A pioneering dancer is proving that you can chase your dreams-even in a wheelchair. Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had _________ of becoming a dancer. “The only thing that I _________ was dance,” she told CBS News.
That ambition nearly _________ one night in 2010. Hill, _________ a 17-year-old high school senior in Pacific Grove, California, was in a car accident that put her in the _________ for 51 days and left her paralyzed (瘫痪) from the _________ down.
For most people, that would have _________ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the _________. Far from being an obstacle (障碍), her wheelchair _________ her. “I wanted to prove to my community—and to myself-that I was still ‘__________,’” she told Teen Vogue. “Whatever normal meant.”
Normal for her meant __________ so Hill did it in her wheelchair right __________ her nondisabled high school dance team. “Half of my __________ was taken away from me, and I have to move it with my __________,” Hill told Today. “It definitely __________ a lot of learning and patience.”
After __________, Hill wanted to expand her dance network to include __________ like her. She met people online who had suffered various physical injuries but shared her determination, and she invited them to dance with her. “It was such a(n) __________ experience.” Hoping to reach more people in a larger city, Hill __________ to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes.
“I want to__________ the stereotype (模式化观念) of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re rolling,” she told CBS News.
1.A.dreamed B.heard C.approved D.complained
2.A.remembered B.rejected C.learned D.loved
3.A.formed B.ended C.came D.woke
4.A.now B.recently C.once D.then
5.A.home B.vehicle C.school D.hospital
6.A.shoulder B.waist C.wrist D.ankle
7.A.realized B.hatched C.dashed D.afforded
8.A.beginning B.misfortune C.hope D.conclusion
9.A.defeated B.failed C.encouraged D.greeted
10.A.useful B.average C.helpless D.normal
11.A.standing B.dancing C.quitting D.studying
12.A.throughout B.without C.alongside D.outside
13.A.body B.life C.time D.mind
14.A.feet B.hands C.ankles D.legs
15.A.knew B.met C.made D.took
16.A.graduation B.operation C.employment D.retirement
17.A.students B.volunteers C.females D.dancers
18.A.amazing B.bearable C.willing D.affordable
19.A.applied B.moved C.returned D.contributed
20.A.bring about B.put away C.break down D.build up
Improving your lifestyle can seem like an unachievable goal. Changing everything about your life all at once is probably not realistic, but there are lots of small changes you can make to enjoy your life more. 1.. Before you know it, you’ll have the lifestyle you’ve always wanted!
Eat healthy. You may be flooded by all of the appealing diets, but eating healthy is really not all that complicated Try a variety of fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats. Avoid salty foods, added sugar, and fatty foods as much as possible. 2.. Fruits and vegetables are thought to increase feelings of positivity, while fats and sugars are linked to feelings of depression.
Exercise. 3.. Try to include at least 150 minutes of walking or 75 minutes of running or dancing into your weekly schedule. In addition to improving your physical health, regular exercise can also decrease symptoms of depression. Staying active is much easier if you find an activity that you enjoy. Try several new sports or exercise classes until you find something you really want to do. Having an exercise friend can also help keep you on track.
4.. If you are overweight, there are a few really easy things you can do to lose a few pounds, which can add up to major health benefits. Try keeping healthy snacks like fruits and vegetables in your house for those times when you get the urge to eat between meals. You should also try to be aware of your motivations for eating. 5. like going for a walk.
A. Take simple steps to lose weight
B. Stick to a healthy diet for losing weight
C. Start small by making one or two changes at a time
D. Your diet can also have an effect on your mental health
E. Regular exercise is an important component of a healthy lifestyle
F. If you eat because you’re sad, try finding other ways of handling the feeling
G. Although eating out with your friends costs you much, it is completely for exercise
The school year has barely started in Denver, and French teacher Tiffany Choi is already worried that her students are suffering from absent-mindedness. The problem isn’t texting, playing video games or passing notes. It’s Denver’s ongoing heat wave.
“Today was a little bit hot, so I noticed kids were very sleepy and they were having to get up to drink water quite often.” said Choi, who works at Denver’s East High School. “If you lose too much water, and you have to keep going to the water fountain, that can take away from their classroom experience.” While nodding off in class on a warm day may seem like a right of passage for the average teen, Choi’s observation carries a bigger consequence than parched (干燥的) lips.
“There’s been quite a few media reports about teachers noticing that students weren’t able to focus on hotter days,” said R Jisung Park, a researcher, “Does a hotter climate during the school year actually affect the rate of learning?” The drops in academic achievement couldn’t be explained by hotter weekends or hotter summers, but the trend was connected to higher temperatures on school days alone.
The connection between lost learning and a greater number of hot days is one more example of how climate change is already affecting our lives-and it’s an alarm bell for what we stand to lose in the future. Humans still have time to lessen the worst consequences of continued global warming. But unless significant changes occur in the next decade-which seem more and more unlikely—the world will be locked into an inescapable period of heat waves unlike our species has ever seen.
1.What may cause students absent-minded according to the text?
A.Video games. B.Text messages.
C.Heat waves. D.Classroom notes.
2.What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A.Lacking water is vital for kids being sleepy.
B.Extreme heat may lower a kid’s ability to learn.
C.Nodding off in class is a sign of respecting teachers.
D.Kids are more interested in drinking water than sleeping.
3.How does the author feel about dealing with the future global warming?
A.Optimistic. B.Uncertain.
C.Worried. D.Firm.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.The hotter it grows, the less kids are learning.
B.The consequences of continued global warming.
C.The reasons why kids are absent-minded in class.
D.The hotter it grows, the more focused kids become.
People all have something to say. Some express their passion (强烈的感情) through clothe, art, or community involvement. Others express themselves with poetry, which has diverse poetic forms to express unique thoughts, experiences, and imagination at the fourth annual People’ s Poetry Festival held Feb. 28 through March 2.
“The People’s Poetry Festival keeps getting bigger and bigger—it’s an event we’re really proud of,” said Dr Mark Hartlaub, College of Liberal Arts Dean at Texas. The festival covered a wide variety of topics including nature, humor, women and history. From the panels to the open microphone night, the islander’s community, along with 43 published poets from around the country, local high school students, and the general public came together to share their love of poetry.
The panels were full of passionate readings and lively discussion. For the first time ever, musical poetry was performed at the event. The “Homebrewed” panel was made up of all local poets. The “From Page to the Stage” panel focused on slam (抨击) poetry, and the “Humor” panel greeted levels of laughter from the crowd. All the panels were live streamed on the People’s Poetry Facebook page. “The poetry and poets were all my students wanted to talk about in class this week,” said Dr. Chuck Etheridge, professor of English who attended many of the panel readings.
Celebrating exceptional writers is another part of People’s Poetry Festival. On opening night, the People’s Poetry Festival committee named Madeline Ricondo of Tuloso-Midway as the winner of the Robb Jackson Writing Award for high school students. This award honors the late Dr. Robb Jackson, Texas A&M University System Regents Professor and professor of English at A&M-Corpus Christi, whose poetry shared his life experiences and observation of Corpus Christi. Ricondo received a $100 gift card, plus, three poetry books with local ties including a copy of Jackson’s “Open Heart”. The people’s Poetry Festival committee also recognized Juan Manuel Perez, award-winning poet and local history teacher, as the 2019—2021 Poet Laureate (桂冠诗人) of Corpus Christi.
1.What can be inferred about the People’s Poetry Festival?
A.It tends to last a week. B.It is held once a year.
C.Its poetic form is single. D.It is catching on globally.
2.Which can possibly replace the underlined word “panels” in Paragraph 2?
A.Groups. B.Days.
C.Topics. D.Poems.
3.What was special about the 4th People’s Poetry Festival?
A.It was on live television.
B.Diversity was highlighted.
C.All the poets were local.
D.Musical poetry was introduced.
4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.Celebrating award-winning poets.
B.Honoring the late Robb Jackson.
C.The 4th Peoples Poetry Festival.
D.Poet Laureate of Corpus Christi.
A woman in Pulaski, Virginia, says she was stopped by a squirrel, who pulled on her leg repeatedly and led her to help its injured baby.
Tia Powell was walking in Kiwanis Park when she was “approached by a squirrel”, the Pulaski Police Department wrote on Facebook. The squirrel stood in her way on the path. After realizing that the squirrel did not mean any harm and wasn’t going to leave her side, Powell turned around and the squirrel led her down the path to a baby squirrel with an injured leg.
At one point, Powell wasn’t sure she could help and she began walking and the squirrel followed her again and actually pulled her trouser leg! So, she fed the squirrels a sandwich she had with her and watched them try to Jump up into a tree. When she realized the baby squirrel was still struggling to get up the tree, she decided to call in backup. Powell called the Pulaski Police Department.
Powell didn’t know how the baby squirrel got injured, but she thought a nearby street cat was the culprit (肇事者). So, the group of rescuers decided to move the squirrels to safer area. “We were able to get the baby and mother to a different area with more trees and it was able to climb all the way up and they looked very happy,” Powell said.
She went back a few days later to show her kids where it all went down. In the trees, Powell spotted two squirrels staring at her, and couldn’t help but wonder if they were the same squirrels she rescued.
1.Why did the squirrel stop Tia Powell?
A.To attack her side.
B.To save its baby.
C.To ask her the way.
D.To pull her trousers.
2.What did Tia Powell do after feeding the squirrels?
A.Turned and walked away.
B.Helped them into a tree.
C.Left a sandwich for them.
D.Reported them to the police.
3.Who did Powell think injured the baby squirrel?
A.The baby squirrel itself. B.The mother squirrel.
C.A street cat. D.Tia Powell’s kid.
4.How did the squirrel feel after getting rescued?
A.Cheerful. B.Doubtful.
C.Sensitive. D.Unhappy.
The best movies for teenagers are listed here. You can pick one for your teen to watch it with you or their best friends.
1. Eighth Grade
Kayla is a shy, socially anxious girl trying to get by the last few weeks of middle school. She earns the “most quiet” girl title in school, but at home, she posts online self-help and motivational videos that not many people watch. Kayla is raised by her single father Mark, who tries to disconnect Kayla from the social media.
2. Dead Poets Society
Mr. Keating, an English teacher, introduces his students, all set to become doctors and lawyers, to poetry and free-thinking. Each of his students deals with several issues. He encourages them to form the Dead Poets Society where they read and write poetry.
3. The Hunger Games
Based on a book by Suzanne Collins, the story is set in a country called Panem, which was once the ruins of North America. Every year, young boys and girls from the 12 districts of Panem fight in the Hunger Games, a televised competition in which the contestants (参赛者) compete against death.
4. The Break fast Club
It begins with five students at the Shermer High School, Claire, a princess, John a criminal, Andrew, an athlete, Brian, a bookworm and Allison, an unfortunate person, who are forced to spend 9 hours together on a Saturday. In spite of their differences, they find that their social problems are more similar than they think. The film tries to encourage breaking social boundaries for positive self-identification in the world.
1.Who helps teenagers form a society?
A.Mr Mark. B.Mr Keating
C.Suzanne Collins. D.Ms Claire.
2.Which film is adapted from a book according to the passage?
A.Eighth Grade. B.Dead Poets Society.
C.The Hunger Games. D.The Break fast Club.
3.Whom is the passage likely to be intended for?
A.Teachers. B.Teens.
C.Friends. D.Parents.
