I was sitting in a fast food restaurant with my two children, who at the time were about 6 and 9. Inside there was also a group of teens in goth（粗野的）dress and appearance. Everyone kept away from them inside the restaurant.
Outside the restaurant, the same people jumped past the homeless man searching the garbage bin, who was looking for food or perhaps a cigarette. I too had rushed past him with my youngsters, refusing his request for money but thinking maybe, just maybe, I would bring him some food. It turns out I didn't have to.
One of the goth youths jumped up, went to the counter and ordered more food, which she then took outside to the homeless man and sat on the bench with him, chatting away as he ate. He didn’t say much — he was greedy — but I think I saw a bit of a smile and a glint in his eyes as he nodded to her questions.
Writing this now, several years later I still choke up. That girl was a model citizen living the values of goodness and kindness. These are values I have always held high and hoped to teach my kids. She made my job much easier. We stopped by on our way out and thanked her for setting such a positive example for us. I hope that hearing that made as much of a difference in her life as seeing what she did has made to ours.
1.Why did people keep away form the teens in the fast food restaurant?
A.Because they were dressed in goth dress and appearance.
B.Because they were too young to pay their meal.
C.Because they liked to quarreled with others.
D.Because they killed two children.
2.What did the man want the author to do?
A.Help him get money. B.Bring him some food.
C.Provide him for money. D.Refuse to take care of him.
3.What word can the underlined word “glint” mean in paragraph 3?
A.flash B.gloom
C.surprise D.happiness
4.What can we learn about the author from the passage?
A.The author is also a model citizen like the girl.
B.The author sets a good example for the girl.
C.The author is deeply moved by the girl.
D.The author has sympathy for the girl.
Darshan Karwat is making headlines for having maintained an incredibly plain and continued lifestyle during his student years. The man gave up fast food, new clothes, and even toilet paper, until he got to a point where his trash（垃圾）for an entire year fit in just two plastic bags!
Karwat, who is originally from India, started the trash-free experiment when he lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and managed to keep it going for two and a half years. In the first year, he produced only 7.5 pounds of trash, and in the second year, he brought that number down to 6 pounds, which is a mind-blowing 0.4 percent of the 1,500 pounds of yearly trash produced by the average American.
Looking back, Karwat says that his inspiration to start the project came from a radio show The Story, on which he heard of a British couple who lived trash-free.
His trash mostly consisted of a few chip bags, glass milk-bottle caps, fruit stickers, and broken glass. He obviously had to make lots of sacrifices to achieve this – he stopped buying any kind of packaged food including cheeses, only drank milk from recycled glass bottles, and gave up on buying new clothes or stuff for his home – no gadgets, furniture, or even cups. He began carrying his own fork, spoon, plate, and a bowl everywhere he went, just to avoid plastic cutlery（餐具）.
“I needed to change the way I lived, and I had to get creative,” he added. “When a restaurant furnished a napkin-wrapped（包纸的）fork and knife, I asked the server to change them for cutlery without the napkin. I’d remember to say “No straw!” after asking for water and to make sure the veggie（素食者）burger I ordered didn’t come with a wooden pick holding it together. I did what I had to do, and it was awkward.”
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A.How a person inspires others
B.How Darshan Karwat gets famous.
C.Darshan Karwat and his no trash experiment.
D.A plain and sustainable lifestyle attracts the public.
2.Why did Darshan Karwat have the idea of living trash-free?
A.Because he is from India.
B.Because he has been in university.
C.Because he heard a story on the radio.
D.Because a British couple reminded to do so.
3.What did Karwat buy when he was making no-trash experiment?
A.Cheeses. B.Furniture.
C.Milk. D.Gadgets.
4.What Karwat said in the last paragraph shows that .
A.he seldom went to a restaurant
B.it wasn’t convenient to live the life
C.the server seemed cold to him
D.he was proud of what he had been doing
Taking breaks while studying contributes to better learning in a number of ways, and creates a major impact on the process of learning. Find out why a study break is essential, and how it helps you score the best.
Scientists conclude that the brain stops registering a constant stimulation over a gradual period of time, and declares it to be unimportant. The brain decodes（译）a monotonous（单调的）activity and gets habituated to it, no longer stimulating the brain to act in any way. Once this happens, you find yourself unable to concentrate, there by destroying the purpose of a study session-learning. A “break” does just that, it breaks the monotony for the brain. A change in place, a walk around the block, a cup of coffee; these little things can be limited in your study sessions to relax the mind, break the monotony, improve concentration levels, and finally assist the learning process.
The purpose of a study session is to study as much as possible and remember most of what has been learned in it. To be able to achieve this, it is absolutely necessary to continuously stay focused. It is highly likely that long hours of studying can become monotonous and cause you to believe that you are “learning”, when you are only just “reading”. A short rest eases out your stressed mind, brings you back on track, and allows you to start studying with new-found focus levels.
With a relaxed mind, improved concentration and focus levels, and a better capacity to retain information, it is obvious that your study session with breaks will turn out to be more productive, and you will get more benefits than you previously did. Put more such better-yielding study sessions together, and what do you get? perfect grades and a winner of the “race”.
1.What can the underlined word “habituated” in the second paragraph be replaced by?
A.Accustomed. B.Absorbed.
C.Attached. D.Related.
2.What should students do to study as much as possible?
A.Help each other. B.Remain concentrated.
C.Improve ways of learning. D.Give up the learning process.
3.If you have a good attitude to study, how your study will be?
A.Efficient. B.Improved. C.Interesting. D.Easy.
4.What can be concluded from the passage?
A.Students should concentrate on their study.
B.Students should take breaks after learning for long hours.
C.Teachers had better have a good rest before their lessons.
D.Teachers had better be strict with their students in learning ways.
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The Summer Camp in France is proud to give your child possibilities to learn French, by enjoying time with sport, and sharing cultures. The south of France offers us many possibilities with the proximity（临近）of the sea. French summer camp uses it to practice sea sports like scuba-diving, kite surfing, sailing.
French Summer Camp
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During this summer, your child could have a summer camp in Miami organized by a French association. The base for this summer camp in USA is the same as in France. A lot of sport, French languages in a camp, with teachers to help everybody, and sharing their languages, and their cultures. A perfect way for your children to learn French languages and have fun with sport in Miami.
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1.If your child intends to have French food, where will he or she go?
A.Summer Camp in France. B.Summer Camp France(Hyeres).
C.French Summer Camp. D.Summer Programs in Spain.
2.In Summer Camp France(Hyeres), what can be concluded?
A.It can lie in the south of France. B.It can be located in USA.
C.It can be a famous French Riviera. D.It can have many camp fields.
3.In Miami, what will one child do?
A.Visit famous cultural places. B.Play the game.
C.Go to the proximity of the sea D.Enjoy sports.
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The best advice I received in my childhood was from my dad. He always gives me some advice, but I seldom took them seriously. One day he encouraged me to participate in a speech competition. So I signed up and after the competition, I did my best to be full prepared. But the moment when I stood on the stage, I was such nervous that my mind completely went blank.
The experience of lose a competition was really painful. Then, my dad said, “My son, life is like battlefield. You have to lose many time to win the final victory.” Thanks for his advice, I will never give up when I do anything.
