My 13-year-old daughter Lisa remembers birthdays, makes people cards when they are sick, and sends encouraging notes written in colored pens in her neat, artistic hand.
One day I got a call from her principal, “I called to tell you that in 20 years of teaching I have seen nothing like what Lisa did today”, he said
I held my breath again as I thought, my Lisa? My sweet daughter? She must be the wrong kid. What could she have done?
My silence made him go on. “I’ve never seen a student do anything so nice for anyone who needed it more.”
“What did she do?” I asked. He explained to me about the cupcakes (杯形蛋糕).
When Lisa came home from school that afternoon, I told her the principal from her school had phoned me.
“Yeah”, she answered, “I got called out of math class to go to his office. Everyone thought I was in trouble, but he just wanted to know what was going on at lunch.”
Lisa and Ashley had sat with Jordan, a boy who is in special classes. They talked about birthdays, and Lisa asked Jordan when his birthday was. He told her it was coming up but that he lives in a group home and they don’t celebrate birthdays there.
“I remembered his birthday was today, so I made the cupcakes yesterday,” Lisa explained. “Ashley bought a two-liter bottle of soda and some birthday cups, plates, and napkins (餐巾纸) left over from her little brother’s party, and we got some other kids together at lunch today to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Jordan.”
“The principal wanted to know why they were having a birthday party for Jordan at school. When they told him, he just shook his head, took off his glasses, and rubbed his eyes,” Lisa told me. “Finally, he said he was going to tell my parents that I wasn’t in trouble, he was proud of what I did, and I could go back to math class.”
How different my daughter was from me. Better, in fact! I wouldn’t have ever known how to help out disadvantaged kids like that. But my wise daughter knew how-- all it took was cupcakes and adventurous (富有冒险精神的), independent (独立的), kind spirit.
1.What kind of person is Lisa according to the article?
A. She loves making friends with boys.
B. She is fun-loving and humorous.
C. She is warm-hearted and caring.
D. She often asks for trouble.
2.What can we know from the school principal’s phone call?
A. Birthday parties are usually not allowed at the school.
B. The principal was angry with Lisa and her friends.
C. Jordan was in the same class as Lisa.
D. The students thought Lisa was a lot of trouble.
3. How did Lisa and Ashley celebrate Jordan’s birthday?
A. They bought him a beautiful birthday cake.
B. They brought him food and drinks from home.
C. They invited Jordan’s parents to the birthday lunch.
D. They had the principal sing “Happy Birthday” to Jordan.
4. The writer wrote this article to ______________.
A. call upon schools to care more about disadvantaged kids
B. encourage kids to help others in whatever way they can
C. show how proud she felt of her daughter’s kindness.
D. show that helping others is rewarding in itself.
For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are natural chemicals (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains (大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial (人造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.
1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one’s emotions?
A. Weather. B. Actions of others.
C. Personality. D. Age.
2.Which of the following is true about vitamin D according to the passage?
A. It is a kind of artificial chemical.
B. It makes us worried by affecting our brains.
C. It is needed by us all to keep fit.
D. It is in the sunlight.
3.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?
A. We feel good when we are in the bright cool weather.
B. We will be happy when we are caught in the rain.
C. All people in Norway and Sweden feel sad in winter.
D. The more vitamin D you have, the happier you’ll be.
More and more people think it necessary to study in an English-speaking country and it didn’t take long at all for me to decide to come and study in UK.
I have been used to school life since I came here two months ago, and I am starting to enjoy most of my time in here. School starts at 9 o’clock every morning, and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have long days, in which we have 9 lessons and school finishes at 4 o’clock. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock. After lessons, we have 2 hours of activity time, when you can choose from a number of activities, including many sports, such as rugby(英式橄榄球) , football, basketball and tennis.
As a boarder(寄宿者), the quality of food is something I consider very important, and Merchiston has not let me down. The school kitchens are run by a professional company, and the quality of food is excellent, and they are always trying to make the diet healthy. One of the obvious advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school, which means we don’t have to pull ourselves out of bed as early as the day pupils!
1. How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?
A. 15 B. 45 C. 27 D. 18
2.The passage mainly tells us about __________________.
A. the writer’s school life in the UK as a boarder
B. the writer’s opinion of the school life in the UK
C. the differences in school life between China and the UK
D. the boarder life in a British middle school
3.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase “ let me down” in the passage?
A. made me blue B. cheered me up
C. encouraged me D. made me surprised
King’s College Summer School is an annual (年度的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
Application date ▼ Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2013. ▼ Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2013. ▼ Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2013. | Courses ▼ English Language Spoken English: 22 hours Reading and Writing: 10 hours ▼ American History: 16 hours ▼ American Culture: 16 hours |
Steps ▼ A letter of self-introduction ▼ A letter of recommendation(推荐) The letters should be written in English with all necessary information.
| Cost ▼ Daily lessons: $200 ▼ Sports and activities: $100 ▼ Travel: $200 ▼ Hotel service: $400 You may choose to live with your friends or relatives(亲属) in the same city. |
Please write to: Thompson, Sanders 1026 King’s Street, New York, NY10016, USA E-mail to: KC-Summer School @ yahoo.com | |
1. The summer training program includes all of the following except ______.
A. doing a part-time job B. taking courses
C. having sports D. travelling
2. If you want to live at a relative’s home in New York, you will have to pay the school ______.
A. $ 200 B. $ 400 C. $ 500 D. $ 900
3.Which of the following statements is True?
A. The program will last two months.
B. You can e-mail or call the school.
C. You should write to Thompson only in English.
D. Students in China can send applications only on July 10.
BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.
On Saturday, heavy haze（霾）still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.
The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly than 50 meters in some areas.
Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing, more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday the haze, which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.
The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze: unpleasant weather conditions making difficult for smog to disappear, automobile exhaust（尾气）, and coal use for winter heating.
To fight pollution, the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use, some factories, and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.
“We must face up to the facts,” said Yan Naiqiang, a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on, if we use buses or cars less and do more riding, we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”
1.A. coaches B. trains C. flights D. double-deckers
2.A. afforded B. affected C. admired D. announced
3.A. less B. more C. farther D. nearer
4.A. in B. like C. around D. outside
5.A. hats B. gloves C. sunglasses D. masks
6.A. besides B. except C. because of D. for
7.A. classes B. rest C. work D. shopping
8.A. mainly B. mostly C. main D. most
9.A. that B. this C. one D. it
10.A. close B. closing C. open D. opening
---It will be my turn. I feel a bit nervous.
---________. You can make it.
A. Congratulations B. Take it easy
C. Look out D. Have a good time
