Allan Guei, 18, was a star basketball player at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area before he graduated last month. His good grades made him eligible for an unusual competition: A free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium. The top prize: ＄40,000 in scholarship money.
Guei, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast, knew how much that financial aid could mean for his family. He was also feeling a fair share of pressure as students and teachers crushed into the gym to watch Guei and seven other randomly compete against each other.
Guei won the free-throw contest by one basket and netted the ＄40,000. But it’s what he did next that’s truly astonishing.
In the weeks following the March free-throw competition, Guei learned that he’d scored a full-ride basketball scholarship to California State University---Northridge. NCAA(全国大学生体育协会)rules allowed Guei to accept the athletic scholarship and also keep most of the ＄40,000 he had won.
But Guei couldn’t stop thinking about the seven talented runners-up from the free-throw contest. They, too, had dreams and very real needs. So, he asked Principal Jesse Jones to make a surprise announcement at Compton High’s graduation ceremony: Geui wanted to donate the ＄40,000 to the other seven students.
“I’ve already been blessed so much and I know we’re living with a bad economy, so I know this money can really help my classmates,” Guei said in a statement. “It was the right decision.”
Guei elaborated on his decision to give the money away in an interview with ESPN(体育电视网): “I was already well taken care of to go to school, to go to university for free...I felt like they needed it more than I did.”
1.While studying at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area, Allan Guei ______.
A. was famous in the United States
B. made grown-ups feel very worried
C. took part in a free-throw contest
D. showed his skills in playing basketball
2.During the free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium, Allan Guei felt ______.
A. delighted B. stressed
C. relaxed D. embarrassed
3.What made the other people astonished?
A. Guei contributed his prize to others.
B. Guei was thought highly of by Jesse.
C. Guei kept most of his scholarship.
D. Guei gained a basketball scholarship.
4.What Guei said in an interview with ESPN infers that______.
A. his family was very wealthy
B. it was very hard for him to make money
C. he was luckier than other students
D. he was always ready to help others.
5.Where can we most probably read this passage?
A. In a storybook.
B. In a newspaper.
C. In a science magazine.
D. In an advertisement.
Ferry Services Fare Table
Effective from 1st April 2019.
Cash Only is accepted onboard our Ferries.
Return Fares for Mainland to Bressay；
Mainland to Whalsay；
Mainland to Yell；
Yell to Unst.
All Fares are RETURN - Payable on outbound journey only |
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Passenger |
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Adult | £5.50 |
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OAPs (With SIC Pass) & Children up to 19 | £1.00 |
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Disabled Concessionary SIC Pass Holders | £0.00 |
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Adult 10 Multi Journey Ticket | £22.70 |
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Vehicles - Fares include driver |
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Vehicles up to and including 5.50m Return | £13.60 |
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Motorcycles Return | £11.00 |
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Motorhome 5.5m - 9m | £20.50 |
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Motorhome 9m - 12m | £23.50 |
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Motorhome 12m + | £27.00 |
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Vehicle (<5.5m) 10 Journey Ticket | £90.00 |
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Motorcycle 10 Journey Ticket | £72.00 |
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*For Yell to Unst, the fare payable is the same as the other “return fare” routes. However if your journey originated on the Mainland (you have had to use two ferries on the same day or after 18：00 from the day before) then you will only be charged the one fare on Yell. Please retain the ticket you were sold on the Yell ferry for presenting on the Unst ferry. |
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1.How will you pay for your ticket on the ferry?
A. In cash. B. By credit card.
C. With SIC Pass. D. All of above.
2.Which of the following is true?
A. The information above is not effective on Children’s Day,2019.
B. It’s free for the disabled without an SIC pass.
C. The vehicles fares vary in the sizes of them.
D. You can see the fare information for 3 routes in the table.
3.Jack (10 years old) and his parents will travel from mainland to Whalsay in their car, how much will they pay?
A. £12.00 B. £25.60
C. £20.10 D. £21.00
4.The best meaning of the underlined word “return” is ________.
A. The act of giving, putting or sending something back.
B. Payment or reward for something.
C. A change back to a previous state.
D. A ticket for a journey from one place to another and back again.
5.How much will be charged if you go from mainland to Yell, then to Unst on the same day?
A. £11.00. B. £5.50.
C. £6.50. D. £22.70.
Trees play a special role in my life. They accompanied my growth, and my personal experiences and memories often _______with them. There was a row of poplars（杨树）in my first childhood home; I never_____the house without the trees.
Out on the farm, my grandparents always cut a Christmas tree from the fields. They were always short. Those trees were a family ______; I can still ______ their smell all these years later.
The pines in our backyard were only 1.5 meters tall when we moved in. They grew right alongside our kids, and in the same ______: silently and quickly. Those pines once stretched a hammock（吊床）______ the two of them. They watched over our rounds of hide-and-seek, snowfalls, and ______ family gatherings.
A huge willow tree once ______ in the backyard as well. The kids had a tree-house in it for a long time. Other kids in the ______ enjoyed it too.
There is a sadness to a ______ tree; to the ground it makes when it hits the ground.
My husband and I were working as newspaper photographers ______ the active volcano Mount St. Helens exploded. Many nearby forests were _____ destroyed by the effects of the explosion. The loss of all the trees can somehow be as ______ as the loss of lives and homes.
Trees tend to be ______ of strength and beauty.
The trees returned to Mount St. Helens -- and they returned ______ than the experts predicted. To all who had witnessed the disaster, the ______ was encouraging. Those small trees ______ us of the beauty of new beginnings.
We’ve filled in the empty holes ______ the pines stood and dug a new hole that will soon be home to a new tree.
One of the grandchildren asked how tall the new tree is.
“Not much taller than I am,” I said.
“Can we decorate it for Christmas?” she asked, eyes ______.
The old trees may be gone, but the new one will soon become part of my grandchildren’s ____ for many years to come.
1.A. go together B. come along C. bring back D. take down
2.A. see B. find C. picture D. build
3.A. habit B. tradition C. culture D. attraction
4.A. feel B. sense C. expect D. recall
5.A. house B. field C. manner D. way
6.A. with B. between C. out of D. across
7.A. countless B. countable C. limitless D. limited
8.A. planted B. placed C. stood D. located
9.A. neighborhood B. forest C. backyard D. garden
10.A. hollow B. strange C. rotted D. fallen
11.A. which B. that C. when D. while
12.A. possibly B. comparably C. suddenly D. completely
13.A. encouraging B. upsetting C. moving D. boring
14.A. symbols B. associations C. characters D. contacts
15.A. harder B. lower C. easier D. faster
16.A. regain B. regrowth C. recover D. remark
17.A. told B. warned C. informed D. reminded
18.A. when B. where C. which D. that
19.A. observing B. staring C. twinkling D. glancing
20.A. memories B. programs C. adventures D. experiments
The teacher’s voice still remained calm ______ she was getting annoyed.
A. as long as B. even if
C. as if D. now that
---I went to see The Wandering Earth last night. It was fantastic!
---You were so lucky! How I wish I _____ the ticket too.
A. get B. got
C. had got D. would get
---Sorry to have broken your glass.
---_____________. You didn’t mean to, did you?
A. No problem B. Forget it
C. All right D. Don’t say so
