Jayce Crowder began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. He had one.
It started when one boy teased him, said his mother, Cortney Lewis. He'd return to their home in Des Moines, Iowa with questions:Why am I different? Why me? Why? How could she provide answers to her son's questions when she had never found those answers herself?
A few weeks later, Lewis came home and turned on the TV. There was a news story about an eighth grader from Washington, Iowa. Trashaun Willis, then 14, had become an Internet sensation after posting videos of his slam dunks, and, like Jayce, most of his left arm was missing. Lewis called Jayce in. He was amazed, watching dunk after dunk.
At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be an inspiring moment for Jayce. But little did Lewis know that a family friend had already reached out to The Des Moines Register, asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build up Jayce's confidence. The day was not spent on self-pity. They rode bikes around the schools hall ways, took photos, played hide-and-seek, and shot baskets.
At one point, Trashaun did get serious with Jayce. He talked about their left arms. He told Jayce he was perfect the way life made him. He asked Jayce not to let anyone drag him down and not let words shake his confidence. "It reassured me," said Lewis. "I know in my heart that everything's going to be OK. Trashaun has grown up to be a wonderful kid. And I know Jayce is too. As a parent, that's all you want to know：Everything's going to be OK. "
Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a pronounced difference in her son. He recently started wrestling and loved it. Lewis pointed to Trashaun's influence. Meeting him, she said, made Jayce understand that there were others like him.
As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him look forward to helping more kids, perhaps as a youth coach in NubAbility, a non-profit organization dedicated to coaching kids with limb differences.
1.What was Lewis' reaction to her son’s questions?
A.She was in shock. B.She felt lost.
C.She felt embarrassed, D.She was in pain.
2.How did the two boys reach out to each other?
A.Jayce called a newspaper.
B.A family friend helped a lot.
C.Lewis made efforts to do that.
D.Trashaun met Jayce by chance.
3.What do we know about Trashaun?
A.He had been a role model for Jayce.
B.He was a hit on the Internet for his kindness.
C.He was a volunteer for children with disabilities.
D.His good performance in basketball made Jayce down.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Jayce and Trashaun set up a non-profit organization.
B.Jayce and Trashaun became best friends.
C.What Trashaun did to Jayce made him a young coach.
D.Trashaun tended to devote more to kids with disabilities.
It’s no secret that your personal characteristics directly affect how you interact with the world, but you might be surprised at just how deep it goes. Experts think that your personality can even affect how you exercise and influence what sports are suitable for you.
Highly Sensitive
Highly sensitive people may be more uncomfortable with group exercise classes or team sports where they feel their every move is being observed. Additionally, they may feel more upset over an ineffective or poor workout, says researcher Elaine Aron.
For such people, individual or non-competitive activities like biking, running and hiking are ideal.
Type A Personality
Type A individuals often have an “all or nothing approach” to exercise. This personality type is known for sticking closely to their plan, not to mention being super competitive. However, this can cause them to stick too closely to a fitness routine, which means they might try to push past an injury.
To get better exercise results, Type A people need to be aware that following an exercise plan too strictly may limit their progress. They should be more flexible and listen to their body, especially when they are in pain.
Type B Personality
This laid-back group may get too lazy about their exercise plan, which prevents them from seeing results. They are often less willing to devote enough time and energy to their fitness goals, especially if exercise is something that makes them anxious.
Type B individuals succeed in creative and co-operative environments, so team sports and group gym classes may be perfect.
Remember, there are plenty of ways you can adapt a fitness plan to suit your needs, regardless of your characteristics. Just keep in mind what you like.
1.Why might highly sensitive people be unwilling to take part in group sports?
A.They will feel like they are being evaluated.
B.They don't like socializing with other people.
C.They don't consider themselves to be athletic.
D.They fear they'll be let down by their teammates.
2.Type A personalities can be best described as_________.
A.committed B.flexible.
C.independent. D.sensitive.
3.What is the purpose of the text?
A.To help people understand what personality type they are.
B.To explain how personal characteristics affect exercise habits.
C.To identify the dangers of doing the wrong type of exercise.
D.To describe different types of workouts that are available today.
假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Peter写信问你中国中学生课余是否做兼职，并请你谈谈中学生做兼职的利弊。请写回信，要点包括：
1. 回答中国学生是否做兼职；
2. 谈谈学生做兼职的利弊；
3. 这个假期你是否会做兼职。
Dear Peter，
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Yours,
Li Hua
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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。
1.Only if we do enough self-protection, we stay away from Covid-19.
2.I’m working on my essay. Would you mind turn down your music a little bit?
3.Sometimes, I start the second declaration first and sometimes, I start the first declaration the second time.
4.Simon is such responsible a boy that he is chosen chairman of the Student Union.
5.As time going by, the virus will probably become weaker and less active.
6.We are still in the middle of 2020, that is considered to be an eventful year.
7.Apart from self-protection, we have no choice but wait for the vaccine.
8.To avoid be trapped in heavy traffic at the rush hour, I usually take the subway to work.
9.Henry became addictive to online games, which had a bad effect on his schoolwork.
10.Quite a lot of species have been died out so far, resulting from urbanization.
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1.I’m writing to a_______________ for the inconvenience our hotel has brought to you.
2.It seems that the major c_______________ of Donald Trump is not the spread of Covid-19. Instead, it’s whether he can be reelected president of the USA.
3.I have to a________ with shame that it was I who lost the document. I deserve the punishment.
4.Once you make a promise, you’d better s________ to it.
5.The main characters of these novels have both the good side and the e_______ side, which suggests that humanity is complex.
6.We found a homeless puppy in the mud and were wondering whether to send it to the animal s__________ or adopt it ourselves.
7.Those beautiful mushrooms which look h__________ are actually poisonous and deadly.
8.Love is i___________ to our eyes, but we can feel it with our heart.
9.It’s c_________ to cage the birds up. I have decided to set them free.
10.The queen stared at her r____________ in the magic mirror and asked who was the prettiest woman in the world.
It seemed like any other day when fitness instructor Chantelle Lister set off to work at 7 am. It was the school holidays, so her daughters Loren and Mollie, 17 and 6, and 11-year-old son Charlie were still _______ in bed.
But within an hour, the family home in Kettering, England, went up in flames. The _______ started downstairs, and deadly smoke started _______ the second floor, where the children were sleeping.
_______, the family's beloved dog, Bailey, rushed to their _______. Although the thick smoke _______ to climb the staircase, the 4-year-old dog made his way _______ and kept barking outside Loren's door until she _______.
Loren opened the _______ to thick black smoke covering the stairs and the sound of smashing (粉碎) glass. Struggling to ________, the teenager ran into the other ________ and managed to get the ________ children out through a window and onto the roof.
After successfully raising the ________, Bailey ran back downstairs to try to get out.________, he was trapped in the ________ house.
''The firemen pulled Bailey out and tried to ________ him, but he was dead, '' Chantelle said. ''They put a blanket over him and I kept ________, 'That could have been one of my children. ' Bailey was such a character and so ________. The children wouldn't be here ________ him. He's my hero and I'll be ________ to him forever. ''
1.A.sleepy B.asleep C.awake D.silent
2.A.light B.smoke C.fire D.noise
3.A.filling B.flowing C.leaving D.escaping
4.A.Finally B.Thankfully C.Naturally D.Obviously
5.A.yard B.kitchen C.danger D.rescue
6.A.started B.failed C.happened D.stopped
7.A.out B.through C.upstairs D.downstairs
8.A.watched out B.set off C.went away D.woke up
9.A.eyes B.mouth C.door D.window
10.A.breathe B.walk C.speak D.stand
11.A.house B.classroom C.bathroom D.bedroom
12.A.angry B.curious C.terrified D.confused
13.A.alarm B.voice C.sound D.child
14.A.Surprisingly B.Unfortunately C.Occasionally D.Gradually
15.A.shining B.exploding C.broken D.burning
16.A.save B.protect C.move D.comfort
17.A.apologizing B.thinking C.explaining D.expecting
18.A.interesting B.loving C.strange D.cute
19.A.beyond B.besides C.without D.despite
20.A.loyal B.convenient C.available D.grateful
