China, 1.（situate）in one of the most active earthquake 2.（region），has experienced many terrible earthquakes. The most serious earthquake of all time 3.（occur）in Hua County in Shanxi Province in 1556, 4. affected an area of 800 square kilometers. In some communities, 60% of the population 5.（be）killed. The earthquake caused 6. total of more than 830,000 deaths.
The 1906 California Earthquake lasted for only one minute. 7., it caused the worst 8.(nature) disaster in the American history. The fires caused by the earthquake burned for three days, 9. (destroy) more than 250,000 buildings 10. leaving 250,000 people homeless.
I was 22 years old, sitting on my mom’s sofa, waiting for the pain in my back to ease up. A lack of work and money had ______me, my wife, and our baby boy to move back with my parents. We were all crowded together in my old bedroom and I was feeling ______. Thankfully, I had found one new job: helping my son learn how to _______ He had already gone from creeping to crawling (爬) , and had started to pull himself up too. Anytime he took a few steps, ______, he would stumble (绊脚), fall on his butts (屁股), and ______. I bent over and held his hand while he walked along and my ______ wasn’t handling it too well.
As I sat there with my eyes ______ rubbing my sore muscles, I suddenly heard my mom ______: “Joe look!” I opened my eyes and watched my son hold the edge of the coffee table, pull himself up, and ______. Next with a giggle (咯咯笑) he started walking around it, keeping his hands on it for______. Finally, when he reached the end of it, he took two big ______ and made it to the wall. He smiled at us again and then started walking down the hall with his hands balancing on the wall the whole way. I laughed, ______, and cheered. Suddenly, I realized being ______wasn’t so bad, because my boy had learned to walk. It wasn’t long before I was losing ______ running after him in the front yard while his little legs ran as _____ as they could.
Learning to______ in this world is a lot like first learning to walk . We far too often fall on our butts and cry. Yet, our Heavenly Father is always ready to take our ______ and walk with us while we try again. His love, guidance, and______are always with us even after we find our own ______, even when we start to walk on our own, and even if we run away from Him. Don’t be afraid to step out bravely and love. Don’t be afraid to _____. God loves you and will always be there to help you to love and to walk with you.
1.A. invited B. forced C. ordered D. helped
2.A. happy B. comfortable C. down D. proud
3.A. walk B. speak C. eat D. read
4.A. therefore B. moreover C. otherwise D. however
5.A. cry B. laugh C. roll D. lie
6.A. knee B. neck C. back D. arm
7.A. open B. closed C. covered D. blinded
8.A. whisper B. scream C. complain D. explain
9.A. stop B. listen C. smile D. nod
10.A. strength B. balance C. coffee D. confidence
11.A. steps B. falls C. toys D. candies
12.A. jumped B. silenced C. froze D. clapped
13.A. hungry B. unemployed C. unhealthy D. abandoned
14.A. patience B. control C. weight D. temper
15.A. fast B. lightly C. steadily D. quietly
16.A. love B. hate C. adapt D. obey
17.A. place B. collar C. ear D. hand
18.A. presence B. protection C. advice D. service
19.A. job B. happiness C. feet D. voice
20.A. fail B. die C. fight D. fall
You may have done something wrong, but now you're willing to make things right. 1. If you want to make sure that your apology is effective and doesn’t cause even more hurt, follow the advice below to write a fantastic apology.
State what your letter is about. It’s a good idea to begin by letting them know that this letter is an apology. If you don’t want them to be confused about why you’re writing or what you’re going to say, say something like: “2.”.
State your mistake. Now that you’re apologizing, say what you’re apologizing for and why it was incorrect. 3.. By fully putting it out there in the open, the person that you’re apologizing to will know that you do really understand what you did.
4. This is one of the most important parts of an apology but can be the hardest to say. What you do need to do is admit your responsibility for your mistake openly and without reservation(保留). You might have had good reasons for doing what you did but that shouldn’t keep you from saying that your actions caused someone to get hurt.
Offer a solution that will lead to change. Just saying that you’re sorry isn’t really enough. What really gives an apology some power is finding a way to solve the problem in the future. 5.. When you offer a plan for change and how you’re going to go about it, this shows the person that you’re really serious about making the situation better.
A. I’m sorry if your feelings got hurt.
B. I want to write you a letter to apologize.
C. Accept responsibility.
D. Be very exact and descriptive.
E. An apology letter is a great way to start making amends(修补)for a mistake.
F. It is never too late to make an apology.
G. This is better, even, than just saying that it will never happen again.
As I went through school, I came to understand that life was about competition. The only thing that mattered was doing better than everyone else. I watched this cycle through the lives of my four older brothers. I watched them win awards time and time again and admired by teachers and adults alike. And I wanted all of that. But then I learned that I couldn’t compete with my brothers or with others for that matter. I didn’t enjoy math and science nearly as much as I enjoyed English literature. My stomach would often hurt thinking about the amount of time I’d have to put in studying and working to get ahead of everyone. Around the seventh grade, I decided that I didn’t care about being a top student anymore. I just wanted to do what brought me joy. I wanted to just read and write for days.
Then I watched my older brothers enter the workplace and not enjoy the career path they had chosen. That made my stomach hurt, too. At the same time, they were making a lot of money and were able to afford expensive cars and go on trips that seemed enjoyable, but I decided that I’d not trade the cars and trips for having a job that brought me joy.
So I did just that. I majored in English in college with a concentration on creative fictions. For the past decade, I’ve had a career in a non-profit organization serving children in need. It has brought me great joy. There’s not a daily drive to compete in the market place and be better than another organization so that we increase our profits. The drive is to serve another person with excellence. And the other unexpected aspects are that while I have never made a lot of money, I have a car and have been fortunate to take some pretty amazing trips for work.
1.What did the writer think of life at early school?
A. Competitive. B. Stressful.
C. Enjoyable. D. Difficult.
2.Why did the writer change his attitude towards competition?
A. He failed competition repeatedly.
B. He wanted to follow his heart.
C. He was afraid of competition.
D. He often had stomachaches.
3.What can we learn about the writer?
A. He makes great contributions to society.
B. He is less successful than his brothers.
C. He doesn’t travel anywhere.
D. He finds great pleasure in his work.
4.The writer may agree that .
A. we should not compete with others
B. we should try to do better than others
C. we should do what we really like
D. we should be devoted to helping others
Memphis Meats, a San Francisco startup company trying to create lab-grown meat from animal cells(细胞), released a video on Tuesday that shows the world’s first cultured meatball getting fried up in a pan.
“We watched how the meatball reacted in the pan, we heard the sizzle, we smelled the meat and it was exactly how you would expect a meatball to smell,” Memphis Meats chief executive Uma Valeti said in the video. “This is the first time a meatball has ever been cooked with beef cells that didn’t need a cow to be killed.”
Memphis Meats grows animal muscle tissue(组织) using stem cells of cows and pigs and feeds them oxygen and nutrients(营养物质), according to the Wall Street Journal. While there are no animals killed in making the meats, the firm does use fetal bovine serum(胎牛血清) from unborn cattle's blood to start the process.
So far, the cells grow in extremely thin layers, which is very expensive. Now it costs about $18,000 to produce a pound of Memphis Meats beef--compared to about $4 for store-bought beef.
But the company, founded by three scientists, has been experimenting growing meat from stem cells from cows, pigs, and chickens and says it’ll be selling its animal-free products to high-end customers in three to four years.
The company’s first line of products will include hot dogs, sausages, burgers and meatballs.
Valeti said in the video that his company’s process also produces 90 percent fewer greenhouse gases than traditional agriculture.
“The meat industry knows their products aren’t sustainable（可持续的）,” Valeti told the Wall Street Journal. “We believe that in 20 years, a majority of meat sold in stores will be cultured.”
It’s too early to say if we’ll all be cooking lab-grown meatballs, chicken wings, and pork chops. But for now, there is a big push to be the first to bring these foods to our plates.
1.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Lab-grown meat is to hit the market.
B. Lab-grown meat smells as delicious.
C. Lab-grown meat is animal-free.
D. Lab-grown meat will replace traditional meat soon.
2.What’s the biggest disadvantage of the lab-grown meat?
A. It is difficult to grow.
B. It is too expensive.
C. It is difficult to be accepted by customers.
D. It doesn’t have many varieties.
3.What can we know about the lab-grown meat?
A. The layers where it grows are very expensive.
B. Cattle’s blood is needed to feed the cells.
C. Lab-grown meat has nothing to do with animals.
D. The growing process costs a lot.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Lab-grown meat tastes exactly like traditional meat.
B. Traditional meat industry is not sustainable.
C. Lab-grown meat is environmentally friendly.
D. Lab-grown meat is best suitable for frying.
Frederick Callison has been posting up outside of a Sacramento Smart & Final grocery store for the past two years and his method of looking for help has finally paid off.
Michael Marteen noticed Callison while shopping with his family on Feb. 24. Used to seeing homeless people ask for food and money, Marteen found it refreshing to see someone making an effort to find work in such difficult situations.
When Marteen approached him, he noticed Callison was sitting on a sleeping bag with several resumes(简历)neatly laid out, along with a sign that read“need work and food.”
“When I asked if I could see his resume, he stood right up to hand one to me and then started telling me all about his experience as if it were an interview,”Marteen told TODAY. “I’ve been in situations where I had nothing and had to try extremely hard to get work, and there he was doing that, so I have a lot of respect for him.”
Marteen bought him a bottle of water and some ravioli（馄饨）and then took a picture of his resume to post on Facebook, not knowing if anything would come of it.
Sure enough, someone came across his post and offered Callison a job as a cook at a downtown restaurant called Pizza Rocks.
“He was excited about landing a job and very grateful for the opportunity,” Marteen said. “He was up the night before studying the menu for hours.”
The restaurant gave him clothes to wear and a friend is providing Callison with a place to stay until he can get back on his feet.
“It’s easy to look at someone and not see anything but a homeless man, but after talking to him I realized he’s so much more than that,” Marteen said. “He’s a well spoken, cool and friendly guy who knows what he wants and is going after it.”
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Homeless Callison landed a job.
B. Homeless Callison was helped by Facebook.
C. Homeless Callison dreamed big.
D. Homeless Callison lived a hard life.
2.What makes Callison different from other homeless people?
A. He begged at the same place for two years.
B. He had a sleeping bag with him.
C. He is friendly, cool and well spoken.
D. He was looking for a job while begging.
3.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Pitiful. B. Unforgettable.
C. Strange and interesting. D. Unbelievable.
4.What can we infer about Callison after he was offered a job?
A. He was offered clothes by the restaurant.
B. He took his job seriously.
C. He couldn't walk properly.
D. He would soon become rich.
