I never thought I would be a “runner”. I was the girl who ran slowest in the PE class.A few years ago, I was walking with a group of friends in the Race for the Cure, a 5km race designed to ___ money for the fight against breast cancer,____one lady caught my____.
She was one of the ____ women I've ever seen. She must have been close to seventy years old, ____ a T-shirt with the word “Survivor”. She was so small that it seemed as if she could even be turned over by a strong wind. But, she was running. And she was____ me and my group of friends. She ran slowly, but ____ ---- as if each step pushed her cancer further into her past. Right at that moment, I____that in the next Race for the Cure, I'd be___ along with her.
A week later, I found myself in the____, running on the treadmill ( 跑 步 机 ) .Three minutes after I started, my face was bright red, I felt like my lungs were going to ____. I ___slow down to a walk. I thought of the____ at the race. I kept it up. I was able to go a little____each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes.Five.
A year later, I was____at the Race for the Cure, but this time, I____ with the runners. When the race started, the other runners passed me by. I ran forward. I____ if I'd be able to do it. But then, I remembered the____ woman. I ran as fast as I could until I finally crossed that finish line. I had just____my first race! I looked down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I'd never thought____ . I have never felt stronger than at that moment. And I knew that I wanted to do it again.
1.A.collect B.use C.make D.save
2.A.while B.until C.when D.before
3.A.breath B.hand C.arm D.attention
4.A.best-looking B.easiest-going C.weakest-looking D.smartest-looking
5.A.pulling B.holding C.wearing D.waving
6.A.seeing B.watching C.passing D.calling
7.A.determinedly B.strangely C.excitedly D.anxiously
8.A.agreed B.decided C.learned D.explained
9.A.walking B.talking C.swimming D.running
10.A.shop B.street C.gym D.park
11.A.calm B.settle C.burst D.breathe
12.A.liked to B.had to C.got to D.preferred to
13.A.prize B.survivor C.woman D.plan
14.A.earlier B.farther C.harder D.longer
15.A.again B.even C.ever D.still
16.A.watched B.stood C.traveled D.paced
17.A.wandered B.witnessed C.wondered D.wished
18.A.kind B.honest C.generous D.brave
19.A.entered B.won C.finished D.missed
20.A.possible B.right C.good D.necessary
Really organized people are not born organized people. They have to develop some habits ,which then help them stay organized. 1. .
Write things down. A pen and a notebook are needed to record things. 2. . You will only further make your life complex(复杂的) by trying to contain important dates and messages in your head.
3. . By leading a cluttered(杂乱的) lifestyle, you will not have the time or space to make your deadlines or achieve your goals. Organized people don’t waste time.
They recognize that keeping things organized goes hand in hand with staying productive( 富有成效的). They make and keep schedules for the day and week. They make deadlines and set goals. 4. .
Don’t put off doing what you should be doing . 5.. If you want your life to be less stressful, then take action as soon as you can. Put in effort to get things done as soon as possible.
Give everything a home. People who live organized lives only keep what they need and what they really want .Have you ever felt like you don’t have the space to keep all the things you own? Instead of buying a larger house, get rid of some.
A. The longer you wait to do something, the more difficult it will be to get it done
B. Keep only what you need
C. Organized people find time every week to organize their things
D. Here are four habits they use to keep their lives in order
E. And most importantly , they stick to them
F. Make schedules and deadlines
G. You can also use a computer or a smart phone
If you live in Shanghai, you might have to take a “lesson” in sorting garbage (垃圾分类), as the city recently introduced new garbage-sorting rules.
It’s now required that people should sort garbage into four groups, namely recyclable, harmful, dry and wet waste. However, if people fail to sort their garbage properly, they can be fined up to 200 yuan.
More cities are introducing similar rules, following the practice in Shanghai. By the end of 2020, garbage-sorting systems will have been built in 46 major Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shenzhen, reported People’s Daily.
According to a study by the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, over 90 percent of the public believe that garbage sorting is important for the protection of the environment.
However, garbage sorting is still a big problem in China. Only 30 percent of participants(参加者) said they think they are adequately sorting their garbage, the study noted.
According to Xinhua News Agency, it’s partly because many people lack the willingness to sort their own waste. In the past, some garbage rules didn’t give clear fines for people who failed to sort garbage.
“It’s a must to have a legal guarantee (法律保障) to support garbage sorting,” Liu Jianguo, a professor from Tsinghua University, told China Daily.
Liu Xinyu, a researcher of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told China Daily that the importance of the new rules in Shanghai is to change the past voluntary action into compulsory action for everyone.
Besides China, many other foreign countries have also introduced garbage-sorting rules. In Japan, waste sorting has become a basic survival skill, reported Xinhua. There is a fixed time to deal with each kind of garbage and littering can result in high fines and being sentenced in prison.
In Germany too, people are asked to sort waste into specific groups, reported HuffPost. For example, in Berlin, people have yellow dustbins for plastic and metals and blue dustbins for paper and cardboard.
1.What do we know about garbage sorting in Shanghai?
A.People should put their garbage into two groups.
B.People will be fined 200 yuan each time they break the rules.
C.Shanghai is the first city to introduce garbage-sorting rules in the world.
D.It sets an example for many other cities in China.
2.What does the underlined phrase “result in” mean?
A.put off B.lead to C.turn in D.cut down
3.The main point of the passage is
A.Why garbage sorting is important.
B.How other countries sort garbage.
C.Garbage sorting has started in China.
D.The world’s garbage problem is becoming worse.
Do you know anyone who plays Ant Forest? It is a game on Alipay. Users collect “energy “ for their “trees” to grow. When their “tree” finishes growing, Alipay will plant a real tree in the desert areas of China.
This is part of China’s efforts to fight desertification . Since 1978, China has planted over 66 billion trees across its dry northern areas, according to China Daily.
Desertification means there are no trees or grass. Water can’t stay in the soil and sand is everywhere.
About 2.6 million square kilometers of China’s land is covered with sand. That’s about 27 percent of the country’s land. It has also caused sandstorms .
By planting new trees, sandstorms in China have been cut by 20 percent in recent years. About 13,000 square kilometers of land have become oases (绿洲).
Ian Teh, a British photographer , traveled through northern China last year. He saw many new oases.
“It was hard to imagine that it was ever a desert,” he told Wired magazine.
1.What is Ant Forest?
A.It is an app that lets people buy things.
B.It is a game that can help fight desertification.
C.It is a forest for people to grow trees in.
D.It is a name for a group of special ants.
2.What has China done to fight desertification in the past 40 years?
A.Planted billions of trees. B.Built houses in dry northern areas.
C.Moved all the sand to one place. D.Built oases around cities.
3.Planting new trees has helped China cut down sandstorms by .
A.2.6 percent B.27 percent C.20 percent D.66 percent
4.How did Ian Teh like northern China after his visit last year?
A.It was hard to travel in the desert. B.It was amazing to see new oases there.
C.It was still full of sand. D.It was not easy to find any trees in the north.
Manny Abreu practices Benjamin Franklin’s famous saying, “If you want something done, ask a busy person.”
Throughout his four years at Kellenberg Memorial High School in the US, Abreu made community service an important part of his life.
“I don’t know where he finds the time to do everything,” said Erin Ronan, Abreu’s math teacher, “He’s truly a class act .”
As an excellent student, Abreu, 18, took part in different voluntary(志愿的) activities after school, during weekends and summer holidays. These included helping staff at the public library, doing garden work at Kellenberg, and serving customers at a local restaurant.
But faced with a limited number of hours in a day, Abreu left his library job last summer to start working as an emergency medical technician – a role that fits his strong love for making a difference in other people’s lives.
“My love for service has guided me into giving back,” said Abreu, who is setting his sights on becoming a doctor. “It’s such a rewarding feeling to help someone.”
During his three years at high school, Abreu devoted between 40 and 50 hours of his time each year to volunteer work – more than double the school’s annual requirement of 20 hours. For all his hard work, Abreu was welcomed into a leadership club that organizes fellow students’ volunteer activities.
St Martin de Porres Marianist School (Kellenberg’s sister school) also benefited from Abreu’s devotion. Through his school’s Smart Club program, he voluntarily provided homework help and played games with the junior high school students.
Abreu thanked his parents for inspiring him to do the right thing, saying they are “the most selfless people I know.” He remembered when he was about 6 years old, and his mother invited a disadvantaged neighborhood boy to have dinner.
Upon seeing the boy’s happiness, Abreu came away with a sense of how he wanted to live his own life – “I won’t focus on my own desires (愿望). I’ll help as many people as I can,” he said.
1.What do we know about Manny Abreu?
A.He didn’t do well in math.
B.He once lost interest in his studies.
C.He did a lot of volunteer work.
D.He fell behind others because of after-school activities.
2.What made Abreu work as a medical technician?
A.His love of being praised by other people.
B.His limited time to do any other job.
C.His hope to try different types of jobs.
D.His desire to improve the lives of others.
3.According to the passage, which statement is TRUE about his voluntary activities?
A.They gave him a chance to attend medical school for free.
B.They gave him a sense of self-worth by helping others.
C.They made his family famous around the neighborhood.
D.They made him a leader among his fellow school students.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.How should you feed rabbits?
A.Provide them with various foods every day.
B.Provide a treat for them sometimes.
C.Make sure they often drink clean warm water.
2.What can you learn about rabbit care?
A.They should be given enough space.
B.Pet rabbits don’t like to play with toys.
C.Rabbits tend to be more relaxed indoors.
3.Where is the passage taken from?
A.An agricultural report.
B.A magazine for pet lovers.
C.An interesting story book.
