Jim McGee was once an Air Force pilot in Vietnam. In 2017, he was seriously ill because his kidneys(肾)were gone.
Jim immediately started dialysis(透析)，but a person of his age on dialysis usually lives only about four years. Transplants are a long-shot alternative. The National Kidney Foundation estimates that 13 people die every day while waiting for a donor with the right blood and tissue types. Jim’s wife, Shirley McGee, and some family friends offered but weren’t a match.
Desperate, Shirley had T-shirts made that said “I’m in need of a donor.” Her husband would wear one whenever he went to downtown Sarasota. No luck.
In early 2018, Jim didn’t feel like attending a reunion of some Air Force buddies in Monterey, California. "I said, ‘Is it really worth going to Monterey to sit in dialysis for two days?’”Jim recalls. "And my wife said, ‘ Yeah，come on. You really want to see your friends.’And I am glad I made that decision.”
In California, Jim reunited with six fellow airmen, including one he hadn’t seen in nearly 50 years: Doug Coffman. The two had met when they both were learning Vietnamese before they went overseas. Jim told Doug and his other comrades about his predicament(困境).
Doug, then 70, happened to have the right blood type and immediately decided to help. But could he? Shirley’s guess was that doctors would tell Doug what they had told her: You’re too old. He immediately had his doctor send his medical records to Georgetown Medical Center, where Jim was being treated.
Within a month, Doug was cleared for major testing. The testing revealed not only that Doug’s tissue type matched Jim’s but also that he had the kidneys of a 35-year-old. When the doctors gave him the OK to donate, Doug immediately called Jim, and asked for the first surgery date available. On September 18，2018，Doug went into surgery at 7:30 a. m.; Jim followed at 9:30 a. m. By noon, they were both in the recovery room. The transplant was a success.
1.Which of the following can best describe Shirley?
A.Knowledgeable and talkative . B.Reasonable and energetic.
C.Outgoing and thankful. D.Helpful and considerate.
2.How did Jim feel about his illness just before going to Monterey?
A.Discouraged. B.Satisfied. C.Ashamed. D.Nervous.
3.Why did Jim McGee decide to go to Monterey?
A.To seek help. B.To practice Vietnamese.
C.To meet his fellow airmen. D.To have a thorough examination there.
4.What can we know about Doug Coffman?
A.He was too old to help. B.He acted without delay in helping Jim.
C.He seldom visited his doctor. D.He was 35 years younger than his age.
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A.Its long history. B.Its high level in discovery.
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A.Free undergraduate education. B.Access to rare books and databases.
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1. 介绍自己；
2. 阐明自己的优势；
3. 希望被录用。
注意：1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Looking forward to your early reply.
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A social media influencer is someone who has a plenty of followers online. What that person says, or does, or buys, or wear can influence the decisions of their followers! That is why we call him “social media influencers” and simply “influencers”. I like Miss Manners best between all the influencers. She continual guides me in my online activity and acts as my social compass on a daily basis. When in doubt, I thought to myself “what will Miss Manners do?”. What I’m eager follow is not Miss Manners herself but the overall idea behind her and what she represents. It’s all about be polite, interesting and engaging, which is the point of social media.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mrs. John B Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of 1.“Father’s Day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day 2.(honor) her father William, whose wife died while 3.(give) birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in 4.(east) Washington state.5.was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and 6. (selfless) her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. The first Father’s Day 7.(observe) on June 19,1910 in Washington. And it was in 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson 8.(official)declared the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all 9. act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored 10.Father’s Day.
“Good Night Lights” began as a game，with the effort of Steve Brosnihan, a cartoonist volunteering at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He ______ from room to room drawing and chatting and doing whatever else he can to ______ the sick children up. During one ______ to a teenager who would be in the hospital for the last night, he decided to do something ______ for their final farewell.
As he left, Brosnihan told the ______ to watch the corner near the bus stop from his window. Brosnihan ______ to that spot in a Parking area, and flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the ______. To his surprise, the teen flickered his own room lights back ______.
Brosnihan made it a(an) ______ to flicker his bike light to kids as he left for the night as a(an) ______ way to say goodbye. When he mentioned this activity to a friend, owner of a ______ restaurant, the friend agreed to flicker the restaurant’s ______ at 8:30 every night for one minute. The nightly tradition became such a ______ that customers started joining in too.
Good Night Lights has been such a simple, ______ powerful, rallying point(号召力) for the community to support the young patients. For 60 seconds, patients were ______ in a luminous(发光的) dialog with residents.
“It would be very hard not to do this ______ you start,” says Brosnihan. “You do it to represent how much you care for kids and families who ______ a lot during their hard times in hospitals.”
Brosnihan hopes it ______ more. “In my grander dreams, I hope other cities that have children’s hospitals ______ the idea and run with it and ______ their own version of Good Night Lights.” he says.
1.A.rushes B.moves C.checks D.marches
2.A.put B.turn C.cheer D.bring
3.A.visit B.show C.experience D.journey
4.A.strange B.exciting C.similar D.different
5.A.colleague B.teenager C.doctor D.friend
6.A.biked B.ran C.fled D.walked
7.A.park B.hospital C.road D.bike
8.A.in return B.in order C.in response D.in place
9.A.ceremony B.activity C.habit D.routine
10.A.logical B.unique C.fun D.important
11.A.local B.generous C.native D.distant
12.A.fires B.forks C.plates D.lights
13.A.hit B.wonder C.start D.tradition
14.A.and B.yet C.or D.so
15.A.given B.crowded C.involved D.participated
16.A.once B.whether C.while D.as
17.A.waste B.enjoy C.spend D.suffer
18.A.grows B.spreads C.discovers D.deepens
19.A.give up B.set up C.pick up D.build up
20.A.design B.invite C.open D.create
