Kieron Graham has known from a young age that he was adopted. While he loves his adoptive family, he has always wondered about his birth mother and brother. When his adoptive mom gave him a DNA test tool, they both hoped it might lead to his birth family. But neither guessed it would work so quickly, or that when it did, Graham would learn he and his long-lost brother may have crossed paths every day.
It took just one week from the time Graham, a college student at Georgia's Kennesaw State University, received his DNA results on Ancestry.com for him to connect with his brother. Graham's DNA results showed that his closest match was a man named Vincent Ghant, and it turned out Ghant lived just a few minutes away.
Graham reached out and learned that the two were in fact long-lost brothers. Their mother, Shawn Ghant, made the difficult decision to place Kieron in adoptive care when he was just a baby. And she has worried and wondered about her youngest son ever since. Graham has since been reunited with his mother and both of his brothers on his mother's side.
“It’s all surreal(离奇的), too many emotions to describe exactly what I’m feeling about the entire situation, but it’s a good situation,” Graham tells MNN.
As fate would have it, Kieron and Vincent are both students at Kennesaw State. They even have the same major: political science. So it's a safe bet the two crossed paths many times over the past three years. And now, thanks to some DNA sleuthing(筛查), the two will cross paths many more times in the years to come.
“We’re getting together on Christmas with everyone, birth mother included,” Graham says. “That's sure to be a very indelible Christmas indeed, which will always be treasured by us.”
1.According to the passage, Graham ___________.
A.is quite familiar with his birth family
B.relied on a website to find his birth family
C.happens to be working in Ancestry.com
D.is studying engineering in the state university
2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?
A.It was hard for Shawn to place her son in adoptive care.
B.Graham has three adoptive brothers on his mother’s side.
C.It was too difficult for the whole family to get united.
D.Shawn Ghant loves her older sons more.
3.What does Graham probably think of his experience?
A.Unbelievable and exciting. B.Surprising but common.
C.Undoubted and inspiring. D.Moving but painful.
4.What does the underlined word “indelible” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Normal. B.Silent. C.Traditional. D.Unforgettable.
Here's a list of books I'm looking forward to this fall season. Not all of them will rise to the level of the advertisement, but it's an abundant crop.
"Home After Dark" by David Small (Liveright, Sept. 11 )
In 2009, Small published a celebrated graphic memoir (回忆录) called"Stitches". Now the Caldecott Medal winner is back with a graphic novel about a motherless 13-year-old boy brought up in an unhappy home in California. This is a tale told in few words and many striking images. On Sept. 11 at 3p.m., Small will be at Amazonbooks at Union Market. More information at www. amazon.com/graph-tale.
"Waiting for Eden" by Elliot Ackerman (Knopf, Sept. 25)
This brief novel is related by a dead soldier who is watching over a horribly burned partner in a Texas hospital. That sounds embarrassingly emotional, but Ackerman, who served in a Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of the best soldier-writers of his generation. More information at www. amazon. com/military-essay.
"All You Can Ever Know" by Nicole Chung (Catapult, Oct. 2)
Chung, the editor of the literary magazine Catapult, was adopted as a baby by a white family in Oregon. In this memoir, she writes about her childhood, her Asian American identity and her search for the Korean parents who gave her up. More information at www. amazon. com/politics-prose.
"Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, Oct. 16)
Alternating between past and present, this novel tells the story of a woman investigating a late-19th-century science teacher who was caught up in the controversy over Darwinism. Like her other novels, this one promises to explore social and scientific problems. Visit www. amazon. com/tech-science for more information.
1.If you hope for a signature of the author, you will probably buy a copy of ________.
A.All You Can Ever Know
B.Waiting for Eden
C.Home After Dark
D.Unsheltered
2.Who joined the army and was sent to the Middle East?
A.Elliot Ackerman.
B.David Small.
C.Barbara Kingsolver.
D.Nicole Chung.
3.If you want to read books about non-fiction, you can surf________.
A.www. amazon. com/graph-tale
B.www. amazon. com/politics-prose
C.www. amazon. com/military-essay
D.www. amazon. com/tech-science
假定你是李华，本周六你想和朋友一起去参观你叔叔经营的阳光有机农场（Sunshine Organic Farm）。请你给你的留学生好友Allen发一封电子邮件，邀请他同去。内容包括：
1. 发出邀请； 2. 参观农场的主要活动； 3. 约定会面时间和地点。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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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，删除或修改.
My English teacher showed to us the movie A Beautiful Mind yesterday. It told a story about professor's struggle with mental illness. The story was based on a really professor John Nash' s life. He achieved so many in his life. At last, he won the Nobel Prize, which proved that his great achievements had influence people deeply. John suffered a serious mental illness when he were young, but he refused to take medicine, which made him thinking slowly, so he was struggling to do his work. Luckily, his wife supported him all the times. Therefore, John could continue her work. After win the Nobel Prize, he thanked his wife for the first time.
A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare art works. They had everything in their _________.
When the Vietnam War broke out, the son went to war. He was very _______ and died in battle while rescuing another soldier.
About a month later, there was a _______ at the door. A young man stood there with a large package in his hands. “Sir, I am the soldier for whom your _______ gave his life. He often talked about you. and your love for _______.”
The young man _______ his package and opened it. There was a portrait of his son, _________ by the young man. He stared at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was _______ to the eyes that his own eyes shined with _______.
The father hung the portrait on his wall. __________ visitors came to his home, he took them to __________the portrait before he showed them the other great works he had collected.
A few months later the man __________.There was to be a great auction (拍卖) of his paintings.
“We will ________ the bidding (出价) with this portrait of the son. Who will bid for it?” There was a __________for a long time. Then a voice shouted, “We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.” But __________the auctioneer continued, “The son! Who'll take the son?”
Finally, a __________ came from the back of the room. It was a gardener of the wealthy man. “I'll give $10 for the painting.” He being a poor man, it was all he could ____________. The auctioneer pounded the gavel (拍卖槌), “Going once, twice, SOLD for S 10!” The crowd was becoming __________. They wanted the other worthy collections. “Now let's get on with the collection!”
The auctioneer ________ his gavel. “I’m sorry, the auction is over. I was told of a secret paragraph in the will. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever __________ that painting would inherit(继承) the entire paintings. The man who took the son gets everything!”
1.A.package B.library C.hall D.collection
2.A.brave B.respectful C.sorrowful D.panic
3.A.notice B.sign C.knock D.hole
4.A.son B.father C.gardener D.visitor
5.A.research B.donation C.freedom D.art
6.A.put up B.put out C.held out D.held back
7.A.painted B.taken C.caught D.fixed
8.A.disappointed B.drawn C.amazed D.sent
9.A.puzzles B.lights C.joys D.tears
10.A.In the moment B.Every time C.Once in a while D.At one time
11.A.see B.discuss C.touch D.check
12.A.passed B.died C.laughed D.left
13.A.choose B.decide C.start D.produce
14.A.shock B.silence C.welcome D.sound
15.A.still B.only C.then D.thus
16.A.cough B.sigh C.song D.voice
17.A.share B.afford C.admit D.receive
18.A.friendly B.lovely C.hungry D.impatient
19.A.picked up B.threw away C.laid down D.cut up
20.A.sold B.borrowed C.bought D.showed
When we think about the dreams we have. it is surprising to see how many people failed even if they could have succeeded. So today I’ m going to tell you five ways to kill your dreams.
Believe in overnight success.
Everyone knows the story of a tech guy who built a mobile app and sold it for a lot of money. 1. If you investigate further, you will find that he is well-educated and has been working on the project for 20 years. Therefore, your overnight success is always a result of what you' ve done in your life.
2.
Constantly, people around you always have opinions on which path you should take. But whichever way you choose, there are other ways you have to pick as well. And one day you need to solve those problems yourself.
Decide to rest when success is guaranteed.
When your life goes well and everything is set, it's time to rest. Actually, when you're growing towards a peak, you need to work even harder and find yourself another peak. If you were content with what you've accomplished, it would stop you from a greater success. 3.
Believe the fault is someone else’s.
I constantly see people saying, "I created this great product, but the market is so bad. "If you have dreams, it's your responsibility to make them happen. Yes, the market may be bad. But if no one bought your product, surely there is something there that is your fault. 4.
Believe that the only things that matter are the dreams themselves.
Achieving a dream is a short moment, but your life is not. 5. And the only way to really achieve all of your dreams is to fully enjoy every step of your journey.
A.There’ s no time to settle down.
B.Be responsible for your own dreams.
C.Life is never about the goals themselves.
D.The overnight success is beyond our reach.
E.Believe someone else has the answers for you.
F.When we face difficulties, believe in ourselves
G.The story may seem real, but I bet it's incomplete.
