Walter Carr and his mother just moved from New Orleans, Louisiana to Birmingham, Alabama after losing their home in Hurricane Katrina.
W alter Carr, a college student in Alabama, walked 32 kilometers in the dark to get to his new job. Walter Carr’s car broke down the night before starting a new job at Bellhops, a furniture moving company. Carr was unable to find a ride. He left at midnight so that he could make it to the customer’s house by 8： 00 am the next morning.
Pelham police saw him walking along a highway at 4： 00 am and they took him to a restaurant for breakfast and then to a church where he could safely wait until 8： 00 am. The police then took Carr to the home of custormer Jenny Lamey. Lamey said that even though Carr had just walked the entire night, he refused her offer to rest and started working. Lamey thought he worked in a down -to- earth way. While he worked, he talked with the customer, telling her how much he liked her kitchen.
Lamey later wrote this on Facebook： “I just can’t tell you how touched I was by Walter and his journey. He is kind and cheerful and he has big dreams! He is hardworking and tough.” She then started a GoFundMe page to help Walter with money to get his car fixed. When the CEO of Bellhops, Luke Marklin, learned of Carr’s story, he drove from Tennessee to Alabama to give Walter his own Ford Escape.
W alter Carr’s story touched many others around the United States. Within a few days, people gave over $ 73, 000 to his GoF undMe page. Carr has decided to give a part of the donations to the Birmingham Education Foundation. And he has received more offers for jobs and scholarships for schools.
1.Walter Carr walked long to his new job because__________.
A.he couldn’t afford the bus fare B.he wanted to experience new life
C.he tried to avoid the traffc jam D.he valued his job very much
2.What does the underlined phrase “worked in a down - to - earth way” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.He was tired of the work. B.He was devoted to his work.
C.He was exhausted after work. D.He was skilled in his work.
3.Why did Jenny Lamey and Luke Marklin help Carr?
A.They were moved by his deeds. B.They showed sympathy for him.
C.They wanted to reward him. D.They used to gain help from him.
4.What can we learn from Carr’s story?
A.Success is a great thirst of job - hunters. B.Fame always comes first.
C.Jobs can be sought by donation. D.Struggle and kindness will pay off.
London - Walking Tour
Hosted by the Cambridge Society of London
Join the Cambridge Society of London and learn more about the historic city of London.
Departing Time： Friday, 27 March 2020, 6. 00 pm GMT
Duration： 3 hours
Meeting point： At St Paul’s tube station in front of Cafe Nero
Open to： Alumni and guests
The City of London is where London began， almost 2, 000 years ago, as Roman Londinium. Today it is the financial“square mile”, home to the Bank of England and numerous banks and financial services companies.
This tour focuses on the City’s history and the legacy of that history in its unique govermance with its own Lord Mayor and Corporation. We will learn how these institutions evolved since the 12th century, their ancient traditions and their responsibilities today.
Of course, we will also include Roman remains, hidden City gardens, Victorian markets, historic pubs and find out what makes a cockney （ or true Londoner）.
Booking information
1. Advanced reservations are required. If you would like to attend this event, please book online using the link below.
2. Numbers are limited to 20 people. Registered members can invite one guest.
Please note only members of the Cambridge Sociely of London （and their guests） may book tickets. If you are not currently a member and would like to become one, please visit www. camsoclon. org.
3. Price： ￡ 12. 50 for members, ￡ 13 for guests. （Insurance is a must. Each, ￡1.5）
1.What is special about London - Walking tour?
A.It helps to explore the history of London.
B.It offers an opportunity to visit financial companies.
C.It provides the service of booking online.
D.It allows one to invite one of his guests.
2.What are tourists required to do to go on the tour?
A.Arrive at St Paul’s tube station at 6.30 pm. B.Book tickets in advance.
C.Invite at least one guest. D.Apply to become a member.
3.How much should a member pay if he invites a friend?
A.￡ 12.50. B.￡ 13.
C.￡ 25. 50. D.￡ 28.5.
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2.复课开学（4月20日）：
3. 空中课堂（Air Class):
4.人生感悟。
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Since the mid-1980s,the Aluminum Cans for Burned Children Burn Camp has been offering children with burn sears a week of relief."They have a lot of emotional things that they go through,trying to fit back in with society with their scars,"said Becky Mundy.burn center education coordinator at Akron Children's Hospital.
The camp typically has around 15 campers.Many are repeat customers,and most were treated at Akron Children's Hospital or began coming after they moved to the area.The camp is free to campers and is funded by an organization named Aluminum Cans for Burned Children which raises money for burn survivors and their families.
The Thursday of the camp week is Fire Truck Day,when dozens of local fire trucks arrive, along with camp alumni(校友），doctors and nurses,and family members.Campers get to see fire vehicles up close and interact with the firefighters.
Sometimes,they are the very ones who rescued the campers,months or years earlier.It is,they say,a bond that never goes away.But Fire Truck Day contributes in another way,allowing them to see each other in a different light.
Memories of a bad fire can be unforgettable.Nearly two years ago,Pazdernik carried an injured girl out of a burning house in which her parents perished,and later the girl was adopted by a kind family.
On Fire Truck Day,Pazdernik got to see the girl he saved,Shaniya Simpson.She shared a hug with the firefighters who had rescued her.and said it was good to see them.
＂I think it helps her heal,"said Kim Canterbury,who was Shaniya's teacher at the time of the fire."Just by saying thank you."
It was good for Pazdernik,too."To see her go on with life and be happy,you're able to see that you had an impact on her,"he said."lt's definitely a lot more fulfilling."
1.Which kind of children does the camp work for?(no more than 5 words)
2.Who provides financial support for the camp?(no more than 10 words)
3.Why does Fire Truck Day have special meaning to both firefighters and the campers?（no more than 15 words)
4.What does the underlined word"perished"in Paragraph 5 mean?(only I word)
5.If you are to be a volunteer of the camp,what will you do to help the campers?（no more than 25 words)
An introduction to this book is as superfluous as a candle in front of a powerful searchlight. But a convention of publishing seems to require that the candle should be there, and I am proud to be the one to hold it. About ten years ago I picked up from the pile of new books on my desk a copy of Sons and Lovers by a man of whom I had never heard, and I started to race through it with the immoral speed of the professional reviewer. But after a page or two I found myself reading, really reading. Here was—here is—a masterpiece in which every sentence counts, a book packed with significant thought and beautiful, arresting phrases, the work of a remarkable genius whose gifts are more richly various than those of any other young English novelist.
To appreciate the rich variety of Mr. Lawrence we must read his later novels and his volumes of poetry. But Sons and Lovers reveals the range of his power. Here are combined and blended(混合的) sort of “realism” and almost lyric(抒情的) imagery and rhythm. The speech of the people is that of daily life and the things that happen to them are normal adventures and accidents; they fall in love, marry, work, fail, succeed, and die. But of their deeper emotions and of the relations of these little human beings to the earth and to the stars, Mr. Lawrence makes something near to poetry and prose(散文) without violating its proper “other harmony.”
Take the marvellous paragraph on next to the last page of Sons and Lovers (Mr. Lawrence depends so little on plot in the ordinary sense of the word that it is perfectly fair to read the end of his book first):
Where was he? One tiny upright speck of flesh, less than an ear of wheat lost in the field. He could not bear it. On every side the immense dark silence seemed pressing him, so tiny a spark, into extinction, and yet, almost nothing, he could not be extinct. Night, in which everything was lost, went reaching out, beyond stars and sun, stars and sun, a few bright grains, went spinning round for terror, and holding each other in embrace, there in the darkness that outpassed them all, and left them tiny and daunted(气馁). So much, and himself, infinitesimal, at the core a nothingness, and yet not nothing.
Such glorious writing lifts the book far above a novel which is merely a story. I beg the reader to attend to every line of it and not to miss a single one of the many sentences that await and surprise you. Some are enthusiastic and impressive, like the paragraph above; others are keen, “realistic” observations of things and people. In one of his books Mr. Lawrence makes a character say, or think, that life is “mixed.” That indicates his philosophy and his method. He blends the accurately literal and trivial(琐碎的) with the extremely poetic.
To find a similar blending of tiny daily detail and wide imaginative vision, we must go back to two older novelists, Hardy and Meredith. I do not mean that Mr. Lawrence derives(源于) immediately from them or, indeed, that he is clearly the disciple(弟子) of any master. I do feel simply that he is of the elder stature(名望) of Hardy and Meredith, and I know of no other young novelist who is quite worthy of their company. When I first tried to express this comparison, this connection, I was contradicted by a fellow-critic, who pointed out that Meredith and Hardy are entirely unlike each other and that therefore Mr. Lawrence cannot resemble both. To be sure, nothing is more hateful than forced comparisons, nothing more boring than to discover parallels between one work of art and another. An artist’s mastery consists in his difference from other masters. But to refer a young man of genius to an older one, at the same time pronouncing his independence and originality, is a fair, if not very superior, method of praising him.
1.The underlined word “superfluous” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. meaningful B. unnecessary
C. fundamental D. unbelievable
2.What is typical of Lawrence’s works?
A. They equally reveal his genius power.
B. They contain lots of great lyric poetry.
C. They present some real living situations.
D. They focus on relations between humans.
3.What does the author want to illustrate by including one paragraph from Sons and Lovers?
A. The plot of the novel has little to do with daily life.
B. It is wise to read Lawrence’s books from the end.
C. Lawrence is capable of telling good stories.
D. The language in Lawrence’s books is elegant.
4.Who were Hardy and Meredith?
A. They taught Lawrence literature when he was young.
B. They were the realistic novelists of Lawrence’s time.
C. They were novelists who resemble each other in writing.
D. They were novelists combining details with imagination.
5.According to the author, what does an artist’s mastery mean?
A. He must have personal diversity.
B. He must have the critical spirits.
C. He must be happy to be compared.
D. He must be a man of genius.
6.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To introduce Lawrence’s novel Sons and Lovers.
B. To show his experiences of reading classics.
C. To analyze Lawrence’s writing characteristics.
D. To compare the styles of different novelists.
There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine(内燃机）has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons(活塞）being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computer's impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy.For computer literacy is not a form of literacy(读写能力）; it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.
Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one.Leave that to people who have chosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violin-making.
Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more "user-friendly". Let us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase learning to use a computer mean? It sounds like "learning to drive a car", that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer.
In fact,"learning to use a computer"is much more like"learning to play a game", but learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game,whose rules may not be the same.There is no such a thing as teaching someone how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and generally that is easily accomplished.
1.To be the competent citizens of tomorrow, people should_____.
A.try to lay a solid foundation in computer science
B.be aware of how the things that they use do what they do
C.learn to use a computer by acquiring a certain set of skills
D.understand that programming a computer is more essential than repairing a car
2.In Para2 "auto repair" and “violin-making" are mentioned to show that_______.
A.programming a computer is as interesting as making a violin
B.people who can use a computer don't necessarily have to know computer programming
C.violin making requires as much skill as computer programming
D.our society needs experts in different fields
3.Learning to use a computer is getting easier all the time because______.
A.programs are designed to be convenient to users
B.programs are becoming less complicated
C.programming is becoming easier and easier
D.programs are becoming readily available to computer users
4.According to the author,the phrase "learning to use a computer" in Para.3 means learning_____.
A.a set of rules
B.the fundamentals of computer science
C.specific programs
D.general principles of programming
5.The author's purpose in writing this passage is______.
A.to stress the impact of the computer on society
B.to emphasize that computer programming is an interesting and challenging job
C.to illustrate the requirements for being competent citizens of tomorrow
D.to explain the concept of computer literacy
