvellir does not have entrance fee as such,but if you travel by car you will have to pay a parking fee.
The charge for a daypass on all the parking lots is as follows:
A) Passenger car, 5 seats or less - 750 ISK
B) Passenger car, 6-8 seats - 1000 ISK
C) Bus, 9-19 seats - 1800 ISK
D) Bus ,20 seats or more - 3500 ISK
For further info please contact thingvellir@thingvellir.is.
1.How much you need to pay in all if you take your family( your wife;your two kids,age 3 and 5;your parents,age 68 and 70) to camp for a night in Thingvellir National Park ?(You travel with your 7-seat car)
A.8300ISK B.6100ISK
C.5800ISK D.5100ISK
2.What is most special about the Nikulasargja Gorge?
A.People throw coins into the water and make a wish there.
B.There is a beautiful waterfall nearby.
C.The water there is icy-cold.
D.You can use your credit card there.
3.Which of the following is False according to the article?
A.Thingvellir National Park in Iceland is a World Heritage site.
B.Road 435 of Iceland is closed in winter for safety concern.
C.In the Middle Ages some people were drowned under Oxararfoss Waterfall.
D.Rubbish has to be sorted in Thingvellir National Park when camping.
假定你是李华,你在网上购买的商品到货了,但拆封之后发现质量并没有想象的那么好。请你给商家写封电子邮件,表达自己的合理诉求。内容包括:
1.写电子邮件的目的；
2.产品回题描述；
3.你期待商家如何解决问题。
注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯；
3. 邮件的开头及结尾已为你写好。
Dear Sir or madam,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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，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
At the International Space Station, which many astronauts live while in space, there have sixteen sunsets and sunrises every day! When to sleep and when to wake up can be confused. Astronauts stick a schedule of sleeping for eight hours at the end of his shifts. They often wear eye masks or close their window shades to keep off light. Before go to sleep, astronauts must make sure that their space is well ventilated(使......通风) and have plenty of oxygen to last a full eight hours. And something is the same in space. Before the bed, astronauts might choose to listen to music, read or use their laptops. Would you like to go on a space mission?
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Happy Birthday to You is a happy song, 1. the story behind it may not be known to all. Two sisters, Mildred Hill and Dr. Patty 2.(write) a song for children 3.(call) Good Morning to All. The song was sure to be 4. success due to5.talents. The sisters published the song in 1893.
Thirty-one years later, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the song without the sisters 6.( permit). And 7.(make) matters worse, he added a second verse, which was the familiar Happy Birthday to you.
Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse 8.(popular) the song and eventually, Happy Birthday to You, the one and only birthday song totally replaced the sisters' Good Morning to All.
After Mildred died in 1916, Patty took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, she proved that she and her sister owned the melody. Because the family 9.(legal)owns the song, they are entitled to royalties from it whenever it is sung 10.commercial purposes.
It was New Year's Night. An ____ man was standing at a window. He raised his ____ eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were ____ like water lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he ____ them on the earth, where a few more ____ people than himself now moved towards their certain goal---the ____.He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his Journey ____ but errors and regrets. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant and his heart ____.
The days of his ____ appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the ____ of the two roads--one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, the other leading to a deep, ____ cave. He looked towards the sky and cried ____, "Oh youth, return! Oh my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I will choose the ____ way! " But both his father and the days of his youth had ____.
The clock in the church tower ____ and the sound made him remember his parents’ early ____ for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his and prayed to God for his ____.
But he chose the ____ way. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing ____, he burst out a cry, “Come back, my early days!”
And his youth did ____, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s Night.
1.A.admirable B.honest C.inspiring D.aged
2.A.mournful B.shining C.charming D.sharp
3.A.swimming B.floating C.sleeping D.lying
4.A.threw B.cast C.put D.caught
5.A.jobless B.homeless C.hopeless D.fearless
6.A.tomb B.company C.lounge D.office
7.A.everything. B.nothing C.anything D.something
8.A.joyful B.thoughtful C.sorrowful D.thankful
9.A.death B.birth C.growth D.youth
10.A.entrance B.middle C.end D.exit
11.A.big B.dark C.open D.bright
12.A.manly B.painfully C.sympathetically D.peacefully
13.A.shorter B.worse C.better D.harder
14.A.passed away B.passed by C.passed down D.passed out
15.A.struck B.rang C.beat D.knocked
16.A.support B.guidance C.instruction D.love
17.A.guilt B.health C.good D.wealth
18.A.right B.difficult C.easy D.wrong
19.A.effect B.force C.effort D.power
20.A.fade B.leave C.disappear D.return
