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Finding a New Spring
A tradesman was leading a caravan（商队）to another country1.（sell） his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a severe hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heats up the fine sand until it's as hot as charcoal, so no one can walk on it--not even bullocks（小公牛）or camels! So the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cools down. They began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert.2.couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal, and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.
Later that night, the desert guide,3.was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had also overeaten, so that when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the bullocks who, of course, couldn't tell4.（direct）by reading the stars,5.（gradual）turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they arrived at the same place they had started from! By then it was morning, and the people realized they were back at the same spot. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by then, they had no more water and were afraid they would die of6.（thirsty）. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide.
However, the leader7.（he）didn't lose courage. He began walking back and forth,8.（try）to think out a plan. Remaining alert, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a small clump of grass. He thought,“9.water, no plant could live in this desert.” So he asked his fellow travelers to dig up the ground on that very spot. They dug and dug, and after a while they got down to a large stone. He got down into the hole, put his ear to the stone, and heard the sound of flowing water.
A spring10.（find）. All the people were overjoyed.
I have some students who are in a difficult stage of life. One student called Susie_________.
It was in October and an after-school_________I started teaching in September was well_________. I was in my_________when Susie came in. I could see something was_________. “I can’t stay after school today because I have to _________my little sisters,” I assured her that it would not be a problem for her to_________it. Five minutes later, Susie walked back in. I thought she had left something behind and asked if she was okay.
She said she was_________and would like to sit in while she was waiting for her mother to pick her up. I asked Susie if she would like to_________it. Susie answered she preferred not to. Susie____________sitting in with us for the entire activity____________.
When the activity was over and the students were____________gone, I asked Susie why her mother hadn’t come yet. She told me, “My dad went out drinking two nights ago and hasn’t been home yet. It’s my____________to take care of my sisters, and I think my mom is out looking for dad.” I wanted to make sure that Susie was really okay. After I was____________that she was, I told her. “It’s okay to be tired of being strong for the adults in your life. It’s okay to be angry because you are expected to do adult things now. It’s okay to be____________that your dad may not be all right. You are allowed to be frustrated because you are____________a mess you can’t get out of.” Susie began to____________.
That Susie’s family was failing her didn’t mean Susie would____________. I allowed her to know a little of my childhood. She saw I’d____________ in my own life and realized that there was a good____________for her.
1.A.grows up B.stands out C.drops out D.breaks up
2.A.interview B.tour C.celebration D.activity
3.A.in advance B.in vain C.under way D.on display
4.A.office B.home C.company D.store
5.A.unfair B.fun C.significant D.wrong
6.A.look after B.turn to C.take over D.call for
7.A.admit B.understand C.miss D.avoid
8.A.free B.pleased C.embarrassed D.fine
9.A.keep up with B.participate in C.care about D.take advantage of
10.A.focused on B.put off C.put up with D.ended up
11.A.argument B.meal C.class D.conference
12.A.finally B.nervously C.abruptly D.cautiously
13.A.policy B.request C.attempt D.responsibility
14.A.confused B.satisfied C.annoyed D.astonished
15.A.confident B.grateful C.patient D.afraid
16.A.stuck in B.curious about C.fond of D.frightened at
17.A.move B.escape C.shake D.cry
18.A.laugh B.leave C.fail D.complain
19.A.stayed B.succeeded C.survived D.struggled
20.A.symbol B.reason C.supply D.future
After nearly a decade of being in love with yoga, I made a courageous decision. I decided that I wanted to become a yoga teacher. Meanwhile, I made a list for those who will chase or are chasing a dream.
Remember that it’s meant to challenge you.
1.The only way that growth can occur within you is that you can find something that challenges you, and work through it. You may feel overwhelmed by challenge at some point, but the reward of achieving your dream is a way more fulfilling than never going after what you want to achieve at all.
Be careful who you ask for advice.
While chasing your dream, you will get to a point where you want to give up. You’ll question the cause of your dream and question whether you should continue.2.Find wisdom from those who are encouraging of your dream, and who understand what it means to you.
Believe in yourself.
The only way you’ll be able to follow through with your commitment to your dream is by believing that you can do it.3.However, their opinion only goes so far if you believe that you are capable. In addition, if you believe in yourself, when others doubt you, it isn’t worth being concerned about because you have found faith in yourself, and that’s all that matters.
4.
It takes a lot of courage to give everything that you have to achieve a goal when it might be criticized, judged or rejected. Many see failure as an ending, when it could be a beginning of another journey that leads to your dream.
Starting trying today.
In a year, you’ll wish you’d started today what you hope to achieve. If you don’t try today, how will you feel in a year? Time passes quicker than we can sometimes grasp, and today will eventually lead to the following year.5.
A.Be open to failure and rejection.
B.Yes, your dream needs to be big.
C.Others can tell you that you’re capable.
D.Everything begins in the heart and mind.
E.Don’t just sit around and think about what you want.
F.During this time, be cautious with where you seek advice.
G.Growth doesn’t happen by living in stability, comfort or at ease.
HONG KONG—The government said early Thursday(today) that its first charter flight will take home at least 92 Hong Kong passengers who have been quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan since early this month. The number of passengers to be evacuated via the first flight that was scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong on Thursday morning was higher than the 45 announced on Wednesday, The 45 are among 52 Hong Kong passengers who were allowed to disembark from the ship and chosc to take the flight, according to Under Secretary for Security Sonny Au Chi-kwong, who is in Japan to handle the issue.
Under the HKSAR government's arrangements, all of them will be required to stay at quarantine centers for 14 days on their return to Hong Kong. The Diamond Princess has been quarantined at Yokohama port since Feb 4. So far, 621 people on board have been infected by the novel coronavirus, including 53 from Hong Kong.
The SAR government has arranged two chartered fights to take Hong Kong passengers stranded on the ship back to the city free of charge. The second flight is also expected to leave Tokyo on Thursday, according to Au. He said about 230 among the 352 Hong Kong passengers on the Diamond Princess have indicated thev would like to take the chartered flights home. Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu told the Legislative Council on Wednesday the government may arrange a third chartered flight to Tokyo to take back the rest of the passengers.
Meanwhile, the tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Hong Kong reached 65 on Wednesday, while the fatality toll rose to two following the death of a 70-year-old patient in Princess Margaret Hospital.
In Shenzhen, the authorities have set up a green channel for processing Hong Kong visa applications to visit family members or relatives, study, work or for training programs amid the epidemic. The Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau said the green channel will keep human-to-human contacts to the minimum in processing the applications.
1.How will the SAR government deal with the passengers who are to arrive in Hong Kong?
A.They are required to stay at home for two weeks.
B.They must stay at quarantine centers for a fortnight.
C.They ought to be quarantined in a hotel for two weeks.
D.They should receive medical treatments in hospital for fourteen days.
2.How many HONG KONG passengers aboard the ship have been infected by the novel coronavirus so far?
A.45. B.52.
C.53. D.92.
3.What is the possible meaning of the underlined word “tally” in Para. 4 ?
A.Notice. B.Signal.
C.Feature. D.Record.
4.What is the best title for the news report ?
A.92 stranded HK passengers due back Thursday
B.HK passengers quarantined aboard Diamond Princess cruise ship
C.92 stranded HK passengers would like to take chartered flights home
D.HK may arrange third chartered flight to Tokyo to take back rest of passengers
A super-reflective cooling coating
A team of Columbia University researchers thinks that painting buildings with a new type of coating could help. Some cities already use white roofs to try to cool buildings by reflecting sunlight. But the new coating developed by the scientists can help buildings even cooler.
"It's like snow," says Yuan Yang, an assistant professor at Columbia. Snow, he explains, is filled with micron-sized（微米级的）crystals of ice that create tiny pockets of air that scatter light—the effect that makes snow white rather than transparent like ice, and highly reflective. The researchers created a polymer（聚合物）coating that also has nano to-micro-scale pockets of air that turn it white. "Our paint can be much more reflective than normal paint," he says.
Regular white paint might reflect 85% of the sunlight that hits it. The new coating, depending on its thickness, could reflect as much as 99%. If used with colored paint, it's less effective, but also keeps buildings cooler than they would otherwise be; the coating is also less effective in areas with high humidity（湿度）. In a hot, dry city like Phoenix, the white coating could keep a building around 10 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the outdoor air on a summer day. Most Arizonans have air conditioning, and in a city where temperatures regularly reach well over 100 degrees, the coating isn't likely to replace it. But it could help buildings use less energy to stay cool. For the small fraction of residents there who don't have air conditioning, the coating could potentially help protect their health on the hottest days. In 2018, more than 155 people in Phoenix died in heat waves.
In places where air conditioning is currently uncommon, such as Seattle, where there were a record number of hot days last July, but only one-third of residents have air conditioning, the coating might help stave off （延缓）the need to install new systems. In the developing world, the coating could potentially help those who don't yet have electricity or who can't afford an air conditioner. But the biggest impact of the technology—which the researchers hope to commercialize—is likely to be its ability to help air conditioners use a little less electricity and help cut emissions. Without changes, the emissions from air conditioners are predicted to almost double by mid-century.
1.What is the key information the author wants to give in Para 2?
A.Why snow is reflective. B.What makes snow white.
C.What the polymer coating is. D.How the new coating works.
2.What does the underlined word “it" in Para. 2 refer to?
A.The ice. B.The snow.
C.The new coating. D.The normal painting.
3.What's Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.The necessity of air conditioners in cities.
B.The effectiveness of the new technology.
C.The widespread use of the white coating.
D.The influence the hot weather has on health.
4.What's the biggest impact of the new coating?
A.Reducing emissions indirectly. B.Helping keep buildings warm.
C.Assisting the poor potentially. D.Stopping using air conditioners.
A man in Germany may not have been in danger when he called the police on a baby squirrel chasing him, but it all worked out for the best for the furry suspect.
Emergency services in the city of Karistruhe got a call on Thursday from a man afraid that the tiny animal wouldn't stop following him around, The Guardian reported. Police arrived at the scene, where the squirrel finally stopped running after him by lying down and going to sleep.
It turned out that the squirrel actually needed help, the police said, “It often happens that squirrels which have lost their mothers look for a replacement and then focus their efforts on one person,” the police spokesman Christian Krenz told The Guardian.
The squirrel, now named Karl-Friedrich, is in the care of an animal rescue center. Karlstruhe police posted a statement on Facebook about the animal, including several lovely photos. The department wished Karl-Friedrich the best.
The baby squirrel chase is the second police-involved squirrel incident to make international headlines this summer. Last month, a London woman called the police after she heard loud noises in her home and suspected a thief. The unwanted visitor turned out to be a “rogue squirrel”, according to the police who came for help.
Although authorities in the German case said the squirrel did need assistance, wildlife experts generally warn that before dealing with the case where you suspect a squirrel is orphaned, you should do your best to make sure the creature truly requires help. The Wildlife Center of Virginia, which gets hundreds of calls annually about supposedly orphaned squirrels, published this handy guide to help determine whether such an animal really needs help and what to do if so. When in doubt, contact a local wildlife rescuer, a rehab center on animal control.
1.Why did the man in Germany call the police?
A.A baby squirrel was asleep there. B.A baby squirrel tried to bite him.
C.A baby squirrel was lying down there. D.A baby squirrel kept running after him.
2.What does Karl-Friedrich in the passage turn out to be?
A.A woman from London. B.A lovely little squirrel.
C.An unwanted visitor. D.A local policewoman.
3.What do we know about the people making calls when they see squirrels?
A.They are very active in animal protection.
B.They are very eager to help disabled squirrels.
C.They think squirrels are endangered animals.
D.They think squirrels are in a hungry state.
4.What can we infer from wildlife experts' words in the last paragraph?
A.People should try to give first aid to injured or sick squirrels.
B.People should figure out whether squirrels actually need assistance.
C.People should help squirrels who are left alone as soon as possible.
D.People should contact a local wildlife rescuer when seeing orphaned squirrels,
